I wake up again, and open my eyes. This wasn't the hut… I'm in my room! I sit up and look around before sighing. It was all a dream... wait, something's on my head. I reach up and feel cat ears, making my eyes widen as I stand up and feel behind me, ending up grabbing a cat tail. It wasn't a dream! I look in the mirror and indeed see the ears and tail, making me curse under my breath. I scramble to change, then slip a beanie into my head and hide my tail in my pants, wrapping it around my left leg. I'm wearing baggy pants, so my tail won't get squished.

I look out my window and sigh. How did I get here if that wasn't a dream? I shrug, then walk out of my room. At least I live alone… wait, what's that… pancakes? Is someone here? I quietly walk down the stairs and peek into the kitchen. Indeed, there was someone else here… wait, Xylus!? How in the fuck is he here!?
"X-Xylus!? What're you doing here!?"
"Morning to you too"
"That doesn't answer my question!"
"What? Oh! Right, well, let's just say your dreams have a 50% chance of becoming real"
"HUH!?" I'm really confused at this point. Wait, a 50%... oh shit! That monster from before could be out there! I shudder at the thought of meeting that… thing again. A small part of me wants to, however, making me recall the taste and feeling of its member in my mouth. I shake my head, banishing the thought.

I sit down at the table and Xylus passes me a plate of pancakes before sitting down next to me. We both eat ours at a normal pace, my mind swimming in questions and thoughts. What will happen to me? Do others have this as well? I finish my pancakes absently and Xylus takes our plates and washes them before snapping me out of my thinking
"So, you have school or work?"
"No, my parents pay for everything and send me money. They feel like they need to do it"
"I see. Well, you might as well go out"
"WHAT!?"
"You heard me. You've hid your ears and tail pretty well, and I doubt that you don't have friends"
"True…" I sigh, then stand up and look at Xylus
"What're you gonna do though?"
"I can set up another lab, if you don't mind that is"
"Uh, sure, I guess" I say before walking to the door
"See ya when I get back!"
"Bye!"

I walk outside and breathe the fresh air before smiling. I make sure my IPod is in my pocket, along with my wallet, then walk away from my house, heading for a friend's place. I think I'll go see Dancer, as he likes to be called. My friends and I have codenames we call each other. I'm Lynx, then there's Chief, Dancer, Bear and Ray. I'll tell you about them when we meet them.

I soon reach Dancer's house and knock on the door "Dancer! It's me, Lynx!" I call. The sound of footsteps his heard, then the door opens, revealing a boy that looks the same age as me. He's 5'3, with short brown hair and hazel eyes, his skin is slightly tanned. But that's not what I see first. I see that he has the ears and tail of a white tiger
"Whoa! You too?" I ask, making his eyes widen
"W-What!?"
When I know that no one else is looking, I reveal my cat ears and tail, making him gasp
"Holy… how did this happen?"
"I don't know! Can I come inside?"
"Sure" He moves to the side and lets me walk in. We head to his room and he closes and locks the door as I sit on his bed
"Did you have a strange dream too?" Dancer asks, making me nod
"Yeah, in fact, mine became real. Our dreams have a 50% chance of becoming reality when they end"
"Whoa… shit, this is big!"
"You're telling me" We were both frantic about this. Who wouldn't be?

We tell each other our dreams, me blushing as I end up telling him what happened with the monster. He reassures me when I do, making me smile, but my blush remains. We leave his room and head downstairs, where I see a wolf curled up in front of the fire. Dancer tells me he appeared after his dream, making me tell him about Xylus.

After I do that, Dancer calls the wolf over. It looks up at us before standing and padding over to me and sniffing me, remembering my scent. Me and Dancer sit down, the wolf continuing to sniff me constantly, making the both of us laugh. We chat for a while, the wolf coming to like me, especially my tail, which it tries to trap under one of its paws as I wave it around. We both get a laugh when I manage to flip the wolf onto its back, letting me rub it. It felt soft, and very clean to the touch, and the wolf seemed to like it.

