Eleven-year-old Melinda Strickland is setting out on her first mission as a shapeshifter – to save a town from unruly gargoyles. They've become quite mischievous and downright destructive lately! Travis Franklin accompanies her on the trip west, though Melinda is keen to point out she's in charge, not him. If course, nothing ever goes as planned. What promises to be a fairly routine mission turns into something quite deadly...