Dark Digging

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn had been out at the training fields to get in some training with her power, since she was still having a problem when she was losing control over her power late at night when she was asleep and alone in her room. It was because of those stupid nightmare that she kept having. It was largely due to all the stress that she was going through internally, but on the outside she still did her best to maintain her flirting and calm manner about everything. She was not really supposed to use her power without her trainer around but she figured it could not hurt so long as she only did it for a little bit. Plus it was a more or less sunny day with a chance of rain later on in the day so she figured the sun could keep her from going full out. Then again, the shadows actually seemed stronger in the sun because she had more places to pull from and less using her ability.

Either way, Devyn had made sure to be in a more secluded area of the training field and had already used her power and was in her shadow beast form. She had made sure to take the smallest version she could with her power. Which was still larger than a wolf, but at least she was not her full dire wolf size. Dig a hole. Dig a hole. Barry my bone, then cover it up....what is wrong with me? Devyn mentally asked herself after she had just been seeing a song related to what she was currently doing. She had managed to snag half of the large bone Guy had for her in training and was currently digging a hole and planning on burying it. Why was she doing this? She really did not know, she just didn't feel like chewing on the large bone so she figure she hide it for later. Both of her two tails wagging back and forth as she kicked up dirt behind her. The shadow smoke lingering around close to her body. Wonder if I can get in trouble for digging a hole in the training field.


{I don't know why but the title of this makes me think of like a Pokemon episodes XD}

[Melanie Saunders]

 Mel took a walk round the training field getting to know her environment. She knew that this was the place where you trained with your powers and she thought that would be fun to have a nice little run round the field in her form not training but just having fun. She stopped at the top of the field and looked down at a puddle and thought about changing into a canine and as she did so she felt a trickling sensation go from her head and slither down her spine and when she looked into the puddle she was in her wolf form. She did not waste anytime and started running around the field and scaring the birds as she barked playfully at them. She felt so alive.

In her form Melly could control herself and her thoughts but the problem was and Mel did not want to think about it was that she could forget who she is and still have her canine traits even though some of them were not so bad she did not want to be the aggressive type. As she stopped her running to a decent trot she saw something in the distance and she thought it looked like another wolf digging a hole but it seemed a bit different from any ordinary wolf. She walked closer to the beast and said hello and wagged her tail slightly. The beast did not seem a threat.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn was just digging away, content with what she was doing and oddly felt like her bone was going to be nice and safe once she put it in the hole. Problem was if she would remember that she buried the bone, that she buried it here, and if she would still want to eat it? It would be covered in dirt and whatever crawled on it while it was underground. Devyn was still in control and the thought of chewing on some worms, maggots, and dirt did not sound at all appealing. Granted there was the big fact that she could not actually taste things in this form and that she was never really eating something. It was more like going through the motions of eating but since she didn't have a digestive track on the inside since she was there, it kind of just piled up on her. So really she could eat it still, but she would be covered in the bone, dirt, and whatever was also on the bone when she would dig it up later.

The shadow smoke remained lingering around like it always did as Devyn's ear twitch, thinking she heard someone coming closer. She moved to pick up her bone and drop it in the hole when she spotted the white wolf approaching her. At least she assumed it was coming towards her. She looked around to make sure, dropped her bone into the hole. She felt an odd tingly sensation as if the wolf was trying to talk to her, but Devyn could not really communicate with real animals so this had to be a mutant. Even still she never actually tried talking to another animal before so she was not really sure if it had said hi or she was just assuming. She gave a small nod at the wolf and moved to have her smoke form out letters since that was the only way she could communicate that was not a growl or sort of howl.

H. I.

[Melanie Saunders]

 Mel read the shadow letters and assumed that she could not communicate like a canine. She looked down at what seemed to be a fresh hole. She smelled the essence of bone and meat coming from the ground and she knew her canine traits would kick in and she would try to steal the bone so she knew she needed to change back and anyway it would have been rude to try to communicate with the other mutant when it could not understand her. She felt her eyes shift back to her original colour and the trickling sensation came back and she stood in human form her hair messily coming out of the plaits she had put them in but other than that she seemed clean from running in the field.

