Jon woke up the next morning and headed off to school. Things went well, and Jon was sitting in class when he felt a change coming on.
His fur was receding into his skin, and his tail was shrinking back towards his coccyx. It wasn't long before he and everyone else in the classroom were human again, but as soon as that change had finished, they started their change back into felines. Oddly, though the change happened at the same rate for everyone else as it did for Jon, they didn't seem to notice. When it was over, they were all anthropomorphic cats again, though some had changed subspecies or fur color.
"And so," his teacher droned, "that's a brief outline of human history. After today, we get to the details. Now, if you'll turn to page 21..."
"Human?" Jon wondered. "Oh, right, it's just a word to denote 'us as a species,' I suppose. Thank God we didn't wind up with something like 'felinity.' I really should've specified that, but it turned out for the best."
Once history had let out, he rushed out into the hall to meet with Karyn.
