[ WP ] At age 18 everyone on earth gains the ability to morph into their spirit animal . Today is your 18th birthday and as your family watches you morph into an animal not of this earth

Two hundred years ago, Earth was invaded by the Rauks, an alien species from another galaxy. America fell first, and Europe followed soon thereafter. Today, only Australia remains under human control. If it wasn ’ t for Dr. Heisenbauer ’ s discovery in the human genome, Australia would surely have fallen as well. 
 
 I look up from the digital history book on my holo-pad. Only two hours left until my eighteenth birthday – I can ’ t believe it – I ’ ve waited so long to join my big brother in the liberation army. When Johannes turned eighteen and unlocked his spirit shark he was instantly picked to lead his own platoon of navy seals into battle. 
 
 The Rauks are a strange people. They are masters at waging war against predictable opponents; they zone in on one species and learn everything about them, that ’ s how they defeated us so easily back in the days – and surely many other civilizations before that – they understood on a biochemical level how we operated. 
 
 Now, that ’ s why Dr. Heisenbauer ’ s discovery was so important. To be able to change into an entirely different species in the blink of an eye, completely threw the Rauks off, and until this day they can ’ t seem to be able to adapt. They are slow in that aspect. 
 
 As the minutes tick away, I can feel it inside me. It ’ s been moving ever since I was born and underwent the necessary surgery. I ’ ve always been a bit worried because I know it ’ s something huge and dangerous. Johannes thinks it ’ s a shark like him because both our parents ’ spirit animals are aquatic. Dad ’ s a giant squid and Mom ’ s a killer whale. 
 
 With one hour left, I clock out from the library, ending my school day early. I meet up with my brother and his platoon down at the marina. The sky rumbles as the Rauk-engineered clouds churn. Part of their success was due to permanently blocking the sun. 
 
 Waves of gray water smash into the concrete of the marina. My brother nods at me encouragingly. It is finally time. I step into the icy water and wade out until my knees are beneath the surface. How I have waited for this moment! 
 
 With a roar, I unleash the animal that has been living within my DNA for eighteen long years. My skin turns onyx and bristles sprout from my back. The marina suddenly shrinks as I shoot towards the sky on a set of massive wings. 
 
 In the surface reflection of the sea, I see myself soaring towards the sky. I ’ m something out of an antique fairy tale – no animal that I ’ ve ever heard off – with a long scaly tail and neck, ending in a fanged maw and burning red eyes. 
 
 They say as you change, part of your animal instincts take over, and I can attest to this. I urge to fly higher; I want to see the sun with my own eyes for the first time. Then it hits me – my purpose in life. With a few strokes of my powerful wings, I shatter the cloud barrier. 
 
 Sunlight seeps through, turning the waters blue for the first time in centuries. I roll over to my back, basking in the warm beams. Then I take off with speed, turning myself into a whirlwind, pushing the clouds away further. Humanity will have sunlight – I ’ ll make sure of it! 
 
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