To Jon's surprise they all listened to him, he wasn't used to that from anyone. He then took a closer look at the others, trying to see what changes they had gone through, it was clear that Steve and Trevor were like him, although their hair and eyes were different colours to his, for the girls though, well that was a little different, they had a scattering of slightly iridescent, colourful scales across their thighs and around their crotch, they were also entirely hairless except for eyebrows, lashes and the hair on their scalp, Zoe had purple and black scales , whereas Athena had black, silver and green and Karyn had various shades of blue and yellow , Sarah though had bronze, silver and coppery coloured ones.In addition their eyes had changed colour,to match the colours of their scales.
Jon stared at everyone and started to ask some more questions, however he kept coughing as his throat felt weird, his voice cracked, until it settled into a higher pitch, feeling his throat he noticed it was now smooth, lacking the bump of an Adam's Apple, Jon had sort of not quite processed that he was becoming a she, it was freaky enough to try to deal with possibly becoming some sort of weird monster but with this latest change he began to feel the inevitability of his , soon to be her, exile from humanity, he began to cry as emotions crashed down upon him, he wasn't quite aware of it at first but soon he became aware of six, smooth, hairless bodeis pressed up against his in a reassuring hug, female voices murmured platitudes and reassurances, at first thinking it was maybe Karyn or Zoe, he was surprised when he realised the soft feminine voices were also coming from Steve and Trevor.
"It's OK Bro' it won't be so bad - at least we will still have each other, I'm scared too, I might have fantasised about being a vampire or something but actually being something that might prey on people? No way!"
"Jon-boy, I'm here for you too, I'm sad that we could never get the chance to be boyfriend and girlfriend but maybe we can have something just as good? "
"Dude, I never wanted to be a chick, I prefer banging them, but if you and Emo Boy here can deal with this then so can I, maybe it won't be so bad - at least I get my own boobs to play with whenever" <laughs, slightly nervously>
"My Queen, I thank you for rescuing me, I will do everything to make things easier for you"
This last from Sarah, broke Jon out of his funk, in surprise he said
"what's this 'My Queen' stuff, Sarah?"
"You wear the Purple and Gold of Royalty, I thought it was obvious that you are to be our Queen from the way we instinctively listen to and respect you, naturally I had hoped that would be me but that is not to be, it's all in the leaflets we were given,isn't that right girls?"
Zoe, Athena and Karyn all nodded
"Here bro' we got these when we found out we were becoming Nagas", Zoe handed her brother a thick leaflet with the title " A beginner's Guide to being a Naga" there was a picture on the front of a beautiful woman with the lower body of a huge snake. She was beautiful in a strange way, Jon was fascinated and he began to read the text inside. What he read was somewhat reassuring, Nagas, or to be more correct Naginas ( the female version) were Temple Guardians, and regarded in some cultures as good beings, they could shape shift from a fully serpentine to a fully human form but were most comfortable as somewhat in between, in Naga culture there was a Dominant female known as The Queen, she was marked by Purple and gold colouring and could command the loyalty and Respect of all lesser Nagas. Jon, was now the monarch of the new Clan of Naginas which were forming, of course, less to his taste were the parts about mating with the King Naga to produce a new generation, however, it seemed that although in many ways the Naginas created by the disease had the same sort of powers as a mythological one the lack of functional males meant that this particular aspect of his new life was not likely to occur - he hoped.
While he had been reading he had not been paying attention to some other changes, his purple and gold streaked hair was growing longer, silkier and more lustrous, now at waist length he absently brushed it aside with a hand looking slimmer and smaller, the finger nails had grown out into golden coloured claws . On his chest, his nipples were changing, as his skin took on a darker hue, a sort of golden tan. His legs, and arms were taking on the contours of shapely feminine limbs and as his body began to look more and more feminine golden and purple scales began to appear on his thighs and around his crotch.
Similar changes were taking place with the other former males, Trevor's scales being silver, bronze and copper like Sarahs and Steve's being various shades of red, orange and yellow. As for the girls the scales were spreading over their legs, their skin colour was changing, Sarah taking on a bronzed tan, Zoe taking on the same skin tone as her soon to be sister, Athena had a bluish caste to her skin and Karyn greenish, they too acquired claws on their hands Zoe's were purplish, Athena's were black, Karyn's Dark green and Sarah's Coppery, as were Trevor's. Steve's now feminine looking hands were topped with dark red nails. The former boys were looking like rather flat chested girls now, and the born girls noticed. It was Athena who spoke up first.
"Look, Jon, Steve, Trevor, you really don't look like boys any more, maybe we should choose more feminine names for you? Do you have any preferences"
"The boys had been mostly unaware as they had been engrossed with reading about what they were becoming, looking at their changing bodies Jon was the first to admit that Athena had a good point but it was Trevor that spoke up first.
" I want to be called Celeste, I've always liked that name", he said blushing
"We should call Jon, Jasmine, like that Disney Princess." laughed Zoe
"No thanks!" Jon said, rather annoyed because he had been thinking of calling himself that but Zoe's joke had spoiled that idea, "Genevieve, I like that, it has a nice regal touch to it and you can shorten it to Gen, which sounds a bit like my old name".
"Stef, or Stephania, I guess", muttered Steve, " I could live with that.
"Very well girls, said Jon, or rather Genevieve, from now on we are Clan sisters - I swear to lead you to the best of my ability!"
The others all swore their loyalty to the new Sisterhood and they began to talk amongst themselves, all around them, others were transforming in other equally strange ways, there were no obvious males left in the room. Until some men in white lab coats and surgical masks and gloves came in, they approached a group that were clearly on their way to becoming Mermaids.
"Right then, we need to get you to a more suitable environment while you can still walk, the rest of you , we will get to you soon, don't worry ladies, we have found perfect places for all of you.
Gen wasn't sure she liked the sound of that, wouldn't they be returned home?
