Jackie woke up on Saturday morning, and before any other need came to her mind, she picked up the phone, and called the Hewitts. Meagan picked up.
“Hey Jackie.”
“Hey Meagan.”
“Sorry to say,” Meagan sighed, “but Matt and Ashley haven’t shown any change.”
Jackie’s ears, perked up before, now slumped down.
“Oh.”
“Lucas is working at it honey, don’t worry,” Meagan said. “We’ll figure it out.”
“Okay.”
“But if you want to come over and take Matt for a walk I’d really appreciate it.”
“Yeah, I guess.”
She didn’t make any small talk, just said bye and hung up. At least nothing worse had happened - but gosh she wished that she could’ve gone to their house to hug Matt again, see his real, intelligent self again.
When she got there, he ran to her. She could smell him distinctly, and he surely knew her smell. He scratched his head, and he licked her hand. He suddenly stopped, and looked up at her. Did he sense her disappointment? Or was she misinterpreting his random instinctual actions?
She went through the motions, just saying hi to Meagan, then hooking up Matt’s leash to his collar - his new collar, with a nice blue band, and no scary electric shocking devices.
Matt was very happy as soon as he knew what was going on. Poor Ashley had to be held back by Meagan, being told that she’d go on a walk later. Obviously she didn’t get it. Eventually though, Jackie got out the door with Matt.
She looked down at him as he panted happily. She sighed, wishing she could be as happy as he was. She wagged her tail slightly, and intentionally. But she couldn’t force herself to not be disappointed.
****
Me was happy. Dog girl was taking me on a walk. Days where she walked me were good days. There were many good smells today.
“You like the smell of all the flowers, don’t you?”
Me didn’t know what she mean, but she seemed happy about this, so me happy too. Me smelled her. She smelled like the other things around me. Those things… what were they? Flowers? Me no understand. Some humans and dog humans smelled like flowers, others smelled like dirt. Others smelled boring. Was dog girl digging up some flowers?
Me not want to go fast today. Me like the smell of dog girl. Me not want other smells right now. Dog girl seems confused. Why she confused? Was she not happy me was not going fast? She want to go fast?
Dog girl lets me off my leash. Now me more happy. Me want to be good boy for dog girl so me not be put on leash.
Dog girl wants to stop. Me sit down and scratch a bad itch. Dog girl scratches me there. Me feel very good.
“I like this spot,” dog girl said. “It’s very peaceful.”
Me not understand her. Me like this place though. Trees smell nice here. Interesting sounds in my ears too.
“In the past,” dog girl said, “I’d come here when I needed to think about things… I’ve got a lot to think about today.”
Me not understand, except one word. Think. Me did not like that word. Thinking was bad. Me not want to think.
“I’ve been doing well in school,” dog girl said, “which is weird considering how messed up these past several months have been.”
She seemed unhappy still. Everyone always slightly unhappy. Me want to make them happy. Why they unhappy?
Met get up and put my head on her lap. Me whimper. Me sad.
“What’s wrong boy?” she asked.
Me not understand.
She scratches my ears. Me not happy. Scratching makes me happy, but not her happy, so me not happy.
“I love you Matt,” she said. “I miss you.”
Me know that word. They called me that word. Matt did not mean me was being good or bad. Matt meant… what did Matt mean?
Weird thoughts… weird thoughts… me no like weird hard thoughts!
“Matt,” she said. “Do you… do you understand? Are you thinking?”
Think. Think. Think was that bad word wasn’t it? It meant weird hard thoughts! Complex thoughts. Me like simple thoughts. Why me like simple thoughts? Simple thoughts make me happy. Sad simple thoughts happy too.
But… there were happy complex thoughts. I… remembered complex happy thoughts. I did not understand those thoughts. Where had I remembered them from? They were from dog girl… no… her name… she had a name. Her name… her name was…
No. Hard thoughts! Me no want to think! Me… I… I want to… what do I want!? Me whimper and howl. So many hard thoughts! Me want it to stop!
“Matt?” dog girl said. “What’s wrong? Oh gosh I’ve broken him haven’t I? I’ve messed up his brain!”
The dog girl put me back on the leash. She was very upset. I wanted to help her not be upset. We went back home. She was very upset on way back. Me feel very bad because weird thoughts wouldn’t go away. Me hurt.
