Sarah rose to her feet and began pacing back and forth while grabbing at her hair. “Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! This has to be a dream!” Sarah started to hyperventite, so she bent over and grabbed her knees. It was then that she noticed her bigger breasts. “Whoa! When did my girls get bigger?” Sarah fondled her breasts, which made her curious about her ass. She looked down to see that it had become bigger. Sarah gave it a sp and watched it jiggle. “Well, I suppose all of the changes aren’t bad.”

  It was then that Sarah heard a voice. “Having fun?” Sarah looked over her shoulder to see an anthro raccoon girl leaning against a tree staring at her. She had on a gray tank top and denim shorts. Dark brown hair flowed from her head down her back. “Let me guess, you sniffed the flower didn’t you?” She asked with a sly smile on her face.

  Sarah had a million questions. “Who are you? What is this pce? How do you know about the flower?”

  The raccoon girl got up from the tree and raised her hands. “Calm down. I can only answer what I know. First off, my name is Rachel Raccoon. Second, you are in a world called the WildLands. Third, the flower is the reason that you are now a fox.”

  Sarah looked over her body. “Is this change permanent?”

  Rachel pced her hands on her hips. “Yes it is. But it’s not all bad. I was transformed a year ago and to be honest it has given me a whole new outlook on life.”

  “I have one st question, at least for now.” Sarah folded her arms. “How did you know I was here?”

  “Simple. As soon as you sniffed that flower, you set off a sensor that alerted the main security office. I was sent here to officially welcome you.”

  Sarah raised an eyebrow. “You don’t look like someone who works for a security office.”

  “The main office thought it would be easier on newcomers if they were greeted by someone wearing casual street clothes.” Rachel then turned around, swishing her tail as she did so. “Now come along, my car is parked on the other side of these trees and you need to get processed for citizenship.”

  Sarah followed Rachel through the trees until they emerged on the other side. What Sarah saw next she couldn’t believe. Before her stood a massive city that was circur in design with a massive skyscraper in the center. The skyscraper must have been at least a mile high. “Whoa.” Sarah said out loud.

  “Yeah, I had the exact same reaction that you did when I first saw the capital.” Rachel got into her car and turned it on. “Hop in.”

  Sarah got in the passenger side of the car. It was essentially a jeep with the top down, but it also had a futuristic look to it. “Is this car electric?”

  “Actually, it runs on hydrogen. The only exhaust is steam and water. Very eco-friendly and gets a lot of mileage.” Rachel then took off towards the capital. She drove down a slight cliff that had a few bumps in the road. This caused Sarah’s new breasts to bounce around. After reaching the bottom Rachel drove across a bridge into the capital. Sarah looked over the side to see other anthro animals pying in the water and using boats.

  Sarah brushed aside her hair that had been blown into her face by the wind. “So is everyone here an anthro mammal?”

  “Oh no, there are other anthro animals here in the WildLands.” Rachel Answered. “We’ve got reptiles, birds, fish, but no insects. Don’t ask me why.”

  Sarah wasn’t really surprised that there weren’t any anthro insects. Nobody likes insects, not even other insects.

  After entering the capital, Rachel drove around until she drove up to a gss building that had a sign on the front that read CENTRAL PROCESSING OFFICE. Rachel then turned to Sarah and smiled. “We’re here.”

  Rachel parked her car in front of the building. She got out and Sarah followed her inside. There was a front desk with two anthro German Shepards serving as security guards. Rachel reached into her pocket and pulled out her security I.D. The guards looked it over and let her and Sarah pass. Rachel led Sarah down a hallway with various anthro animals going about their business. They then took an elevator up to the top floor.

  As they rode the elevator, Sarah turned to Rachel. “So what is this pce?”

  “You’re really full of questions, you know that?” Rachel replied.

  “Well it’s not every day that I wake up in a new world as an anthro fox” Sarah said with a bit of attitude in her voice.

  Rachel couldn’t help but smirk. “Touch’e. Fortunately for you all of your questions will be answered here.”

  When the elevator arrived at the top floor, the doors opened to reveal a rge waiting room filled with anthro animals. Some were wearing torn clothes like Sarah, others were naked. Rachel escorted Sarah into the room. “Just take a seat and wait for your name to be called. There are some magazines to read in case you get bored. I’ll be back for you when you are finished.”

  Sarah took a seat and waited her turn. After a while she grew bored and decided to check out the magazines. There were not that many, and the ones that were avaible appeared to be nothing more than celebrity gossip magazines. Sarah never had any interest in those back in the human world so she returned to her seat. She tried to listen to music on her phone only to find that the battery was dead and she didn’t have the charger.

  After what felt like hours, Sarah was so bored that she was about to hurl her chair across the room just so something would happen. Just then a crocodile wearing a suit and tie walked into the room and called out her name. “Sarah?”

  Sarah raised her hand. “That’s me!” She got up from her seat and rushed to the crocodile’s side.

  “Please follow me.” The crocodile led Sarah down a hallway to a white room with a medical exam table on one side and a ft screen T.V. on the wall across from it. Sarah walked in the room and sat on the table. “The doctor will be in to give you your physical shortly. Before that, please watch this video about the WildLands.” The crocodile then closed the door and the video began to py.

