Arkham Zoo.

Ah, waking up to another normal and uneventful day in lovely old Arkham Asylum, what could be better? Well waking up in a lovely Gotham hotel could be better, but no use in complaining, at least in Arkham you got your own hot meal, free rooms and free medical care as well as free television and books, wasn't that nice?

Maybe if today was normal.

It took Edward 30 seconds to suddenly realise the world had grown in size considerably, either that or he'd shrunk in the night and it turned out to be the latter, but not only that, he had paws, a long red fur coat, pointy ears and a tale?

Panicking he ran up to the glass walled cell to see his reflection, expecting to find a tall, blue eyed, brown haired and quite frankly dashing looking individual only to find a fox staring back at him instead.

Edward couldn't help it, he yelped and jumped back, only to hear a squark from above and watch an owl fall, very un-majestically to the floor in front of him.

Edward tilted his head to the side. "Jon?" he questioned as the owl appeared to be dusting itself off, turning it's head round to see Edward.

"Edward?"

"What happened?"

"I was hoping you could tell me."

They were silent before their cell door opened, wandering outside only to find that it wasn't just them who'd been changed.

"What the hells going on?!" Garfield cried, though now he seemed to be a bombadear beetle, his tiny figure rearing back on the floor and crying out as he spotted everyone else.

"Gar, you're so small."

Garfield turned to his cell mate Drury, only to find a goat in his place.

"Why the hell are you a goat?!"

"I think there may be more to this then meets the eye…" Jonathan mumbled as he fluffed himself out, by shaking his feathers, only problem was it made him look like a giant pom pom.

Edward yelped at the sudden fluffy Scarecrow owl he had next to him and Drury… Drury fainted.

"Ah, a fainting goat. Now it makes sense."

"Oh for crying out loud!" Garfield yelled at the sky, shaking four of his six legs at it. "Why me? I can't carry him like this he's took big!"

"Don't look at me," Croc groaned as he came plodding along, followed closely by a really bouncy kangaroo.

"Oh wow, Way-Way!" Harley-roo cried as she stared down at what was Killer Croc but was now a snapping turtle. "It matches your personality perfectly!"

"I wanted to be an alligator!"

"Yeah well now you're a snapping turtle keep moving."

Suddenly a white snow fox went walking past Edward, flicking her tail in his face, making him blink before he sneezed.

"Hey, watch were you're flicking your tail!"

The white fox froze and turned to him tilting her head to the side. "Edward?"

"Mist?!"

"Yes, it's me."

Edward blinked before he purred slightly and smirked the best he could. "Well, hello foxy lady."

"Oh for the love of…"

"Did I ever tell you how good you looked with a tail?"

"Ugh…"

Jonathan rolled his eyes and flew up to try and perch on something high when a green snake struck at him, forcing him to flap hysterically before finally landing on one of the light fixations staring at the snake in bewilderment.

"Doctor Crane…" the Snake hissed out and Jonathan felt his eyes widen slightly.

"Doctor Isely!"

"Red is that you?"

Ivy poked her head over to stare down at the kangaroo. "Harley? Of course what else would you be?"

"And what else would you be?" Jonathan growled.

"Excuse me?" Ivy hissed as she turned to look at Scarecrow. "I'm surprised you're an owl… a cockroach would be far better suited for someone like you."

"Flatterig as always."

Suddenly an almighty whale of despair was heard from Rat Catcher's cell, making all heads to snap in his direction as he came stumbling out.

"Look at me!" he wailed. "I'm horrible, I'm disgusting, I'm… I'm.. Im..!"

"A cat," Mist finished for him.

"Yes!" Otis wailed. "My many friends don't dare approach me! What am I going to do? How can I catch rats now?"

"The same way a cat does," Edward added helpfully but Otis merely burst out in tears.

Harley hoped over to him and gently began to pet his head. "Aww, there there, Otis. We'll figure something out, get us all back to normal."

"Good," Warren growled out as he came shuffling into view. "Cause I can't stand much more of this."

Drury had finally come round and he stared at Warren, with Garfield sitting on his head and Otis trotted over to stare as well.

Edward began to laugh. "Oh my god… you're a seal!"

"Yeah the irony's not lost on me either!"

"I don't get it…"

"Great White Sharks hunt seals, they eat them, it's their food."

"So whoever's done this has a sense of humour," Warren grumbled as he began to try and pull himself out of his cell, but he got stuck. "Eh… a little bit of help?"

Mist huffed and trotted over, taking his front flipper in her mouth and began to tug on it.

"Oh hey! Watch the teeth! Use you're damn hands woman!"

She let go and sat in front of him, holding her paws up to him. "Do you see apposable thumbs?!"

"I'll handle it."

"Victor?!" Mist blinked at the huge polar bear as her came over and picked Shark up wit his mouth, pulling him out of his cell and placing him on the floor.

"Umm thanks Victor…" Shark stared up at the polar bear. "That's a good look for you."

"My friends!"

"Jervy, is that you?"

A hare came out, running round and round in circles. "I'm madder then a mad march hare! What is going on?!"

"Jervis calm down," Jonathan instructed from above before he ruffled his feathers out again, making himself puffed up once more.

