(Note: Picture of Talis in discord)
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Slowly awakening at the sound of whatever annoying beast was roaring nearby, I opened my eyes. My vision was slightly blurry from the deep sleep, which prompted me to rub my eyes with my wings. While doing so, I noticed the pain in my left wing had vanished.
"Huh, I wonder how long I slept for? I must not have realized I was that tired." Remarked Talis lightly, her soft voice echoing in the air while she yawned afterward, only for her to suddenly freeze.
Quickly grasping my beak, my eyes widened in shock when I didn't feel that familiar beak of mine; it was gone, yet not completely. I still had a mouth; it was just molded into something different, something I knew I just couldn't quite put my wing on it. Shaking my head, I took a deep breath and sat upright, preparing to speak once more, though before I could, my eyes nearly popped out of my skull as I stared at my fluffy, feather body, only it was gone.
In the place of my majestic, fluffy, and feathery body, I saw the featherless skin of my body that now greatly resembled that of Lazuli's or Michelle's.
"W-WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO ME!?" Yelled Talis in confusion and terror as she aggressively flapped her wings while gazing at her new body.
Thanks to all of my aggressive movements, I ended up falling off the branch I was sitting on. To my surprise, despite this body of mine being brand new, I was able to perfectly control it as I effortlessly flew through the air. While this was surprising, it was quickly brushed aside by the more pressing matter, such as why my body had suddenly changed.
"I-I need to find a lake!" Stated Yalis urgently as she flapped her wings, causing her to break the sound barrier, speedily flying through the sky while leaving behind a faint trail.
As I flew through the sky, I quickly noticed my eyes were much better than before; I've always been proud of my eyes, despite how inferior they were to Alex's, but now, despite moving at supersonic speeds, everything was clear, I could see everything with vivid clarity, it was no more but a passing blur.
'H-Have I also gotten faster? I'm barely even trying right now; it feels like I'm casually flying.' Thought Talis as she gazed at her significantly larger wings, which allowed her to soar through the air at supersonic speeds with ease.
After a few more moments, I found a small lake, prompting me to close my wings as I dived toward the lake; when I arrived underneath the canopy of the forest, I swiftly spread my wings, bringing my momentum to an immediate halt, I gently landed on the edge of the lake and leaned over, gazing at my reflection in the water.
I didn't really understand the beauty standards of humans as I saw Alex as a normal person, but it seemed like he was pretty good-looking amongst his kind; however, for some reason, I found myself to be completely beautiful.
"Woah, I'm sexy." Muttered Talis softly as she gently rubbed her face with feathery wings while staring at her beautiful face.
Maybe it was because of all the flying I did close to the sun, but my skin was darker—not nearly as dark as Alex's; it was more like a tan, similar to when Michelle would stay out in the sun for too long. I had a thick black line connecting my chin to my eyes and long blonde hair with two thick strands of red hair.
Although I had cried about my featherless body just a few moments ago, once I took a good look at myself, I realized I still had a decent amount of feathers on my body; besides my wings, my shoulders and neck were covered in feather and same for the top half of my legs, the bottom half was were my massive talons lied.
Turning around, I looked behind me, and other than my feathery tail, nothing interesting was going on on my backside; however, as for my body itself, I seemed to take inspiration from Yuki as I was somewhat muscular, though that wasn't all I had taken from her.
"Why is my chest so massive? Isn't it going to get in the way of me flying? I wish they were smaller." Muttered Talis in slight annoyance as she rubbed her large and firm breasts that could make a man drool, only to sigh.
I also had a pretty big butt like Michelle, but that wouldn't get in the way of my flying, so I didn't really mind.
After observing my transformation for a few more minutes, I figured I should return to Alex and Lazuli as quickly as possible. While this didn't seem bad and felt good, I didn't know anything about what was happening.
"It must've been that plant; I wonder, would any of the other beasts have undergone this transformation if they had eaten it?" Said Talis softly as she leaped into the air before flapping her wings, causing her to soar speedily through the air, effortlessly breaking the sound barrier.
