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“Alright, Rob, you ready?”


        “I… guess so.” Rob swallowed, looking from the crow next to him to the two humans sitting in front of him. “It’s just… now that I’m actually doing this, I’m a bit nervous about it.”


        Martin chuckled. “Don’t worry. You’ll do fine.” Furling his wings against his back, he turned his attention towards the two humans as well. “And you two? Are you ready?”


        “Ready as ever!” said the girl, Andrea. She brushed her jet black hair out of her face and turned to her brother sitting next to her. “How about you, Zach?”


        “I guess so,” said Zach with a sigh. “I still don’t understand why I have to be the test subject here. Why do you get to be the one who gets transformed by the guy with the most experience?”


        “Because I’m the one who won the coin flip, Zach,” said Andrea. She turned back to Martin, grinning up at him. “So… are we going to start now, or…”


        “As long as everyone’s ready, yes,” replied Martin, turning his attention back towards the wolf next to him. “Are you sure you’re ready for this, Rob? If not, we can always hold off until another day.”


        Rob shook his head. “No. I’m about to back out after these two came all the way out here,” he said, looking back over at the two humans. “So… how are we going to do this?”


        “It’s simple,” replied Martin. “I’ll transform one of them while you watch, and then you use what you’ve learned from watching me to transform the other.” He smiled, putting his arm around Rob. “Don’t worry too much. Even if something does go wrong, this is a perfectly safe, controlled environment. If you make any mistakes, I’ll be right there to correct them, okay?”


        “Okay…” said Rob. His hands were shaking slightly, and he did his best to steady them. “So… you’ll go first, then?”


        “Yes, that’s right,” said the crow, turning towards Andrea. “You’re up first, Andrea. So… what would you like to be turned into?”


        “Hmmm…” said Andrea, thinking. “Let’s see… well, I’ve always sort of had a thing for horses, so…”


        “Really? A horse?” said Zach. He chuckled. “You’re still not over that horse you dated last year, are you?”


        “Well… you saw him, didn’t you?” said Andrea. “You saw the way he was like! Handsome, strong, elegant… I’d love to be like that. And now the chance is right in front of me! I have to take it!”


        “Well, that’s what we’re here for,” replied Martin. “Alright, Rob. Watch closely.” He walked over and knelt in front of Andrea, taking her hand in his. “Now, there are plenty of ways to transform someone, but I’m going to start with a rather simple method,” he said. Lightly, he pressed two of his fingers into the back of her hand. “All you need to do is touch where you want the transformation to start,” he continued. “And it will begin. See?”


        Robert nodded, watching as black hairs began to sprout from around Martin’s fingers. It spread to encompass Andrea’s hand, making its way around to her palms and up her fingers. “Whoa… this is kinda cool,” said Andrea, watching as her nails seemed to grow around her fingers, hardening and turning black. Tentatively, she tapped one of her new hoof-fingers on her chair, her head tiling at the clacking sound it made. “Hmmm… that might take a little getting used to,” she said.


        “Now, obviously just doing that isn’t enough,” said Martin, motioning to Andrea’s hand. Sure enough, the black fur had stopped at her wrist, leaving the rest of her arm bare. “We still have plenty more to go.” He smiled, running his two fingers up the length of Andrea’s arm. As they watched, more fur began sprouting there, moving up her arm until it reached her shoulder. “Now that the change is progressing, we can move a little more quickly,” said the crow. Looking over at Andrea’s other arm, he reached over and closed his hand around her wrist. More black fur began to sprout, making its way both up her arm and down her hand to her fingers. “Bodies are naturally resistant to change, so you need to start slowly to ease them into a more malleable state,” said Martin, looking over at Rob. “Try to do it all at once and it’s not going to work - unless you’ve had a lot of practice, that is.”


        “Okay…” said Rob, watching the back fur spread up her arms as her left hand changed to match her right. “So… what next?”


