*** Originally posted by JosieHadley ***
Bobbi now turned to Kate and rose the wand to point it at her.
“You look like and have the superpowers of the character your costume is meant to resemble, an anthropomorphic villain who is a hybrid of human and cheetah, without actually becoming the real character!"
Mike and Carol's jaws dropped, and they turned to look at Kate.
"Wait, wait, wait. I like cats, but I don't want to be one. I mean, just because I am wearing this, it doesn't mean - errgh ..."
Kate stopped as her hands started to ache. She looked down at them and saw yellow tawny fur with black spots growing on her hands. Her nails turned black and sharp, pushing off her fake nails as they lengthened into claws.
Kate began to freak out.
"No, no, no. Please stop, " she whined softly as she continued to stare at her changing hands.
But her body refused to listen and continued its transformation unabated.
The others watched in shock (except for Bobbi, who watched in wry amusement) as the yellowish tan fur with black spots spread up her arms to her chest. Tufts of fur pushed up from beneath her tight leotard. Her thighs stretched as they packed on muscle, ripping apart her leopard-pattern leggings, revealing real cheetah fur beneath it.
Kate hunched over and reached behind her back. She pulled the top of her pants down a little, freeing her struggling small developing tail and allowing it to grow without restraint. As it grew longer it whipped back and forth, knocking her fake leopard tail off her costume and onto the ground.
Kate suddenly moaned and reached up to grab her head as her hair started falling out. She pushed her hair against her head in a vain attempt to keep it attached. But it was a futile effort, as large clumps of hair simply fell out, replaced with fur pushing up from her scalp.
Kate continued to moan and closed her eyes, covering them with her strange hands. But her friends' attention was drawn to her feet. With a loud tearing noise her boots were ripped apart by the lengthening paws and claws growing inside them. Kate shook off her shoes and her friends noticed that she was now standing on the balls on her feet, now more like the long slender paws of a cat.
The changes now seemingly over, her friends looked up to Kate's face to see her reaction. Slowly, she removed her clawed hands away from her face. Although they expected it, her friends were still shocked at her appearance.
Two short round furry ears sat atop her head. Her entire face was covered in fur. White fur lined the bottom of her short muzzle. Long, wicked canines hid in her mouth, barely visible. Her short, wide black nose sat at the tip of her muzzle. Two dark black lines trailed up the side of the muzzle to her eyes - inhuman, yellow eyes with a pinpoint pupil.
Kate looked down at her body in shock. The leotard of her cat costume was in tatters, torn by her growing muscles and expanding fur.
"What.... what have you done to me?" Kate whispered softly.