A time of change

Story by Tygriss on SoFurry

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#3 of A Changing World


*Well, here's the third part, I hope it came out right. *

A brisk wind blew... All animals and wildlife in the area remained in hiding after hearing the gun shot, shortly followed by the strong scent of blood; tiger blood to be precise.

"H-heeellp meeeee." The tiger said in a wailing/growling sort of voice, which only caused the farmer to aim his gun squarely between his eyes.

"S-stay back demon, this next one won't just be to injure!" His voice shook with fear as his hands trembled at the trigger of the shotgun.

Just then, a white van came screeching down his farm. Stepping out of the van were two men in lab coats who calmly approached the distressed farmer.

"That will be quite enough of that good sir, please turn the tiger over to us and we'll take care of the rest."

"B-but you don't understand!" The farmer sputtered in fright. "That tiger... It's a demon! It spoke to me in a wailing voice!" He said with hands still trembling at the gun.

"Does that make us demons too then because we speak? Please just co-operate with us and everything will be fine sir." One of them said in the hopes of trying to calm him down.

"NO, it's a demon as far as I'm sure. And we have to kill it now!" The farmer yelled as he whipped his gun round to the tiger for the killing shot. Just to have a clawed hand jerk his gun down at the last instant as the shot fired, shooting harmlessly into the soft ground.

Turning round to get a look at what confronted him, the blood quickly drained from his face and turned it a pure white. A Doberman stood before him, standing not on four paws like a normal dog but on two, wearing a very canine like smile.

The farmer opened up his mouth to shout something before he decided words were wasted on a situation like this. However, as he tried to raise his gun, he found himself powerless before the strength of this demon; being quickly knocked out by a large, furred fist.

"Didn't want it coming down to that, you left me no choice though old man." The Doberman said in a low growl before turning towards the humans to assist them.

The tiger looked at them with eyes clouded by pain, confusion, and fear as it wailed one last time. "Heeellpp!" It said as it fainted from the blood loss.

Shaking his head sadly at the situation, one of the scientists turned round to the Doberman. "Max, give us a hand with getting him onto the operation table in the van could you?" He shouted.

"I'm going to stink of cat after this..." The Doberman grumbled as he grunted along with the other two at the weight of the big cat, hefting him onto the van before driving steadily off into the distance.

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Meanwhile, in a large disused warehouse, the place had been turned into a sort of private clinic for a lot of the same kind as the tiger and Doberman.

In particular, a female white tigress with a mane of fur in the form of a ponytail was laid out on a bed in one of the rooms with a pair of black German Shepherds standing close by her with worried expressions on their muzzles. One of them, a female, looked quite normal besides the second long mane of black hair that sprouted from underneath her regular black mane; the other one looked similar to his mate partner, but with a slightly more stocky build and an appearance a little more humanish, he also sported an extra mane of fur which was cut short and he was standing up on two paws instead of four.

Suddenly, the female black GS pricked up her ears. "Hey, she's waking up!" She said in an excited whimper as the tigress growled and started to move.

"Ooh, what was with that weird dream? Mating with a tiger, as if I'd ever do such a thing... And what's with my voice? Sounds weird..." She mumbled as she slowly opened her eyes to see the female black German Shepherd on the bed standing over her, her tongue out in a laughing sort of way.

"Midnight, what are you doing here?" The tigress said before looking round and realizing that she wasn't in her normal room, a puzzled expression crossing her face.

"The same thing you are silly." Midnight said as she nuzzled her neck affectionately.

Her mouth flew open at hearing Midnight speak before she heard a deeper voice off to the side of her bed. "It is good... That you are finally awake Elise." The voice said.

Turning her head sharply to focus on the voice, she found him quite easily despite the dimly lit room she was in. "J-Jake?" Elise said in a quavering voice as the reality came crashing back to her; last night hadn't been a dream after all then. The events had been real, much too real as far as she was concerned.

Jake nodded and walked up to the confused tigress, looking tall and imposing on his hind legs, coupled with his black fur and brown eyes. Though slightly lower, Elise recognized the voice still that confirmed it to be her co-worker from the kennels.

"Jake... Just what the hell is this?" Elise asked somewhat frightened by the reality of things now.

"Apparently we seem to be the victims of an engineered virus that is designed to mess with our DNA and combine it with any suitable animal's. The reverse seems to hold true too as well." He said pointing towards Midnight.

