Deific Alignment

Story by skiesofsilver on SoFurry

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A commission for CylonMaverick written in February 2020


"This is the place, right?" Eric asked as he placed his pack against a weathered pillar.

"Duh!" Blake guffawed. He motioned around the eroded limestone structures that surrounded them as he smirked. "Do you see any other Egyptian ruins around?"

"Well," Jay spoke up. "There was that pyramid to the west."

"Pyramid?" Blake snorted. "That's not a ruin."

"How do you figure that?" Eric said, leaning against the pillar. "Come on, I really want to hear this."

"Ruins are abandoned, unused," Blake said, glancing between Eric and Jay. " But bros, that pyramid still gets a lot of action! I mean, they bury people there still!"

Eric and Jay looked at each other and then burst out laughing.

"What?" Blake growled. "They totally do!"

"They totally do not," Jay snickered. "Unless...actually I don't know what you're thinking. Any guesses, Eric?"

"I don't know, maybe he thinks it's the Egyptian mafia still shoving people into pyramids?" He shrugged before imitating an accent that couldn't be quite placed. "'Squeal and we'll make a mummy out of ya'!"

Blake opened his mouth to defend himself, but he couldn't help but chuckle and soon all three friends were laughing together, snickering and guffawing until they were out of breath.

"Ok, ok, you got me," Blake said. "But-"

"That's not the stupidest thing you've said all day," Jay said.

"That's not what I was going to say," Blake said with a frown that soon turned into a smile. "Alright, alright, enough of that. Let's spelunk!"

"There's no caves," Eric said.

"What?"

"And even if there were," Jay said. "We couldn't go into them without our tour guide."

"Hey yeah!" Blake murmured. "Where is he?"

"You mean she?" Eric asked.

"She?" Blake scrunched up his face. "Ugh, bad enough I was picturing an old guy, but now I'm thinking of an old lady dried up by the desert." He stuck out his tongue. "Yuck! Who signed us up for this anyways? I'd rather be riding camels than humping it out in the desert to have a history lesson." He turned towards Jay who was looking away from him. "I bet it was you, Jay!" He tapped his friend's shoulder. "Hey, I'm talking to you."

Jay lifted a finger and pointed it towards where they had entered the ruins in the first place. Blake followed the direction and blinked. Walking towards them was a young blonde woman dressed rather lightly due to the desert heat. Her skin shined with sweat but she walked briskly and with a light smile on her face.

"Hey, who's that?" Blake asked. "Is there a fourth member to our group!"

"No duh," Eric laughed. "She's our tour guide."

"And she's hot!" Jay exclaimed.

"Hell yeah she is!" Blake said. "Bros, we struck out! I'm so glad I suggested this!"

He whistled and then stepped forward, waving a hand.

"Over here!" he shouted, then flexed an arm. "At the gun show!"

The woman certainly saw them now. She raised an eyebrow as she walked towards them. Blake grinned broadly and kept on waving until Eric caught his arm.

"Calm down, horndog," Eric said. "Bros before hoes, alright?"

"Yeah, sure," Blake said. "But have you considered bros and hoes?"

"I dig it," Jay said. "I mean, as long as you're suggesting no one makes a move."

"Of course not!" Blake said. "But you know, we can still compliment her."

"Right, right," Eric said. "Is that how this is going to be? A competition?"

"No?" Jay said. "I thought we were here for the tour."

"Not anymore, bro!" Blake laughed, then whispered as the woman neared them. "The game is afoot."

"Hey," she said. "You must be the ones from Cyran University?"

"That's us!" Blake said, stepping forward. He held out his hand. "I'm Blake."

"And I'm Eric," Eric shouted, stepping in front of him and shoving his arm aside. "Very nice to meet you-"

"Beth," she said. "Call me Beth."

"Just Beth, huh?" Blake said. "Not Bethanthony?"

"Bethany!" Jay said, face palming.

"Huh?"

"Yes, just Beth," Beth said. "And I'm your tour guide. Sorry I couldn't join you on your journey here. The upside is that I drove here so I can give you a ride back. Anyways I had to-"

"Meet with your boyfriend?" Jay hazarded.

"...no." Beth glanced towards him. "I was finishing up my study on-"

"Say no more," Eric said, holding up his hand and nodding. "We understand." He smiled suavely. "We're just glad you could make it." He looked pointedly at her chest. "Oh and the girls too."

"Girls?" Beth sighed. "Well, at least I've found the pig of the group already."

"Pig!" Eric gasped. "No, that's Blake!"

"What?" Blake exclaimed. "Why you-"

"Don't pay them any mind, Beth," Jay said, meandering to the front of the bickering young men. "They're just immature college kids."

"I see," Beth said. "And you are...what? My white knight?"

"N-no!" Jay sputtered. "I'm Jay. I mean, I could be your knight if you want me to be..."

"That's alright," Beth replied. "Knights aren't really a thing out here. Not really an Egyptian concept." She shrugged. "Well, I don't know what I expected. They said all guys but I thought you three would be better behaved than this. What are you, part of the same frat?"

"No!" Blake said. "I mean..."

"Yeah," all three said at once.

"Typical," Beth sighed. "Well, let me get one thing straight - you're here to learn. Seriously learn. I may just be a grad student but I've worked my butt off-"

"I can tell," Eric whispered to Blake.

"And I know my stuff," she said. "So, if you're willing to listen and learn, follow me. If not, stay here and...drink water, I don't know. Serious learning only. Let's go, boys."

She turned her back to the trio and walked briskly away towards a wide set of crumbling stairs. She gave them a wave and then disappeared into the ruins below.

"Whoa!" Blake murmured. "Where did that come from?"