After a bit, Dancer and I headed out, walking to a nearby café we used to go to. We reached it and entered, glad for our hats and pants, which allowed us to hide our animal parts. We ordered our traditional Fish and Chips with a chocolate milkshake meal, which we both love. People often say we'd make perfect twins at times. We eat our meal quietly, sometimes talking about something, which makes us laugh most of the time. We soon finish and pay for our food before heading to the park, chatting avidly. We were really close, and completely open with each other. We would even tell each other if we murdered someone! We reach the park and head for an empty bench, then sit down and talk with each other, catching up.

Soon, it's sunset and we bid each other goodbye before we head back to our homes. I have a smile on my face, glad I saw one of my friends again today. I soon reach home and open the door, only to be assaulted by same smells from my dream. 'Xylus' lab must be set up' I muse in my thoughts as I walk over to where I smell the source. Indeed, Xylus has set up a lab that looks like the one in my dream, except it's bigger and it's in my basement
"Hey, mind closing the door so you keep the smell in here?"
"Hmm? Oh, sorry. How'd your day go?"
"Pretty good, met up with a friend. He has the same thing as me"
"Really? Does he have a companion?"
"Yeah, a wolf that really likes my tail" Both of us laugh at that
"So, you told your friend about me?"
"Yup. Oh yeah, um, thanks for saving me from that monster…" I blush at the memory, making Xylus chuckle
"No problem" Xylus states, waving me off.

I nod, then turn around and exit the basement, not seeing Xylus look at me with longing in his eyes. I head to my room and close the door before turning on my computer, flicking to my favourite anime website and watching Shugo Chara! Episode 18. I got into this one recently, as it involves small beings called guardian characters which represent who you want to be or what you feel you lack. Anyway, I finish watching the episode after about half an hour, then close my computer before walking out and heading to the fridge. I open it and grab a can of Sunkist before walking out into my backyard, moving to one of the seats there and sitting in it, taking a sip from my drink. I look at the sky, watching the clouds fly overhead slowly, as if they were carefree spirits. Then I notice grey clouds approaching from my left and sigh. It rained often here, meaning I was trapped inside. I lost my umbrella a while back, so I just stay inside, not wanting to catch a cold.

I stand up and walk inside, quickly finishing my drink before tossing the can into the bin, then heading for the basement. I see that Xylus isn't there, then turn and look around. I hear a grunt come from the bathroom and sneak over to it, seeing that the door is open. I hear another grunt, then peek inside, only for my eyes to widen and a blush to form on my cheeks as I see Xylus masturbating. I quickly yet quietly turn away and move back to my room, silently rushing inside and closing the door behind me, trying to fight down my blush and push the image of what I saw out of my head, but with no luck. It just keeps coming back and I feel my own rod harden slightly, making me blush even harder. I shake my head and open my computer, watching another episode of Shugo Chara! just to get my mind off of what I saw. After 13 minutes, I get a skype call from Chief, making me smile.

I answer the call, which was video, to see my other friend there. He had short black hair and green eyes on olive skin. He's wearing a black shirt today, from what I can see
"Hey Chief!"
"Hi Lynx! Been a while hasn't it?"
"Yeah, it has. Sorry I didn't call to catch up"
"It's fine, I got too absorbed in reading my books to notice anyway" This makes me chuckle
"Of course, you're such a bookworm!"
"Hey! I am not!" We both laugh
"So, what have you been up to since I last saw you?" Chief asks me
"Well, I've been watching Shugo Chara! recently"
"Shugo Chara? Another anime?"
"What did you expect?"
"For you to be with Dancer" This has me blushing heavily
"S-Shut up!"
"Heh, come on, I know you have feelings for him"
"Y-Yeah… I don't know any more now…"
"Hmm? Is there someone else catching your attention?"
"W-What makes you think that?"
"Oh come on, you know you can't lie to me"
"Okay, yes, there is someone else"
"Details"
"Like hell!" We both laugh again, me losing my blush
"Alright, I better go. You see the clouds yet?" I ask
"Yeah, another storm most likely. Welp, see ya later!"
"Yeah, see ya" I hang up before sighing, then stand up and stretch. I turn around and pick up my 2DS, intent on playing Pokemon Alpha Sapphire and beating the champion.