 Melly did not know what to say this was the first time she had seen another mutant using its power and she did not know how to approach it. She took a few seconds and then said friendly to the shadow creature "I am Melanie, I'm kinda new"

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn watched closely while one paw was busy already pushing dirt into the hole to start burying her bone. She was thankful she was able to multi task like this and since she could not speak she did not really have to look at a person when talking to them. This was probably for the best since she had white unblinking eyes that probably would unnerve a lot of people. In fact everyone at least got a little edgy when around Devyn and her power. Yet this wolf seemed to be alright. Devyn was not sure if they were male or female and was half tempted to look under and take a peek but then the wolf started to move, change, and soon a girl was standing where the wolf had been. There was a moment of silence between them in which Devyn kept working on covering up her bone and it was pretty much more or less buried by this point since she was working fast. There was a greeting that had Devyn looking back at the girl and then the shadow spoke moving to form more letters.

S. U. P.

Three letters or symbols were the maximum Devyn could do when controlling the shadow mist that lingered around her. Since the girl had given her name and Devyn's name was longer than three letters she was going to have to change back. Moving back from the little dirt pile now, she took a deep breath and her form began to break and slide down off of her, the shadows retuning back to normal and going back to the objects that had casted them. Devyn stood where the shadow beast was, dusting of her jeans and 'In This Moment' band t-shirt. The shadow smoke still lingered a little but was staring to fade away. "Hi Melanie. I’m Devyn and I have been here for three years. Are you lost?" Devyn introduced herself and then asked the question as she moved closer towards the other girl. Like always Devyn's voice and how she dressed made it easy for her to pass as either a really pretty boy or just a more masculine girl. This person however was clearly a girl, and a cute one at that. "Your wolf form was really pretty by the way." Devyn gave a compliment, not really flirting yet, but stating her opinion on the other girls other form.

[Melanie Saunders]

 Melanie watched as the beast buried its bone. She smiled as she kind of thought of herself doing that. She watched as the shadows formed words again and she nodded and smiled as the word was completed. Melly watched as the shadow beast formed back into a human. It was assuring to see that Melanie was not the only one who could shift quickly like that. The girl introduced herself as Devyn and Mel answered her question by saying "No I am just getting myself familiar with the place" The girl complemented her wolf form by saying it was pretty and Melanie smiled, no one has ever said that her form was nice before.

 "Thanks I can change it into different canines as well, I like your form as well especially your shadow words" she complemented Devyn.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn now had the chance to give the girl a good look over and was confident that this girl was younger than her. Sure Devyn was taller than a lot of girls but it was just that innocent look about the girl that made Devyn pretty sure she had to be like in her early teens. Possibly fourteen or maybe fifteen, but Devyn could not say for sure since some people did not look their actual age. Pale green eyes made Devyn smiled a little bit because she did not meet too many people with a similar eye color to her own green eyes. Being a cute little blonde made Devyn wonder if that was why her fur took on the white color or if she could take on different color wolves. Not that it really matter since it was just a color, that Devyn felt looked good next to her black coat. An explanation that she was not lost and in fact was just getting herself used to the place. That made sense and it was smart of the girl to get a map out of a place they were going to call their home.

"Oh good. Are you new here or have been here a few years?" Devyn asked, knowing that people came into their mutations in their early teens or a little bit younger. So the other girl could have been here for a while and Devyn just never saw her because they were in different grades. Devyn listened to the girl's explanation of how she could turn into different canines, an ability that Devyn had heard and seen before so it was not really impressive. Still the little girl was cute and Devyn liked to at least make friends with those with canine based abilities so she did not have a problem with the other girl. A complement was returned that made Devyn smirk since the girl not only complimented her power and what she could do, but there was the fact that she didn't appear to be scared of it. A bit odd, but she didn't dwell on it. "Thank you. I'm still working out how to form more letters and symbols with it." Devyn explained as she moved to slide her hands into her pockets as she went to circle the girl.

"So Melanie. Tell me about yourself." Devyn said, not really asking and giving a light demand. She was a little bit curious about this girl since she had not really shown any fear to Devyn's power.

[Melanie Saunders]

 Melanie looked up at Devyn it was obvious to Mel that Devyn was older than she was. She looked into the eyes of the girl and seen the same coloured eyes she had. Devyn was taller than she was as Melanie was only five foot one.

