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Wrapping his arms around her, he held her tightly to his chest.  He could feel, by rubbing his hands up and down her back how much bigger and more muscular she was now.  He was used to the thin, petite form.  This was very new and strange.  Pulling away slightly, he looked down at her, "How are you feeling now?  Any pain at all?"

Shaking her mane of hair, she looked up at him, "It's all gone, all of it.  The pain, the confusion, all the weird feelings, they are all gone.  I feel like myself again."

Remembering the momentary blast of telepathy, he asked her telepathically, "Can you hear this toy?"

"I can hear it fine Darious."  She said back the same way.

But again it was so loud it made his head throb.  Chuckling a bit, he smiled at her, "We are going to have to work on your volume control it appears."

"Yes, please!" Said Raven, who got another bloody nose from the power of it.

Grinning sheepishly, Dani said, "Sorry Raven."  Then she looked back up at Darious, smiling.

He grinned back at her, not knowing what else to say.  Since his denunciation it was as if he was filled with all kinds of emotions pulling him in a thousand different directions.  He couldn't adequately sort them out to get across to her what he was feeling.  But ever so softly, like a quiet whisper, he heard her voice in his head saying, "I understand it all Darious, you don't need to explain it to me."  Feeling his mouth go dry and his eyes moisten ever so slightly, he nodded to her, unable to speak around the lump in his throat.  "I thought you might but I wanted to tell you for the first time."  He said back to her the same way.

Smiling at him, she shook her head, "You still can Darious, but when we are alone.  How does that sound?"

It was then that he knew for a fact that his Danyealle was back with him, wholly and completely.  Only she seemed to always know what to say to make him understand things or to protect his reputation and ego.  She was the only being in the universe that cared about him enough to do that.  "Thank you."  He whispered softly to her out loud. 

Shaking her head, she smiled, "There is no need to thank me, you know that Darious."  

Winking at her, he grinned a bit, "I know but." he said with a shrug, not finishing the sentence.  Something was starting to invade his consciousness, a small voice that he recognized as hers but it wasn't like she was talking to him.  It was more like he was hearing her thoughts.  Stepping a bit closer to her he put his hand on her cheek and looked deep into her eyes, concentrating.  Doing that it became much clearer and he could understand it.  It was something he had never heard before, her 'instinct'.  The best he could figure out was that what was originally the she-devil beast was Danyealles animal instinct; it had now, since her change, become internal like most animals, not an external show of it. And it was speaking to her.  She must not be used to it yet because of the power she always had she could close things like this off to him and everyone else.  She was so old and powerful that no one on earth or in heaven or hell could penetrate it.  But, for the first time, he could hear it, like a soft flowing whisper that invaded his mind.  Over and over it was saying the same thing, 'got to switch and run, got to burn off the excess'.  Looking deep into her eyes, he smiled, 'Do it honey, do what it says."

Her eyes widened momentarily as she looked at him, not understanding.  Then a grin started to show, "I think I'm going to have to work a bit more on controlling some things."  Giving him a soft peck on the lips she stood back and followed her instinct, shifting to her feline form. 

"Jesus Fucking Christ!"  Said Mortichi, from where he was standing.  "She is just plain fucking huge!"

Everyone's mouths were hanging open.  Danis' normal feline form was a smallish cat, about her normal weight but now it was no longer small, it was HUGE!  Bigger than most tigers and probably weighing a couple hundred pounds more,  she came up past Darious' hips when she stood on all fours and her head was just plain massive.  She was still a clouded leopard but had probably grown to more than 5 times her normal size.  The most striking thing, however, was not her size but her teeth.  Clouded leopards were known as the modern saber toothed cats because of the extra long canines they had but Dani could now lay total claim to that title because she had true saber teeth just like the ancient predators, a foot long and protruding down from her upper jaw out side of her mouth.  Meowing loudly, actually sounding more like a lions roar than a cats meow, she arched up and brushed against Darious' legs, not knowing the strength she now possessed, almost knocking him over.  Nuzzling her head against his stomach she then sauntered towards the front door and sat there looking over her shoulder at those standing and gapping at her.  Meowing, her tail swishing back and forth, she looked at Darious.

He still hadn't fully recovered from the shock of ... and this was adding to it!  He could hear her telepathically telling him she wanted to go run in the yard so he walked over and opened the front door, petting her head, "Go ahead and run Honey, we'll come out too."

