The first thing I noticed was the horns. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see the sharp little nubs going slightly past my eye, though in no way did they obscure my vision.I pushed myself up, feeling the soft grass on my short fur. My hands were like human hands, only clawed. I had white fur, the same as my… yeti form? If that is what you would call it. I stood up slowly, trying to get used to my new body. I fell down face first when I managed to get upright, not use to the feeling of having hooves and differently angled legs.
“Dad?” Zayan said tentatively. I turned to look at her, her expression full of fear and curiosity.
“It’s me” I said in a foreign voice “My power is just acting up” I lied. I felt like I definitely should not reveal that I met with a girl who I had sex with then drank her blood and got a weird power.
Not a convo I want to talk about with a kid.
She ran into my arms, leaping as she got near. I still wasn’t used to my hooves, so when I caught her I went down as well, causing her to laugh. That laughter quickly turned into crying
“I.. I thought you were gonna die” She said in between sniffles. I hugged her closely and stroked her hair.
“Your dad won't die so easily right?” I laughed. She snuggled closer and we sat there for a few minutes before I said
“Well, Let’s go get you that new pet, okay?”
“Mmm” She said.
For about 3 weeks we walked through the grasslands, Zayan playing her flute for my entertainment. During this time, I was getting used to my body and my powers.
If you're wondering, no, I do not feel pain when I switch anymore. I guess it was a one time thing.
Who knows?
Anyways, I was still in my ram form so I began to do simple exercises to get a feel for this body. After that, I started to do punches and kicks. Basic ones at first, but as I realized how much faster this body is compared to my yeti body. But it is also weaker.than the yeti, much weaker. But if I want speed… what about a cheetah? I closed my eyes and pictured a cheetah in demi-human form, then willed myself to change. I could feel myself shrinking a bit and growing slimmer, but even as this happened I could feel the powerful muscles in my arms and legs.
“That’s so cool!” Zayan said with sparkles in her eyes. I agree, this is pretty cool. But the cost of not being able to use magic… thats a pretty rough cost. Still, their physical abilities are more than enough.
Oh, and the fact that I would go insane after I united the demi-humans was also a pretty big cost.
It didn’t take long to get used to my speed. It felt… natural. But man, I was seriously moving fast. I am faster than my yeti form when it is enhanced! Much faster!
“Zayan, lets pick up the pace a bit, shall we?” I said with a smile.
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We were flying. No, not literally, but damn we were moving fast. On earth, cheetahs could go 70mph for ten seconds before their intestines overheat. I’m pretty sure I’m going faster than that, and I’ve been running on all fours for about an hour.
“ha...haha… thats… thats my limit Zayan”
“Ok daddy” she says as she hopped off my back. I stood up then concentrated on changing into my yeti form. It was my favorite form, so I naturally just went back to it. It felt great going back into my normal body. I felt… complete, as if I was back home after a long vacation.
“Daddy, what kind of animal can I buy?”
“Um… well I don’t really know. What kind of animals do they have?”
“I’m not too sure… magical beast’s definitely. Definitely have beastmen slaves… um--” She was going to continue, but a dark growl from me stopped her in her tracks.
“Beastmen slaves?” I growled
“Y-ye-yeah” she said trembling. I transformed back into my cheetah form, motioned for her to get on, then said
“Hold on tight” I enhanced my legs and arms, something I hadn’t done earlier because I didn’t have good control over my body. But now with rage fueling me, there was nothing to stop me. Landscapes were a blur as I rushed through them, my body going top speed through trees and bushes.
It took us about ten more hours with multiple breaks in between, but we finally managed to reach the kingdom. This time Zayan already knew where to go, so there was no guessing if we were lost or not.
“Daddy… are… are you mad at me?” She asked voice quivering
“Of course not… just mad at these humans. Slavery is not something that should be allowed. Remember that” I said
“So daddy… now that we are here, how are you planning on getting me a pet?
