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[Xzana had not liked the sudden return of memories that assaulted her. Nor the loss of memories she had thought to be true. She felt as if it was tearing her mind apart. She wasn't human, she was- was what? An animal? Her constructed memories told her that wasn't a good thing. She was a person. Her true memories told her that was fine. Not exactly an animal, but not a human and better for it. The days after the invasion were hard for her.

She tried to sleep in a bed, but didn't feel safe. That wasn't her home. Tried to sleep at the bottom of the lake. She knew that's where she belonged, but she would awaken thinking she was drowning as a human would. Even though she was not drowning at all she wouldn't be able to sleep again until she surfaced.

Her clothes, once she would have simply worn what was given to her everyday. Only understanding that humans liked it better if she had something on. Now she felt as though she should change it every day. What a hassle. Yet, it was fun trying on different outfits - NO IT WASN'T! Was it? Just a little maybe...

Food. How was she suppose to eat? The thrill of the hunt came back as she started to catch her own fish again, but as she sank her teeth in to eat a warning shouted in her head. Eating raw meat would make her sick. No it wouldn't, for all her life it had never once made her sick. Yet, she found she couldn't eat it.]

[Confused, hungry, and tired Xzana wanders around Luceti for several days after the attack. A dazed and confused look typically on her face as she tries to figure out just who she is and what she should do now. Dressed in a mismatch of a green skit, an orange sweater, and lacking any footwear she wanders about just about everywhere. Making sure to at least stop into Seventh Heaven where she's hoping someone has gone back to work. She was so hungry, but had forgotten how to work a stove.

The clothing shop where she will attempt to dress herself in more fashion disasters. She's at least changing her clothes now, fashion can be a step later on. For now she'll be happy to look like an 80s reject.

Standing inside the fountain each day as she tries to figure out where she belongs. Her old life says the forest, her new life says she belongs in town with people inside buildings. Yet, neither feel right anymore.

The other thing she has trouble dealing with is missing people. She's never really missed people before, not like this. Kitten had been so young, was she okay? Was she having as hard of a time as she was? Had she even been real? Had anyone she talked with been real? She can't not know any longer and opens up her waterlogged journal.]

Kitten, are you there? Derek- [A pause. How should she word this?] Are you real? I am Xzana. I look different now. I am not a human. I am an ani- I am a creature you would call a dragon. Or a nymph. I have both in me.

Are you there? If you are real are you alright? I did not mean to lie to you. I did not know what I was. It was not my trick.

[Is that all she should say?] I am at the fountain. I will be here for - [Time, she had used it as a human. How do humans use time. Ugh, she couldn't quite remember.] -a couple hours? I will be here until the sun leaves the sky. [Better. That's all that needs to be said, right? Right.]

I-

[...]

I hope you were real.

[She quickly closes the book and waits for a response.]

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[Kitten tilts her head thoughtfully before shaking it.] Other Immmortals, in a few cases, but no dragons. Centaurs have been known to breed with horses or humans, and my human adoptive mother is half-god.

None of our dragons can change forms, either, though! How do you do it? Is it just an inherent part of dragons in your world?

No, not all dragons can change. Only some are able to, but... I- I don't know how to change.

I can't remember how. I think I still can, but I do not know how. Or maybe I never could. You are still human, maybe I just have not finished changing back. I think I use to be able to change into three different forms, but I do not know what thoughts and memories are real anymore.

I am having trouble figuring out which gestures are truly mine and which are not. My balance is wrong, and I am afraid to use most of my magic for fear of harming this body.

Even if you are finished changing back, what you say about the memories is true and makes it so hard to tell. Everything is jumbled. It will settle eventually, I hope. It has to. [She might keep Xzana as her aunt even after it does, though. Kitten has always had a cobbled together family, and she thinks they'd forgive her for adopting a new member without them here.]

[Xzana will be glad to keep close tabs on Kitten as well. Even if they weren't blood relatives the protection of young dragons runs strong in her.]

A human body takes time to get use to. [She remembers still when she first learned to change forms. It took a long time to get use to not having a tail.] It takes time to remember you are missing weight behind you, but eventually you will find your center again.

Although, you will hopefully be back as you should be soon. To be safe, do not use your magic until then.

I do not even know if I will be human long enough to get used to it. At the same time, there are all these memories of being human, and the idea that I could be a dragon is so strange. I know I am a dragon, but none of it feels right.

