The New Drug Part 2

The next morning, all the women were awakened by the smell of breakfast. Coming out of their rooms there was an interesting setup where an open space used to be. A table was placed, with seats from Connie, Emily, Amber, Maise, and Bonnie. Bonnie’s chair had a booster seat on it. On the floor were two dog bowls with Jean and Lori’s names on them. When those that could sit in the chairs did, Maise, Amber, and Connie found their food in a dog bowl while Emily was the only one with a plate. Amber whined slightly, but the thought of trying to use a fork and not stab herself in the face with her muzzle was not something she wanted to deal with. Maise pouted for a moment, before seeing the size of the fork Emily was holding. With paws as large as hers, she’d never be able to use any utensil! Connie huffed. “Well, this is rather demeaning. I am sure I could use a fork.”

Emily offered hers to Connie, who tried to grab it. The lack of thumbs forced Connie to hold the fork between both paws. Even then, getting the fork to her mouth resulted in the eggs slipping off the fork and into her lap. Sighing, she handed the fork back to Emily and leaned down, her muzzle inside the bowl. Maise wasn’t faring as well since she didn’t have a muzzle. After a piece of sausage got stuck in her nose, she leaned back and crossed her arms. For Bonnie, her hands weren’t large enough to grip the fork so she leaned forward, using her hand to eat. Jean had finished her food before anyone had even sat down and was already running around the room, barking. Lori went much slower, though her body didn’t want her to. More food ended up on the floor than in her mouth as she attacked the bowl with a canine’s fervor. It didn’t matter much to her though. Once the bowl was empty, she started licking the floor to pick up the scraps. Emily giggles to herself. If only she could take a picture of this!

It was around noon when Emily felt something odd. She was doing laps in the pool when her body started aching. Paddling herself to the side of the pool, Emily hoisted herself out and looked herself over. Her feet looked a bit wider than normal and her nails were thick. Reaching down to inspect, her fingers were greeted with pads on the soles of her feet. Cooing happily, Emily massaged her own feet, wiggling her toes in glee. Something was finally, finally happening to her! Continuing her investigation, Emily found a bit of hair on her belly and thighs. It wasn’t much, but it was something! Connie walked in, her toenails clicking on the floor. “Hey Emily, what’s new?”

Emily almost burst with joy. “I’m starting to get paws and fur! See?”

Laughing, Connie sat down next to her, dipping one of her foot paws in the water. “I suppose that’s good news for you then? You actually want to change into some kind of canine?”

Blushing deeply, Emily nodded. “It’s just, I look at you and I think about how awesome it must be. You have the best of both worlds. You can talk to dogs, and humans! I’ve always been a dog person, and, before my dog passed away, I remember rubbing his belly while watching TV, thinking to myself how wonderful his life must be.”

“I have to admit, being in this form is far more satisfying than I thought it would be. I have so much more energy, my senses are all heightened, and I just feel more, powerful I guess. I know I haven’t really gotten stronger, well, other than whatever normal canines have, but I feel like I could take over the world! What if you end up like Lori? Or Bonnie?”

Emily pondered that for a moment. “In all honesty, I don’t think I’d mind either of those. Being two feet tall would be bothersome, but I’d adapt I’m sure. Having the mind of a dog while still human would be a challenge and I’d probably have to find someone to take care of me, but imagine the stress relief. Have you seen Lori running around all happy? As a lawyer, how often do you think she gets that kind of freedom?”

Connie chuckled. “Freedom? I guess in a way it is. How’s the water by the way? Mind if I swim a few laps? All that energy I have inside me and I’m stuck here with almost nothing to do!”

Both women giggled and Connie dove in. Despite her legs, Connie swam just as a human would. Emily stuck around, just watching while secretly wishing she was in that body, rather than this one. Going back to her room, Emily took a nap, hoping that maybe, something else would change when she awoke.

Maise had started getting the hang of her massive hand paws... at least Amber sure thought she did. To Maise, things still seemed awkward however Amber told her, in a note, that her foot massages were out of this world. Maise smiled as Amber worked her hands into Maise’s enormous foot paws. Across the room, Connie, freshly dry from her swim, held Bonnie in her paws while Jean and Lori licked Connie canine feet. A squeal was heard from Emily’s room, followed by a loud thud and a curse word. Emily emerged from her room, walking on all fours. Her feet were much more paw-like and a thin layer of fur covered the majority of her body. Her chest was nonexistent now, and two small canine ears barely poked out from under her hair. “Look! I’m starting to turn!”

Maise giggled. “____ great Emily! You’re ________ to _____ ______ one of us!”

