~~~~~~~~~Third Person POV~~~~~~~~~

Another bright morning. The sun shining brightly across the town, the birds happily chirping above, and people already making the town look alive.

It started like any other day for North, a calming morning as he washed his naturally pale face, making the freckles across his cheeks all the more noticeable. His periwinkle blue eyes darted to the hair comb, and he then tamed his platinum blonde locks.

After getting dressed, he walked to the kitchen and grabbed an apple with his tail before leaving. In a town such as Gravity Falls, it wasn't strange for someone to have animal parts.

For North, it was a bit different. Dragons were an endangered species, practically almost extinct, so it wasn't an easy thing to walk around with giant, scaly wings and long tail.

And on that particular day, something was.. off..

Now in school, North searched though his locker for the books he needed, as two familiar faces walked over. Two girls, to be more specific.

One was called Iv, who's black hair reached her waist even tied as a high ponytail. Her skin was a coffee brown, and her wide eyes a dark brown close to black.

The other was Lola, with pale skin and hazel eyes, which were almond shaped. Her hair reached above the shoulders, pitch black with a purple strand.

They were both good friends with North's older sister Lidia, and he had a good hunch that Lola had a crush on Lidia, but he wouldn't disrespect them that way.

Lola smiled brightly, raising her hands to speak in sign language as she spoke over it. "Hey, surprised to see you arrive alone today."

He placed his books in his bag to empty out his hands. "She's in our home dimension, had to check a few things."

She puffed her cheeks a bit at that, Iv rolling her eyes before taking a step forward. "A few of us are going to the movies later, wanna join?"

"I'll see if I can."

"Ask Justin for us, you know he barely checks his phone."

"Will do."

That's when he noticed Lola staring staring at his hand for a while, making him raise an eyebrow before they spoke. "I know you turned eighteen last week, but wow you got a tattoo fast!"

Confused at what she meant, he looked down at his hand, tiny silver dots along the back of it. His eyes widened a bit at that, growing a shade paler before he forced out a quiet chuckle. "No, it's a fake, just wanted to see what it would like! I'll.. be right back."

Without waiting for a reply from the girls, he rushed away and into the bathroom, where he could get a better look at the dots on his hand.

Correcting, the scales on his hand.

'No.. no no no, not now, why now?!'

Just as he stared at himself in the mirror, he noticed his teeth slowly change. Before they looked like normal human teeth, now they were all razor sharp, like a shark's.

He had to get home before anything happened..

With his hood covering his head, he rushed all the way home, too afraid to fly with his wings. Once there, he entered the bathroom, noticing the scales that were already peeking from under his eyes.

He was changing..

Why was it happening now..?

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Hours had passed.

North had stayed on the couch for most of the time, unsure of what to do. His hands had become bigger, nails slowly becoming claws. His wings and tail had brown, scales covering parts of his skin.

But nothing had happened.. not yet..

He was thankful for that, at least no one would be in any danger as long as he stayed inside his home all by hims-

click click

Jumping in places as the lights turned off and on, North turned to the door. Because he couldn't hear the knock on the door or the doorbell ring, he made his own way of knowing when people came to visit.

However, today wasn't a good day for him..

Maybe he could just pretend he wasn't home..?

Yeah, that seemed like a good plan..

However, as he stood up to head to his room, the sudden growth of his feet caused him to trip, making his tail fall on top of the glass table, completely breaking it.

Not a second later, he saw the doorknob rattling, and he knew the impact had made a loud nose, one that stopped him from pretending to not be home.

Taking in a deep breath, North walked over and opened the door, revealing his boyfriend Justin. He had a panicked expression on his face, his normally peachy tanned skin a shade paler, dark blue eyes widened as his fennec fox ears pressed back against his dirty blonde hair.

"Are you okay?! What happened?!" Was the first thing he said.

North quickly gave a sheepish smile, waving his hands in dismiss before pointing at the table.

Right away, Justin could tell something was wrong. North had his hood over his head, as well as a mask covering his lower face. He had gloves on, as well as shoes that seemed bigger than his normal ones, and his wings and tail were hidden, even though he was home.

He quickly grew worried. "North, is something wrong..?"

The pale boy quickly shook his head. "Just feeling a bit sick.."

"Oh, uh, okay.. Iv called me and said you left school before first period, she asked me to hand you your homework." He pulled out a few papers from his bag, which North took with a small nod before placing it on the counter.

Justin looked at the broken table for a while, then let out a small sigh. "C'mon, I'll help you clean this up."

The pale boy saw as his boyfriend walked over, a faint high pitched growl escaping his throat as he stared at his hands in worry. It would be difficult to pick up glass with such heavy gloves, but he couldn't take them off.

Not with him around..

And then.. something changed.

As he turned to fave the other boy, his eyes grew wide. Justin was now holding his other hand with a pained expression, a cut noticeable in the palm of his hand, a bit of blood already oozing down.

Trying not to stain anything, he turned to his boyfriend. "North, do you have a first aid kid?"

But North didn't respond.

He simply starred intensely at the blood flowing down Justin's arm; his pupils had become thin lines, and bellow his mask, drops of drool stained his jacket. He was shaking, but his eyes never looked away.

"North..?" The dark blonde asked again, now even more worried than before. "W-what's going on with you..?"

That's when the pale boy quickly realized what he was doing, and fiercely shook his head before gripping it, soft growling heard from him, as if he were in pain.

"Hey!" Just ran over, ignoring the pain from his hand as he reached for his boyfriend. "What's happe-?!"

To his surprise, North tightly gripped his wrist, and no mask covered his face now. The scales that circled his eyes, as well as the razor sharp teeth, and the much longer fangs as he growled in anger.

The peached-skin boy now stared back in fear, trying to pull his hand away, each tug with more and more strength. "Stop, this isn't funny!! Let go!!"

More growling, this time louder as he tightened his grip on his wrist.

With one last tug, Justin managed to break out of his grip, falling onto the floor as he added pressure on his own wound.

North's pupils returned to normal, and when he saw his boyfriend on the ground in such a position, with fear painted on his face, a strong pain covered his chest. His hands trembled as he imagined what he had done, tears forming in his eyes as his tail wrapped around his leg.

"N- no- North, it's- it's okay, you- you didn't hurt me, it was only-!"

"I'm sorry.." North replied as he choked on a sob, then made a run for it out the door.

Justin tried to chase after him, but by the time he reached the exit, the window was already open, and he could assume that he had flown away, leaving the dark blonde boy standing alone in confusion and worry. 

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