  The video started with a dolphin sitting at a desk. “Greetings! My name is Paul FinWave, and if you are watching this video that means you have become the newest citizen of the WildLands! Now you may be asking yourself ‘What is the WildLands, and why am I an anthro animal now?’ To answer your first question, the WildLands is an alternate universe that has been around for billions of years. Evolution happened differently here than the human world. Animals became the smartest and most dominant species instead of humans, who from what can tell never evolved in this world. Now to expin why you are no longer human. It is because you smelled the flower. The flower exists at the entrance to the WildLands, and its pollen changes people into their spirit animal before teleporting them to the WildLands. As for where the flower comes from and why it changes you, we have not figured that out yet.”

  The video continued with Paul expining that the WildLands prided itself on being eco-friendly. Hydrogen powered vehicles, pstics made from corn that were biodegradable, and cities powered by arc reactor technology. Other subjects included the economy, government, and other programs that Sarah really didn’t care about.

  Paul then brought up that the WildLands had sports teams, and this piqued Sarah’s interest. The video finished with Paul saying “This concludes your introduction into your new home that is the WildLands. A doctor will be in shortly to give you your physical.”

  After the video ended a female otter with bck tied up in a bun and wearing a b coat entered the room. “Hello, my name is Dr. Emily ShellCrush and I’ll be handling your physical today.”

  Sarah shook her hand. “I’m Sarah, and I assure you that I am physically fit. I eat well, I exercise, and I am very athletic.”

  “Hmm, we’ll see about that.” Dr. ShellCrush then proceeded to give Sarah her physical. She checked Sarah’s ears, eyes, nose, throat, muscles, tail, and reflexes. Dr. ShellCrush also took some fur samples.

  “Are we almost done?” Sarah asked.

  “I just have a few questions to ask you. Do you take any medication?”

  Sarah shook her head. “No.”

  “Do you take any recreational drugs?”

  “Sometimes I smoke a little weed.” Sarah said with a nervous ugh.

  Dr. ShellCrush Smiled. “Don’t worry, cannabis is legal here. Do you drink alcohol?”

  “I want to, but I’m under age by one year.”

  “Well fortunately for you the drinking age here in the WildLands is 18. Are you sexually active?”

  “No, I haven’t had sex yet.”

  Dr. ShellCrush wrote down all of the answers. “Okay, all I need to do is draw some blood and you will be good to go.”

  This was the part that Sarah dreaded. She hated needles. Ever since she was a kid going to the doctor had been an ordeal. This time however, Sarah knew that she had to suck it up and take it. She stuck out her right arm and shut her eyes tight. Dr. ShellCrush wrapped a rubber tube around her arm and tapped it to find a vein. The next thing Sarah knew, Dr. ShellCrush was pcing a bandage on her arm. “All done!”

  Sarah opened her eyes. “Wait, that’s it? I didn’t feel anything.”

  “Becoming your spirit animal increases your tolerance for pain.” Dr. ShellCrush expined. “Now all you have to do is head down to the end of the hall for background assignment and you will be all set!”

  Sarah thanked the doctor and walked down to the end of the hall. She entered a room where there was a big, muscur panda with a buzz cut and wearing a security officer's uniform sitting at a desk with a computer.

  “Please have a seat.” Sarah sat down across from the officer. His name tag read BUTCH. “Alright Sarah, Now that you’re here and have become your spirit animal, you must become a citizen. First off, do you have an education?”

  Sarah nodded her head. “Yes, I am or was a junior in college and was about to enter my senior year until I was turned into a fox.”

  Officer Butch typed all this down into his computer. “And what were you studying in college?”

  “I was pursuing an athletic career, mostly pying soccer. I also had a minor in I.T. and computer repair.”

  “Well fortunately for you the capital does have a women’s soccer team, and they do have openings. However tryouts aren’t for another month, so I suggest that you get a job.” Officer Butch looked up job listings on his computer. “Huh, today must be your lucky day. A tech company is looking for someone with your set of I.T. skills.”

  Sarah had to think fast. Her dream to py professional soccer was in reach, but she would have to wait a month for tryouts. She didn’t want to work a job that she knew her parents would want her to do, but she also knew that if this pce was going to be her new home she would need the money. “Okay, I’ll take it.”

  “Smart Move.” Officer Butch did some more typing on his computer. “Alright, you begin in a week. Finally there is the status of your st name. To truly fit in here in the WildLands the government has decreed that all citizens must have a surname that matches their spirit animal look. What is your human surname?”

  “Mackenzie”

  Officer Butch typed on his computer. “The only remaining fox surname is FoxTail.”

  “Wow, that’s original” Sarah thought to herself. “I guess I don’t have a choice do I?”

  “It’s better than nothing.” Officer Butch Typed on his computer one final time. “Your government I.D. will arrive in the mail. Now Normally new arrivals will stay with their case agent until they can find a pce of their own. Who is your case agent?”

  “That would be me.” Sarah turned around in her chair to see Rachel Racoon standing in the doorway. “I’ll handle everything from here Officer Butch.”

  After finishing the rest of Sarah’s paperwork, Rachel took Sarah out of the building. “Thanks for getting me out of there Rachel, it was SO BORING!” Sarah rolled her eyes back and tilted her head back for dramatic effect.

  Rachel couldn’t help but smile. “Standard government protocols. We all have to go through them.” Rachel then unlocked her car and she and Sarah both got in. “Now that you’re my roommate and you have a job, you’re going to need some clothes. You can’t stay in that torn getup forever. So let’s go shopping.”