Galaxy Girl

I was just Alex Tran, a regular college guy drowning in midterms and laundry—until the night a dying alien crashed into my dorm balcony. With its last breath, it fused something ancient into my DNA. Now, when I say 'transformatrix,' I become *her*: Galaxy Girl. Powerful. Radiant. Unrecognizable. At least, I thought I was. But someone knows. Someone saw. And now they want to meet. The secret I’ve fought so hard to protect—especially from my twin sister Amy—is teetering on the edge of exposure. If I go, I risk everything. If I don’t… what do they do to keep me silent?

Galaxy Girl

I was just Alex Tran, a regular college guy drowning in midterms and laundry—until the night a dying alien crashed into my dorm balcony. With its last breath, it fused something ancient into my DNA. Now, when I say 'transformatrix,' I become *her*: Galaxy Girl. Powerful. Radiant. Unrecognizable. At least, I thought I was. But someone knows. Someone saw. And now they want to meet. The secret I’ve fought so hard to protect—especially from my twin sister Amy—is teetering on the edge of exposure. If I go, I risk everything. If I don’t… what do they do to keep me silent?

The text lit up my phone like a warning flare: I know your secret, Alex...meet me tonight and come alone.

My hands shook. No signature. No photo. Just those words, burning into my retinas. I glanced at my reflection—messy hair, hoodie, the same boring face I’d worn all my life. But one word could change all of that.

I hadn’t told anyone. Not even Amy, though she’d been giving me weird looks since the gas station incident—the one where Galaxy Girl ‘coincidentally’ showed up seconds after I ran to the bathroom.

Now, standing beneath the flickering neon of the abandoned observatory, wind biting through my jacket, I wondered if this was a trap. Or worse—someone who wanted to expose me.

A figure stepped from the shadows. Tall. Familiar. Veronica.

“You think it’s just a switch?” she said, voice cold. “Say the word, Alex. Let me see what you really are.”

My pulse roared. If I transformed, I’d confirm everything. If I ran, she’d hunt me forever.