TF Story I wrote for  MidnightArcade of him turning into his rabbit sona, Akira. Enjoy!

“Almost done.” Kade said to himself.

He added another bit of lines to his reference sheet as he worked at his desk. His pen went over his drawing tablet as he added more details to finish it up before taking a break. It was a chill 11 PM outside, and he was nice and cozy in his bedroom as he kept working.

The reference sheet was for his sona, Akira. A white, black, and red rabbit who had several paranormal abilities. He was someone he was very attached to, and was working to update the reference sheet with his new and improved style. Currently he had the linework finished, but still needed to take care of colouring and shading. That would be something to save for later.

Kade added one last line and breathed out a sigh of relief before leaning back in his chair. The linework was all finished. His sona regarded him with a look of indifference in the many different poses he was in along the sheet. Several flamboyant poses, a couple different styles for him, and a shot of him shifting into his demonic form.

As Kade saved the art file and prepared to close it, he saw a message pop up in his Discord. He raised an eyebrow and saw it was a new message in his server in the #arts-n-crafts tab. He clicked on the message and Discord’s familiar dark UI popped up to show the channel.

It was a message from a… new user? That was odd. He had to directly invite others to the server for them to join, and give them permissions to view the rest of it. Did someone else send the link to a friend? Realising that was an issue to save for later, Kade looked at the message from someone named “Warspider”.

“Test with experimental ritual image transportation. Let me know if you received this message.” is all it said. Paired with it was an image of what looked like a magical sigil. It was a blood red circle with several eye and cross motifs all along it. It wouldn’t be out of place in a cultish ritual.

Suddenly, another message popped up in the channel, also from a new user. Kade’s eyebrows shot up again as he saw it was someone else named “Lambam”.

“Yes I got the message and sigil. Should be able to use it as a base for our next Ritual of Rejuvenation if need be. Thank you!” they said in response. Kade clicked on the message bar and began typing out a new message, but as his hands touched the keyboard, he felt a static shock from it.

“Youch!” he said as he pulled his hand away and rubbed it with the other. He resumed typing out his message and sent it to ping the new users.

“Who are you guys? Did you get invited to this server from someone else?” he asked. Immediately, both of the new users began typing.

“WHAT. Someone else is getting these?” said Lambam.

“My apologies. Crystal magic is hard to work with. It must have resonated with a rogue signal from their world.” said Warspider.

Their world? These two were starting to freak Kade out. So he got another message ready.

“What are you two talking about? What’s this sigil for?” he asked. Both began typing again.

“THEY GOT THE SIGIL TOO?” Lambam shouted in text. Kade could feel a bead of sweat rolling down the side of his head.

“Have no fear. So long as they don’t come into close contact with it, it shouldn’t affect them.” said Warspider. Kade looked down at his zapped finger which still felt like it was pulsating from the shock, and hesitantly typed another message.

“What would be close contact? Like an electric shock?” he asked. The channel was silent for a moment, before both typed one singular message.

“Oh shit.” said both Lambam and Warspider.

As if on cue, Kade immediately felt a strange sensation all across his body. Like a light tingling just below his skin. Sweat began to form upon his brow as his body felt like it was heating up ever so slightly. In a bit of a panic, Kade immediately began typing out another message to the two users.

“What exactly does this sigil do?” he typed. Warspider began typing.

“Well, we use it for a special ritual that results in the transfer of souls, but since you merely came into contact with a blank canvas, it’ll instead bring out the true aspect of your own soul. In what manner that may be, I know not.” Warspider sent.

Kade could feel the sensation getting stronger as he typed. His fingers felt like they were buzzing with electricity while he typed another message.

“Can you stop it?!” he asked. His fingers began to quiver slightly as more sweat rolled down his arms and legs. He felt something welling up just beneath his skin. Another message popped up.

“I think I can make a counter-sigil. Give me a moment.” Warspider said. Kade let out a sigh of relief, but it was short lived as he felt something sprout along the back of his hands.

He looked down at each of them and saw patches of crimson red fur erupt from his hands. From it spread out a sea of white to surround it, which began growing down across his fingers and across his wrist. The red fur turned to black as it grew up towards his arms.

“Huh!?” Kade said aloud as he rubbed the fur. Sure enough, it was real, and not showing any signs of stopping. He could feel the fur sprout from his fingers and across his palms, like a crisp winter morning of snow. The black fur marking extended all the way up to his elbow while the white fur followed close behind.

“What’s happening to me?” he asked aloud. The changes continued as suddenly, he felt the fur beginning to bloom from his neck. He instinctively reached up and clutched his sword necklace as he felt white and black fur sprout from his skin and begin climbing up his face and down his neck to his chest.

Kade closed his eyes as the fur rapidly engulfed his entire face, with black fur slowly creeping up the back of his neck and into his hair. He opened his eyes and felt his hair slowly beginning to quiver as the fur worked its way into it and caused it to start puffing out.

His black hair lengthened out, causing some of it to begin drooping over his right eye. The tips of his hair began to shift into a bright red, which partially obscured his vision. However, as he brushed it aside and got a better look at the fur across his body, he realised it looked familiar.

