The next morning Oliver felt a little less upset, discovering that the other kids must be
going through the same thing. This whole town must be run by people like his parents,
wanting to "protect their kids from the dangers of global warming" by changing them
into animals. So he felt less alone. He asked his parents if it was a complete change.
They said "at first you start getting the urges and instincts of any animal and start
acting like it. Then you start to get some qualities of that animal, then after maybe 10
years or so completely become that animal, still with your human mind and memories."
So Oliver felt only a bit better. At school he tried to make a friend. The boy who did
become his friend was named Hunter and had wolf qualities, mostly just the advanced
senses and speed, but had some extra hair. He said he has been there for a year and
was the newest student until Oliver came.
"so you don't mind that your parents did this to you?" Oliver asked.
"well I did at first, but now I don't mind it, it's kinda cool" Hunter said.
"when does it start?" Oliver asked.
"when did you get the retoviruses put in?" Hunter asked.
"about a week ago" replied Oliver.
"it will Probably start today or tomorrow" Hunter said.
Oliver had Hunter cove over to play in the yard. They had alot of fun and Oliver's
parents are happy he found a friend, thinking maybe he had accepted things, or at
least was starting to.
The next day, Oliver sat behind Hunter. Oliver suddenly noticed a bug, maybe a flea or
somthing in Hunter's messy hair. Oliver got a weird urge to eat the bug, it looked so
good. "No" Oliver thought to himself, trying to fight the urge. But he couldn't, so he
suddenly moved his legs so he was squatting on his seat rather than sitting in it. He
put his hands through his friends hair and pulled out the bug. He then sniffed it, it smelled soo good. Oliver couldn't help himself and ate the bug. You would think bugs
would taste nasty, but to Oliver, it was the best thing he ever tasted. Soon he began
eagerly looking at the kids around him, looking for more bugs.
"Dude was that you? What did you do with my hair?" Hunter asked. Suddenly Oliver
snapped out of it, sitting normally again.
"I don't know I just got this urge and.."
"by the way you were sitting and going through my hair, I'm guessing your gonna be a
monkey" Hunter said. That was ok for Oliver, monkeys were his 3rd favorite animal,
after frogs and polar bears. Out of all the animals he could have become, give him a
monkey any day over most other animals. Oliver was still upset, but not as much.
"that's ok dude, I like monkeys" Oliver said proudly.