Battle 1

Vell's body felt wrong. His bones were like jelly, and his skin was pulled too tight over his frame. He tried to move, but a sharp, stabbing pain erupted from his chest, forcing a gasp of air from his lungs.

'What the hell happened?'

He slowly looked down. The gaping hole in his chest was gone, replaced by a patch of smooth, new skin. That was not the only change. He looked at his arms; they seemed to have grown slightly longer, and when he tried to clench his fists, they felt too big, too heavy. He sat up, his head spinning as he tried to adjust to the dim, strange light of the temple. His gaze swept across the room. Yenna and the kids were lying nearby, all of them still and unmoving, but he could sense a faint aura coming from each of them.

'They are all okay, good. But what is going on with me?'