A/N.: Edit 7/9/2014
Chapter 16 – Pouty lips, shiny teeth.
"I was thinking…" Brittany said gaining her girlfriend's attention.
"About what?" the gorgon asked curiously.
"Kurt said that Rach wouldn't want to join our club, then after Mercedes protested he started to defend her as if she would actually join at some point and tell us how good she was because he saw these videos." The nymph answered pointing at the video playing in the notebook on her lap.
"Porcelain may be a little nut in the head?" Santana suggested just to receive a pointed look from her girlfriend. "I mean… maybe he was trying to look tough you know? Not wanting to acknowledge the munchkin talent or some shit. He is a diva! He likes to think he is the best. I just think he is starting to understand Rachel a little and that's why he defended her from Mercedes nasty words even though he was saying them too, just moments before."
"Isn't that a little… uh…" Brittany looked for the word….
"Hypocritical?" the nymph nodded making Santana chuckle. "Totally, but, hey… that's the world." She added moving the notebook away from her girlfriend and taking its place on the girl's lap.
She started to cover the girl's neck with kisses when she felt the nymph's hands tugging on her shirt.
"We have to be careful. My flowers will be here soon." The blonde giggled.
"Humm… I love when you're in full blossom." The gorgon hummed. "You look so beautiful and even more desirable."
"And I love when I start to flower… I always got even sweeter lady kisses from you." Brittany said back covering Santana lips with hers.
By morning Btittany's hair was completely white. She moved Santana's arm just so she could sit up and tugged on her necklace. On it there was a small bag made of yarn. Coach didn't like that she whore it to school because it would take away the balance in her squad or some other stupid reason. But to Brittany the thing the bag held… it was as important as food, water and air for her to live.
It was the 'heart' of her tree.
So even if someone cut down her tree, she would still have this small hope and would be able to keep living. She could also make more than one 'heart' all she needed was a seed of one of her apples and some little nymph magic. That way they also could move around and even extend their lives. She gave Santana one when they first started dating. It meant a lot and the gorgon knew that.
She tugged the little bag open and let its content fall to her hand. The seed was always changing, exposing any sickness or injury. It also showed when she was blooming, like right now. The seed like little 'heart' had veins of pinkish white adorning it. It seemed to irradiate life.
One of the ways to impregnate someone in her specie was to give the seed for the other to eat, but it wasn't the most recommended method because somehow the seed would grow embracing the one who ate it in vines leaving the person in a coma until it became able to sustain a nymph child. A kid born this way would always be a nymph no matter what specie the one who ate the seed belonged too. It was heard that a nymph could also impregnate themselves by this way.
It was like it was said before… it's more magic than science at this point.
School that day was rather funny. Rachel wouldn't stop staring Britt's hair for long periods of time and would only be distracted from it for long enough only by Quinn tugging at her hands. Quinn was not there at the moment, however, so Rachel was staring freely at the nymph.
"Why are you staring so much at my girlfriend?" Santana asks putting herself between Brittany and Rachel. The gorgon's snakes seemed as annoyed as the girl.
"Santana… I'm just surprised her hair did change its color." Rachel reassured the girl.
"I'm not exactly a hybrid… Since muses are somewhat a type of nymph I didn't lose my species characteristics. I kind of have both. I think it's kind of like how it will be for you and Quinn if you have any babies. You're both felines so it will be like these ligers folks or something right?" Rachel nodded. Although, a cat and a lion sure was an odd combination. "I don't know how it would turn out if San and I had a kid tho…"
"Why are we talking about it?" Santana interjected blushing furiously. "Go stare at you own girlfriend, Whiskers!"
"We're not official yet, however…" Rachel reminded them.
"Why not?" Brittany asks completely appealed.
"She didn't ask… I said we didn't need to hurry and that we would eventually get there." Rachel answered... "I just didn't want it to feel hurried, but I think I threw her off a little by saying it."
"Oh don't worry, Rachey!" Britt grinned. "We told her that what matters is the feelings and not the amount of time you know each other."
"That's sweet." Rachel smiled at Santana after subtly giving a playful wink to Brittany
"She was being annoying as hell that you two weren't doing shit 'cuz you know each other for a small amount of time. We just gave her a reality check." Santana shrugged nonchalantly.
"You know? You don't need to be extra rude just because you was caught being nice, Santana." Rachel says back with the best smirk she could pull off.
