Dream Diver

[Elengil]

She was running, afraid...

She looked back, trying to cut through the darkness...

She never could see what was chasing her. Suddenly she felt it land on her back, and she screamed!

"WAKE UP young lady!"

Scya woke up with a start, her heart beating like crazy.

It took her a few seconds to get her bearings. She was in English III, it was friday, and she was in trouble...

"Sorry Mr. Pearson, I haven't been getting much sleep lately..."

"Will you please get your sleep somewhere else? Honestly, thats the third time this week!"

She heard the giggles and murmurs, and felt the heat rising in her cheeks. Lunch would be bad today...

Scya was only 15, and small, VERY small... It didn't help at all that she was smart enough to have skipped a grade back in 5th grade. Things had been bad enough when dealing with people her own age. When they were older it just made things worse. To top it all off, her balance was horrible, and once the kids had found out, she rarely spent the entire day upright. Someone always found a way to trip her up.

Despite hitting so much stuff face or butt first, she was actually quite pretty. Her dating life however, had ended quite quickly when on the second date, she had inadverdently tossed a full drink into her dates lap. That had taken nearly a month to live down. She quit dating after she heard the guys were laying bets on where the next guy to date her would get it.

As expected, there were many jokes, and a couple trip-up attempts at lunch, one of which almost got her. She ended up slipping on a bit of butter one of the cheerleaders dropped while leaving the register, and ended up losing much of her lunch. All she was left with was a few wrapped cookies and a can of soda

For some reason, the jeers and jokes got to her more than normal, and just before lunch ended, she ended up losing the rest of her lunch. As she tried to stand up, one of the lunch monitors came over, and as he was trying to steady her, she proceeded to lose more than just her lunch, and passed out in his arms.


She came to in the nurses office, with a wet towel on her face. She heard the nurse talking with her father, and heard the word MORFS. Then came the dry heaves, and she passed out again.



When she woke up again, she felt the arm unit on her left arm. She looked at the clock and realized it was sunday morning. She had been asleep for over 30 hours...

She jumped up, and immediately noticed that her balance was much better. Then she noticed why...

In the bathroom mirror she saw her wings, after having to climb up on the sink... Tears came to her eyes as she realized she was even shorter than before. She had been barely over 5 feet tall before, and now she was well under 4 feet, with wings to boot. The only consolation was that they were cute wings, kinda like the fairies from the books she liked to read. Then came the hunger... A hunger like she had never felt before!

Her father woke to the crashing of glass. He hurried to the kitchen to a sight he never thought he would see, food (or at least what was left) was strewn all over. His daughter stuffing her mouth right from the fridge. When he tried to pull her away, all she did was wriggle free and growl at him. It was only when he grabbed her around the waist and forcefully lifted her away was he able to get her from the fridge. When she finished the leftovers she had been holding, she once more tried to get back to the food. He spent almost a full minute trying to get some response from her, other than growls, and struggles. Finally he slapped her across the face.

She shook herself, and blinked awake, dazed...

"Dad? Ouch, why does my cheek hurt... And what the hell happened to me? Why is the kitchen a mess?"

"Sweetie, don't you remember?"

"I was in the bathroom, looking at the changes, and then I was here... Oooh, my tummy doesn't feel to good..."

"I'm not surprised, seeing how much you just ate."

Scya looked around and was horrified, it looked like the table the football team ate at, after lunch.

"C'mon, lets get you dressed, and to the aftercare center..."

Finding clothing that fit her new form was nearly impossible, and she ended up wearing an old dress from years ago.

The drive to the center was a quiet one, though she had a lot to mull over. She had hoped for the best, and gotten the worst. Her only hope was that she had gotten something good from MORFS. A hope that was quickly shattered when she was informed that other than some minor PSI abilities, she had a clean bill, and was fit to get back to school...



Going back to school was torture, since not only was she smaller, and a "freak", but she had to wear custom made clothing, which of course wasn't in style at all, and cost a lot more, so she was much more limited in choices. The only consolation was that it was easier to get lost in the crowd, being smaller. People still tried to trip her, but amazingly, they couldn't. They tried the butter trick, and she ended up just flipping, not even spilling a thing. That surprised her, and impressed the crowds, which actually clapped a bit. The only problem was, when lunch was over, she was still hungry...

She raced home after school, and promptly tore apart the fridge, again. She was able to clean up her mess before her dad got home, but he noticed the lack of food quickly.

"Happened again didn't it?"

"I wish I knew why, and where the hell my body is packing it all. I haven't even gained a pound since I finished with MORFS. I've actually been losing a few pounds!"

The week continued, following the same pattern. The only difference being on thursday when one of the bullies actually shoved her. It was the first time she hit the floor face first in a week, and for some reason it hurt more than ever.

