Max's first week of Starfleet training was an act of juggling. He and the twins went every morning to the transport hub and beamed over to the academy where they sat in classes throughout most of the day. Max would spend the afternoons with various instructors in various disciplines such as hand to hand combat and weapons proficiency training. When he and the twins arrived home, they would then go into the back yard and the twins started Max's education in other forms of hand to hand combat as well as training with bladed weapons and the art of stealth. The twins seemed to love teaching their Big Brother what they knew and certain individuals took a sick sense of pleasure in seeing how many bruises they could give him.

"FRECK!" Max cursed for the umpteenth time in as many minutes as he went sailing through the air to land on his back... on the ground... with a rush of air expelled from his lungs... yet again. He spent several minutes trying to get his vision back on track as well as catching his breath. This of course was followed by the sounds of laughter from the crowd that seemed to take a perverse pleasure in sitting on the back deck to watch Max get thrashed. Once Max's eyesight cleared, he saw Teeshan standing over him with an offered hand. Max took it and instead of pulling himself up, yanked back hard, putting a bare foot in Tee's stomach and pushing him up and over to fly through the air slightly to land on his back as well; although the nimble cat simply rolled and came back up onto his feet with an amused growl turning to see Max back on his feet even if a bit unsteadily.

Tee purred out, "Very good, never let any opening go."

After training with the twins, Max would then spend another few hours studying the class work he needed for his makeup classes that he technically, should have already had. By the time Max finally made it to bed, his mates were already asleep and he would fairly collapse on whatever section of bed wasn't already occupied, then he would wake up and start the process all over again. It was a good thing that a skunktaur's body was resilient or he would have had problems moving the next day. This went day after day for the rest of the week. His mates would sometimes have to drag him away from the books for food or sleep or recreation. All work and no play will burn even a skunktaur out. Well, half a skunktaur anyway. Max was heartily looking forward to the end of the week and a little relaxation time even if he was going to have to study some. He would still have time to play with his son and spend with family. It was on the last day of the work week that Max's dreams changed; strange dreams, dreams of pleasure and sensation, of touch and smell. Max writhed on the bed as his body flooded with chemicals he had never experienced before and they set his mind and body on fire.

Max awoke with a gasp his eyes wide in the darkness. His whole body felt like it was on fire as he panted heavily. He threw the sheet off himself in the dark and padded quietly into the bath closing the door behind himself. His mind was clouded, not thinking right. He turned on the shower to a cold setting and stepped inside and let the cold-water sluice through his fur with a deep sigh. He stood there for several minutes trying to clear his mind but strange thoughts and ideas kept running through it like a runaway horse on the open plains. He grabbed the fur wash and started lathering himself up all over and when his hands reached his chest a wash of sensation rolled over him and he groaned in such intense pleasure that he almost melted against the wall of the shower. He slowed his ministrations to savor this new feeling before something finally made it through his sleep and hormone addled mind and he looked down at what he was doing and saw his hands cupping a nicely developed pair of breasts that were attached to HIS chest and he screamed.

Swytch, Jackie, and Teeshan all bolted straight out of bed at the sound of a female's scream. Neeshan came bursting through the door of the bedroom her eyes taking in every corner of the room looking for threats. All four morphs looked at each other, sleep still clouding three of their minds while Nee looked at the closed bathroom door. She padded to it opening it and glanced inside. Looking around she went to the shower, which was still running, and found Max curled into a ball in the corner of the shower. "MAX!" she exclaimed rushing to his side.

"DON'T TOUCH ME!" Max shrieked in a much more soprano voice.

Neeshan stopped dead in her tracks looking at him. That wasn't Max's voice at all. It sounded more like a hysterical female. By this time Swytch, Jackie, and Teeshan had entered the bathroom and Tee stopped dead sniffing the air, his eyes going wide at the scent. A few seconds later, so did Swytch and Jackie. The scent was unmistakable; there was a female in heat.