Elise suddenly felt a surge of anger towards Midnight, nothing directed, just an instinct that she was a rival. "Get off me" She growled deep as she pushed Midnight off of her with claws extended.

Poor Midnight yelped at the sudden change and feeling of sharp claws digging lightly into her, and immediately jumped off the bed; ending up on four paws again as she bowed her head submissively.

"What was that for!" Jake growled, nowhere near as impressive sounding as Elise, what with only been a German Shepherd. He bared his teeth at her as he felt instincts well up in him to defend his life mate, before he caught himself.

"S-sorry if I did anything wrong." Midnight whined as she tried to make herself appear as submissive as possible to her.

Elise glared at her with sky blue eyes before she too caught herself. "Uh, sorry Midnight. I guess I'm just still a little tired and frightened right now." She said as she tried to sound as apologetic as she could, but still couldn't help feeling that sense of hate for some reason.

"Where are we anyway?" She asked trying to change the matter, if nothing but to distract herself from a sudden urge to jump on top of Jake and do things she would rather remain hidden for now.

"We're in a disused warehouse, but the scientists have changed it into a sort of base of operations to try and help us supposed victims ease into our new bodies and mind state." Jake responded.

"Scientists, are they the ones responsible for this then?" Elise asked with an angry flick of her tail as she indicated her appearance.

"No, these are the good guys, or at least the ones who are trying to help us." Jake said as he gently put a clawed paw on her arm, his black fur being a startling contrast to her pure white and black striped coat.

"Can they change us back?" Elise asked in a hopeful tone.

"No, but some of us don't really mind it. Some of us have found it to be a bit of a turning point in our lives." Jake told her as he rubbed Midnight's head, in which she nuzzled his hand lovingly in response, licking his paw pads as he took the hand away. "Besides, least I can't be considered a freak now for loving a dog, because I'm one too now. Or at least in part" he went on in a voice of utter happiness.

A look of hurt passed Elise's face and Jake became immediately concerned. "Are you okay Elise? Do you want me to get one of the doctors?" Jake asked her, tail twitching in concern as he looked at her with worried brown eyes.

Elise looked into his eyes before quickly turning her head away, unable to look into that sympathetic face of his. "I'll...be alright. I just need some time alone is all..." Elise said as Midnight made soft whining sounds, noticing her scent had taken on a distressed state.

Jake nodded in understanding before he bade for Midnight to follow him out. "Hope you feel better." Midnight said in a reassuring whine before she departed.

As they closed the door, Elise felt her eyes tearing up with the unfairness of it all, of having her secret love taken away like this as she dug her claws into the bedding.

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Walking down the numerous corridors that had been built into the warehouse for its purposes, Jake couldn't help but notice that Elise had been acting strangely, even for her new state.

"Elise smelt distressed." Midnight exclaimed as she padded along beside Jake on all fours; she didn't have to, but when asked before about it, she had responded that she was more comfortable and that he should try it more often, which he appreciated in doing after a couple of days, but still felt foolish in front of others if he was caught by them.

Jake was still learning about how to use scents and to use his other heightened senses as well, but even he knew that she was distressed, and not just from the change either. Jake just scratched her head as he thought in quiet contemplation, there had been something else in her scent, but what?

"Jake, good to see you. Has the sleeping beauty woken up yet? A scientist who Jake had first made contact with upon his transformation asked in a good natured tone as he greeted him.

Jake had become good friends with the human since coming to the base of operations and greeted him back before explaining about Elise's state. "She's awake and seems well enough in herself, though smells a little distressed right now and showed odd behavior towards Midnight whom she has always liked." Jake summed up.

"Well, she is a feline and you are canine, it's going to be hard for her to get over that initial impulse of her kind to be slightly aggressive towards you. Thankfully nothing too much should come out of it with that stabilizing drug we gave her." Richard said in confidence before adding; "And if you don't mind me saying so, she makes quite the beautiful tigress too." He said with a slight chuckle.

"That she does." Jake replied, his tail wagging in amusement as Midnight gave a low growl. "But not as beautiful as you of course!" He said as he lightly batted her on the nose in a playful fashion.

"Why if human, they still have breasts?" Midnight asked in curiosity out loud.

