The Prince
this was made for a person off DA for Secret santa
This story starts one day when a person named Trubbol. He was having the winter holidays, which makes him glad that the break had finally came. He felt like he needed it, so now he just started to relax in his home. When he went to check what he had to eat, he saw he didn't have much. So he decided to go shopping to stock up on food again. He exits and locks the door as he started walking to the store.
He started walking; as he did he noticed a small light glowing from the edge of the forest entrance. It didn't bug him too much, but the more he looked at it the more he felt it was calling to him to follow. So he went to follow it as it started to go deeper into the forest. Then the light finally disappeared as it went into a giant tree. When Trubbol got there he was amazed to find such an elder tree in the forest. It looked really big as he searched around it. He found some kind of entrance and as he felt around he found a hidden panel that blended in with the tree. He pressed it and then the door opened. Trubbol went inside to check it out.
Inside the tree tunnel it was dark, which made it hard to see how long it was. Then he got to the end of it, which felt like it was a dead end, but he felt a doorknob. He turned it and opened up. As he got out he looked around to see he was in some kind of temple of sorts... "It's been a long time since I've seen a human use the gate, and the chosen one at that. A lucky day indeed." said a voice behind him. Trubbol turned around to see a normal looking owl. "Hmm... A talking owl... Does this mean I'm in some other world?" Trubbol said calmly, finding it quite odd that his mind think is normal in some way. Then the owl flies to him. "In a way, you are correct young sir and we all been waiting for you. As we were told by the king, he foretold your arrival and so it's good to finally meet you young prince." the owl said as he bowed to Trubbol "Wait! Prince? This has got to be some mistake. I'm not royalty at all!" Trubbol said as one of the doors opened and a blue furred fox with white on his front side of his body showing from the open. The bluish coat he wore and also he showed he wore a necklace with a rainbow-like stone on the end of it. He wagged his three tails around to show he was a kitsune. "You have called me Kaepora?" the fox said coming in. "Oh yes Corbyn. Nice of you to make it I got a job for you. I need you to take the prince on a tour of the kingdom." Then he turned to Trubbol. "If you need anything later, just come looking for me prince." "Yes sir...let get going then prince." Corbyn said. "Alright then." Trubbol said and started to follow the anthro kitsune.
As they started to walk around, Trubbol started to see many type of anthro and feral like animals. As they were taking the tour, Corbyn looked at Trubbol. "I can tell that you are confused of why you seeing all these animals. Let's go inside and I will tell you all about it." Corbyn said, opening the door to the pub. As they went inside and got a table to sit down and relax, Corbyn tells the tale.
"It all started long ago, when the first king was ruling. The King was a very greedy man and he always liked giving high taxes to his villagers in his kingdom. Then one day, his knights came back from a temple they were exploring. A lot of people heard rumors of the treasure the knights brought back were cursed. But the king didn't heed the warnings. He opened the chest anyways to find so much gold coins in it. So he closed the chest and sent it to his treasure room. Then, during that night, as the king slept, a long and thick tail started to grow out from the king's pants. Then his hands and feet started to shift and change into claws then his body started to shrink and his teeth got bigger and thick. His ears started to grow round, with his face pushing out into a snout with grayish fur starting to grow. He had then changed into what he truly was. 'A Greedy Rat!' The rest of the people in the kingdom started to change into animals also. Most were lucky to become anthros, but some were not so as they were change into feral forms. But were still able to speak like humans. After this happened, the villagers had enough of their king. The curse was the last straw and they overthrow the castle. It wasn't hard since the knights were turned into mice. Eventually they found the king and threw him out of the kingdom, leaving him wilds in his new form, alone! The villagers decided on a new king who was a cat with a flame like coat. He was a great king and he split the kingdom into two parts, one part for the anthro types and the other for the feral. But now, few hundred years have passed and everyone feels their animal side as it was normal for all of us, but it is still known for the kingdom is still cursed. But it's not the point. The reason is as we were told from the great king before he passed, he foretold of your arrival, prince of royal family blood. ... Oh wait! I didn't exactly tell you about myself. I'm Corbyn J. Prower. I am the knight captain of our kingdom and I will stay loyal to you prince. Welcome home." Corbyn said with a bow. "Can you not call me 'prince?' I'm not used to it yet. Just call me Trubbol." "As you wish sir." Corbyn said.
They got up and left the pub and as they were walking into the castle, they saw some humans in kingdom. "Those are farmers and the poor that were kicked out of where they lived. We rarely turn anyone away when they need a place to live. But as you remember, our kingdom is cursed." Corbyn said as he points to a human with antlers and another with a bull tail. "They're turning into animals. So... that's going to happen to me sometime?" Trubbol said to himself.
They finally reached the gates of the castle and went inside. The knights started to stand guard as they both walked in. They went to the throne room. "Here it is Trubbol, the throne room. You can take the stairs to the right to go to your room. I bet you must be tired from the long walk and all the info you were told, so I suggest you get some rest." Corbyn said Trubbol nodded "Thanks Corbyn. I will. Thank you for showing me around, do take care." Trubbol said, as he went to his room. Inside he found a large bedroom with a big bed in it. Seeing it made him more tired and he went into the bed to sleep.
The next day, when Trubbol woke up he had a slight headache. As he passed by the mirror on the dresser he noticed something. He went to double check and as he got a closer look he saw his front teeth were quite bigger. "Hmm... That is kind of odd... didn't know my changes would come so soon." Trubbol said as his ears were next to change. They started to grow larger and longer as they point out of his head, then they started to slide to the top of his head. Then his clothes started to feel baggy on him. He found out he was starting to shrink. He was trying his best to hold his pants up as his felt his hands going numb and saw as his fingers starting to shorten. Paw pads were starting to grow on them as his arms and legs started to shorten. His oversized clothes started to cover him as his face started to push out into a short muzzle and grow some whiskers also brownish fur was starting to grow all over his body. A teardrop tail started to grow out from his tailbone and lastly his feet started to grow longer and toes started to turn into 3 toed paws. He crawled out from his clothes to see he finished changing into a feral rabbit.
Corbyn came in and saw Trubbol. "Oh dear, I wasn't expecting your changes to come so fast. I hope you are alright. I also got the thing to get for you. Follow me." Corbyn said, sounding worried. "I'm alright. Thanks for asking. Lead the way." Trubbol said as he followed him.
Corbyn found some clothes to fit the Prince's new form, which Trubbol felt more fitting in normal clothes then royalty ones. He then hopped into his throne and sat to look at all his subjects happy to see their new prince. "This feels great to be here. It feels very fitting and these people need a leader to guide them and to find a way to break this curse. I will do my best to find a way to break it someday." Trubbol said to himself.
"And that is how we got our Prince who became the new king of the kingdom" Corbyn said as he closed the book. Two boys and his girl were fast asleep on the floor. He just smiled as he put the book away and left the room and went walking down the hall and up the stairs and gave a knock on a door. "You may enter." the voice said as Corbyn came in and saw the rabbit king standing outside on his balcony. Corbyn stands beside him. "It's a nice clear sky tonight." Corbyn said, putting his arms on the rails. "Yes it is Corbyn." Trubbol said softly. "Do you regret what you did for choosing us to stay as furries?" Corbyn suddenly said. Trubbol didn't say anything for a moment and looked on at his kingdom. "I'm not at all. I don't regret that choice, do you?" Trubbol said. "Not at all Prince." Corbyn replies.