Shift

Clouds Of Doom And Darkness

*Four years later, Ire being 14 and Air being 13*

The pair had worked together enough money from stealing and selling that they could rent a small apartment. It had stone floors and walls, a eves trough to catch rainwater in, old wooden chairs and a table and an ice box.

Ire and Air Martin were sisters who had escaped an abusive family. They ran to a town a few miles from their own and started a life there.

Ire, or should I say Eira, was a girl with simple hazel eyes and an unremarkable face. She had dirty blonde hair, tanned skin, and awkwardly sized teeth. Air Martin, or should I say Laria, had dark brown hair, dull green eyes, a round head. Her skin was a dark tan and she had too many teeth for a small mouth. Both girls were unremarkable and a normal sight. No one payed them any mind.

The Shifters change their back stories, names and looks every time they switch apartments. Soon, Ire and Air Martin would disappear into thin air, never to be seen again. The lonely worker would assume that their parents found them and took them home. And still, the world did to know they existed. Only the most prestigious of nobles knew Eira was still out there, wandering the streets, and only Laria's family knew she was still alive.

Eira and Laria suddenly hear a knock on the door. Laria stands up, looking around as Eira quietly turns into a cat. She runs into the other room and hides. Laria turns around as another knock sounded on the door. Sighing, Laria awnsers the door and see three men with police uniforms standing in the doorway.

"there have been reports of witchcraft at this household" the man says, pushing his way into the living room.

"I have no idea why there would be reports of witchcraft here, I live by myself and simply get by. I would never break the law" except for if I was born this way she thinks, trying not to show worry.

"then you wouldn't mind if we checked around, would you?" the second man asks, poking around to find any signs of witchcraft.

"of course not, sir" Laria responds, making sure Eira heard.

She showed them around the house, the men poking in every nook and cranny."we've looked around the whole house and not found anything." the first officer said to the second "come, let's go"

The two men left, saying "goodbye, ma'am, sorry for the interruption." and closing the door behind them

"You can come out, now!" Laria called out to Eira, then heard a cold, haughty, voice. "ah, ah, ah. I believe you are coming with me."

Eira, who had just rounded the corner to see an officer behind Laria, swore and looked at the officer "it looks like you're coming with me as well" the man said, clipping a pair of handcuffs on Laria.

"RUN!" Laria yelled, kicking the man from behind and giving Eira time to escape. He used a microphone like thing that the Palace Encanters, who were the only people allowed to use magic, enchanted so that his voice would be carried through to all other microphones.

"Backup at the witchcraft report, I repeat, backup at the witchcraft report!" he said through gritted teeth, doing the best he could to keep Laria in handcuffs.

The two police officers from before burst through the door, leaving Laria hopeless. "JUST GO!" she screamed at Eira, causing Eira to run into the back room.

The two had formed a special bond over the years of being together, and could mind link each other, talking and sending mental videos of what was happening to each other. Laria watched through her mind as Eira turned into a mouse.

"Check ANY animal you see" the lead officer said, looking around for any sigh of Eira as Laria struggled against the handcuffs, trying to shift into a smaller creature to get out.

"There! The mouse!" one of the men yelled, walking towards Eira. Eira ran out, trying to get to the door, when one man grabbed her tail. He touched her with the handcuffs and Eira was forced to turn back into a human, her true form, to be exact.

"Ah, we finally caught you, Eira Queenston" the cold and haughty man said, and Eira looked up at him. Laria could feel her surprise and sorrow.

"Matthew?" she said in a small voice "p-pl-please don't do this to me, Matthew. I love you so much!" Lara's hand glued to her mouth. That was Matthew Queenston!

"To bad. I stopped loving you when you never came back. They were going to make you a Palace Enchanter, you know, but instead you left and never came back." ha snarled at her, causing her to back away.

"Now," another officer swiftly interjected "if your done little family reunion, the ship's going to leave in five minutes. We need to get the Shifters to the dock!"

Four minutes later, they were boarding the ship for a long and boring week long trip to the Ice Prison. The girls had guards on them at all times and their handcuffs, which they later learned were enchanted, ducked most of their magic out of them, causing it to hurt like their first Shift when they tried to Shift.

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They got caught. Oh no! I wonder what they're gonna do? Oh wait... no I don't.... BUT YOU DO!

Eira: Really? REALLY? You just HAD to make me a mouse, didn't you! If I were something dangerous, they wouldn't have cau-

Me: Shh! If you don't get caught, you wouldn't-

Hayden: NO SPOILERS!

Me: Sorry.... wait... YOU BEING HERE IS A SPOILER! GO AWAY!

Hayden: Fine, fine *puts hands up in mock defeat and walks away*

Anywhore, BAI! Hope you enjoyed!