{"id":199,"date":"2014-01-16T16:16:31","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T00:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hidden-shelf.com\/?p=199"},"modified":"2014-01-17T08:36:29","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T16:36:29","slug":"shifting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hidden-shelf.com\/?p=199","title":{"rendered":"Shifting"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em>So, there&#8217;s an artist I like on DeviantArt &#8211; wwbot (http:\/\/wwbot.deviantart.com\/). \u00a0Yesterday he made a piece of art that I liked quite a lot: \u00a0http:\/\/www.deviantart.com\/art\/Shifting-427194669. \u00a0Today I apparently decided to write a story around it. \u00a0I meant to create just a little scene description for him to put under the image but I guess I can&#8217;t write short things well. \u00a0So, here&#8217;s a story for it. \u00a0&#8220;Shifting.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;ll be $31.23.\u00a0 Cash or card?&#8221;\u00a0 The cashier asked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh, gosh, card.\u00a0 Debit card.&#8221;\u00a0 The young woman answered.\u00a0 Around her, customers browsed and laughed and made lewd comments to each other while holding up various outfits.\u00a0 Tara blushed as she watched them from the corner of her eyes.\u00a0 It was her first experience in a Halloween store and she&#8217;d had no idea how many skimpy outfits were available.<\/p>\n<p>The cashier handed Tara a large plastic bag with a smile.\u00a0 &#8220;Here you go, miss.\u00a0 Your receipt is in the bag.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Th&#8230; thank you.\u00a0 Have a good Halloween!&#8221;\u00a0 Tara said, shyly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You, too,&#8221; the cashier beamed.<\/p>\n<p>Halfway to the bus stop, Tara&#8217;s phone buzzed in her purse.\u00a0 The young woman juggled her bag and purse with a small &#8216;eek&#8217; as she tried to fish out the cellphone.\u00a0 &#8220;Hello?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tara!\u00a0 It&#8217;s Steph!\u00a0 Hey girl, did you get an outfit?\u00a0 You&#8217;re still coming, right?\u00a0 You promised this year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I- Hey Stephanie.\u00a0 Yes, Yes, I&#8217;m still coming.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The girl on the phone squealed.\u00a0 &#8220;Yes!\u00a0 I finally got you to do it!\u00a0 Did you get a costume?\u00a0 Please tell me you got a good one?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Stephanie.\u00a0 There were so many.\u00a0 Did you know there is such a thing as a sexy bee costume?\u00a0 I thought it was a cute little bee thing but it&#8217;s just tight black panties and a black and yellow bra with wings.\u00a0 They&#8217;re all like that, Stephanie!&#8221;\u00a0 Tara&#8217;s cheeks blushed as she remembered a woman stepping out of the fitting room while wearing a &#8216;sexy fox&#8217; costume.\u00a0 She&#8217;d yelled out &#8216;What the fox say?!&#8217; and her friends all laughed and giggled with her.\u00a0 It was even more skimpy than the bee costume.<\/p>\n<p>Laughter echoed over the phone.\u00a0 &#8220;Girl, you should see what I&#8217;m going to wear.\u00a0 Sexy secret agent.\u00a0 No bra and all the way open down the front to show off the girls.\u00a0 And tight enough to show the freckles on my ass.\u00a0 If I don&#8217;t get laid tonight then there&#8217;s something fucking wrong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Stephanie, that&#8217;s not funny.\u00a0 What happened to Rick?\u00a0 Aren&#8217;t you two still going out?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rick?\u00a0 We broke up last week.\u00a0 He&#8217;s nice and all but a dud in the bedroom.\u00a0 I invited Jonathon over.\u00a0 Do you remember him? He used to go to high school with us but then he moved away.\u00a0 I found him on Facebook and he said he&#8217;ll be in town to visit his parents and, damn, he&#8217;s looking good these days.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll tie him to a chair and interrogate his sexy ass.&#8221;\u00a0 Stephanie&#8217;s laughter bubbled over the phone again and Tara blushed.\u00a0 &#8220;So, what&#8217;d you get?\u00a0 Tell me you got something good, Tara. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hold on,&#8221; Tara answered.\u00a0 The young girl stood as her bus stopped in front of her.\u00a0 Mouthing &#8216;hello&#8217; to the bus drive, Tara made her way to the back.\u00a0 &#8220;I&#8230; Stephanie,&#8221; Tara whispered.