Emily shook her head, as she could only make out a few words. Amber barked loudly. “Yay! You’re ______ good!”

Her eyes widening, Emily looked to Connie. “I understood some BARK what Amber said and some of what Maise said. That’s so strange!”

Connie shrugged. “Maybe because of the slower transformation, your mind is starting to transition between the two. Also, just so you know, your speaking seems to be doing the same thing, unless you meant to bark in place of the word ‘of.’ Just stick by me okay? I can relay anything said to you.”

Nodding, Emily thanked Connie and sat down on the floor, eagerly anticipating the next changes. The door opened and Phoenix walked through, or at least the women figure it was Phoenix. Many of her human characteristics were muted by what was undoubtedly donkey features. Her hooves clopped on the ground while a skinny tail swung from side to side behind her extremely ample backside. While her hips and backside were ample, Phoenix’s belly looked like it had been stuck in a corset for twenty years. Above her waistline rested two large breasts. Donkey ears replaced her canine ears while her entire body was covered in grey fur. Like Connie, she wasn’t wearing any clothing but the fur covered everything up. As Phoenix opened her mouth to talk, her front two teeth were longer and wider than the rest, and her speech had a bit of a whistle as air passed between them. “Please excuse my appearance. While this trial is going on, I’ve also got other orders to fill and I like to test the ratio of each potion to ensure it meets the customer’s specifications. Apparently, this customer is tired of dealing with an ass at work. Anyway, I see you’ve started changing Emily. Wonderful news! Dinner will be ready shortly, then I’ll need to see each of you once more to make sure you are stable. Emily, it’s apparent that you are still changing, but I’d like to still come in and see you. Thank you all again for your patience! Once we get the readings from this round of tests, we are going to work on reversal formulas for each of you.”

With that, Phoenix turned and walked out, her hips banging against the doorframe as she passed through it. As promised, dinner came out though there was no longer a table. Instead, seven dog bowls were put on the floor. Emily was about to protest before she remembered her hips had shifted, and she physically couldn’t straighten back out. Steak was on the menu tonight much to the delight of everyone. Connie, Amber, and Maise sat down, picking their bowls up to eat. Bonnie laid on her belly, grabbing food with her hands. Lori, Jean, and Emily stood up on all fours to eat. While Emily ate, her hands felt numb all of a sudden. When she looked down she smiled, seeing them slowly turning into paws as well. Returning to her meal, she found eating to be a bit easier than she originally thought. Polishing off her bowl, she sat back, licking her lips clean with a tongue far longer than a human tongue should be.

When Phoenix returned, she was still some kind of anthro donkey, but none of the women cared. After all, they were all altered too. For some of them, it made them feel better, knowing that even the boss isn’t above testing thing on herself. After talking with, and taking a sample, from everyone, Phoenix left the seven girls to sleep for the night. Going back to her lab, she began running tests on each. In particular, she was interested in Emily’s sample. It was rare that one of her transformations took as long as her had, unless of course the transformation was designed to be slow. An hour later, Phoenix popped up out of her chair. “I can’t believe I didn’t see that when I made the initial potion! I think I know what went wrong!”

The following morning Emily woke up and stretched. With her hips the way they were, she opted to sleep on the floor. Standing up, she became aware of two things very quickly; One, she was no longer on her knees and hands, but her four paws. Two, she could see her nose when she crossed her eyes! Looking behind her, a long tail was whipping back and forth. Excited beyond all belief, Emily ran to the door, pushing on it with her front paws. The other six women were already in the communal area as Emily raced towards them. “Ruff RUFF! BARK bark bark ARF!”

Connie giggled. “She says she’s finally a dog and, isn’t that great.”

Jean walked over and licked Emily’s nose. “You look great Emily! You’re even the proper size. I think out of everyone; your transformation was the biggest success!”

Maise and Bonnie both looked to Connie, as they couldn’t understand anything being said. Connie smiled and began relaying everything to everyone. Phoenix came in, along with Shania carrying breakfast for everyone. She was back to her normal, eight-foot self. Emily ran so fast toward Phoenix, she overshot and did a circle around her. Happily, Emily jumped up and down in front of her barking a frenzy. Connie smirked. “If it wasn’t obvious Phoenix, Emily is now a full dog.”

Setting down the bowls, Phoenix’s smile widened. “So I was correct then. Last night I analyzed the formula she took and compared it to the readouts. Sure enough, I was right! Congratulations Emily! You finally made it!”
 

Connie relayed what Phoenix said then looked back to the tall redhead. “She says thank you, and if she could cry, she would. She’s very happy. Very, very happy.”

