A Changing World Ch.1

Story by Kungroo on SoFurry

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My first real story, not a fan fiction, I welcome advise and criticism


The world is always turning, always changing. What was yesterday is not today. You both become wiser than you were the day before, and learn something different. Gain a new skill or find a new truth you didn't know before. No matter how much you fight it and try to stay put, the world will change. No matter how much you fight and complain about.

These thoughts ran though my head as I pulled up to the tall building with the word Ifree Corp. the place where I'll be working from now. It was strange a few weeks ago; I was living at home after college in my small hometown in the panhandle of Oklahoma. Now I've got a new apartment a career job as a graphic designer/ web designer for a company in the city. I know Oklahoma City isn't the biggest city place compared to New York or other places, but coming from Tavitown in the middle of now where, this was a huge step up.

Trying to find a parking place is a pain, I'm used to just pulling in and instantly parking, but driving around this big lot help me realize, I wasn't in my hometown anymore. After about fifteen minutes I took the back corner space in the north east side of the parking lot. As I got out of my pick up, I slang my old messenger bag over my shoulder, it was barely presentable with it's old strap which I've replaced three times now, it may be old and tried but I've had it since high school, its like an old friend to me. It look a little out of place with my dark blue suit and custom made white button up shirt and red tie, but It was the only bag I had to carry my laptop with so I used it, no one ever said anything about it when I came in for my interview so it shouldn't be a problem I hope.

I stared at the ten story building, I was going to be working in from now on. The sized always shocked me, I was so use to my small hometown, and I even went a small town for college so I wasn't use to seeing anything bigger than two or three story building.

As I started to walk to the door I notice the other man heading the same way. He was hard to miss I mean it's hard to miss a six foot tall anthromophic otter man. I've never seen an anthro before, I remember hearing about Anthros on the news, but I've only ever seen them on TV before.

No one knew how or why it happened but, five years ago suddenly people all over the world changed into anthromophic animal human hybrids. It was weird over night people would wake up be a part animal and some I heard changed genders men would wake up as a cat girl, or woman would a bear man, and some would be hermaphrodites anthro. The hybrids would always be mammals in their change, there weren't any snake or lizard people, or fish mixes, or even a bird combo.

When the change or anthorfacation as the media starting calling it, everyone who changed was gathered up and studied. From what I heard on the news there were camps they were put in, they were all military bases, so no one was living to uncomfortably, and they didn't stay there too long, everyone was released after 6 months. I remember some scientist coming on TV and explain everything to us.

Apparently the anthros were still very much human though they do have some increased abilities do to changes none that could be characterized as super human and were not dangerous to the public and they didn't change because of some strange contentious disease so they weren't going to change anybody else from being out in the public.

At first there was some distrust and panic, I remember hearing about some places that wouldn't hire anthros and some religious nuts saying that's it's a sign of the end. After a while and ten or so court cases things started to go back to being somewhat normal.

So as I watched to otter man go inside the building, I started to realize I might be working with anthros from now on. I didn't really brother me it just made me start thinking about what it might be like. Personally when I heard about anthros I thought they were pretty cool the world was too boring for me I always wanted to have something cool and interesting happen in it, like in the movies or books and games. As I started to walk, I couldn't help and think about how interesting it might be to working might be. I could feel my lips start to curl into a smile.

I became lost in thought thinking about what my life would be like and what might happen from this moment on ,who I might what could happen, I might even get a girlfriend. ""Excuse me sir" my thoughts were interrupt by a voice, I turned my head to the source of the voice I saw a receptionist sitting be hide a desk. A slender woman with dark red hair and wearing a sky blue blouse, I could only see her head and the top of her shoulders the rest of her hid be hide her a large black desk, "can I help you" her voice was some what hurried like she only had a few seconds to speak before doing fifty other things. I walked over to her, "um; yes I'm the new multi media assistant". "Oh yes, Mr. Mock told we had a newbie joining us today." She turned to picked up the desk phone and dialed a number, I couldn't make out a lot of what she was saying but I could hear her say, "Mrs. Seascore your hire is here where should I send him" I recognized the named Susan Seascore was the woman who interviewed me when I came in. "Okay, I'll send him up", she hang up the phone and turned back to me, "take the elevator to the 4th floor and her office is the 3rd one on the right".

