Greatest Show on Earth: NYC Edition

Story by Vinomath on SoFurry

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Greatest Show on Earth's 2nd written story. Originally released in two different parts, combined for the SF posting!


The most famous magic act was coming to New York City with it's largest venue yet! With over 100,000 seats available, it was easily the biggest show for Mr. M yet. To add on top of that, it was sold out! He wanted to give his best show yet, so he went to the woodshed and did everything make sure everyone there would get a show worth the crowd's money. Soon the big night came and the seats began to fill up quickly. Mr. M looked out from behind the curtains to see the full house. The clock soon struck 8 and it was time for a show! Mr. M walked up the the stage and gave a small bow as a greeting.

"Hello everyone! I am Mr. M! And today you'll being seeing some REAL magic!" he said loudly. "Is there anyone in the crowd from the Tampa show?" he asks as a handful of people raise their hand. "Good, I'll let you know now that every show is unique!" he says happily. "But let's begin with something for you...doubtful ones." he said with a sneer. "Who here in the crowd is doubtful in my magic powers?" he asks, a few of the members raising their hands. "You in the suit!" Mr. M says pointing at a man in the front row. "Come on stage."

The man somewhat reluctantly joins Mr. M on the stage. "And you are?" Mr. M asks. "My name is Tyler." the man replies. "Alright Tyler...you're doubtful in my magical powers?" Mr. M asks. "Just magic in general really." he admits. "I thought it to be fake and silly." Tyler adds. "Then what brings you here?" Mr. M asks. "My girlfriend wanted to come so I got her tickets. Jessie, over there." Tyler says waving to her. "And you do believe in magic my dear?" Mr. M asks over to her. "Yes!" Jessie calls back to the stage. "Please come join us then." Mr M. says inviting her to the stage. Jessie giggles with glee as she joins the two men on stage. "Now then, it you're lucky day because you two are my assistants!" Mr. M says happily. Tyler looks a bit annoyed while Jessie jumps with excitement.

"Alright Jessie, what's your favorite animal?" Mr. M asks to her. Jessie thinks for a brief moment before answering. "Cats! I love cats!" she says gleefully. "Alright then, Tyler, if you'll step onto that X." Mr. M instructs Tyler who obeys. "Now then Jessie, I want you to close your eyes and focus on a cat, nothing else, just keep thinking of cats." Mr. M tells Jessie who immediately closes her eyes and she starts to think. "Now with a little magic, we'll make this lucky man a cat before your eyes!" Mr. M says, the audience now watching intently. "Wait..what are you talking about?" Tyler asks Mr. M "You were doubtful, so you'll experience transforming first hand. Don't worry most people love it." Mr. M reassures Tyler as a beam shines from Jessie's head to Tyler as his body glowed. This was all merely cosmetic and for show; Mr. M's magic doing the real transformation.

Tyler's hair grew out much longer down to his back as it turned black. His ears became pointed and moved to the top of his head. His eyebrows melted into black fur covering most of his head, save for a patch of white fur around his mouth. Tyler's eyes became both feline and feminine as his eyelashes elongated. His face pushed out into a small muzzle as his nose became small and pink. White fur continued to grow down his neck all the way down his front, stopping at his crotch. Black fur surrounded everywhere else with the exception of his more pawlike hands which grew white fur. Tyler's arms became more slender and feminine while his shoulders cracked forward. His waist narrowed while his hips and fear push outward to feminine proportions. Tyler's chest became softer as two buds began to push out rapidly, growing into C cup breasts. His manhood shrank away into nothingness as Tyler was very much a woman now. Tyler's legs became more shapely as her feet turn into paws, covered with white fur. Lastly, a long bushy black tail with white tip burst out from her backside. The beam from Jessie's head died down as the light did, revealing Tyler's new feline body.

"Well Teresa, how do you feel?' Mr. M asks the new cat lady.

"Wonderful as always Mr. M!" she says if she was always his assistant.

The audience roars as Jessie opens her eyes to see her boyfriend now a humanoid cat.

"Did you do this to Tyler?" she asks in amazement.