By this time, the whole house was awake and in Max's bedroom. When Riot walked in shi took one sniff of the air and gasping quickly, covered hir nose and ran from the room. Jynxy watched hys mate sprint off and sniffed the room and then winced. Hy had really hoped this wouldn't happen before Max could try to induce the change himself. Well, hymself now, hy guessed. It was going to be a long day. Hy went back to the den area and placed a call to Shylin and explained the situation. Shylin was sympathetic to what was going on and said he would tell Max's instructors of his absence and not to worry about it. Jynxy then went to hys room and grabbed a bottle of liquid from a cabinet and looking at it, went back to the den.

Swytch saw the look in Tee's eyes and told Nee to get her brother out of the house quickly. It wasn't easy but Nee managed to drag Tee out of the room and from there Swytch didn't care where they went, as long as it was away from Max. Swytch settled hymself at the edge of the shower cooing gently to Max. "Shhhh, Max, it's OK... It's OK..."

Max's addled brain could barely make out what Swytch was saying but their link and Swytch's calming thoughts and words gave him a life-raft to cling to. The bad thing was that their link worked both ways and Max's first heat was having one hell of an effect on Swytch as well. The good thing was that hy was used to it and knew how to deal with the feelings and sensations while Max did not. Eventually, Max brought his face out of his knees and looked around with slightly wild eyes. He locked onto Swytch's face like a beacon in the dark.

Swytch blinked when Max looked up at hym. His facial structure had changed subtly giving him a more feminine appearance and with his dark coloration and white 'eyebrows' it gave him an almost exotic look. His goatee had smoothed into a single white line reaching down his muzzle toward his throat and his eyes seemed larger and more innocent if that was possible.

Swytch eased slowly closer to Max shutting off the stream of cold water still flowing in the shower and held out a hand to him still making soft comforting sounds.

Max's eyes locked onto Swytch's outstretched hand and he slowly unwrapped himself from his bedraggled crouch and leaning toward hys hand. At their contact, Max's head cleared a bit more and he was able to slowly stand as Swytch helped him up.

Swytch lead him to the warm air dryer flipping it on to dry his wet, cold fur. The currents of warm air started to do their job, but the sensations they inspired as they caressed over his body caused his eyes to glaze slightly as the foreign sensations teased at him like the fingers of a lover touching him all over.

Swytch ground hys teeth at the sensations coming from Max and kept projecting calm, comforting thoughts to him through their link trying to keep him stable. As Max's fur finally dried, Swytch got hys first good look at Max's new form. His normal blockier build had curved and filled out. The white square of fur on his chest, belly and groin had changed into something more like an elongated hourglass and accentuated everything his new form gave him. His hips were wider and curved to meet a nicely rounded bottom. His whole frame seemed slimmer and more feminine and the swell of his generous bust only added to it. Most strippers would have killed for his shape as it was right now.

Max's head hair had grown longer and now reached his well-rounded butt. Everything about him spoke of femininity and his scene screamed that he was in heat and needed release. Swytch gently eased Max out into the bedroom and after a quick look through the closet the only thing hy could find for him to wear was an old long t-shirt and a pair of morph boxers that barely fit over his hips.

Even the act of him dressing seemed to trigger sexual urges in him, this was a really intense first heat and Swytch wasn't quite sure what to do until Jynxy came in with a bottle. Swytch eyed the bottle and then hys mother with a raised eyebrow.

"It's a sedative for skunktaurs to help with their heat; although it was never really intended to do anything about a first heat. If we can't relieve hys need then it could very well damage or kill hym. Hys only choice is Riot or Teeshan unless you want to try toys first?" Jynxy asked.

Max sat there on the bed and winced every time Jynxy called him hym and when hy started to clinically discuss Max's options, he started to shake again.

Jynxy sent a mental ping to hys mate and Riot came back into the bedroom breathing very shallowly. Riot looked at hir cub who nodded back to hir with a troubled look in hys eyes.

