Monday
A week passes.
Takeshi has been quiet and Ren's been keeping her distance from him. Nathan and Eclipse only talked during class. After school, Maiman goes home while Eclipse goes to the Church. Takeshi walks along the city streets, heading towards the local alchemy shop. He turns down an alley and the sound of fast moving footsteps come from behind him. As he turns to see who it is, a knife is suddenly stabbed into his stomach. He lets out a grunt and before he can see who did it, they're already gone. Takeshi holds a hand over his wound before he takes a step backwards, his vision becoming blurry.
"What the…" he starts but falls onto his back.
"No, no. I can't. C'mon. I have to get home," he starts to stand up but his legs shake weakly. As he lets out a sigh, he feels a small chill run down his back.
"I'm in town, I can't. No no no. C'mon," he feels his feet begin to tingle as his toes change into claws like a ravens'. Takeshi stumbles forwards, trying to head to his house but he falls onto his face as his feet grow black scales on them. Black feathered wings begin to grow out of his back as his hair starts to turn black.
"No, please," he whimpers. His eyes change to a gold color as he gets to his knees. He finishes changing into his original form before he starts towards his house.
"Monster!" A girl screams from a window of a house he passes, drops of blood leaving a trail behind him.
"He's weak! We can get him!" Another voice comes from nearby as he continues stumbling towards Arhiyan's house. Citizens begin to approach and surround him, knives and other weapons in their hands. Takeshi turns to try and go another way but they block him. He hesitates before flying up into the sky and weakly heading towards the forest.
"What's going on? What happened?" Ren approaches and asks an older woman who held a pitchfork.
"There was a monster. It flew off towards the forest but I ain't think it went very far," the old woman smirks.
"Why not?" Ren raises an eyebrow.
"It was injured. Didn't even think bout fighting us. See the blood? I've never seen anything so golden like it's eyes. Not even gold," the woman looks at the spot where he had been before pointing at the trail of blood.
"Really?" Ren looks at the blood before studying her.
"Darn thing left feathers and blood all over," the woman growls before starting towards the spot. Ren follows and stops when she sees large black feathers scattered on the ground.
"C'mon! Let's get this thing! The queen would love its head!" A man starts towards the forest with a bunch of other men, all holding different kinds of weapons from pitchforks to rifles. Ren quickly starts off towards the forest, taking another, faster route.