Tyri and Luci had just recently had their first clutch of cocoons, all of which were now the same age as Miasmic. All of them were being raised together, although, Miasmic and his sister Atienza never truly considered them brothers and sisters, just friends. They did however, consider Luci and Tyri parents, and heeded their words.
He had been playing with Twila, one of Tyri and Luci's cubs that he had become particularily close with when it happened.
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Twila pounced on him, each time pinning him to the ground and giving him a lick for good measure. She swatted him playfully, pretty sure that if she annoyed him enough, he would eventually suceed at catching her. She ran off to hide again.
Miasmic shook his head and wiped his face, glaring at her angrily. He was still at that stage in which he was uncomfortable around affection from females. He hunkered down low in the grass, slinking around quietly, belly to the ground, looking for Twila. He knew she was around here somewhere....Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a star speckled tail, and grinned. Tails twitching in an almost catlike gesture, he prepared to launch himself, muscles tensing in anticipation. He uncoiled all his muscles in one tremendous leap, flying at the tail, willing himself to catch it... and at the last moment, it slipped out of his grip.
Twila had whirled around, anticipating Miasmic's movements, swiveling her body slightly so that the tail was just out of his reach. Miasmic looked up to see Twila grinning smugly at him and sighed. Sitting up, he looked at her sadly.
"I'll never learn!" he said, obviously upset. Twila patted him with a soft velvety paw.
"Eventually you will Mic. Everyone will. It just takes time, and practice. Some people learn later than others, but that doesn't mean that it's bad," she said.
"Well then I wish I were a teen... maybe I would be able to learn all kinds of things then. It's no fair," he said, pouting, kicking angrily at the ground, and then yelping in surprise when he stubbed his paw off of a rock. Twila couldn't help but giggle, and he glared at her.
"See? See what I mean? Nobody takes me seriously. I hate being a cub," he said grumpily.
Beven chose that moment to show up, scooping up Miasmic and ruffling his fur fondly.
"What's all this ruckus Mic?" he asked. MIasmic growled.
"See?" he said pointedly, "Everyone treats me like a baby!" Beven set him down gently, clearly sensing his distress. Miasmic paced nervously about. Suddenly a bright light filled the clearing, illuminating Miasmic. Miasmic stood transfixed. This was like the light that his parents had talked about before their transformation! He hoped desperately that it was coming from him though, and not from Twila, however selfish that may sound. When the light faded, he looked at himself and gasped.
His paws were bigger, and his body larger, that much he noticed and felt (not to mention saw from his new height). The other indicator that something had happened was from the expressions that he was getting from Twila and Beven. Then he knew it to be true.
Twirling about, yipping happily he pounced on Twila, this time knocking her to the ground in her surprised state. She grinned at him.
"That wasn't fair. You're bigger than me now. I demand a rematch when we're both the same stage!" she said, protesting fiercely. Miasmic just laughed and nudged her off the ground. Padding over to Beven, he nuzzled him happily. Beven hugged him proudly and then held him at an arm's length to examine him.
"Well, you've certainly gotten even more good looking with age, buddy," he said, eyes twinkling. "Let's go show your parents." With that, Miasmic was off in a bound, eager to show everyone at home what had happened by "wishful thinking".
Miasmic
*page one (cocoon)*
*page two (cub)*
*page four (adult)*
Tribe: Unknown
Gender: Male
Stage: Teen
Bondmate: Beven
Mate: none
Parents: Unknown
*custom by Tigeress Rikku*