Emily and Connie joined the other four for breakfast while Shania walked into the room. “Miss? The eighth person is here. Let me know when you will be ready.”

“I’ll need about thirty minutes. I need to change W2K9-08 to a new W2K9-01.”

Both Phoenix and the plump cowgirl left the room, walking toward the lab. “Miss? I have another question… and I’m just curious. W2K9-01 is the correct formula, just wasn’t time-released correctly. Did you know that the first one was the correct one?”

A sly smile cross Phoenix’s face. “Looking back on it, I probably should have put that formula in the middle of the lineup. Yes, I had a pretty good idea it would be correct. The only reason it didn’t work was I didn’t balance the timing properly. I fixed the timing on all future iterations, but somehow missed the first one.”

Nodding, Shania shuffled her hoof across the ground. “Well then, if you were pretty sure the first one was correct, why did you change the formula so much for the others?”

“Oh come on now darlin’. I know you’ve only been at the clinic with me for a few weeks, but surely you know that I enjoy trying different things, right? Sometimes I play practical jokes on people.”

“Oh I remember that. It freaked me out when we were at the other business and you switched my and Vagabond’s minds. It’s disorienting to go from four hundred pounds of cow, to one hundred twenty pounds of cat girl.”

Phoenix laughed as she opened the door to her lab. “You think it was strange for you, imagine little kitty all of a sudden weighing over three times her normal size! The looks on you twos face though was priceless! The reversal formulas are all ready to go as well. All except for Emily. After I get the new formula ready for the eighth woman and administer it, I’ll get right to work on that reversal.”

Jane Johnson sat in the foyer, idly flipping through a magazine. She came here, afraid that she’d be told she wasn’t needed any longer. Thankfully, that wasn’t the case as she needed that money even more, now that she had to fly home to see her parents. The plane ticket alone cost her over six hundred dollars due to the last-minute nature of the flight. Thankfully, the rather large receptionist informed her that she was needed. Vagabond opened the door ushering Jane through. Now knowing what ingredient to change, Phoenix elected to give Jane a quick-acting formula. That way she could be sure the transformation worked properly and without any hiccups. Jane gasped as she walked in, seeing a woman who positively dwarfed her five foot eight inch self. “I’m glad you could make it Jane. We’ve made excellent progress thanks to the first seven testers and I am confident that your formula is the winning one! If you’ll drink this, Vagabond will show you to the observation area.”

A bit surprised at how fast everything was going, Jane nodded and took the vial, downing it in one big gulp. “It tastes pretty good honestly. Kind of like a Pina Colada!”

Laughing, Phoenix nodded. “You’re lucky you didn’t get one of the first seven. I was told that it tasted like dog food. Vagabond? Please escort Jane to the room and make sure she sees her room.”

“Of course Miss. This way Jane. Try not to freak out too much when you walk in. Know that everything is reversible.”

Opening the door, Jane walked in and her jaw dropped. A normal looking dog ran over, sniffing her leg. Then an enormous dog followed, doing the same. Shortly after, a woman who looked completely normal, other than the fact she was crawling over, followed suit. When those three left, a woman with humongous paws for hands and feet waved, as did a furry human that was maybe two feet tall. Another woman, how had her back to Jane, waved and then turned, showing her canine face with human skin. Then, out of the corner of her eye, she took a step back as a woman/canine hybrid walked toward her. “So you are the eighth one? I hope your family is well.”

Jane’s eyes fluttered, and she collapsed onto the ground. Connie picked her up, carrying her to her room while Vagabond, slightly afraid of all the dogs, ran to the room as well. Lori, Jean, and Emily began chasing after the cat girl but Connie turned her head toward them and barked something ferocious sounding, making all three stop dead in their tracks. Laying Jane down on the bed, Vagabond attached the collar bearing her name and began fanning the poor woman. “Vagabond? Could you take her shoes and socks off? I remember my transformation and believe me, having anything on my feet made me so uncomfortable, I couldn’t bear even looking at the shoes.”

Nodding, Vagabond did as Connie said while Connie called out to Amber. “Hey Amber? How about giving our new roommate a foot massage? Maise told me you give the best ones and admittedly, these paws don’t work very well for massages.”

Amber barked and began her massage. Meanwhile Vagabond was fanning Jane’s face, trying to get her to wake back up. A small, questioning bark came from Amber who lifted up Jane’s foot to show Connie. Already, foot pads were surfacing while her toes shortened and nails grew longer. “I’m guessing Phoenix sped up this one? I think it took two hours or so before mine really started and Jane’s only been here about ten minutes.”

