When the nude couple woke in each other’s arms, they could tell hours had passed. The sun was an hour or two from setting. After a quick discussion, Jake started pitching his tent and Val started gathering firewood. Before long, they had a nice cozy camping spot all set behind the romantic backdrop of the setting sun. Since there was truth to what Val said about the river rocks they did take a nice dip and gathered enough palm sized flat rocks to fill Val’s bag. When they left the river, they got dressed, Jake in his brown shorts from before, Val in a pair of tight white shorts and what she called a tube top, but Jake was sure was a strip of cloth tied around her chest not that he was complaining about the view… as long as they were alone. Apparently, she had brought this “Backup bikini” in case she got cold feet and changed her mind before her “big reveal”. After a dinner of freshly caught fish, they cuddled up in Jake’s bed roll and comfortably drifted back off to sleep with plans of returning to the town, so the teaching can truly begin, just as the moon started to come out.

This den isn’t safe! It’s warm and dark, but the constricting is dangerous. Gotta escape. Too exposed! No cover! Danger everywhere! Run, but where? Water? New threats not much safer. Trees! Trees mean roots! Roots mean holes! Holes mean safety! GO GO GO GO GO!!! What’s that? Predator smell! Can’t stay here! RUN RUN RUN!

That’s all Jake knew when he woke the next morning, well that and he was dirty again. Val was nowhere to be seen, and neither was the camp site. But since he could hear the gentle flow of the river he knew he wasn’t far. At least he was clothed this time, in shorts anyway, although a weapon would have been nice. He walked back into the clearing in time to see Val rolling the tent up to put back on his pack.

“Oh, thank goodness! You’re back Jake! I knew you would be! Are you alright?”

“I think so, yeah. What happened last night?”

“Well you… wait, you don’t know? I thought you might. Oh, but that explains it. Ok, I’ll help you discover it, but first Jake, and this is very important, do you trust me?”

“After what we did yesterday, you have to ask?”

“No, not just for a secret. I mean do you trust me completely? Enough to put your life in my hands? Do you trust me?”

This was more than what Jake was expecting. From their conversation last night, he definitely trusted Val enough to be his mate … no girlfriend, probably future wife, sure. “Mate” was an odd word to come to mind, but it fit. Animals “mated”, people had relationships. Either way, yes he wanted to be with her, and her alone. He was in for the long haul, and wanted to tell her so.

“Val”, he said with a kiss, “I’ve cared about you for a long time. After what happened last night, I think this is likely love. Yeah, I think I love you Val. Yes, I trust you with my life”

“Oh, Jakey”, she said kissing him again as her heart burned with joy, “I’ve loved you for a while. … Ok, this isn’t going to be easy, but you need to stay calm. OK Jake? I’m going to guide you through this.”

“Through what? What are you talking about?”

“Just trust me. Lay down over here by the fire pit. Close your eyes, relax, and do what I say. Ok?”

“Ok” he said following her instructions.

“Ok. Deep breathes. Breathe in, breath out. Good. Now I need you to imagine something happening without wondering how or why, just see it in your minds eyes. OK?”

“Ok but”

“Shhh, just imagine don’t talk. And eyes shut! That’s very important! Let’s see… where to start… Ah, yes, I need you to relax and imagine your feet stretching. They stretch until they have doubled in length and are about 1 and a half times as wide. OK? Then your legs. Curl them up for me so your knees are by your chest. Then imagine the strength in your legs climbing. Your muscles strengthening to a few times what they were, the muscles bulging with power. That’s it, ahahah! Eyes shut! Now your hands. Your fingers get pulled into your palm and almost vanish completely leaving only claws behind. Now your head shifts so that it’s more natural for you to look up then forward and your ears get longer and longer and longer and move to the top of your head… very good… now finally, your whole body shrinks in size while growing fur all over. … very good. Very good! You’re a natural!”

“A natural what? What’s going on?>

“Just stay very calm, ok. Don’t even try to talk. Just a little more and … there… Awe, you’re adorable. Stay quiet and calm, but open your eyes”

As Jake opened his eyes, it was obvious something had happened. He wasn’t sure why, but the world had changed since they were last open. Things were much bigger, and his neck felt odd… as if both things Val said had taken place! Quickly he looked down at his hands … and saw paws, and below them the long furry feet of a …

And yet all he heard was a panic squeal of a rodent in distress

“STOP STOP STOP! JUST CALM DOWN JAKE! IT’S OK BREATHE JAKEY Breathe!” Val shouted at him putting her hand on him to steady him and calm him down, and yet also keeping him from running away. “It’s ok! Yes, you’re a rabbit but you can change back ok!”

