"Can you take of the freaking head set for once and listen to me?" Sky asks Deadlox who was currently messing with his head set checking to make sure it does not fall off as the do the latest of there crazy parkour maps.

"I will remove this head set the day you take off the jewelry." Deadlox informs Sky who laughs.

"Guys really, I think we all know what happens when someone steals Sky's shades." Jerome laughs chasing Sky around the room reaching for his shades.

"You know... That brings up a question I have been meaning to ask." Deadlox says as both Sky and Jerome stop waiting for the stupid question to come out of his mouth.

"What color are your eyes? I mean I have known you forever and I don't know."

"Actual that is a good question." Jerome agrees.

"Um... They are green." Sky answers suddenly brought back to the fact of why he wears shades in the first place. The reason being his eyes were slit.

"Are you Robin or something? Take them off so we can see." Deadlox jumps for his glasses only barely touching them.

"N-n-n-n-n-n-noooo..." Sky shouts as he is chased by the two. He jumps up to the next challenge not losing his footing once.

"Wow... I have never seen him be so agile..." Deadlox remarks in a stunned way as Sky reaches the next door.

The charm hanging around Sky's neck glows a little as he breaths deeply. His heart pounds in his chest not from the challenge but from the close call. He did not want to lose his friends because of what he was.

"If they found out," Sky told himself, "They would leave me."

"Sky what the hell do you think you are doing?" Jerome asks watching his friend work through thoughts as the two slowly made there way to him.

"Winning." Sky says smiling at his friends as they make it closer to the door.

"Well I am going to come up there and kick you ***"

"Try to touch me, fuzzy." Sky mocks back sticking his tongue out for a second before quickly closing his mouth as he felt his split tongue on his lips.

"W-what was that!?" Deadlox asks looking first to Jerome who was also shocked then to the pale Sky.

"Nothing." Sky answers carful as to not show his tongue again.

"Nothing! Your tongue! It was like... like..." Deadlox trails.

"A lizard." Jerome finishes, coming out of shock after a minuet.

"W-what are you talking about! That is insane!" Sky laughs nervously as he looks away from the two.

"It is not insane. What the hell is up with your tongue?" Deadlox asks.

"Nothing is up. Lets move on to the next part..." Sky says as runs through down the corridor to the next challenge.

"Wait, Sky." Deadlox calls jumping to the last block and then began running after his friend realizing it may be a sensitive subject. By the time Deadlox got to the newest challenge Sky had already made it over to the next doorway.

"SKY, WAIT! I AM SORRY!" Deadlox calls to his friend who has already run through the door to the next room.

-Sky's POV-

I lean against the wall, sliding down it. I am now at the end of the map away from my friends and regretting my actions earlier.

"Why was I so stupid." I ask myself, "I had to stick my tongue out. I had to run away."

Closing my eyes I begin to bang my head against the wall. I think about all the times I could have told them... Tears run down my face as I question there loyalty. "Why didn't I tell them."

"Why didn't you tell us what?" Deadlox voice asks next to me. I jump, opening my eyes, and turn to look at him.

"Deadlox! Don't sneak up on me like that!" I say, wiping off my face on my sleeve.

"I am sorry, but what haven't you told us?" He asks in a concerned way.

"N-nothing." I reply looking up at the ceiling.

"Oh come on! It is not like your some kind of mob!" Jerome laughs from the doorway.

-3d person-

Sky's color in his face completely drains, his laughter faked as he responds,

"D-don't be stupid."

Jerome gives him a look, and not a good one.

"Ok, what is up? You are being really weird. You are obviously upset about something. What's wrong?" Jerome asks, coming and sitting on the other side of me. His furry hand touches Sky's arm as he looks to his eyes, even though he is still wearing his shades he feels as though Jerome can see into his very soul. His ambulate begins to glow as it tries to keep him from changing do to the stress his mind was experiencing.

"What aren't you telling us? You know we are here for you, man." Deadlox encourages.

"I... I c... It's just... So hard." Sky says looking to the ground his sunglasses fall off of his face onto his lap as he looks down.

