Mousefur skittered from bush to bush, nibbling seeds that she found. The Transformer hadn't eaten for a bit, looking for the Claiming Grounds; being so small that her normal form could step on her, it wasn't the easiest thing to do. Turning back into a wolf seemed eerie and distant, scary even, so she had dealt with having a hard time.

Mousefur then saw it. It was so beautiful, so frail, clinging to life even though fall was deep into the air; a poppy flower, its seeds scattered about. She quickly ran towards it and picked up a seed. She placed all her weight on her haunches as she nibbled thoughtfully on the seed, narrowing her eyes with the deep flavor.

Then, she felt paws springing onto her back...

Vaniqua had been wandering aimlessly, more or less headed to the claiming grounds. She had picked up the scent of mouse and decided to hunt. Of course, the scent didn't seem right. There was a wolf scent hidden deep within the mouse.

Vaniqua cocked her head in confusion before shaking it and crouching into a hunting position. With her tail an inch off the ground and her ear pricked forward, she crept onward toward a soft scrabbling in the forest floor. She barely dared to breath, her silent gasps short and shallow, saliva running down her sharp canines.

And then she saw it. The mouse. Nibbling on a poppy seed. Curious, Vaniqua thought. The smell of wolf in the mouse scent still haunted her.

Shifting her weight to her hind legs, she pushed off an landed squarely of the mouse's back. But her curiousity had gotten the better of her. Rather than eating the little rodent, she put a heavy, long-clawed paw on the mouse's tail.

"And what might you be?" Vaniqua hissed between bared teeth.

"Me? Well... I'm a mouse, basically, but not exactly," Mousefur chittered, gritting her teeth to keep her cool. She didn't bother to struggle, but continued to nibble on the poppy seed. She finished it off by tossing it into the air and catching the remainders in her mouth.

"I'm a Transformer wolf." Mousefur reached for another seed as she spoke, taking advantage of good feeding. After so, she got back onto her haunches to continue eating.

Lance was prowling the social grounds, he'd left his herdless land to eaze his boredom. As he walked around he'd poof and repoof at random places, he enjpyed seeing the shocked look on his onlooker's faces. He then spotted a fire wolf and she looked like she had something caught. He sniffedand caught the scent ofa vermin. It was a mouse scent but he could tell it was a shadow wolf like him, but a transformer.
His eyes focused on a spot infront of the fire wolf, he blinked and there he was standing. A small puff of black eerie clouds blew away, he looked down at the 'mouse' and sneered ," well hello you two, hope i didn't disturb anything." His Yellow eyes focuse on the trans former.

Mousefur could tell that Lance was trying to scare her, but had underestimated her power. She had her current form locked in her mind; she could transform into anything else, and as long as she didn't forget that mouse form, she could turn back whenever she liked.

In about a split second, she was the identical twin of Lance. She tilted her head to the side, twitched her nose, then got back into mouse form. That oughta show him that she wasn't harmless.

Lance laughed ," So you are a transformer, that saved me from asking." He looked at the mouse, all transformers act the same. They always enjoying showing off there powers, to him they all seemed a bit too insecure. Sure, they can become stronger and bigger than him, a fact for sure, but none of them can travel at the speed of thought that well. He seen it happen befor, they can do it but not as well as a naturaly born Hallucination wolf. If they could, he still wouldn't care, life was never a valuble thing to him. He cocked his head to the side ,"well your a really quite one, what's you name?"

"Mousefur," was the inconvinced answer. Most every single animal misjudged her kind; they could simply become their own, confuse them, and she'd even heard of skilled Transformers who could think of several different animals and obtain different abilities from them.

Though she was not that advanced, her mother's father knew how, and she planned on learning how to do it as she grew. Mousefur then picked up her seed again and started to nibble indifferently. She held the seed in one paw and smoothed her fur with the other.

" I'm Lance, a pleasure to meet you Mousefur," he said lying. He looked at Mousefur, seeing a Transformer brought back memories. A very long time ago he had a friend, her name was Lilia. She was a transformer a good one too. They would always play together, only one time in his life he saw her true form , on that same day he asked why she didn't stay in her true form more often. What she said was something he never forgot ,' it's the worth while of being something other than one simple thing.". He never asked her about it ever again.

Lilia loved using the different powers of her forms, one day she mimiced him, just like Mouse fur did. Lance challeged her to a race to see if she could beat him, she easliy agrred. They went all over the place from what he could tell he was winning, then suddenly he couldn't see her. He paused and looked around for her. Being a hallucination isn't easy, you could accidently end up inside something you shouldn't if you don't watch what your doing. He wished so dearly she that didn't happen to her, maby she just got lost. He though hasn't seen her since.

Lance hadn't noticed but his eyes were tearing up. Lance blinked a till the tears were gone. He let out a long sigh, he reffused to say he loved Lilia, but she was very special to him, a sure fact. He looked at Mousefur, sitting there nibling on a seed ," so, were are you from?"

Vaniqua, surprised at Mousefur's quick transformation, jumped back in surprise and hid i the shadows, watching Mousefur and Lance introduce themselves. She figured she might as well do the same. Stalking over to them she dipped her head to each in turn. "Greetings, Lance, Mousefur." she growled facing each in turn. "I am known as Vaniqua. I am a lava bender. And you both are shadow wolves, I assume."

She waved her tail slightly and stretched her wings. She had always been lonely, being shunned from the other wolves. Perhaps others could help her.