A collab between me and  Hiishougeki This is the start of a likely mini series. A zoo is low on mates for it's female animals. This has awakened a magic there...employees beware!

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Midnight at the Zoo
By born2beagator and hiishougeki
A young man sighed as he walked through the darkened zoo, the place presently closed as he carried a bag of meat. "I said I wanted to work with animals but not do a night job.." he grumbled

as he moved over to the panther attraction. "Alright ..feeding time." he sighed as he entered the pen, waiting for the panthers to come to him to be fed.

Sheela, the zoo's black panther, trotted up to the fence, waiting.

"Oh, here there Sheela" Jason sighed as he pulled out an uncooked steak "Here you go girl, dinner!" He said with a smile.

Sheela swallowed it quickly, and just looked at Jason over the fence.

"...What?" he asked. "Still hungry?"

The panther just moved closer to the fence and stuck her head through the cage wires.

"Hey, cut that out, you might hurt yourself" He protested as he patted her head and tried to push her back in. Sheela gave him a big, wet lick on his face.

"Ahh!" Jason jumped back and rubbed the drool off of his face laughing. "What you wanna eat me next? Sorry I'm not on the menu."

Sheela purred and lay down, watching him.

He blushed a little, wondering if the panther was trying to show him affection. He shook his head and laughed. "Hah..no way..She just equates me with food"

Sheela stuck her nose through the wires again, hoping the human would come closer.

Jason turned around and looked at her for a moment and sighed. "You better not bite me" He chuckled as he approached the panther.

Sheela purred as the human put his face close, and she started licking him.

"Hey! Sheela cut it out stop! " he laughed as he tried to push the pantheress away. But she was insistent. She kept licking him.

"Stop it!" he laughed again as he slowly was becoming entranced, fighting her back less and less.

Sheela purred as she felt him stop trying to push her back. She licked his face, long and slowly, over and over.

"S-stop Sheela. D-don't." he muttered, gaining a strange look in his eyes, unable to push her away any more. But the panther just kept licking. His face was covered in her drool.

"Ahh..ahh...don't stop " he moaned as he looked at her longingly, unable to focus.

Sheela purred at the human's cooperation as she began licking his hair.

He drooled as he angled his head for her to lick, not knowing her licks were leaving him with strands of black hair. Sheela pulled back, seemingly satisfied.

"Don't stop..please " he asked softly. But the panther gave a purr and hopped up to her perch.

"Oh...huh? What was I..." He shook his head in confusion "Oh crap it's late, I gotta get home." he declared as he left the zoo.

As he left, the panthress took note of his rounder ears, and the small black hairs that grew from them. The black strands in his hair seemed to grow as well, giving him a blend of red and black

hair. He soon faded from her vision, and wouldn't be back until the following night.

Sheela was up early. Normally she took a nap before her nighttime stalk in her cage, but today she wanted to see that human again. There was...something about him.

Jason arrived at the zoo before his shift started. There was still some time to spare for him so he approached the panther attraction and sat down as people walked by, taking little notice to

him. "So..you gonna pester me for licks again or what?" He asked as he looked around for the panthress.

The panther hopped down and came up to the fence, sitting down and looking at him, with head cocked.

"Oh, there you are." He laughed feeling a bit relieved at her presence. "I don't know why but after yesterday I got you on my mind." The panther laid down on her rock, letting the human talk.

"Like..I was at the gym today and all I could think of was I really wanted to see you again...I don't know why though.. Maybe you're just that special. "He laughed, wondering why he was even

talking to her like this, she couldn't understand him.

The panther gave a contented purr, and her eyes grew heavy. She was going to get her nap in now before feeding time.

"Bored now? Yea I don't blame you" He laughed as he shook his head and leaned against the fence. "Not a bad idea, taking a nap."

Sheela looked at him in surprise. She got up and lay down again right against the fence, so she could feel the human's warmth against her body.

He subconsciously felt her near him and smiled as he drifted to sleep as well, his ears rounding out and growing fuzzier as his nails start to harden.

Sheela yawned as she woke up. Almost feeding time, but the human who fed her was asleep. She chuffed in amusement...and licked his ear which was sticking through the cage.

"Mn..mmm." He moaned a bit as he slowly stirred awake, his hair now fully black "Oh..Hehe..Look at the time..Thanks for the wakeup call Sheela" He smiled as he stood up and yawned. "Gimme a

sec, I'll go get your dinner." He laughed as he walked off, returning a few minutes later with some food "Here you are."

Sheela scarfed down her food and looked at him curiously. His hair was usually red wasn't it? It was shiny black, and the texture was different.

His hair was much fluffier now, being more like fur than hair. He smiled at her as he fed the other panthers, then proceeded to feed the other animals. His arms seemed a bit hairier to Sheela

as he walked away. The panther rumbled. He had a different scent about him now. Something familiar. She began her nightly stalk, looking forward to when her strange caretaker came tomorrow.

