Alice was not able to believe what had happened.
She had known her odd ‘trick’ of teleportation seemed to work with speed. Combining her ability with Mikey flying seemed to allow her to travel with her new bird friend to some strange other world. Some kind of… otherside? It looked like a world just like Earth. However the grass was vibrant in a way that just seemed odd. The light here was just a little more intense allowing strange hues of clouds that were not just white and grey, but also shades of purple, orange and even light blue.
“We sssshould find a way out of here!” Andrew slured her words. This snake body! A snake.. girl. She- she was a girl! She couldn’t be though! It felt weird- okay weird was an understatement. Her chest felt like it had slight swells in it indicating the start of her journey towards being a teenager. Very slight curves on her hips but this was emphesised by the rather large and long snake tail she had. The merging was not very subtle with flared out green scales sticking out slightly with a slightly yellow front. Her hair had grown a bit longer, now covering her eyes. “Is- is my hair green too?!”
Mikey looked at Andrew sympathetically. “Yeah, your eyes too.” the harpy girl waved her wings. “At least you got to keep your hands though.”
“I don’t have any legssss!” The new girl cried out as she moved.. trying to figure out how to even move. She seemed able to ‘raise’ her torso but it felt more like she was moving something- something else? Her body was so long and everything underneath was a giant muscle. She pulled herelf up higher and higher, surprised as she looked down. “Wow- I’m ssssso high-” She then lost her balance and fell back down. “Ouch!”
Alice and Mikey giggled. Alice the Rabbit-girl quickly helped the snake up.
The snake girl tried her best to hold back her.. her emotions. She didn’t want to cry. Boys didn’t.. didn’t cry- why was she crying damn it! Though she quietly realised she was even wearing some kind of dress around her waist, that hid- well- that. A dress… and her top was clearly some kind of feminine blouse.
Alice quickly hugged the distressed transformed girl. “It’ll be okay.” She said gently. It was kind of weird given she was saying it to someone a bit ‘older’ then her… but… what else could she do? Boys seemed to take it so badly, though Mikey seemed to do okay. She wished she could understand it better. “You’re only changed because you’re here. I’ll get us back home!”
“R-Really?”
“Sure!” ‘Hopefully’ she reminded herself. Now how did it work? “We just need to do the same thing as before. Mikey can fly me into the bush, and you just stand in it at the same time. We’ll be back in the park before you know it.”
The new snake-girl wiped the tears from her eyes. It seemed like a good enough plan. At least they were doing something to fix this. “Right, so I’ll just hide in the bush again.
Mikey looked about for a nice slope to start with. Things here seemed mirrored very similar to the park. The hill was similar… in fact it looked steeper. They could build up a lot of speed. “I think this will work,” The harpy nodded.
Alice nodded too. “I think I’m ready. We need to get back soon. Mom and Dad will be worried.” She tried to think the same way as before, her mind focused back on the park.. thoughts of home…
As before, Mikey picked her up squarely by the shoulders. The rabbit girl felt the snug claws sink into her clothes and the sharp talons barely pricking her skin. She endured it though, knowing Mikey was trying to be as gentle as possible.
The harpy raised her wings in a single flap, taking them into a dive down the hill, just barely a foot off the ground. The gliding action taking her to quite an incredible high speed.
Andrew waited in the bush patiently. Her long tail just slightly peeking out of the bush. What if this didn’t work! Were they going to be trapped in some weird world? Though part of her was kind of.. curious about what this world was like. Were there other humans? Other people? Why did things here feel so.. alive… She lifted her green hair seeing Mikey and Alice flying down the hill. She felt something.. the leaves in the bush started to glow… she held her breath…
“It worked!”
Mikey and Alice had tumbled out of the bush, and ended up back in the park. The sights of the playground in the distance, the human buildings. Peaking out of the bush was Andrew’s face. He looked back to normal!
Andrew though seemed to be struggling. “A- Help! I can’t get out!” he was stuck. The normal world so tentatively close. Even his normal human body was back.. except for the parts that were.. still in the other world.
Alice tried to pull Andrew out. She tugged and pulled at his hands.
“My snake tail- I can still feel it! Ah!” Andrew tried his best to pull and shift.. whatever it was. However it felt like the tail wouldn’t budge. It was too big, and the bush must just be too small. “I can’t it-”
Then it felt like the leaves of the bush were trying to push.. or pull him back. “Noooo! I don’t want to be there! It’s taking me back!” He tried harder and grabbed at Alice’s hand. The desperation clear in his eyes. “Help!”
“We can’t just leave him there!” Alice cried out. “Mikey, you go back home and tell everyone- I’ll go back with him. Maybe I can find some way back.”
Mikey wasn’t sure what to do. Alice was holding onto Andrew tightly and wasn’t letting go. Her hand disapeared inside the bush, followed by her shoulder.. her torso. Mikey glanced back. She liked Alice and surly if she could work out how to fly.. Damn it! She grabbed her rabbit friend again with her talons.
“Mikey No!”
Soon all three were pulled back again..
Biff was so annoyed at Jon. That- that weird… image. Her- KISSING! Kissing Jon?! Blah! The whole idea of it.