Later, I head downstairs and begin to make dinner for me and Xylus, making homemade fish and chips. Most people say I'm a great cook, but I'm not entirely sure about that. I could just be being modest, I guess, but the fish and chips at the café definitely tastes better. I soon hear Xylus walking downstairs and into the kitchen, meaning he probably heard or smelled me cooking. Or both.
"Hey Xylus"
"Hi. Fish and chips?"
"Yep, homemade"
"Alright, I'll set up the table then"
"Thanks"
Xylus walks away to the dining room, leaving me alone in the kitchen again. I soon finish and plate the food before taking it to the dining room. True to his word, Xylus has set up the table, making me smile as I place the plates down
"Thanks for this"
"No trouble. Looks tasty"
"Thanks!" I say, not knowing he was looking at my rear instead of the food. I sit down and he does the same before we both dig in, Xylus smiling at the taste. We ate in silence, the only sounds being our cutlery cutting and stabbing the food. After a while, we finished and I took our plates, letting Xylus relax this time before walking to the sink and washing them. I put the plates in the drying rack before walking back over to Xylus
"Hey, if you want, you can sleep in my bed"
"Nah, I'll sleep on the couch"
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, it's fine. Thanks for the offer though"
"No problem. Feel free to tell me if you change your mind"
"Alright, I will. Actually, I wanted to ask you something"
"Hmm?"
Xylus stands up and leads me to the basement, where his lab is. He walks over to a shelf and grabs a vial labelled with a cat
"I wanted to ask, did you want to become an anthro like me?"
"Huh!?" I was shocked. An anthro, like, a humanoid cat? The thought of what I would look like made me curious, yet I was wary about all this, and with good reason. I looked at the vial
"Are you sure it's safe for me to use?"
"Of course. I made sure I thoroughly studied the formula and made fixes where it was needed"
I nod, but I was still wary about all this. The idea of being an anthropomorphic cat seemed good, but it would mean I'd have to work much harder on concealing all my features and only letting Dancer see them. This would no doubt hinder any future jobs or shopping I have to do, which made me sigh
"As much as I would like to, there are more cons than pros"
"Good point. I'll see if I can find a solution to those, since they're pretty easy to figure out"
"Right. Want anything?"
"No thanks, I'm good"
I nod, then turn and walk out of the basement.

I reach my room and sigh before flopping onto my bed, facing the ceiling. I sigh again, then pull out my phone and play some Clash of Clans out of boredom. I play it for about 40 minutes before sitting up and turning on my computer once more, opening Google and just surfing the web. Then something strange comes up. An article on the sighting of a strange white animal. The caption shows a… what is that? It's fur is white, and it has cat like ears, but also has fur sticking out of them, looking like possible extra limbs. It has rings on each long tuft of fur, seemingly floating, along with a thick bushy tail. It's face is round, with a closed mouth like a cat's, but without a nose, and it's eyes are pink. It's sort of… creepy… like it's staring into my soul. I scroll down, but find nothing more of interest. I stand up and head out, feeling like going for a walk
"I'm going out again!"
"At this time?"
"I'll be back soon, don't worry"
"Alright!"
I walk outside and close the door, then walk to the park. I can't help but think about what I saw back in the bathroom and blush. Then a thought that I never thought I would think comes up. Was he masturbating because of me? I doubt it. I'm not worth it… wait, where'd that thought come from? As I walk, more and more depressing thoughts fill my head, and I soon start believing them. Should I just vanish? To die and get it over with? Yeah… no one will miss me…

