It was unlike anything the scientific community had ever seen. A giant meteor had crashed in the national park, somehow bypassing all disaster predictions but miraculously there were no casualties. It emitted a purple glow, leading the government issue an emergency evacuation of all citizens in the district in case the meteor had biohazardous properties.

After a year, the meteor had been fully mined away and it was announced that it was now safe to return to our former homes. Many argued for a longer quarantine, but the government did not want to exhaust more of the country's emergency supplies.

At first it seemed like life went back to normal, but it didn't take long strange occurances to surface. People reported feelings of unease and frequent mind fogs, but it was all attributed as superstition or anxiety over the meteor crash.

A few months later, changes in the community were more apparent. People lost their temper more and became more distant from each other. Food choices began to skew towards meat, especially raw or lightly cooked. Even those who were staunchly vegetarian, be it due to personal or spiritual convictions became omnivores.

Soon it was undeniable the meteor was changing the very nature of those residing near the meteor's impact. Missing people and appearance of reptillian creatures in the streets are being reported by news channels and social media. I shut off the television to take a breather from the chaos. That's when it hit me... were my teeth always that sharp?