\u00a0 &#8220;I couldn&#8217;t do it.\u00a0 You know me.\u00a0 It took everything I had to agree to go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh my god.\u00a0 Please tell me you got something sexy.\u00a0 Please, Tara.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I, well, no.\u00a0 Yes? \u00a0No.\u00a0 I got a onesie.\u00a0 A mouse onesie.\u00a0 It&#8217;s so cute, Stephanie.\u00a0 And I think it fits me and my personality.\u00a0 Mousey?\u00a0 Quiet and out of the way.\u00a0 Oh gosh, it has little ears and a tail and everything!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A onesie.\u00a0 You got a onesie for a Halloween party.\u00a0 Does it show off- no, it wouldn&#8217;t.\u00a0 This is Tara I&#8217;m talking about.\u00a0 Tara, sweetheart, you&#8217;re not ugly. If you wanted a guy, you&#8217;d get a guy.\u00a0 Why don&#8217;t you let loose once in a while?&#8221;\u00a0 The exasperation in Stephanie&#8217;s voice was clear over the small phone as Tara rode the bus back to her house.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh, Stephanie.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t- I&#8217;m not ready yet.&#8221;\u00a0 Tara pushed her glasses up with the tip of her pinky finger.\u00a0 &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to rush into anything and I&#8217;ll eventually find someone.\u00a0 I&#8217;m just-&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shy.\u00a0 You&#8217;re shy, Tara.\u00a0 I know.\u00a0 The mouse costume fits you and I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll look really cute in it.\u00a0 It&#8217;s just that we&#8217;re not going for cute here.\u00a0 Look, the party starts in a couple hours.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll send Jonathon over to pick you up early and you can grab a drink or two to relax.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can get a bus-&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, Jonathon will get you.\u00a0 He&#8217;s a nice guy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But-&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No.\u00a0 Jonathon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Stephanie, come on.\u00a0 And you know I don&#8217;t like to drink.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tara, sweetheart, you&#8217;re drinking.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not going to have you in the corner sipping juice in your mouse onesie while everyone gets all stupid drunk.\u00a0 You promised.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But-&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gotta go!\u00a0 Jonathon&#8217;s here!\u00a0 Don&#8217;t worry &#8211; no naughty stuff until later.\u00a0 Too many people around right now.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll send him off to you soon.\u00a0 Mwuah!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tara sighed, laying back against the bus seat.\u00a0 <i>I shouldn&#8217;t go.\u00a0 Oh my gosh, it&#8217;s going to be terrible.\u00a0 So many people.\u00a0 I won&#8217;t even know them.\u00a0 Why in the world am I going?<\/i>\u00a0 Briefly she considered canceling but a promise was a promise and she&#8217;d sworn to go.\u00a0 Tara pulled the small handle to signal her stop.\u00a0 The bus squeaked to a stop as Tara made her way to the front.\u00a0 The girl smiled at the bus driver, thanking him for the ride.<\/p>\n<p>The bus kneeled with a hydraulic hiss and Tara clutched her purchase to her chest as she exited.\u00a0 The moon lay fat and full on the horizon, murky yellow and dim of light.\u00a0 Tara shivered as her breath steamed in the air.\u00a0 She hated this time of year &#8211; the scary movies and decorations always made her uncomfortable.\u00a0 Usually she would curl up in bed with her outside light off and read some happy little novel.\u00a0 Her current book was about a woman&#8217;s experiences in college.\u00a0 It was both hilarious and sweet and she was even able to make it past the semi-steamy parts without blushing too hard.\u00a0 <i>At least the party will be bright and full of laughter and fun,<\/i> she told herself.\u00a0 <i>Not gloomy and scary or anything.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>With a turn of her key, the door unlocked and Tara let herself in.\u00a0 The woman dropped her purse before turning her heater on for the evening.\u00a0 Glancing at the clock, she muttered under her breath at how little time she had before the party started.