"What?" Eric said. "That ass?"

"That sass?" Jay guessed.

"No!" Blake sighed. "The stairs. How did we not see them before?"

"Maybe because you were staring at Beth's breasts the whole time?"

"I was not!" Blake said. "You were and...ok, maybe I was, but seriously! Just stairs out of nowhere!"

"Not out of nowhere," Eric said. "We were...distracted, that's all."

"And distracted no longer!" Jay added. "We're here to learn."

"Right," Blake nodded. "About Beth."

"No, man!" Eric said. "About ancient Egyptians...and Beth."

"Can't you guys cool it?" Jay asked. "Maybe she's right. We are here to learn."

"Or else what?" Eric snorted. "We're going to piss someone off. Alright, maybe we shouldn't step over certains lines but it's not like..." He glanced around. "It's not like we're going to get cursed or something if we stare at a little rear while we're in ruins!"

"Yeah!" Blake said. "Zeus isn't going to come strike us down or anything with lightning!"

"Zeus is Greek," Jay sighed. "It'd be Bast or Ra or-"

"Whatever, bro," Blake said. "You get the point. We are here to learn, but we can have some fun too. Do a little sightseeing. What's the harm? Remember, it's a competition. A healthy competition."

"Yeah, you're right," Jay grinned. "And I'm winning."

"Whatever!" Blake said, suddenly sprinting ahead of them towards the stairs. "Not while I'm ahead!"

"Hey, wait!" Eric called. "Wait for-

*

Whatever Eric said next was lost to Blake as he hustled down the stairs and to the entrance of a dark cave. He paused and frowned.

"Beth?" he called and then shrugged. Before he set off into the passageway, he looked up and saw a symbol hanging over it. It looked so familiar that he swore he knew what it was. It was an-

"Ankh!" he said, then clapped his hands. "Killing it." He frowned as he stared into the cave. "Hey wait, I swear Eric said there were no caves." He shrugged. "Ah, what does he know?" He lifted his hands to his mouth. "Hey Beth, wait up!"

No response.

"She can't have gone far..."

Without another moment of hesitation, Blake entered the cave. He had only taken a few steps when he heard a voice that was feminine and refined echo through it.

Ah yes, finally. One comes.

"Beth?" Blake said, stumbling to a halt. He squinted his eyes. It was awfully dark. "Beth, is that you?"

No, not Beth, one more ancient and wise! And my sisters have been waiting for the likes of you!

"Uh..." Blake blinked. "That's a little creepy, Beth. Look, sorry about earlier, I know we were a little out of line but...I mean I guess we are just dumb college kids but that's really not an excuse and-

No Beth, but Anubis! And you shall know me soon!

"Again, creepy," Blake said, stepping back. "And I might be wrong because I don't know as much as I probably should but Anubis is definitely a bro, bro. Not-"

Female?

This time the voice seemed to be coming right behind Blake. He spun around and shrieked in a much higher tone than his usually deep voice. He shrank away from the tall, dark inhuman figure that loomed over him. Then he blinked, for the figure was dark because of its black fur tattooed with odd symbols, tall because of its lithe shape, and not really inhuman at all. On the contrary, she was a creature that mixed features both human and animal, a hybrid of man and jackal. Or was it a woman and jackal? Blake blinked again when he realized there were rather breasts upon her chest, the biggest he had ever seen in person, and in between her finely furred thighs was a black lipped slit. She was shapely in other ways with her wide hips and thick thighs that enticed his gaze. He rubbed at his eyes, but he wasn't dreaming - what stood before him was a jackal woman who regarded him curiously and yet kindly. Still, there was something off about her. It wasn't as if she was completely there. Blake blinked as he realized her form shimmered not unlike a mirage.

"Well," she said, placing her hands on her well proportioned hips. "Am I, Anubis, female enough for you?"

"Um, yeah, I suppose," Blake said. "But I swear Jay said Anubis wasn't a chick."

"I am no bird!" Anubis hissed, hackles raised. "And I am no man. You mortals get so much wrong." She laughed. "Just ask my sisters."

"You have sisters?"

"Why, yes," Anubis said, her snout set in a smile. "You have no need to worry. Your friends will be meeting them soon."

"They will?"

"Yes indeed! Finally we have the proper vessels."

"Vessels?" Blake frowned. "Wait, wait, wait-"

"And you will be mine!"

The jackal lunged towards Blake who raised his arms and shrieked again. She didn't strike or grapple him, however, instead swirling into a black miasma that went straight towards him. He tried to ward it away, but he was powerless as the black mass struck him in the chest. He shuddered and let out a much more muffled shriek as the darkness absorbed into him. For a moment he felt so very cold and then-

-nothing. Just him in the dark passageway panting and still a little panicked.

"That was..." he murmured. "That was freaky." He glanced around. "What was that? A prank? A-"

Initiation.

This time the voice came not from inside the passageway, but inside Blake's mind.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" he said stumbling back against a wall. "Come on. There's no way there's an ancient Egyptian goddess in my head."

There is a way. And I am not merely in your head - we are bound by your soul. Now, let us make your body worthy as my vessel.

"S-sole?" Blake said, lifting one shoe off the ground. "I always knew these Nikes were cursed! I-" He paused as he felt a warm tingle on his right hand. He lifted it up and in the dark was just barely about to make out what appeared to be a spreading patch of black fur on his right hand. He stared, not believing his eyes even as he watched the fur spread. It wasn't until he felt similar tingles all over his body that he realized what was happening.

"Oh, crap!" Blake said, shivering as dark short and soft fur began spreading all over his body. He panted, feeling suddenly so warm while he scratched ineffectually at the spots. "You're turning me into a jackal man!"

Of course not.