“I shouldn’t really say for confidentiality reason but…”

“Then don’t. I can already tell. She’s going to start sweating with all that fur growing in.”

Amber continued to rub both feet, even licking them a bit. Amber’s human mind was a little grossed out at the idea but her canine nose and tongue thought Jane’s feet smelled good and tasted salty. Over the last two days, Amber learned a great deal about canine preferences. Salty was definitely a favorite. Maise, holding Bonnie walked into the room to see what was happening. “Maise, put me down on the bed. I want to try and help Jane feel better.”

“Okie dokie! I hope she doesn’t roll over and pin you under her!”

Smirking, Bonnie was set down and knelt at jane’s side. Using her fingers, she began scratching Jane’s stomach. As Jane’s ears elongated, shifting to the top of her head, Maise walked over and began scratching behind them. Jane’s eyes fluttered open as her nose began to slowly push outward into a muzzle. “What did I… what happened?”

Connie placed her paw on Jane’s newly formed hand paw and spoke calmly. “You passed out after seeing everyone. Don’t worry though, we are here for you. Just relax as best as you can. We’ll stay by your side until your transformation is complete.”

Jane’s eyes widened as she stared down, seeing her nose in her vision. “I’m turning into a dog too?”

Vagabond placed a hand on her shoulder. “Yes you are, and very quickly I might add. Miss had the chance to perfect it, thanks to the women in this room, and those still out there. Forgive Lori, Jean, and Emily. Having a fully functioning canine mind can make life a bit more difficult for some.”

Jane’s nose twisted as she sniffed the air. “You’re… a cat, aren’t you?”

Bonnie gasped as Jane’s chest sunk inwards, leaving no trace of her breasts while she began to shrink. Amber, noticing Jane’s pinned tail, lightly pulled it out so that it wasn’t causing any discomfort. Vagabond nodded. “Technically yes but…”

A low growl came from Jane’s throat. “I don’t think I want you ARF BARK BARK! BARK BARK HOWWWWLL!!!!”

“You don’t have to tell me twice. Besides, you three have it handled, right?”

Bonnie nodded. Amber barked. Connie smiled. “To be fair, and no offense meant, but you absolutely stink. I’m surprised Emily and Jean didn’t pin you down when you first came in. Don’t worry, we’ve got it.”

Vagabond looked through the doorway, seeing Jean, Emily, and Lori all playing together on the far side of the room. Tiptoeing, Vagabond made it halfway to the door when Emily turned, her ears perked up. Barking loudly, she, along with Jean and Lori, began running toward her as fast as they could. For a moment Vagabond thought to stand her ground. After all, the three knew her. That all changed when she heard Lori shouting out, “CAT! CAT! KILL CAT!!!”

Letting out a mix between a shriek and a squeak, Vagabond ran to the door, narrowly escaping Emily’s bite. Back in the room, Amber and bonnie were helping to take Jane’s clothing off. Fur had covered her entire body and with her legs shortening and hand paws fully formed, it wouldn’t be easy for Jane to take them off. A stream of whimpers and whines came from Jane, but Connie was right there, soothing her as she shrunk down to the size of a golden retriever. Her changes were complete and looked much like Emily did now, but at a much faster rate. Phoenix came in moments later, picking up the retriever to inspect her. “I’d say this is the right formula! Okay! Connie, could you stay with Jane while I start bringing people out for their reversal formula?”

“Sure, no problem. Besides, she’s petrified right now. It will be good for her to talk with someone.”

“Perfect and thank you. You’ve been a great help throughout this trial. You have my gratitude.”

Walking out to the main area, she picked up Lori and took her out of the room. Once in the lab, she pulled out a syringe labeled W2K9R-06 and injected Lori. “OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW!!!!!!! HURT!”

The formula was very fast acting and within a minute, Lori looked around, smacking her mouth obnoxiously. “Well, that was quite an experience. One I doubt I’ll ever be able to forget. Do you need anything else from me?”

“Yes darlin’. I need to draw blood from you one last time to make sure all the bloodwork comes back clean.”

A quick needle prick and a band-aid later, and Lori walked out of the front door, thanking god in her own mind that this was a confidential trial. Phoenix brought Maise back next, the syringe marked W2K9R-03 was injected, and Maise excitedly watched her massive paws return to normal hands and feet while her tail receded into her spine. “Thank you, Phoenix. It was kind of neat having big ol’ paws but I can’t see how that would be practical. Still, if you ever need another tester, you’ve got my number!”

Next was Amber. Holding the syringe labeled W2K9R-04, Phoenix was about to administer it when Amber stopped her. Holding a pen, she wrote down, ‘can I keep the ears?’ Shrugging, Phoenix nodded. “Sure! Just give me thirty seconds. I need to quickly change the reversal potion so the ears stay.”

