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Become one with your inner kitty..

Colche awoke very slowly. An uncomfortable itching was spreading accross her legs , reaching her claws sown she raked at the uncomfortabl;e heat thatw as spreading fronm her back in a line down her legs. "Mmmunuh" she mumbled, still sleepy, the heat inside the little lean to made her smile a little, the two guys, one on either side of her, had kept her warm and dry through the damp night "nyah" she muttered, her brow creasing as at last, her eyes decided they had to be open. "hnn" she itched irritably at her calves twitching this way and that, bumping in tot he two men, certainly waking them for she moved so irratically.

Sleepy blue eyes were soon wider than a pair of dish plates though and she cried out, her voice not human, it was the sound of an injured animal, the call of a big cat in dire pain. Her legs, her calves and toes were starting, ever so slowly to elongate as the hot, burning itching continued to run down her arms and legs. "owah!" she called looking around herself frantically, where was Aubrey? Was she back in the dark place again? No, she was on the island but Aubrey wasn't there "Aubrey!" she cried, large, wet tears rolling down her cheeks as she thrashed about inside the tiny lean to, her new changes slowly taking place. "Aweh!"

Avery did not wake immediately. In fact, he tried to stay asleep as long as possible, dreaming of being at home, in his warm and dry bed. But the constant shifting and twitching from Colche didn't let him stay asleep for long; he woke slowly, yawing. At Colche's first cry, his eyes flew open and he jerked his body away from her in surprise, staring at her in shock.

"What the--" the words died on his lips when he saw what was happening to the girl. Avery watched, horrified, as her body began changing. What the ******** is going on!? What the hell is happening to her!? Avery was too shocked and afraid to help her, and he stayed as far away as he could get from her inside the lean-to. He knew he should try and do something to help, but he just couldn't make his body move.

Tears continued to run down her cheeks as she finally felt a movement beside ehr and huge, innocent, frightened blue eyes looked at Avery, her body was tence, her mucles taught, the sinew in ehr legs looking like it would snap at any second. She croed out again, rolling to her knees, her hair dangling down in long, ropey lines, hiding the expression upon her face. "argnayw!" The sound was a cross between a yowl and a human ouch, her fingers raked and dug deeply in to the soil beneath the lean to, her back arching painfully as something tugged at her back end.

Looking at Avery in an obstenate fashion she realised it wasn't him pulling, any dreams of the beach and running with the wind had been dashed from her mind as her tail started to slowly, surely, elongate. She caleld out and cried softly, whispering for Aubrey every so often in a tight, strangled, childish cry of a voice "uhmmuweh" she sniffled, the lightning sharp pains which ran up and down her spine making her moan until her throat was dry and sore.

At last it seemed her tail had grown to it's expance, touching the ground though it lay still, it burnt painfully, the newly formed bones soft and sore. Managing to stay kneeling was becoming a chore, her body trembled,s he was frightened, sore, exhausted but it wasn't over quite yet, her face started to ich, to grow that short, kitty muzzle, the fur stretching accross ehr face coveruing her cheeks and forehead, her ears shifting slightly moving towards the top of her head, the fur sprouting in thick plumes there. Finally, she piked up the scent of the people around her. The brawn, burly scent of rex, the sweet, slightly femenine scent of avery, the breath of wet bodies and wet fur, tangled against each other, the thick, heady scent of sweat filling the air surrounded by the mysty air of warmish, dampness upon the islands rich jungly soils.

Her tongue lolled from ehr moth as she panted, her eyes turned on the ground, her limbs dithering begging for heer to lay down once again but her body burned, she hurt all over, her mucles and bones felt like somone was pricking them with thousands of tiny needles. "uhmm" she managed to mumble, tears rolling tot he ground in large dropletts "Aubrey" she whispered just managing to hold herself up a little trembling heap inside the lean to "Aubrey.."

Oh God, oh my God - she's changing, this is what they go through when they transform - how could someone do something so horrible to these people!? Thoughts raced through Avery's head as he sat, frozen in place from fear. He watched the woman crying in front of him, fur growing over more of her body, tail growing longer and even her claws appeared sharper, more threatening - at least to him. He could only just see her face through her long hair, the muzzle growing and nose changing.

