Chapter 2

I woke early the next morning and with a yawn and a stretch, I noticed something off, where was my fur and paws and claws? A loud, shrill sound escaped my throat, what was going on, this couldn't be me! I was a leopard, a proud huntress, and queen of the forest. Rustling from above distracted me, I shrunk back against the trunk of the tree as point-ear-two-leggeds dropped from her branches. They aimed their sharp-stick-throwers at me as I growled, but it was less threatening in this form, then I recognized one of the pointy-ear-two-leggeds. I stared who had released me last sun as it stared at my injured leg, it made the strange noises at it's kin and they lowered their sharp-stick-throwers. Then Gold made soothing noises toward me and reached out, moving on some instinct I didn't recognize, I lurched forward and into Gold's forelimbs, which he- as I now realized- wrapped around me.

Gold made noises at me and I tilted my head in confusion, he seemed to realize I didn't know what he meant so he pointed to himself and made a single noise, crinkling my nose I repeated,

"Glorfindel." He nodded, then I pointed to myself and my name as I figured they would,

"Grace." Gold repeated and my ears perked as I stared at him expectantly, just then I felt something drop around the shoulders of my new form and my new legs buckled as I hissed in surprise. Gold caught me before I hit the forest floor and supported me as I got used to the new weight around my shoulders. When I could stand on my own again, Gold helped me adjust the new thing around my shoulders so I was covered. I was confused but figured it was their costom and I noticed that it trapped heat like my fur did before. Curious, I sniffed the new thing and found it smelt like cotton and river-grass, I didn't like it, crinkling my nose I huffed and smelled Gold instead. He stiffened but allowed it, Gold smelled like pine and rain, I liked it and I purred to tell him so. Suddenly I felt something in my head click as Gold made more noises at me and suddenly I could understand.

"Like what you smell," Gold asked

"Yep," I chirped, and Gold jerked back a little and his eyes widened in a shock.

"How," he started but I only shrugged and started wandering among his companions, taking in scents and how they looked, until I came across two who looked almost exactly alike with only minute differences. Confused, I stopped and stared before turning to look at Gold, tilting my head in question, he made that sound of amusement that two-leggeds so often did.

"They are twins," he said, then it clicked for me.

"Oh! They're a litter," I exclaimed and the pointy-ear-two-leggeds looked at me in shock.

"I suppose you could say that," said Gold but I ignored him and turned back to the twins as he had called them, taking in their scents I was relieved to find that those were different at least.

"What is she doing, Glorfindel," the one on my right asked as I sniffed him, he smelled like oak and something tangy, an odd combination but it suited him.

"I imagine that she is memorizing your scent, Elladan," Gold replied and I absently nodded as I moved on to the other one, who smelled like like fresh meadow-grass and feathers, crinkling my nose I stared at him.

"And just what do I smell like, my lady," he asked, I tilted my head at him.

"Meadow-grass and feathers," I replied as I made my way back to Gold and pushed my way into his forelimbs.

"You've met Elladan, his brother's name is Elrohir," Gold whispered in my ear as Elrohir sputtered and tried to form a sentence, I just watched, settling back into Gold who I had unofficially claimed as mine.

And so began my new life in a new body and I was keen to learn all I could.

AN/ Thanks to catherine10 for the very first review, I hope the chapter answered your question!