"W-what, they do?" Jake responded part in embarrassment at the question, and part in surprise as he hadn't been close enough to one to notice anything.

The scientist made a clearing noise with his throat before answering. "Er, yes they do. Though only if you pay close attention enough when they are as well covered in fur as Elise's are. It's all down to the way you change. As you have retained most of your canine appearance, so do humans maintain a good amount of theirs."

"Why do Elise have six though?" Midnight asked, still puzzled by the fact that humans only have two of the fleshy mounds that humans seemed to like so much.

"Your English could do with improving, along with what and what not to say." Jake told her, his blush almost visible through his thick black fur.

Doing his best not to laugh, Richard tried to answer as best he could. "Uh, that's because the virus forces the human body to try to replicate an animals, but instead that kind of effect is what happens." He replied.

Seeming to understand and much to Jakes relief, Midnight seemed satisfied with his answers.

"So what will the next step be then Rich? Will she be eased into this new life like the rest of us then?" Jake asked as he gave Midnight a look that she knew implied he would have a word with her later about what she had said, but she chose to ignore it.

"Yes, once she has had enough time to come round and feel her way with her new body, then we will start introducing her to her new life, and pretty soon, all of you into the public eye."

At that, Jake swallowed hard at the thought of going back into human society. He was honestly more comfortable here with the rest of the humans and animals that had been transformed.

"Don't worry about it, you will all be kept a watch on closely so that any disasters can hopefully be avoided." He responded upon noticing Jake's blatant display of discomfort.

When Jake's worried scent persisted, Midnight stood up on her hind legs to press her furred body up against his and wrap her arms round his chest. "It's alright, I similar situation so you aren't alone. The three of us be together." Midnight said, meaning Elise as well.

"Thanks..." Jake replied, closing his eyes as Midnight slurped a kiss on his face with her long tongue.

"Ahem, do you two want some time alone in your dorm for now?" Richard said good naturedly as he noticed a bulge in Jakes pants; the men only had need of one item of clothing, and in some of the women's case two if they had breasts to cover up, and both pieces of clothing were always made to blend in perfectly with the individuals fur and colour.

This time, Jake's blush did show a bit through his dark fur.... Quickly realizing he still had a lot to learn about controlling these new instincts he had obtained, he opened his maw about to utter an apology, when a loud roar sounded from further up the warehouse.

"What the devil?" Richard exclaimed as he rushed to the source of the commotion.

Jake looked on worriedly to Midnight as the same thing seemed to cross both of their minds at the same time. "Elise!" Jake exclaimed as they ran through the door, only to be bowled over by a large male tiger that still seemed to be only partway through his transformation as he looked almost normal, save a slight shift in his leg and arm design.

A rabbit morph stuck its head timidly through its dorm doorway, only to slam it shut again very fast as it saw a large and distressed tiger charging its way.

Pausing in its mad dash, the male sniffed and scrabbled at the door as it tried to get at the big rabbit, but soon lost interest as he heard several footsteps charging down the corridor towards him.

Meanwhile, Elise had been partway through an examination that two scientists had been conducting on her when the ruckus had begun. They had to excuse themselves to try and assist in recapturing the tiger, but as the noise drew closer to her, she had become more curious as to what was going on. Unable to resist any longer, she ventured out of her room and into one of the narrow corridors that crisscrossed the warehouse and saw what it was that was coming towards her, a large, orange furred male tiger. And not just any, but the same one that had raped/mated with her before and caused the mess she was in; she recognized him from his scent.

The tiger recognized her scent immediately, or maybe just found her feline scent too attractive, either way he pounced straight onto her and started growling lightly as he licked her face with a long tongue.

"Get off of me you damn beast!" She growled, hatred flaring up within her for what this tiger had been responsible for, and with a grunt, even surprised herself as she was able to flip the large male off her.

Elise stood there, dumbfounded by what she had just done and the strength she now had as the tiger landed on his feet to stare curiously at her. Standing on his hind legs, he tried to imitate her, but his legs wouldn't stop wobbling due to not been fully developed yet, and fell back onto his front paws with what can only be described as a puzzled look.

Suddenly he gave a low growl as a dart jutted from his back, and swiped it off with a front paw; something an ordinary tiger wouldn't be able to reach with a paw due to the stage of his change. He took a few steps towards her before collapsing, a slight trickle of blood from an injury it had reopened from his little stunt.

