Shift The year was 2099. The world had moved to new and better technology. It now had mutants. They roamed the streets like normal people, bustling and hurrying. Humans were not aware of them and neither were the mutants themselves. Then there were shifters. Shifters were the dead. They looked like humans and even acted like them but they were demons. They took human souls and fed off of them in order to stay alive. But there was one shifter, one who couldn't do this. She was pure from the moment she was born to the 100 years she lived as a teenager. Now she had to feed. It was her time. She held a soul in her hand once but it was terrifying. Now she held her own human in her arms debating whether or not to pull it from his body. "I am so sorry." She whispers into his ear crying. She wipes her brunet hair away from her face and wipes the tears leaking from her hazel eyes. "Please don't." The man begs her weakly. "I have to," Gwen tells him. "I want to live." "So do I," he replies. She pushes him away and stands up pacing back and forth in an alley. "Do it Gwen." Loray says to her. He was the king of shifters. He bred each shifter and took care of each shifter when they turned 100. "Loray," Gwen says bowing. "Stand," he demands. Gwen stands and avoids his gaze. "Pull the soul. Now." Gwen scoots back to the body and kneels down. "I'm sorry," she says and pulls it from his body. Her hand went into the mans skin and she pulled out a black shriveled pit. He was a very bad man. "Eat it," loray tells her. She eats it but gags. She tried again then pukes it back up. "I can't." She turns to tell loray. He looks astonished then his eyebrows furrow. "Your the one." "What are you..." "The ancient prophecy is true." He slides next to Gwen stroking her chin. "I have been searching for you for many many years." Sofia legstan left for school. Yucky is what it was to her. The only fun part was attempting to outwit Ryan, her blonde blue eyed friend with gorgeous chiseled cheek bones. She hopped into her glass tube in her room, "here I come school." She sighs and taps the button. With a whoosh she is taken and arrives at school. Right in the front entrance. "Hey sofa!" She hears Ryan's voice over the shuffling of other teen kids in her class. She was the youngest 14 year old, soon to be 15, girl in her grade. "Hey dimwit!" She calls back to him. He scowls and jogs up to her side. "I was wondering if you wanted to celebrate your birthday early?" He moves his back pack and pulls out a note. "I wish but if my mom found out," Sofia starts. "Nah nah she won't. Forgery is a beautiful gift!" He passes Sofia the note. It was exactly like her mothers handwriting. "Ryan you continue to amaze me!" Sofia hugs him and they walk into the glass building, plop the note on the desk of the principle, and leave. "Where are we going, sofa?" She glares at him, "I want an adventure!" She twirls mid-stride. "I have an idea. How about the alleys in the poor part of town?" He moves his fingers to make it look spooky. "Fine," Sofia agrees. They begin to run, flamboyant and care free. They arrive, after large amounts of perspiration and heavy breathing, to the creepy alleys. "Ryan I don't think we should anymore." Sofia starts backing out of the alley. "Come on I have a lunch and a gift for you, please?" He holds out his hand. Sofia takes it and they continue walking. "Oh my god!" Sofia shrieks. Ryan looks and they see a man. Laying there with a hole in his chest. "Am I lucky or what?" Loray says behind them. Ryan whips around, "shifter," he spits. "So you know me." "I know your kind!" "Ryan who is this?" Sofia asks into his ear. "You shouldn't have brought her you know." Loray says stepping closer. "Why?" "She is part of the prophecy and I will get her." "Never. I will kill you," he steps in front of Sofia and pulls a short dagger. It had a silver glow with blue markings. "You cannot defeat me boy. I am king of shifters and you rares as you call yourself won't kill me." "A lack of us could," Ryan grabs his necklace and smashes it against the ground. A silver fog starts and the king shudders. He snatches Sofia, who is trembling, and tells Ryan one more thing, "I will break the curse and you will suffer a death so great you will beg to become one of us." "No!" He leaps to get her. The shifter vanishes.