Rose felt tears rolling down her fur covered face as she enjoyed embracing her daughter in her now were-cheetah form. For her part Penny was crying too…for her it was as if part of her she knew was missing but didn’t know about had been found. She was now a were-cheetah her true body awakened and now out for the whole world to see.
Rose was about to say something when her ear twitched, a heavy-duty truck was coming down the road. She had heard that truck so many times she knew who it was.
“Your dad is home.” announced Rose
“I thought he had worked all day.” Said Penny as Rose quickly grabbed a necklace she had waiting on the table. She slipped it over her daughter’s form as the wear cheetah disappeared, and her human form returned.
“What? It can’t be over.” Said Penny disappointed as she looked at her now human skin.
“No…it is just a necklace which contains a spell to make you look human.” Explained her mother as she heard her husband’s truck pull in and come to a stop, the engine turning off. “For the moment I control it but once I teach you the rules you will have to follow I will give you full control to become the real you at any moment.”
“Alright, I guess this is some hell of a secret.” confirmed Penny as Rose shifted back into her human form as well as she heard her husband heading toward the door. “You going to tell dad?”
“Yes” Said Rose
“Alright, I will leave you two alone.” Said Penny “I suddenly feel the need to go on a little run, I wonder if my time will improve since I am now a werecat even in human form.”
With that Penny gathered her things and headed toward the door. Her cloths were not the best, look like workout cloths instead of her normal school cloths.
The door opened as her father; Oscar walked in. Oscar wasn’t a big man he was actually slightly on the smaller side being only a couple of inches taller then Rose herself. He had a pair of dirty blue jeans on and his shirt was stained as well. A lunch box was in his hands and his work uniform jacket over his arm.
“Dad, I thought you had someone’s birthday at work? Why are you here?” inquired Penny
“We did, but a water main broke.” Explained Oscar who worked as a maintenance and repair worker for a nearby factory. “Since the city said it was going to be 5 to 6 hours before they could get water to the factory, they shut us down for the day. I expect 2nd shift will be called off as well. Can’t have over a hundred people and no water.”
“Well, you guys do welding and other stuff there, don’t want to burn the place down.” Added Rose as she appeared in the doorway to the dinning room. Oscar raised an eyebrow at seeing his wife home. Knowing what he was going to ask next she went on. “Wasn’t feeling well this morning, so took a day.”
“It is almost allergy season, maybe it was that.” Offered Oscar
“Maybe, it is a beautiful day I was about to go for a run.” Explained Penny as her father stepped aside.
“Enjoy your run, I am going to get in the shower and then have some lunch.” Explained Oscar as Penny left leaving her mother and father behind.
The two shared a kiss before Oscar headed upstairs to take a shower, leaving Rose to decide how she wanted to do this, how did she want to explain to her husband what she really was.
How does she tell her husband