The girl asked if Melanie had been here for a while and she said "I have only been here for two days and I kind of want to get to know the place before I call it home" She smiled as Devyn smiled and she talked about trying to make the shadow writing better and then Devyn circled Melanie. She was happy inside that at least she was making conversation with another human something she had never been able to do with anyone at her old school. Devyn then asked Melanie to talk about herself. She did not know where to begin so she said "I am from Montana and I am an only child. I have always grown up with dogs. I love being outside in the fresh air. As I said before I am able to turn into any canine at will of any colour coat or breed." She could not think of anything else to say about herself so she looked at Devyn and said politely "do you want to know anything specific about me?"

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn was indeed taller, seeing as she was five foot eight, so she did have a nice little height advantage over the other girl. Granted Devyn did have that over a lot of girls, which also helped with the whole mixing up people with her actual gender. Since guys on average were a lot taller than girls and all. Not that it really mattered at the moment as Devyn was more so interested in making this little canine shifter into her friend. My soon to be pack is forming. Devyn thought to herself and gave a small mental chuckled since that was not really the case. She just really wanted to at least see what it was like to play with another mutant who could turn into a canine. She could play with a tone of feline related mutants, but she still didn't really have many canine based friends. This was why she blamed her whole being more cats like at times on her cat friends, but it did benefit her in a lot of ways.

"Wow, only two days? You have a lot of exploring and settling in to do then." Devyn said never really meeting someone so fresh to the school. She actually might have but just never got around to asking them about it. Devyn was not judging her differently however because at some point or another they were all new to the school. The fact that Devyn had been here longer meant she could help out the other girl and possibly through that gain the girls trust. Devyn did her littler circle around, sizing the girl up, thinking she was cute but not something she would dare do naughty things with because she was way too young, but they could still be really good buddies for sure. Devyn listened closely as Melanie shared a little bit about herself, Devyn more so surprised that the other girl was fine with Devyn circling her. Treating her like she was prey, but that was how Devyn treated people. They were all prey.

"Oh cool. I can only change my size a little bit in my other form, so pretty cool that you can change all sorts of aspects about yourself." Devyn said as she gave an approving nod, stopping when she was in front of the girl again. Tilting her head a little at the question of if there was any specific that she wanted to know about the girl. "Hmm, no not really. Wait, why were you not scared of me?" Devyn asked since that was in fact what she wanted to know and why her interest had been peaked by this little girl.

[Melanie Saunders]

 Melanie realised she was good at making conversation and thought to herself why could I not do this at my old school. Devyn commented on how long she had been at the academy, Melanie knew herself she had a lot to discover and new friends to make.

 Devyn stopped circling and faced her and asked her a question. Why was she not scared of Devyn? she replied to the question by saying "I am not afraid because your not a scary person to me" Melanie looked up at Devyn's face and made a small smile. Hopefully Devyn would take that as a compliment and Melanie said "I guess I have never needed to be afraid of anything before so why now". Hopefully she was on the right path to becoming a friend of Devyn's.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn tilted her head at the response back from the little girl, not sure she really understood. How was Devyn not a scary person? Alright, maybe right now in this form she was not all that scary to some. The other form however, she really didn't understand how a girl as tiny even as a wolf would not be at least unnerved by it. Devyn had met a ton of adults that were fearful or at least put on edge by the other form, and rightfully so. It was something you might see out of a nightmare or some demon; if demons were real that is. Even Devyn was scared of herself when she first came into her power; she was just used to it now because it was a part of her now. "Interesting." Devyn responded simply, playing with her keys for a moment before moving to stomp and the spot that was now covered in dirt, but clearly looked like the ground had been dug up since grass was missing.

The next part caught Devyn's attention even more. So does that mean she does not have any fears? Bull. Devyn thought to herself and shook her head no, because everyone had at least one thing that they feared. Then again the girl could just have been talking about that she didn't have anything to fear because Devyn was just burying something. Yet Devyn could argue that if she had not been in control she could have mauled and then place the girl in the hole with the bone. Not that she would think to do such a thing to a cute girl, but when she was out of control, anything could happen. "Well, I guess I can understand. Having a fear is not all that bad since it normally helps tell you when you should be careful with something." Devyn explained as she adjusted her shades a little, looked away for a moment, and then back over to Melanie. "Want to get a snack with me? I'm always a bit hungry after using my power." Devyn asked and explained, figuring maybe they would at least do something other than stand around.