Jake came running to Elise with Midnight in tow, "Elise, are you alright?" He asked in a concerned tone.

"Wow, you strong huh?" Midnight said in awe, Elise still found it weird to have a dog she had worked a couple of months with now talking to her.

"Guess that tigers strength has rubbed off on me with this." Elise said as she indicated herself, the muscles just visible through the fur.

"Is that...the same tiger that you met last time?" Jake hazards a guess at.

"Yeah, cos of that brute I'm in this mess." Elise growled lowly as she looked on at the tiger, not actually seeing him but just the cause of her lost chance to admit her feelings to Jake.

"I wouldn't call it a mess, I think you turned out rather well Elise." Jake said soothingly as he brushed a clawed digit across her face.

Elise felt her breath catch in her throat, she was so close to him, it didn't matter if they were now canine and feline, her feelings were still just as strong. She could kiss him and change his mind, make him understand her feelings for her now, until she saw the concerned look on Midnight's face and remembered how happy they had both looked before.

"Thanks Jake." Elise said coolly as she brushed past him to head for her dorm to rest.

"What...just happened?" Jake said with a forlorn look upon his face, ears semi flattened in confusion.

"I need to...talk to Elise." Midnight stated as she headed on to her dorm room, unable to keep a nervous twitch from her black tail as she entered her dorm.

"Midnight, wait!" Jake said aloud until a hand was on his shoulder with a team of scientists looking at him.

"Excuse me Jake, would you mind assisting us with moving this tiger, you're strength would be much appreciated."

Jake sighed resignedly, vowing to figure out what was going on between the three of them as soon as he'd finished.

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"Elise?" Midnight said cautiously, dropping back onto four paws with her ears swivelling to catch where she was in the dim room.

"Go away, I'm not in the mood to entertain you right now Midnight..." Elise growled from her bed, which had some pretty torn up sheets scattered about.

"Elise, please." Midnight said as she dropped into as much of a submissive posture as she could. "I always liked you at the shelter, don't want you mad at me."

A low growl was her only response.

Backing off from the warning, Midnight bravely continued "I-I know you have feelings for my life mate and I'm sorry things had to be like this but..."

Midnight didn't get to finish what she was saying as she was jumped upon with a roar from Elise, pinning her body down with her weight. "Now listen here Midnight. I always liked you when you were just a dog, and knew you two saw each other as more than just master and pet, but I never rushed things as I never thought that things could really go so far with you two"

Elise then yanked Midnights head round to stare in her eyes, Elise's narrowed eyes and enormous cat pupils making her seem very frightening. "We can't be friends anymore, not with the way we have changed. I don't want to be responsible for hurting you." That said, Elise had to exert some control on her claws as they flexed with agitation, drawing a terrified whimper from Midnight, her eyes shining with fright.

Elise felt thoroughly disgusted with herself as she looked away. Midnight seemed to forget her ability to talk as she lay there whimpering and shaking, black tail tucked firmly between her legs and soaked in her dog piss from fright.

"Midnight." Elise said in a concerned voice as she tentatively reached a hand out to stroke her head, only for the GS morph to completely hunker down and flatten her ears, seeming to completely revert to a proper canine set of mind.

Sighing, Elise gently ran a digit over Midnights head. From which she made a slight whimper from before realizing the big tigress wasn't going to hurt her and nuzzled into the petting.

Smiling as she gently rubbed Midnights black furred head, Elise changed her voice to a much gentler tone. "Give me some time to work out my changes and feelings okay?"

Midnight whined a little response, and still in submissive mode licked her furred paw tentatively before she slowly began to back out; only to almost jump six feet into the air as the door swung open.

"What's going on? Are you two alright?" Jake asked as he looked at Midnight's agitation with concern.

Shaking her head and seeming to come back to herself, Midnight responded in a high voice. "I...fine. I need a bit of...rest." She said obviously tense as she ran on all fours down the corridor to their own shared dorm.

Jake looked on at Elise in confusion as he smelled Midnight's distress strongly as well as her urine. "What happened? What did you do to her?" He asked, starting to growl and show fangs before catching himself and sheaving them; tail wagging in agitation from seeing his mate stressed.

