The strange new visitor

I yanked the door open to find a small white bird sitting on the stoop I looked around out the door and thought to myself this has got to be a joke right. I mean no bird makes a thump let alone a boom? I stared hard at the bird which cocked its head back at me almost sassily. I laughed rolled my eyes and shut the door only to have another boom as soon as I closed it. ok now this was pissing off! I threw open the door "what do u want you stupid bir- ?!"

on the opposite side of the door stood a enormous man with a clip bord and a offended scowl on his face he spoke with a booming voice "WHY DID YOU CLOSE THE DOOR ON ME THATS ...THATS...JUST RUDE!" it struck me then that the booming had been this man's human form banging on the door I couldn't help myself and doubled over laughing tears in my eyes I braced my hand against the door laughing at the contrast between the two creatures and wondering what he did to piss off some god to get cursed with the form. I stumbled through the house laughing nocking over various nick nacks and ignoring the enormous man's outraged comments finally managing to stumble into my mother and tryed and failed to get the message across. After alot of gulping breaths and pointing and gibberish on my part I finally managed to just drag her there. By that time I managed to get my self together and wipe the tears from my eyes my mom is asking politely

" may I help you sir?" shooting me glares that said shut up. the enormous man looked at my mother and pointed to me almost ominously "That one is to attend the shift academy" he didnt keep the obvious outraged anger at being laughed at out of his voice. I questioned his sense of humor really I mean who wouldn't laugh in a situation like that. that is until I looked over and saw my moms face went white. A ball knotted in my stomach and my palm itched the way it always seemed to when things were about to change in a big way weather I liked it or not. my mom seemed to have gotten somewhat controle of her self as she managed to squeak out

"But she hasn't shifted yet" the man looked down at his clip bord his face pressed into a tight activated line. "says here she is to attend under the finders act in which she will be but under a spell and placed under a call till her animal or animals in rare cases chooses her."

this was not uncommon among the shifters if the shifters animal or animals were too strong or too powerful to come through in dream form the shiftlings were put under a call which was a lucid sleep that was closely monitored and given potions to become more open to it. and in some cases they didnt come back and had to be pulled out of it before they starved to death. but from what I heard went the same. while it was common in the world it was uncommon in my village to be selected for such a prossess especially bc I was young for my shift 21 when 25 was normal. My mother hammered him with so many questions that I was sure he would have a splitting head ach had she used a actual hammer. I snickered. only to have my mother turn on me and tell me to pack her face mask with worry and anger.