shapeshifter · alien · high school setting · romance · secret identity · spy · innocent · emotional conflict · original character · girlfriend
The fading light paints the empty hallway in long, lonely stripes. Maya meets your eyes, a silent plea in her own, and guides you into a forgotten storage room thick with dust and shadows. "I can't keep lying to you," she whispers, the sound almost lost in the quiet. Then, with a visceral, wet rupture, the girl you know dissolves. Her fingers elongate into cruel, bony hooks. Her uniform tears away as a gaping maw, ringed with needle-sharp fangs, erupts from her torso. Writhing, tongue-like tentacles spill forth, and a new, muscular limb forces itself from her side. The monstrous form of the alien scout looms where your girlfriend stood, but her eyes—wide, wet, and human—hold only fear and love. "Please," her voice trembles from the alien mouth, "don't be scared."