Moon Dust

Chapter 13

"Turn" he ordered without even blinking and Luna knew she had to follow his order.

She took a deep breath and she felt the change start. The cracking of bones could be heard throughout the room they were in. Python turned his back to her as she turned because he didn't like looking at her while she changed. A small part of him was torn because she was his daughter but she had committed treason and betrayed him by choosing to lay with the very people that threatened his kingdom and there was no forgiveness for that. Luna breathed heavily as she recalled seeing werewolves turn from her time living with Elijah and the pain she was feeling was surely a million times worse than what they had felt. There were two parts to her transformation, the first was a velvet black wolf with dark eyes and a few red patches on its face. Its ears were longer than average werewolves and on its back were two large, black wings that were sharp enough to cut through flesh. It was three times the size of average werewolves so it often towered over the wolves it came into contact with. Its fangs and claws produced deadly poison that one touch could burn through anything like acid. The poison spread so fast that the person would be dead within minutes and there was no antidote. When she finished transforming her subconsciousness retreated to the back of her mind where she was only a prisoner to this body. Luna could see everything that was happening but she was no longer in control. While she committed these acts she would be screaming no or sobbing in defeat at her actions but she could not do anything to stop what was happening and with each kill, she felt as though bits and pieces of her vampirism were slowly fading away. This was not what she stood for she thought to herself as she remembered how she loved her people and how they loved her but now she was being forced to kill her own people and the people she had grown to love. She wanted to see her son, she wanted to leave this place but she knew she was doomed and she could not escape from her father no matter what she did.

It was another one of Python's practice day and Luna feared what she would be doing today. In these practice sessions, she would kill werewolves and vampires to his liking and this scared her because she had to watch as the life faded from the eyes of these people regardless of the species they were.

"I did not want to see your mongrel form!" Python shouted and she flinched. Even as powerful as she was, she was still afraid of her father and her main reason was due to the fear for her son. She knew her father was ruthless enough to capture her son and let her kill him without so much as blinking. Luna could not take that chance because her son was the only reminder of her beloved and the only hope she had left in regards to a better future for her people. Ezra was born powerful because he was still in the womb when her DNA was being altered by her father and his darkness was born when he was thought to have been dead but he did not possess the features she had because he was born before her DNA was further altered. Her father saw it fit to make the situation worse because he was so consumed with rage that Ezra was still alive and that his daughter had kept this from him. Luna knew that if ever faced with Ezra she would kill him and she just could not cope with the idea so she followed her father's wishes but even if she did try to resist she was not in control of what she had become.

She took another deep breath and her body began to form again. Her second transformation took on the form of an innocent human but it was far worse than her previous form. The fur receded to show smooth skin with huge black wings that had claws coming out of them. Her hair was extremely long and it covered her private parts. The body secreted poison through its pores which gave her skin a glowing look and if anyone were to touch her in this stage their body would instantly go into shock and they would die. Luna feared this stage the most because it wasn't gore-filled but the mere fact that death was so imminent scared her. She was only allowed to transform into this stage for high profile supernaturals that led rebellions against her father. Her father liked her being close to the persons and her hands lingering over the leaders would cause them to feel like parts of them are dying. It was death torture and Python enjoyed it very much. Her body could move though it had no joints enabling her to contort into any shape and climb walls so as to frighten the leaders even more.

She stood there in an evil glory as the two vampires were thrown into her cell. They were not tied down because Python liked to see them try to defend themselves as he sat and watched. He obviously did not intend to question these two, he only wanted to see them die. Luna's body circled the vampires then stood in the corner and watched them. Both vampires exchanged looks and nodded before proceeding to corner her at different angles in a bid to surround her and go in for the kill. The vampires were feeling a hint of confidence but their hearts still held fear because of how this person was just standing without clothes casually. Luna screamed internally for them to run but they couldn't hear her. The first vampire went in for the kill fast and in one swift motion his body was split in half and her wings just casually went back into place seemingly unfazed as the blood dripped off it in a pitter-patter beat. The other vampire looked in astonishment at what happened to his friend and he became enraged. Before he could attack, Luna screamed at him and his skin melted off his bones and fell to the ground. Python opened the cage and smirked at Luna before snapping his fingers and the remains of the two vampires plummeted into a dark hole that closed once again. Two werewolves appeared in her cell and they looked around confused as if wondering where they were. This hurt even more as she watched through her eyes how she trailed her finger across one of the werewolf's face and watched as his eyes rolled to the back of his head and the body shook as the wolf took its final breath then death.  The other wolf howled in pain, it was obvious that she had been his mate and its eyes became enraged in anger and it used its claws to slash her face. Her face morphed into its original appearance and the wolf felt its paw die and it howled in pain. She walked closer to it and watched the fear rise in its eyes and then acceptance as she hugged it with her wings and it was engulfed in flames.

Finally, to add to her hopelessness, Python placed a young witch in the cage. The witch seemed confident and Luna let a tear slip as she watched the witch chant her most powerful spell which did not even work because she was immune to them. Luna finally slit her throat with one of her wings and began to feast on her. Witch blood offered nutrients to her body and she often fed on witch blood as food so she ripped the witch to shreds to have more of her blood then stopped when she was ordered to change back. Luna ran into a corner and cried when her body returned to normal and Python stood there smiling at his masterpiece.