After a while of playing around, Zapook landed next to her tiger counter part, laughing wildly.
"You know...I think I like this form better than that old tiger form I had. You know I can't change into it anymore. Right?"
Zee laid belly down next to her, "Oh, so you got something against tigers now?"
"Ha! nope. Besides, I realize I got stripes on the back half. So I guess I'm still a tiger, kind of."
"And you look like you're half possessed raven too."
"Hey. I may have been uneasy about this new development a few days ago, but this is actually pretty cool! ...What do think Zach will say about it?"
"Hell if I know."
"Don't you like to eat griffins? You use them for a special type of nourishment or something?"
"That's phoenixes you're thinkin' about. I don't usually care too much for griffins."
"Ah." Zapook looks down for a bit, then changes to her normal form. "Wanna go check on Tina?"
Zee's massive form shrinks back down into her normal appearance, and she smiles, nodding, "Sure. Yinxao probably needs a break anyway."
The two of them made their way inside, only to see Yinxao sitting on the floor, looking down sadly with Tina smiling and standing next to her. "You came back!"
Zapook slowly walks forward, reaching out to Tina, "You were waiting on us?"
Tina frowns, "You? Ew! No!" She says, grabbing Zapook's risk, and effortlessly throwing her backwards into a wall. Zapook crashed and slid to the floor, knocked out.
Zee's eyes widen and she quickly tried to rush to Zapook, only for Tina to quickly change to naga form and curl up around Zee, smiling down at her. "You! You were the one I was waiting for!"
Zee stared up in surprise for a bit, then started to his and growl as she stared straight into her sister's eyes. "Get...Off of me..."
"What's the matter? Don't you like hugging your own sister?"
Zee opened her mouth, shooting flames out toward Tina and causing her to quickly release her. Then stood on all four, growling with her back arched. "You aren't my sister..."
In the confusion, Yinxao ran over to Zapook's side.
Noticing this, Tina snapped her fingers and pointed at Zee. "Mew mew! Subdue her!"
Yinxao was practically in tears now as she shook her head at Tina. "Don't make me this this...Please..."
Tina's eyes glowed a soft blue color, and her face held a stern expression. "Move. Now."
Yinxao sadly moved toward Zee, "Hun...I am really sorry about this..."
Her dark brown skin grew brown-orange fur that matched her hair. A matching tail sprouted from behind, and pulled off all clothing but her pants. Black spikes and formations formed on her upper arms and on the temples of her head, and a large black spiked formed from her hands and turned itself into a staff. She tapped one edge of the staff on the ground, and a large blade formed on top half, turning the dark staff into a demonic looking scythe.
Zee stared in amazement, but remained in a defensive position. Yinxao suddenly disappeared from in front of her, and appeared behind her, pressing the blade of the scythed up to Zee's neck and forcing Zee to stand on two legs.
Zee began to growl again, but held still and Tina smiled, her body floating into the air.
A blue sphere surrounded Tina, and her body fell limp and floated inside of the sphere. A small orb separated itself from the sphere, floating down in front of Zee.
Zee watched as the the form of a small girl in a blue dress appeared in front of her.
"My...What a catch you are, Sheela. Both of you! Though...It was a little harder than usual to get into the house." She giggled.
Zee's growls grew louder, and was about to lunge forward and snap at the young girl, only to be held back by Yinxao's scythe. "What did you do that her?! Who the hell are you?!"
The girl giggled, then did a curtsy in front of Zee, "Ivy! It's nice to meet you! My...How active you are! You'll be perfect for the house!"
"Yinxao! Move!" Zee growled back.
She shook her head, "I'm sorry, Zee, I can't..."
Zee growls, "Fine. I'll make you move."
Her body burst into flames, making both Ivy and Yinxao jump back. Yinxao prepared to attack, but Ivy held up one hand, signaling her to stop.
Zee charged toward Ivy, full speed, her body still a flame, and Ivy just giggled, disappearing at the last second, and almost causing Zee to ram Tina. Zee skid to a stop in front of her sister's floating body and quickly put out the flames. Seeing this opening, Ivy reappeared behind Zee and grabbed her shoulders, quickly leaning down and humming in Zee's ears. Zee's growling was quickly silenced as she went into a trance, and stood there as if asleep on her feet, staring blankly.
Ivy floated backwards, giggling. "Ha! Sheela's so reckless! That was almost too easy! So.." she turned toward Yinxao. "Shall we go with our new treasures?" She smiles, both her hands rising into the air. A blue orb, identical to the one Tina was in, formed around Zee and carried her into the air. A third orb floated into the room, holding Aussa's unconscious body floated into the room as well.
Yinxao was nearly in tears as she clutched her scythe, nodding.
Ivy floated toward her and gently stroked Yinxao's hair. "Aww...No worries, my pet. You still get the see them. At least, for a little while. If they misbehave, well. You know..."
Yinxao nods again, and sadly looks over at Zapook lying on the ground.
Ivy floated into the air, clapping her hands together, and disappeared, taking Zee, Tina, Aussa, and Yinxao with her, and leaving a cloud of blue sparkles where they once were, which faded soon after.
In the doorway, unseen by everyone the entire time, was Boem. He hopped over to Zapook once all was quiet, and nuzzled into her side, waiting for her to awake again.