Moments later, a new syringe, labeled W2K9R1-04 punctured Amber’s skin. As promised, all her canine features receded except her pointy canine ears. “Thank you so much! I really love the way these look. Oh! I forgot! Can you add back the longer canine teeth too?”

Laughing, Phoenix nodded. “Just a moment.”

A moment later, Phoenix gave Amber a clear liquid, which was drunk down quickly. After five minutes however, nothing had changed. Scratching her head, Phoenix took a blood sample from Amber. Her eyes narrowed slightly as she ran the results. “Oh my goodness. It seems the first reversal did something to your DNA. From what I can see, I think it put a wall up inside your body, prohibiting any kind of alterations. That means those ears are never going to be able to be removed.”

Grinning, Amber shrugged. “That’s okay. I have no plans to get rid of them! Thanks again Phoenix! Now I have a permanent memento of my time here!”

Jean and Bonnie were called back together, since Bonnie didn’t want to be carried. She preferred to ride on Jean’s back. W2K9R-05 and W2K9R-07 went in, and a moment later, Jean’s fur pulled back in, along with her other canine attributes while Bonnie grew an inch or two every few seconds until she was back to her original height. Jean smiled and cleared her throat, speaking for the first time in several days. “That was a ton of fun! Hey Bonnie, want to grab a bite to eat? Celebrate our freedom?”

“Sure! That sounds great!”

Connie was next but stopped at the doorway to the lab. “Phoenix? I don’t want to change back.”

That took Phoenix by surprise. “You want to stay in this form? Why?”

“I feel really natural like this. Speaking canine and English is a wonderful trait. Imagine how much good work i can do in the animal world! Please Phoenix, let me stay this way.”

“If I say yes, I’m going to have to make it permanent. It’s never good to have an active formula working inside you for an extended period of time.”

“That sound perfect to me.”

There was no shot necessary for this. Phoenix gave Connie a brown vial, which was drunk down. Connie felt no difference inside her. “Am I supposed to feel something?”

“No darlin’. You are officially, an anthropomorphic canine!”

Lastly, Phoenix brought Emily and Jane in. Using W2K9R-01 and W2K9R-08, both women were returned back to their normal human selves. Jane furrowed her brow. “Wait, do I still get the money? I was only here for what, three hours?”

“Easiest five grand ever made then, right? The money will be in your account my end of business today. Emily, could you hang back a minute?”

Jane walked out, amazed how easy that was while Emily looked up at Phoenix. “Did I do something wrong?”

“No my dear. I remember what you said about wanting to feel some kind of transformation and I heard what you and Connie talked about at the pool. I wanted to give you something. You have to promise me that under no circumstance, will you ever, ever tell a soul about this. If you do and I find out, I will be one extremely unhappy woman and believe me, I am not fun to be around when I’m angry.”

Emily felt her fear level rising just from the way Phoenix spoke. “I promise on my life that I won’t tell anyone.”

Phoenix handed Emily a black collar. It looked absolutely… plain. In fact, it kind of looked like something you’d find in a dollar store. “This collar has a mechanism built in to unhook itself after one hour. It can only be used once every twenty-four hours. When you put the collar on, you will transform into the exact same golden retriever you turned into here. You’ll keep your human mind while transformed which will allow you to read clocks and such. I know how much you envied your dog’s life and this is my way of apologizing to you. Your transformation should never never taken that long, and I know you desperately wanted the change.”

Emily’s eyes welled up with tears and she flung her arms around Phoenix, effectively hugging her stomach. “Thank you so very, very much! I’ll definitely use this!”

With that, Emily waved goodbye and walked toward the lobby. Stopping for a moment to breathe, she opened the door and stopped halfway to the exit. “Hey Shania? Could I trouble you for a minute? Would you mind opening the door for me?”

Raising an eyebrow, Shania stood up and walked around to the lobby entrance. “I can, but why did you ask me to do it.”

Grinning, Emily raised her arms up, showing her paws to Shania. “I took the bus here and I see no reason why I should take it back.”

The collar Phoenix gave her was already around her neck and Shania could see fur sprouting out quickly as Emily’s face pushed out into a muzzle. She smiled as she looked down and watched her foot paws tear her shoes at the seams. Clawing at her socks, they quickly found themselves destroyed as well. Shania held the door open as Emily shrank down, her tail catching on the scrubs momentarily. Once out of the clothes, Emily ran toward the door, barking happily. She’d been away from the real world for three whole days and you know what? One more hour wouldn’t hurt.