Blake let out a sigh of relief even as his face started to press forward into a canine muzzle.

You are to be like me.

"W-wait," Blake sputtered, the word just barely leaving his stretching snout. He shook his head as his increasingly furrier ears wiggled and reshaped much longer, triangular in shape and pointed at the ends before slowly moving up to the top of the sides of his head. He groaned as his cranium throbbed, skull shifting to match a more canine appearance.

Not merely a jackal. A jackaless.

"A chick?" Blake squeaked as the fur swept over his neck, his Adam's apple shrinking away while the pitch of his voice rose.

No! Not a bird!

Blake wasn't listening, however. He was panting and shivering as the fur swept over his form in waves of warmth. Not only was he becoming furrier, but his shape was turning softer and smaller. He was shrinking somewhat, the changing man shuddering as he felt as if he was being compressed as he lost several inches in height in mere moments. Muscle melted away while limbs became slender, certainly smaller but proportionally longer. He shrugged his aching shoulders before they softened, broadness lost while below his sides started to tuck inward. He clenched smaller, daintier fingers while his nails grew out into black claws soon polished with gold. His feet fared no better, feeling tight and confined within his shoes as five toes on each foot merged into three thicker digits more canine in appearance. Claws grew out and scratched against the inside of his shoes while leathery pads formed on the bottom of his more pawlike feet. His heels abruptly lifted and he stumbled from his new digitigrade stance, but he stood strongly on his legs even as his calves thinned and his thighs thickened while the fur rushed over them. His hips popped as they widened and he gasped in that new higher, lighter tone before his smaller hands flew to his face to futilely push back against that stretching snout. Realizing what effect that was having, he dropped his hands to rest on his wider childbearing hips.

This is more like it!

Blake whimpered, very much disagreeing especially as he watched his nose shrink and reform into a smaller, blacker shape more suitable for his new canine snout. He grit his teeth as they thinned and sharpened, tongue lolling out of his elongated features as it likewise stretched and thinned. His eyes watered as his irises turned gold. He closed them, lashes growing longer and more prominent while the dark short hair on his head became dark still as it grew out soft, silky and long, sweeping down to just past his slimmer shoulders. He panted, feeling very warm and heated indeed, though he kept his eyes shut until he felt that warmth focus on his chest. He glanced down, noticing his muzzle in his vision and let out another canine whimper as his nipples stiffened and thickened, pressing prominently against his shirt. Then they pressed out and out as soft, fatty flesh coalesced beneath them into tender mounds. He brought his hands to cup the swelling shapes and shivered at the sensation that sent down his spine and to his crotch. His member rose, stiff and ready and then...it suddenly wasn't. He yelped, hands flying to his crotch to find that the familiar bulge there was dwindling.

"N-no!" he pleaded, but his masculinity melted away even as his breasts continued to swell on his chest, larger and larger, heavier and heftier, a true set of swollen tits. They pressed out firmer and larger while his rear swelled along with them. He wiggled his expanding posterior, panting as he felt his pants become tighter and tighter in the back. His breasts pressed against his shirt too, but not as insistently as his butt and he couldn't help but wiggle it again. He swore he felt it jiggle and his face went hot at that thought. He shivered and looked over his shoulders at his rounder rear, watching it swell until it was what he'd call a choice ass, one that he couldn't take his eyes off. Hell, he couldn't take his eyes off now. He blinked. Was he drooling? He had a pert posterior now and a set of E cup breasts that pushed proudly against his shirt, but it was his butt that drew his attention.

"Come on!" he whined, reaching down and squeezing his rather large rear. He shivered and whined, his nethers flashing hot. That had felt better than he had thought! Then again, he did have a rather nice ass now. "You said jackaless, not jackal-ass!"

Hmm?

Blake let out a more muted cry this time as there was a sudden tugging on his crotch and a pull from the base of his spine. What little there was left of his manhood sank into a set of warm, welcoming fold as a fuzzy black tail burst from above his butt, surging out of his pants to sway over it as it grew into full fluffiness. Blake rubbed his thick thighs together, but they met no resistance and he was only left with a feeling of profound emptiness between his legs.

"I'm...I'm..." he murmured.

A proper vessel. Now, let us get you dressed.

Blake yelped as his clothes simply dissolved into shadows that swirled around him. He was nude now and he could finally see the full extent of what the changes had wrought. He was a near carbon copy of the jackal woman he had seen before. That is, he was furred from head to toe in soft, short black hairs, had pawlike feets whose talons clicked nervously against the ground, a canine head with an equally canine snout and long pointed ears, and a long fluffy tail that wagged behind him, apparently more excited about his body than he was. Then there was his more feminine features: his large breasts that hung heavily upon his chest, his wide hips, thick thighs, pressed in waist, rounded jackal ass, and, most importantly, the set of black lipped folds nestled between his legs. He stared at this, his vulva, his pussy, his-

Womanhood.

Blake shivered and she...she realized she couldn't think of herself as anything but female. She was...she was a woman now. A she-jackal. An acolyte, no, vessel of Anubis...who apparently was a chick after all.

She groaned and held her head even as the shadows surged towards her. She shuddered as two ankh earrings pierced both of his ears while golden tattoos pressed into her fur. Golden ankhs formed on her shoulders while various hieroglyphics of death painted themselves over her smooth stomach and around her big breasts. Two larger ankhs set into her thighs while a smaller one formed over her new slit. Finally, black robes formed over her body, loose clothing that showed off more of her figure than it hid, its collar likewise dipping low to reveal all of her cleavage and more. It accentuated her rear too, the plush outline of her rear almost more obvious under the black fabric. Her feet remained bare while two golden bands set around her tail. With that, the shadows were no more and the changes were complete.

