Oh, yeah! a DISCLAIMER! Forgot about that! Well, anyways, here we go....
DISCLAIMER::: Characters are mine. Ya' know, Sheryl, Leevant, Jason.. etc. Transformation idea.... OK, not really Hudson's (lycanthropes and the like have been around for centuries as a sort of mythology), but they are the ones who put it to use in a game, and the transformation stuff in mine is pretty similar. Anyways, though, I have not yet used Hudson's term for those kinda people in the Bloody Roar series: "Zoanthrope". I doubt I will ever use that term in this fic. That is so Hudson's word. =P. Anyways... enjoy...
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"Bye Mom, I love you.... I'm going off to school now!" Sheryl yelled as she stepped out her front door.
"Buh-bye hun..." her mom replied, and then went back to her phone conversation. Her father was already at work.
Sheryl began on her normal route to school. Something was diffrent today, however - she was supposed to actually have the day off. Her parents didn't need to know that, of course. Sheryl wanted to have today to herself... alone. Getting out of that place she called, 'Prison', was definately one of the things she looked forward to upon heading out to college - but, at least, for today she could be by herself. One day...
She went to a small convenience store a few blocks from her house where kids usually hung out when there was no school. Maybe she could.. or was it to much to ask? A freind? She told herself that there was pretty much no possibility of meeting any freinds there. But, today was hot, and she at least wanted to get a slush from the Slush-E machine inside. Sheryl loved those, especially on days like this.
"Hey, look.. it's that kid that's in your geometry class... what's her name again?" a voice said as she walked inside.
"Oh, that's.... Sharon I think? Hey Sharon!" another voice replied. Sheryl didn't bother to take notice. What was the use if nobody even remembered her name?
Sheryl got what she came for, paid, and left. She wasn't sure where she wanted to go next.. then, she had an idea.
Maybe... just maybe there's somewhere around here where nobody will be able to see me... no, maybe it's too big of a risk..... ah, heck, might as well. There's no other chance that I'll really get..
Sheryl really felt like trying out her powers in a place where nobody would see her. Despite the fact that she was born with them, there never seemed to be an opportunity to use her cat-like transformation. Her parents seemed to control everything she did... well, not today... she thought.
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There was a heavily forested area around the outskirts of her suburb. It was fairly large - about five years earlier, a wildlife-protection group protested the cutting down of the trees in the area. Sheryl remembered hearing about the court case - it was only on TV for months. In any event, there was a forest there now, and not a whole ton of people went through it; not when a main road cut it in half.
Sheryl began looking for a good spot. It had to be where no one could see her, and it probably shouldn't be near the road that cut through the forest. After a little while... she found a good spot - fairly cleared, grassy, and lit by the sun through the trees. The rays shined down on the ground and made the grass look almost yellow. Perfect.
This would be one of the few times Sheryl had ever gotten to use her powers, except when she was under close supervision by her parents. Even then, she got the feeling that her parents were almost ashamed of what she was. Whatever the reason, this was something she rarely got to do.
Here we go..
The transformation began. Her skin became covered with browish fur, all over... her ears shifted shape and position. She quickly grabbed a sharp stick and made a small hole for the tail in her pants.. she would have to explain that one later. Her feet (now paws) became somewhat uncomfortable so she took off her shoes.. she was once more the human cat.
Every time she had done this before (which, again, hadn't been many times), an almost overwhelming sense of... happiness washed over her. She was ecstatic. She was hyper. She gained a high level of awareness, almost.... her senses of smell and hearing had greatly improved as well. It was almost as if she truly was a real cat.
In actuality, that would be something she almost wanted even more. Cats (and other animals as well, she supposed) really had such an easy life. Nobody told them what to do. Bossed them around. Made them go to school. Forced them to do chores. Of course, this was somewhat close to really experiencing that, but at the end of the day, all she really was... was just a human. One that had to return home to a family that controlled her every decision. Just..human.
She was free of all that for now, at least, so she began playing around.
Wow! I sure can jump high when I'm like this!
She thought it was amazing, how she could jump higher, run faster, had faster reflexes... again, just like those of a cat. She stretched out her hand and found that she could even extend what she thought were claws.
This just keeps suprising me, every time...
Sheryl began to act like a little kid might, given the opportunity. She ran around, chasing birds, then falling on accident when they flew away, and laughing. She never before had so much...freedom. It was overwhelming and amazing, all at the same time.
Heh.... I suppose I'm acting a little immature... but.. come on! I'm the human cat! And for once, I don't have my parents breathing down my neck, watching every thing that I do....
Sheryl was having a great time just experiencing this new freedom. It felt like it might never end.... but perhaps... it didn't have to?
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Leevant sat in his seat, a look of utter boredom apparent on his face. He looked at the clock hanging on the wall. 2:59, it read. This minute seemed to drag on forever.
