(Riza's Story) A Shifter Tale

Chapter 1

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My name is Riza. I am a shifter. I have 4 shifts: Alicorn, wolf, owl, and cat. Currently, I live with a herd of wild horse, their leader is a stallion Appaloosa. My Alicorn is an Appaloosa, my wolf is grey with a white belly, my owl is a snowy owl, and my cat is calico. My inner voice is Misty. Both my parents were horse shifters and my grandmother was a unicorn shifter and her shift was pretty rare. Misty's main form is an Alicorn. I think there has only been one other that is like me and that was 100 years ago. My grandmother taught me how to hide my wings and my horn before she died of old age. If I'm in human form I have wings, which I can hide, I can also hide my wings and horn when I am in alicorn form. Also in human form, I can do spells like a witch. My parents are gone. They were taken one night. I was never found by the people who took my parents. The reason being I went out for a flight as my owl and when I got back to my house it was trashed and no one was at home. (When Misty talks to me I will use bold to show she is speaking. When I talk to misty in my head it will be like this.

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I wake up in the field as my Alicorn but without my horn and wings. I am a brown spotted Appaloosa horse. "Yay, another day filled with boring horses and bland dry grass," exclaims Misty. I walk toward the stallion, the leader of the herd, he is a grey colored brown spotted Appaloosa. "When are we migrating south?" I ask. He looks at me his gaze filled with boredom.

"We will leave for the south meadow when the sun is straight up in the sky," he replies. "Thank goodness, we get to leave this boring place," Misty says in my head.

"Ok," I say. I start to walk back toward the spot I usually graze at only to find it has been filled in with other horses. I turn going to find my herd buddy Maple, a pinto mare, she was the first one to be friendly to me when I arrived 3 years ago. That makes me 16 in human years. I haven't shifted in 3 years. I do remember that I was in a sweatshirt and jeans the last time I saw myself. I also had fair skin was roughly 5'2'' and had bright green eyes with flecks of gold along the edges. "You should tell Maple about us migrating!" Good idea Misty.

"Maple! Where are you Maple?" I shout. I see her across the field I trot over to her.

"Morning Maple" I exclaim. "Guess what?"

"What?" She says as she paws the short dry grass looking for anything edible.

"We are migrating tonight!" I say trotting around her in excitement. "Isn't that exciting?"

"Yes, I can't wait to have fresh delicious grass again," she says. After talking for about an hour I trot off in search of shade it's not that hard to find as the field we are in is right next to a forest. I then take a nap in the shade. When I wake up a couple of hours have passed. It's getting close to time to leave for the south meadow. Suddenly, I hear hoofbeats. The stallion must have started the herd migrating. I get up and run towards the field to see the herd running south. I run with them. I don't run as fast as they do and suddenly I see two boys obviously werewolves, based on their smell, on tired horses trying to round up some of the herd so I stop and prance in front of the boys. Now, the herd can leave for the south meadow safely. "Better for you to be taken than all of them," Misty states. I guess so. Now the guys are throwing ropes at me I twist out of their grasp and run the opposite way of the herd making them choose to follow me or the herd. Of course, they choose me because I am running towards where they came from. They are so sure of themselves that they will catch me. I will not make my capture easy that's for sure. I run faster hoping to get away from them so I can follow the herd. I stop for a second. They are just gone. Where did they go? I don't like this. I don't know Misty they just disappeared and I don't like it either. That's when a rope flies out of the bush and goes perfectly around my neck, a boy shouts "I got her Cody." I buck and try to run but they have a good grip on that rope and I can't go anywhere.

"Good job Brandon lets take her back to the pa -ranch house."

They take me back to their ranch and stuff me into a decent-sized stall. Then, they give me water in a bucket and hay. "Yuck! Who wants to eat hay. I want fresh grass." Chill, Misty we will escape tonight. "Ok, I still want out right now though." I know just wait until tonight. "That's in five hours! You know I can't wait that long." Too bad Misty, I don't want to risk being found out.

It gradually gets darker outside and no one, it seems, is around. "Let's go."

"Ok, ok I'm going," I say to Misty. I have to shift in order to get out of here, don't I? "Obviously." I concentrate on shifting. I hear my bones cracking to fit my new form. I stand up wobbly I am only six inches tall. I have shifted into my small fluffy calico cat. Then I make my way towards the stall door and easily climb out. I walk towards the main doors about to walk out when I brush against a mouse trap and it closes with a loud snap, thankfully my tail is not in the trap."Riza be careful!" I'm trying to give me a break I'm not used to this body.

"Who's there?" I hear a male voice ask. I stiffen. I answer with a meow because what else can I do?

"Oh, it's just a kitty cat. Do you want to come into the house little kitty? He asks softly. Little kitty, he did not just call you that. Let me claw him. No Misty, he is basically offering us shelter and we can raid his kitchen. Ok, but only because I want real food and not grass. Then it's settled.

"Meow" I reply.

"I'll take that as a yes! I love cats!" He says. Then he picks me up and carries me into the house. The house is big enough for at least 300 people to live here. How did I not notice this massive house? "Because you were looking at the ground the whole way here." Oh, I guess you're right. We pass what I assume is the kitchen because a wonderful aroma is wafting out of the room. He continues walking we stop at an elevator and go up two floors then we get off and after a few turns, we reach one of the many rooms.

"This is my room kitty you can stay here tonight," he says as he opens the door. The room is large I can see a tv, a couch and a bed I haven't even walked in the room yet. He walks in and sets me on the rug which is a tan color. I run and jump on the bed. It's so soft. I could lay here forever. I curl up and start purring.

"Can I call you Patch, Kitty?" "Patch seems ok as long as it's not fluffy or cuddles." I meow loudly at him to let him know its ok to call me that.

"Ok then, Patch do you want some beef? I have some in the fridge." I practically leap off the bed and scramble quickly over to the small fridge. I meow uncontrollably. I had just been reminded by my stomach how hungry I was.

"Ok, Ok I'll feed you." he chuckled at me "chill out" then he opens the fridge and pulls out a container of cooked ground beef and sets the container on the ground. I dive into it.

"You enjoy your food I'm going to bed," he states. He walks away emitting a huge yawn. After I eat all of the meat in the container I walk over to the bed and curl up next to the boy. I will figure out his name in the morning, for now, I need to rest. I close my eyes and wait for sleep to come.

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Author's note

Sorry if the chapter is short this is my first book.  I hope you enjoy reading. Pls comment what you think and make suggestions if you think I should change anything. I won't always use your suggestions but I will consider them. Thanks for reading. 1541 words.

-FuzzySheep12