Snippet #1914797

"Falcon!" A voice slurred drunkenly through the house. "Falcon!"

Falcon jerked awake. What was that sound? Straining her ears, she heard it again. "Falcon!" Falcon sat up. Her dad was home. Damn. Finally. Falcon had waited the whole night for him to come home. Getting up, she griped under her breath. She would leave him and apply to become a emancipated minor, but her dad depended on her too much. Leaving him would mean death.

Falcon walked into the living room. "Dad?" A figure staggered down the hallway, casting a long shadow along the wall. Falcon sighed and walked up to him. "Come on, let's get you into bed."

A few minutes and a lot of heaving later, Falcon finally left her dad snoring in his bed. Closing the door, she headed straight for the toilet. She turned on the tap and ran cool water over her hands. A tingling feeling ran through her. What is this?! Falcon closed her eyes in shock. A sharp pain shot through her body and her legs turned to jelly. She fell to the floor, her eyes still closed.

Finally, the feeling went, and Falcon summoned up the courage to open her eyes. The first thing she saw was an electric blue tail. Her eyed continued traveling up the tail. Apparently, her legs had disappeared and been replaced by a very real-looking tail. She still had her upper half of her body, but her legs were completely gone. Her hair had grown slightly longer, and she had webbed fingers. Shock raced through Falcon.

What the hell is this? Suddenly, her 'tail' tingled and turned back into her legs clad in jeans. Falcon stood up and gripped the sink tightly, trying to wrap her mind around this amazing revelation. She was unsuccessful. A fresh wave of dizziness swept over her and Falcon sank to the floor in a dead faint.