        Martin reached down and grabbed the bottom of Andrea’s shirt. “May I?” he asked. Receiving a nod in response, he lifted her shirt up and slowly pressed his hand against her stomach. More black fur spread out from around his hand, making its way up to her chest and down to her waist.


        “Oohh… this feels funny,” said Andrea, her body shuddering slightly as the fur continued to spread across it. More subtle changes started to occur: her waist slimmed, her figure became more toned, and her arms gained a bit more muscle. She ran her slightly larger hands across her changing body, a blissful expression on her face. “Feels weird, but… really nice.”


        Martin nodded. “I’m glad you’re enjoying it,” he said. “Though you might want to take your shoes off for this next part.” Grinning, he lifted a leg and brought it towards Andrea’s leg, closing his talons around her ankle. “I don’t recommend you do it this way,” he said, turning to Rob. “Because you don’t have as much experience, I would recommend that you just use your hands for all of it. I’m just doing it this way to demonstrate that it’s possible.”


        Rob frowned. “You sure you’re not just doing it to show off?” he asked, watching as the  black fur made its way up Andrea’s leg and down into her footwear.


        Martin shrugged. “Call it what you’d like,” he said, watching as Andrea quickly took her shoes and socks off. Her foot was already getting longer, her toes turning black and fusing together into a single hard mass. “How’s it feel, Andrea?”


        “Um… wow,” said Andrea, tapping her new hoof against the floor. “Feels really weird, but… I like it.” She looked over at her other foot. “Though it does feel kinda lopsided, what with my other foot still being normal.”


        “Not to worry, I’m on it!” said Martin, closing the talons on his other foot around Andrea’s other ankle. Immediately, more black fur began to sprout across her leg, her foot elongating and going through the same changes as her other foot had. “And that’s that!” said Martin as soon as the changes were finished. “Feel free to test it out if you want to. Oh, but first…” He suddenly leaned forward, poking Andrea in the stomach. A bulge immediately appeared in the back of her pants, bursting out to reveal a thick horse tail. “There you go! Just wanted to get that out of the way first.”


        Cautiously, Andrea stood up on her new hooves, carefully trying to balance herself. “Whoa…” she said, looking down at herself. “This is…” She stomped one of her hooves against the ground, a loud clopping sound echoing throughout the room. “This is SO COOL!”


        Martin chuckled. “Just try not to ruin the floor, please,” he said. “Now, time for the finishing touches.” Unfurling his wings, he brought them around to either side of Andrea’s face, brushing them against her cheeks. Instantly, more black fur started to sprout around them, spreading across her face as her nose seemed to flatten against it, transforming into a mere pair of slits. But as it did, her face suddenly started to push out, growing out into a long muzzle, while her ears grew up and out into long thin points. Even her neck seemed to grow longer and thicker, her black hair cascading down it to form a thick mane. “And there you have it!” said Martin, bringing his wings back behind his back. “What do you think?”


        Eyes wide with wonder, Andrea slowly raised a hand and ran it across her new muzzle. She kept stroking it back and forth, seemingly in disbelief as to what had just happened. “I… wow…” she said, looking down at herself again. “Honestly, I really don’t even know what to say, but…” She looked back up, a wide grin stretched across her new muzzle. “Thank you so much! This feels amazing!”


        Martin nodded. “And there you have it,” he said, turning back to Rob. “Seeing the joy of the TFee is one of the best parts of the job, you know.” He snickered to himself, using a hand to cover his beak. “Well… the annoyance as well, as I’m sure you’re aware.”


        Rolling his eyes, Rob turned back over to Zach. “So… I guess it’s my turn, then?” He asked.


        “That’s right!” replied Martin. “And that means it’s Zach’s turn as well. Any preference on forms, Zach, or…”


        Zach shrugged. “I don’t know… eagle, maybe? I’ve always thought those were kinda cool.”


        “Eagle, you say?” Martin’s eyes lit up. “Excellent! That shouldn’t be a problem at all!” He turned to Rob, grinning enthusiastically. “You’re best friends with an eagle, aren’t you? All you need to do is picture him in your mind while you’re doing the transformation. Focus on his form, then focus on transferring his form to Zach here. Do you think you can do that?”