Blake opened her eyes and looked down to her new attire. She gaped and only one thing came to mind.

"W-why me?" she asked.

We heard the plight of the woman and my sisters and I decided we had had enough of waiting around here when we are clearly needed elsewhere. In addition, new acolytes were needed and you and your sisters were the perfect hosts!

"S-sisters?"

Why, yes! My sisters and I are very insistent that we be recognized, especially after you mortals have somehow got it wrong after all this time. Now, we should meet your friends. They should be changed as you. Let us leave my domain, for now.

"O-oh..." Blake said. Normally she wouldn't have even considered following such a command, but she felt...meeker now. She didn't feel as if she had to boast or brag or be loud and in charge. She was fine with following a simple request without making a fuss. It didn't feel wrong either. It felt...fine? Right, even? There was no reason to be big and bossy and say so much stupid stuff. She could...she could be content like this, she realized.

The new jackal turned to where she had come from and saw that the stairs were there now. As she walked towards them, she idly wondered how else she had changed in other ways and what changes her friends might have gone through...

*

"-me!" Eric said, but either Blake hadn't heard him or he was ignoring him. He shrugged and followed him down the stairs, looking over his shoulder to shout to Jay: "Last one down is a rotten egg!"

Eric stepped down the stairs, paying more attention to his footing than anything else. The steps seemed unsafe, but he wasn't about to look like a coward in front of his friends or Beth for that matter. He was in a competition now and he was in it to win.

He only made it a few more steps before there was a sudden bright glare in his eyes. He frowned and tried to shield his eyes from the suddenly brighter sun, but it did little to help. Worse, the further he went down, the brighter it got. Still, he would not be deterred. If Blake had made it down, so would he!

So, Eric continued down and down into the brightness until he simply could no longer see so bright was the light. He closed his eyes and called out:

"Blake? Beth? Jay? Are you guys down here?"

Oh yay, you're here!

The voice that answered was light and bubbly. Eric frowned and opened his eyes to find that he was elsewhere. No longer did he stand on steps but soft sand and no longer was it as bright or hot. It was warm, sure, but he felt comfortable here...or he would have had he not looked up and seen the skies were a soft pink with a pinker sun and nothing but white sand stretched out in every direction.

"Um," he said. "Who's that?"

Oh! Horus here!

"Horus?" Eric raised an eyebrow. "The, er, god of the sun?"

Goddess!

"No, I don't think-"

That's good! Too much thinking leads to inaction! Oh, I'm so glad I got you! You're going to make a fine vessel! It helps you're already cute!

"Thanks?" Eric said, then blinked. "Wait, vessel?"

Yep! You're totally perfect for it! Just gotta make some adjustments that you'll love! A makeover, if you will - don't worry, the guys and girls will be all over you, over us!

"What?" Eric shook his head. "Look, miss, I don't understand what's happening here but-

Aww, now you're thinking too much! Well, let's strike while the sun's still hot as they say!

"It's iron," Eric snorted. "Not--whoa!"

Eric shouted as a beam of pink light lanced from the sun and enveloped him, lifting him off the ground. He flailed his limbs as he was lifted higher and higher until he was impossibly level with the sun. The light felt warm and comforting, but there was no overcoming his natural fear of heights.

Aww, look, you're already trying to fly! No, not yet, silly. But let's get rid of those boring clothes first!

"What?" Eric said. "No!"

But there was nothing he could do as the light around him intensified momentarily. He shuddered, expecting the worst but only his clothes burned away into ash, leaving him naked and hanging gods knew only how far from the ground.

Ew! Lots of room for improvement here! But feathers first!

The hue of the light changed to white as it again intensified. Eric let out a surprised squawk as feathers began sprouting from his skin, mostly brown but white spots over his torso, neck, and thighs. Apparently feather meant other things as well, for brownish scaly skin spread from his wrists to his hands and from below his knees to his aching feet. His fingers stiffened and then curled into fists as his digits twisted into talons. His feet suffered a similar change as five toes became three thicker digits not long before another pressed out of his scaly heels. In the next moment, these toes pressed out into talons thicker than his fingers and much less dexterous though certainly able to grab onto something ...like a branch. The spread of feathers over the rest of his body stung a little, but nowhere near as much as Horus's next words.

Figure next! A girl's got to have a good figure, right?

"Girl?" Eric shrieked, unable to manage any more as his nose and lips pressed out into a hardened yellowish beak tipped with black. He squawked, eyes widening as they grew larger and their coloration shifted to a rich brown. He blinked, his own cries suddenly cut off from his hearing as his ears sank into his slightly shrinking cranium. When they reformed into small holes indiscernible on his increasingly feathered head, he could hear again.

Totally! You're going to be such a cute looking hawk! Nice hips, nice tits, nice tail feathers - you know, exactly like me! Oh, and don't forget those thighs - some real drumsticks! And in between those long legs...a sweet lil' slit! Mmm, we're going to be so sexy!

"Could we not?" Eric coughed, barely managing the words due to his beak and the new sound of his voice, courtesy of his vocal cords shifting. He sounded light and bubbly and feminine, much like Horus. Exactly like Horus, actually.

Soon he began to look exactly as she described too. He winced as his waist pressed in and now white spotted stomach became smooth and flat. His limbs tickled and he couldn't help but let out a little giggle which was soon quieted as his muscle definition faded away in favor of thinner, slender arms and legs. He had little time to focus on this before it felt like his hips were being pulled apart, their widening punctuated by two pops and a wave of warmth that flowed back to his rear. Abruptly a fluff of brown and white spotted tail feathers burst from above his posterior, fanning out over his butt. He let out a breathy moan as he felt those tail feathers tickle over his plumping rump. He couldn't help but glance over his shoulder at his plush posterior, admiring how his tail feathers did draw the gaze to his large rear, one that he would have difficulty hiding in just any pair of pants. Would he want to hide it? He shivered, his attention forward as his thighs thickened significantly next, their stoutness in stark contrast to his otherwise slender legs.

