{"sf1_id":368557,"sf2_id":"Rm0yvpKn","title":"Owed Favor","author":"noobfur","words":1345,"posted_at":"2012-04-22T06:23:00.000Z","tags":["Dog","Male","Siberian Husky","Teen","Transformation","Young","pet store"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/368557-owed-favor","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/Rm0yvpKn","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=368557\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"A boy with a Transformation ability owes a favor to his friend on a hot day.","content":"**Authors note: First story submission here.\u0026nbsp; Its short and (hopefully) sweet.\u0026nbsp; More like me testing some stuff.\u0026nbsp; Feed back would be great.\u0026nbsp; I could write more if you want to know more about the world.\u0026nbsp;**\n\n\"So George how you doing?\"  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"rooo\u0026nbsp; hoah.\"  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"good?\"  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"_grunt._\"  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"Ok... I don't really understand but I'll take it as a 'yes.'\"  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Well then why don't you try talking with a muzzle?\u0026nbsp; I can't even remember why I agreed to this anymore.\u0026nbsp; If I'd known that it would be an outdoor mall I would have said no.\u0026nbsp; I'm wearing a coat made for the freezing tundra up in Alaska, not 86 degree heat of mid July.\u0026nbsp; Nice of you to pretend to care about me Jim, but I know your mind is already on Sarah and you wouldn't even notice if I had a leg missing.\u0026nbsp; Sarah, the girl who works at a pet store, the girl that Jim has a huge crush on, the girl I am helping Jim impress by being her favorite animal.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;My feet hurt, my tongue is about a foot out of my mouth, and the whole place stinks.\u0026nbsp; The outdoor mall got new asphalt back in April but with my heightened senses it smells like my face has been shoved into the tar truck that carries the stuff.\u0026nbsp; I don't think there is a smell that is worse, no wait, god... is that a body wash store?\u0026nbsp; I don't even know what those numerous chemicals are, but it heck aint 'All natural ingredients'.\u0026nbsp; I'll make sure never to shop there.\u0026nbsp; Ever.\u0026nbsp; I don't know how normal dogs can walk around without puking their guts out everyday. \u0026nbsp;  \n_Water.\u0026nbsp; Find water._   \nYes, thank you dog mind, I know that I need water.\u0026nbsp; It's sometimes frightening to change into another animal, because the animal instincts come with the package.\u0026nbsp; But I never know if we will stay split into separate parts or our minds will combine.\u0026nbsp; I hate when the my mind and the mind of an animal combine.\u0026nbsp; It's like being drugged, you really don't realize what happened until after the fact.\u0026nbsp; Luckily I'm familiar with a canine form so I can keep it's mind locked away in the back of my mind.\u0026nbsp; Though I can still 'hear' it periodically. \u0026nbsp;  \n_Hot.\u0026nbsp; Get water._   \nI know but I need to follow alpha.  \n_Alpha?\u0026nbsp; Where?!_  \nAlpha is the man in front of us.\u0026nbsp; Alpha will lead us to water.  \n_That not alpha.\u0026nbsp; That is bitch._  \nI don't know if dogs can laugh, but I certainly did.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"awwwe you're so adorable!\"\u0026nbsp; Sarah kneeled down to pet me her hands feeling how hot my fur is.\u0026nbsp; \"Wow your hot.\u0026nbsp; Jim, do you have any water for him?\"  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Jim, is too busy trying to look cool for Sarah to register any kind of coherent\u0026nbsp; speech.\u0026nbsp; \"What?\u0026nbsp; uh.... yeah.. Course I do.\u0026nbsp; But... uh.. in the car.\"  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Smooth....  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"Let me get a bowl for him.\u0026nbsp; I'll see if there is any ice in the fridge to help him cool down.\"  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"Sounds great!\u0026nbsp; When's your lunch break?\u0026nbsp; We can leave him here and get some food.\"  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;No. You are not putting me in a kennel. I'm not a freaking dog,\u0026nbsp; I'm your best friend.\u0026nbsp; I growled and nipped at his jeans a bit.  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"Ow!\u0026nbsp; What the hell man?\"\u0026nbsp; Jim knelt down to whisper in my face.\u0026nbsp; \"dude, don't blow this, remember you owe me from the fireworks I was able to get you.\" \u0026nbsp;  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Ever since Jim found out I had this ability he's been asking me for favors.\u0026nbsp; \"Can you transform me?\u0026nbsp; Like those people do on the tv?\"\u0026nbsp; or\u0026nbsp; \"hey I think it would be cool to show up at the costume party as a pirate, can you be a parrot?\"\u0026nbsp; or\u0026nbsp; \"dude, if you were a snake could you eat this in one bite?\" \u0026nbsp;  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;I just discovered this ability a year ago and have started training.\u0026nbsp; I know a couple people in our school have some abilities.