*Discontinued* Shifter

5

Holy shit. Holy shit. Holy shit. Holy shit. Virgil was spiraling and spiraling fast. He managed to make it to his home before completely losing himself. And by losing himself... It was meant literally.

Shifters are powerful creatures but they all have a weakness. Their weakness could be anything. But the response was always the same. It triggers an episode if bad enough. That episode will reveal them as a shifter. It makes them lose control over their powers, rendering them powerless and oftentimes mentally paralyzed, usually because of fear. Virgil's was his anxiety. 

He's used his powers so much... too much really. He overuses them to the point where his body gets drained and even if he has an attack it won't shift like it would. But when he isn't drained...

"Fuck!" Virgil cried out as his body curled up in itself. The rapid-fire shifting in its self wasn't painful, just caused a deeply routed fear in him. The idea of someone seeing. The panic... and that in itself made things worse. If his weakness was his anxiety and the episode creates more anxiety... well, you have yourself a neverending spiral until the mind blacks out and you find yourself in a dreamless slumber.

"Breathe. Virgil, breathe." Virgil could only whimper as his mind flurried. His body shifting about unable to latch onto anything. His hair, eyes, and nails made him look like an ever-changing rainbow. He was losing it. He laughed at himself as he stumbled to his bed and just cried. What was the point in this? Why did the world think it funny to curse him and the people like him? What fun was there in this. Why... Why...

Virgil froze up as this face filled his mind. His caring smile... worried eyes. Virgil frowned as he looked up and suddenly he was looking at that man again from before. No. Not really. He was looking at himself in the mirror.

"You finally pick a form and you choose the pushy stranger?" Virgil's eyes trail his reflection. He looked himself over as if trying to get a feel for the man. He literally ended up laughing at himself. "Is this seriously my life now?" Virgil rolled his eyes as he sat back and hugged his knees. "I'm checking myself out in the mirror as that guy just so I can check him out without the threat of him ever knowing. Why though? Why... Why do you seem to calm me..." Virgil shook his head as he looked around only to freeze seeing his phone on his dresser. "Shit." It was lit up... meaning he had a notification.

"What do you mean you just met your future prince?" Remus laughed as Roman grumbled slightly yet still far too excited to even care.

"I MEAN I FOUND MY FUTURE PRINCE!" Roman yelled out as he giggled making Chrissy giggle two. Roman took her little hands in his as twirled her around and danced about with her, the two like overly giddy children. Well... One of them was but you get the idea. "Remus... I'm in love."

"You're ridiculous." Roman just smiled as he nodded in agreement. Remus shook his head as he sat down on the couch like L from deathnote. "So... Tell me. Give me the deets so I can steal him from you only for you to take him back in a clash of blades, brother to brother, blood relation thrown out the door, much like the actual blood that'll cover me head to toe." Roman stopped and just shot his brother this look as Remus laughed. "Come on, just tell me. Who's this mystery man?"

"A mystery." Remus's eyes went wide as Roman nodded. "I never got his name. I never got anything really. I mean besides breakfast." Roman frowned a bit before snapping up and racing out to the kitchen, nearly tripping and falling many times while his little sister just laughed. "AND HIS NUMBER!"

"What?" Roman came back in completely beaming as he giggled like a schoolgirl in front of her massive crush. Remus was surprised. He knew his brother was overexcitable and dramatic. They've been in this situation before. Where Roman falls hard and way to fast only to get his heart broken in the end. "Ro..."

"I got his number." He jumped around only to freeze up. "Should I call him or is that to forward to soon? Should I text? It's literally only been a couple of hours. Would that be too pushy? I mean already came across a bit... creepy. I don't want to make it worse. AHHH!" Roman yelled out as he threw himself on to the couch. Chrissy at this point was a mess of laughter. Her brother was such a gay mess. "What do I do?" Roman's voice drawled on with a whine as Remus just sighed with a smile on his face.

"You... Are a disaster." Roman giggled as he rolled onto his back. 

"A gay disaster?" Roman teased as Remus chocked back the laughed.

"A fucking massive disaster gay." Roman just shrugged a bit with a look that said Remus wasn't wrong. "Here."

"Wha- HEY!" Remus snatched the phone making Roman panic and jump up to get it only to pale as Remus hit sent. "Oh, no."

"Relax, Ro. All I sent was hey." Roman tensed as he took the phone back and frowned seeing the text just glaring at him. "You can thank me later."

"REMUS!" Remus took off running as Roman threw his phone on the couch chasing after. Chrissy smiled as she picked the phone up and stared at it watching as the text came in. It wasn't much just a hey, but Chrissy wouldn't accept that. She giggled deviously as she texted him back just two words. "HEY!" She squealed as Roman came back in suddenly finding his little sister with his phone and he just crashed. He stared down finding 'he' had sent another any he groaned. His siblings apparently were put on this earth just to torment him. "Breakfast tomorrow?" Roman read the message his sister sent. He smiled slightly as he went to sent an apology explaining it wasn't him only... Roman froze up instantly at the text that came in. 

"Sure, why not?" Virgil mumbled as he reread his text. He groaned as he fell back letting his body shift back into himself as he sighed. "I can't believe I'm doing this. Virgil you're only going to get yourself hurt. The second he finds out what you are he's going to... He'll be just like everyone else." Tears spilled from Virgil's eyes as he curled up and just tried to fall asleep. "Shifters can't have friends. They can't have anything... not when the world thinks there monsters. He's just going to turn on you the second you have an episode."