[She tilts her head in consideration of that advice.] I think light and unlocking spells are safe enough, but anything stronger is too dangerous.

It may be safe, but do not needlessly risk and tax that body you are in with magic. [She reaches out to run her fingers- no, claws - through the young girl- dragon's hair.] I understand what you mean with the memories. They are... difficult to sort.

Memories and feelings may fade with time, but I am not sure.

[She leans into the hand on her head, even as it sparks the unsettling realization that she has hair now. She isn't supposed to have hair to run anything through, be it claws or fingers.] I suppose you're right. No human has ever had dragon magic before, so I do not know what the effect will be on a mortal body.

[She hesitates for only a second before adding...] You still feel like family, even if I do not feel as if I know what I am.

We may not share the same blood, but in the world and time I am from dragons in a clan together share close bonds as if they were hatched together. There are not enough dragons being born now that each life is important. So we care deeply for each other.

[Even a half blood like herself was important. Not as important as someone pure, as she understood it, but in her mind and upbringing that was perfectly natural and goes without saying.]

I would be honored if you would still think and feel as if I was your family. We may be only two, but perhaps we could be a clan here together in Luceti.

I do not live among dragons at home. Mama was pulled to the Mortal Realm before she had me, and she was killed there. She left my name to my human adoptive mother before she died, though. When I met my grandparents, they allowed me to stay with Mama Daine. We just visit each other. Many of the other dragons did not approve, but it was what I chose.

[Kitten nods, but her voice falters a little as she realizes something.] I will not be able to talk to you anymore once I am myself again. You can't understand me.

Some dragons in my land choose to live with humans. [Herself she wasn't sure if she would consider herself among those numbers. She lived near humans, but not really with them.

Except for one, yet he was often away and not near his home.] Humans can be decent companions, however, I believe I understand why some may not have approved. Just like it would be difficult for us to fully understand how to raise a human child, they would feel a human would not understand how to raise a dragon.

Your human mother I think has done well so far. So long as she allows you to learn how to use your magic and does not try to make you human.

[Xzana doesn't respond right away when Kitten brings up the difficulty they would soon be facing.]

I am sorry that I can not understand you. I have never had difficultly before understanding my fellow dragons, but there is a difference there between our worlds.

That does not mean we have to stop trying. We will find a way to understand each other again without words.

[Shaking her head] Mama isn't like that. She has wild magic. She cannot understand my words, but she talks to animals and has never expected any of them to be different than they are by nature. She would expect nothing else of me, either.

[Kitten knows better than anyone that it's possible to be family without exchanging a single word, but usually at least her fellow dragons can understand her. She wants her own form back, of course, but she's spent her entire life longing for the ability to be understood. Having it only for it to be snatched away again is cruel.]

We will. [Resigned but determined.]

[Xzana allows herself a moment to gently rub at Kitten's face, to pat her head, and to brush her hair once more with her claws. These simple actions brought forth such intense emotion of love and loss. She wasn't sure if she should enjoy the feeling or hate it.

Either way, it would eventually all be gone.] Maybe I will be able to learn to speak as you do.

[Again, Kitten stretches up slightly, leaning closer to Xzana's hands. The sensation is unfamiliar, both from her own skin rather than scales and Xzana's claws rather than the human fingers of her mortal family. It's nice, though, and her stomach sinks slightly as she tries to reconcile three worlds instead of the two she's balanced well enough so far since arriving in Luceti.]

Maybe. If not, you will hardly be the first member of my family unable to understand my words. Mama and Papa understand me well enough by now that I scarcely notice I cannot speak to them.

Then do not fear. For as long as I breath in this strange land I will not give up trying to understand you without words.

Thank you. [There isn't much else she can say to that, so Kitten falls silent, leaning against Xzana quietly for a moment before she speaks again.]

Where do you live here, if I come looking for you? I am in House 44, the stone castle, but I can come to visit.

I live in the lake. Although as the weather grows cold I will be changing to one of the big buildings.

Really? In the lake, not near it? Dragons have no such affinity for water in my world.

I cannot even swim. Derek was trying to teach me, but I have yet to learn.

Not all dragons are as I am. Many can not live with in the water as I do. Part of it is due to the blood of my father being that of the water Nymphs. They can live under the water.

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