What should I do!? Avery thought, panicked. Who can help her? Could anyone help her? When Colche's transformation appeared to slow down, Avery slowly moved a little closer to the girl, reaching out a trembling hand and placing it on her furry shoulder. "Are you--" Avery's sentence broke off, and he swallowed thickly, trying to speak, his voice shaky. "Are you alright..?" he whispered, realizing what a stupid question that was only after he asked it. Of course she isn't alright...

Colche's breath came thick and heavy for a long, quiet time, her eyes bulging her chest obviously heaving. The touch on her shoulderthough braught her back to reality and though her eyes still streamed with tears she just, saw the person before her and colapsed in to their lap. Avery now, wheather he liked it or not, had a rather frightened cheetah girl flumped in his lap. She was awake, and gibbering, shivering helplessly like a child lost in the storm that still raged outside.

"where Aubrey? Where Aubrey?" she dithered hiding her little black nose in Averys lap. She was hot, and damp, weat permiated upon what little skin she now had left. "owowowowow" her voice came, muffled by Averys clothes. Of course, she hadn't heard a word Avery sad to her, she was lost and running a feaver, a combination of her time out in the rain and the transformation had made her very hot, her whole body burned and ached. She just wanted somone to tell her it was okay, to sleep a bit and just for Aubrey to be there, she was always there, when it happened.

"Wha--" Avery was surprised when Colche collapsed into his lap, and at first he had no idea what to do. He reached down, very gently rubbing her back, not wanting to hurt the girl. "I... I have no idea who Aubrey is," he said, trying to stay calm. "But - it'll be okay, right? I mean - it looks like you've gone through this before... and you turned out alright, so..." he trailed off, and used his other hand to slide his fingers through her hair so it wasn't in her face and spread out all over the place. "Hey... it'll - it'll be okay," Avery told her, not sure if he really believed what he was saying. "It's all over now, right? It's okay..."

Avery carefully moved out from under her, stretching his legs out to lay down beside her instead. He pulled the cheetah-girl into his arms, holding her close to his body and rubbing her furry back, trying to calm her down. "It's okay now," he murmured again.

Colche was silent while Avery spoke to her, his words were soothing to her furry ears even though se couldn't really understand what he was saying. She was so lost int he aching pain of herbody that she barely even noticed him getting out from under her, she only noticed when he pulled ehr in to his arms and she sobbed quietly, frightened and sore though the gentle fingers down her back left her feeling rather calmer than she had. "Want Aubrey" she whispered, through gentle sniffles her slender frame snuggling in close to the blond male, burying her face in his chest, her nose was a little sore but she could smell Avery so much more clearly now, he smelt of the jungle, of blood and the sweat of himself and others whom he had interacted with. She could even, faintly, smell herself. At last, she managed to quell her trembling ad her lengthier fith appendage gave it's first slow flicker which made ehr gringe. She remembered it was sore for many days after her first little stub, it was long now, how long would she be in pain for this time?

"Kay" she mumbled, snuggling tightly in to Avery "thank..yoo" she managed at last, a real word, besides Aubrey, amongst all the little murmurs of pain and quiet sobbing. "nice" the greatest of endeerments for colche were being layed upon Avery "Avery nice."

Avery couldn't help but smile - she was so cute, despite the sharp teeth and claws. "You're welcome," he said, softly. "I think you're very nice, too." The way she spoke sounded very child like, yet she didn't look at all like a child. He wondered why she spoke that way; maybe she just never learned until she arrived on this island? It seemed to him that she didn't really understand him most of the time, or maybe she just wasn't listening when he spoke. He wanted to ask her why, but he thought asking 'why do you talk weird' would be rude - especially right now, after what she just had to go though. Avery continued rubbing her back gently, fingers sliding through her fur, trying to keep her calm. "So, who is Aubrey..?"

She'd never been asked that before. She partially understood it but it would mean explaining a few things "Aubrey, Colche, Saved" her voice was still very jittery, she was exhausted but she was so, sore all over, she didn't think she could sleep. For a moment she puurred, though it was interrupted by a little cough which was still a very human thing to do though it was closely followed by a kitty sneeze "owah" she mumbled, sneezing had jolted her body and spine, her tail seemed to agree with her unhappiness and made an attempt at a lash which was quickly subdued by another cry of pain "owowowow" she held tightly to Avery when these pains happened though, miraculously, she managed to keep her claws from cutting him.