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I paused for a moment. I hadn’t really thought of this.
“I guess… I’ll just have to go in with force.” I thought with a dark smile. I transformed into my yeti form, put Zayan on my shoulders and began to walk. Truthfully, I was hoping for a confrontation. Seeing everything that humans have done to magical beasts… just thinking about it made me want to go and kill them all.
“Daddy, isn’t this kinda a bad Idea?” Probably. But anger and bloodlust was clouding my mind, so I wouldn’t know a bad idea if it slapped me in the face. I didn’t saying, just continued to walk down the road to the gates.
“Here goes nothing” I thought. When I was in sight of the large wooden doors, a loud bell began to ring. I assumed that was a signal for defense, but I wasn’t positive. Could just be a festival going on, though I doubt it.
When I was in talking distance of the giant walls, a powerful voice said
“Halt beast, or you shall be killed where you stand” Ha? A mere human killing me? The thought almost made me go into an insane laughter. Scum like you can--
Where are these thoughts coming from? These aren’t mine. I shook my head, trying to clear it out.
“This here is my tamed beast. I would appreciate it if you would let us through” Zayan shouted back. If it was anyone else calling me a beast, I would snap their necks and eat them for dinner. But since it’s my daughter... Men began to appear on the wall, crossbow bolts in hand and aimed at e.
“We can not let a beast like that pass. You by yourself, however, is a different matter” A bald man said with a lewd grin on his face. In under half a second leapt up, using my giant height to grab the 20 or so foot walls. I snatched the man from were he was standing and before anyone could react, squashed the man in a single squeeze, blood and intestines coming out of my hand.
I dropped back down and waited for the shot that would start this fight. Unfortunately, it never came. The guards just sat their, terrified out of their mind at what just happened. Suddenly, an old man with black hair and a streak of gray in it came flying out above the walls, eyes staring at us in anger.
“Who. Are. You.” he shouted, fireballs in hand.
“I am Zayan Malkachite. Daughter of Qor Hayvon, tamer of the legendary frost yeti, and apprentice snow elf.” she replied, her small voice straining to carry the same effect.
The mages eyebrows went up when he heard snow elf, but he still had a cold look in his eyes.
“And what are you doing, killing guards and causing unnecessary trouble?”
“Well, one of your guards directed a lewd comment at myself. My frost yeti here didn’t like that, so he decided to kill him. Simple as that” I smiled when I heard this. I was itching for a fight, and this old man looked pretty powerful.
“Ho? And you think that gives you the right to kill them?” He asked, the fireball in his hand growing larger.
“It does” I said, scaring the shit out of everyone in the vicinity. The old man just looked at me with his mouth open, not daring to believe what happened.
“You..you can talk!” He nearly screamed.
“Yes I can, is that a problem?” I replied
“But only the strongest of magical beast’s can talk!!” He shouted
“Well then, why don’t you use that old brain of yours and put two and two together, eh?” I responded, showing my fangs.
His eyes widened at this. I stared at him, never letting him go out of sight.
“I see… well then. As much as it annoys me to let a beast in here, we have no other option. What is it you want?” He said, trying to save face.
“A pet. My daughter here wants a pet”
“Daughter?” Oops.
“Yes, this is my daddy” Zayan said from above.
“Well thats more than a little… nevermind, I don’t suppose you have money to pay for this do you? No, what would a beast like you would have no reason for money” I glared at him for this, then produced about 200 gold with a wave of my hand, neatly stacked in my large left hand.
“A spacial ring!!” The old man exclaimed. His tone instantly changed from rude to polite to extremely nice.
“Right this way old beast. Our town hosts the finest selection of animals…”
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Short chapter I know, but I passed out while typing so I realized im pretty tired :’D my other fanfic kept me up all night (Prehistoric World) and I didn’t realize how tired I was till I got home from school. Anyways, not much happened in this chapter, but I plan to bring some radical bloodshed next chap. Anyways, hope you enjoyed!