"Sorry Jake, I need time to sort out things alright. I...can't be around you two right now until then okay?" Elise said as she gently pushed him out before her feelings could mix with her instincts and make her do something she would regret.

Before she closed the door, Elise unconsciously curled her white and black striped tail round his waist before closing the door, causing Jake to look on in confusion.

After Jake had left, Elise dug a finger inside herself at the thought of her secret love and his lingering scent that reminded her of the kennels and how things used to be. She moaned as she penetrated her furry cunt with a thick digit, and as Jake turned to leave her door he caught a strong scent emanating from her room.

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In the next few days Elise had become, if anything, even worse with her attitude after having the tiger she felt responsible for her change forced upon her as her new roommate. Being the only two true big cats, they felt it necessary to do so. Every time she would see Midnight and Jake cuddling or happy with each other her claws would flex, and she couldn't help a growl of despair escaping her throat with a mixed look of hatred and longing in her blue eyes.

Elise had even started taking it out on the poor male tiger, swiping him with a claw unsheathed whenever he tried to make any advances on her. They had given the tiger the name Ren, upon that though he had enough knowledge of speech to talk for himself. "I tiger not Ren. Why call anything else? Silly." He said in broken English being a little worse than Midnight but still enough to be understood. So they stuck with the name Tiger, in which he had made very quick advancement with his language and understanding given his full change only couple of days ago.

Tiger sauntered into Jake's room one day and asked: "Why female hate me so much?" He had taken to Jake and Midnight quite well, not seeming to really have that much aggression what with being born in a zoo. Like Midnight, he preferred to walk on all fours as if it felt more natural and comfortable for him.

Jake sighed at this, he had never been too big on cats but he had taken to Tiger quite fondly as he rubbed his striped, furred head. Jake sighed again before getting to his feet, deciding to resolve this situation with Elise. This wasn't at all like the girl he used to know and it couldn't be all down to her change. "I'm going somewhere for a moment, you two look after each other. I'll be back soon okay?" He said reassuringly at Midnight's worried eyes and ears semi-flat.

"Be careful." Midnight whined as she licked his hand and pressed up to him with her body before letting him go.

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"Elise, I need to talk to you." Jake said, banging a furred hand on her room door.

"I-I'm not wanting to see anyone right now please..." Elise said in a sort of monotone voice.

"That doesn't matter; we need to sort things out. This is just ridiculous, this isn't at all like you Elise and you are only hurting others with your behavior."

Elise opened the door and Jake was shocked into seeing her normally blue eyes to be tinted red as if from lack of sleep or crying too much, and the white fur around her face was slightly dark as if wet with tears. Without waiting to be invited in, Jake stepped forward, making Elise take a step back to allow him into the room.

"Jake, it's not safe to be around me anymore. I feel like I might lose control at any moment around you." Elise said quietly as if afraid of what he might say.

"Elise please, you're not making any sense." Jake said still confused to her strange behavior.

"I don't know what's wrong with you, but you can talk to me about it. I don't want whatever is troubling you to ruin our friendship I have always held dear to me."

Jake quickly took his paw off of her as she gave a frustrated growl and started panting heavily. "You idiot, that's the problem. I...I have always held you as much more than a friend." Elise said as she started losing control of her mind; Jake's dog scent and his own human mixed in causing memories to stir and feelings to bubble over.

"Look, I'll get some help for you alright Elise? I hate to see you in such a state." Jake said as he fumbled for the door handle whilst still keeping a wary eye on his friend.

His eyes went wide all of a sudden as Elise tried pouncing on him, just for him to roll out of the way just in time. "Elise, no!!" Jake cried out but had the breath pushed out of him as she tackled him successfully the second time round.

"I can't take it any more Jake, I'm tearing myself apart over you two." Elise said in a confused and desperate tone. "I want you, I Want you! I NEED YOUU!" Elise roared the last bit as she took leave of her senses and started pressing herself down on him, Jake unable to get free of her strong grip; sure he was stronger than most humans but she had almost the full strength of a tiger.

Jake thought of digging in his claws into her arms to get her to let go but he couldn't do that, she wasn't in full control of herself and he didn't want to hurt a friend. He could also feel his own mind start to go fuzzy with the mixture of heady scents of a heating female, even if it was a different species.

Elise started to grind her pussy into his crotch, leaving a thin bit of moisture on the one bit of cloth that he had covering his privates.