        “Um… I guess so, sure,” said Rob, nervously approaching Zach. “So, um… how do I do this again?”


        “Well, I’d personally recommend focusing on the hands and arms first,” said Martin. “Since that’s a pretty common way of doing things. Then you just kinda go in whatever direction feels natural to you from there. You might want to stick to doing it the way I did just so you have some kind of frame of reference, but it’s up to you really.”


        “Well… okay, then,” said Rob, taking Zach’s hand in his paws. “Just gotta focus, then…” He closed his eyes, trying to picture his friend’s form in his mind. His hands nervously fidgeted on Zach’s, rubbing across his skin until he suddenly noticed something happening. Zach’s skin seemed to be growing rougher, the smooth skin almost hardening underneath his touch. Rob opened his eyes to see Zach’s skin turning yellow, the flesh on his hands giving way to avian scales.


        “See? You’re getting it,” said Martin encouragingly. “But be careful. You don’t want the changes to go too fast, or you might lose control of them. You need to make sure you stay in control at all times.”


        Rob nodded, turning back to see wicked black talons growing to replace Zach’s fingernails. “Heh… this is cool,” said Zach, flexing his new hands. He looked up at Rob. “Er… you okay? You look kinda nervous.”


        “Yeah, I… I’m fine,” replied Rob, rolling up Zach’s sleeves and slowly moving his hands across his arms. More yellow scales began spreading up Zach’s arm where Rob’s hands followed, only giving way to brown feathers when they reached his elbows. “Well… that’s that arm done, I guess,” said Rob, running his hands back down across the feathers on Zach’s upper arms and turning to Martin. “So what now?”


        “Well, you can either move across his chest and go down his other arm,” said Martin. “Or you can start with his other hand and go up from there. Up to you, really.”


        “Hmmm…” said Rob, an idea forming in his head. Reaching over, he grabbed Zach’s other hand with one of his hands, then pressed his other hand into the front of Zach’s shirt. Continuing to hold the picture of the eagle in his mind, he rubbed Zach’s other hand with his fingers, feeling more scales start to spread across it. At the same time, he began feeling feathers forming underneath Zach’s shirt, beginning to spread across his torso. But that wasn’t the only change he felt: as he held his hand there, he felt Zach’s chest become thicker and more toned, seeming to swell underneath his touch.


        Martin beamed. “You’re moving along pretty quickly, aren’t you?” he said. “Seems like you’re staying in control pretty well too. Now, what are you going to do next? Maybe legs, or-”


        “Hold up. I’m not quite done yet,” said Rob, moving his hands back to Zach’s wrists and giving them a slight squeeze. As soon as he did, Zach suddenly felt his arms start to grow larger, his muscles suddenly growing bigger and more defined underneath his shirt. “How are you feeling, Zach?” asked Rob, watching as Zach’s growing muscles began to push against his shirt sleeves.


        Zach chuckled. “Well, it certainly feels different,” he said. “But… I like it.” He brought one of his arms up, flexing it slightly. “Especially this strength. Feels like I could tear right through my shirt with a single flex!”


        “Well, not yet. But maybe in a bit,” said Rob, chuckling as well. He was really starting to enjoy this process, and he wanted to keep that excitement up. He knelt down, putting his hands on Zach’s legs and focusing once again. Instantly, he felt Zach’s legs swell up as well, more muscle being packed onto them as more feathers sprouted to cover them. At the same time, Zach began feeling a strange pressure in the back of his pants. Realizing what was happening, he adjusted his position in his seat slightly, bending over until the pressure finally released itself. Through the back of his pants tore a set of large brown tail feathers, fanning out behind him as they settled into place. “You might want to take your shoes off for this next part,” said Rob, running his fingers down Zach’s legs. “Unless you want them to get wrecked.”


        Zach nodded, reaching down and carefully using his new taloned hands to remove his shoes. As he looked down at his socks, though, a thought occurred to him. “You know… I think I’d like to leave my socks on for this, if you don’t mind,” he said. “I don’t know what it is, but some part of me just really wants to tear through them!”


