"Hey, wake up, Stormy.". A finger poked me by the cheek as I heard Benflight's voice. I blinked my eyes open and was startled, wide-awake, by who, er, what Benflight was. Benflight's green eyes twinkled as I looked at his new form. No way, canid/human hybrid! Benflight's human ears had evolved into his old wolf ears, and his fangs glinted in the sunshine, and I saw a glimpse of a tail behind him, his old tail, enhanced with his old white stripes. His clothes much remained the same except for his shirt, it changed from white to dark brown.
Smirking, "Not bad, huh? My wish came true.", replied Benflight.
"Incredible. It makes sense, actually, since your father Star was a purebred dog, while your mother Bearberry was human first before becoming a wolfdog. Your genetics surely has changed you into a canid/human hybrid while we're here in Treasure Planet.". I commented thoughtfully.
Benflight nodded, "That's exactly what I thought. Anyway, you are the same now as before.". with a smile. He's right. My clothes remain the same as before, while I am in the style of Treasure Planet's animation. Pretty good.
"Indeed, Benflight. Oh, your name. You need to be Ben again here once more, through you can go for having 'flight' for your middle name, and your mother's surname for your last name, if you want people to think that you actually belonged here.". I replied helpfully.
Ben looked at me, "So, my name is Ben Flight Julas. Though we need to figure who we are in relations.". commented thoughtfully.
"Well, since we are gay adopted brothers back home, maybe we should do that or be cousins, since we are similar in hair color and height and age.". I replied crunching my nose in thought. Ben nodded, agreeing to the comment. I looked around, and saw we were on the outskirts of the village of Benbow, and the Benbow Inn in the far distance. I gestured to the inn for Ben to see, and nod. We went on, going through town, aliens and people were looking curious about us as we walked up to the Benbow Inn. Ben heard the whispers far better than I do, by courtesy of his new ears.
We headed inside the inn, it was crowded, and we saw Ms. Hawkins hustling, giving customers food and etc., as she noticed us. She came up, introducing herself, and asking for our business here. I knew we didn't have any currency in this galaxy, so I offered to Ms. Hawkins to give us work as pay for food and rent. She accepted the offer, and gestured to the kitchen, told us to help her son, Jim, who is in the kitchen. I nodded thankfully, as Ben thanked her gratefully, and we went in, seeing Jim by the sink, washing the dishes. Ben coughed to grab his attention, and Jim saw us and questioned us. I told him that we're finding work and that his mother asked us to help him whatsoever. Jim looked a bit grateful at that, and asked Ben to help dry the dishes. Ben smiled thankfully, and I was asked to clean the two stoves.
The day passed, we all did various chores in the kitchen and the many guest rooms upstairs. Ms. Hawkins noticed how much we worked, and she thanked us by giving a fabulous meal. We finished up eating and clearing up the tables, with Ms. Hawkins checking guests in for the night. With that done, we all talked, and gave out a bit of our histories. Jim headed outside with Ben, asking questions as they went to the side garage where the solar surfer was waiting to be updated. Ms. Hawkins wanted to be spoke as Sarah, and I surrendered, accepting it. And so, Sarah led me to a room with a bunk twin bed, and asked how long I and Ben intend to stay. I told her, 'We don't care as long as we do something to be busy'. Sarah looked curiously at that, and gave me the key.
Later, Ben returned, saying that Jim is so smart, and he learned tons of things about the solar surfer. I chuckled at that, as I tagged the page of my beloved book of a possession. Noticing the bunk beds, Ben challenged me to a mock warrior fight, on the terms of pinning, to win. Ben won, which he got the top bunk while I got the bottom one. We headed right to bed, drifting off to dreamland. I wonder how far we are before the solar surfer rebel incident. I hope either I or Ben teach Jim to listen better and leave the past in the past. Oh, well, at least, we got a place to stay, food, and company.