"Elise, you have to stop this..." Jake said weakly as she moved up and down him and her six breasts ground into his chest, wondering where his penis was below the fur matching cloth; feeling his mind getting fuzzier at the friction on his crotch, the feeling of her breasts and the building scents in the small room that would have driven another tiger wild by now.

Elise nuzzled him frantically under his chin and growled in confused frustration when she was finally able to spy the slight difference in the material, then hooked a claw through to pull them off. Jake tried to pry his arms free to halt her advances but his arms was also pinned by her larger body as she got his erect penis free, the knot already formed though unbidden of his free will. After a bit of struggling from Jake in attempts to stop her from following it all the way through, she gave him a frustrated growl and nipped at his long ears just a bit too painfully to warn him to stop in his wriggling. Fearing she might turn violent, he could do nothing but watch as his once friend, now feral minded tigress started to penetrate her folds with his shaft.

"No choice then..." Jake thought grimly as he dug his claws into Elise's furred stomach as much as possible, causing a cry of pain as she leapt off of him with a savage growl.

She suddenly saw him for what he was as the pain seemed to drag her deeper into her feline mind set. Jake saw the look on her face and raced off through the door, knowing a killer look in a tiger's eye from when he used to watch nature documentaries.

Even in her feral state, Elise must have realized that she could open doors as she had been able to get out and streaked down the hall after him. A few of the scientists had to flatten themselves against the sides to avoid been bowled over by the pair, and one unfortunate fox morph was taken unawares as he was bowled right on over as she charged straight after her prey. Jake had to run on all fours as Elise was gaining quite fast using her four limbs.

Slamming himself into his and Midnights room, Midnight and Tiger both looked at him in shock. "Jake, what wrong?" Midnight asked as she made soft, whining sounds to comfort his distress.

She was answered however as Elise crashed the door open, panting heavily from the exertion, her six breasts wobbling with each deep breath.

"Elise what...?" Midnight began but backed off after recognizing the same look she had when they met her just transformed.

Growling as Elise looked at the pair, she advanced on them with her body taught and ready to tear apart what, to her feral mind she saw as a threat.

Tiger however, knew what to do as he went in front of her field of vision and proceeded to rub round her as a mate would do. Elise looked confused at this at first but she soon followed suit and did the same and before they knew it, they were both rubbing round each other as Elise had forgotten about her prey when a man in a lab coat burst into the room.

"I came as quick as I could! What?..." he was quickly hushed by Midnight and Jake waving their hands about as he saw the two snuggling. "We had better talk about this outside." he whispered as they carefully made their way out.

As soon as they were out of the room, Jake gave a loud sigh of relief; his ears and tail sagging visibly and his black fur darkened by sweat. Midnight nuzzled his hand in concern before he stroked her ear and then ran a hand through her mane.

"So what was all that about Richard? I thought you couldn't go wild any more after the stabilizer was given?" Jake inquired with a bit of a show of his large front canines at his agitation.

"Under extreme emotions they have been known to have a relapse into the animal set of mind. I take it something happened between you two?" He said but decided to leave it there and not get Jake any angrier, lest he lose control of himself. "It is quite an unstable mind set until the brain has fully adjusted to its new nature." Richard said in way of explanation.

Midnight gave a sniff of the air, pointing her muzzle upwards as she scented the smell of sex from Jake. "Jake, did you mate Elise?" She asked with a bit of a hurt look in her eye.

Richard cleared his throat loudly and said that he'll check to see if Elise had calmed down at all.

After they were alone in the corridor, Jake explained what had happened. "Of course I wouldn't abandon you Midnight..." He said dropping to all fours and nuzzling her ear with his wet nose. "I was able to stop her in time thankfully".

Midnight was about to ask how he had managed it when the door to their room opened to find a somewhat confused and embarrassed Elise, her ponytail mane of white fur was in a bit of a mess after their exploits and had two patches of redness just visible through her white fur. "Jake I..." Elise was cut off as Jake gave her a hug, but she quickly pushed him away, a hurt look on his face. "I'm sorry Jake, I might lose myself again if we come into too much contact." She said with her tail waving in agitation. "You know how I feel, I'll understand if you no longer want to be friends with me if you decide so." She just managed to stifle a sob at the last bit.