\u00a0 With the store&#8217;s bag in hand, Tara made her way to her bathroom, turning lights on as she walked through the house.\u00a0 The young woman placed her bag on the edge of the bathroom sink.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So much to do still,&#8221; Tara told herself.\u00a0 The young woman stepped to the bath tub to turn on the water.\u00a0 It took the old water heater a while to work and she wanted it nice and hot for her shower.\u00a0 Kicking off her shoes, Tara reached down to pull off her white and blue Doctor Who themed socks.\u00a0 She smiled at them &#8211; her favorite pair.\u00a0 The new season had just started and she missed Matt Smith already.\u00a0 Capaldi just seemed so serious.\u00a0 But, she was just a few episodes in to the new season and she felt like she needed to give him time to develop.\u00a0 She&#8217;d thought Matt Smith was goofy and weird when he first showed up but then fell in love with him over the seasons.\u00a0 The young woman fingered the small silver TARDIS on her necklace as she pulled her costume from her bag.\u00a0 She wished she&#8217;d been brave enough to buy a cat costume &#8211; she&#8217;d briefly considered dressing\u00a0 up as one of the cat nurses from Doctor Who.\u00a0 But, the only cat costumes were Tigress bikini ones and she had no idea how to sew or make her own clothes.<\/p>\n<p>Holding up the light gray mouse costume, Tara smiled to herself.\u00a0 <i>It is perfect.\u00a0 A mouse costume for a mousey girl.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll sip a single glass of wine the entire night and say hello to Stephanie and then she&#8217;ll forget about me with all those other people there.\u00a0 And that&#8217;s just fine by me.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll have my phone to play with and then I&#8217;ll just sneak off without a sound.<\/i>\u00a0 She set the costume down to stare in the mirror, checking for any obvious pimples.\u00a0 Tara gathered her shoulder-length black hair into one hand, moving it to her back before releasing it.\u00a0 Her simple brown eyes flicked over her round chin, smooth cheekbones and slightly pointed nose.\u00a0 <i>And it&#8217;ll give me a good chance to watch everyone,<\/i> she continued.\u00a0 <i>Staring at them.\u00a0 In all those shorts and panties and outfits.\u00a0 Showing everything off without shame.\u00a0 Mmmmm.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Tara brushed a loose hair back behind her ear and then winced in pain.\u00a0 Something had cut into her and she gingerly touched the side of her head.\u00a0 She felt blood but nothing hiding in her hair that could&#8217;ve caused it.\u00a0 The young woman leaned in closer to her mirror, pulling her hair away from the side of her head.\u00a0 Blood seeped from a thin line cut in her skin.\u00a0 Absent mindedly, she brought her finger to her mouth to suck the blood off and a quiet growl purred low in her throat at the taste.\u00a0 <i>There&#8217;s nothing there.\u00a0 That&#8217;s weird.\u00a0 I was-<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Sharp pain lanced into her ear and Tara gripped the bathroom sink as the world titled before her eyes. The woman&#8217;s stomach protested the sudden shift in her reality and a cold sweat broke out on the back of her neck and her forehead.\u00a0 And then, as suddenly as it appeared, it was gone.\u00a0 Tara groaned as the vertigo fled from her head and stomach.\u00a0 She pressed her hand on the back of her head as she breathed slowly in and out through her nose.\u00a0 She felt cold and clammy and&#8230; <i>fuzzy?\u00a0 <\/i>She wondered.\u00a0 Tara glanced at the back of her hand.\u00a0 Fine black hair lined her knuckles and the area around her wrist.\u00a0 <i>What the hell?\u00a0 <\/i>She thought, the curse slipping unnoticed through her mind.<\/p>\n<p>A dog barked in the distance and Tara felt her ears twitch in response.\u00a0 The shower suddenly roared with the volume of a waterfall and the woman twirled, her heart racing.\u00a0 The sound abated, lowering to a louder than normal &#8216;shushing&#8217; sound but the girl stared at it.\u00a0 Around her, the house groaned.\u00a0 The heater warmed the cold wood in the floor and walls and it shifted around her, croaking and moaning like an old pirate ship hiding in the mist.\u00a0 The dog continued to bark and another joined in as Tara&#8217;s eyes flicked around the suddenly unfamiliar house.\u00a0 It&#8217;d never sounded like this.\u00a0 Everything had a high-pitched edge to it and a volume she couldn&#8217;t understand.\u00a0 Glass windows screeched minutely and she heard the sound of every single car that passed.