Luckily for her, Santana is deprived of the chance of responding by the arrival of Puck and Sam. The boys, of course, don't notice what was going on between the two short girls and just interrupt them going about their own business.
Sam wanted mostly to brag about the fact that he was able to mutate once without damaging any of his clothes. Rachel is quickly to prize the boy. She congratulates him verbally pulling him for a hug and it's at this moment that Quinn choses to appear.
"Oh, busted!" Santana laughs hoping to see some sort of confrontment.
The cold blooded boy just trembles when she notices the lion girl. Quickly stepping away from Rachel making her frown at him. Before she can say anything however she is abruptly turned to Quinn who kiss her on the spot.
"No need to manhandle me, Quinn, just to mark your territory." Rachel says clearly annoyed and rolling her eyes.
"Way to go, girl." Santana press again just to receive a slap in the arm by Brittany and a pointed look.
"I'm sorry." Quinn says looking at the ground.
"Yes, but please refrain from doing it again." Rachel sighed speaking softly. Luckily they weren't in the middle of the corridor or they would have caused quite the scene.
"Sorry for making assumptions about your behavior around, Rachel." The blond said this time to Sam, but looking very reluctant. Rachel didn't ask for it, but she knew the girl would appreciate it.
"Whipped!" Santana makes herself known again.
"Like you aren't." Puck says back causing everyone but the Latina to laugh.
"Oh shut up! It's not like I do things just because she asks." Santana grumbles, her snakes shaking in a not very friendly way.
"But, San, you helped me with our fence when we weren't even dating yet." Brittany reminds her girlfriend making the girl pout even more.
"How childlike, San." Rachel coos "It deserves a picture." The kitty girl says quickly snapping one with her cellphone.
At this action, Santana is fast on her feet, the pout nowhere on her face when she starts to run after Rachel trying to get the phone from the girl.
"Delete this picture NOW!" Santana roars after the girl who was already on the run.
Luckily they were outside on the field giving them plenty of space to run.
"Send me a copy, Rachey!" Britt yells from where she is sitting with the others.
"Don't dare to hurt Rachel, Santana!" Quinn yells giving a true roar.
Of course Santana just ignores Quinn… And. Of course she actually tries to pounce on Rachel in an attempt to trap her down. Rachel however is fast on her feet jumping away just in time causing Santana to leap into the soft ground. The front of her uniform was probably completely stained by the grass. With all the products they sprayed on it to make it look greener her shirt was most certainly done for.
The gorgon once again hisses, this time even more menacingly. Craving her fended eyes directly at Rachel's who just stare at her curiously. She notices a tad too late the gorgon's intention.
Her limbs start to get to stiff, imprisoning her, making it impossible for her to move. She doesn't start to turn into stone though.
Santana's just gives her an impish grin, not even hearing a pissed Quinn asking what the hell was going on. Not even noticing that said girl was starting to make her way towards them. Santana's eyes where only on Rachel, to whom she started to get closer and closer.
The kitty girl breathed heavily. It was actually really hard to keep a steady flow of oxygen with the hex being held on her by the gorgon. She ignored it, however, inhaling the largest amount of air she could. Nothing like what her potent lung were used to, but enough nonetheless.
Tensing her stiff limbs, she started to force them trying to force them to move.
"Haha! Nice try kitty but you should just stop or you're going to end up popping a vein." Santana joked starting to reach for Rachel.
"Santana! Release her! She is going Feral!" Quinn yelled quite alarmed starting to run to where the two girls where.
"What do you mean fer-…" Santana start asking alarmed, but is interrupted by growl.
The distraction caused by Quinn made her hold on Rachel falter just enough to let the girl move a little more. However Rachel looked a lot different from her usual self. It was like she was transforming without getting to her small size and without losing her humanoid form. Her skin was getting furry and even her hair had lost its dark brown color, turning to the shade of her pelt. She had a total wild look going as if she wasn't the same girl.
"Oh, shit…" Quinn mutters getting in front of Santana and transforming into her animal form caring less for her clothes, just at the same time Rachel freed herself completely from Santana's hold.
Quinn let out a low growl as a warning. She knew she had no chance against someone in their Feral state, and she sure as hell didn't want to hurt Rachel, but maybe… Maybe Rachel would be able to hear her. Or at least she would be able to distract the girl just long enough for a teacher to get there.
