Heartbound

Heart 11: Sumeria

Shin started the ritual by calling the gods and asking for mercy. After that, he chanted the main spell. He pulled a knife and unsheathed it. I can hear it. Sa hula ko, hihiwain niya ang sarili para sa dugo na kailangan sa ritwal.

"Give me power.

Give me control.

Link our bodies as one.

Guide the shift.

According to my will,

Let me mold them."

He dropped his blood on the magic circle. A light sound came from it. I could clearly see how his blood lit up the lines linking us together. The magic circle is like water and the drop of his blood creates invisible waves. Those invisible waves reached my body. I felt like my body was struck and I couldn't even move. I bet it's time for him to control my body. To control my shifting. He already had the power on me.

Malakas na umihip ang malamig at sariwang hangin pero hindi sapat ito para mapawi ang namumuong pawis at tensiyon sa mukha at katawan ko. Tila babaliktad ang sikmura ko.

The blood reached my circle. I'm not sure if he's using too much blood for this ritual. I can't see it. My circle lit up. All of our circles lit up. Hindi ko na talaga maigalaw kahit ang mga daliri ko. He chanted another set of spell.

The whole magic circle lits up in different colors. Red. White. Blue. Gree. Yellow. Sumesenyas sa hangin si Shin. Minsan, naririnig ko ang impit niyang pagdaing. It sounds like he's in pain. Napansin ko ang paggalaw ni Ayen sa kinatatayuan. She said a thing but she's also worried. Maging si Kendrick ay napatayo.

Maybe this ritual is too much for Shin's body. Gusto kong magsalita pero kahit ang bibig ko ay hindi ko maibuka.

Siguro, ganito rin ang nararamdaman nina Zirrius at Damon dahil walang namumutawing salita mula sa kanila.Shin made diagrams of hexagonal stars in the air. Gumalaw ito patungo sa 'min. This hexagonal stars surrounded each one of us as if we're caged.

He let out another drop of blood. I want to ask him to stop but it was already too late. He'll lose too much blood in this ritual but I can't do anything about it.

I felt the sudden transformation. He's now guiding the shift while he's waving his hands in the air. I could feel my body getting a bit smaller. I hear the strange sound of some breaking bones. Napangiwi ako dahil sa pagsakit ng katawan ko. So, it's not really easy to shift. I need to alter my bone structures to do it. My ears slowly became smaller. Like human ears.

Mahina akong napadaing sa ilang butong nababali sa katawan ko. Shin didn't alter my appearance. But he adjust my height and matched it with a smaller face, ears and jaws so I can perfectly look like a normal human. I could feel it even if I can't confirm it with my own eyes.

I could hear Damon and Zirrius grit their teeth. They had a bigger body built and stronger bone structures so they might be suffering a lot.

Bumigat ang paghinga ko. I could feel Shin's energy as it flows throughout my body. He was chanelling his energy to us so he can control the shift. Natitiyak kong nahihirapan na siya ngayon. Hindi lang isa ang kokontrolin niya, kundi tatlo.