Meowing loudly, she took off out the front door and started to dash around the yard, running back and forth, stretching her powerful legs.  Darious seated himself on the top step of the porch, watching her.  Slowly, everyone else in the house came out to join him, sitting on the porch to watch her.  

Julia stood behind him and put her hand on his shoulder, watching her dash around, seemingly enjoying herself, leaping over things in her path.  "It appears that I may have made her suffer more that she should have by giving her those drugs."

Darious reached up and put a hand on hers and patted it, "It appears so, but we all did what we thought was best for her.  I'm sure she understands that and isn't going to hold a grudge."

"No, I don't think she will.  But I feel quite horrid that I caused her so much pain when I should have left things alone and let them run their course."

Seating herself by Darious, Zsuzanna stretched out her long, thin legs and leaned back, propping herself up on her hands.  "How could you imagine that this was going to happen?  We all thought that you were doing the best thing possible for her."

Raven sat down on his other side then Marcus, Arkady and Mortichi each perched on the porch railing, watching her chase things around the yard, running back and forth and climbing all over things, generally seeming to enjoy herself.  Raven took Darious' hand. For the first time since she had known him she no longer felt that evil zap that made her hair stand on end. She smiled at him, "What you did was the most impressive thing I have ever had the pleasure to witness Darious.  We all knew that you felt something for her but had no idea of the depths of those feelings."

Grinning a bit sheepishly he looked at her, "Well, now you do know.  And in all honesty I didn't plan that, it just kind of happened."

Julia squeezed his shoulder, "Sometimes the most important and best things in our lives happen like that."

Dani dashed around the side of the house out of their view for a few minutes.  Then they all heard noises on top of the porch roof and looked up just as she poked her head over the edge and looked down at him, meowing.  She leapt off and landed on the ground with a soft thud before bounding up the steps and climbing onto Darious' lap, meowing happily, and tail swishing.  She nuzzled his face softly, purring.

Letting out a small oof as she planted herself in his lap, he stroked down her back and rubbed her ears softly, smiling.  "You are a bit big now to be a lap cat Dani."

Giving his nose a lick she hopped down onto the porch and told him telepathically, "I'm going to shift back and get some clothes on.  I'll be right back."  She then dashed into the house and up the stairs.

Everyone assembled watched her go, smiling.  Julia planted herself on the railing and looked at Darious, "When she is up to it, I really need to get some blood samples and examine her so I can see if I can figure out what went on."

Nodding, Darious said, "I will tell her.  Do you think this is what happened to the others who reached this age?"  He asked, looking over to Raven.

Stroking her chin, eyes fixed somewhere else with a far away look in them, she said, "I don't really know, but it does seem possible.  We know a bit more now then we used to about medical conditions and have better terminology to describe things."  Looking back at Darious, she smiled, "But I do believe that this is what has been troubling Dani for the last several months ."

They sat and discussed the possibilities for a few more minutes then Darious heard a string of four letter words coming from Dani in the house and got up, smiling, to see what was going on.  That language was his best indicator that indeed his Danyealle was truly back with them, her faculties fully intact.  Walking in, he met her as she was coming down the stairs.  Stopping cold, he stared at her, mouth hanging open.  It wasn't only the she-devil and the cat that had changed; her human appearance had altered as well.  Danyealles' body had been frozen in time at a stage between adulthood and adolescence because she was 14 when Wynter had created her.  In the era she was from 14 year olds were considered adults even though their bodies were not done growing and changing.  After becoming a she-devil, Danyealle's body  never finished 'growing up' and parts of her had not developed fully.  Normally she didn't have many curves other than her chest but standing before him was a Danyealle with soft, sensual curves like any other woman.  But that wasn't all that was different.  Stepping closer, he looked down at her, "Is there something wrong Dani?"

Stomping her foot in frustration she said, "Yes, there's something wrong!  None of my clothes are fitting right!" 