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"Hahaha, this is amazing!" Yelled Talis joyfully as she flew through the air with a contagious smile. Unfortunately, no one was there to share her happiness with.
It's been days since my transformation, and while at first I was confused and a little scared, this ended up being the greatest thing that's ever happened to me! I was faster, stronger, and more agile than I was as just a bird! It was amazing; I couldn't get enough of it; matter of fact, ever since I left that lake, I hadn't taken a moment of rest; I felt like I could continue flying for weeks if I wished.
"Urgh,b-but my stomach says otherwise." Muttered Talis as she suddenly grabbed her growling stomach, causing her to wince in pain while falling through the sky.
'I guess I should find something to eat.' Thought Talis as she rubbed her stomach before spreading her wings and diving downwards, falling through thick clouds since she was so high.
Arriving near the forest beneath me, I slowed my descent and casually flew around, searching for any prey I could eat, though it seemed I was in luck as I spotted smoke off in the distance, probably from a campfire.
"I hope it's Alex and Lazuli!" Said Talis with a smile as she dashed towards the smoke, quickly arriving.
Unfortunately, considering there was a lack of moaning and grunts, it wasn't Alex and Lazuli, but that was fine; either way, I still lowered myself to where the camp was after checking for anyone, though surprisingly, there wasn't a soul.
"Hmm, weird." Muttered Talis lightly as she gently landed in the middle of the camp, searching for food.
Although there was no meat, as I had wished, I found some berries and other things, which caused me to sit down as I ate them.
"Ahh, that bath felt good; now I feel clean." Said Vanimo in a deep voice as he shook his long, lustrous hair while approaching the camp, only to freeze when he spotted Talis.
"Eh, e-excuse me, miss, but that's our food." Remarked Vanimo softly as he approached Talis, who snapped her head at him, only for her eyes to widen while her mouth was wide agape.
The moment my eyes landed on this Elf, my heart rate rapidly increased, and my body heated up, especially around my core. The only time I felt like this was during the month of Chloe, and although it was close, it was still two weeks away.
'Mate!' Thought Talis with a gaze of desire as she dropped whatever she was holding and swiftly embraced Vanimo in her wings.
"You're my mate!" Stated Talis sternly with a soft gaze as she raised her head and looked into Vanimo's eyes.
"U-Um, i-i'm your what?" Asked Vanimo with a wry expression as he looked at Talis, who was overpowering him and preventing him from moving.
"You're my mate! O-Or what did Yuki call him? Husband? You're my Husband!" Declared Talis sternly as she eyed Vanimo before snuggling into his body, rubbing her scent all over him while he tilted his head in confusion.
As I was rubbing my scent onto my husband, proclaiming him as my mate, I was suddenly forced to push him away while I flapped my wings, lunging forward as I narrowly dodged a sword from cutting my wings off.
"Release him!" Stated Vanye sternly as she glared at Talis while her body dripped with water, clearly having just emerged from the nearby river.
"W-Wait, sis-" "Don't move! I'll kill this stupid woman! He's my mate!" Said Vanimo and Talis, respectively, as the latter interrupted the former while flapping her wings, creating gusts of wind that rapidly grew in power, managing to uproot the nearby trees.
Using my wind mana, I flapped my wings towards the woman trying to steal my mate, knocking her away, though she regained her balance and pushed off the tree before lunging towards me while launching a reddish-black arc of miasma towards me, causing me to dodge to the left as I flew towards her.
Reaching her, I slashed my talons at her, hoping I'd wound her, but she blocked it with her sword before suddenly leaping into the air while positioning her sword behind her shoulder. Though suddenly, she lunged toward me while rapidly swinging her sword, prompting me to flap my wings as I dodged her attacks, which was easy since she looked so slow in my eyes.
Evading her blade, I twisted in the air and struck her with my talons, knocking her out of her little flurry of attacks while she landed in the distance.
"Someone weak like you will never touch my Husband!" Stated Talis firmly as she glared at Vanye, who froze before tilting her head to the side.
"H-Husband?" Asked Vanye as she glanced at Vanimo, who awkwardly raised his shoulders in confusion."