"Well It's Teresa now, you love cats so he, or rather she's a cat now!" Mr. M says.

"O-okay." Jessie says in a mixture of confusion, awe, sadness, and general curiosity. "So what am I here to do?" she asked Mr. M

"It wouldn't be fair if Teresa here got all the fun." Mr. M says with a chuckle. "Cats and dogs don't usually get along, so let's make history!" Mr. M says as the crowd gets on the edge of their seats. "Jessie my dear would you get onto the X?" he says signalling to it with his hand.

"O-okay." she says a bit nervously, following the orders of Mr. M.

"And let's make it snappy shall we?" Mr. M said snapping his fingers together, a puff smoke forming over Jessie. In an instant Jessie's face pushed into a muzzle and grey and white fur covered her body. Her ears became pointed and her features more masculine, since she had became a man! Jessie's body was much more flat everywhere and less dainty. When the smoke cleared seconds later, a male humanoid husky stood where Jessie was standing, wearing a nice dapper suit.

"Welcome back to the show James!" Teresa said hugging the husky, kissing the side of his face.

"Good to be back sweetie!" Jessie, now James said returning the kiss.

"Couldn't break the sweet couple apart could we?" Mr. M says smiling.

"Excuse me, but can I ask a favor of you?" James asks pulling Mr. M aside, whispering into his ear.

"Alright!" he says turning around to the crowd. "We have a very special event about to unfold. "I need a volunteer from the audience!" many members shot their hands up to the skies, a man from the mid section being chosen. He rushed up to the stage. "Teresa, be a dear and start setting up for the next segment behind the curtain." Mr. M said, Teresa giving a thumbs up before heading backstage.

"Now then sir, your name is?" Mr. M asks the man now on the stage.

"Daniel." the man replies.

"Alright Daniel, you're about to be apart of something great!" Mr. M says happily.

"What is it?" Daniel said quite excitedly.

"What fun is there if there isn't a surprise?" Mr. M says smirking. "Just stay calm and still." he adds, as pink hearts surround him, making him invisible to the crowd.

As the hearts circled him, the tornado around him got smaller and smaller. Inside, Daniel's body was shrinking to match the tornado's size. Daniel's limbs began to retreat back into his body, his waist in particularly. Soon Daniel's legs had entered into it along with his arms. He was able to see his stomach became gold and circular, his waist shrink back into the new inanimate bottom. It became hollow as a hole formed through Daniel's stomach, forming a gold ring. Daniel's head contorted into different angles while losing it's features and turned into a diamond sitting atop the ring. Along the sides it became encrusted with diamonds, Daniel had become a diamond ring.

The hearts left away "entering" into James, albeit this was for show and revealed the new ring, which fell down lifelessly to the ground. Much of the audience gasped at this, unsure of how to react.

"It's fine!" Mr. M reassures. "He'll return to normal once the show ends. It's merely temporary. Those from the Tampa show can tell you." he says smiling. While the crowd lets out sighs of relief, Mr. M picked up the ring and hands it to James. "Do it after the medieval bit alright?" Mr. M whispers to James, who accepts it and nods, placing it in his suit pocket.

"Now then, while James assists Teresa with the setup behind these curtains," Mr M. signals for James to do so, and he rushes backstage to join Teresa, "I will need a volunteer for that, but first I need a mother and son. Any takers?" Mr. M asks, a few parent couples raising their hands. "You two, in the front!" Mr. M says as the mother-son duo enter onto the stage. "Now then young man, what's your name and how old are you?" Mr. M asks the boy. "I'm Scott, and I'm 8 years old!" he says happily. "And you ma'am?" Mr. M asks the mother. "Carol, I'm 27." she replies. "Well you two, it's time to have a little fun!" Mr. M said with a smile. "Now I want you to focus on each other, see yourself through the other's eyes." Mr. M explains, the two closing their eyes and focusing. Suddenly, light beams from the two's heads, zoning in on the other's.