\u00a0 &#8220;Will someone&#8230; will someone make that dog be quiet?&#8221;\u00a0 She said, her voice loud with fear.<\/p>\n<p>The tips of Tara&#8217;s ears pushed away from her head.\u00a0 Slowly, cartilage and skin moved, opening her ears to allow for better hearing.\u00a0 Sounds whistled and groaned and roared and screamed around her as the skin of her ears thinned and grew until they were inches longer and tipped with a fine point.\u00a0 Tara felt her hair move around her growing ears but the steadily increasing volume of the world around her held her complete attention.\u00a0 &#8220;The&#8230; the dogs,&#8221; she said.\u00a0 &#8220;Someone, please, the dogs!\u00a0 It&#8217;s too loud!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Goosebumps rode along the length of the woman&#8217;s spine, raising flesh all the way to the base of her neck.\u00a0 In response, more small black hairs pushed through the flesh at the back of her neck and around her spine.\u00a0 One or two hairs became three and five and ten and more.\u00a0 Tara nervously scratched at her neck, barely noticing as two black claws scratched bloody marks into her skin.\u00a0 While she scratched, three more fingernails fell away as deadly claws pushed through the suddenly empty nail beds &#8211; long and curved and tipped with a razor sharp point.\u00a0 The timbre of the dog&#8217;s barking changed.\u00a0 They sounded frantic to her ears now.\u00a0 No longer just barking but emoting, telling the world they were mad and scared and something was wrong.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Somebody&#8230; somebody!\u00a0 SOMEBODY SHUT THOSE GODDAMNED DOGS UP!&#8221;\u00a0 Tara screamed.\u00a0 Blood dribbled from the edge of the woman&#8217;s mouth.\u00a0 With a sickening crunch, she felt her throat seize up.\u00a0 Tara&#8217;s eyes widened in fear as breathing became impossible.\u00a0 Air whistled from her throat and she fell to her knees, fingers around her throat while she tried, in a panic, to force air into her lungs.\u00a0 Something popped in her neck.\u00a0 Flesh slid through her fingers as her neck lengthened.\u00a0 Another popping \u00a0followed a crunch as muscles in her neck continued growing, pushing her head further from her shoulders.\u00a0 Vertebra and veins and nerve endings attached themselves to her spine as it lengthened.\u00a0 With a third pop, Tara&#8217;s throat relaxed and air flooded her throat.\u00a0 She tasted blood and spit and her tongue unrolled from her mouth as she panted in the warm air.\u00a0 Long and flat and thick, her tongue made a circuit of her mouth and then lolled out again, laying against her chin while she gasped for the warm, moist air.<\/p>\n<p>The fine hairs along her neck continued to sprout, more and more growing up the new expanse of flesh until a black mane ran from the base of her hair to between her shoulders.\u00a0 The change in perspective from the longer neck was subtle but noticeable; everything seemed slightly further away and a little off.\u00a0 Her long, flared out wolf ears twitched in fear.\u00a0 The black fur on the back of her neck crept up along the side of her hair to her jawline and then up to her larger ears.<\/p>\n<p>Tara suddenly cried out in pain as her lower back cracked with a sickening, bone breaking sound.\u00a0 Falling to the ground, she weakly picked her head up to look back.\u00a0 The longer neck allowed her to watch as her hips slowly pushed away from her body.\u00a0 She could see the bones of her spine pressing against her skin.\u00a0 Wincing in pain, she closed her eyes and laid her head on the ground.\u00a0 Something moved on her hands and she looked at them.\u00a0 &#8220;What&#8217;s, oh god, what&#8217;s happening to me?&#8221;\u00a0 She cried.\u00a0 Tara&#8217;s necklace came free from her thickened neck with a snap of the faux silver chain.<\/p>\n<p>Trace amounts of blood leaked from under the fingernails of her left hand. \u00a0With a faint &#8216;click&#8217; noise that tickled her sensitive ears, she watched as claws as black and sharp as the ones on her right hand tore through her fingernails, pushing them aside.\u00a0 The bones of her hand were twisting, shifting, moving under the skin.\u00a0 She could feel muscle tearing within her hand as both of them stretched, pushing her fingers away from her thumbs as they lengthened into long paws.\u00a0 Underneath the fingers and on the palms of her hands, skin darkened into a dull black.\u00a0 She could see the callouses forming under that dark skin as she lay, listening to her back pop and grow.