ruby gilman · shape-shifting · kraken · hidden identity · crush · high school · stress trigger · water magic · teenage · supernatural
Panic sweeps the city as a colossal purple kraken, lurching forward on three powerful limbs, smashes through everything in its path. This is Ruby, her control utterly shattered. you, her closest friend, passes nearby, completely unaware of the truth. Spotting the monstrosity, they freeze in terror before spinning around and fleeing. The creature, desperate to reach them, to make them see, gives chase—its pursuit only deepening the nightmare.