The coon curse

Rocky was having one of the strangest dreams of his life. In it, a wizard had turned him into a gigantic raccoon with the intent to harm him. He had managed to get away, but it seemed like, no matter how far away he got, the wizard would always catch up to him. Just as the wizard caught up to him for a 4th and final time, he was pinned down. The wizard was about to finish him off when he heard a strange sound, it sounded like an alarm clock. He couldn't tell where it was coming from. The entire world seemed to get blurry and seemed to fade away. The next thing he knew, he was laying in his bed. He looked around, getting his bearings, and realizing what had happened.

"It was just a dream", he said. He looked himself over, just to make sure. Sitting up, he looked at the time. It was 7am, and was almost time get up for school.

As he was about to get out of bed to get ready, his throat and tongue felt strange for several seconds.

"What's going on?" he said. As the strange feeling subsided, he felt odd. He tried to say something, and was shocked when all that came out was a series warbles and chitters. Shocked, he grasped his mouth with his hands. He tried to speak again, and again the same sounds came out. Now his hands were starting to feel strange. He held them out in front of him, they seemed different somehow. Dark fur was growing on top of them, and his finger nails were getting longer. His thumbs looked odd and his hands seemed to be reshaping somewhat. Before his eyes, his thumbs changed shape as his hands changed shape. It hurt, but not a lot, which surprised him. His thumbs started getting longer, and looked more like fingers, his hands got slightly wider to accommodate the 5th finger his thumbs were becoming. It was a surreal feeling, watching his hands change shape. It was even more surreal how little discomfort he was experiencing. His now 5 fingers seemed to get longer relative to his hand and more nimble and sensitive. His arms started to tingle and feel warm and itchy. Fur had started to grow on both of them. The growth was quick, which surprised him. It only took 30 seconds before both arms were covered in a pelt of grayish brown fur and he could no longer see his skin under it. The itching and warmth spread to his torso, and fur began to grow there at the same rate it had grown on his arms. He watched it grow in the mirror across from his bed. It itched slightly as it grew in, and he was starting to feel warm. The growth of fur on his torso quickly matched his arms in thickness and it was quickly covered in a pelt of the same grayish brown fur that his arms had become covered in. His legs started to feel itchy and he felt a strange pulling sensation at the base of his spine. As fur started to grow on his legs, he saw something growing above his buttocks. It only took him a second to realize it was a tail. The tail grew longer and longer until it was as long as his torso was. It was furry and had several black rings on it. The fur growth on his legs continued at a rate similar to the growth of fur that his torso and arms had experienced. Something very strange happened, the comforter on his bed started to glow, and turned into pure energy and was absorbed into his body. His hips started to feel very strange and ached. He felt them changing shape. He was quickly forced into an 'all fours position' as his hips resized into a shape much more suited for quadredpedal movement. His legs changed his size, allowing him to comfortably stand on 4 feet. The fur growth on his legs completed, and fur started to grow on his feet. His toes became slightly more nimble and a small claw grew from each toe. His belly started to expand, and he became chubby, looking more normal for a raccoon. Petting it, it felt warm. His neck started to feel strange and it readjusted its shape and position, such that his head was now looking forward when he stood on all fours. He was still able to look forward when he sat down. The growth of fur spread up his neck and onto his face. His mouth and nose started to pull out into a muzzle. Black fur grew around his eyes, and white fur grew around the black fur. His face continued to push out into the muzzle and his nose became small and black, whiskers grew from the side of the muzzle. His teeth started to glow and were absorbed into his gums. From his gums, new, sharp and more carnivorous teeth grew. Feeling the teeth with his tongue, he grinned. His human ears were absorbed into his skull, and his ear canals filled in. For a few seconds he was worried that he was going to be deaf. His worries were put to rest though, as a new ears canals developed on top of his head. Around the 'holes', new ears grew that were furry and slightly rounded. He noticed that his sense of hearing seemed to be much better now. The changes stopped and he looked at himself in the mirror. His reflection was of a huge raccoon, with human eyes. He couldn't help but be very happy with what he saw. hugging himself, he warbled happily.

Rocky was feeling hungry.

"Looks like I wont have to go to school today", he thought to himself. Jumping off of his bed, he decided to go downstairs to find something to eat.

When he walked into the kitchen, what he saw surprised him. 2 other huge raccoons walked over to him, and chittered at him. He was shocked again, he could understand what they were saying. They showed him a statue of a raccoon that had been in the family for generations. His father told him about how it was cursed and how every generation of his family had been turned into gigantic raccoons like this. Rocky asked them what they should do now, his parents told him that the final part of the curse was about to take place. The entire room started to glow, and get fuzzy. In a matter of seconds, the entire room had vanished. The 3 of them were surrounded by pure light. As Rocky was about to ask what was going on, the light started to fade, and a vast forest appeared before them. Rocky took in the smells and sounds of the forest. 4 other huge coons walked up to the 3 of them and introduced themselves. It was 4 of his relatives that had vanished without a trace. They had in fact been changed and teleported here. They welcome the 3 of them home. Rocky and his parents followed them into the forest and to their new lives.