Dan stops gaping at the giant anthro cat standing in front of him and listens to his instincts, which tell him to SWIM AWAY! He tries to get away, but with one fell swoop, he is in the not-so-capable hands of Kat. "Put me down! You don't want to eat me! I'm... crunchy, and... bony, and..." Dan pleaded with his sister. She smiled at him with that creepy, evil cat smile and said "Why Dan, you're so small I don't even have to chew!" Dan's look turned from concerned to frightened, and with a flick of the wrist, Dan feels himself inside his sister's mouth, and the last thing he remembers is feeling himself sliding down his sisters throat before passing out.
Darkness.
Dan regains consciousness, but for some reason he can't move, and he can't open his eyes. He hears noises outside of wherever he is, and he feels like he is getting pushed out now. Through his eyelids, he knows "it is getting brighter and brighter and brighter, until finally...
"He's out! Thank goodness he's okay! As for you... I can't believe my child would do something like that to her own brother!" This voice sounds familiar to Dan. "Ugh... Mom?" "Dan! Don't talk... everything's going to be alright, sweety, just don't open your eyes... okay?" It's rare for Dan to hear his mother like this, so he naturally had to see what was worrying her. He opens his eyes... and everything is a lot bigger than he remembers. "Hey, why's everything so low to the ground, now?" Then he remembers what happened. "AH! Mom, while you were gone, Kat and I had this argument, right? She said some things and she changed us and... she ate me..... Mom!?" "It's okay, honey, you're safe now, that's all that matters." his mom tries to say with the most normal voice she can use right now. "But what happened? How am I here?... And where's Kat?" Dan asks. "Right behind you, dummy." replies Kat. All Dan has to do is turn his head to see his sister the cat. His mom knows she has to tell him before he finds out himself. "Now Dan, dear, this might come as a shock to you, but... you're..." "I'm what?" Dan asks as he looks down, and sees... the body of a newborn kitten! Dan kind of sits there in shock for a few seconds. He thinks to himself, "This is a dream, right? Or I'm dead. Yeah, that's gotta be it. Let me just pinch myself back to reality." Except he found out how hard it really is to pinch himself when all he has are claws. "Listen Dan. Calm down. Everything is okay." his concerned mother said. "But... how?" Dan requested. "...I'm sorry for keeping this a secret, Dan. You have to understand, it's been a secret for many generations that the females of our family become witches, but..." "I know that part, Mom. Can we skip to the part where you tell me how I'm alive? And why I'm... a kitten?" "I'm sorry, sweet-heart. What happened was you were inside your sister for a long time. Too long for me to remove you from Kat without killing her. The only option I had that would save you was to make you into an unborn kitten inside her. Then I sped the effects of your growth to make you come out as soon as possible, used a spell to make your return as clean as possible, and used one last spell to give you the ability to talk... are you with me, Dan?" Dan looked at her, horror-stricken as a kitten's face can look. "Well, that's great and all, so why don't you change me back now?" His mother turned her head, tears in her eyes. "Dan... you'll need to stay like this for a while." "What!?!? But why?" "I used all the magic I had stored in me. It will be a while before either of you can return to normal." Dan was shocked and depressed to hear this. "But can't you just make Kat change us back? I mean, she is a witch and all." "I would, but the majority of the power I spent was used to seal her powers away, at least for the time being. This infuriated Dan. "You honestly aren't thinking of giving her powers back to her, are you?!" "Time will tell, Dan. If she can prove to me she won't pull a stunt like that again and can be responsible with her powers, I just might have to, because if I don't, the powers of witches may be gone forever..." "Mom, what are you talking about? Surely there must be other witches... right?" His mother turned to him with the saddest look he had ever seen in his life. "My mother, aunts and sisters have all been hunted down for what they are. Whether they used their powers or not, they were found regardless, and killed for it. As far as I know, we are the last ones left. I'll do my best to try and find someone who can fix this, but not only are the chances slim, but I have to take it slow, or..." "I understand, Mom. Take as long as you need." His mother knelt next to him and cried, embracing him. "I'll fix this dear, I promise! Just give me time, okay?" "Okay, Mom."