Riot slowly approached Max, trying very hard to ignore his new scent that practically screamed 'take me now'. Shi made soothing noises and projected calm towards Max and everything seemed to be going fine until shi laid a hand on his shaking shoulder and he freaked completely out.

Eventually everyone involved had to hold Max down to get the medicine into him. Slowly it took effect and his struggles got weaker until the medication finally did it's job and Max slumped on the bed asleep. The medicine should help keep Max out for several hours so everyone decided to get out of the pheromone laden house and go into town. Max would need at least a few new items of clothing unless he was going to walk around in an old t-shirt for three days. They decided to make an outing of it and with a worried mind and heart Swytch left with hys family safe in the knowledge that Max should be able to sleep while they were gone.

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Max sat on the couch COMPLETELY uncomfortable. Everything set him...he sighed... hym on edge. FRECK! How did this happen? Everything was going so well. It was his...hys...first week of Starfleet training. He...HY...was going to actually try to change on hys own terms this weekend but Noooo, it couldn't wait that long. It just HAD to force the issue this morning. He...DAMMIT...HY was used to waking up with 'morning wood' as it was called but this morning... If it hadn't been for Jynxy's help with certain drugs, things would have been worse.

Luckily, he... Max sighed again... HY slept most of the day, hys dreams causing hym to toss and turn, hys mind flooded with erotic thoughts and dreams as hys mates looked on in worry.

They told him...hym that the first one was always the worst but they never explained how bad it was... EVERYTHING smelled sooo arousing... ARGH! Max just sat there with hys arms wrapped around hys ridiculously feminine frame rocking back and forth trying to think about anything other than sex.

Dream rode up to Max's house in a PTV. After shi had gotten out and had grabbed hir things, shi took a moment to look up at the sky and enjoy the stars. They looked so different from a plant than from the viewpoint of a starship or station. It reminded hir of hir childhood when one of hir family friends took hir to one of the foxtaur clans for a weekend getaway. It was the first time Dream had seen a foxtaur village and seen the stars without light pollution. Shi took a deep breath taking in the scent of the forest around the house, enjoying it. Then shi made hir way towards the door. Shi was thinking that shi should travel back to the foxtaur clan just to see how things had changed when shi caught the scent of someone in heat. The scent hit hir like a freight train making hir stop dead in hir tracks. Shi took a deep breath and wondered if shi should just walk away.

Max hopped off the couch and started pacing back and forth. Hy only wore an old baggy t-shirt since nothing else fit. Not when he... HY had hips, a butt, and breasts now. No one in the house even had clothing anywhere close to his... hys size. Hys body seemed to writhe with need and all hy could do was pace back and forth faster and faster, hys new butt length white hair a mess since hygiene was the last thing on his... Max sighed... hys mind. Heck, the family had ended up having to leave due to the scent Max was putting off and luckily, no one in the house had been in rut. Riot had tried to help, but Max had freaked out a bit curling into a ball in the corner. Eventually, everyone had left the house to get some fresh air and to give Max some space while hy was sleeping but the drugs had worn off far too soon. Riot had left another dose of the medication on the counter in the kitchen just in case. Max stared at the drugs as hy paced back and forth stopping in front of the dosage sitting on the counter top.

Taking a few steps back, Dream could feel hir body making its own demands known. Sighing, shi walked back to the door before putting a hand on the knob again when shi realized who's scent it was. Shi hesitated for a moment longer. Then shi opened the door and walked into the house. Using hir right rear leg to close the door behind hir, shi took in the scent of the house. Hir rut started to ramp up making things very... awkward. It showed, shi could feel hir penis starting to slide from its sheath. Dream dropped hir things off just out of the way of the doorway as shi walked into the house following her nose. It led hir to the den down the hallway and shi stood in the doorway watching Max pace back and forth in agitation.

"Max?" shi said calmly only to get his attention... Hir mind nearly stopped when Max quickly spun around to face hir, hys hair flying wildly and a hungry look in hys eyes. Hy was gorgeous even though hy was only in an old tee; somehow it made hym look way cuter than it should have. Shi looked at Max's swollen chest which was obscenely different from the once flat chest hy had just a week ago when Dream had last seen hym.

