Mentally completely drained, Rhonda trudged through the hallways towards her room. Rarely had a day been this exhausting to her, especially the last few hours. It felt so long ago since her only worry was, if she could stay silent enough this night when fully trying out her new tail. Now she has Abigail claiming she has a crush on her and Margo saying she's her secret half-sister. Right now she didn't want to deal with any of that. She wished she could go back to her earlier and, more importantly, more straightforward adventures.
Regarding Abigail, she felt so tired she'd probably fall asleep the moment she reaches her room, so she’d just ignore her for the rest of the day and let future-Rhonda take care of that. What worried her more at the moment was Margo’s reveal. It might've been a bit rude to just walk away, but she was exhausted and who just walks up to a girl you only met today and tells her you're secretly her sister? Still, she resolved to talk to her again, if just to get a few more information about their connection. She’ll probably also have to talk to her own family at some point to clarify if Margo spoke the truth. The thought that the woman she'd always thought of as her mother– No, she'd not go down this rabbit hole. She'd already learned from her brother once that you don't need to be related by blood to be family. This is the woman, who raised her her whole life, so she's her mother. But what should she think of that other woman, Lorraine Keischo? On the one claw she never met her supposed-biological mother, on the other she gave Rhonda away for her own safety and always kept watch over her. That's another problem future-Rhonda will probably really like to take care of. Present-Rhonda just wanted to sleep now and hoped she wouldn’t run into any more distractions from that goal.
“Hey, Rhonda,” Amelia called her from the other end of the hallway and ran over, while said latina mentally wished it'd be quick. “You did something with your hair. It really suits you. Fits your scales.”
Oh yes, Rhonda's hair was red now. There was that physical reminder of Abigail’s weird affection. She hasn't seen herself in a mirror yet, but she feared that she’d probably like it, too. “Yeah… I just thought it’d look good…” Rhonda put her palm on her temple. “Sorry, I had a long day and I’m really tired.” Through coincidence this was punctuated by a yawn, showing off her sharper teeth and scaring at least one nearby student away.
“In that case I won't bother you too long.” Amelia took Rhonda's claws into her hands. “I just wanted to thank you.”
“Thank? Me? Really? Why?” Even if Rhonda had been fully awake she'd have reacted the same.
“For being so inspiring. When I got this tail, I feared I’d become the laughingstock of the school, but then I met you. You had yourself be transformed in front of the whole class and freely decided to stay this way. You can walk through these halls in this form and are unfazed by the stares and whispers of the others. And you even reached out to become my friend. I’m so thankful for that and decided to follow your example. When I told Miss Wandler during our meeting she gladly helped me create a spell. I wanted you to be there, when I cast it.” With that she pulled out her wand.
“W-W-Wait, if you cast it here, unlike me, you won't be able to reverse it,” Rhonda tried to stop her.
“I’m fully aware of that. I don't want to be ashamed of my body ever again.” With that Amelia cast a spell and pointed the wand at herself.
Rhonda could only watch as fur started to grow over Amelia’s lower arms and her fingers sharpened into claws. Similarly fur grew on her lower legs, which also shifted slightly into a digitigrade position. Her shoes magically shifted to fit her changed feet and new stance, like they did with Rhonda's. Two more tails sprouted out of her skirt, looking exactly like the original one they flanked.
Finally the changes reached her head. Her twintails gained volume and changed colors to become identical looking copies of her foxtail. Additionally two big fox ears came out the top of her head at the same time her original ones disappeared. Finally her eyes sharpened, while her nose shrank slightly and turned black, becoming a fox nose. With everything finished she presented herself to Rhonda. “So, how do you like it?”
Rhonda had to admit, Amelia pulled off the kemono fox look quite well. Or was it kitsune now, because of the three tails? “It looks great. I especially like how you made your twintails look like actual tails.”
“That's because they're actual tails.” She emphasized this by having them wag back and forth. Rhonda's eyes went wide. “It was Miss Wandler's idea. The tail was my first change, so she wanted to make sure I could proudly present them from every angle, though I fear it might be a bit too much.” Amelia started twirling her thumb-claws.
Rhonda put one of her own clawed hands on the fox girl’s shoulder. “As I said, you look great.” This got a big smile out of Amelia, showing her sharpened canines, before Rhonda quickly ruined the scene by following it up with another yawn.
Thankfully the five-tailed girl responded with a giggle. “I think I shouldn't stop you any longer. We can continue talking tomorrow, I only wanted you to be the first one to see this. Now I’m gonna go and surprise my roommates. Good night.”
Rhonda said her own good night and watched Anelia walk off into another direction. She seemed a bit faster. The dragon girl resumed her walk towards her own room, slightly less hunched than before. Maybe this day wasn't so bad after all. She still wanted to end it quickly or fate may be tempted.
She reached her room and thankfully found Abigail distracted by Lichi. Or rather the rich girl was sitting at her phone, pretending she was the only one in the room, while Lichi made grumbling noises at her from her top bunk. In one motion Rhonda wished them a good night (only Lichi replied back, alongside a “Cool hair”) and fell onto her bed to quickly fall asleep. Or rather she tried to. When turning into a dragon she did not consider how wings and tail would affect her usual sleeping positions and it took her a while to find something acceptably comfortable before she finally, Finally found rest.
A weird shuffling awoke Rhonda much earlier than she wanted. In her sleep addled state she only took a quick look around, noting nothing out of the ordinary, before lying down again and cuddling closer to the person sleeping beside her.
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WAIT, WHAT?!