“Oh thank goodness!” Jackie said when we were back, “thank goodness you’re both here!”
“What’s going on?” Dog man asked.
“Matt,” dog girl said, “he… he’s acting strange. He looks like he’s in pain… I was talking to him, trying to get him to think…”
She cried. That made me very sad. Why did it make her sad? I wanted to know! Hard thoughts hard thoughts!
“Look!” she said, “I broke his mind! I hurt him somehow!”
“Calm down,” dog man said. “We need to stay calm.”
They were all looking at me, like they did when they wanted me to do tricks. I didn’t like those tricks, they made hard thoughts come.
Hard thoughts… what were hard thoughts? Why didn’t I like hard, complex thoughts?
“Matt,” dog man held my head, looking into my eyes. “Do you remember Matt? Do you remember us?”
Remember… that word… what did that word mean… it was a hard thought I was thinking… it was scary…
“Matt,” dog girl said, “I know you are in there somewhere. I know you are there. Please come back!”
You. What did that word mean? I was tired of these hard thoughts - but I wanted to make them happy. They were happy when I thought hard. What did “you” mean? They said it to me, just like they said Matt. Did “you” and Matt have the same meaning?
I felt… I felt more hard thoughts. Me meant the same thing as Matt. I was Matt. What was a Matt? Matt was me. It was… it was my name. And… and these others… they had names. The other dog near me, staring at me… her name was… Ashley. And the dog people… they were… Mom and Dad.
Mom and Dad. I… I knew what that meant. I was their child. That… these thoughts didn’t make sense. They looked different from me. They were dog humans. I was a dog. I could not be their child.
Wait… was I a dog? What was I?
“Matt… do you understand me?”
I… I understood. Those words. The dog girl was asking if I understood her. She… I knew her. She… she was… Jackie.
Jackie… I… I cared about her. I… I loved her. She… she was my friend. My girlfriend. I felt more and more complex thoughts hammering into my mind. I was… I was… I was Matt… who was Matt?
I… I did not think I was a dog. It was not right for me to be a dog. I was… human.
My mind suddenly became flooded with… everything. I was suddenly scared and confused, and then… then I… I remembered. I remembered who I was. I…. I was human. I felt… I felt wrong. I did not feel right. My body did not fit me right.
I began to change.
“Matt,” Jackie said, “please… please say something.”
My eyes quivered as I looked into hers. I let out a small bark, a slight smile on my face. They… they understood.
I felt stuff cracking, all over me. Somehow, it didn’t hurt. Somehow it all felt right. My hind legs shifted, growing. My knees fell to the floor. My forelegs became arms, my paws hands. I was not an animal. I was human. I was not meant to be on all fours… but to stand!
My legs began positioning into the right places, and I felt Mom come up to me - a towel in her hands which she put around my waist.
In that scarce stretch of time, I felt more. My tail… it was becoming shorter. My ears changed their place. My muzzle pulled back inward. My fur drew back.
And as quickly as it had begun, it was suddenly over. I breathed deep and heavy, looking over myself. Not only could I think again, not only was I standing up straight, but everything canine about me was gone. My skin was once again smooth, only lightly covered with hair. I reached up to my face and felt no snout, felt my lower back, and felt no tail.
“I… I…” I spoke, trying out my tongue. My normal, human tongue.
Nausea struck me like a freight train.
“Agghh… I think I’m going to puke my guts out.”
I held a hand to my stomach while Mom held me from my back, keeping my towel on, and maintaining my decency.
“Okay… okay… I’m fine.”
As soon as I had tamed my stomach, I immediately felt Jackie wrap her warm, fur covered arms around me.
“Don’t you ever, ever scare me like that again Matthew Hewitt!” she cried. “I thought you were as good as dead.”
I felt tears come to my own eyes. “In a way… in a way I was.”
Then my parents hugged me both tight. It… it was going to be alright.
I glanced off to the side where a golden retriever looked at us. She looked very perplexed. I saw something in her, a struggle happening.
“Yes Ashley,” I called to her, “you can do it too. It’s hard but I know that this is what you want!”
The dog winced in pain, a struggle obviously happening there. She whined, whimpering until breaking into a cough. She coughed a few times, and then…
“Gosh,” Ashley said with a dry voice, “I feel awful.”
