[Fantasy AU] 12 year old Luke awakes in the night to meet a strange visitor.
Luke's father placed him gently down. The sand was cold on his bare feet and Luke hugged himself to fight back the shivers. The man undid his cloak and wrapped it around Luke. It was warm and smelled of wood smoke.
"Luke," the man said. How did he know his name? "Let me show you what you truly are. What we both are."
The man slowly backed away and as he did so there was the sound of a bell. It was like no other bell Luke had heard before. It was a deep dark tone that reverberated in his bones. Luke titled his head to hear it better, perhaps discover the source, but as he watched the man his body went slack, eyes wide, and his mouth fell open.
The man started to . . . to change . . . His skin turned black and his body grew larger and larger. His neck grew longer as spikes grew from his back, neck, and head. His arms and legs grew thick, his hands turned into paws with large claws. A long tail grew out from his back while black wings unfurled from his back.