Announcement Here it is. The new chapter. I've put images in the spoiler tabs to help people understand what I'm talking aboutMy eyes burned at the sudden explosion of light.

   Suddenly, several things moved back and forth in my eyes. Causing the light to dim significantly.

  

  I paused as I heard my voice. < I'm speaking the same nguage as Diva.>

  A bulb of joy exploded inside of me. Finally, I will be able to understand everything she says! I spoke a bit more and listened to the lovely clicks and chirps coming out of me. This is so much fun! I've always wanted to learn a new nguage, and finally, I have! What's really surprising is just how expressive this nguage is. Every chirp has power and meaning that you don’t notice when you can't understand it.

  

  I snapped my head around in a fsh to see Diva scrunched up on a window sill.

   I yelled! My body moved faster than I expected, sending me flying towards her. Diva was at my side in a fsh, where she caught me with ease.

   Diva turned me around and sat me down on the bed.

   She said, looking me over.

  

   She said with a smile that she'd never shown me before. I've seen Diva smile plenty of times, and each smile differs depending on what she is doing. If she is pying with the children, her smile is wide to the point it looks childish. However, the smile she has when she is tormenting and torturing people is more feral, like a monster eyeing its prey. But this smile was different. It was unique; it was incredibly soft, and her eyes were wider and more open than ever before. She looked so…happy.

  

  My cheeks suddenly got very warm

   Diva quickly pulled me up into a princess carry. I Put my ears against her chest. I could hear the steady beat of her heart accompanied by a heavy, constant drone. It was nice. I don’t know if it’s the change, but being this close to her has never felt so good.

  

  Before I even realised it, I was in the bathroom. I thanked her as she settled me gently on the ground

  

  

  Diva smiled as she stepped out of the way of the mirror, revealing my new body. Wow. To say I was different is an understatement. My face had changed slightly. It was still the same sort of shape, but now, these slight gaps were going from the back of my head towards my lips.

   As soon as I opened my mouth, I saw it. The way my mouth had changed. When I talked, it split into segments, allowing it to open wider than normal. I opened my mouth as wide as I could. Orange bits of tissue stretched between the segments, holding it all together. The weirdest thing about all of this was that.. It felt completely natural. Like my mouth had always been like this. I kept going, opening my mouth as wide as I could. Mostly out of curiosity but because I remembered that there was something else special about this mouth. Maybe if I just stretch a bit wide-

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  [colpse]Suddenly, a loud, wet noise came through the room, and 4 fangs came out, 2 at the bottom and 2 at the top.

  

  I rolled my eyes.

  

  A deep sigh escaped me.

  Diva smiled wider as I turned back to face the mirror. Another thing that stood out about my face was my eyes. to say they were different is an understatement. The whites of my eyes had gone completely bck, Whilst my iris had gone pure white followed by a pitch bck hole that was a pupil

  

  I brushed a finger against my eye, and suddenly, the same feeling as earlier went across my eyes, causing the room to brighten slightly; however, now my eyes looked completely normal. I did it again, causing the room to brighten and darken repeatedly. If I had to guess, my eyes have different filters or lenses. Letting in different amounts of light.

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  < It's normal. I guess. I don’t know. Due to the extra eyes, I got on my evolution. I can't tell any more. Everything kind of looks the same.>

   So my eyes aren't as good as divas by the sounds of it, but I feel like there is more to them than what I'm using right now. I guess I'll have to figure it out ter. I quickly moved on to the next big change: my mushroom cap. It was no longer red and white but now gnarly bck with yellow spots. I put my hand against the bck section. It was hard as a rock. Was it armoured, maybe? I moved over to one of the yellow spots and pushed it down, and suddenly, a puff of yellow mushroom spoons came out.

   Diva said as she inhaled several spores.