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“Hey Jackie.”
“Hey Meagan.”
“Sorry to say,” Meagan sighed, “but Matt and Ashley haven’t shown any change.”
Jackie’s ears, perked up before, now slumped down.
“Oh.”
“Lucas is working at it honey, don’t worry,” Meagan said. “We’ll figure it out.”
“Okay.”
“But if you want to come over and take Matt for a walk I’d really appreciate it.”
“Yeah, I guess.”
She didn’t make any small talk, just said bye and hung up. At least nothing worse had happened - but gosh she wished that she could’ve gone to their house to hug Matt again, see his real, intelligent self again.
When she got there, he ran to her. She could smell him distinctly, and he surely knew her smell. He scratched his head, and he licked her hand. He suddenly stopped, and looked up at her. Did he sense her disappointment? Or was she misinterpreting his random instinctual actions?
She went through the motions, just saying hi to Meagan, then hooking up Matt’s leash to his collar - his new collar, with a nice blue band, and no scary electric shocking devices.
Matt was very happy as soon as he knew what was going on. Poor Ashley had to be held back by Meagan, being told that she’d go on a walk later. Obviously she didn’t get it. Eventually though, Jackie got out the door with Matt.
She looked down at him as he panted happily. She sighed, wishing she could be as happy as he was. She wagged her tail slightly, and intentionally. But she couldn’t force herself to not be disappointed.
****
Me was happy. Dog girl was taking me on a walk. Days where she walked me were good days. There were many good smells today.
“You like the smell of all the flowers, don’t you?”
Me didn’t know what she mean, but she seemed happy about this, so me happy too. Me smelled her. She smelled like the other things around me. Those things… what were they? Flowers? Me no understand. Some humans and dog humans smelled like flowers, others smelled like dirt. Others smelled boring. Was dog girl digging up some flowers?
Me not want to go fast today. Me like the smell of dog girl. Me not want other smells right now. Dog girl seems confused. Why she confused? Was she not happy me was not going fast? She want to go fast?
Dog girl lets me off my leash. Now me more happy. Me want to be good boy for dog girl so me not be put on leash.
Dog girl wants to stop. Me sit down and scratch a bad itch. Dog girl scratches me there. Me feel very good.
“I like this spot,” dog girl said. “It’s very peaceful.”
Me not understand her. Me like this place though. Trees smell nice here. Interesting sounds in my ears too.
“In the past,” dog girl said, “I’d come here when I needed to think about things… I’ve got a lot to think about today.”
Me not understand, except one word. Think. Me did not like that word. Thinking was bad. Me not want to think.
“I’ve been doing well in school,” dog girl said, “which is weird considering how messed up these past several months have been.”
She seemed unhappy still. Everyone always slightly unhappy. Me want to make them happy. Why they unhappy?
Met get up and put my head on her lap. Me whimper. Me sad.
“What’s wrong boy?” she asked.
Me not understand.
She scratches my ears. Me not happy. Scratching makes me happy, but not her happy, so me not happy.
“I love you Matt,” she said. “I miss you.”
Me know that word. They called me that word. Matt did not mean me was being good or bad. Matt meant… what did Matt mean?
Weird thoughts… weird thoughts… me no like weird hard thoughts!
“Matt,” she said. “Do you… do you understand? Are you thinking?”
Think. Think. Think was that bad word wasn’t it? It meant weird hard thoughts! Complex thoughts. Me like simple thoughts. Why me like simple thoughts? Simple thoughts make me happy. Sad simple thoughts happy too.
But… there were happy complex thoughts. I… remembered complex happy thoughts. I did not understand those thoughts. Where had I remembered them from? They were from dog girl… no… her name… she had a name. Her name… her name was…
No. Hard thoughts! Me no want to think! Me… I… I want to… what do I want!? Me whimper and howl. So many hard thoughts! Me want it to stop!
“Matt?” dog girl said. “What’s wrong? Oh gosh I’ve broken him haven’t I? I’ve messed up his brain!”
The dog girl put me back on the leash. She was very upset. I wanted to help her not be upset. We went back home. She was very upset on way back. Me feel very bad because weird thoughts wouldn’t go away. Me hurt.