That night, she had the wierdest dream. The bully was in it, and trying to torment her, again. The only thing was, he wasn't able to hurt her, and it was confusing him. Finally, she had had enough, and smacked him back. Then she realized it, she was dreaming... She had control! She got a really wicked look in her eyes and promptly went ballistic on the boy, since it was only a dream, no one was hurt... It wasn't until he was broken, bloodied, and running scared that she let up for a second, reveling in her freedom. Then she let out a blood curdling scream and slashed out at his exposed throat with her claws. He SCREAMED!

She awoke in a cold sweat... She had been planning on ripping his throat out, and was terrified at how violent she had acted. She calmed down, and rationalized. It was only a dream, she was stressed, everything will be fine.

Next morning was different...



When she got to school, the rumor mills were going full speed... Some student had attacked his mother, and had nearly killed her! The story filled out later in the day... The boy had had a horrible nightmare, and his mother had just been in the wrong place when she had shaken him awake. He had struck out at her in a half sleep daze. When Scya heard who it was, she felt a chill go down her spine... It was the same boy from her dream! It had to be coincedence, right?

As the story unfolded in the news, and the interviews piled in, her doubt wavered... She was scared and jumpy all day long, until the police attributed it to a stress induced nightmare, and dropped the investigation. She was in the middle of stuffing her face when the news was released, and the relief just flooded her mind. She was safe!

She realized that she would have to be far more careful in the future, and be much more careful with her "dreams" lest this be repeated, and her power revealed...

After school, she checked several things. First, she checked her weight, which was down to 28 lbs. Second, she scoured the net for any info on people with powers like hers. She found almost nothing, and the only things she found were only remotely close.

"Ok, no real help there... No friends... But I have to get this monster under control..."

She had plenty of people she would love to test it on, but how did this work? What was she supposed to do?

[StarfoxHowl]

This is going to be an interesting ride. I for one would like to see more.
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[Berner]

I'd also like to see more, seems interesting.

[Czaanum]

a fairy with power over dreams? All hail Queen Mab!

very interesting, can't wait to see how it pans out

[Elengil]

Scya spent the next week or so being VERY careful what she did in dreams. She found that her "power" triggered several times a night actually, but rarely hit the same person more than twice a week.

She actually enjoyed a few of the dreams, especially the ones with some of the cuter boys... It was kind of fun, being the one in charge of a "night on the town" for once.

On the second friday post MORFS, she tried something different, she tried changing her form in the dream... She remembered that in her first "burst" she had formed claws to attack with, so rationalized that she might be able to do other changes. She managed to become two other girls, and even one of the guys on the football team! That was one heck of a ride. She realized then, that this was an awesome power she had, especially with this "cloaking" ability.

Next week, she payed VERY close attention to the rumors going around school, and started to formulate plans on how to use them to her advantage. She found out about one of the cheerleaders who was apparently VERY anti hybrid, and did her best to get a good idea of how her boyfriend looked. Another cheerleader was rumored to be lesbian, and one of the halfback on the football team was supposedly fooling around with an english teacher...

Each night, she preyed upon her targets, and by friday, had actually caused a breakup, and confirmed that the cherleader was indeed lesbian, VERY lesbian if her experience was any guide. Scya however was a little surprised at how she herself had responded to it, but figured it couldnt be bad if it felt that good...

The halfback was an odd case, as he had given no real response when she had tried to seduce him as a woman. What he HAD mentioned was FAR more interesting. Apparently, he WAS fooling around with a teacher... A MALE teacher!

Scya had no idea how she was going to use that little tidbit to her advantage, but she DID visit the cheerleader several times over that week, each time showing up as a progressively smaller girl. She wondered if she could push the girl towards her slowly, driving her "interests" toward her slowly but surely.

Over the next few weeks, she slowly started enjoying her nights, tearing at the strained relationships of several of the "popular crowd", finding dozens of juicy little secrets, and gaining quite a bit of sexual experience.

Scya waited almost 3 weeks with the cheerleader she was focusing on before adding her wings to the mix. The girl was quite surprised, but pleasantly so, when Scya decided to give the girl her own wings. That was one of the better dreams she visited that night, and she made sure to keep it up every night, making sure to make it as memorable as possible.

Scya also took advantage of some of the info she was digging up to "convince" some of the nastier teachers to loosen up a bit. All she had to do was leave an anonymous note, telling them someone "knew" about what they were doing, suggesting that they be a little more "caring" about their students grades...

It was almost 3 months before she was "caught" during a Dream Dive.

Note: Shes about to get a bit of an ethics lesson, as well as a new friend...

[Nimrill]

The last part sounded more like a abstract than a teaser.
But it seems to indicate a good story idea...

Nimrill

[zan]

looks promising lets hope you deliver