Chapter 1: A Dog's Blues
It was a humid night when Shaun, an 8-year-old boy, was in the car with his Step-Uncle Radley coming home from the movies to drop him off at his mom's house. Shaun's parents didn't live together anymore and he was sad that his dad move away to the next town over, but at least he still got to see both of them every other week. His uncle looked back in the mirror and saw his nephew staring out of the window and decided to make the drive a little more lively. "Hey mate, did you enjoy the movie?" he asked.
"Oh yeah, it was awesome!" the movie they watched was about a group of six colorful ponies trying to save everyone and their friends from the evil Storm King. "I'm glad you enjoyed it, I also thought it was pretty good, I like that one pony, Songbird Seranade, she has a nice voice." Rad replied. "Hey look, we are on your mom's street." He said pointing to Shaun's house a few blocks away, however as he began to pull into the driveway he saw something that threw him off, the front door was more than slightly pushed open. As Rad and Shaun unbuckled their belts he turned around and spoke to his nephew. "Wait in the car Shaun." Shaun looked at his step-uncle with a confused look as he got out the car and sped-walked into the house. Shaun, curious as to why he had to wait, got out against what Rad had told him and also walked into the house.
Shaun looked around and saw the lights were off, only the light of the full moon illuminating the inside of the rooms. He then walked upstairs and headed to his mom's room and saw the door wide open with his uncle standing in the middle of the room, staring at the bed. Shaun slowly walked towards and spoke softly, "Uncle Rad? What are you lookin-" before Shaun could finish his sentence, he looked at the bed and began to feel the tears build up. His mom laid in the bed, her throat slashed and multiple stab wounds in her body, blood covering the sheets and blanket. Radley slightly jumped at the presence of his nephew who he thought he told to wait in the car. "H-hey, I thought I told you to wait in the car." he told Shaun while fighting back tears. Shaun began to cry as the tears overflowed his eyes and he ran into the trees behind his mother's house, Rad reached out a hand to grab him and shouted, "WAIT!" but he was too slow. Shaun would always play in the woods before his dad moved out so he knew how to navigate them but the dimly lit up night and the tears in his eyes made it impossible to see where he was going. When he wiped away enough tears he looked back at his house, his mind overflowed with emotion and questions. "Why did this happen? What did mom do to deserve this? What's going to happen now?" while looking back, he wasn't paying attention and tripped on a fallen branch and fell into a hole.
He closed his eyes and braced himself for impact with the ground, but it never came, instead he felt like he was still falling. He slowly opened his eyes and let out a gasp, he was inside some kind of tunnel, vibrant colors surrounded him and bright shining stars flashed around him. He was amazed by what he was seeing but then he saw a bright light coming towards him at a fast rate. He knew he was going hit something and once again shut his eyes and prepared himself for what was on the other side of the tunnel. Shaun hit the ground hard and groaned, he laid on his back and opened his eyes to see a bright blue sky with some clouds overhead and a felt a gentle wind go over his body. He stayed there for a bit, until he heard the sounds of people talking and children playing. He sat up and could not believe his eyes. He saw anthropomorphic dogs talking and walking around on two legs. That was when he realized something was off, he gasped as he looked down and didn't see a human boy, but a dog's body. He touched his arms and legs and felt the soft fur, he reached up and felt his snout and grabbed his new ears. He was in complete shock, he had became a Siberian Husky. Not knowing how to process what had happened to him, He curled up into a ball and started to cry. After a few moments of silently weeping his ears twitched as he heard the sound of footsteps of two dogs walking up to him.
A/N: this is my first time writing a fanfic ever so if you have any critiques or suggestions about what happens in the next chapter please do let me know!