LOST


You wake up and realize you're in a tree. You seem to know this because you are upside down.

You look up and see that the reason why you are defying gravity is because you're hanging from a set of airline seats that have caught themselves in the branches. You sway slightly, as does your neighbour, who is dead. You close your eyes for a moment, and as you do, you realize three things:


1. You are alive.

2. Your plane just crashed.

3. You need to find survivors.


Quickly, you grab onto a tree branch, hooking onto it with one arm while you reach up for your seat belt. You hear a cracking noise and you add a fourth and fifth items to your list.

4. The seats are falling out of the tree

5. If you're still in them when they hit the ground, you will die.


You feverishly unbuckle yourself and shout as you suddenly swing as your body succumbs to the laws of gravity. The momentum makes you loose your grip and you fall out of the tree to the ground. Giving a shout of pain as you land on the jungle floor on your back, your eyes widen as you see the airplane seats fall out of the tree towards you. Thinking quickly, you roll out of the way just as they smash into the ground behind you.

You have evaded death twice in one day.

You walk for the next ten or fifteen minutes, trying to calm down from the adrenaline rush of before, the knowledge that you had almost died again still fresh in your mind. You take a few more steps, then stop. Something isn't right, you think, and collapse suddenly as you feel a pressure in your gut and your groin. The pressure peaks, then releases as you sigh. You freeze as you reach down, feeling your crotch.

"Ah, crap," You say, and notice that your voice is getting higher. There's an itching sensation on your shin, and you feel your self moving very slowly. You realize:

1. You're growing fur

2. You're shrinking


A simple inspection and you realize you're not just shrinking – you're getting younger. Your ears become pointed and move to the top of your head, and you feel a tingling sensation as a tail grows out of your now extremely baggy clothes. You look – it's a fox tail.

"I'm a kitsune," You say out loud. "I don't know whether to be happy or freaked out of my mind…" You stand unsteadily on your new paws for a moment, then walked a little further. Your new ears tell you that there's a waterfall nearby, and your transformation has made you really thirsty. You head towards the waterfall and stop at the clearing's edge when you hear voices nearby.

You watch as the cat-girl and the anthro tigress (who you realize are the sources of the voices) jump off the ledge and fall into the pool. You edge a little closer, hoping that the pool was deep enough. You look up to see a freakishly large mouse look over the edge, sniffing for… prey? you wonder. Apparently satisfied, it turns and runs off just as the two cat women pop out of the surface of the water. They swim to the edge, pulling themselves out and resting for a moment.

"What the hell was that?" The tigress exclaims.

"That," The cat girl says, "Was Louis."

"Louis? You even named it?" The tigress seems less than pleased, glaring at the cat girl as if she was crazy.

"Yes," She says. "Louis. He was my experiment in biochemical physics."

"But… that doesn't exist."

"It will," the cat girl continues. "I engineered him to help the stray cat population."

"Well, obviously, 'he' thinks we're strays!" the tigress shouts.

"It would seem so, yes," The cat girl agreed. The tigress shook her head, muttering under her breath.

"Well, Mrs. Mad Scientist, what's your name?" The tigress asked. Your ears perk up and you listen, interested.

"Doctor Andrew Von Leland, Ph.D," The cat girl says. "Or Doctor Leland, I have no preference."

"I'm Keegan," The tigress said. "Wait, Andrew? You mean you used to be…"

"A male? Yes," Dr. Leland said. "And judging by the Irish roots of your name, you used to be male as well?"

"And human," Keegan added.

"Yes, obviously, I didn't see any anthros on the plane, but I did see one passenger I wouldn't mind studying…" You ignore Leland as you think. These two are just like you! They were guys, and they were transformed, and it seemed as if they were on your plane! You decide that now is the time to reveal yourself, and you walk out into the clearing. Keegan and Leland freeze, but relax somewhat as they see it's only you.

I'm so glad I found you two!" You say as if you just stumbled upon them. "I was looking around for survivors!"

"And who might you be?" Leland asked.

"Call me Lost," You say, giving your nickname.

"Judging by the remains of your clothes, you used to be a guy too?" Keegan asked, pointing. Your face flushes a bit, you had forgotten about your clothes.

"And older too," You say. "Why do you ask?"

"We used to be men as well," Doctor Leland replies. "Until we crashed here."
Keegan freezes for a moment.

"Oh god…" She says. "Our plane crashed, right?" You nod.

"I woke up in some seats that got caught in some trees," You explain. "I must've been thrown from the crash…"

"We're all lucky to be alive, that's for sure," Leland agrees, nodding. "Which is why I think we should stick together."

"The three of us? As a team?" Keegan asked.

"At least until we find other survivors." Leland added. You nod.

"It's a good idea," You agree. "But… what are we going to do about my clothes?" They are uncomfortable now, and you don't want to have them dragged around in case Louis shows up again.

"Good point," Keegan says, looking down at her own ruined clothes.

"Just get rid of them," Leland suggests. You notice she is naked, or at least, isn't wearing any clothes. "It's actually quite refreshing to not wear anything." You and Keegan trade glances and shrug, both of you removing your clothes.

"You know, this isn't so bad," Keegan says, and you agree.

"So," You say a few minutes later after you all had gotten some water from the pool. "Shall we continue searching?"

Keegan and Leland open their mouths to agree, but all three of you turn and
stare as a large explosion rocks the forest. The three of you watch, shocked as you see an orange and black fireball rise from the ground about a mile away.

"Oh, god," Keegan says. "That… was that our plane?"

"Only one way to find out," You say, and head towards the site of the explosion.