She was angrily walking on the sidewalk. A lion-like creaure, her huge paws like those of some monster. People glancd at her, and gave her a lot of space back. This stupid body! She wanted out of this whole thing.
Then she saw Sarah. For a moment a bit of relief fell into her heart. Sweet Sarah… until she saw her with some guy. Biff’s eyes turned to a sudden put of absolute rage. “What the hell is this SARAH!” She demanded.
Sarah blinked. “Oh Biff? Hi...” She managed to smile back.
“You’re going out already before I found a way to change back?!” Biff looked hurt. Her ears dropped and turned slightly back as she glared at the guy. He was a fairly average somewhat bookish looking guy with glasses. It didn’ t seem at all to be Sarah’s type.
Mathew glanced between the two. “Maybe I should let you two talk?” he looked very awkwardly.
“I’ll tear you to freakin’ shreads!” Biff’s claws came out of her paws.
“No you wont!” Sarah quickly got between them. “Biff- let’s not do this in the street. Come to my house tonight okay? We’ll talk this out. Matt, I’ll see you later okay?”
Matt quickly nodded. “Well- alright. I’ll just be on my way then...”
Biff growled. An angry, very lion-like growl. Instantly she could smell the fear from Matt… in a way that felt kind of gratifying… but not when she looked back to Sarah.
“Come with me Biff, not another word.” Sarah gestured for the sphinx to follow.
Biff’s ears were flat throughout the walk. Many questions raged in her mind. Who was Matt? What did he have that she didn’t- (as if suddenlly now realising what ‘it’ could be. She continued to obsess over it. The sphinx was kind of glad to be back at Sarah’s house. It was just.. weird that it seemed everything was at a different height. Even Sarah herself.
“I can’t believe you’re going out with some dork!” Biff glared. “I thought you would wait for me to turn back!”
“Biff- I know you think you’ll turn back. Everyone is saying it isn’t going to happen though. It’s been a week! The chances of you turning back are just… insignificant.”
“I’m still the same guy. I-”
“No.. you’re not,” Sarah looked at the sphinx reluctantly. “Biff.. you just don’t have what… what I like any more. The world isn’t like that. I’m not.. not like that.” She looked reluctantly as if fearful that it was in some way ‘bad’ that she just wasn’t into another girl.. even if that girl seemed to think she could still be a guy. She liked Biff, she genuinely did… but what could she do?
Biff stared at her stunned. “I.. I love you though,” her voice a soft shrill… feminine…
Sarah looked to be wiping her eyes. “I met Matt when I was- struggling with some math work. I was doing really badly but.. he’s been helping out. We’re good friends and… I… I was going out with him.” She shrugged. “He’s human Biff… and.. male… it’s at least seventy five percent of the basics of what I like. He’s kind, and...”
“He’s a nerd!” Biff pounded her paws down.
“Well what about you!” Sarah took out her phone. There was a picture of it… of Biff- sitting with Jon. “You seem to be going out just fine with guys! I was actually quite happy to see that!” She looked at the sphinx hopelessly. “Jon’s not that bad. I mean I don’t think he even had a girlfriend before.”
Biff looked now utterly stunned. “I- we- I was just having some lunch. Jon paid for it.”
“...oh?”
The sphinx girl blinked. “It- It wasn’t anything else! Jon’s a nobody. I was… I was just getting some dinner and he happened to be there. He seemed to be curious about my body- LIKE EVERYONE!”
“uh huh..”
“It’s nothing else!” The sphinx growled.
“..okay...”
Biff took a deep breath. “Look- I’m in no way, having some romantic stuff with Jon. That’s just- just disgusting!” She couldn’t believe she had to even defend it. “I still love you. What can I do to get you back! Please Sarah.. I’ll do anything… I just want things to go back to the way they were. I want to be with you again…
Sarah stood firm. She had the most stoic expression. “Biff… it’s over… I can’t… I just can’t.”
Biff felt the well of emotions break through her. Rage.. huge rage built inside her as her tail lashed out. “… fine… FINE! I can find some other girl!”
“Do you still find girl’s attractive?” Sarah asked curiously.
“Of course I do!” Biff insisted.
“...really? Have you actually tried looking at some porn?”
Biff grimaced. “It’s not as if- well- I can’t access computers that well...”
“...before you make assertions that you love me… that you can still find me attractive… you should probably make sure you would still be happy with a girl...”
Andrew was pushed out of the bush with a pop. Once again her body was that of the green haired girl with the long snake tail. Her hand was sore from.. from Alice’s grip. She stared at the other two animal people. “You- You- you could have gone home! Why did you!”
Alice shrugged. “I got you here, I am not going to just leave you. It’s my fault.” Her voice a soft quiver.
“I wasn’t going to leave you either,” Mikey admitted. “We’re all here… we’ll find a way back. Why didn’t it work?”
“I think the bush is too small,” Andrew admitted. “At least on this side it is.. with my snake tail.”
“So maybe we just need to find a bigger one?” Mikey thought. “Should be plenty...”
Alice however looked a bit worried. “It’s- it’s not quite that easy. It’s got to be one that I know… I know this one um- I don’t know…”
