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 6
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 some animalistic qualities, mostly just the advanced
senses. He said he has been there for a month 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.
“When will I find out what animal I am?”
“You can usually tell after a couple years, but they do a DNA test after you graduate 8th grade” 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.
(So upon reading the chapters by Danny and riley, I was inspired to do my own. I'm making a couple of small changes to make mine a bit more original, but its follows the same premise.)