Scott grew much taller, as his hair grew longer. His facial features became softer as red lipstick formed on his lips. His arms became smooth and slender and his hands became dainty with the nails painted, his feet following. Scott's legs were slender and feminine as his hips were wide and rear round. He lost one thing and gained another, well two new things that gave him a new gender. Her clothes became the red dress her mother was wearing as Scott took on a perfect copy of his mother.

While this happened, Carol grew shorter along with her hair. Her age left her much younger as her face became more masculine, even losing a few teeth that Scott had lost recently. Her arms became more masculine and hairy along with her shorter legs. Her curves became flat with her body as Carol's outfit became a t-shirt and shorts that Scott was wearing. Lastly, Carol's gender swapped officially down below.

"Role reversal! How about that?" Mr. M says to the two now owning the other's body. "Whoa..." Scott said smiling, it felt kind of cool to be in his mother's body. Carol was less amused, "Make us normal again." he said angrily, crossing his arms. "Well your each other in body..." he stopped and slyly looked at the two. "...And mind." Mr. M said snapping his fingers. In an instant, Scott stopped checking out her body and Carol's anger left him. "Scott! You know you can't run onto the stage!" Scott, now officially Carol scolded her mother turned son. "But I want to change to!" Carol now Scott retorted sadly. "It's not fair! The others got to change, we can't I?" he asks tearfully upset. "You can't always get what you want! You're interrupting the show for everyone else!" Carol scolded. Scott looked down on the ground sad and embarrassed. "Apologize to the man right now!" Carol told her son. Scott turned to Mr. M, "I-I'm sorry..." he says sadly. "It's quite alright son, if you two could go backstage, you get to be apart of the finale!" Mr. M says smiling at Scott. This put a smile on him and he held his mother's hand, trying to rush her backstage. "Thanks, he's a nice kid, just gets a little crazy sometimes." Carol whispers to Mr. M. "We get these every so often, it's perfectly fine madam, I'll call you out once we get done here." Mr. M says as Carol and Scott head backstage.

"What a loving new family! Or old family..." Mr. M says to the crowd who applause wildly. "I believe our next set piece is ready now." Mr M. calls out. "Who wants to play an important role in it?" Mr. M calls out, over 90% of the audience raising their hands. "You in the back!" Mr. M yells out to a male in the back. He rushes up onto the stage. "And what is your name?" Mr. M asks him. "Shawn." he says with a smile. "Okay Shawn, hopefully you've read up on your medieval history!" Mr. M says as the curtains raise, revealing a castle backdrop with Teresa in a window like a damsel, her wardrobe matching the part. "Now we just need a guardian." Mr M. says smirking at Shawn, snapping his fingers as a strange red flame circled around him.

As the flame engulfed him, his shadow altered greatly. His face pushed out into a reptilian muzzle, his nose now two mere slits. Shawn's ears become pointed while green scales form all over his body, cream scales over his underbelly. Shawn falls onto all fours as a large tail emerges from him. Spikes grow going down his spine to the tip of his tail, while his feet and hands become identical, become quadrupedal. Shawn's neck expands outward as two mighty wings emerge from his backside. The flame begins to leave, entering into his now large jaw, revealing a mighty dragon in Shawn's place. Shawn let out a large puff of flame into the sky, the crowd going crazy. Mr. M had made it so the transformation made him do exactly what he needed to do for the mini-show. Mr. M let out a snap as the dragon appeared in front of the backdrop, acting as if it was guarding people from rescuing Teresa.

"Please save me!" Teresa calls out as Shawn continues to patrol the area angrily. "I will save you!" a male voice calls out as James steps out in medieval armor and sword and shield. "The knight in shining armor has come to save the princess! But will he succeed?" Mr. M commentates. "Let the fair maiden go!" James yells at the dragon. Shawn smirks, getting into an attack position before breathing a stream of flame at James. James uses his shield to block it, magic protecting the flames from lighting his fur ablaze. The audience watches intently as Shawn attacks with flames, James carefully trying to find an opening. Soon, as Shawn's flames become weak, James runs up and jabs the dragon with the sword, the audience gasps as he does. James takes a step back as the dragon's body glows.