"Real drumsticks indeed," Eric sighed before he felt a tugging at his crotch. His eyes widened and he let out a shrill shriek. "W-w-wait!"

Oh no. This is definitely happening!

He lowered his taloned hands to his groin just in time to grab at a shaft that simply slipped away. He pulled away his talons and watched with a mixture of horror and fascination as what were his testicles pulled up tight against his crotch before they slipped up and into a freshly formed slit. As they ascended up his former inner passage, the new hawk shuddered and couldn't help but moan as his penis likewise shriveled up, though it remained as his nubby new clit that nestled itself between his new folds. His feminine lips pulsed as he thickened and then what was done was done. He stared in bewilderment at what lay between his legs, a-

Sweet lil' slit. I told you so!

"Give it back..." Eric murmured.

No, I don't think so. You're totes cuter this way! Oh, can't forget the best parts - your boobies and your wings!

"Boobies?" Eric exclaimed, reflexively bringing his hands up to his chest. As if on cue, new mounds rose and his nipples reemerged from his feather. He gasped as he felt his burgeoning breasts press back against his hands. They swiftly swelled from insignificant bumps to noticeable tits in a manner of seconds and they weren't stopping! Worse, there was a pressure building in his aching shoulder blades and he flexed them just as bony protrusions burst from his back. He gasped, feathers quickly growing over what were his new wings while his breasts swelled. For a moment, Eric felt giddy, excited as he considered just how big his breasts were going to be. He giggled and squeezed them, an electric tingle surging right to his new pussy. He shuddered and moaned before he realized what he was doing.

See? I knew you would get into things! Aren't boobies the best?

"N-no?" Eric said, but the words felt flat.

Teehee! You can't fool me, girl! Mmm, I love 'em too. Now get ready. I'm coming!

"What!?"

Eric flapped his wings, expecting something monumental to happen, but instead the light around him simply dissipated. He blinked, breasts still in talons. He looked down and was relieved to see they had finally stopped swelling at a size that was certainly larger than average, a C cup he thought. He gave them another squeeze and shivered, moaning softly.

Hey, girl! Pay attention! We're falling!

Eric blinked again and he...she realized that Horus was right. Not only was she falling now, but her mind was flooded by other influences. She...she felt like a woman now. A big titted hawk woman, but a woman nonetheless. And she...liked guys? And girls too?

"Huh?"

Think about having fun later! Stop squeezing your titties and land us right!

"I don't know how to!" Eric said, panicked as she continued to fall towards earth...or sand, at least.

But I do! Now, pay attention! Turn over! Yeah, like that! Now, spread your wings! Let go of your tits! Flap a few times! Stop! Now glide!

Eric suddenly felt a calm wash over her as she followed the goddess's instructions. She turned, she spread her wings, she reluctantly let go of her breasts, gave her wings a few experimental flaps, and then she was doing it! She was gliding down towards the sand! She let out a victorious shriek, forgetting for a few moments that not long ago she had been a human, a man, and one not so confused about whether she liked both guys and gals. Wasn't it usually only one? Was there any problems with her liking both?

Land! Land! Land!

Eric did not, in fact, land. Instead, she softly careened into the sand and tumbled over her side before she came to stop laying on her back.

"Ouch," she said as she sat up, breasts bouncing. She held them still and then flapped her aching wings.

Don't worry, we'll get better at that! And flirting too, you have no game!

"What?"

Yeah, I heard what you were saying to that girl! It's why my sisters and I thought we should finally do something. Well, more like me and Sobek finally convinced Anubis to get off her ass! We've been meaning to take up new vessels for years!

"O-kay..."

Teehee! Sorry, I like to gossip. You will too, in time! I have a way of rubbing off on people, especially when I'm bound to their soul! Oooh, let's get you dressed.

"Wait, bound to what now?" Eric asked, but she received no answer other than a set of very thin robes forming around her finally figured body. They were white and laced with gold throughout, but were otherwise semi-transparent. They were cut off near the bottom of the back and the top of the front, exposing plenty of her birdy butt and bust. She felt her facial feathers go hot, feeling more exposed in this than when she had been naked moments before. Maybe that was ok? She did like what she saw, the new hawk woman stared at her above average breasts before she looked at her rather big behind. She ruffled her tail feathers and then gave her soft rear an experimental squeeze, her slit suddenly slickening from the touch. Her eyes widened, but not because that was bad. No, that was good. Really good! If she could get so aroused just from groping her butt, what would some real time playing with her breasts feel like?

Would you look at that sexy bod and robes! Mmm, I love it! The guys and girls are totally going to love you in this. I bet Beth will too!

"Beth?" Eric blinked. "Blake...Jay! Oh man, I've got to, like, find my friends." He paused. "Like, what?"

Just a little bit of inflection! You can't sound completely the same, can you? No! You're my vessel and you've got to, like, let me leak out a little bit, mmkay?

"No way!" Eric protested. "Totally not! I'm, like, not-" She stopped and sighed. "Just because I'm a bird doesn't mean I have to sound like a bird brain!"

I'll take that as a compliment. Thanks! And see? It spices you up! They'll love it, I promise!

"Who'll love it?"

They all will! Now, let's find your friends! Oh, I bet they're so hot now!

"Sure, but where do we..."