Max's eyes went wide seeing Dream standing there and hy wrapped hys arms around hymself backing slowly towards the couch. He... Hy... could smell Dream, smell hir scent, and it only made everything worse. Hy wrapped hys tail around hym like a suit of armor as hy continued to back towards the couch and groaned... "Go away, please..." hy whimpered hys eyes wide and slightly wild.

Hir face was once again emotionless. As shi stood there shi watched Max and wondered why no one has done anything or if Max had driven them away like shi was afraid hy had done.

"Max..." shi said again. "I need to talk with you."

Shi took a few steps into the room clearing the doorway and sat in the middle of the den. Shi sat using hir right paw in such a way as to hide hir erection from Max.

Max whimpered when shi stepped closer, trying to back up further and lost hys balance when hy hit the couch falling over, hy quickly recovered and scurried to one end of the couch furthest away from Dream curling into a protective ball of knees and tail breathing hard, hys whole body shook trying to keep everything in check. Hy managed to whimper out, "Please leave... smell sooo good. God, it hurts..."

Dreamspirit didn't leave. Shi just sat there for moment trying to think of a way to say what shi wanted to say. Shi decided to just say it bluntly. "Max, I love you," shi said clearly in an unwavering tone.

Max stopped shaking for long enough to look over where his... hys muzzle was buried in hys tail and blinked. "What?" hy whispered.

Shi lay hir head back as shi sighed. "It crept up on me, and really thinking about it, it started back on 241 when I said your butt was tempting target. It was a joke at first but when I looked at you in that uniform and you were so alert and..." shi groaned not sure how to say what shi wanted. "Max, I am here for you. I am your friend, I would never do anything you don't want to do. But please let me help you. You're still far from where things can get seriously dangerous for you, so you have some time to think about it. I would never hurt you intentionally."

Max laughed with a touch of hysteria in hys laughter. "This is just great! Do you have any idea how hard it was for Riot to leave? They almost had to drag hir out. You're just saying this because I'm in heat and from what they told me I smell really good," hy groaned. "It aches all the way into my guts... I woke up this morning and the only people in bed with me were all female and I just wanted them GONE!!" hy hissed.

Dream laid hir ears back finally expressing any kind of emotion. Hir mouth was slightly opened as if shi was going to say something. Shi looked at the counter to see the medication and walked over to it not even caring anymore if Max saw hir erect anymore. Shi picked up the bottle and looked at the information on it. Shi looked up at Max and asked, "You do realize what will happen if you wait too long?"

Max's eyes locked onto the bottle as hy started to shake again. Then hy shook hys head at Dream's words watching hir and watching the bottle, then hys eyes noticed Dream's aroused state and hy sunk lower into the couch seat staring at it in morbid fascination.

Shi walked over to hym and lay in front of the couch still giving Max room but not retreating either. Shi handed Max the bottle and waited for hym to try and grab for it.

Max's eyes, now blocked from Dream's arousal went back to the bottle. Hys tongue whetted hys lips as hys hand reached out to anything that would stop the want, the need, the pain.

Dream put another hand over Max's the second hy had hys hands on the bottle. "Max, look at me." Shi took a deep breath before shi continued, "This is your first heat. You NEED to be serviced by someone, it would help if you choose someone, even one of the girls with toys, something. YOU NEED TO CHOOSE, SOON!" shi emphasized. "Time is running out. If you don't, it could be fatal for you. Most of the time, every girl's or herm's first heat can be fatal if they don't get the attention they need. Max, please CHOOSE someone," shi said letting Max have the bottle while shi stood up and started for the door.

Max's hand shook as hy held the bottle and then stared after the retreating Dreamspirit then back down at the bottle and back up at Dream and with a cry of utter frustration and a fear so deep in hys heart, hy dropped the bottle and launched hymself off the couch at Dream, tears streaming down the fur of hys cheeks.