Looking down into her face he was transfixed by her eyes.  They were the same soft brown colored eyes they had always been but they were different.  They seemed to have narrowed slightly and become more cat-like, even the pupils seemed to have become narrower and more slit like a cat's.  Her hair also seemed different.  Reaching out he ran his fingers through it, it was still the same golden honey blonde it had always been but there seemed to be more of it and it now felt like cat fur rather than hair, soft, silken and fine, almost like a strand of pure silk.  The next thing he noticed was her teeth.  The canines were now more elongated like fangs, like his were, not like human teeth.  She was wearing one of his dress shirts but it was gaped open, showing her pink lacey bra.  Without even having to touch them, he could tell that her breasts were fuller than they used to be, more rounded and womanly.  He ran the tips of his fingers down her stomach, it had always been slightly concave but now it was flat and highly toned, as if she worked out a lot.  Her hips were also a lot more rounded than they were before, giving her womanly curves she'd never had.  Stepping around behind her he could see that her ass was no longer flat as it always had been but now had a soft roundness to it too.  When he stepped back in front of her he looked back into her face.  Taking a deep breath he smelled the scent that was coming off her, like a hint of some highly erotic perfume.  He knew that smell, even if it was muted, it was the smell of her scent and rather than just use it when she needed to it seemed that it now permeated her and was going to always be there in muted form. Gazing back into her face he noticed that although her features really hadn't changed much,  she was now more cat-like and was no longer going to be able to pass as human.   

She arched an eyebrow at him, "What are you doing Darious?"

He put and arm around her waist and pulled her close, kissing her on the top of the head then looking down into those now cat-like eyes, smiling, "Baby, it seems you and I are going to have to go do some shopping and get you some better fitting clothes." 

Fixing him with a stare, she said, "Why is that?  Did someone shrink all my stuff so they don't fit anymore?"

Chuckling a bit he said, "No, they didn't shrink.  It seems that when I said earlier that it appears you have grown up I was right.  You did grow up, or finish developing as the case is with you.  After almost 1000 years you now have the body of a full grown woman."  Running his fingers through her hair, he smiled at her, "Also, you are never again going to be able to pass as a human. It's going to be obvious to everyone that you are a cat. " Staring down into those mesmerizing cat-like eyes he said softly, "One of the most beautiful, sexy and erotic women I have ever seen in my existence."  Bending down, he kissed her softly, one arm wrapping around her waist and pulling her close to him. Her scent filled his nose and rushed straight to his brain, making him instantly turned on.

He broke off the kiss, panting, looking down at her, "I had better get a grip on things because we have company.  But later on I will finish, OK toy?"

Grinning up at him, she winked, "Oh you bet you will Darious!"  She then pulled away and buttoned her shirt up.

Taking her hand, he led her outside onto the porch where everyone was still discussing the events of the day.  Raven looked up at them then did a double take, looking at Dani, mouth hanging open.  Seeing the look on Ravens face, everyone else turned to look, a stunned expression evident when they saw her.  All of them there, except Darious and Marcus had known her for hundreds of years and were accustomed to what she had always looked like, so this change in appearance was more shocking to them than it was Darious.

"Damn woman, you are one sexy broad!"  Mortichi said, unable to tear his eyes off of her.

Having known Mortichi for a couple centuries, she knew this was his ultimate in flattery and took it as such, grinning at him, saying, "Thanks you old pirate."

Stepping closer, Zsuzanna looked her up and down carefully before stepping back and shaking her head, "IF and that is a big if, this is what is going to happen to all of us, once we go through what you just did there is no way we are ever going to be able to blend in with humans again.  It's going to be obvious what we are.  That might present a few problems."

Sighing, Dani nodded, "I know, if humans can tell what we are now we will get no peace."

Marcus sat away from everyone, quiet, staring at her, mouth agape.  He was still leery of her after having been attacked a few times.  Dani looked at him, smiling. "What's wrong Marcus?"

Shaking his head, he grinned, "Oh nothing, just sitting here stunned like everyone else is I guess."

Giggling, she winked at him.  A lot of the last few months were a fog to her. She was unable to keep straight what had happened when and most of the details were missing.  She remembered Marcus was theirs but not the circumstances of how he came to be there or how long he had been with them, let alone any of the finer details.

Arkady stepped up to her and pulled her into a big hug, holding her tightly, "M'Lady, I cannot express how relieved I am that you are healthy once again.  I was most concerned about you."

Hugging him back, she kissed him on the cheek, "Thanks Arkady."

Darious put one arm around her shoulders and smiled. He was still riding a wave of euphoria that hadn't dissipated in the least.  Looking over at Marcus and Arkady, he grinned, "Would you two mind spending the night in the village with the ladies so that Danyealle and I can have some time alone?"

Raven nodded, "That would seem to be a good idea Darious."  She looked over at the two werewolves, "You can stay with us in the motel tonight.  Let Darious and Dani have some quality time alone."

Getting the hint, grinning big, both of them packed overnight bags.  After saying their goodbyes and Dani promising Julia and Raven that she would submit to some tests over the next couple weeks, they all left, leaving her and Darious finally alone..