The revelation was cut short by his ears beginning to tingle. He reached up to his right ear and felt it beginning to stretch out of the side of his head. The base of it widened while the tip began to stretch out greatly, all while black fur packed onto it. His other ear followed suit, which began to droop down the side of his head like a hood. Kade could see them out of the corners of his vision and realised they had grown red tips in the inner ear, matching his hair.

“Rabbit ears? It can’t be…” Kade said in disbelief before wincing from a pain in his jaw. He opened his mouth to try and ease the pain as he felt his teeth beginning to elongate. His incisors grew out to great length while his regular teeth began to stretch and make way for his now growing jaw. Kade tried to speak, but found it difficult as his lower and upper jaw began to stretch out of his skull. His nose shrunk down and turned from its normal white hue into a deep red. He could see it on the tip of his now stretched jaws as his bones cracked and reshaped themselves.

“Ah…Ah…ack!” he managed to get out as his jaw finished its growth, forming into a short snout. Kade looked down at the snout and touched it with his hand, which recoiled away from the sensation. It was definitely real now.

“It’s him. I’m turning into-URK!” Kade couldn’t finish his sentence as he felt a sudden tightness in his pants. He looked back at the seat of his chair and saw the back of his jeans beginning to bulge out. He had a feeling about what was coming up.

Kade quickly got up from his chair and reached his now fluffy hand down to try and ease the tightness, but all it did was embolden his newly growing limb as it pressed harder into the denim. Small rips filled the air as the seat of his pants began to tear open.

POP! With a burst of torn clothing, a newly grown tail tore through the seat of Kade’s pants, causing him to yelp. It was a small bushy tail, with black fur on top and white fur on the bottom. He could feel it wiggling with panic and a bit of excitement as he tried to make sense of seeing his newly grown limb.

Kade ended up walking over to the mirror in his room and was almost taken aback by his own reflection. His head was now that of a rabbit’s, with massive droopy ears and plumes of white, black, and red fur all across his body. His eyes had shifted from brown to a crisp grey color, and all around the top of his hair danced small red hearts. There was no doubting it. He had turned into Akira.

“I… what… I don’t…” Kade struggled to get a word out, until he felt his body tense up once more. He looked down at his now white fingers and saw white claws emerge from his nails, causing them to be swallowed up by the surrounding fur. Small cracks filled the air as his fingers slowly began to stretch out, his palms growing bigger in turn.

As Kade struggled to come to senses with his predicament, he could feel a similar change occurring in his feet. He looked down at his black shoes and saw that they were beginning to bulge out ever so slightly. He could feel his socks tightening around his newly grown paws while his bones cracked and stretched out. Kade got a feeling in his gut as he could feel the growth extend to his arms, legs, and torso. His clothes might not like this next part.

The thought immediately caused a tightness to well up in his chest as his body began to grow taller, causing his red shirt to begin shrinking against his growing frame. A bit of his white furred stomach began to poke through the gap forming between his pants and shirt, causing the fur to spool over the edge of his jeans.

His waist felt constrained from the growth as he felt his calves and thighs stretching and growing bigger. His ankles exposed themselves as his pants legs rode up his legs, while already his shoes were starting to creak from the growth within.

Kade ended up doubling over from the tightness, trying to catch his breath. He panted a bit as his shirt kept getting tighter and tighter. The ground kept moving further and further away as his legs and chest stretched out. Four distinct lumps began to grow on his shoes as he felt his toes pressing into the tips of his socks.

From the tips of the lumps emerged four sharp white claws, which had torn through his socks to make way for his growing paws. Kade ended up leaning on the wall as he felt the changes accelerate, maybe boosted by his own anxiety. His shoes creaked and fought against the interior growth while Kade groaned from the tightness. The laces of his shoes began to snap from the pressure, but soon enough relief came.

POP! POP! Both of Kade’s shoes tore open from the front as four big white toes burst through both of them. They were tipped with fierce claws and covered in a short coat of soft fur. The toes cracked and stretched out from the opening and Kade breathed out a sigh, but the momentary peace was disrupted by further growth.

“URGH!” Kade groaned as he felt himself getting taller. He scrunched his toes as they continued to stretch and snap his shoes, causing his claws to begin scratching into the hardwood floor. He felt the claws at the tips of his fingers do the same, causing small gashes to appear in the wall.

His shirt had now risen to his chest now, while his sleeves slowly began to rip and tear against his growing biceps. A plume of fur against his chest caused the front of his shirt to bulge out in defiance, but it was immediately quelled by the front of his shirt ripping open. A mass of white fur took over, while from the center of it emerged a heart-shaped mark of crimson fur. Several red slits of fur appeared around the edges right below his top surgery scars.

His pants were not faring much better, as his calves and knees began to tear through the denim as if it was paper. Thick rabbit muscles added to each of his legs, soon causing his black furred legs to rip through the denim. His waist was still constrained by his struggling pants, but soon enough his brass button popped off his waist, exposing a bit of his grey underwear.

