I woke up, lying near the cat statue with what seemed to be a girl in a cat costume, looking down at me. She smiled as I slowly sat up. "Neyow, welcome, Jamie."
"Jamie?" I asked, seeing all the cats from before sitting all around us. "I'm James."
The girl shook her head. "You were James." she replied politely. "Now you are Jamie. I asked my friends to bring you here so we cold talk, you deserve an explanation as to what is happening to you."
"That would be nice." I said, now more awake. "First, who are you?"
"My name is Katina Feline, I am Kate's older sister." replied the girl. "We are Nekos, humanoid animals. In this case, cats, hence my last name."
"Okay..." I said, slightly freaked out. "So, I'm somehow turning into one of you?"
Katina nodded. "Your sister, Emma, made a wish to one of our prayer statues." she explained. "They are our version of your churches, the largest of such statues you call the Great Sphinx." she paused. "To the point, we sent Emma a bracelet that would allow her to become one of us and gain the aid of the pride."
"Only she gave it to me." I said, piecing the story together.
Katina nodded. "Hence your transformation began." she said. "Normally, it would be painless but you were not well when you put it on so it is, unfortunately, making the symptoms worse." she paused, smiling. "The purring that put you to sleep has a healing factor, notice that your stomach no longer hurts."
My eyes widened in surprise as I had not noticed any pain in a while and slowly nodded at Katina. "So what now?" I asked her. "Am I expected to join your pride?"
Katina giggled, it was soft and sweet. "You joined us the second you put on that bracelet." she said. "Do not think badly of us, you put it on under your own free will without examining the engraving."
Curious, I turned to the bracelet and found the engraving. It stated...
'He who choses to wear this bracelet will become one with the Nekos.'
Paling, I turned to Katina. "How will I live a normal life, being a boy, turned girl, let alone a Neko-girl!?" I asked, panicking. "My life is ruined... it's over!"
I began to sob when Katina placed a light hand onto my shoulder. "Have you ever seen cat ears or a tail on my sister?" she asked, sweetly. "We Nekos have the ability to look perfectly normal with a small amount of magic, which you will learn in time. "First, however, you must complete your transformation."
With that, I felt a sharp pain in my lower back, which caused me to scream. Slowly, painfully, a tail began to form and grow from my tail bone to a length equivalent to a cat my size. I screamed again, seeing my human ears moved upward and slowly took the shape of cat ears near the top of my head. A loud Neyow escaped my lips as I then felt my face shifting, making my nose smaller and my mouth more uniformly shaped to that of a cat. When the changes finally stopped, I found myself gasping from the pain as the cats around me began to purr at once, like before, ebbing it away.
"Welcome to the pride, Jamie Walker." said Katina. "When you wake up tomorrow, reality will have changed and all will know you as Jamie. Only you, your sister, Emma, and the pride will know the old you."
"What about teaching me that magic to make me look normal?" I asked, hearing the cats purring again.
Katina laughed. "We will teach you as you sleep." she replied. "Rest well, Jamie. We will be in touch."
With that, I again passed out to awaken...
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