The next few minutes were some of the most stressful and confusing of Laura's life. As she bounded with surprising ease on four legs back to her house her mind fluctuated between being Laura, the 28 year old woman with ambitions and responsibilities and Laura the dog who was happy to just run around aimlessly all day chasing cats. Somehow, the thought of what would happen to her friends if she surrendered her humanity helped her push through though, and the moment she made it past the gate to her garden she managed to turn herself human once again.
As she rose to her feet Laura assured herself that she would not allow herself to become an animal again. But her plan had worked, she was back home and able to warn her friends about the creepy store owner. But where were they? No Annie by the pond where she usually hung out, the cat casually strolling around unharassed by Lucy, no Sophie jumping up and down on the furniture inside. Something felt wrong.
"Oh, not you as well!" a voice suddenly chided Laura from next door "Are you running bloody a nudist colony now or something?"
A startled Laura spun round, throwing one arm across her tits while her placing her right hand over her pussy in an attempt to retain some modesty, to be confronted by her nosy, late middle aged neighbour. The last thing she needed to deal with now was that interfering old bat.
"You don't have to look into our garden if it bothers you" Laura protested.
"I don't have to! One of your friends was i my garden on her hands and knees digging up my flowerbed earlier if you can believe such a thing. Another was climbing up the tree opposite my window, gave my husbsnd quite the eyeful, and the other one keeps splashing muddy water into my garden when she jumps into your pond"
"I'm sorry about that" Laura apologised quickly to avoid an explanation "I'll tell my friends to stop messing around like that when I see them. Um, speaking of which you don't know where they are do you?"
"Some strange looking old guy took them away in his van. Probably to the loony bin" the woman responded matter of factly.
"What?!" Laura panicked, that was the store owner for sure "And you just let him?"
"It's none of my business" the woman shrugged as if to emphasise her lack of concern for Laura's friends "Besides, it's not like they didn't go willingly"