The dragon's figure contorts as it becomes less bulky and much more slender, going back onto two's. Shawn's forelegs become arms and forepaws become much more like hands. Shawn's body became much more shapely and his figure took an hourglass shape. Two buds pushed out from his chest, becoming C cup breasts. His manhood left him as Shawn got a new sex. Her tail became shorter while her head became smaller to better proportion her body, Shawn now an anthro dragoness.

The new dragoness runs up and hugs James. "Thank you for breaking me free of the curse!" she says happily. "I am Princess Darlene. A witch turned me into a full dragon. I run the kingdom where people are human-like animals like myself." she explains. "It's no problem Miss, now if you can allow me to rejoin with my own maiden?" James asks. "Of course! And if you ever come to my kingdom or need anything, let me know and I'll be of full assistance!" Darlene says as she exits the stage. "My darling Teresa! I have come for you!" he says, climbing up to be with her. "My knight in shining armor!" she says giving him a long kiss. The two walk down the set piece. "Before we continue, I want to ask you something?' James says to Teresa. "What are you...?" she trails off seeing James get onto one knee. "Will you marry me?" James asks with a wide smile, holding the ring from before. "Of course! Of course I'll marry you!" Teresa says, hugging James tightly, the audience cheering greatly. "Give it up for the new husband and wife!" Mr. M says clapping along with the audience. "I'll give you an identical ring after the show, that is an audience member after all and we'll return him to normal after the grand finale." Mr. M says as the loving couple head backstage.

"What about that?" Mr. M calls out to the roaring crowd. "We have a few more minisodes like that, so stay tuned!" Mr. M stifles a chuckle. "But before we continue, we'll be taking a quick intermission!" Mr. M says with a smile as the curtains lower, the audience free for the next ten minutes or so.

Intermission was almost over, and the audience was eagerly returning to their seats. One by one the packed venue was full again, safe for a few empty places from those transformed. "Thank you for your patience, and welcome back, to the Greatest Show On Earth in New York City!" a voice on the intercom spoke out. The curtains rose, and Teresa and James were standing there smiling, holding hands. They raise their arm as Mr. M walks from under them, the audience applauding wildly. "Thank you, thank you." he says smiling, taking bows. "How about we get this show on the road, after all, these two deserve some private time huh?" he asks the audience. "Cat and dog lovers..." Mr. M mutters. "That doesn't quite roll off the tongue does it? No, a better word would be...lovebirds," he says snapping his fingers. A puff of smoke appeared out of nowhere, and covered the two. Out of the smoke walked two swans. They looked at each other, and made a heart with their beaks, the smoke turning into a purple heart behind it, making it look like the heart was colored. The crowd cheers for a while as the two swans stand next to each other. Mr. M smiles and snaps his fingers, the two back to their "normal" dog and cat bodies respectively. "Give it up for Teresa and James! Always good sports!" Mr. M says clapping, the two taking a bow before joining arms exiting stage right.

"All right! They will be setting up for the finale, so while they do that, we not get someone up here for a little one off fun huh?" he asks as much of the crowd raises their hands. "You! The last seat in the front row!" Mr. M says pointing to a woman in the corner. She gets up with gusto and rushes up to the stage. "And what is you're name miss?" Mr. M asks with a grin. "I'm Samantha!" she says happily, excited to be transformed. "Alright Samantha, how do you feel about nature?" Mr. M asks. "I love it! Flowers, grass, animals, everything is great!" Samantha replies. "Why don't we get you a bit closer to nature then huh?" Mr. M says with a raised eyebrow, shooting waves into Samantha as her body began to give off flower-like images; all for show of course.

The woman's hair began to be replaced by red petals, much to the audience's awe. Her body began to get much thinner as her skin began to turn green. Her legs began to become stems as the cells in her body began to alter. The clothes around her began to become a transparent green as it revealed her torso was all stems. Samantha's head began to alter as it became red and lost it's features. Soon her head was replaced by petals, attached to her stem body; Samantha turned into a bouquet of roses. Mr M. picked the transformed Samantha up. He then hands the roses to someone in the front row. "Hold onto her for me, I'll need her in a moment." he instructs the man as he returns to the stage.