Eric tilted her head. Ahead of her were the stairs. She flapped her wings, let out a sigh, and soon was stepping up them whilst trying to ignore the sway of her hips, the jiggling of her breasts, and the bubbly voice that kept talking in her head.

*

"Eric!" Jay shouted, following after his friend. "Eric, where are you-"

But his friend was gone. There was a flash of light and then he was the only one standing on the steps. He frowned.

"Beth? Eric? Blake? Guys? Girl? Is anyone-"

Before he could finish, something or someone pushed his back, and hard. He yelped and fell forward, heart thumping in his chest as he imagined the implications of rolling down a set of decaying, ancient stairs and found the outlook not so positive. He didn't experience, however, for as he fell, he fell into darkness for a moment and then into somewhere else entirely. Impossibly he fell face down into a pool of deep, warm river. He splashed and flailed around before a strong hand lifted him up and threw him onto his shores. The sputtering man tried to lift his head and see who his rescuer was, but he only saw a flash of green scales, a long snout, and...unbound large, scaly breasts before he felt that same strong hand press him into the ground.

"Just relax," a somewhat deep though still feminine voice said. "We've got to be quick about this. My sisters already nabbed your buddies, so we're gonna take this fast!"

"I don't follow," Jay said, trying to lift his head before he felt it gently pressed against the soft ground.

"Relax," his rescuer said. "Oh, maybe I didn't start this right. Hi, I'm Sobek and yes, I'm a girl. Yes, for real. And yes, the goddess Sobek, not just some croc with good tits. And you're-"

"Jay, but-"

"Good. Now, you're my new vessel, ok? Hey, hey, don't freak out! It's not what it seems. I'm just going to inhabit you. I'll be a voice in your mind. Like your conscious except...well, not really like your conscious more like..." She sighed. "Whatever. You get what I mean. Look, I usually don't like to do these things so fast but...well, my sisters tend to rush some things that should be enjoyed. You know, like a very big change."

"Huh?"

"I said don't freak out! Oh, that might be making you freak out more. What I mean is...well, I'm going to change you into something more suitable for me to inhabit and-"

"It's going to hurt?" Jay whimpered.

"What? No! It's going to feel really good! I'm going to give you a massage and by the end of it you'll be a nice curvy crocodile gal."

"Gal? Do I have to-"

"Yes."

"Oh. O-ok."

"Good! I was worried I would have to beat your masculinity out of you or something. That wouldn't have been fun. Well, at least for you. Now..." Jay felt thick fingers knead at his back. "Relax."

And so Jay did relax even as a hundred different thoughts ran through his head. Was this real? Had he tripped and hit his head on the stairs and this was his last fantasy to ride out?

"Don't be ridiculous," Sobek huffed from above him. "Now, let's do away with these clothes."

He felt her tapped at his back and then a small weight lifted off his body as his clothes simply dissolved. He was naked by the riverside about to be massaged by a god, er, goddess and changed to her whims and that was-

"Ok," he said.

"Good," Sobek said. "We can really begin then." He felt her dig her hands into his back and he shivered. "Filter everything out but my voice. You may feel some...things, but it's important that you listen. That you relax. Understood?"

Jay nodded.

"Very good. Now. Let's start with your skin. It simply won't do. How about some scales instead. Large green scutes that stand on their own. Tough, but these ones are soft too. Nice to touch. Tender in the right places even. Do you feel them spreading? Don't answer. You might feel a little dry at first. Ah yes, there they are. Mmm, look at them go! They're scales. Your scales. Don't they feel nice already?

Ah, ah, ah! No touching. Let me do that. And talking too. Yes, they're growing in so well. They're so much more practical than skin or fur. There's shedding, sure, but it's nowhere near as bad as dust particles floating around or those hair balls Bastet coughs up. And you won't smell after a bath! Watch out for Anubis with that.

There we are. They're going to cover every inch of you. Yes, even down there. Oh don't worry, they're even softer where they need to be. Mmm. Now, let's work on these hands. So rough, so mannish! And so not crocodilian! Give me your right hand. I said your right! Yes, there. Now, I'm going to tug and- yes! That's it! Do you feel those fingers? Thicker and those claws - hey, give them back for a minute. There we are. I think they needed some color. Who can say no to crimson? Now your other hand...

Hmm. Now your arms. Let's see here. You're not as muscular as your friends, are you? How did you come to be with them anyhow? Forgive me if you must, but you don't seem quite like that. Well, you do have their mannerisms but...ah, that's all in the past. Let's give you a little more muscle, a toned appearance that deceives your real strength. But these shoulders! No, no, no. Not so broad. And your back...don't mind me. These markings are just as much for me as they are for you. Conduits for my power. There. Now, your waist. Let's start with that womanly figure. I'm going to press in on your sides. Slowly, gently...my, my, my, Jay! Those look like curves to me! But, we've still got work to do. Where's your tail?

Yes, tail. It should be...mmm, maybe a little lower. Yes, here. Alright. I'm going to pull. Hard. Really hard. You ready? One, two, three! Urgh! Look at this little thing! Just a nub. But you want more, don't you? A nice, thick tail to help with swimming...and, well, maybe bring more attention to your butt. Don't worry, that's next! Just got to get a good grip on this...yes! Hmph! Yes! Longer! Thicker! A powerful tail for a powerful vessel! Ah! It's growing on its own now! Perfect. Now, your rear as promised.

Here. Let me shape it. Sculpt it. Rounder. Larger. Plump and pleasing to the eye! No, no, larger still! Firm and plump, something to draw attention to your tail...or is it the other way around? Either way, It's important to have a powerful base. There's a lot of muscle here, you know! ...and some fat, yes. Here, I'll even give it a little squeeze. Oh, you liked that didn't you? Feels good, huh? Plush and plump and...What? A girl can't like her rear? I know you'd stare at mine if I let you but now...well, you have one close to mine."