\u00a0 &#8220;It hurts,&#8221; she whispered through the pain.\u00a0 Tears leaked from her eyes.\u00a0 Small slices of yellow coloring speckled her irises.\u00a0\u00a0 Like dawn rising over the hills, the yellow bloomed from the center of her eyes until they nearly glowed in the light.\u00a0 &#8220;It fucking hurts,&#8221; she cursed between breaths.<\/p>\n<p>The hair on the back of her hands was thickening into black fur.\u00a0 Tara gasped as her entire body suddenly flushed with warmth.\u00a0 With the heat came an odd sensitivity.\u00a0 Her clothes rasped harshly against her skin.\u00a0 Her teeth felt on edge from the way they fit and touched her.\u00a0 Tara sat up, groaning as unfamiliar back muscles held her longer body erect.\u00a0 The bottom of her simple top lay high above her waist and she curved her longer neck to look down at the taut flesh of her belly.\u00a0 Tara groaned, hooking her sharp claws into the top of her shirt and, pressing down, she felt her bra.\u00a0 The woman pulled and her claws tore through the fabric.\u00a0 Pulling harder, she sliced and yanked, throwing both bra and yellow shirt away from her.\u00a0\u00a0 Tara purred, rolling her long neck as she exposed herself to the air; it was almost sensual in the way the moist air caressed her naked body.\u00a0 Her small pink nipples hardened suddenly and she groaned in appreciation.\u00a0 The thick tuft of fur along her neck crept down her naked back and again, the sensation was incredibly erotic to her suddenly over-sensitive body.<\/p>\n<p>With little hesitation, Tara fumbled at the zipper on the side of her short skirt.\u00a0 Her long hands were awkward on the material and she couldn&#8217;t work the zipper carefully.\u00a0 With each try, an unfamiliar anger burned hotter and hotter deep in her chest.\u00a0 &#8220;Stupid&#8230; stupid&#8230;.&#8221; she growled.\u00a0 &#8220;Fucking&#8230; Goddamned zipper&#8230; FUCK!&#8221;\u00a0 Tara tore, slicing both flesh and fabric with her claws.\u00a0 She hissed at the pain and then leaned over to lick at the wounds with her thick wolf&#8217;s tongue.\u00a0 The same deep growling purr resonated through her body at the taste.\u00a0 Grabbing the tattered skirt, she pulled and threw it to the side.<\/p>\n<p>The heated, moist air of the shower tickled the fur growing along her back and Tara shivered in return.\u00a0 She looked to the living room with her golden eyes.\u00a0 The heat within her rose higher and she panted again.\u00a0 <i>I need something cooler.\u00a0 Too hot.\u00a0 It&#8217;s too hot here.<\/i>\u00a0 The human side of her told her to stand walk to the living room but the emerging wolf scoffed.\u00a0 Tara went to hands and knees and slunk into the living room, long body swaying with each movement.\u00a0 Stopping near her couch, she sat back, leg tucked behind her.\u00a0 She looked down again.\u00a0 <i>Breasts.\u00a0 Small breasts, her mind said.\u00a0 Two?\u00a0 Two breasts?\u00a0 Why&#8230; hard to&#8230; think&#8230;<\/i>She hefted her small, slightly drooping breasts and then explored the long expanse of her stomach.\u00a0 Something felt wrong to her but she couldn&#8217;t place it.<\/p>\n<p>Tara&#8217;s feet were a sudden bright point of pain.\u00a0 Like her hands, the bones within her feet felt like they were melting, reforging into a longer mold.\u00a0 She watched with her teeth gnashed together as her toes pushed out.\u00a0 Bone screeched in her feet as the skin stretched to accommodate.\u00a0 Her small toe on each foot stayed in place as her feet lengthened into paws.\u00a0 As the front of the foot moved, three spots of black appeared in a triangle shape at the ball of her foot.\u00a0 Slowly, the spots puffed out and grew into thick black padding until all three touched and merged into a wolf&#8217;s padded paw.\u00a0 More black spots appeared on the bottom of eight of her toes as her wolf&#8217;s claws sliced through the delicate flesh behind her toenails.\u00a0 Her little toes shrunk on her feet until they were barely exposed.\u00a0 Smaller claws pushed through as her dewclaws grew into place.\u00a0 Something cracked mid-foot as the bones adjusted to allow her to stand properly, on paws rather than feet.<\/p>\n<p>The heat from her core pulsed down and Tara moaned, feeling the muscles within her pussy relax.\u00a0 She felt the liquid within her pool in lazy excitement.\u00a0 With each deep throb in her lower belly, her nipples ached in return.\u00a0 Tara reached a paw down to the soft wetness between her thighs.\u00a0 Carefully, she dredged a thick clawed finger between her folds, shifting and groaning as her lips parted wetly.