His family arrived later that day and were only told by his grandpa that he wasn't turning into a lion like his siblings.
Due to this his family imagined that he was turning into another type of feline like a Panther or a tiger, however they were in for a shock.
Once they entered the house's stables they asked his grandpa to bring him, and so he did. He brought him around the corner with the muffled sound of his hooves clacking on the concrete below.
When his grandpa revealed his form they were all in shock as they saw a 2m tall horse with 4 bulky legs and 4 hooves to match them at the end of his 4 limbs. His head was still mostly human, and so he was able to greet them.
They all came around him and started looking at him.
Paul, you're a horse...
I guess I didn't inherit our family's animal.
His father looked again at the Grey hooves replacing his hands and was furious.
Have you been able to turn back into a human after your first change?
Not that I really tried...
As he said that he focused on what he had in mind to revert back to human form, however he wasn't able to do anything about it, his hooves still firmly on his hands and legs.
Paul, are you happy with this animal?
For now, yes, I really like it.
We should probably take you for a check-up though.
Sure! said Paul.
Due to his form they called a specialized trailer and transported him from the country side to the city.
There they met a doctor who specialized in first changes. When he was told that he had to come down stairs he was outraged, while sayin:
Can't he just walk up to my office?
No sir. His level of change is quite high, he had to be transported in a trailer here.
Oh my! Well that's an interesting case.
As he came down he prepared his inspection room downstairs and welcomed him and his family who were awkwardly leading the animal that Paul had become.
He was placed in the middle of the room and once that was done the clip clop sound resonating through the room stopped.
OK, what do we have here, he said as he put on his blue gloves, an equine.
Is this his first change?
Yes.
Can he turn back into a human or is that the reason you brought him here like this?
Yes, he can't turn back from what we have seen.
Well if that is true young man, you are not in for a world of pleasure. You might have to spend a bit more time on those hooves then what you wished for.
What? Asked his family.
Oh, yeah, the only way to alter a bloodline's animal is to strongly wish to become something else.
Is that true Paul?
Yes, it is. I wanted to become an equine.
Can you fix him doctor?
Who, who, who, he is not broken, there are places in this world for people like him as well.
I was talking about him changing back.
Oh yeah sure let me test that, it all depends on how strong his wish to change was at that point.
He pricked his neck with a needle and drew some blood.
He annalised it with a specialized machine and got a result.
It appears he is 87.5% equine and that he cannot alter his shape at all without the help of very powerful stimulus. That stimulus may have a higher chance of turning him into a horse completely that turning him back so he is essentially stuck like this.
Enjoy your hooves kid, your desire to have them was unlike anything I've seen before in my life. Don't get me wrong, a case such as yours will be heavily publicized and you will get lots of support from people who can also turn into equines.
OK, în the light of these facts I recommend nailing his hooves, especially his front ones, since he can't transform back his hooves are staying in place and so they are liable to damage.
That does mean that he will give up on the ideea of his hands completely in favor of hooves, however from my experience I conclude that it is next to impossible for him to have anything but hooves for the rest of his life.
And so it was settled they made plans for shoeing him and made his story public.
He was offered a place in several facilities that specialised in horses among which horse riding facilities for people like him and police horse units.
Since his story was made public they knew that he couldn't alter his shape at all and he was stuck with hooves, therefore not being able to continue his school life, they felt obliged to offer this kid another use for his newly found hooves.
And that was either horse riding with him as the horse or police horse training, however they both required him to fully embrace his equine form and to transform all the way.
And so after they scheduled him for shoing they also scheduled his full transformation with the doctor.