It was early in the morning and me, Serenity and Latte were trotting over to the ruins to see my old friend. The birds were singing their morning songs, their calls echoed through the forest waking up the deer. I inhaled the sweet scent of the flowers their petals were opening to the sun, reaching out for its rays.
" So, What does your friend look like? " Serenity asked.
" He looks like one of those dead deer,he usually sleeps on a tomb in the ruins " I replied.
Serenity's eyes shot open with horror, " Dead...deer? "
" Well, his pelt, mask and antlers are what looks like, off a dead deer , but I assure you he isn't a brain eating zombie "
We arrived at the ruins, I saw my friend laying on the platform just to the left of the ruins. He shook his matted fur and got up slowly, stretching his legs. The sun glinted off the bones that were visible deep in his fur making him look horrifying. He noticed me and turned to face me, his hollow eyes turned in our direction so I ran over. Latte and Serenity kept their distance, too shy to come and investigate.

" Hi there! " I said As soon as I reached him, My friend bowed and I bowed back.
" Hello there young one, I see you have been named by the gods at last " His masked face seemed to study my pictogram " Sparx, eh? What a peculiar name.. "
" Why is it peculiar? " I asked, his answer was cut off by a loud shriek from the air. Startled, I looked up.

Darting through the trees above us was a huge raven, the streams of sunlight glinted off its glossy black wings as he circled, then dived onto the platform. It brought its wings infront of it as it landed so it didn't fall over. Then suddenly the air was filled with a popping sound and in the raven's place stood a stag!

White bones that had been patterned onto its black fur made the skeleton of a deer, the front of it was a strange green and blue pattern. The stag had the same skull mask as my friend and short little antlers.
" Hey there! " Said my friend and bowed
" Great to see ya'! " replied the skeleton stag, bumping his skull with my friend's.
" Hi.." I said awkwardly as I gazed at the skeleton deer. It turned its head to me and read my pictogram
" Sparx...what a very..strange name. " he said slowly
" Why is it so strange? " I echoed, slightly annoyed.
" I didn't mean ta be rude 'n' all but that's a very uncommon name ya got there " It said, tilting its head.
I suddenly remembered the raven.
" How come you were just a bird and now your a..stag? "
The skeleton deer chuckled " Because, I can shapeshift, i got my powers from another deer, as an adult I can change when I like, You can shapeshift if you go to the de drinkplaats and drink the water from there " he explained
" I'll take you there if you like " Offered my friend.
" That would be great! " I replied, " Can my friends come? "
" What, those fawns over there? I was wondering why they were staring, and of course they can come "
The skeleton stag had to go and in a flash it was a raven and was flying off, through the trees.

We were told that to keep the powers of the de drinkplaats we had to stay within the fairy circle surrounding it. I was first to drink, opening my mouth a let the water fill it up. It was fresh and it tasted wonderful, so I took another mouthful. I lifted my head from the water, waiting for something. I saw a flash in the distance and there was a slight popping sound and suddenly I was lower the ground. I lifted a foot infront of me to see and paw, i had long back legs and long floppy ears. I had become a rabbit! I darted off into the bushes , enjoying my new speed. I ran through Serenity's and Latte's legs and only stopped to watch them take their first drink.

Serenity turned into a squirrel, grey fur covered her body, she has a long bushy tail that looked like a dusting brush. She brought her little claw-tipped paws through the white fur on her belly. She has bright hazel eyes, full with character. As she looked at me she chattered her teeth together, speaking her new language.

Latte had turned into a bat. She had a little black furry body which was tinted with brown in the sunlight. Long ubbery wings stretched from her side like her massive ears. Her fine curved muzzle had become a small snout which had a row of little teeth poking from her lips all the way to her pig- nose.
She flapped her wings and rose slowly to the air.

I ran over to the drinplaats and took another drink, this time I became a huge toad. Alll the energy was in my back legs which I had tensed, ready to spring. I didn't like it to a took yet another drink at the same time as Serenity. We suddenly both turned into white doves with a patch of mist coloured feathers on our wings. I stretched both my wings to the sides and beath them twice, I lifted off the ground. Then I tilted my weight forwards and swooped through the trees, I felt so free!
The breeze ruffled through my feathers as i tilted this way and that but after a few minutes my powers run out and suddenly my hooves were thundering across the ground, as were Serenity's and Latte's.
I ran over to my 'dead' friend, " Thanks for taking us ! " I said.
" Not a problem, Sparx. But be careful I heard of a deer who was killed by a fox when he was shapeshifting to a rabbit "
I nodded and we turned to go.
I heard a noise behind us and looked to see a crow flying upwards into the air, we looked at each other and I knew what we were thinking.
' Goodbye, friend... '