Jake screamed in his head not wondering how she heard him

“Relax … ok? Remember how you got into the rabbit form? Imagine yourself piece by piece becoming human… closing your eyes helps until you get the hang of it! But if you don’t calm down it won’t happen!”

Jake said despite trembling in fear… he couldn’t even understand why he was so afraid. And in a about 2 minutes he opened his once again human eyes, and looked himself up and down to be sure he was back to normal

“What was that? What happened to me?” he asked looking over at Val.

"Welcome my dear” she whispered bending over and kissing him, “welcome to the world of lycanthropes”

TRUE RACE REVEALED!

RACE: LYCANTHROPE -HARE

REVEALING RACIAL BONUSES…

REVEALING RACIAL SKILLS…

REVEALING RACIAL ATTRIBUTES…

RACE REVEAL COMPLETE!

CONSULT STATUS SCREEN FOR FULL DETAILS

“Lycanthrope? Werehare? I don’t understand. Wait… can you do that too?”

“Do what? Change? Well yes, but I’m different from you. I’m, well, hang on I’ll show you. Just don’t look while I change ok?” Then, a few minutes later, “Ok, I’m ready to show you the true me. Here I am”

He opened his eyes expecting to see an animal on the ground. Instead what he saw were close to human feet, but they were covered in white fur with padded concealed claws instead of toes. Her legs were longer than they had been, yet they were clearly stronger, and covered with brown red fur. She was now wearing a short bright red mini skirt, which didn’t hide much. Just above her glorious ass sprouted a fox like tail which fell to just below her knees and was covered with fur mostly the same red, but the tip was white. Her bare midriff clearly showed strong abdominal muscles. Her large cleavage was mostly concealed by what was essentially a red sports bra which matched the skirt. Mostly is the word for it since they were emerging from all sides. Her arms, while fur covered were mostly humanoid. Her hands were mostly humanoid as well except white with fur on the back and there seemed to be extendable claws instead of finger nails at the tips. Finally, her head. Her brown hair now was streaked with red. Her chin was all but smoothed out. Her face had a bulge around her wide beaming grin and her black animalistic triangular nose making it a very gentle muzzle. Her previous elven ears were gone, replaced by cat like ears out the top of her head which were also covered by the same red fur topped with white. The combined effect made her appear more beastkin then elf. If anything could make him feel more for her than he did, it was seeing her as this stunning creature. He was at a complete loss for words. All he could do was stare. Fortunately, the hunger he felt showed in his eyes, and the acceptance that went with it made her heart swell. She now knew beyond doubt it was love they both felt, and that their connection was lifelong. The only possible problem being the combative relationship between the rabbit in him and the fox in her.

“I’m your werefox my precious little bunny, and you wouldn’t believe how much you have left to learn”.

Spoiler: Jake's Status screen GENERAL INFORMATION ATTRIBUTES CLASS INFORMATION NAME: Jacob Ackermann RACE: LYCANTHROPE – HARE SEX: Male AGE: 17 Years GUILD: SCOUTS GUILD HP: 110/110 (+0.06/sec) MP: 25/25 (+0.5/sec) NAME VALUE STR 45 DEX 61 AGI 100 END 50 INT 30 WIS 15 PER 40 SHP 3 NAME LEVEL SCOUT 3 RABBIT 2 [TRACKER] (Trainer) 10

MAX [THUG] (Trainer) 3 [APPRENTICE](Trainer) 1

SKILL INFORMATION CLASS RACIAL GENERAL WEAPON SKILLS BASIC TRACKING 5 SNEAK ATTACK 4 DIRECTION DETECTION 3 HUNTERS TRACKING 4 FAST PRECISION 1(MAX) RAPID DODGE 3 PREY'S ADRENALINE 2 HARE'S AGILITY 2 BEAST EMPATHY 1 BEAST COMPASSION 1 SOLAR CLOCK 1

(MAX) STEALTH 7 SIMPLE GENERAL MASTERY 3 RANGED GENERAL MASTERY 3 ARCHERY GENERAL MASTERY 3 SWORD GENERAL MASTERY 2