Her footprints turned into hoofprints, that was weird, why would they do that? A few things were going through your mind as you bent down to check, there were a few types of mythical creatures that had hooves of course, and it was certainly possible that one of them had gotten to Sarah, that was worrying to say the least. If she was gone for as long as her mom suggested, then that meant the transformation was almost complete.
You had to get more information so you walked forward as you followed the trail of hoofprints. You tried to think of all the options, maybe a Unicorn, despite popular mythology they actually tended to lure women into the forest to transform and take as mates. A centaur was also an option, you had no idea what was happening and you had to find out, especially if the same thing was happening to Christine.
The hoofprints suddenly changed as if she had fallen onto all fours and they continued forward unimpeded. There was definitely something going on here and you weren't sure you wanted to know what it was, but you had a job to do and if you didn't do it now it would be too late.
As you approached a clearing you found...