\u00a0 As if in response to the sensation, six black points appeared along her stomach.\u00a0 Tara&#8217;s fading intelligence made her rub harder in hopes it would bring the six developing nipples faster.\u00a0 The new nipples pushed forth from her body and the woman felt pinching pain beneath each of them as her milk came in.\u00a0 Two of the six leaked a drop of pink milk, blood mixed with the white.<\/p>\n<p>Fine hairs grew among her short, spiky pubic hair.\u00a0 The soft black hairs sprouted quickly, covering her pussy as she grunted, rubbing herself harder and harder.\u00a0 Pussy juices made the growing fur slick, holding her scent and flooding the room with the smell of her sex.\u00a0 The fur around her pussy grew thicker and thicker before racing up to cover her hard, lithe lower belly.\u00a0 She could feel the fur along the smooth skin of her wrist and the way she pulled at it with her dense, clawed fingers as she masturbated.\u00a0 The folds of her pussy darkened while she rubbed, the engorged lips growing denser and larger to accommodate a possible mate and his knot.\u00a0 Tara plunged her finger insider her dripping wet hole in sudden excitement at the thought of a mate mounting her.<\/p>\n<p>The black fur along her spine reached the base of her back and, suddenly, flesh bulged out into a point.\u00a0 Muscle and tissue dimpled out to a furry black tip as the beginning of Tara&#8217;s tail grew in.\u00a0 She could feel the way everything pulled and pressed and a deep aching pressure made her leg go numb as nerves rearranged themselves on her spine.\u00a0 The tip of her tail wagged slowly back and forth as it grew.\u00a0 The rough black padding of her finger pressed on Tara&#8217;s clit and she smiled.\u00a0 As she did, her teeth cracked and her four canine teeth pushed further from her gums.\u00a0 All four teeth came to deadly points and Tara pulled her hand from between her legs, clenching it as intense pain suddenly bloomed in her head.\u00a0 Her damp black hair hung loosely to the side of her side.<\/p>\n<p>She opened her mouth with her eyebrows knit, whining in pain.\u00a0 <i>It.\u00a0 Hurt.\u00a0 Hurt.\u00a0 Pain.\u00a0 <\/i>Human thoughts faded slowly as the changes reached deep into her head.\u00a0 Tara growled, slowly working her long neck back and forth.\u00a0 The woman&#8217;s lips blackened over her white teeth.\u00a0 A gentle crunch sounded from the bridge of her nose as It bulged and then flattened, drawing down into the lips of her mouth.\u00a0 Black flooded up into her nose and she licked at it, feeling the cold, pebbled texture of it.\u00a0 Fur from her jawline grew along her cheeks, disappearing into her hair as it slowly covered her face.<\/p>\n<p>Tara shuddered, whining and growling in pain as her face pushed away from her head.\u00a0 She watched her nose appear in front of her yellow eyes.\u00a0 Her black, flat wet nose glistening in the light as fur marched down the long muzzle to cover the naked flesh.\u00a0 Tara gnashed her jaws together, yipping in pain as more teeth pushed through her gums until her muzzle was lined completely.\u00a0 She grit her new, flat molars together and then shook her head, feeling her long human hair play against the thick mane of fur at the back of her neck.<\/p>\n<p>The young woman froze as someone knocked on her door.\u00a0 She could smell the other person now that she focused.\u00a0 She closed her eyes and breathed deeply, taking in the scent of the male, feeling drool pool at the corner of her mouth.\u00a0 With a lazy, wolfish smile, she touched her furred clit and wondered what to do.\u00a0 Fur continued to grow from her crotch down her smooth legs.\u00a0 The knock came again and Tara huffed, dropping to her hands and feet.\u00a0 Her short tail wagged behind her, five inches from the base of her spine, covered in thick black fur and still growing.\u00a0 She padded to the door, sniffing along the way, feeling the texture of her fur on the naked, fleshy parts of her body.\u00a0 Pausing in front of the door, Tara cocked her head.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hey, hello?&#8221;\u00a0 The man&#8217;s voice called out.\u00a0 &#8220;It&#8217;s Jonathon.\u00a0 Stephanie told me to come out.\u00a0 Are you there?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The doorknob turned slightly as the man tried to open the door.\u00a0 Tara&#8217;s foggy mind was trying to tell her something but she sat back on her haunches, confused.\u00a0 Her sex leaked, aching to be touched.\u00a0 She sniffed the air again as her growing tail thumped the ground quietly.