"March hare is that you or am I you and you me?" Jervis tilted his head to the side as he stared up at Jonathan. "It's very confusing don't you see?"

"Quite."

"Umm… guys…?"

They turned to see a little mouse staring up at them all.

"Kirk?"

"Yes?"

"You okay down there little guy?"

Kirk nodded. "What happened?" he squeaked. "Why do we look like this?"

"I don't know," Edward spoke as he laughed slightly, "I'm just glad Maxie Zeus isn't here. He'd start yelling that it was Circe from Greek mythology."

Mist blinked before she frowned and slapped a paw to her face. "Unless if was Circe."

"Wait, ya mean the super villain?"

"Yes."

"But why would she do this to us?" Gar cried as he hopped off Drury's head. "And why'd she make Drury a fainting goat?"

"Drury's a fainting goat?" Otis questioned as he looked up at him. "Really?"

"Don't make him-."

Croc had managed to walk over to them and snapped his mouth at Drury's leg, causing a yelp to leave the goats mouth before he fell side long on the floor.

Garfield stared before he gestured towards Drury with his four arms. "Why!?"

"Cause it's funny," Otis supplied between laughing.

"Yeah, lets see you laughing when you start coughing up fur balls."

"It seems intelligence has not improved with the transformation," Edward mumbled before he trotted up next to Mist grinning. "Though some aspects are rather nice."

"What did you say?"

"Huh?"

"What did you say?!" Mist snapped as she began to stalk up to him. "I know it was you Edward, what did you say?"

"I don't know what you're-."

"What did you say to Circe?!"

The room fell silent and all eyes landed on Edward who stared back at Mist, who was still stalking him, her mouth turned back in a snarl.

"I didn't.. I didn't say a damn thing!"

"It must of been you, no one else is stupid enough to say anything!"

"I take great offence to that…"

"And I take great offence to being a fox, so what did you say?"

"Well, you do make a very exquisite fox, my mystery," Edward grinned slightly. "Honestly, who knew pointy ears would suit you."

"Okay thats it!"

Edward yelped as he began to be chased around the cell block by Mist, yelping the entire time as he went, tale tucked under his legs.

"Jon! Jonathan!"

The wise old owl that was Jonathan Crane slowly opened one of his eyes and stared at the chaos below him.

"Jonathan help!" Edward yelped as he continued to run. "She's trying to kill me!"

"Nothing new there then," Jonathan mumbled as he closed his eye again and sank into his mass of feathers.

"Look this is probably just a - a shared hallucination!"

He tripped over and tumbled to the floor, before he felt a pair of jaws clamp around his throat.

"Does this feel like a hallucination… to you?!"

Suddenly a flash of light appeared above them all causing Jonathan to fall from his perch and land on the floor, puffed up like a giant pom pom in front of Drury who fainted once more.

"Not again!" Gar cried as he put his head in his hands.

Everyone stared up at the witch herself, Circe, who smirked down at them all. "Why hello my Arkhamouls, how are you finding life?"

"Why have you done this to us?" Ivy questioned as she slithered through the group.

"How does, Ivy still sway her hips as a snake?" Otis mumbled to Garfield who stared at him before shaking his head.

"You're kidding right? She's nothing but hips!"

"To answer your question Ivy, one of you payed me great insult to me and my craft… I'm simply teaching them and you all a lesson."

"What did they do, Circe?" Harley questioned.

"They said such an insulting thing," Circe looked at her nails. "What else was I supposed to do?"

Slowly all heads turned towards Edward who shrank back from them.

Jonathan narrowed his eyes. "Twit."

"You better say sorry," Mist snarled as she began to stalk towards him once more.

"I… you.. I didn't say anything insulting, I merely said something factual-."

"And what was that?"

"All I said was magic couldn't exist, that there was only science… just facts…"

"You idiot!"

"Hey guys, anyone want roasted fox?"

"Oh god.."

"I would start running if I were you."

"Oh dear god… I… I'm sorry!" Edward yelped as he began to run down the corridor followed by a whole group of animals. "I'm sorry, Circe, I'm sorry!"

"I'm sorry!" Edward yelled at the top of his lungs as he shot up in bed, his eyes wide and his breathing off the charts. "Just a dream… It was just a dream…" he mumbled as he put his head in his hands.

Suddenly he found huge shadows over his bed, looking up he found himself blinking up at the whole gang on his cell block.

"Not a word."

"Huh?"

"Not a damn word, Edward," Mist growled before she was poking him the chest. "If you so much as mutter something to do with your view on magic, I will personally throw you off dead mans point!"

"Wait so you guys remember-."

Suddenly Mist clasped her hand around his mouth. "Not a word."

Everyone left the cell only leaving Jonathan and Edward, both watching them leave, before Jonathan turned towards Edward, his arms firmly folded across his chest as he regarded the other man.

Edward stared back at him.

"What?"

"Twit."

THE END.

Note: Okay so yeah... Edward really needs to learn when and when not to open his mouth, this be one of those times.

Hoped you guys liked the Arkhamouls, they were really fun and it was fun thinking up which animal each individual would be :D
stay tuned for the next episode! :D