Vincent's first thought when he opened his eyes was, 'At least I'm not in the Hospital again.' He looked around his room. The first thing that stood out was he was in the air. 'Why am I in the air?' He removed the blanket and leaned over.
"Ow! What the hell did I grab on?" Vincent reached behind him and yanked hard.
*Thud*
Vincent sat up, rubbing his head. "What the hell was that?" He stood up and saw his bed hanging from wires. He stood up, confused.
Everything seemed smaller for some reason. He made his way to the bathroom and took a shower. He felt much better and more collected. He got dressed and went to the dining room.
He said morning to everyone and sat down. A maid brought a giant plate of food and placed it before him. He dug into the food.
Halfway through, he noticed everyone staring at him in silence. He wiped away the grease from his face. "Is something wrong? How come all of you are staring at me."
They all groaned and passed Kyle more crystals. Kyle smiled triumphantly and passed four of them to Vincent. Vincent accepted them with confusion. Kandice slapped her forehead. "Enough of this." She summoned a giant mirror and pointed at Vincent.
Vincent glanced at it and looked down at his food again. "In three...two...one."
"WHAT THE HELL!?" Vincent panicked and pushed away from the table. He flapped his new wings in a flurry. He started to float.
Janet also grew a pair of wings and tried to calm him down. "Wait, Vincent, calm down! You don't wanna-" She didn't get to finish before his wings caught fire.
"AHHH, I am on fire! Someone put the flames out." He flapped them more in an attempt to put them out. That made them spread everywhere. Janet was chasing him. "I can't help if you don't stay still!" Kyle was dying on the floor from laughter.
Kandice was recording the whole debacle. "Do not look at me like that, you guys. You know mom loves videos like this." Ryker was about to drink from his whiskey glass when Vincent passed by and evaporated the liquor in the glass. His face grew frown lines on it.
"That's it, you overgrown chicken!" He summoned his pistols and changed the mags from regular bullets to blue ones.
Kandice zoomed in on his face and then did a close-up on his guns. Lyla saw what happened to Ryker's whiskey and put away her wine. "Ouuu Ryker using guns in the house." Kandice was enjoying every moment and capturing it.
Ryker aimed and shot at Vincent. Vincent's instincts took over, and he twirled around the bullet. "What the hell, Ryker!?" "Just hold still. The flames will go away."
Richard and Patty entered as Vincent passed by, and Ryker's bullet hit Richard on his arm. He shook off the ice that crept to his shoulder. Ryker did not seem to realize what he did. Janet immediately flew to the ground and hid behind Blake.
Richard grunted and shook his shoulders. Pitch-black wings unfurled themselves. Patricia looked on with a look of nostalgia. The wings swallowed all the light that wanted to bring attention to them. That itself would draw anyone's gaze.
Richard flapped his wings once and was in front of Vincent. He caught him and blocked Ryker's bullet at the same time. He glared at Ryker and then at the damage to his dining room. Ryker shrunk in his seat. He brought Vincent down to the ground.
"Son, everything is ok. Just breathe and relax. Your wings are a part of yourself. That means you can control them." Vincent focused on his wings and thought about the flames going away. They did. "See, was that so hard?" He clapped him on his shoulders.
Patty clapped and gathered everyone together. "Family photo! All of you show your animal side." They all groaned. "Do not push me." They all sucked up the complaints that were about to come out and did as they were told.
Janet lifted her wings, and her eyes took on a golden hue. Ryker gained a long gold and silver tail. He also grew ears and fur.
Blake grew scales, gills, and horns on the side of his head. Lyla gained a reddish tint to her eyes and grew horns on top of her head.
Kyle grew spots all over his body. A tail extended from his butt, and his eyes were like felines.
Kandice set down the camera and put a timer on for ten minutes. In mid-strut, her eyes turned yellow and round. She grew claws that looked like they could cut through anything. Bridget turned slimmer and more attractive. Seven tails of what seemed like pure snow bloomed behind her. Ears appeared on her head, and her canines grew in sharpness and length.
"Not a single comment, Vincent." He nodded his head. "Vincent, you too, I said all of your animal sides," Patty told him. "Just think about you sinking in a nice warm bath after a long day." Ryker gave him some advice.
Vincent let himself completely relax and heard Patty gasp. He opened his eyes, and everyone sucked in a breath. Kandice brought over the mirror for him to see himself. Vincent gasped, too, when he saw what they were looking at.
He was 6'8, and his hair was long. His once sharp jawline and eyebrows were now more feminine and softer. This did not make him seem more like a woman but more like a noble heir. His tan skin was now brown but healthy and rich brown.
His wings were down, with the tips lit with a red flame. White and blue scales weaved themselves around his arms and neck.
A ring of fire and lightning was around his head. His eyes were a pure milk violet with red, white, blue, and yellow streaks.
His pupils were narrow like a snake, and his teeth felt sharper than a sword. His tongue was forked like a snake as well.
Patty dragged him away from the mirror and put him in the middle. "Everyone say Welcome home!" They smiled at the camera and did as they were told.
The picture of them all smiling would become a distant memory to Vincent. It would remind him how times were before things went to shit.