"Class, make sure to review chapters seven and eight for your test tomarrow. Make sure you know how to do logs on your graphing calculators, that WILL be on your test-" said Leevant's teacher. He was cut off by the bell ringing, and everybody ignored the rest of what he said and left the room. Leevant started his long walk home.
It was pretty far that he had to go, but he really didn't mind. It was excercise, after all. Also, he got to pass through this beautiful forest on his way home... of course, he coud just walk on the road that passed through that area, but the forest route was more direct, not to mention scenic.
After reaching the edge of the forest, he felt a bit more relieved. He always seemed to when he got to here. Maybe it was the shade that the trees provided from the merciless sun. Perhaps it was the serenity that fell upon the place. Perhaps it was the...wolf..inside him. He shuddered at that thought, he would have preferred to think of himself as human. Anyway, it was a nice break from the busy neighborhood that his school resided in.
After about fifteen minutes of traversing through the trees and bushes... he saw... some animal? Leevant wasn't sure. It was quie big. It could've even been a person. He walked a bit closer.... and then he couldn't really tell, human or animal. He decided to get even closer.....
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Sheryl was just resting, now. She just felt so happy...
*crunch*
She heard a faint noise... her sensitive ears picking up everything. She looked behind her and then.....
Oh no!!!!!! I've got to change back... NOW!
Sheryl saw another person merely fifty yards away, looking in her direction. She hid, and then returned to her normal form. The stranger kept coming closer, when she jumped out suddenly(mainly on accident) and said, "H-hi...."
The boy (who appeared to be about the same age as her, perhaps a year older she thought) was a bit startled. He replied, "Hello...? What are you doing in the forest??" He seemed to be slightly puzzled about something.
Oh, good, he didn't see me... phew...
"Erm... I just... kinda... like it in the forest! It's so........well, why are YOU here?" the relieved girl said.
"This is sort of like a shortcut home from school......... So....... " He hesitated. "What's your name? Mine's Leevant.."
"Leevant?" She giggled slightly. Which was funny, since giggling was something she just..never seemed to do. "That's kind of a funny name. Mine's Sheryl."
"Sheryl? That's...." Leevant started. He wanted to say it was pretty. "....a nice name."
"So... I guess I'll be seeing you, then? My house is sorta in the opposite direction..."
"Well... I could walk that way for awhile... that is, if you don't mind." He was getting increasingly nervous, and his voice was almost shaky.
"Oh um.... no, it wouldn't be a problem at all." She smiled. This was quite an amazing thing for her - someone she didn't know had just stumbled upon her, and offered to walk her back to the edge of the forest. Today was getting better and better....
"Alright.." Leevant said, in his shaky voice.
The two walked until the edge of the forest, mostly in silence.. and when the trees and bushes turned back into suburb, he started to leave back the way they had come.
"Sheryl... I was thinking... could I... get your number or something?"
"I guess- err, I mean... sure!" She wrote down her phone number and instant-message name on a small piece of paper that she pulled out of her pocket. Her mind was spinning... today would rank as one of the best and most exciting of any day she had experienced before in her life. The two parted ways and said good bye...
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At home, Leevant got onto his computer. Maybe I could chat with her for awhile, if she's online too.. he thought. He was pretty ecstatic. Sure, he had a lot of freinds, but never.. like that.
He was still thinking about when at first it looked like an animal was out there, sitting down by a tree..
I guess that must have been my imagination.... I suppose..
He started to think about something else, as well.
What if.... maybe... this girl.......... no, I seriously doubt that.
It seemed unlikely to him that someone else with a power such as his might exist. It would have been too much of a coincidence. It wasn't possible.
Just my imagination...
He logged onto the internet and saw her name on his list of freinds. CatLuver9924.
Funny... that's what it kinda looked like... a cat. Heh...
***
LeeWM6788: Hi... sup?
CatLuver9924: Oh... Leevant, that you?
LeeWM6788: Sure is... =) heh... that's a cute screen name you have...
***
They talked for hours that afternoon.... one that had been one of the best afternoons they had ever had.
To be continued...
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Phew, chapter four finished. What do y'all think? Nice, subtle, mushy ol' meeting scene, maybe.. but hey, how perfect was that? I mean, really? Anyways, stay tuned for the next installment of this fic, (probably might take me a day or two to do). Oh, yeah, and I changed the name of this fic when I realized how dumb it sounded, to later find out that a very similar fic name had already been in existance... heh... so it's probably good that I changed that name when I did. Sorry, RAYClovis, it was an accident.. =/ (No, really, it was lol.. I didn't hear about that fic until your review of mine.. I have been writing fics and just posting them lately, not really payin' any attention to most of the other fics cuz I don't have alot of time to do that this week... sorry bout that. ^__^)
DISCLAIMER::: Characters are mine. Ya' know, Sheryl, Leevant, Jason.. etc. Transformation idea.... OK, not really Hudson's (lycanthropes and the like have been around for centuries as a sort of mythology), but they are the ones who put it to use in a game, and the transformation stuff in mine is pretty similar. Anyways, though, I have not yet used Hudson's term for those kinda people in the Bloody Roar series: "Zoanthrope". I doubt I will ever use that term in this fic. That is so Hudson's word. =P. Anyways... enjoy...
