I got separated from Ruby. There was one line going to the left, and one to the right. The anthros went right. The humans, including me, went left.
From there, the line split again into male and female. Then, the lines were split in half again. The men were taken to a waiting room of sorts. There were 17 of us in all. I was the 15th.
There were two doors. 9 of us were going in the right door, 8 were going left. I was left. I didn't know what was going on in there. I could hear moaning from behind the door, but never actual screams.
It reached me. They called my name. My breathing was heavy. My heart was pounding. I stepped into the door.
Inside was what appeared to be an operating table. On the counter nearby were an assortment of syringes and serums, ready to be injected into some unlucky sap. In this case, that sap was me.
"Good day, Rick." A doctor emerged from behind a curtain. "What a specimen. You know, we've been fighting over who would get you. It's why we took so long in getting you."
"Why am I here?"
Laughter.
"You'll see, you'll see. As I was saying, we've gotten people who've married bears, rabbits, bees, tigers, lions, girrafes, giant pandas, halibut, the wholeof Noah's Ark, but never before have we gotten someone betrothed to a kangaroo." He pulled out a serum and connected it to a needle. "Been hoping to use this one. It'd be a shame to waste it.
He got out a painkiller, and forced my mouth open. "This is to help with the surgery. Last person to forgo the pill... Well, he isn't what you'd call in the best of health right now.
I couldn't feel any pain. It actually tickled a bit, but I wasn't quite numb. The doctor's hand approached my neck.
I could hardly feel the syringe entering my skin. My eyes drooped. I felt tired. The doctor chuckled. "Goodnight, sweet prince..."
I was no longer in the operating room, but a great plain, rather barren, and almost desert like. It felt... sort of right. Like I was at home.
Someone giggled behind me. I knew that laugh. Ruby was only a few feet away from me. She had been waiting for me for so long, like I had done for her. She stroked me behind my ears. I scratched my head. They had grown long, and were covered in tan fur, like hers.
She smiled and embraced me. My chest heated up as fur grew out of it. The hair spread all over, through my legs, on my arms, everywhere. I was completely covered in fur.
She reached down, and grabbed my butt. Immediately, I felt my legs growing, tearing through my pants as they doubled in size. I bounced on them lightly, and I could feel the strength of my new muscles. My feet grew out of my shoes, now twice as long, and three toed.
Finally, Ruby stared deep into my eyes. She kissed me, and she held me as my face grew out, as my mouth became a snout. I fell backwards, and fell thtough the ground.
A thump woke me up, and my body was aching. "Fascinating," I heard the doctor remark. Two large guards grabbed me, and dragged me to a hall, where the others had been taken.
"Welcome to your new life, anthro."
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"Goddamnit Rick, where are you?" I had been waiting for him since we had been separated, and was hoping to be able to get him out of this mess. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a familiar face, Jack, the rabbit from the bus. He was comforting a crying rabbit girl who looked like she had seen her parents get murdered.
"Hey, Jack! Have you seen Rick?" Jack looked up. "Even if I had seen him, I wouldn't have recognized him anymore."
"What do you mean?" I looked at the rabbit girl and gasped.
She had one green eye andone blue eye.