The five new human arrivals and their horses were gathered around the fire in the central square, it was clear that while all the homes did have their own private cooking area. It was clear that most meals were communal in nature. There were multiple large cooking pits for roasting meats, one of which was currently being used to roast a wild boar which had been hunted down earlier in the day. Multiple tables, some long, some only large enough for two centaurs where all under one large communal shuttle hut which covered all the tables providing shade and protection from the rain.
It was just off the large central fire pit which acted as a kin to a city central water fountain which is where they all gathered now.
“This is impossible.” Stated Aiko as she tried to think of this logically as she looked at the centaurs, she recognized four of them or at least the human parts of them. They may have been team rivals, but they all shared the same love of horses.
“That is what we thought.” Stated Wendy
“You are all centaurs.” Stated Fred
“Yes, and likely in a day or so you will all be centaurs too.” Stated Snow “We have been here, three days now and only four of us are not transformed out of twelve.”
“And we all thought we would transform last night.” Stated Dan as he sat down, he was still human, however he had taken off his shoes to show a pair of hooven feet with some grayish fur running up his legs. “But nothing happened, but that is when you guys were transported right?”
“This morning.” Countered Chris, “Fred had arrived to put new horseshoes on our horses when a blinding flash of light happened and we walked toward a new painting someone had donated to the club.”
“Same basic thing happened to us.” Stated Amanda
“No…no…no, I can’t become a horse.” Stated Fred as the small man with the glasses looked petrified.
“It is alright to be afraid, I was afraid when I transformed from a horse to a centaur.” Stated Midnight
“No, I am afraid of horses, I don’t even know how to ride and….” Stated Fred “I wasn’t even suppose to be the one to shoe the horses, I was doing a favor for a guy who was sick, this can’t be happening.”
“It’s alright Fred, calm down we will be ok.” Reassured Chris “Any idea on how to get home?”
“None.” Stated Amanda “And I wouldn’t be surprised if by sunrise, some of us are centaurs.”
“Hell, maybe even some of you all. I transformed after only a day.” Stated Luke
“This can’t be real; it has to be some kind of trick.” Added Jenny
“Seams real looking to me.” Countered Zoey as the quiet goth girl took in all the centaurs. “Seams very real.”
“No, it can’t, humans can’t become Centaurs and same goes for horses.” countered Jenny as suddenly Daisy, Amanda’s horse which had been laying on the ground fell onto her side.
“Daisy!” yelled Amanda as she ran over to her horse, even as she began to change. She had already been saying a few words and patches of flesh could be seen but now the changes were rapidly happening.
Her neck length out as a new rib cage formed, new shoulders pushed out as her reddish main expanded outwards around the top of her head into a curly mess of red hair. Her horse face moved into a rather cut human face, her eyes turned a very human shade of green as arms began to grow from her new shoulders.
“Calm down, everything will be alright.” Reassured Amanda as the new arrivals looked on wide eyed as human torso grew out of the champagne fur of the horse. Horse-like ears appeared out of the mess of red hair as her already red mane ran down her now human spine. Human hands ran out of new shoulders and as she lied on the ground her chest expanded outwards as two breasts grew and grew until it was clear she was the most “endowed” women or centaur here by at least a cup and 1/2 in size. She wasn’t as thin as her fellow female centaurs but she was very curvy and beautiful either way.
“Are you alright Daisy?” inquired Snow as she helped Daisy up along with Wendy.
“I think so.” said Daisy in what almost sounded like a Scottish accent, she did look Scottish, with multiple freckles clear as day across her skin.
“My God, it is real.” stated Jenny
“It’s very real.” stated Dan as he looked at Amanda. “You know what this means.”
“I do.” Confirmed Amanda as she moved back and sat down, her own horse like mane of hair causing the back of her shirt to bulge out.
“What does that mean?” inquired Chris
“All the transformations so far happen close to one another and in pairs, one horse, one human.” Stated Dan
“And until recently it was always horse and rider, so since Daisy is now a Centaur odds are within a few minutes I will be a centaur as well.” Stated Amanda as her boyfriend Chris’s eyes widened.
“That is 100%, the last change was different.” Countered Dan “So it could easily be me.”
“Or one of them.” Offered Marcus to look at the five new arrivals. “Luke showed no signs of a change until moments before he changed, so one of them could change.”
“Still odds are, either Dan or I will be next and soon, it is what minutes between the changes.” Stated Amanda as she took off her shirt so that she was only in her bra and pants. Dan did the same going bare chested as both waited for the change.