\u00a0 The male would mount her but how to get him in?\u00a0 The foggy thought came again and Tara whined.\u00a0 Reaching with an awkward paw, she gripped at the doorknob.\u00a0 <i>No. Not.<\/i>\u00a0 She looked up.\u00a0 Fur sprouted around her shoulders while she reached up, pushing the deadbolt.\u00a0 Her tongue lolled out and she growled slightly in frustration.\u00a0 Once, twice, three times she pushed at the deadbolt until it clicked open.\u00a0 Tara let out an excited, happy huff and then stared at the door again. \u00a0Thankfully, the male on the other side worked the doorknob and she moved behind it as it opened.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathon stepped through the door with a cautious &#8220;Hello?&#8221;\u00a0 Tara pushed the door closed with her shoulder and the man turned.\u00a0 His expectant smile turned to fear as he looked down to see Tara sitting back on her furry ass.\u00a0 His mind impossibly saw a very black dog but the furred human breasts and pieces of skin with no fur made him stumble back.<\/p>\n<p>Tara leapt; tail wagging as she crashed into the male.\u00a0 He yelled as his head slammed against the carpet and his eyes became unfocused.\u00a0 Tara lay astride him on her hands and knees, her tail wriggling happily in the air behind her.\u00a0 She could smell him.\u00a0 He was excited.\u00a0 From before.\u00a0 She could smell a bit of his scent on his cock.\u00a0 The smell of his seed.\u00a0 Tara whined and pressed her hips down on his crotch.\u00a0 The woman buried her muzzle into the man&#8217;s shoulder, nipping and licking at his flesh.\u00a0 Harder she rubbed against him as the urge built within her.\u00a0 She was incredibly riled up and the male excited her.\u00a0 As she rubbed, she felt him grow harder and his cock pressed against her clit.\u00a0 Tara gasped, pressing her hips down until she found the right angle.\u00a0 She humped the male, panting with her need as his erect cock pressed on her engorged, furry pussy through the rough material of his blue jeans.\u00a0 A growl escaped her lips and she lowered herself, pressing her small, furry breasts against the man&#8217;s shirt, clawed fingers flat on the ground beside the man&#8217;s head.\u00a0 In her passion, she bit at him, drawing blood that she quickly lapped up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wha.. what&#8217;s&#8230;&#8221; The man moaned as his eyes refocused.\u00a0 &#8220;What the fuck!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tara growled, gripping her claws into the man as he tried to get away from her.\u00a0 The sharp nails made the male instantly freeze as her pace quickened.\u00a0 Grunting and huffing, her rhythm became erratic the closer she came to her orgasm.\u00a0 Tara pressed her lips to the male&#8217;s neck as the heat raged through her body.\u00a0 Her orgasm came suddenly and the woman gasped, as it poured into her, filling her gut with electricity and heat.\u00a0 She bit at the male again and he cursed at her.\u00a0 With her body temporarily weak from the orgasm, she relaxed and the male scrambled away.\u00a0 She sat up on her forearms, watching him, licking her black lips at the bulge pressing against his pants.\u00a0 The entire front of the man&#8217;s pants was soaked with her cum and she could smell both of them &#8211; her juices and his excitement from earlier and now.\u00a0 Despite his fear, he couldn&#8217;t help but be roused.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I- ugh!&#8221;\u00a0 The man&#8217;s stubble erupted into brown fur along his face.\u00a0 She watched as he clenched his hands, tendons standing out as his hands lengthened into paws.\u00a0 The man pressed his hands against the side of his head, howling in pain while his canine teeth lengthened into proper fangs.\u00a0 Black claws pressed through his fingers, shoving fingernails aside as they grew in.\u00a0 &#8220;No!\u00a0 No!&#8221;\u00a0 The man screamed, drool flinging through the air as his face pushed forward into a hairless muzzle.\u00a0 The brown fur on his jaw ran up to cover the lengthening muzzle, reaching his suddenly black nose.<\/p>\n<p>With a roar, the male tore his t-shirt apart, exposing his chest.\u00a0 Patches of brown fur sprouted along his body and he fell to his hands and knees.\u00a0 Tara&#8217;s sensitive ears picked out little pops and the sound of bone against bone as the man&#8217;s neck lengthened.\u00a0 Brown fur quickly covered his neck as it lengthened.\u00a0 Further and further it pushed until he opened her eyes to look at her, pain and confusion and dwindling human intelligence plain on his animalistic face.