"Of course I still want to be friends with you, silly girl." Jake said in a calm and understanding voice. "And-" He hung his tail. "I am sorry, I hope you find yourself someone who can make you happy Elise. And I'm sorry that I had to hurt you."

Elise smiled at that last bit, her eyes saying she forgave him before saying "well, I'll give that big lug a chance." Elise said indicating to the large male orange tiger as he came from the room on all fours and nuzzled her chest, then she pushed him away "But first of all, he'll have to learn what is appropriate in public and what isn't." She said with a bit of embarrassment from his contact with her lower set of breasts.

As they walked off, Jake put a hand on Tiger's back, causing him to swing his head around. "Take care of her." He said, Tiger locking his brown eyes with his yellow ones before growling in response and giving him a friendly lick of his face with a rough, pink tongue.

"You got good life mate." The big male rumbled as he gave Midnight a quick, friendly lick before bounding after Elise.

"I'd avoid contact with her for now, she seems to be getting over some feelings and emotions for you, so she could start again. Give her a week or two before you have too much contact with her." Richard explained as he followed them to check if Elise was truly alright.

"I know." She said quietly as she stared up with love at Jake, upon catching her eye returned the stare before they went inside their room.

"No wonder I preferred female dogs to humans."_Jake thought to himself. _"Dogs are just so much more upfront with it and less complicated."

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Back inside their room:

"What were you saying earlier Midnight?" Jake asked gently as he held her paws in his, needing some much needed alone time with his life mate.

Midnight was about to say what she was going to earlier on but a new thought had crept into her mind "I...was going to ask why you never want to mate with me, I understand I not in season but still want to mate with you."

Jake was worried about this as Midnight had hinted a few times what she wanted, but it still came as a shock to him to hear it voiced. "Midnight I love you...with all my heart as your life mate. You have to understand that it's a lot more complicated from a humans point though if they are not ready to have a child-er cub yet. I just don't want to risk that right now." He said in as understanding of a tone as he could manage.

"I...see." Midnight said resignedly as she looked truly upset by his statement.

Jake could also feel his own dog instincts crying out to mount her. She WAS his life mate, so why not take her properly? He also remembered his tip just entering Elise's folds from before, and felt his blood start pumping at the thought. The only time that he had truly mated or had sex of any sort was when he mas mating Midnight in the kennels during his changes.

"I understand..." Midnight's sad voice cut through his heart like a knife as she turned round to go on her bottom bunk bed.

She laid there in silence for a bit until Jake's heart felt like it would just stop beating with the weight of guilt he felt, and deciding it would be wrong to hurt her like this and ignore his own feelings for mating her, he gently climbed onto her bunk.

Midnight gave a start at this, turning round just for Jake to lock muzzles with her own, her mouth wide open in surprise before she relaxed and let him lap at the inside of her mouth before starting to do the same. Her black, fluffy tail going madly as she got more into the strange, yet pleasurable concept of kissing this way, before yelping as Jake tweaked one of her eight nipples hidden beneath her beautiful black fur.

"I...thought...Jake." Midnight panted in confusion just to have Jake close his mouth gently over her muzzle to halt her.

Taking his muzzle off of her own he said in a love laden voice "how could I deny the one that has always meant the world to me what she wants".

Midnight yipped in excitement before returning "you want too" she smiled as only a dog can as she scented how he really felt.

They pressed their noses up to each other as they gazed into the others beautiful brown eyes as they inhaled the others scent and lost themselves in the love they felt for each other before Midnight pulled away with a desperate whine.

Figuring that Midnight had waited long enough for a proper mating, he laid down in invitation for her to mount him. But instead of doing so straight away he was surprised as she drew her long tongue down his throat. "This isn't just for me, want make Jake happy too" she panted slightly before continuing her laps further down his neck and then began her slow descent down his black furred body with her laps.

Jake began panting softly as he was aroused by her tender licks to his body as his fur shone wet with her saliva where she had licked.

Never once did their eyes leave each other in this tender moment, both of them lost in the love and tenderness of the other as Jake slowly stroked the tip of Midnights long ears.

Reaching his crotch, she gave a deep sniff of his pungent scent eliciting a loud whimper and yip of excitement from Midnight, the smells igniting a fire inside of her as she gave a gentle lick of the head of his penis.