        Rob shrugged. “Hey, whatever works for you,” he said, slowly running his hands across Zach’s socked feet. As he concentrated, he could feel those feet growing larger, three large bulges appearing in the front of the socks. A second later, the socks burst open, three long taloned toes clawing through into the open air on each foot. At the same time, a fourth bulge appeared in the back of each sock, with another long talon clawing through the back. Satisfied, Rob stepped back, admiring his work. “How do they feel, Zach?” he asked.


        “They feel… really cool,” said Zach, reaching down to tear off what remained of his socks. He leaned back, flexing his new talons and admiring their strength. “And god, the way they just tore through my socks like that… that just felt amazing!”


        “Glad to hear you’re enjoying it,” said Rob with a smile. “Now, just one more step before we can move onto… the grand finale.” He raised both his hands, placing them on either side of Zach’s face. “This might feel a little bit uncomfortable, but just bear with me for a moment. It’ll be worth it, trust me.”


        Zach nodded, his face starting to itch as white feathers began sprouting all over it. At the same time, he started feeling an uncomfortable pressure in the front of his mouth. He opened his mouth, feeling it harden and stretch out into a sharp, pointed hook. He raised his taloned hands up to feel his new beak, before running them across his head to feel his newly grown white feathers. “Huh… this is interesting,” he said, his beak clicking a few times as he spoke. “Does feel pretty weird though.”


        “You’ll get used to it,” said Rob, moving his hands over to Zach’s shoulders. “Now, are you ready? This part’s going to feel pretty intense, so you might want to brace yourself.”


        “Okay…” said Zach, trying to figure out what Rob was up to. All of a sudden, he felt an immense pressure surrounding his upper body, his limbs almost shaking as some strange energy seemed to course through him. “Oh… geez, this feels…” He felt his entire body tense up, breathing heavily as he tried to steady himself. “This is… this is… Aaaaaaagggggghhhhhhhh!”


        The moment he cried out, a pair of large, feathery wings suddenly burst from his back, spreading and fanning out several feet behind him. At the same time, his body suddenly grew several inches, the muscles on his arms and chest rapidly becoming larger and more defined. His shirt quickly tore open, his body reducing it to scraps as it grew. Even his legs were becoming larger and more muscular, tearing through his pants as they increased in size. As soon as his growth spurt was finished, Zach released the tension in his body, slumping slightly before picking himself back up and looking down at himself. “...Whoa.” One of his hands immediately went to his feathered abdomen while he slowly raised the other up, admiring his new muscles.


        “See? I told you you’d be able to rip through your shirt eventually,” chuckled Rob, stepping back again. “How’s it feel, big guy?”


        “It feels… incredible…” said Zach, in complete disbelief. Slowly, he raised up one of his arms and flexed it, admiring its size and strength. He did the same with his other arm, laughing to himself at the sheer amount of power he felt flowing through it. “I feel so powerful! I love it!”


        “Well, I’m certainly glad to see that you’re both enjoying yourselves,” said Martin, stepping forward. “Now, this would be the point where I’d offer to change you both back, but judging by your reactions… I’m assuming it’s going to be a pass from both of you?”


        Zach laughed. “As if I’d ever want to go back from something like this!” He said, flexing again. “Of course I’m going to stay this way! Right, sis?”


        Andrea nodded as she walked over to Zach, her hooves clopping against the floor as she did. “I’d like to stay like this too,” she said. “I’m enjoying this form quite a bit myself. Maybe not as much as Zach’s enjoying his, but…”


        “Well then, both of you are free to go!” Said Martin, motioning towards the door. “Oh, and feel free to come back here if you change your mind.”
        
        “Thanks, but I kinda doubt that’s going to happen - at least not for a while,” responded Andrea, looking over at Zach. “You ready to go, Zach?”


