Calista
Embrace it?
I looked up in the mirror, and let my hair loose from my hair tie. My hair cascades down my shoulder, and the color of my hair changes gradually from rusty brown to silk raven black, smooth and glossy. My eyes flickered between red and a strange, deep color that seemed to shift between blue and purple. It was unsettling; purple wasn’t a natural eye color, was it? I leaned closer, trying to make sense of the changes.
I turned the lamp in the direction of the mirror, to get a better look at myself. As the light illuminated my face, I noticed something even more bizarre: the freckles that usually dotted my skin were fading away, disappearing under the light. My skin looked flawless, almost otherworldly.
I stepped back, trying to process what I was seeing. I started s
