{"sf1_id":695610,"sf2_id":"rnaGgYBe","title":"Legend of Animor Chapter 1","author":"VeloxSpottedfur","words":1284,"posted_at":"2014-04-21T20:15:00.000Z","tags":["Human","Hypnosis","Plot Development","Transformation"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/695610-legend-of-animor-chapter-1","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/rnaGgYBe","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/38/e9/38e93cc1-307d-430a-907b-acfccc8a221e","description":"#2 of The Legend of Animor","content":"Chapter 1\n\nMatthew\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; _Today must be the worst day of my life_.\u0026nbsp; That is what I thought of the day until that night.\u0026nbsp; This morning, I didn't get breakfast because the stupid alarm clock didn't sound at 7 o'clock.\u0026nbsp; Then before class, I was intercepted by Josh and his crew.\u0026nbsp; A little bullying later, and in class, I failed the latest quiz.\u0026nbsp; At lunch, the food was disgusting, as usual, and recess was a nightmare as Josh found me again.\u0026nbsp; But that was the day that changed my life forever.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;After school, I would just take the alley home, but today I wanted to try something different.\u0026nbsp; I walked through the downtown area of Elm Creek instead of going around.\u0026nbsp; I always walked that route, because someone told me that Josh and his group always hung out in an empty lot of the downtown.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Elm Creek was always a small town that no one visited, except for relatives, so the downtown is pretty small.\u0026nbsp; I kept a lookout for their \"hanging place,\" as I heard Josh say to the crew.\u0026nbsp; Luckily, I didn't see them, but I did see something else.\u0026nbsp; I saw a little shock wave push out of the forest near the town.\u0026nbsp; I had dismissed it as a little mirage as it was nearing the end of school.\u0026nbsp; There were a lot of people walking on the street, but no one saw the mini shock wave, as I could tell.\u0026nbsp; The few people with hats suddenly raised their hands to their heads, but I didn't notice that immediately\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; I shrugged it off, turned to walk home, and stopped.\u0026nbsp; Right in front of me was Josh with a quizzical face right in front of me. \u0026nbsp;None of his posse was in sight, so Josh must have gone solo today.\u0026nbsp; He was looking at the forest as if he thought he saw a UFO land there.\u0026nbsp; I knew that he didn't see me yet, so I had a chance to run.\u0026nbsp; As I was deciding what to do, he ran toward the forest like a ghost was chasing him.\u0026nbsp; No one else has noticed him running.\u0026nbsp; I somehow knew that I was supposed to run with him somehow.\u0026nbsp; So I did.\u0026nbsp; Call it the sixth sense, but I also sensed danger with the pull of the shock wave.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; When I caught up with Josh, we had entered a clearing in the trees.\u0026nbsp; He was looking around for signs that told him something.\u0026nbsp; I didn't see anything that betrayed someone or something's cover.\u0026nbsp; It was a minute until Josh noticed me.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \"What are you doing here?\" questioned Josh, whose quizzical expression instantly melted into a straight face.\u0026nbsp; \"Why did you follow me?\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Being used to insults all the time, I was a bit cynical at his questions.\u0026nbsp; I said, \"I followed you, because few people would run into the forest all alone for no reason, and I know you are a person who always has a reason.\u0026nbsp; I believe that you saw something strange coming from the forest, didn't you\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \"I thought I saw a cool animal come to the edge of the forest and disappear.\u0026nbsp; I wanted to follow it.\"\u0026nbsp; Although Josh's words sounded truthful, I saw the lie in his eyes.\u0026nbsp; He was never one to lie without showing some signal, and if you don't know what to look for, he can say anything that sounds truthful.\u0026nbsp; I have caught him many times like this at school.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \"You and I both know that there was something that came out of the forest that was not an animal.\u0026nbsp; And you wanted to check it out.\u0026nbsp; So it led you here to this clearing.\u0026nbsp; Something only we can see, because there is no one here but us.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; While waiting for an answer, I took a look around the clearing.\u0026nbsp; It was a 20 foot diameter almost perfect circle in the trees, with lots of clover in the center.\u0026nbsp; While looking at the ground, I saw that the clover was leaning away from the center of the clearing, where there was a small patch of dirt.\u0026nbsp; It looked like it was recently dug out by a shovel, but I wondered how they made it so the surface was smooth.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \"Well, if you saw what I saw, then a growing air bubble came from the forest,\" Josh explained finally.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \"It looked like a tiny shockwave that brought a little wind into the town.\u0026nbsp; There were a few people who suddenly felt for their hats, as if there was a person going to steal it.\u0026nbsp; Something weird happened here, and I don't think we want to find out what.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \"I think so too, but I have half a mind to find out what it was.\u0026nbsp; Aren't you the least bit curious?\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; After he said that, I was a bit curious to what happened.\u0026nbsp; But again, I could feel the danger, even if it was like a mosquito biting the back of my mind.\u0026nbsp; I had to find the cause, I was almost sure of it.\u0026nbsp; I had lots of reasons that I should have gotten out of there.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \"Alright,\" I said.\u0026nbsp; \"But, if we don't find anything, we should get back to town.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \"I agree,\" Josh pledged.\u0026nbsp; Then, we started looking around.\u0026nbsp; We checked around the clearing, in the bushes on the outskirts, and then finally looked at the hole.\u0026nbsp; It looked like it was a perfect circle with a foot diameter in the ground.\u0026nbsp; The weird part about it was that the dirt inside it was smooth, and the surrounding clover was bent away from the depression.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \"How do you think this hole was made?\u0026nbsp; It looks as if someone dug it up then smoothed it out.\u0026nbsp; It definitely does not look natural,\" said Josh.\u0026nbsp; He looked up, and suddenly jumped.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \"What did you see?\" I asked, looking around, but seeing nothing.\u0026nbsp; Then eyes suddenly appeared in the bushes at the edge of the clearing.\u0026nbsp; They were slightly slitted like a cat, but too large to be a normal sized cat.\u0026nbsp; I wanted to get out of there, fast.\u0026nbsp; I tugged Josh away, but he seemed to be rooted to the spot.\u0026nbsp; I pulled him as hard as I could, and I got him to run away from the clearing.\u0026nbsp; He didn't start talking until we reached the edge of the forest near the town.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \"What was that?\" Josh suddenly exclaimed.\u0026nbsp; \"It looked like the eyes of a big cat.\u0026nbsp; Like a tiger or cheetah.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \"I don't know.\u0026nbsp; I wouldn't want to be in that clearing when it is there,\" I said.\u0026nbsp; \"We should start getting home.\u0026nbsp; Our parents must be looking for us.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; As I was getting my bag off the sidewalk, Josh said, \"Thanks for getting me out of there.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; I was not expecting that, from Josh at least.\u0026nbsp; He was always mean with his friends, but has never bothered me when he was alone.\u0026nbsp; I have always wondered why.\u0026nbsp; His house is on the other side of the block, right behind my house.\u0026nbsp; He has never bullied when no one was around, though.\u0026nbsp; I was thinking about all this when I decided that I needed to get home.\u0026nbsp; I was thinking about the pair of eyes when Josh called after me.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \"I don't think those eyes were an animal's.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \"Why do you think so?\u0026nbsp; They looked like a ferocious tiger's or lion's eyes.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \"There was a human silhouette around them,\" said Josh, looking back at the forest.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; I was afraid for the future right there and then.\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"The Legend of Animor","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/679130-the-legend-of-animor.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/719598-legend-of-animor-chapter-2.json"}}