School was out for a teacher work day, so Megan had decided to take her twelve-year old son Robbie to the park for a picnic. They'd also brought their dog with them, German Shepard named Toby. Toby was currently running around while Robbie played with him. Megan meanwhile was setting up the picnic. Regular food for her and Robbie, a bowl for Toby.
They had been out for about two hours now. Robbie had spent most of the time playing, while Megan had read and spent some time talking to a guy named Keith. Keith was a local who walked his Dane through the park daily. In truth it was knowing this that had made Megan suggest they have their picnic here. She was a single mother, Keith was single...and attractive. And currently walking away without asking her out, so back to setting up food.
Eventually Robbie was completely exhausted and came back panting. Toby for his part was still barking and wagging. Megan smiled at the two, "Have fun?"
"Lots." Robbie said, sitting down at their table. Megan handed her son Toby's bowl. "Awe, I gotta put out food for him? I'm tired mama!"
"Your dog, your responsibility." Megan said, gesturing for the bag of food still in the trunk of the car. Robbie moved to put the bowl on the ground.
Across town Jeff was activating the Chronivac. As the changes began, the entire world seemed to shimmer for a moment. Robbie blinked. Now instead of holding one bowl, he held two. One had MEGAN written on it in big bold letters, and the other had ROBBIE. "Ma?" Robbie asked, "Why do we have bowls? And they've got our names on them!"
"What are you talking about?" Megan asked, looking up from the table. Sure enough they did. But even as the two started to question it, their worry started to vanish as the world continued to change.
"N-never mind." Robbie said, beginning to forget why he was so upset. He placed his and his mother's bowl on the ground, as the world began to shimmer again. As Robbie stood, a clinking sound grabbed his attention.
"Wha?" Robbie's clothing was gone. His mother's was gone too. Around both their necks were colors, pink for her and blue for him. Lifting the tag, Robbie saw his own name engraved on it. The two looked at each other. Megan was about to speak before being interrupted.
"There you two are! You just couldn't wait to eat could you?"
Walking towards them, carrying a bag of dog food from their car, was a giant German Shepherd walking on two legs. One who Robbie recognized right away. He tried to call out 'Toby?'
"Rrrruff!" Robbie barked. His hands snapped over his mouth. Megan stared at him.
"Ruff!" She barked. "Ruff ruff!" Robbie and Megan both looked terrified, neither noticing themselves suddenly fall to all fours. As Toby came closer though, something strange happened.
The closer Toby got, the less scared Robbie and Megan felt. In fact, they started to feel happy. Looking at the Shepherd, carrying a bag of food, Megan started to wag her butt. The two eventually rushed at him, barking excitedly. Toby laughed.
"Yeah, I got you two." He said, scratching Megan's ears with his free arm. He then did the same to Robbie, who wagged excitedly. "Now let's eat!"
Toby filled both bowls with food, and the two humans dug in. Megan and her pup Robbie, both blissfully happy.