Rachel, even in her Feral form, was small. Not big and bulky like most usually gets. She was clearly more agile than strong, but even if that was the case Quinn's animal form was no match to her when she was like that.
How cute, Quinn protecting her snarky friend… Both of them looking scared to death and yet trying to hide it. They were very alike in that. They could never be the weak one, never vulnerable or fragile. They had to be strong and protective. And that's why, instead of simply accepting Quinn's help, Santana was quickly on her feet staring into Rachel's wild eyes, trying once again to create a hold on the cat's movements.
No luck there though, she noticed when the bipedal feline stepped forward, step by step, making Quinn tenser by the second, until she was right in front of them and towering over their heights. Rachel was slightly taller than Brittany in her feral form – which, yes, was considered small.
Rachel makes movement that almost causes Quinn to jump on her. And not in the way Quinn wished to.
"Calm down…" Rachel spoke in a voice that held a hint of power different from its usual one.
Quinn looked at her surprised. She never heard of people in their Feral form talking.
"You're conscious?" Santana asked in hers and Quinn's behalf.
"Why wouldn't I be?" Rachel purred. Her voice also had an animalistic tone in it.
"Because you went all furry in two paws!?" Santana retorted sarcastically.
"I'm just fine. While it's really harder to control our emotions in such form, it's not like we're uncontrollable beasts." The cat added, petting Quinn's head and still towering over both girls. "However, without a good self-control it really is easy for someone to berserk. That's why one must know themselves and their emotions thoroughly to be able to tame this side after that it's almost as natural as any of our other forms."
"I can't believe I almost craped myself and you're fine!" The latina said harshly, but with a relieved undertone in her words. "Why don't you go back to normal."
That made Quinn look at her. She sure didn't need Santana being rude to Rachel, but that was a nice question. Maybe being able to transform with her clothes and talk while in her animal form wasn't the only things that Rachel could do. Maybe she had free reign over her Feral form, not only consciousness wise, but also in its maintenance.
"Well… although I have control when in this form, I still have a hard time controlling it." Both girls looked alarmed at it. "I mean in the sense that I need something to trigger the transformation and that I have to wait until my body relaxes again for me to go back to normal. I may be tame, but my body is under stress, this being one of the reasons of why it's so easy to lose control over your emotions in this form."
The gorgon and the lioness relaxed again, Quinn getting even closer to Rachel then she was before. The lioness loved the feeling of Rachel's fur against hers, she wrapped her front paws around Rachel's waist letting her weight rest in her hinder legs, caressing Rachel's mid-section with her head and purring.
Santana looked in semi horror as Quinn practically started to hump into Rachel, causing the large gray cat purr in appreciation of the cares and attention. It was like Santana wasn't even there anymore… Or Brittany and the boys as matter of fact.
And speaking of Brittany… Santana thought turning in the direction the girl was before just in time to see coach Sylvester entering the field holding a shotgun in her hand and followed by her nymph.
The gorgon didn't even had time to feel bad for forgetting about her girlfriend or to shout saying that everything, but their libido, was under control. Before she could do or say anything the coach had fired hitting Rachel on her right shoulder and waking the girl up from her haze. She gave a whelp of pain and stumbled getting away of Quinn's paws and caresses, making the lioness grunt in disapproval.
Just a couple of seconds later Rachel was hitting the ground unconscious and with a colorful dart stuck into her.
"Is everyone okay?" Sue asked sprinting the last yards between them.
"Yeah… and, apart from them almost giving me a show, they were fine before you shoot Berry too." Santana ruffed earning a glare from Quinn who was inspecting Rachel, making sure she was only unconscious.
"You mean, Lopez?" the woman asked in her usual tone.
"I mean that they were fine. Rachel has control over it. They weren't fighting." The gorgon answered.
"What they were doing then?" the coach insisted "It looked like they were fighting"
"They were dry humping each other!" The gorgon said exasperated. "You gonna have a hard time with them when they're on heat if they're like that now." She said giving Quinn a pointed look which only made the lioness even more pissed.
She couldn't believe that Santana had said that to coach Sylvester!
"Damn…" The woman muttered. "I'll castrate you two before you ruin my chances at winning, once again, the nationals!" Sue yelled.
Quinn whined looking like an overgrown house cat and gently pawing Rachel as if it would take the effect of the sedatives away.
"Sorry." Brittany apologized looking at the cheerleader captain with guilty written all over her face "I thought Rachey went bananas like they usually do."