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Mostly strength (popular jocks) or teleportation (creepy nerd guy), but I am the first Morpher in our community.\u0026nbsp; Well, except Margret, but she can only change the color of her skin and hair so its not really the same.\u0026nbsp; It is funny to see her when she gets to emotional and waves of color start running through her like a cuttle fish. \u0026nbsp;  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Sarah came back with the bowel of water and some dog treats. \u0026nbsp;  \n_Water!_   \nI lunged forward and my head in to drink, forgetting that my nose is in front of my face now.\u0026nbsp; A dogs heightened sense of smell also comes with a heightened sense of pain.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Ow, sneeze it out, Oh man,\u0026nbsp; I'm never doing that again.   \n_Dum.\u0026nbsp; Me do it._  \nFine.\u0026nbsp; You can drink water better than I can.\u0026nbsp; You probably are a better at acting like a dog than I am.  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"Wow I've never seen a dog dunk their face in water like that before.\"\u0026nbsp; Sarah said.\u0026nbsp; \"You sure he's ok? **_Hmmm?\u0026nbsp; Are you ok bud?\u0026nbsp; Hmmmm?\u0026nbsp; Are you?\"_** \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Wow, baby talk is really annoying when its being said to you.\u0026nbsp; I probably would have done something if it weren't for her fingers that felt so good going down my back.  \n_Done!\u0026nbsp; Lay.\u0026nbsp; Pant._  \n\u0026nbsp;Sure, why not,\u0026nbsp; I'm sure you can act like a dog better than I can.  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"So where did you get him?\"\u0026nbsp; Sarah was still busy stroking my fur.\u0026nbsp; \"His coat is beautiful.\u0026nbsp; It's brown.\u0026nbsp; You don't see very many brown huskies.\"  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"Yeah, well.\u0026nbsp; He's... uh... my neighbors, and I'm taking care of him for a week while they're on vacation.\"  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"Wow..he's gorgeous, do you think I could come over after work tonight and we can play with him?\"  \nNo.  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"sure!\"  \nDammit Jim!  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"Yeah!\"\u0026nbsp; Jim kept going.\u0026nbsp; \"You can come over everyday!\"  \nI sat there watching Jim get stupid promising things to Sarah, it was like he forgot this was a one time thing!\u0026nbsp; What does Jim expect from me?\u0026nbsp; Pretend to be a dog for a whole forever?!   \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \"So yeah, do you want to go get some lunch?\"\u0026nbsp; Jim Asked Sarah, \"Is there a kennel we can put him in for a bit?\"  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;WHAT?!  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"Yeah, sure, we have some kennels in back for when dogs come in for grooming.\"\u0026nbsp; Sarah took the leash. \"I'm going let my co-worker know that I'm on break.\"\u0026nbsp; She took a dog treat out of her pocket and spasticly waved it in front of my face. **_\"Come on boy!\u0026nbsp; Let's go to the kennel!\u0026nbsp; You want the treat?\u0026nbsp; Get the treat!\"_**  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;No.\u0026nbsp; I don't want your stupid treat, in fact, I'll take your stupid treat and spit it across the room.\u0026nbsp; Let go of the leash.  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"Woah, What was that?\"\u0026nbsp; Sarah stood up in shock.\u0026nbsp; \"you sure he's ok?\u0026nbsp; He's acting a little strangely for a dog.\"  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"What do you mean?\" I can smell a faint puff of fear coming from Jim. \u0026nbsp;  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"Dogs don't spit things across the room, thats like something a person would do... wait.\"\u0026nbsp; her voice trailing off.\u0026nbsp; \"George?\"  \nhmm? What?\u0026nbsp; My ears perking up at the call of my name.  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"George?!\"\u0026nbsp; Sarah exasperated.\u0026nbsp; \"Oh my god, seriously?\u0026nbsp; George?\u0026nbsp; The morph kid from school?\"  \n\"yeaah\" Me managing to grunt out with the dog vocal equipment.   \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"Really?\"\u0026nbsp; Sarah snapping up at Jim.\u0026nbsp; \"You knew about this didn't you?\u0026nbsp; Just what are you two trying to pull?\"  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"Sarah. I..\"\u0026nbsp; I just sat there wagging my tail watching Jim stumble through an explanation.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"So.\"\u0026nbsp; I said breaking the silence sitting in the car.\u0026nbsp; \"That went well.\"  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"Shut up,\"\u0026nbsp; Jim muttered fumbling his keys into the ignition.\u0026nbsp; \"you could have acted more like a dog.\"  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"Woof...\" I muttered.  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\"whatever just put your shirt back on.\"\u0026nbsp; Jim pulled out of the lot, \"You got your mutt hair all over the seats.\"  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;  \n  \n\n"}