4The Heart shone, brighter, brighter than ever before. Will closed her eyes. "Calm down!" she commanded, "It's just me! It's Will!"
The Heart continued to shine, and Will could hear its power grow, surrounding her. What was happening? Her heart pounded in her ears; her hairs stood on its ends. Was the Heart angry at her? Why was it doing this?
She tried to reach for it, but the Heart flew inside her, phasing through her chest.
Darkness fell, and Will was able to open her eyes. She stared at her chest, feeling it, trying to sense the Heart.
"Heart of Kandrakar… Xin Jing… what did I do? What is the meaning of this?" she asked.
She waited. She got up and drink some milk. She read magazines. She went back to her room and slumped on the bed.
What is this new thing Kandrakar is trying to do now?
"…ugh, I don't have any more time for this," she declared, and she went back to sleep.
However, the dream that visited her was nothing like a dream.
Goodness! What a terrible, heavy rain! Will stood from the ground, yelling for help, but none came. She almost slipped from a cliff and realized it was terrifying mountain filled with dark clouds and lightning storms. Lightning should listen to her; it was her powers, and as a sovereign, she was stronger.
Will opened her eyes and held her hand out, yelling in annoyance. A monstrous roar came from her lungs, and she gasped at the sound.
[[W-what's… what's happening?!]] Her voice! Her voice had this demonic quality to it, echoing in her head and through the mountain. [[NO!]]
Distressed, Will attracted lightning to course through her. She roared even more, now in pain and confusion. Every cell of her body being ripped apart; every edge was getting sharper and sharper. Her hair was pointing upwards, and her wings, her wings, they were terrifying her now, she could see their shadow on the ground and they were huge!
Her body changed, convulsing and pulsing with its morphing. Cedric had to be admirable, shifting in and out of various forms…
[[RUAAARRRRGGGHHHH!]]
Her nails lenghtened into claw-like structures. Her skin grew almost disgusting protrusions - no, they were shiny, they were scaly - no, they were scales! Her hair went wilder, longer and messier than it should be… and pointier. It was heavy on both sides, and she knew there was something hard on her head, but all she could do was scream as she changed and her back extend downwards to a swishing tail–
"WILL!"
She shoved everything away with all she got, and a frightened Susan screamed.
"M-mom?!" Will gasped. "Mom! I'm sorry, I–"
"It's fine. You were having nightmares." Susan reached out to wipe her daughter's sweat.
Will nodded, out of air and finally out of the dream. Or nightmare. She had turned into a monster… was the Heart warning her?
