#feline tf
Just doing some speed TFing based off a prompt. 1200 words in 25 minutes.
Jason flipped through the pages of the mutantur liber while his wife peeked over his shoulder in curiosity. Grace twirled a lock of her long blonde hair as he studied the pages. She knew he was supposed to be working on translating the book for the university, but something about the tome fascinated her. It looked so old and authentic, thick leather binding with burnished clasps and a swirling text that while meaningless to her, he assured her said mutantur liber in Latin. The Changing Book, recovered recently from a tomb uncovered during road construction. It had been sent to the university for study, and he was the one charged with transcribing it. Normally they wouldn’t have let it out of the building, but Jason had earned a lot of trust with the higher ups and they let him work from home on occasion.
Grace studied the Illuminated manuscript, the elaborate lettering and drawing were equally as detailed as the writing must be. “So.. what is this changing book about anyhow jay?”
“H-huh? Oh… well It’s supposed to be a book of arcane ritual practices dating back to the-”
“english please.”
Jason adjusted his glasses and smiled. “It’s a magic book.”
“I knew it! I mean look at this monster, any book that big and old has to be a book of spells.” She laughed and flipped the page to Jason’s dismay as he lost his place. The next page had a diagram of a human and a cat, and below it more Latin. “What’s this page say.”
“Hun, I’m trying to get some work done, I don’t mind you watching but-”
“Dear.” She said with a mocking tone. “You said you would take a break to watch our show at nine and it’s ten thirty, I think you owe me a little fun.”
“Shit… your right… Okay… well, this page is about a ritual to..” He skimmed through the text. “It’s an incantation said to give a person agility, flexibility, gifted sight and… well the powers of a cat.”
“A cat, that sounds kinda cool. Hey, do you think it works?”
“Works? You mean magic?” He laughed a hearty laugh and took his reading glasses off. “I don’t really think magic is real, it’s mostly just superstitious ceremony than sorcery. I tell you what though. I’ll translate the page tonight and you can cast the spell while I’m at work tomorrow, if I come home to a wife with whiskers then I guess it works.”
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Grace woke up the next morning well after 10 AM, Jason had gone to work hours ago and she had drifted back to sleep and overslept since the alarm had already gone off. She slowly got out of bed and stretched with a yawn as she wandered toward the bathroom. She looked herself over in the mirror, she had a cute tussled bedhead look going on, she didn’t feel like showering quite yet though and finished up her morning business and went to sit in the living room. As she sat down on the couch and flicked on the weather she saw a note tapped to the TV.
Hey hun
I’ll be a work a bit late today, but I did manage to translate the page for you, it’s in the study with my books. Hey if you could cook that salmon for dinner today that would be great, I’d love to have dinner ready by the time I get home, maybe we can curl up and watch some TV tonight.
See you latter my kitty <3
Grace clicked the TV off and wandered to the study, rummaging through his stacks of papers until she found his notes. She held the notebook it was written on up and read it. The spell sounded downright simple, a hand gesture and a few words and instant cat. She laughed as she said the words and flicked her wrist just so. This was silly but-
The lights in the room dimmed and Jason’s papers were suddenly caught in a whirlwind. The papers swirled around her and she felt her hair stand up on end as electricity coursed through her. Her vision swam. Hues began to become muted as other objects seemed sharp and in focus. She blinked and tried to stop her world from spinning but as she gripped the desk she didn’t notice the long scratch she left in the wood. She hadn’t seen the claws that were once her fingernails or the light layer of fur growing from them up her hand and on to her arm steadily. She was distracted as a feeling seemed to pull her forward. In the middle of the vortex of notes and electric energy she stretched forward, her spine cracked and popped and a sudden jolt made her cry out as her spine pushed outward and swelled into a long lithe tail. The skin covered appendage quickly grew short blonde hairs of it’s own until it was covered in fur. It lashed behind her as she clenched muscles and felt the power being infused into them.
Grace yowled in pain as she was thrown back from the study and landed in front of the couch. The magical rush of electric power seemed to flip off like a switch. As she pushed herself off the carpet with one arm she saw the study looked pristine as if nothing had happened. She mouthed what the fuck as she slowly came to her senses. She looked herself over and from what she could see though the slightly off colored but highly detailed vision was that she had fur all over her arms and legs, her shirt was being tented by what looked to be a few sets on nipples below her breasts that did not belong there. Her hands looked more like paws at this point… she could feel something under her and when she tried to get it out from under her found that it was a tail, her tail. She was freaking out at this point, had she actually turned into a cat!? She turned to the TV and looked at her reflection in the dark screen. Pointed ears, pointed teeth, short whiskers, her eyes had feline slits, her nose was pink… she looked somewhere between a girl and cat and she felt…
She felt good, oddly good. Better than she had felt in a long time. Her body was lithe and lightly muscled beneath her soft fur, every movement felt finely tuned and smooth, like she was a trained dancer. She felt another yawn overcome her and she stretched out on the floor, her claws needing into the carpet as she did. She looked a the living room clock and saw that eight hours had passed. It was already six and it wouldn’t be more than a few hours til Jason got home. She thought about the salmon fillet in the fridge and had to restrain herself from eating it all before her husband got home.