As I think this, I don't realise that the place has changed. It has become a place filled with over-sized candy and medications. I trip on something and stumble, then look around and realise where I am. My eyes widen as I hear gunshots, and rush over to where I hear them, which turns out to be a girl in a yellow and white dress shooting a doll with muskets. She wears a smile on her face as she aims a gun at the doll's head and fires before throwing the musket away and stepping back as ribbons wrapped around the doll and lifted it into the air
"Alright Mami-san! You've got it!" Another girl shouts.
Over to the left, two girls and the creature from the news were watching. One girl had blue hair and blue eyes whilst the other had pink hair and eyes. I look back at the girl fighting. She had blonde hair and yellow eyes, and her skin was a bit paler than the other two. Unlike the two spectators, who were wearing school uniforms, she wore a white button-up shirt with a black corset, along with a yellow skirt. She had raven black stockings with yellow lines going up her legs to her mid-thighs, and she also wore yellow and black boots. She has a brown hat with a white feather attached to it, as well as a flower shaped hair tie with a five petal flower-shaped yellow gem embedded in it, which looked to be glowing softly. She summoned another musket out of thin air and aimed it at the doll, before said musket flashed and changed into a giant cannon
"Tiro-"
The cannon changes into an even larger one, no doubt more powerful as well
"-FINALE!"
The cannon fires, blasting the doll and leaving a gaping hole through its chest. A red ribbon appears and wraps around the doll, squeezing it to death as its head swells massively.

I can't help but cheer, yet something doesn't seem right. My assumptions were correct as the doll opens its mouth and a giant, cupcake-like snake slithers out of it. My mind screams for me to run and I do so, sprinting towards the girl. The snake rushes down towards her, its mouth opening as if to swallow her whole. However, luck is on my side as I manage to tackle the girl out of the way, the snake biting empty space and looking confused. The two other girls sigh in relief, but the snake turns to them and grins toothily before moving to rush forward towards them. I get off the girl I saved and help her up before looking at the snake and gritting my teeth. What could I do!?
"Make a wish of course! Hurry, decide on one and I can give you the power to defeat this witch!" A voice different from my own shouts in my head, making my eyes widen
"A wish!? Right now!?" I return, annoyed that I have to decide on something so silly
"Yes! Now hurry!"
"Alright! I wish…" What could I wish for? There were so many things I could wish for. Gah, it's so hard to choose! Wait, I got it!
"I wish I could fight… to have enough power to save others instead of having them save me!"I shout aloud, making everyone else freeze and look at me, even the witch
"So be it!" The voice states, coming from the creature as the long tufts of fur coming from its ears rises up.
I feel something moving to come out of my chest and gasp in pain as I fall back, a small melon green orb rising out of me. I reach up and clasp it in both hands, and just before I land on my back, a strong wind appears and I float up as I look at what was in my hands. It was an egg-shaped gem, melon green in colour. I smile and close my eyes as a blinding green flash comes from the gem. I feel my clothes start shifting as I see green through my closed eyes. My new gem moves to the back of my right hand and embeds itself there, and I open my eyes, smiling as I look at my new clothing. I have a melon green shirt and dark grey pants, followed by black and green sneakers. I wear a black ankle-length coat over it all, with green chain patterns on the sleeves. I look at the back of my right hand and see my gem, which is now shaped like a lightning bolt embedded in gold.

I land on my two feet as my smile changes to a smirk. I can literally feel the potential power flowing through my veins as I extend an arm forward, an orb of cackling green energy appearing in my hand. I grip it with both hands, then spread them out, making a staff from the energy which I twirl with new expertise, a curved blade forming at one end. When it comes to rest on my shoulder, the energy disperses, revealing a black scythe with green accents on the blade, making my smirk widen as I twirl my new weapon again before assuming a battle stance
"Time to test out my new power… get ready, witch!" I shout in challenge