The night passed swiftly into day, which swiftly passed back to night as Sheela saw her caretaker approached. His clothing was a tanktop and shorts, much more fitting for warm weather

rather than the cool fall air they had going, yet he seemed unaffected. His body was covered in black hair, to the point where he looked like a different person "Hey there Sheela" He said to her with a

smile.

Sheela recoiled. His smell...there was a clear smell of a male of her kind mixed with the human scent. She jumped up on the fence with her front paws.

"Whoa, someone's excited today" He laughed as he patted her head through the fence. "Happy to see me girl?"

Sheela gave a feline roar, and a purr, sticking her paw through the fence as best she could.

"That happy to see me huh babe?" He chuckled, a part of his mind registering her as his mate to a degree.

She padded over to the cage door and sat down.

He walked into the pen, sitting down next to her with a smile. The panther rubbed against him, surprised at how he felt. He clearly had fur.

"Mmm..Your fur feels so soft tonight.." He said with a blush as he looked at her with confusion, his head filled with conflicting thoughts. Thoughts telling him this was his mate, thoughts telling

him he needs to leave, he's a human, thoughts telling him why should he leave, this is where his love is. He placed a hand on his head, having a hard time processing these conflicting thoughts.

Sheela laid her laid her head across his lap, rumbling contentedly.
In that moment, any doubts or conflicting thoughts faded in his mind. This was his mate, his love, and no one was going to stand between them. He laid himself over her head and petted her

torso and thigh, purring himself as his hands grew thicker.

Sheela's head popped up. The human had...purred. She looked at him in a new light...as a mate. He wasn't leaving her! She licked his face.

He smiled and started to lick her back, his face slowly growing a thick beard and mustache, with the same texture as fur. Pads started to grow on his thickening hands, his fingers widening and

shortening as it was becoming clear his hands were shifting into paws. "A panther needs strong paws." he thought aloud, no longer seeing himself as human.

Sheela started feeling a bit frisky around the increasingly panther-like human. She started licking him uncontrollably, grooming his new fur.

Jason purred at the sensation as his nose started to take on a color similar to Sheela's. His nose widened and became more triangular in shape as he nuzzled her, his arms popping and shifting

into proper position to be used as forelegs.

The panther heard those pops and rumbled contentedly at the sight of his arms now positioned toward the front of his body...but then she sat down sadly, noticing the sunlight starting to peek

over the horizon. It was time for him to leave.

He looked up at the sun and smiled as he nuzzled her. "I won't leave you." He said softly as he purred, feeling a similar sensation start in his legs as he did in his arms. Popping could be heard

once more as he dropped on all fours, his legs reshaping into hind legs as he slipped out of his sandals, his feet rapidly reshaping into paws.

Sheela gave a joyous roar and nuzzled him, before hearing a strange stretching sound. She went behind him and found a lump in his pants.

"Sheela..Can you help me out of these..strange rags?" He asked, trying to get out of his clothing with little success as he felt the lump in his pants growing larger, causing the rear of his pants to

strain.

Sheela put her paws on his back and gently extended her claws, raking them through the clothes. Lines of fur burst through the rips. She went to take his pants off, but stopped when she

noted a pleasure rumble coming from him. It appears he liked his pants for some reason. She looked behind him and saw a slowly pulsing lump.

"Ah..sorry, it just feels so good.." He moaned with a grin as a loud rip was heard, his new panther tail sticking straight out as he grinned with a frisky need.

Sheela chuffed in amusement at the large bulge in his pants. She sat down to watch him enjoy himself.

Jason began to moan, his moans turned to purrs, and purrs turned to roars. He felt himself releasing his humanity in his lust as he roared out, his nose and mouth pushing out into a muzzle, and

his entire head now covered in fur. His ears moved to the top of his head as his eyes changed from brown to a yellowish green. Other than the shorts, he looked exactly like any other panther, possibly

only bearing a few cosmetic differences. He looked over at his mate with a longing stare.

Sheela swiped playfully at the new panther. He was wearing pants! There was a massive bulge in his pants, squirming around.

He started jumping around with her, swiping at her playfully in return and started nuzzling her. His poor pants were starting to rip as the bulge in his pants now looked like a rope was moving

inside them. Sheela nipped his ear.

He purred from the nip as he started nipping at her back, nuzzling against her muzzle and licking her face lovingly.

Sheela sniffed the strange fabric covering her mate's hindquarters. Why was he keeping his tail cooped up in this stuff?

He purred as he motioned his rear at her, as if he were asking her to get him free of the strange fabric.

Sheela extended her claws and made a small rip, then looked at him playfully. She was going to make him do the rest.

He bucked and kicked at the air, moving around wilding to cause more rips and tears in the strange fabric. After a great deal of struggling he felt the fabric tear off, much to his glee.

Sheela growled playfully and the two panthers spent the night cavorting around the cage. In the morning the head zookeeper sighed when he saw the torn clothes around the inside of the cage

and a new male panther sleeping next to Sheela. "One of these days my employees will stop turning into animals." Shaking his head, he walked towards his office to hire a new employee...who he'd

probably lose to the female alligator that had just lost her mate....