There was a slap followed by a surprised cry from Jay and laughter from Sobek.

"Sorry. I couldn't help myself. You do have a fine as now! So scaly and sumptuous. And your tail!" Jay grunted as he felt himself lifted by the base of his thick, long tail. "She's a beaut! Better than your butt! Haha. Now your legs, these ones need work. Where are your thighs? Your calves? You need both. Here. Let me thicken the first and strengthen the second. Does that feel good? Yes. So shapely. So strong! And so scaly too.

These feet! Urgh! Here...heh, does that tickle? I'm sorry, I'm not trying to...ah, but you're enjoying it. You can feel it, can't you? They're not so ticklish now. They're tougher. Larger. Where's your fifth toe, you wonder? Unneeded. You just need four talons to keep you upright. Sharper than your claws too! No more socks for you. For us.

Now. Turn over. Mind the tail! Hey, close your eyes! No peeping! Just focus on my voice. Yes, that's it. Be still and...hey! I said, be still! I'm sorry, but we simply must do something about that. Yes, you know what I'm talking about. It doesn't fit you anymore, does it? Why don't we just shrink it away? I'll just press down on it and it'll retreat. Go away.

...

You're enjoying this aren't you? It was supposed to shrink away, not shoot straight up? Men. Soon man no longer! Let's see...ah yes, here we are. Do you feel it now? Your shaft shrinking and shriveling, smaller and smaller, all that sensitivity becoming all the more concentrated while your testicles tuck away. You don't need them anymore. They're better off as something else. And your shaft too! It's so cute now. A little pleasure button! Oh, there it goes! Just look at it, nestling between your folds and...oh! You're already wet. You are enjoying this, aren't you? Congratulations. You're a woman now. Or female, I suppose.

Well, we can have fun with that later. For now, your hips! Alright, let's see. This is going to feel a little strange. You might feel a few pops, hear a few creaks. I'm going to put my hands here and pull. I told you! But now look! No, don't really look just...listen to me. Yes. You've got a nice set of wide hips now. Further up...let's smooth out this stomach. That fat can move up and up and our hands with it. You know what's coming next, don't you? Your breasts! They're already growing. Swelling beneath your likewise thickening nipples. Let's give them a little squeeze, a little encouragement. Oh, they liked that! And you did too, huh. Normally I'm a little more reserved, but another squeeze wouldn't hurt, would it? There. There they are. That's a good pair you got. Not too big, not too small. I mean, they're big but practical, and you won't have back problems. Because you're strong, like me. You can handle a real set of girls. Now Anubis...haha. Your poor friend. Well, you should like these. I think you'd call these...what, Ds? Ah, the designation doesn't matter. Not like you'll have to buy a bra. I'll provide the clothing if you'll provide the body. Hmm...

Ah, finally. Your face. It looks so out of place. Scaled and yet so human. Let that crocodile snout grow out like your tail. Long and broad with those powerful jaws. That nose can be your nostrils at the end of it. Feel your teeth become so much more numerous and so much sharper too. Those ears! Silly little things. They should shrink away, yes? You don't really need them to be so visible. And your eyes - open them now. Let me see them. Your pupils should be slits. You're a reptile now...or close enough. Heh. I suppose they usually don't have tits. But you do. And you have green eyes as well. Close them again and turn back on your front. Mind your breasts! Heh. And your snout.

Now. Let those scales grow thicker down your back and tail. Grow those ridges, those spikes. Good. Now, finally.

Let me in."

Jay nodded and sighed. For a few moments, she laid there on the shore of the river and felt her body without seeing, how she was scaled and shapely, crocodilian and feminine, with a powerful tail and snout and with softer, pleasurable areas like her generously sized breasts and scaled slit and, surprisingly enough, the underside of her tail. She was...she was-

Sobek.

Not quite.

Jay's eyes opened up.

You're my vessel, but you are your own person as well. Still, if you wish to be known as Sobek...let it be so.

Jay...Sobek nodded. Yes, that name was much more fitting for her. Sobek, the strong, shapely crocodile goddess. It sounded a little strange, a little silly, but it was the truth. Sobek was a crocodile, a goddess and so...so was she.

I knew you'd enjoy this! Now, let's meet your friends and my sisters. This should be fun.

Sobek nodded, standing up. As she did so, rather revealing green robes formed over her body. She preferred modesty, true, but it didn't hurt to show off from time to time. It would be fun at least to see her friends' and Sobek's sisters' reactions. She stepped forward onto the stairs that she knew would be waiting for her.

*

They met at the top of the stairs, a trio of animal women all wearing similarly revealing robes. For many moments, no one spoke, only standing and staring at the others as they sought the right words to say. Before they might have already been guffawing and trading insults but now that no longer felt right. Finally:

"Egyptian gods, eh?" Blake said.

"Goddesses," Sobek corrected and they all laughed but only for a little bit.

"Uh," Eric said, flapping her wings nervously. "So who's who?"

"Sobek," Sobek said, then snorted while she swayed that thick tail from side to side. "I mean I am Jay but Sobek..."

"Seems more fitting for a cutie like you?" Eric said. "I totally agree!" She put her hands to her beak. "Oh gosh, sorry! It's just that...just that...you two are all so cute! And pretty!" She squeaked. "Sorry, sorry, sorry!"

"Eric, huh?" Blake guessed.

"Yeah," Eric admitted, looking bashfully away but only for a moment. Then she was glancing over the others and there was certainly some lust in her eyes. "But maybe...maybe you can call me Horus? It, uh..." She clicked her talons nervously against the ground. "Feels more fitting?" She put her hands on her prominent breasts. "Much more than these clothes, at least. Not that I have a problem with them. They make us look so good, especially our butts and bust! ...not that I want to look hot or anything."

