...tiger.
The tiger suit looked fabulous against the dark background of the dimed cavern.
For a costume, that is.
As a child, you had always wished to be one with the striped cat.
And although it was only a costume, and certainly not the real deal, it still peaked your interest.
Padding softly to the hanging suit, it suddenly ucures to you that you are down a dark hole, deep in the middle of an unknown forest at night. Then you find a rack full of different costumes with no clue to who the owner is.
Isn’t that a little suspicious?
But still you didn’t mind.
All you can think about is the tiger suit, almost like you are hypnotized.
Reaching up, you took the hook off the bar and began to slip on the costume.
It felt amazing! Almost as if you are really becoming a real tiger.
...
Wait a minute.
The fur didn’t feel quite like costume fur anymore.
It felt more like... real animal fur?
“What the?!” you exclaimed.
The suit was sticking to you!!
You started trying to take it off, but to no avail.
The zipper you had just used a moment ago, seemed to have disappeared!
You struggled.
All the while, the tail proceeded to pop into place.
You started growing whiskers.
Your ears moved to the top of your head.
All of your senses seemed to come alive, with each passing moment.
Soon you couldn’t even stand upright!
Claws formed where your fingernails had been.
In a flash, a ripple went through your new fur and then stopped.
-silence-
The transformation was complete.
You were now a full grown male tiger, and there appeared to still be no way of changing back to your former self...