\u00a0 &#8220;Wrrr&#8230; Wrrrr?&#8221;\u00a0 The man tried to ask.\u00a0 More cracks sounded along the male&#8217;s furry back and he howled, scratching at his pants with now awkward claws until he was ripping and shredding the material, leaving long strips of denims on the floor along his legs.<\/p>\n<p>The sweat soaked scent of the male&#8217;s cock flooded the room and Tara growled in approval.\u00a0 Her heat rose again, forcing her to her knees.\u00a0 The woman spread her furry thighs to rub herself while she watched the male change.\u00a0 The slightly pointed, reddened tip of the man&#8217;s cock pressed above the man&#8217;s underwear.\u00a0 Tara&#8217;s fingers rubbed harder as she watched Jonathon&#8217;s underwear swell over his manhood.\u00a0 The male whined, growling\u00a0 as he pushed at the underwear, exposing his developing knot and throbbing wolf&#8217;s cock.\u00a0 Veins stood out on the man&#8217;s dick as it swelled, growing thicker and longer above a brown furred sheath.\u00a0 Jonathon rolled his head, pushing at the ground with his paws while vertebra and muscles grew at the base of his spine, forcing his body longer.<\/p>\n<p>Tara sighed as another, smaller orgasm rolled pleasantly through her body.\u00a0 The changing scent of the male was driving her wild.\u00a0 She wanted him and he was almost finished.\u00a0 The woman turned, falling to her hands and knees, spreading her thighs.\u00a0 She lowered her chest while raising her hips, arching her long back as she offered herself to the male.\u00a0 Tara turned, using her longer animal neck to look back, her eyes clouded with need.<\/p>\n<p>The male stood on shaky, furred legs, sniffing the air.\u00a0 When his eyes focused on her, Tara whined and spread her legs further apart.\u00a0 The fur along her upper thighs and ass was thick but her scent was strong.\u00a0 The male&#8217;s member was huge and red &#8211; angry looking in the light.\u00a0 She desperately wanted him inside of her.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathon dropped to his hands and feet to walk over to Tara.\u00a0 The young woman closed her eyes in a slow sigh as the male pressed his muzzle between her legs, pressing his cold nose against her wetness.\u00a0 She rocked her hips back, encouraging him and then purring when his thick, raspy tongue licked up her swollen, soaked sex.\u00a0 Over and over the male licked with neither grace or delicateness.\u00a0 Pressure built quickly within her but she knew it wouldn&#8217;t be enough. Reaching under herself, she tried to touch her clit but couldn&#8217;t reach.\u00a0 Tara hunched her longer frame, reaching further and further until she yipped in pleasure as her thick claw pressed against her clit.\u00a0 Pressing her muzzle against the ground, the woman rubbed herself in furious circles as the male licked and bit at her swollen lips.\u00a0 His strong hands pressed into her inner thighs through her thick fur as he held her open for his tongue.\u00a0 Tara felt his hot breath behind her but a sudden white hot orgasm crashed into her and she howled as her body shook from it.<\/p>\n<p>Wasting no time, the male came up and behind her.\u00a0 Again, she felt heat rise in her as Jonathon&#8217;s thick cock pressed against the base of her tail.\u00a0 He fumbled, holding himself by his knot, pressing himself into her and she felt his tip seeking her pussy.\u00a0 Tara raised her hips just as he found her asshole and the male&#8217;s tip slipped down between her wet folds.\u00a0 Her wolf&#8217;s enlarged pussy opened completely for the male and she pressed back, feeling the muscles just inside her opening stretch to take the baseball sized knot.\u00a0 Tara&#8217;s slick vaginal muscles gripped around the male&#8217;s cock, clenching and tightening around him.<\/p>\n<p>Tara pushed her up to her elbows as she pushed back, forcing the male deeper into her, growling in pain as her pussy opened wider and wider, threatening to split.\u00a0 <i>More,<\/i> her simple mind told her.\u00a0 <i>More.\u00a0 More.<\/i>\u00a0 With a shriek of pain, mixed with pleasure the male&#8217;s knot pushed past her opening.\u00a0 Tara&#8217;s pussy immediately closed behind it and she gasped at the feeling of being nearly completely full.\u00a0 The knot pressed on her clit while his entire cock filled her tight, virgin pussy.\u00a0 Her eight nipples ached to be touched and kissed and licked and bitten but all she knew was the pleasure and need consuming her.\u00a0 The male bit at the 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