"You ok over there, Horus?" Sobek asked.

"Oh, yeah!" the hawk said, jumping up and down, breasts bouncing. She frowned and held them still. "Sorry. Just a little...conflicted, because Anubis here got the best breasts and you have a nice butt but..." She blinked. " I mean, I like looking cute and stuff but..."

"You aren't quite sure whether you like being a cute hawk girl?"

"Eee!" Horus crowed. "She called me cute!"

"Well, I guess it is no surprise that I am Blake," Blake said, stepping forward. "Or...Anubis as it were? And..." She looked down at herself. "Um. This is awkward, is it not? Do you, uh...you hear them too? Talking in our heads. With each other?"

"The goddesses?" Horus asked. "Yeah!"

"It is a little annoying but..." Sobek shrugged her shoulders. "Can you blame them? We brought them together because, well..."

"We were jerks to Bethanthony!" Anubis said, then laughed. "Look, I know that name is wrong."

"No, it's not just that," Sobek murmured. "I think we were just jerks in general. And now...maybe not so much?"

"Right," Horus said. "We're just sexy animals girls now." She put her hands on her heads and flapped her wings. "How am I ever going to explain my tits to my mom?"

"That's what you are worried about?" Anubis snorted. "Not the wings or feathers or hawk head?"

"Well, when you, like, put it like that...but do you think she'll care? I mean, I am pretty sexy..." She sighed. "Not that I want my mom to find me sexy or anyone, really. Well, maybe you guys...and other guys...and other girls..."

"You really are conflicted, aren't you?" Sobek said.

"Yeah! I don't know how you aren't! You've even got a nice bod!"

"I..." Sobek shrugged. "I wouldn't say I completely understand it either. Well, maybe the fact that there's a goddess inhabiting me gives me a little more confidence in my future. Plus, I do like this tail!"

"Huh," Horus murmured, before looking over her shoulder. "When you put it that way, these tailfeathers do look good too. They really accentuate my butt!"

"That they do," Anubis laughed. "That they do."

Before anyone could say anything else, a new voice cut in.

"Blake? Jay? And, uh, was it Eric? Are you guys up here? I'm sorry, either I got lost or things changed down there because..."

Beth came up the steps and immediately stopped at the top. She looked from one animal woman to the other, and then rubbed her eyes.

"Um..." she said. "Am I seeing things?"

"No, you are not!" Anubis said.

"It's us!" Sobek added, nodding her head.

"Jay, Blake, and Eric!" Horus crowed. "Except we're totes hot now! I mean..."

"She means we're sorry," Sobek said.

"Yeah!" Anubis said. "We were definitely out of line. We were rude, pigheaded, sexist but-"

"We're hot now!" Horus giggled. She sighed. "Damnit, I mean we've, like, wholly changed! We're hot animal gals now and we've realized the error of our ways. I mean, you are kind of cute and have a nice butt too, but..."

The hawk blushed and looked away, her wings stiffening.

"What's up with her?" Sobek murmured, elbowing Anubis.

"I think, and do not quote me on this..." Anubis whispered back. "Wing boner."

Sobek laughed and Beth still looked at the three in confusion. She shook her head.

"I don't...this can't..." Beth said, then raised up her hands and looked to the sky. "What's going on here!"

"We met some goddesses," Sobek said. "Like Sobek!"

"And Anubis!"

"And Horus!"

"But those are all gods," Beth said.

"They strongly disagree with that," Anubis said, then winced. "Especially right now."

"They also seemed to be insistent on some nice rears!" Horus said, peering pointedly at her peers' butts. She turned around and showed her pert rear to Beth before slapping a hand over it and then Anubis's, who let out a surprised squeal. "See?"

"Horus!"

"What? It's true!"

"Ok, " Beth said, raising an eyebrow. She pointed to Sobek. "But you're really Blake?"

"No, I was...I am Jay."

"Whatever!" she said. "You mean to tell me that you were those pigheaded men!"

"Uh, yeah," Sobek said, scratching her head. "That was us. But..." Her long snout set into a crooked smile. "We've had some serious learning."

"Definitely serious!" Horus said. "And now we're ready to spread our goddesses' good will! I mean, once we make it back to civilization. These ruins are soooo lame."

"Ok, ok," Beth said. "You're telling me that you followed or tried to follow me down, met some gods, er, goddesses instead, turned from immature college kids into animal...girls and now you're repentant and have these deities in you?"

"Pretty much," Sobek said with a shrug. "Couldn't have summed it up better myself."

"Do not forget the serious learning!" Anubis supplied.

"Well, we turned into hot animal girls," Horus said, wiggling her hips while she flapped her wings.

"Right," Beth said, then laughed before running her hands through her hair. "Oh god, how am I going to explain this? I'm just a grad student! I don't know if I can do this!"

"Don't worry about that!" Sobek said. "The, er, goddesses can do all the explaining. Would you, uh, would you mind giving us a ride back though?"

"That..." Beth said, then blinked and smiled. "That I can do. Just...try not to shed too much fur or feathers or scales or whatever on the seat. And please don't talk too much. I'm still trying to wrap my head around this."

"So are we," Anubis said with a small smile.

"Totally!" Horus said. "But at least I know all of you are cute! And..." She shivered. "Sobek thinks I'm cute too!"

Sobek snorted and smiled. Beth rolled her eyes, but she was starting to smile. She glanced around at the animal women who looked to her expectedly.

"Alright," she said, her smile widening. "Serious learning only. Let's go, girls."