  

  

  

  

  I gnced away from my face and towards the rest of my body. It was still mostly the same shape as my old body; however, there was one very big change, and I can't believe I'm saying this, but I didn’t have any skin. All of my skin was repced with chitinous armour that matched my skin tone. Unlike Sally, who had armour underneath her skin, mine was very simir to that of divas. The chitin along my arms was the same pale skin tone I had before; however, as it reached the centre of my body, it darkened, and the chitin felt coarser and rougher. My hands and feet hand changed as well, gone where flesh and bone. Now it was all chitin mixed with the same bck mesh diva had and a set of tiny sharp chitin that acted like cws.

  I looked a little closer at my arms and noticed several ornate etchings down my arm, leading down to the centre of my body. Additionally, my forearm had bumps that went from the elbow down to the base of my hands

  

  I shook my head < I mean, I dont remember picking any, at least. I dont know. There was a lot going on at the time>

   Diva moved off from the nearby wall and towards me.

  

  Diva pced her hand on my head. Her being so close to me like this felt…intense. I don't know why. Since I've woken up. Divas have just been on my mind a lot more. Is this what it's like for Sally and Diva, no our children.

  

  Suddenly, a bright blue table erupted in front of me.

  Head

  Adaptive Composite eyes.

  The subject now has eyes that can adapt to a wide variety of conditions. Allowing for better crity in most situations than regur eyes.

  Mana Lens

  The subject has a special set of lenses that are highly sensitive to the mana around them, allowing the subject to see the mana flowing in people's bodies.

  Crushing Split Mandables.

  The split mandibles allow for the subject jaw to open wider and increase the crushing force of the mandibles.

  Mana absorbtion probes

  4 sets of fangs that can probe into the Mana network of a creature and absorb into the subject

  Internal antennae

  An antennae that allows for communication with the hive

  Enhanced sensory suite

  All 5 senses are boosted severalfold.

  Torso, arms and legs

  Exoskeleton body repcement

  The skin of the subject has been repced with chitin, offering robust and versatile protection. Whilst also maintaining the original shape and skin tone of the subject

  Enhanced metabolism

  Process food into energy faster

  High heat womb

  The subject's womb produces more heat than usual, reducing the gestation time by half.

  Dense muscle tissue

  Denser tissue equals more strength.

  Mana channels

  Internal And external mana channels allow the body to easily manipute mana

  Forearm Mana projectors

  Small projectors on the arm that allow you to project bdes that you can use for self-defence

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  Poison resistance

  Immune to most types of poisons and drugs.

  Regurgitation

  Can regurgitate previously eaten food to help feed children

  Poison Spores

  The subject's spores are now infused with the deadly poison of the Alvearix. If inhaled, death will follow imminently.

  Mana Sac

  A special organ created specifically for the storage of mana.

   Diva held my hand and traced a finger down the many engravings on my arms.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Before I knew it. Diva carried me from the bathroom and pced me gently onto the bed, where she snuggled up. Against me.

  

  She sighed deeply as she started giving me all the details. The tunnel, her new spell and what she did to the nuns, not surprisingly, she quite enjoyed talking about that bit. None of it was surprising or anything to be down about. But then she mentioned Andre and Titus, their meeting, and his demands.

  

  Diva's arms suddenly pulled me a bit closer.

  

  

  

  And with those words, it hit me. The weight Diva carries on her shoulder is immense. I sometimes forget that she is the lone patriarch of a race. She has to focus on the survival of her race. If she dies. The Alvearix go with her. And the fact that she was willing to put her life on the line to save me is….I don’t know.

  

  

  

  

  

  I looked up towards Diva. Her face filled with concern. < Okay, apollinaris. I'll leave it to you.>

  

  A smile appeared on her face, and soon, we chatted and ughed like we'd never left each other. I've missed these moments. I've missed her.

  Announcement Sorry for the slightly te release. The new expansion of Destiny 2 came out, and I was pying that. Anyway, the next chapter is scheduled to be a 5k one. so see you in 2 weeks.