        “Hell yeah, I am!” Said Zach, putting his arm around Andrea as he turned towards the door. “Heh, wait ‘til I show this new body off to some of my friends! They’re going to be so jealous!”


        “I’m sure they will be, Zach,” said Andrea, patting Zach on the back as she turned towards Martin. “Thanks for letting us do this, Martin,” she said. “This was a really cool experience.


        Martin nodded. “I’m glad you enjoyed it,” he said as he watched the two of them walk out the door. As soon as they were gone, he turned his head back over to Rob. “Well,” he said. “That was certainly interesting.”


        Rob swallowed nervously. “So, uh… how did I do?” He asked. “I did okay, right?”


        “For your first time? I’d say you did more than okay,” said Martin with a chuckle. “That was some excellent work there. It seemed like you were really enjoying it near the end.”


        “Well, I… I was, honestly,” said Rob, blushing slightly. “I don’t know, it’s just… once I was getting into it, watching them change and all, knowing that I was in control of it… it just became super fun, you know?”


        “Oh, I know. Believe me, I know,” laughed Martin. “Just a quick note, though; Did you by any chance happen to change Zach’s personality a bit while you were changing his form? He almost seemed like an entirely different person when he was leaving here.”


        “His… personality?” Rob frowned, trying to think back. “Um… maybe a little bit.” He gulped, his nerves starting to return. “It’s just… I had a picture in my mind of what I wanted him to look like, and I wanted him to enjoy it as much as I thought I would, you know?”


        “I see,” replied Martin. “Well, I’d recommend you avoid doing that kind of thing in the future. You generally want to change the form to match the person, not the other way around.” He smiled. “Still, you did very well for your first time. Keep those skills up and you’ll have no trouble at all completing your next assignment.”


        Rob nodded. “And what exactly is this ‘next assignment?’” He asked.


        “It’s quite simple, really,” replied Martin. “Really, you’re just using your new powers to help people. Find someone with a problem that you think you could solve with a little TF? Talk to them and use your powers to solve it! That’s all there is to it.”


        “Okay…” said Rob. “And how exactly do I find these people?”


        “You just need to keep your eyes and ears open when you’re out and about,” said Martin. “Trust your instincts, and you’re sure to land on someone! As for me…” He frowned, his expression darkening slightly. “I have my own project that I need to start on. As soon as possible, really.”


        “Oh?” said Rob. “What is it?”


        “Well, it may interest you to know that you and I aren’t the only people around with powers like this,” said Martin. “In fact, there are plenty of people around who have the powers to change people’s forms, each with their own methods and restrictions and whatnot. But the thing is, not all of these people use their powers for good - in fact, many of them are out there using their powers to harm others for their own personal gain. And that’s where I come in.” He chuckled, his smile returning slightly. “My goal is to bring a little justice to these people. Find ways to help they people they’ve hurt, and then just… make sure they can’t hurt anyone else if you get my drift.”


        Rob nodded. “I see,” he said. “Sounds kinda dangerous if you ask me.”


        “Well, that’s why I’m doing it and you’re not,” replied Martin. “But don’t worry - there are good people out there with powers like ours too. People who are genuinely interested in using their powers to help people, like we are.” He stepped forward, smiling. “If you’d like, I can tell you about those people when I meet them as well. I know you’re always looking for inspiration for your songwriting - that might be a good place to start if you’re ever stuck on ideas.”


        “Thank you. I think I’d like that very much,” said Rob. “So, just to recap - I help people without powers by changing them, you punish people who abuse their powers? Probably by changing them as well, if I know you.


        “And know me you indeed do!” laughed Martin. “Yes, that’s the basic gist of it.” He sat down, crossing his legs. “Now, you might want to get some rest. You’ve got a lot of work ahead of you.”


        “Of course,” sighed Rob, walking away towards his room. As he did, though, he couldn’t help but feel a bit excited at the prospect of getting to transform more people, especially if he could help them by doing it. The excitement he felt while changing Zach… he was chuckling just thinking about it. If this new assignment allowed him to feel that more often, then it was definitely something he was willing to look forward to.