"Saved you? How did she save you..?" Avery asked, confused. He didn't think being brought to an island and transformed into an animal counted as 'saving' someone... what could be worse than that? He looked down at her when she sneezed, a worried look on his face when she cried out from the pain. "Bless you," he said. "You okay?" Avery didn't even think about her claws anymore, too concerned for her well-being to worry about them. He didn't think that she would hurt him.

Colche snuffled a few times and nods a little, dejected nod, hoping for no more sneezing, it huirttoo much. Taking a deep breath she looked to Avery, her huge deep blue eues staring at the guy before she spoke and lifted her left wrist to show him. The callus, though it had become alot smaller int he months of happy living on the island was still visable though it was obvious her fur would eventually engulf it and there would be no sign of her abuse. "Colche lived in dark, cold, scary place. Bad, bad men, scary bad men, make, not good scary. " Her brow furrowed a little, would he even understand that? she should reiterate maybe "Hurt much, all the time, hungry forever, til island. island home, happy, Colche Family island" she smiled weakly. despite the pain she was in,s eh kenw it wouldn't last forever then she could go back to beign a free spirit again. The isand was a much better place than the darkness and the men which came witht he bright light.

Oh... well, maybe there were worse things than turning into an animal. Avery thought he understood what Colche was trying to tell him. Well, that would explain why she seemed nervous around Rex and I before... Avery thought. He smiled at her. "Then it's a good thing you're here now, huh? It doesn't seem like there are any bad men here. Do you know where Aubrey went?"

Colche frowned slightly, no she didn't know exactly, Aubrey had just told her that she was going away for a little while "Noas.." she pouted softly her big deep blue eyes lifting to look at Avery as she bit her bottom lip though she stopped doing this pretty quickly "ow" she frowned, ehr fangs had become very sharp, she was going to have to stop biting her lip when she was nervey. "Island Colche home" she whispers snzzling in to the guy once again, though she needed his chest a little like a big jkitty and the soft, airry puurr started rattling from her chest "Went with Moreau..no know where" after a moment more of snuggling her face in to his chest she looked up at Avery "nice men, island not hurt Colche, make happy..most time" she was of course exclueding the current situation, changing, being locked out of her plex. She wanted to go to the canteen and eat chocolate cake and cuddle up inside her plex but she couldn't. If aubrey was here, she would make it better, she always did.

For all Avery knew, Aubrey and Moreau were just other people on the island that were being turned into animals as well. He wondered what kind of animals they were. "Well, I'm sure Aubrey and Moreau will be back sometime, and you'll get to see her soon," he said, smiling at Colche. "It's not like they can leave the island, right? So they have to be somewhere."

When Colche snuggled up against him again and he heard her purring, he just couldn't help himself. "You're so cute!" Avery grinned, and he held her close, cuddling. The feline really was adorable.

Colche giggled softly as he called her cute, she really liked the word, it always made her smile and she did so now. It was a strange thing to see something with permanent tears smile perhaps but for a moment she looked happy until she remembered the pains in her spine. The pain usually left fairly swiftly, it was the change that hurt though she itched for days and her tail bone ached painfully for a long time. "Avery pretty" she stated with a little kittyish grin once again. One of the few words she loved to use for people she liked. Handsome simply wasn't in her vocabulary "Thankyous" she puurred once again, ehr large blue eyes resting in a slightly admireing manner upon the blond haired guy. Noone but Aubrey had ever comforted her after a change, it was nice, nice to know that someone she hardly even knew was willing to look after her.

Avery was used to more people calling him pretty than handsome anyway, so it didn't bother him at all. "Thank you, too!" he smiled at her again. It was true they hardly knew each other at all, but Avery couldn't just sit by and do nothing when it had been obvious how much pain the girl was in. Running away and letting her go though the change alone would have been cruel, even though Avery had no idea what to expect after the fact. Thankfully, it seemed she didn't have the instincts to hunt and kill prey; otherwise, he would have been in big trouble for sticking around.

Colche gave a long, soft releife filled sigh as she snuggled closer in to Avery. It wasn't long before ehr breathing became soft, rythmical, she had obviously dozed off in his arms, exhausted from her change. What would happen after this change only time would tell. She had already had the longing wish to be alone, the lone cheetah, but the human part of ehr still wished and begged to be loved and cared for. She was dependant upon people and probably always would be. For now though, sleep and the chance to dream her childish dreams. She twitched a bit in her sleep, dark night mares creeping in to interrupt ehr happy reverie. They would pass and she would sleep on, too tired to be awake, too tired to be afraid.