Happy Birthday HDL!

Happy Birthday HDL!

Some little doodles I did <3

The Shapeshifter

Part Two

I opened my eyes weakly to find myself in an unfamiliar room, surrounded by the people I had met during my escape attempt. There was a lot of hustle, so I decided to keep my head down. I was panicking a little, but I didn’t want to scare anyone else, so I kept still.

“Scarlet! Stay down!” Mary demanded, pointing at the dog on the counter accusingly.

“Sorry, Mom,” Scarlet whined, knowing that the human couldn’t understand her, but still apologizing anyways. I felt the other dog snuffle at my back rather suddenly, and I leapt up to my paws in defense before I could stop myself.

“Ah! You’re awake!?” Mary exclaimed from just outside the doorframe of the room I was in. My paws braced and my hair stood on end but she simply stopped and leaned down to pat my head. I felt my leg begin to shift back to my base form, but I couldn’t seem to stop it. Luckily, it wasn’t too distinct from my Siberian Husky form I had chosen… just a little…misshapen.

I switched my focus to Scarlet, who was staring at me with unsettlingly dominant amber eyes. Her fully deep red fur and German Shepherd-ish build revealed her to be an Australian Kelpie. Around her neck was a silver chain collar with no tag. Strange, I thought. Most pets have tags… right?

I twisted my neck to face the dog that had woken me, and actually took the chance to take in its features. It was a beautiful male Mongolian Bankhar with a tan patch on his chest and face. He had a hot pink spiked collar with a bone-shaped dog tag that read ‘Carnelian’.

“Look, I’m sorry I woke you up, but can you stop staring at me?” Carnelian growled suddenly.

“Huh? Oh.. er, sorry,” I submitted, wagging the tip of my tail with flattened ears.

“It’s fine!” He huffed, nipping my ear playfully. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to sound rude.”

“Hey! This dog’s still a stranger! Don’t go warming up to them so soon!” Scarlet snapped from beside Carnelian. I let out a weary growl, not wanting to put up a fight, but finding it hard with how high-and-mighty she acted. She glared back, but shook her pelt dismissively, leading her and Carnelian out of the room with a prance that looked rather stupid, to be fair.

Over the next few years, we all had warmed up to each other, all the way until we could sleep in the same room, which was a huge development by my standards.

Scarlet and Carnelian had been growing their relationship quite well, too! Scarlet was expecting pups soon and I couldn’t wait to meet them. I had also found a way to not stretch out my form too much, I could go into the bathroom whenever Mom was gone and shift back for a while. No one else knew about my shapeshifting powers, and I could keep them safe. Definitely a win-win.

One morning, however, mom had left for work with the door unlocked. Someone outside had noticed and snuck in while I was asleep. We were lucky that Carnelian had gotten hungry, because he alerted me to his aid and we fought her off ferociously. I subtly used my powers to grow larger, hoping that Carnelian wouldn’t notice, but the thief did, and she ran away upon realizing that the dog standing before her was two times her size.

“Wow! What got her tail in a twist?” Carnelian quipped, looking up at me. “Whoa, you look, like, ten times bigger!”

“Er- probably just the fact I’m higher up than you.” I said, shifting back as I hopped down.

“WHAT’S HAPPENED? ARE MY PUPS IN DANGER!?” Scarlet yowled, bursting into the room clumsily. “AH! T-THE DOOR!”

“Oh- I got it!” I woofed, closing and locking the door with my paws.

“Wow, where’d you learn that!?”

“Well, Mom does it every day,” I lied quickly. I was just relieved that no one had gotten hurt, and my shapeshifting was still a secret. We all plopped down on the couch exhaustedly, proud to be victorious, and dozed into a light slumber.

You’re a Shapeshifter who was wounded by a monster hunter, in a last ditch effort for survival you shifted into a normal household pet and were whisked away by a plain human unaware of the supernatural where you’ve lived for the past three years. You thought you were safe, but they’re back…

I always forget my dog is a dog. I was rambling about paperclips (I was talking abt how I couldn’t look at one without thinking of Augustus from TOH) and started to raise my voice. I didn’t even notice until HE LITERALLY GRABBED MY HAND? LIKE HUH? He then proceeded to wrap his paw around my arm and look me sternly in the eye. I literally thought I heard a voice say “bro calm down it’s just a paperclip.” Anyways yeah here’s a picture I drew of him :D

Argh I hate drawing humans so muchhh

Is it cheating that Frostfur’s fur seems grayer to me? Idk but at least I had fun

okay now here's the REAL challenge. warriors artists. your mission, should you choose to accept it. "white cats with blue eyes" challenge. cloudtail, icewing, frostfur, icecloud. all visually distinct. godspeed.