"Hey come on it can't be that bad. I mean it's not going to end up with us getting killed..." Jerome trails thinking, "Right?"

"It's not like that... Just... I'm... I'm..." Sky trails staring at his lap as his green eyes fill with tears that drip down onto his glasses.

"Sky look at us, I am a nerd that walks around with a headset and Jerome is a freakin... I don't know actual... But he is fuzzy!" Deadlox says smiling at his own joke. "So come on cheer up, it can't be that bad."

"It.." Sky starts taking a deep breathe, "I'm not..." Sky trails off, still not looking up. Jerome getting tired of him looking down puts his hands on either side of Sky's face and lifts his head up to look at him.

At first Jerome is in shock, but soon recovers.

"What the..." He trails looking to Deadlox who seems to be as surprised as himself.

Sky quickly realizes that his glasses were in his lap, and puts them on his face in a hurry.

"Your eyes were... were... like a cats..." Deadlox trails knowing that means his friend is far from normal as he had believed.

"Don't look at me like that!" Sky yells, standing up and turning his back to the two.

"W-what is wrong with your eyes?" Jerome asks concerned for his friend.

"Nothing is wrong with my eyes. Nothing." Sky says partially to himself.

"Sky... You are a little more then a normal human aren't you?" Deadlox questions wanting to hear it for himself not just theorize.

"Y-yes." Sky answers turning back to them.

"What are you then...?" Jerome asks shocked that one of his human friends was not quite as human as he had thought.

"I... I'm a-" He is interrupted by Deadlox who has a theory he wants to say out loud.

"It has something to do with you necklace right?" He steps forward taking the ambulate in his hand and turning it over looking at it with curiosity as it glows.

"Yes..." Sky trails watching his friends for reactions. Then the ice breaks. Deadlox pulled on the necklace breaking it's chain and pulling it away from the surprised Sky. Deadlox runs several feet away from Sky before he feels safe. Sky lets out a gasped cry as he falls to the ground clutching his stomach in pain.

"Deadlox... How could y-AGG!" Sky lets out a yell as his skin begins to split forming golden scales. He grows and changes, closing his eyes tight as his clothing explodes scattering clothe everywhere, his wings and tail growing. The last change happens to his face and hands, his hair clumps together into feathers. His muzzle grows and he opens his moth slightly whimpering, revealing sharp teeth. His nails are replaced by sharp claws, which cut him slightly because his fists are balled in his pain.

Jerome had backed all the way to the other wall staring at the golden dragon that was just his friend.

"Holy f..." Deadlox trails, completely shocked looking from the dragon to the ambulate, then back.

Sky breathes heavily, finally retaining enough strength to stand up. Startled by this action Deadlox falls over.

"Don't hurt me!" He begs pathetically.

Sky is hurt by his friends words but a the same time feels like he wants to get even. His now pointed ears lay flat on his head, he walked up to his friend picking him up by the back of his shirt and sets him back down next to Jerome who was in a ball on the floor in fear. Sky lays down curling around them, waiting for them to figure out he wasn't going to harm them. But at the same time enjoying their fear of him feeling he was getting even.

Jerome opens his eyes a little and looks around to the dragon who was currently around him and Deadlox. Sky had his head on his claws eyes closed, looking as though he was sleeping.

"Sk-Sky...?" He asks nervously.

Sky opens his yes, lifting his head up to look at Jerome.

"Can you speak...?" Deadlox asks after coming out of his trance.

The golden dragon shakes his head, his brown feathers bobbing slightly.

"Oh... So yes and no questions... Is this why you wear you ambulate?" Jerome asks to confirm his thoughts. The dragon nods in answer as Deadlox hits his fuzzy friends shoulder,

"No dah. Don't be such an idiot, fuzzy."

"Hey! I take that as an insult!" Jerome yells.

Sky laughs at the two as they begin to argue over nothing. He feels glad to have friends like them. He even feels glad they seem to not care what so ever that he is a dragon. Sky yawns laying his head down again, closing his eyes his slowly drifts to sleep as the two argue.