Animals. Animals. Animals. Today I have animals on the brain. And that got me thinking. Why not write a Dissidia Final Fantasy fanfic in which both sides have turned into animals? Humanoid animals? Booyah.

I don't own Dissidia Final Fantasy or any of it's characters. The only thing I own is the idea of this story.

Sincerely,

RoseOfNoonvale

Someone is going to pay for this, thought Squall Leonhart as he looked at his…er…body. His body was that of a lion. Well a humanoid lion to be correct, which means that he retained his human characteristics, like five-toed and five-fingered hands and feet, the ability to walk on two legs, the ability to speak, being able to see every color not just black and white, and keeping his hair; not fur, though he does have that, but hair on his head. Overall he still retained his human appearance just that his body was a lion's body.

Someone's going to pay for this. Hell, everyone's going to pay for this, Squall thought angrily as he marched off to find the culprit. Muttering angrily about his situation, he went to search for Jessica Goldhart. She might know what to do. Oh, someone's goanna pay and just wait until he got his hands on who's responsible. He'll make their worst nightmare come true. He swore to it. Actually, he hoped to not run into the other Warriors of Cosmos because the last thing he needed is to be laughed at.

Particularly Zidane as he has a habit of being annoying and he knew that Zidane will have endless jokes about it. And if Zidane laughed, he'll see to it that the genome slept with one eye open. Taking a break from his angered thinking he looked around. The Lunar Subterrane. The Lunar Subterrane. He ended up on the Lunar Subterrane. Hey at least it wasn't Pandemonium, right? Finally Squall screamed.

{Meanwhile}

Oh dear, was the first thing Cecil Harvey thought as he looked at his body. He was a fox, he could see that. But his fur was white-blue in terms of color. What kind of fox has white-blue fur? It's not possible! He was a white-blue humanoid fox. This went against the laws of nature! But, unfortunately, he had to accept it and so he left to find his companions, sighing while he did so.

He wondered if anyone else was affected by this. He might not be the only one an animal. Everyone else must be an animal too. But this had to be temporary. It cannot be permanent. Eventually he ran into Jessica Goldhart, the only one who could possibly help him. He could see that she was a snow leopard but also retained her human features as well just like him.

"Hello Jessica," he said politely.

She turned to look at him, her green eyes flashing brightly, and narrowed her eyes.

"If you think I'm going to help you, think again," she snapped.

Cecil was surprised. Jessica never snaps at people.

"Why not? What is the harm in helping me? Surely you could change me back," he asked.

Jessica just glared at him. Did he not know that she herself can't turn back? If she could, did he not know that she would've done so already?

"I can't help you"-here she raised a hand to stop his protest-"if I could I would. But I can't because I myself can't become human once more. If I could I would," she replied.

Cecil was crestfallen and disappointed because he had been counting on her. Seeing him like that tugged at her heart, but her answer was the same.

"You mean this is permanent?" he whispered.

Jessica looked at the knight with pity. She felt sorry for him.

"I didn't say that," she answered.

The Dark Knight/Paladin just nodded solemnly. Jessica sighed.

There was silence afterward.

Eventually Jess said, "All right that's enough. We can't be moping around. We have to find our allies and who's ever responsible for us being animals." Cecil agreed.

"Agreed. Let's go," he said. Just at that moment they heard Squall scream. They looked at each and, thinking that he might be in danger, ran off to where he, the young soldier, was.

{Meanwhile}

Onion Knight, called Tamane by most, looked at his tiger body, his little tiger body. He whimpered. Where was Terra when he needed her? He was scared. The small tiger started trembling and sniffling. Now you must remember he's only a young boy so he's easily scared. He might put up a confident and courageous boy, but in reality he's only a scared and unsure child…er…tiger cub. Tamane sat down and started crying. He cried for quite a while. Finally, with no more tears to shed, he wiped the remnants of his tears and looked around. He recognized his surroundings as the Lunar Subterrane, the very same place where Squall was at. The little tiger stood up and went to search for Terra, but not before he heard Squall scream. Thinking he might be in trouble, the tiger ran to where Squall was.

{Meanwhile}

Terra Branford looked at herself. She was a cat. What kind of cat she did not know. She looked like a leopard, but she wasn't a leopard. It was impossible to tell what breed of cat she was. Perhaps Jessica could tell her. Not much has changed about her: her lovely blonde curls that appeared golden in the sun's light, ivory fur, peach spots that looked gold in the sunlight, doe-like purple eyes, slender figure, and a face that could not be rivaled in beauty. All-in-all, she was truly beautiful. Perhaps she looked like her mother, Madeline Branford, but then again perhaps not.

Back to the matter at hand. She looked around and could not find Tamane. Where was he? The little one was usually with her. But then she remember that he wandered off on his own to fight mankins in order "to get stronger and be able to protect her better" as he said. The young woman shook her head. Perhaps she should do the same. After all she did not want to become a burden to him and it was high time she learned to defend herself. If she continued depending on others, her enemies will think her weak.

I hope the he's okay, she thought worriedly. Terra was worried, as any sane woman should be when someone they think of as their own child is missing. Sighing, she decided to go look for him. Just at that moment, she heard Squall scream.

{Meanwhile}

"Squall!" a number of voices yelled. The young SeeD soldier looked at them. "Hello Cecil, Tamane, Terra, Jessica," he said coolly.

"What's wrong?" Tamane asked. Squall ignored him.

"We heard you scream and thought you were in trouble. What's wrong?" Terra said. "

What's wrong? What the hell do you mean what's wrong? I'm a lion! What's wrong should be pretty obvious!" Squall yelled. Terra flinched.

"If it makes you feel better, we're all animals," Tamane said. Squall growled at him. The little tiger ran behind Terra. The young woman glared at Squall. Squall glared at her. Cecil looked at the tiger cub. The tiger cub looked at him. Jessica glared at all of them.

"There will be no arguing amongst ourselves," Jessica stated. A chorus of yes, ma'ams followed. "Good," she said, " Now we must find our friends. And, Squall, no flipping out." The young man snorted. Jessica turned away and walked. Everyone followed her.

A/N: How was it? Did anyone liked it? Oh the title "Humanum Bellatores ad Animal Bellatores" means "Human Warriors to Animal Warriors" in Latin. Read and review. I only own Jessica Goldhart.