{"sf1_id":591554,"sf2_id":null,"title":"Housepets: Curse of the Werenut","author":"ThisAdamGuy","words":748,"posted_at":"2013-09-17T18:54:00.000Z","tags":["Butter","Curse","Dragon","Fanfiction","Fantasy","Grape","Grape Jelly","Gryphon","Peanut","Werewolf","cats","dogs","housepets","jelly","penut butter","pets","sandwich"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/591554-housepets-curse-of-the-werenut","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/view/591554","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=591554\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"","content":"\nChapter One\n \nIt was a dark night, and the silver moon peeked through the\nclouds, providing only the meanest amount of light for Peanut and Grape\nSandwich as they made their way home from the movie theater.  They had begged for their parents to allow\nthem to attend the midnight screening of Pridelands 3, and though Peanut had\nnot been disappointed, Grape was in a sour mood.\n\"Oh, come on, Grape!\" the dog said, shaking his cat friend\nby the shoulders. \"This was the best one yet!\"\n\"No way,\" Grape retorted, shrugging her friend away.  \"They totally ruined it!  The producers turned the whole thing into\nnothing but a great big cash grab.\"\n\"That's not true!\" Peanut insisted.  \"I loved how they made the Hyena King's mask\nlook so much like it did in the book!\"\nAs the two friends bickered, they were entirely unaware that\nthey were being watched from high above. \nHovering in the air, hidden amongst the dark clouds, was the gryphon,\nPete.  To his right was his friend and\nnemesis, Dragon.\n\"Why did you bring me all the way out here at this time of\nnight?\" Dragon asked obviously irritated.\n\"Oh come on,\" Pete snorted. \n\"We both know you don't need to sleep any more than I do.  Besides, I wanted you to be here for the\nturning point in our game!\"\n\"Ha!\" Dragon laughed derisively.  \"I'd love to see what you have in mind.  You're so far behind me at this point, you'll\nhave to cheat to catch up with me!\"  She\neyed the gryphon suspiciously, \"You haven't decided to cheat, have you?\"\n\"Cheat is such a STRONG word,\" Pete shrugged, rolling his\neyes.  \"I prefer to say that I invented a\nnew set of rules without your permission.\"\n\"Pete, what have you done?\" Dragon demanded.\n\"Behold!\" Pete declared, pointing towards the cat and dog\nfar below them.  \"Behold, and see the end\nof your reign of terror!\"  With a wicked\ncackle, he reached out and plucked a strand of silver moonlight from the sky.\n\"Pete, you can't possibly mean...\" Dragon stammered, eyes wide\nwith horror.  \"You can't!\"\n\"All I'm doing, my dear Lady Lizard, is awakening a long\ndormant power within your poochy little lover!\"\n\"It's forbidden!\" Dragon roared, stretching to her full\nlength to surround Pete, but the gryphon merely dropped a few feet, and with a\ntriumphant laugh, he cast the beam of moonlight at Peanut, who was still\nblissfully unaware of what was going on above him.\n\"I'll admit, the final battle LOOKED pretty cool,\" Grape\nconceded, \"but it was nothing like how it happened in the book.\"\n\"I think you're just mad that Res didn't name a character\nafter you,\" Peanut said, grinning slyly.\nSuddenly, the area around them lit up, and Peanut was\nknocked off of his feet with a yelp of pain.\n\"Peanut!\" Grape yelled, running to where her friend lay face\ndown on the ground.  He wasn't moving,\nand there was a black spot on his back where the fur had been burned.  \"Peanut, are you okay?\"\nThe pup did not respond, but Grape took a small amount of\ncomfort in seeing that his chest was still rising and falling steadily.  He had been knocked unconscious, but it\nseemed he was still all right.  Tears of\nworry running down her face, Grape gingerly took Peanut's prone form in her\narms and picked him up.  Being a puppy,\nhe was lighter than a full grown dog, but Grape still had a hard time moving\nhim.  A soft moan escaped his lips as she\naccidentally jostled him.\n\"Don't worry, Peanut!\" Grape said to him. \"You're going to\nbe okay.\"\nAs the cat tried to reassure her unconscious friend, Pete\ngrinned smugly at Dragon.\n\"You are a horrible creature, Pete!\" Dragon hissed.  \"How could you do that to him?\"\n\"I don't know about you,\" Pete shot back, \"but I don't want\nto be locked in a mortal body for a lifetime. \nI've made my move, whether you approve of it or not.\"  He spread his arms defiantly, \"What are you\ngoing to do about it?\"\nDragon's eyes narrowed dangerously, \"You forget that I have\nconnections in Babylon Garden.  I'll go\nto Tarot and see what she can do to help that poor dog.\"\nPete's grin only widened, \"Are you sure you want to put\nPeanut anywhere near his girlfriend right now? \nAfter all...\" he turned and looked up at the moon, \"the full moon is\ntomorrow night.\"\n"}