And again.

And again, back into the fold.

     I screamed as the power flowed from me, it flowed through me, tearing into me, creating a new limb, repairing everything and changing. I sat up and stared over at the soldier and the royal advisors, my senses sharpened and I made my way over to them. The soldier stared at me, looking down at my right side.

     "Believe me now?"

     "Who is this?"

     "I'm Velger...to make it simple I'm immortal, but I change my face and mind to stay that way, each bodies memories are mine, but their mind and looks are gone."

     "Are you on our side?"

     "Well you did get me killed, but I'll forgive that...for the moment, now--"

     "Look I don't care who you are, just get us out of here and I'll get you whatever you want, I don't want to die." A advisor said.

     "I'll protect you like the soldier my last life was...just with my style to it."

     "And that means?" The soldier asked.

      "A lot more magic than guns."

     Lightning lit the sky in the distance and struck the ground, once, twice, three, four, five.

     "A mage is on the other side...he's powerful...very powerful."

     "Velger!" the soldier yelled.

     I looked at him and noticed his gun vanish, I turned and saw an old man in a long robe staring at us, magic seemed to ooze from him.

     "Different."

     "Attack him, he's the enemy." A advisor said.

     "Are you?"

     "An observer, Velger."

     "Then observe, but don't show."

     He nodded and vanished. I felt heat behind me and turned to see a fireball the side of horse heading for us, I threw the soldier and the advisors away from me and took the fireball directly. I was thrown away and ended up in a broken stone home, I tried closing my eyes but couldn't, I forced my body to move and saw everything was blackened, I concentrated and I began to heal. My vison darkened as my eyelids reformed and I finished the rest of the process in darkness. I heard a crunch and opened my eyes and looked over and saw a soldier being impaled by a levitating lance, a man appeared nearby, the soldier struggled but he only forced the lance deeper into him, he stopped moving after a moment.

     "You're the mage causing all this trouble?"

     He froze and turned slowly, a smile spread over his face, and he looked relived.

     "Good you're still alive."

     "Do I know you?"

     His face changed to pure hatred.

     "Do you really not remember me?"

     "No...but I've...I've just shifted so my memories are a bit fuzzy."

     "Ahh...so you're vulnerable, can't shift for a while?"

     "You're attacking, killing to kill me?"

     "You made me into this...you did this, everything I've done is on your hands."

     "I don't know you, so I don't believe you."

     He pointed towards me, I concentrated and appeared back where the soldier and the royal advisors had been, I looked around and found them a few feet away, hiding behind some cover. I appeared behind them. My shift finished and my body relaxed, I smiled and chuckled a little, the soldiers and advisors didn't notice.

     "We need to go."

     they jumped but relaxed when they saw me.

     A loud ringing started, I tried blinking but my body wouldn't respond. My vision blurred as I fell back, the soldier appeared as a blur in my vison, I tried moving but my body refused, I felt the shift starting. I let go and faded quickly.