Stolen Truth

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An early update for Christmas :)

"What are you going to do with me?" I asked, "Clearly you want me to stay because you hid the whole truth about who I am and why I'm here."

"We're almost sure that you're like us," Bear said, "And tomorrow we'll know for certain."

"How will you know?"

"I will know what you are," one of the women that was stood next to Viper said.

"How?"

"I'm a soul dragon, I have one ability, I can know everything about a person with one touch, and I can also see their future, but not without touching them, it's not so much precognition as it is just seeing a person for who they are."

"Why can't you do it now then?"

"Because if you aren't one of us we don't want to cause a scene," Viper answered.

"But everyone has already met me, what if I am a blank? How will you explain me leaving?"

"Like I said, we're fairly certain," Bear said.

"And if I am a blank?"

"You don't want to know what happens then," Dolphin said, smiling at me.

"And what about this 'training'?" I asked, "What's all that about?"

"If you are one of us, Wolf will be able to tell exactly what type you are and your powers, that makes it easier to train you to those skills. After you do that with me, Bear will teach you combat without powers, something I suspect you're already very good at."

"What do I do now?"

"Make friends, get to know everyone, have fun," Wolf said, and I looked at her wearily, "We aren't evil, as long as you don't run off, you can do what you want tonight."

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"Can you read my mind?" I asked Owl as we laid down in the tent, "Like can you actually see what I'm thinking."

"It's more like I listen to your mind than read it," Owl chuckled, "And no, I don't know what you're thinking, I can shut it off so I don't intrude on other people's privacy."

"Don't you want to know what everyone else thinks?" I asked, "Don't you ever feel like peeking?"

"Sometimes, but I wouldn't want someone digging through my mind, I only do it if I have to."

"What about with Viper before?"

"I don't pick through her brains all the time, only when she gives me this look and I know she needs to communicate silently."

"How did you end up here?" I asked, changing the subject because mind reading was a little freaky.

"I was barely a year old when they attacked my village, they used these terrifying creatures to kill all the adults, my father died but my mum got me out just in time, she died a few years later though."

"How can you remember that far back?"

"I don't know really, I just can. I'm not sure if it's a dragon thing or a me thing, but I can remember everything in detail back twelve years."

"And you're twelve?" I asked in shock.

"Yeah, so literally my entire life."

"That has to be useful though?"

"It can be, but it also means I can get too hung up on memories. I can remember exactly what those creatures did to my father and all I want to do is find out what they are and destroy every last one of them."