“Oh thank goodness!” Jackie said when we were back, “thank goodness you’re both here!”
“What’s going on?” Dog man asked.
“Matt,” dog girl said, “he… he’s acting strange. He looks like he’s in pain… I was talking to him, trying to get him to think…”
She cried. That made me very sad. Why did it make her sad? I wanted to know! Hard thoughts hard thoughts!
“Look!” she said, “I broke his mind! I hurt him somehow!”
“Calm down,” dog man said. “We need to stay calm.”
They were all looking at me, like they did when they wanted me to do tricks. I didn’t like those tricks, they made hard thoughts come.
Hard thoughts… what were hard thoughts? Why didn’t I like hard, complex thoughts?
“Matt,” dog man held my head, looking into my eyes. “Do you remember Matt? Do you remember us?”
Remember… that word… what did that word mean… it was a hard thought I was thinking… it was scary…
“Matt,” dog girl said, “I know you are in there somewhere. I know you are there. Please come back!”
You. What did that word mean? I was tired of these hard thoughts - but I wanted to make them happy. They were happy when I thought hard. What did “you” mean? They said it to me, just like they said Matt. Did “you” and Matt have the same meaning?
I felt… I felt more hard thoughts. Me meant the same thing as Matt. I was Matt. What was a Matt? Matt was me. It was… it was my name. And… and these others… they had names. The other dog near me, staring at me… her name was… Ashley. And the dog people… they were… Mom and Dad.
Mom and Dad. I… I knew what that meant. I was their child. That… these thoughts didn’t make sense. They looked different from me. They were dog humans. I was a dog. I could not be their child.
Wait… was I a dog? What was I?
“Matt… do you understand me?”
I… I understood. Those words. The dog girl was asking if I understood her. She… I knew her. She… she was… Jackie.
Jackie… I… I cared about her. I… I loved her. She… she was my friend. My girlfriend. I felt more and more complex thoughts hammering into my mind. I was… I was… I was Matt… who was Matt?
I… I did not think I was a dog. It was not right for me to be a dog. I was… human.
My mind suddenly became flooded with… everything. I was suddenly scared and confused, and then… then I… I remembered. I remembered who I was. I…. I was human. I felt… I felt wrong. I did not feel right. My body did not fit me right.
I began to change.
“Matt,” Jackie said, “please… please say something.”
My eyes quivered as I looked into hers. I let out a small bark, a slight smile on my face. They… they understood.
I felt stuff cracking, all over me. Somehow, it didn’t hurt. Somehow it all felt right. My hind legs shifted, growing. My knees fell to the floor. My forelegs became arms, my paws hands. I was not an animal. I was human. I was not meant to be on all fours… but to stand!
My legs began positioning into the right places, and I felt Mom come up to me - a towel in her hands which she put around my waist.
In that scarce stretch of time, I felt more. My tail… it was becoming shorter. My ears changed their place. My muzzle pulled back inward. My fur drew back.
And as quickly as it had begun, it was suddenly over. I breathed deep and heavy, looking over myself. Not only could I think again, not only was I standing up straight, but everything canine about me was gone. My skin was once again smooth, only lightly covered with hair. I reached up to my face and felt no snout, felt my lower back, and felt no tail.
“I… I…” I spoke, trying out my tongue. My normal, human tongue.
Nausea struck me like a freight train.
“Agghh… I think I’m going to puke my guts out.”
I held a hand to my stomach while Mom held me from my back, keeping my towel on, and maintaining my decency.
“Okay… okay… I’m fine.”
As soon as I had tamed my stomach, I immediately felt Jackie wrap her warm, fur covered arms around me.
“Don’t you ever, ever scare me like that again Matthew Hewitt!” she cried. “I thought you were as good as dead.”
I felt tears come to my own eyes. “In a way… in a way I was.”
Then my parents hugged me both tight. It… it was going to be alright.
I glanced off to the side where a golden retriever looked at us. She looked very perplexed. I saw something in her, a struggle happening.
“Yes Ashley,” I called to her, “you can do it too. It’s hard but I know that this is what you want!”
The dog winced in pain, a struggle obviously happening there. She whined, whimpering until breaking into a cough. She coughed a few times, and then…
“Gosh,” Ashley said with a dry voice, “I feel awful.”
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