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"Bye Mom, I love you.... I'm going off to school now!" Sheryl yelled as she stepped out her front door.
"Buh-bye hun..." her mom replied, and then went back to her phone conversation. Her father was already at work.
Sheryl began on her normal route to school. Something was diffrent today, however - she was supposed to actually have the day off. Her parents didn't need to know that, of course. Sheryl wanted to have today to herself... alone. Getting out of that place she called, 'Prison', was definately one of the things she looked forward to upon heading out to college - but, at least, for today she could be by herself. One day...
She went to a small convenience store a few blocks from her house where kids usually hung out when there was no school. Maybe she could.. or was it to much to ask? A freind? She told herself that there was pretty much no possibility of meeting any freinds there. But, today was hot, and she at least wanted to get a slush from the Slush-E machine inside. Sheryl loved those, especially on days like this.
"Hey, look.. it's that kid that's in your geometry class... what's her name again?" a voice said as she walked inside.
"Oh, that's.... Sharon I think? Hey Sharon!" another voice replied. Sheryl didn't bother to take notice. What was the use if nobody even remembered her name?
Sheryl got what she came for, paid, and left. She wasn't sure where she wanted to go next.. then, she had an idea.
Maybe... just maybe there's somewhere around here where nobody will be able to see me... no, maybe it's too big of a risk..... ah, heck, might as well. There's no other chance that I'll really get..
Sheryl really felt like trying out her powers in a place where nobody would see her. Despite the fact that she was born with them, there never seemed to be an opportunity to use her cat-like transformation. Her parents seemed to control everything she did... well, not today... she thought.
---------
There was a heavily forested area around the outskirts of her suburb. It was fairly large - about five years earlier, a wildlife-protection group protested the cutting down of the trees in the area. Sheryl remembered hearing about the court case - it was only on TV for months. In any event, there was a forest there now, and not a whole ton of people went through it; not when a main road cut it in half.
Sheryl began looking for a good spot. It had to be where no one could see her, and it probably shouldn't be near the road that cut through the forest. After a little while... she found a good spot - fairly cleared, grassy, and lit by the sun through the trees. The rays shined down on the ground and made the grass look almost yellow. Perfect.
This would be one of the few times Sheryl had ever gotten to use her powers, except when she was under close supervision by her parents. Even then, she got the feeling that her parents were almost ashamed of what she was. Whatever the reason, this was something she rarely got to do.
Here we go..
The transformation began. Her skin became covered with browish fur, all over... her ears shifted shape and position. She quickly grabbed a sharp stick and made a small hole for the tail in her pants.. she would have to explain that one later. Her feet (now paws) became somewhat uncomfortable so she took off her shoes.. she was once more the human cat.
Every time she had done this before (which, again, hadn't been many times), an almost overwhelming sense of... happiness washed over her. She was ecstatic. She was hyper. She gained a high level of awareness, almost.... her senses of smell and hearing had greatly improved as well. It was almost as if she truly was a real cat.
In actuality, that would be something she almost wanted even more. Cats (and other animals as well, she supposed) really had such an easy life. Nobody told them what to do. Bossed them around. Made them go to school. Forced them to do chores. Of course, this was somewhat close to really experiencing that, but at the end of the day, all she really was... was just a human. One that had to return home to a family that controlled her every decision. Just..human.
She was free of all that for now, at least, so she began playing around.
Wow! I sure can jump high when I'm like this!
She thought it was amazing, how she could jump higher, run faster, had faster reflexes... again, just like those of a cat. She stretched out her hand and found that she could even extend what she thought were claws.
This just keeps suprising me, every time...
Sheryl began to act like a little kid might, given the opportunity. She ran around, chasing birds, then falling on accident when they flew away, and laughing. She never before had so much...freedom. It was overwhelming and amazing, all at the same time.
Heh.... I suppose I'm acting a little immature... but.. come on! I'm the human cat! And for once, I don't have my parents breathing down my neck, watching every thing that I do....
Sheryl was having a great time just experiencing this new freedom. It felt like it might never end.... but perhaps... it didn't have to?
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Leevant sat in his seat, a look of utter boredom apparent on his face. He looked at the clock hanging on the wall. 2:59, it read. This minute seemed to drag on forever.