I took the elevator to the 4th floor as she told me and went through a glass door leading to a hallway with several doors and I started down the hall. Each door was several feet apart from the other it feels like I'm walking 10 feet between each one. I see my goal within reach and pick up my pace; I was standing before the door within a moment. I take a deep breath to help prepare myself before meeting my new boss; suddenly the door across from me bursts open. The next thing I know I'm being forced to the ground, by what feels like a big body of fur and a heavy mass of failing limbs.

I can't hear or see anything, I can only tell that I'm lying on my back and I have something furry on top of me. It feels like a pony or a colt is jumping on me as though it was playing with me, I couldn't hear much just the occasional word or two slip through when the furry mass moved in a way that lets in an "agghh" or " give it back". I can't help but remember the times I heard my sisters get into similar arguments, which I had to try and break up when things got out of hand.

Part of me wanted to fight to get this thing off me, but I was enjoying the feel of the fur against my skin. It was warm and soft, kind of like someone though a big fur skin rug on me after being in the cold for few hours, it was nice but still uncomfortable. I heard a loud yell and the furry thing stopped moving around, more yelling and the thing got off me.

I saw the fluorescent light in the ceiling and a door open next to my head, it must be the door to Mrs. Seascore's office, I was about to open before I was ambushed. I heard Mrs. Seascores voice "are you okay Mr. Jennings" I get to my feet and see Mrs. Seascore standing be hide her desk, her dark brown hair styled to near perfection expect for a few stray hairs hanging over hers sea green eyes which have a look of concern about them, she has a mix of well poised and angry at the same time. " I'm sorry about that our staff get a little over energetic sometimes" her gaze shifting from me to something be hide me and from a look of concern to anger as she stares be hide me to the hallway.

I turn to see who or what she is staring at so angrily. I saw two women standing in the hallway, both wearing t-shirt and jeans with tennis shoes on, my eyes were a little blurry from being crushed into the floor a minute ago, so I tried and focus my eyes on the one woman on the left to see her a little clearer she was about a head shorter than me, and had fire like red hair and had glasses covering her eyes, and looked to be a few months pregnant from the round belly she had , there was something written on her shirt. My eyes were becoming more forced and I could read the writing, it has "I'm pregnant, you've been warned", well that confirms that she's pregnant, she had a look of embarrassment and shame, I shift my gaze to her partner, who looked like a big tan blur till I focused my sight to her.

I remember my granddad telling me about the first time he saw grandma Judy, she look to be prettier than any woman he seen before had since, time seemed to slow down the seconds turned to weeks. He remembered feeling like there wasn't any air in the room and his heart felt like it kicked into high gear. Granddad told me he feels that way every time he sees her to this day. when Grandma Judy passed my Granddad followed soon after the next month. I remember my mom saying, "He was never any good at waiting to see her".

I never understood what Granddad meant and I always thought he was a fool for following grandma like a lovesick puppy to the grave like he did. Till now cause everything he said he felt when he saw grandma for the first time, I was feeling now plus more. Time slowed down, it felt like I just got hit in the gut with a sledgehammer and my heart going a mile a second.

I've never seen an anthro woman till now and she is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen, her fur seem to be a mix of gold and tan, her hair was short and messy, but it looked soft and shined to me, her fur matched her hair, I noticed a stray lock hover over her right eye like it was almost begging you to look into those sky blue eyes, when I gazed into them I felt like I was flying into the sky on a clear summer day free and warm. Her shirt all is white expect for the black sleeves which fell short of her elbows, it lose on her but hugged her body enough that I could make out her figure underneath it, her jeans were worn out and sagged enough that I see her light green panty band on her hip, she was definitely the most beautiful kangaroo women I have ever seen, being the only kangaroo woman probably help some too.

"Um, Hi" her voice woke me from my dream stare; I shifted my stare into space for a moment till realize what I was doing. Think moron say something, "oh, uh, Hi, I'm Jeremy Jennings, but everyone calls me J.J. for short" Smooth, nice recovery, idoit. I mentally kick myself.

"First time meeting an anthro Mr. Jennings?" A voice from be hide me asked, I turned back to see Mrs. Seascore standing in front of her desk with arms crossed with a look which was a mix of curious and worried. I turned completely around to greet her fully.