Jake whimpered and moaned at the sensations her tongue provoked as his heart began to hammer. Feeling as though his hands where as much use as actual paws he shakily pulled his cloth pants down. Surprising him, Midnight put her own paw on his cloth pants to aid him, powerless to help himself with his canine instincts in full gear Jake covered her face in licks as their scents mingled and became one heady scent.

Slipping the cloth off, Midnight gave a whimpering gasp as a concentrated form of his scent and arousal hit her nose, sending her into a frenzy of lapping around his crotch then eventually working that long canine tongue up his shaft to stop and lap at the head a few times; enjoying the taste of a bit of pre that had leaked through his arousal.

By this time, it was Jake who was begging and whining in desperation. "Midnight, please. I can't take this much more..." He said gritting his canines together in an effort to stop him from losing control.

Midnight got up and he thought that she was going to move down on him until she turned round and lifted her tail to its highest point, exposing her vagina that had not really changed much during her own transformation.

Jake had some trouble of holding back his excitement as her scent hit him like a physical force, holding his attention for a moment before Midnight's desperate whining brought him back to the task at hand. Very gently, and mindful to take care due to his short, sharp claws, Jake inserted a digit into her puffed up hole. Finding it just sufficiently moist enough to dip his digit in without too much problem, Midnight gave a happy whine at the feeling and began to pant hotly, swinging her head round to see the sight for herself only to be given a wet, hot lick on her nose as they both started to feel the time drawing near for the main event.

Jake wriggled his digit around inside of her, causing his finger to become quite wet as it was covered more and more from her own pre and excitement. She gave a soft whine as he withdrew his digit and, in typical dog fashion, began to mount her on all fours. Being their proper first time and wanting to fully enjoy the experience, Jake very slowly slid his tip into her, causing a yip of excitement and for her to move slightly back to push even more into her. They held like this, enjoying such an intimate feeling and bond whilst they locked muzzles again until Jake could feel as if he was swallowing past a lump in his throat due to the tension of the build-up. "M-Midnight, I think...it's about time." He gasped as no sooner had he finished when Midnight began pushing against his knot that had formed, trying to tie them together causing them both to whine and moan in frustration.

Jake almost pitched forward as his knot finally slipped in and gave an experimental tug, feeling a shock of pleasure course through them. They held like this for a moment as they got used to the tightness of it, and Jake put a paw to feel where they were joined, amazed that this knot was actually his that was connecting them both. Nothing could have felt so special to him then this precious moment, more intimate then anything he could think of a human doing.

Midnight yipped a little as he stroked where his bulge was inside of her and then ran his paw across her nipples lightly before she moved back on him indicating she had waited long enough for this.

With his tongue out, panting in dog fashion Jake began to take slow, short thrusts into her whilst Midnight's legs trembled with supporting her own weight and part of his. With every thrust, Midnight's whines would become increasingly louder and more frantic as Jake would give quick licks of his tongue across her head before pulling back and forward for another thrust. They could both feel themselves building up to the climax as her tunnel became impossibly hot and wet, and Jake felt his own shaft pulse for release as they started panting frantically, turning to nip and lick each other in their excitement.

Jake suddenly felt himself stiffen as he gave a last final thrust into her with a howl of love. "MIDNIIIIGHT!" Jake howled along with Midnight's higher howl, both sounding more like a pair of wild dogs mating as she came soon after; her pussy gripping his shaft as it lovingly milked his cock, the pair of them reveling in the sensations that rocked their bodies as their fur became soaked with sweat due to the intensity of their actions.

Jake collapsed on top of her forcing her down as well, her legs giving out from the strain of supporting both of their weights. They lay joined like this until Jake's knot had completely shrunk to release both of their combined juices, rushing out onto the cool hard floor.

After they had recovered a little, Jake was able to muster enough energy to get off of her.

Midnight shifted so that her body was pressed right up to his, burying her nose into his chest and giving a sigh of happiness. "Jake?" she said quietly.

"What is it Midnight?" Jake said in a caring voice to her.

"Thank you, I glad that we life mates" she said, her both of their black tails thumping against the floor as Jake stroked her black mane of hair as they fell asleep like this.

_ Once again I hope you enjoyed reading and I'll be back with the final part after a break from the story line for fresh insight. A couple of stories I want to write before then so as to unclutter my mind a bit. Till next time! _