"Now then!" Mr. M says clapping his hands. "We're starting to run a bit low on time so we only have time for two, maybe three more acts. Who wants to be in the first of these?" Mr. M asks the crowd. There's just as much commotion as any other moment in the show. "You! Man in the nice suit!" Mr. M says to one of the formally dressed males on the furthermost left corner. The man gets up and pulls his suit, and walks up onto the stage, shaking Mr. M's hand firmly. "You're confident! I like it!" Mr. M says with a smile. "What's your name lad?" Mr M. asks. "Bartholomew." the man replies tucking his hands in his suit pockets. "I'm going to call you Bart for short." he says before quickly moving on. "And a confident man like you deserves to be even confident!" Mr. M says snapping his fingers. Stars began to form around Bart's body as it began to change.

Bart's body was growing brownish-orange fur all over his body. His face pushed out into a large muzzle as his nose became larger. His jaw became stronger as his teeth became sharper. His ears became circular while his eyes became larger. A ginger mane formed around his head, going down to the front of his hands. Speaking of, were turning into clawed paws along with his feet. They became large as he fell onto all fours as Bart's bone structure changed. His arms and legs became shorter while his body was become larger, giving him a mighty bestial size. A tail elongated from his spine as it swayed idly. Bart, now a large lion, let out a mighty roar.

"Now I will need another volunteer to help our feline friend!" Mr. M calls out to the audience. Some of them hold back, afraid of what the lion might do, while others just want the chance to be apart of the show! "You! Woman in the dress in front of me!" he says holding out his hand for her. She accepts it with a smile, climbing on stage. "You like Lions Miss...?" Mr. M stops for her to introduce herself. "Jasmine. And yes! I do!" she says clapping her hands. "Excellent. Let's get you two going then." he says. "Inch closer it, but be on your hands and feet." Mr. M instructs. "Trust me, it'll be easier and safer." Despite the oddity of the request Jasmine obeyed.

As she began to crawl over to the lion, the audience could see a black and white stripped tail with pure black tip form. Her clothes began to vanish, revealing black and white stripes going all over her body in fur. Jasmine's hands and feet contorted and altered into hoofs, her footsteps turning into clops. Her arms and legs contorted a bit as her body grew, her skeleton forcing her to stay on all fours. A small mane formed up her neck while her ears became larger. Her face pushed out greatly as the tip of it became black, mouth and nose. Her eyes moved to either side of her new muzzle as she finished turning into a zebra.

The new zebra finished approaching the lion as it gave a loud roar into her face. Both of their instincts came in and the lion tackled Jasmine down. The audience gasped as Mr. M watched contently. It looked like Jasmine was about to be a goner at the hands of Bart, but at the last moment the lion simply began to lick the zebra. Much of the audience let out an "awe" at the cuteness of it. A mighty lion "kissing" the zebra. "Give it up for the two lovers! Different species loving each other just the same!" Mr M. claps as they are taken backstage by Teresa and James.

"Alright, let's see we have time for..." Mr. M says looking at his watch. "One more performance before the finale, and this one is quite special. "Freddy and Sarah please come up to the stage!" Mr. M calls. A man and a woman sitting closet to the stage's stairs got up holding hands onto the stage. "Now I need someone to help with this..." Mr. M looked out to the audience. "You there! In the back!" Mr. M calls pointing to a young man, no older than 20. He rushes up to the stage to try and save as much time as possible. "Yes, I am here to help!" he says. "Good to hear...?" Mr. M stops to find out his name. "Jefferson." he says happily. "Alright, Jefferson. I'll get to you in one second, but can Freddy and Sarah enter the chambers?" Mr. M says snapping his fingers, two cylinders rising from the floor. The duo step into separate chambers as Jefferson and Mr. M are the only visible ones. "Now these two want to get engaged, much like my two assistants, but they wanted to do it in a fantastic magical style that I simply couldn't resist!" Mr M. says. "And Jefferson will help me with that." Mr M. said snapping his fingers.