Scratching the back of my head in embarrassment and feeling my cheeks get warm. "Sorry yeah, I was raised in a small town and went to school in another small town and there weren't any anthros at either," Mrs. Seascore looked at me a minute and sighed "are you going to have a problem working with one"? I quickly straightened up and look as serious as I could, force of habit when you spend a large chuck of your life with an ex marine for a grandpa and a police officer as a dad. " NO Ma'am" I answered like I was in front of a drill sergeant, "my parents raised me to treat everyone equally no matter what ethnicity, gender or what have you".

" That's good to hear" she said with a smile, she had a sweet smile like to one I'd get from mom when I did something she thought was sweet or got a good grade on a test. "In that case let me introduce your co workers and new office mates," Mrs. Seascore said as she walked over to the two women who burst into her office a minute ago. She stopped next to the red headed one with glasses, "This is Sara Ashton, as you can tell she's pregnant, but not to worry she's not due for a while, so you'll have time to get know her." Sara smiled at me warmly and extended her hand to me, I reached out and shook it. "I'm looking forward to working with you J.J," she said in a sweet tone, once we had stopped shaking hands Mrs. Seascore walked over to the kangaroo girl. She was prettier up close, trying not to stare at her again while Mrs. Seascore introduced her. " This is Angie Poland, our-" before she could finish her roo girl leapt forward, she covered the gap between us in less than a second and was inches away from my face before I'd knew what happened. Her perfume smells like caramel I notice. She stared into my eyes intensely like was staring into my soul or something. I couldn't tell if my heart was racing causing she was so close or from how hard she was staring at me.

As I stared back at those sky blue eyes and tried to slow my heart, I could feel something else going in body, my little buddy was also taking notice of the pretty girl mere inches away from me. I stuck my hand into my pocket and push, the quickly awaking thing up against my belt and prayed that none of the girls notice me.

She took a step back and smirked at me "okay he's cool" she said with a tone of assurance. Sara went up and nudged her "so does that mean your okay with him working with us or that you like him", I felt like my face was on fire from how hard I was blushing. She likde me, it felt as though I could fly at that moment, "Sara?!" Angie said with some embarrassment in her voice and a slight blush on her cheeks, as she nudged Sara back " I just meant he doesn't look like a perv, I had to check though cause from how he was looking at me, from when we look at us after we jumped him."

It felt like my sisters were teasing me after I told them which girl I liked while joking between them selves. "Hey come on, I've never even seen an anthro before", I interjected trying to lose the feeling of being tease "expect on TV, then I'm told I will be working with one and a pretty girl one on top of that." My hands shot to my month like bullets, please someone please tell me I did not say that out loud. I looked at the two girls, both had sly smirks on their faces. I knew that smirk it was the same one my sisters got have got something embarrassing and gave them something new to tease me about. "Did you hear that Angie, the new guy wasn't expecting to be working with such a pretty anthro girl," I could already feel my cheeks start to turn red. "You can't blame him for falling for me though Sara, with this sexy body of mine", she'd ran her hand up her leg to her face, I couldn't help but look as she went over every bump and curve as she did.

"Okay girls no need to tease him to badly on his first day" Mrs. Seascore you're an angel sent from heaven. "After all you'll all be working in the same office place after fall." "What?!" I shouted at Mrs. Seascore as she walked back be hide her desk. "Oh, yes, since our company works on so many projects we break our employees into groups so they work on different projects together, and you three will be working together in the same office across the hall from me." I take back the whole angel for heaven thing.

I stared at her for a moment, she didn't have the same smirk on her face as Sara and Angie, but she had to same gleam in her eyes. I felt my blood freeze as turned around to see the two girls smirking in the door way, they remind of the mental image of two demons welcoming new victims to hell, they lead out the door to my torture, both smiling like the cats the caught the bird. I sighed "It's going to be a looong day I gotta a feeling" I said under my breath as I followed the two girls to my new shared office. I glance between two of them as they walked in front of me, I couldn't stop my eyes from falling onto Angie's tail. It was long and like a slender like a third leg leading to perfectly shaped rear, well at least I'll get to know her better. I thought I saw Angie glance back at me and probably saw me staring her be hide, I forced my eyes back up, and I could've sworn it look like she was blushing, naw probably my imagination .