Kade felt a bit embarrassed despite no one being present, but the embarrassment was replaced by more annoyance as his shirt began to squeeze against his back. He closed his eyes and winced as he felt his back creak and stretch, making small rips appear along the soft cloth.

Kade’s paws kept digging and scratching the floor as his laces finally all snapped off. His feet had stretched out to great length and had begun to shift in form. His bones cracked as he rose up onto the balls of his feet, which bulged and grew out to accommodate the changed stance.

Kade ended up looking back up at the mirror and opened his eyes. He was a lot closer now and could see the panic in his grey eyes as the changes were reaching their climax. From his forehead emerged a pair of small, stubby red horns.

However, as Kade saw them and felt his annoyance shift to a primal anger, they dissolved into spouts of blue fire. His eyes shifted from grey to a brilliant blue as he gritted his teeth. They stretched out from flat into a row of fiercely sharp teeth. His claws followed suit, becoming larger and digging into the surfaces further.

WHOOMP! Kade felt a powerful sensation along his lower back and saw his tail stretch out into a long spade shape, which flopped down onto the floor. It slithered across the ground wildly like a headless snake while Kade felt his body tense one last time.

Kade let out a powerful yell of freedom as he felt his body expand out one last time. His shoes practically exploded off of his newly grown paws as they grew out to their final size, causing the soles and remains of his shoes to flop to the floor. His pants tore up across his calves and began to split along his thighs, exposing a bit more of his underwear.

His red shirt tore entirely down the front while his back tore apart just the same. His sleeves ripped up his shoulder from the newfound muscle and height, but Kade wasn’t done yet. Feeling anxious and stressed, he ended up reaching his newly grown claws and wildly scratching at the remains of his shirt, causing the cloth to tear apart and exposing his chest, stomach, and back.

Kade felt his body stabilise, but his eyes darted anxiously around the room while he took quick, panicked breaths. He began running around the cramped space, his tail knocking over a couple figurines and drawings all around his room. He ended up running into a wall by accident as he still tried to catch his breath. He clutched his aching head from the impact and ended up slowing down a bit before stepping back in front of the mirror and seeing his reflection again.

In an instant, Kade felt time slow as he met his gaze again. His brilliant blue eyes turned back to grey and his horns went out, returning to their slumber underneath his hair. His claws shrank back down and his tail coiled back into its small, fluffy self. Kade stepped towards his reflection over the remains of his shoes and clothing and reached out to touch it.

His furry hand brushed up against his reflected self’s palm and Kade’s eyes sparkled as he stared at his new body. He was much taller than he had been, owing to his lanky limbs and massive paws. His fur was practically gleaming in the orange light of his room, shining in hues of white, black, and red. His bare chest bore a heart right between his two scars and right below his black sword necklace. Slowly, he raised up his left hand to it and gently placed it against the fur, where right below it, he could feel his heartbeat.

“I’m.. Akira. No. I’m… me.” Kade said with wonder as he felt a smile slowly creep onto his face. He was still Kade, but he felt great. Not restricted to just being a human. No. He was Akira as much as Akira was him. His truest self. Kade could almost feel his eyes welling up with tears, but the sheer excitement he felt instead led him to laughing with glee.

Kade gently rubbed his body, taking pleasure in feeling the wonderful fur and muscle underneath. He sat down on the floor, making sure to be mindful of his new tail, and just ran his hands along his body. His legs, his paws, his chest, his stomach, his arms, his neck, his face, all immensely soft and cool. It was like being wrapped in a fluffy cloud, and Kade wouldn’t want it any other way.

The familiar sound of a Discord Ping interrupted his post-TF euphoria as a new message popped up in the channel. Kade ended up getting up from the floor (which was a bit difficult now that he had paws), but soon enough he plodded back over to his desk and sat back down. His chair creaked from his newly grown frame and he had to slouch a bit to read the screen, but he saw a new message from WarSpider.

“Finished the counter-ritual. Let me know when you’re ready and I’ll send it.” WarSpider said. Kade looked down at his massive hands and gently rubbed his fur on each of them. He looked back at the message bar and slowly began to type out a message.

“Actually, I think this isn’t too bad. You don’t have to send it.” he responded. The channel was silent for a moment before more messages appeared.

“What? Are you sure? Normally people would try to reverse these kinds of things.” Lambam sent.

“It should be up to them, Lamb. If they are pleased with the results, who are we to try and change them?” Warspider responded.

“I guess that makes sense. Alright well we can save these tests for later then when we have a more stable signal. Stay safe, random stranger!” said Lambam.

“I agree. Be wary of others who may be jealous or fearful of your changes.” Warspider sent, before both users seemed to suddenly disappear, leaving only blank usernames behind.

Kade let out a sigh of contentment as he saw his reflection in the dim blackness of the Discord UI. He gave himself a small smile as he looked down and realised his fashion was less than appealing for the moment. He would need to go and do some shopping. Heck, he would have a lot of explaining to do when his family found out. But for the moment, it was just him, Akira and Kade, together, as it should be.

So Kade grabbed his drawing pen, loaded up his drawing program, and got to work with a flash of inspiration.