Jefferson's limbs all began to slowly retreat into his torso. It became harder and a rough grey color. He began to lose feeling in his arms and legs as they retracted into his torso. Soon enough his head was inside and lost the sense of really anything. His body began to alter. It became much smaller and grew more and more circular. Eventually he shrunk into his clothes. Mr. M walked over and pulled out the most perfect pebble the world has ever seen. He placed it down in front of Sarah's pod as the two chambers' walls became transparent for the audience, but not for themselves.

"And now to make some...flightless lovebirds." Mr M. says with a smirk as the two chambers began to fill up with smoke, changing their bodies. Both of their transformations would be nearly identical. Sarah and Freddy's backside grew black feathers while they grew white on their frontside. Their fingers melted away leaving wing-like arms behind (uncapable of flight). Their feet became harder and turned black as a small tail formed on each of them. A patch of yellow feathers formed on their neck which became much shorter. Their heads grew black feathers while their mouths and nosed fused together, pushing out into a large beak. Their eyes moved to each side of their end. However, unbeknownst to both them and the audience; their genders had swapped! Sarah was the male and Freddy was the female about to be given the perfect pebble.

Out of the chambers stepped out two penguins. Sarah quickly picked up the pebble and waddles over to Freddy, who was looking around at the audience. Sarah approached the female penguin who noticed him and turned to face him. Sarah dropped to pebble down while Freddy examined it. Freddy loved it, letting out a happy noise as the two brought their beaks together. Mr. M quickly walked over and picked the pebble up, pocketing it for the final act. "Give it up for these two! Two literal lovebirds in one night! What more fun could you ask for!" Mr. M says clapping as the penguins are helped off the stage. "Well...it's time for the final act!" Mr. M says clapping his hands. "If you didn't get a chance to be in tonight's show, make sure to swing by our show at the Staples Center next month!" Mr. M shouts.

Mr. M reaches out into his pocket, and places it on the ground, backing away. It begins to glow and shake, growing larger and it did. It grew larger as it donned transparent walls. It grew out into a rather large fish tank. The audience simply watched in wonder, curious as to where this was going. Mr. M snapped his fingers as the two penguins arrived and climbed up the steps to the tip of the tank. "If I can have those back now." Mr. M says taking back the roses from who he had given them to. "Can't have a tank without water!" he cheers as he tosses the roses up, snapping his fingers at their peak as they turn into pure water, enough to fill up the tank completely. The two penguins jump in and begin swimming around, working together to give poses resembling love. Bart and Jasmine, the lion and zebra respectively trotted out. Mr. M looked over with a smile, holding out his hands, levitating them. He brought the two up to the top of the tank and transformed them both into dolphins. He let go and the duo plopped into the tank, swimming around with the penguins. Darlene, the new dragoness walked out along with Carol and Scott. The three walked up the steps, diving in. Their bodies seemed to decompose as they separated into dozens of fish each, swimming around the tank. Alongside this, Mr. M pulled out the ring from earlier, tossing it into the pool as it turned into a seal. Lastly, James and Teresa walked out arms crossed with each other. They walked up to the tip, sticking their legs in the water. They fused together, turning into a fish tail, effectively making them mermaids(and man). They dove into the water and began to swim around with the others. With the tank filled, it start to pulsate. The audience stood on the edge of their seat wondering what has going to happen. Mr. M dove off the stage as the tank exploded into a bright light. The worlds "The Greatest Show On Earth" formed in it through stars, the audience going wild. When the light vanished, everyone, in their original bodies stood on the stage. Jessie and Tyler were a human couple again, Daniel standing next to them, no longer their ring. Jefferson stood next to Jasmine and Sarah, all in their normal human bodies. Bart and Jasmine were back to their old shelves, and despite never having of met had strong feelings for each other, remembering their time as multi-species lovers. Samantha stood next to Shawn in their normal forms. Lastly Carol and Scott were in their normal bodies; the whole cast back to normal. Mr. M hops back up on the stage shaking everyone's hand and thanking them for being apart of the show. They all join hands and bow to the roaring audience. "Thank you all! I'll see you in LA!" Mr. M cheers to the audience as the curtain falls on the stage.