A woman°°

I set down both my phone and my brush. My stomach felt like it had hot water bubbling in it. I stood up and made my way to the bathroom. The feeling intensified and my stomach began to pull me.

"Fuck!" The pull became more painful, my legs felt like jelly as I tried to balance. Grabbing unto the sink for dear life and leaning on the walls for support. I made my way back to my phone.

The phone fell multiple times as I tried to dial Aunt Dara.

The dial tone rang. No response.

I dialed again.

No response.

A dreadful sense of deja Vu overwhelmed me.

I dialed her again.

Still no response.

"Aaaaah!"

My left side tugged at me so hard I felt like my organs ripped. My vision blurred and darkened. I reached out for my phone, it was buzzing.

Help!

I felt something at my head and I found myself on my knees with my hands by my side outstretched like I was about to embrace someone. And then I saw it. Terror filled me.

My skin began to crack. Like eggs. The cracks spread all over my body. Each crack sending jolts of pain all centering to my stomach.

It's so painful...it's too much.

Hot liquid trailer down my skin through the cracks but I couldn't look because of how stiff I had gotten. The cracks reached my face and I saw darkness.

Elora?

Oh my goodness!

Elora!

I stirred awake. I felt heavy.

Tired.

"Elora can you hear me? Oh my Goodness"

My eyes met the scared eyes of Aunt Dara, my eyes widened as I quickly hugged her

"Are you alright? I saw your calls on my way home! I'm so sorry darling"

It's fine, I just had a really bad nightmare

"Nightmare?"

She drew from the hug and looked at me. Perplexed.

"I thought you had already bloomed back at home but turned out you haven't" she paused and spoke again "Do you realize you're not speaking to me?"

"???" I looked at her, confused.

"You don't know what happened to you?"

I shook my head and looked down at my legs. A few inches away from my pubic area and peeking beneath my shorts were 4 bold stripes covered in...blood?

I looked around myself panicking. The scene before me was horrific

"When a female Astral elf has reached her blooming age, she sheds her born body. The process is painful but you'll be fine now. I'm here"

Behind me sat my body but just skin, it was shrivelling up and sucking up all the blood I had shed

"It's like a second purification process, you're purified in the mother's womb and at your blooming age. Now you can fully use your astral powers"

Her words sounded so foreign that my head began to hurt, I pushed myself up from the floor. I fell back down

I couldn't walk

"...side effects are you lose some of your cognitive abilities, like learning to walk, talk and write...but it's temporary. You'll be back to normal in a week"

Aunt Dara pulled me up, her hands supporting me on my wobbling limbs. A proud smile on her face. Her hair began to glow and small stars formed as she tapped her forehead with mine.

"Congratulations on being a full woman"