"Class, make sure to review chapters seven and eight for your test tomarrow. Make sure you know how to do logs on your graphing calculators, that WILL be on your test-" said Leevant's teacher. He was cut off by the bell ringing, and everybody ignored the rest of what he said and left the room. Leevant started his long walk home.
It was pretty far that he had to go, but he really didn't mind. It was excercise, after all. Also, he got to pass through this beautiful forest on his way home... of course, he coud just walk on the road that passed through that area, but the forest route was more direct, not to mention scenic.
After reaching the edge of the forest, he felt a bit more relieved. He always seemed to when he got to here. Maybe it was the shade that the trees provided from the merciless sun. Perhaps it was the serenity that fell upon the place. Perhaps it was the...wolf..inside him. He shuddered at that thought, he would have preferred to think of himself as human. Anyway, it was a nice break from the busy neighborhood that his school resided in.
After about fifteen minutes of traversing through the trees and bushes... he saw... some animal? Leevant wasn't sure. It was quie big. It could've even been a person. He walked a bit closer.... and then he couldn't really tell, human or animal. He decided to get even closer.....
-------
Sheryl was just resting, now. She just felt so happy...
*crunch*
She heard a faint noise... her sensitive ears picking up everything. She looked behind her and then.....
Oh no!!!!!! I've got to change back... NOW!
Sheryl saw another person merely fifty yards away, looking in her direction. She hid, and then returned to her normal form. The stranger kept coming closer, when she jumped out suddenly(mainly on accident) and said, "H-hi...."
The boy (who appeared to be about the same age as her, perhaps a year older she thought) was a bit startled. He replied, "Hello...? What are you doing in the forest??" He seemed to be slightly puzzled about something.
Oh, good, he didn't see me... phew...
"Erm... I just... kinda... like it in the forest! It's so........well, why are YOU here?" the relieved girl said.
"This is sort of like a shortcut home from school......... So....... " He hesitated. "What's your name? Mine's Leevant.."
"Leevant?" She giggled slightly. Which was funny, since giggling was something she just..never seemed to do. "That's kind of a funny name. Mine's Sheryl."
"Sheryl? That's...." Leevant started. He wanted to say it was pretty. "....a nice name."
"So... I guess I'll be seeing you, then? My house is sorta in the opposite direction..."
"Well... I could walk that way for awhile... that is, if you don't mind." He was getting increasingly nervous, and his voice was almost shaky.
"Oh um.... no, it wouldn't be a problem at all." She smiled. This was quite an amazing thing for her - someone she didn't know had just stumbled upon her, and offered to walk her back to the edge of the forest. Today was getting better and better....
"Alright.." Leevant said, in his shaky voice.
The two walked until the edge of the forest, mostly in silence.. and when the trees and bushes turned back into suburb, he started to leave back the way they had come.
"Sheryl... I was thinking... could I... get your number or something?"
"I guess- err, I mean... sure!" She wrote down her phone number and instant-message name on a small piece of paper that she pulled out of her pocket. Her mind was spinning... today would rank as one of the best and most exciting of any day she had experienced before in her life. The two parted ways and said good bye...
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At home, Leevant got onto his computer. Maybe I could chat with her for awhile, if she's online too.. he thought. He was pretty ecstatic. Sure, he had a lot of freinds, but never.. like that.
He was still thinking about when at first it looked like an animal was out there, sitting down by a tree..
I guess that must have been my imagination.... I suppose..
He started to think about something else, as well.
What if.... maybe... this girl.......... no, I seriously doubt that.
It seemed unlikely to him that someone else with a power such as his might exist. It would have been too much of a coincidence. It wasn't possible.
Just my imagination...
He logged onto the internet and saw her name on his list of freinds. CatLuver9924.
Funny... that's what it kinda looked like... a cat. Heh...
***
LeeWM6788: Hi... sup?
CatLuver9924: Oh... Leevant, that you?
LeeWM6788: Sure is... =) heh... that's a cute screen name you have...
***
They talked for hours that afternoon.... one that had been one of the best afternoons they had ever had.
To be continued...
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Phew, chapter four finished. What do y'all think? Nice, subtle, mushy ol' meeting scene, maybe.. but hey, how perfect was that? I mean, really? Anyways, stay tuned for the next installment of this fic, (probably might take me a day or two to do). Oh, yeah, and I changed the name of this fic when I realized how dumb it sounded, to later find out that a very similar fic name had already been in existance... heh... so it's probably good that I changed that name when I did. Sorry, RAYClovis, it was an accident.. =/ (No, really, it was lol.. I didn't hear about that fic until your review of mine.. I have been writing fics and just posting them lately, not really payin' any attention to most of the other fics cuz I don't have alot of time to do that this week... sorry bout that. ^__^)