[Melanie Saunders]

 Melanie knew she was pretty much lying about not being afraid of anything but Melanie meant it in a way that she was not afraid of people just by the way they look and act by themselves. The thing that scared Melanie was the making friends part but she seemed to have that section with Devyn. She knew that some people could not control there form when shifting but Melanie was willing to take a chance if that meant making friends.

 She started to feel a bit awkward just standing around talking and she started to feel hungry, all that running around before had made Mel crave something to eat. She was going to ask Devyn if they wanted to get something to eat but it seemed Devyn had that idea too. She nodded at the request and said "I am hungry too, I don't eat much in my canine form" as she followed Devyn out of the field. The only thing she ate in her canine form was animals that she had caught such as birds or squirrels but she hated the idea of eating dog food. The idea of her eating dog food made her laugh inside.

[Devyn Solway]

Talking about fears did make Devyn start to think about her fears, and immediately she could think up of three that would be her biggest. Needles, medication, and her mother. In that order. Sure there were others but those were the first three that hit her mind when she was thinking about fears. Granted she was quickly pushing such thoughts out of her head now since she did not like to think about such things. It was just bad for her maintaining her calm and chill attitude if she was being weighed down by such thoughts, but for the time being she would be fine. Devyn was pleased to hear that Melanie agreed with her on the whole getting something to eat. It was nice to know that she was not the only one who got hungry while in her other form or after using her power. Burned energy having your body change like that, even if Devyn's body was more so being stored inside a shadow beast creature of sorts.

"I try to, but it does not work out so well." Devyn said with a chuckle as she responded back to Melanie's words about not really eating in her other form. Devyn led the way with her hands in her pocket, heading towards the vending machine since that was the closest place to get a snack, and they always had a nice verity of snacks. Not just those simple one that had candy, this one had poptarts, and things that could even be heated in a microwave or eaten cold. "What do you want to eat and drink? My treat." Devyn offered as she reached into her pocket to pull out her wallet. Putting some bills in to get herself a water and then a bag of pretzels because they were good at feeling her for a certain amount of time. "Is there anywhere you would like to know the location of? Could give you a tour if you need it, or something." Devyn offered up after taking a sip from her water bottle. Figuring she could put her years of being here to use somehow with this new girl.

[Melanie Saunders]

 Melanie smiled as Devyn chuckled and they walked to the vending machine. Devyn told her it was he treat and pick what she wanted. "Thank you" Mel smiled at Devyn and then said "I will just have a pepperami and a bottle of water" Pointing to the pepperami in its green packaging in the vending machine. She loved pepperami as it was meat and she loved meat and she would need water to wash it down and that would fill her up for the time being.

 Devyn asked Melanie if she wanted to know the location of anywhere but there was one thing that came to mind it was not a question about location but something which had been worrying her since she came to Bellefonte and that was "I heard there are people who don't like mutants is that true?" and she thought about when she overheard a conversation about something called SPECTRE.

[Devyn Solway]

"Peperami and a water coming right up." Devyn said as she inserted the cash since she didn't really have any change, but thanks to the purchases she did. After sticking the change in her back pocket and putting her wallet back in her other back pocket, she bent over and grabbed the snack and the water, holding it out for the other girl to take. "Interesting that they have peperami in there. I thought it was a UK treat." Devyn said with a small chuckle, but not all that surprised since this school did have transfer from other mutant schools around the world and all someone would have to do is put in a request for something to be added to the vending machines and then it was there. Devyn just knew she never tried it before, but it looked and certainly smelled interesting so she made a note in the back of her head to give it a try later on.

Then a question from the little girl that caught Devyn by surprise, but then she figured it had to be that maybe Melanie was just worried or scared about it. "If you are talking about those rumors about SPECTRE, then if those rumors are true, then yes there are people that don't like mutant." Devyn said giving a small shrug as she shoved a pretzel into her mouth and washed it down with a mouthful of water for a moment before going to talk. "There will always be people out there that don't like someone for whatever reason. It’s how people are, can't have everyone like you. Even more so if they don't understand something about you, they have a greater fear." Devyn said trying to explain it, not sure if she was saying it right. She just knew that people where always like that, SPECTRE or not.

If people didn't understand something, it caused fear, fear caused people to react differently and often violently. Self-preservation and all that stuff that Devyn didn't care to get into. "Why? Are you scared?" Devyn asked after a moment then, looking down at the girl with a small head tilt as she asked the question.