I laid there until night came that point I didn't know what to do. I could enter the forest but something was telling me to get more powerful before I entered, so I rolled away from the forest and started to add sand to my core. Since' it was taking to long to grab sand I tried to make hand's out of my aura. That didn't work it was too complex right now, so I tried to make a shovel. And eureka it works. Since the shovel wasn't really that big I set to the task of scooping up sand. About half an hour later I had maxed the amount of sand I could control. I was about the size of a small rabbit.(errr what's up doc)Now that I had a lot of sand I decided to try to shape myself to look like a weasel. Tried is the keyword here as I ended up looking like a long tube with slightly long stub's for leg's. I tried to move but I found it very difficult it took awhile, to learn, but I was able to get to grip's with how to move, so I kept on practising to the point where I could now run with ease. By the time I was done it was day again. I looked at the forest it just so happened that a massive snake with wings was thrown out of the tree's landing a few feet away. Hissing at the tree's a massive mouse walked out of the forest into the open. But that did not shock me as much as the fact that this mouse was walking on two very heavily muscled leg's.

NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE ima gone. I speed away from the fight as fast as I could into the sand and only slowed down when the forest was out of sight.

OK now, what. I don't need to eat and time isn't a problem so what should I do. I guess I will just have to go forward until I meet someone since I have nowhere else to go.

I wasn't sure at first but I think I see something in the distance. Probably a mirage.

Huh? I don't think it's a mirage. It looks like structures lots of them. It almost looks like a termite hill but bigger and more numerous. As I move closer to the termite hill's I see what look to be humanoid beetle. I wonder what's inside the termite hill.

A flash of inspiration struck. I Flattened my body on the ground and semi-submerged myself in the sand this way I look like normal sand.

I slither toward's one of the hills where three guards are standing guard. One of them looks in my general direction I freeze and mentally cross my fingers and hope that he doesn't see anything wrong. The beetle guards start clacking the mandibles and all turn toward's my direction. I was just about to run when I hear a screech behind me I turned to see a goblin?

It has all the characteristics and look's of a goblin jagged teeth ugly look's. But its skin it's sandy yellow like the desert. I shall dub them Sand Goblin's I know I so creative. As I look behind me I realize that there are more than one sand goblin.

''clack clack clack''

The beetles rush forward clicking their mandibles and cut down the goblin's behind me with their mandibles. One of them rudely steps on me they do not look happy. Taking a chance I slowly make my way to the hill entering the beetle's lair. There are three paths I go down the last one to the right changing back into my weasel form. I walk down the tunnel to find what I think is a larva room. There are hundreds of larva in little alcoves in the walls.

Dammit I hear footsteps nearby. I look around for a place to hide there is no space to hide except an empty alcove I jump into the alcove and change my shape to look like a larva. The beetles enter the room, but they look different to the beetle's outside. Instead of the mat black look that the guards outside sport. The beetles that have entered have a dark brown look on them. They are also smaller one of the walks to me and pull out what look's to be a sand goblin arm and pressed it in my face. I know I need to act the part of a beetle grub, so I open the sand where the mouth should be and bit the end of the sand goblin arm the sand just shifts around the sand goblin arm and left no damage. I think for about this problem for about a minute....the beetle is looking at me strangely I try to bite the arm but this time I try to condense my mouth it works. I bite down on the arm of the sand goblin rip a chunk out of the sand goblin's arm. I look at the beetle I want to kill this beetle but I know that I'm not strong enough to kill this one...yet but the larvae, on the other hand, Hehehe I wonder what would happen if I absorbed one. I'm about the same size as the larva, so I should not have a problem with absorbing the, unlike last time with the fruit. I think the only reason I could not absorb the fruit last time was because in my size in comparison to the fruit I was tiny. It was like a baby trying to eat a 3-course meal by himself the result is obvious baby go boom.

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After the beetle was done force-feeding me and walked away. I set to ''digesting'' the food I used the black aura to digest the arm. After it had turned into energy I set to the task of absorbing it.

I felt the familiar feeling of my ability's being improved but to my surprise, I felt something more than just energy being absorbed. I absorbed the knowledge of how to shape the sand to make myself look like a sand goblin. This would be useful after I have finished my meal. I turn my attention to the larva I wait for the beetles to walk away before I make my move. I turn into my weasel mode and walk towards the nearest grub once I get to it, I try to absorb it with my aura but something I didn't expect happened. You see I have noticed that all life has a neutral aura and it surrounds all living things but When I tried to absorb the grub its neutral aura repelled my aura. Well I guess that means that ill have to kill you first.

I harden my body and sharpen the end of it jumping up into the alcove where the grub resided I spear the grub though the middle. It wiggled and thrashed for a bid before it finally stopped moving and died. This time when I activated my aura I digested it without a problem.

OK now to absorb it. Immediately I felt the energy start to fill me I felt myself expanding but unlike last time I could absorb it all. I was left in pure bliss and was rudely interrupted when I heard crashing and shouting in the next room, so I ran into a corner and relaxed turning into a pile of sand I felt like my control of the sand had increased, so I tried to spread myself out to form a mini beach in the conner success.

''screeeeeeeee''

What the!

A beetle ran into the room screeching and on fire before an Arrow slammed into its head ending its existence.

As it collapsed right in front of I watched as two humans walked out of the shadows and into the room.