Devils Dormitory

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Rylyn's Pov

I groggily woke up with a headache. I sat up and looked around me only to see me in my bedroom. "What the hell?" I mumbled. I sat up, holding my head and seeing my mom in the room. "Mom?" I reached out for her and she walked to me and took my hand in hers. All of a sudden I started to cry. "M-Mom what's h-haplening t-to me?" I sobbed. She hushed me and hugged me, stroking my head. My cat ears and tail were still there. When I realized this, I tried hiding them. "T-This isn't-" She stopped me and stood up, bending over to lift her dress just below her knees, and there it was. A white cat tail. "What?" I've only seen my mom wear white dresses and her wardrobe only had white dresses and I never questioned it.

"Me too honey, me too... I know you're afraid and confused, but you must listen to me. I will tell you everything and answer your questions as best as possible." She sighed as if a weight had been lifted off of her chest. "Why d-didn't you a-answer me... you said puberty." I wiped my tears and sniffled. "I was afraid to tell you the truth. I wasn't ready." Her eyes started to fill with tears. "Let's calm down, I'm sorry for allowing the workers to do that. "Wait. So you knew this would happen and didn't tell me?!" I pushed her off of me. "Rylyn." That was all she said before she looked away. "This shit isn't something you can just keep from a teenager, especially knowing how I would react. You don't know how much shit I had to go through." I got off my bed and stumbled.

"I told you Rylyn, I was afraid. I don't know and I'm afraid to know. At least let me explain." She attempted to calm me down. I sighed, took a deep breath, and allowed her to speak. I know crashing out wouldn't help me in any way. "Thank you...I assume you found out how to suppress the cat. Ray and I believe there was something I might've consumed during my pregnancy. When I was six months pregnant with you, I started changing. It happened while I was in the kitchen, I remember like it was yesterday. I drank tea while waiting for Ray to finish preparing dinner when all of a sudden there was a subtle sound that sounded like poofing." She held her head as if that would help her think better.

"Then there was a large cloud of smoke and I was craving fish and chicken, but I assumed it was a pregnancy craving. The only different thing was how I was salivating then I felt my fangs nip my lip and the tail swaying in my peripheral." She fiddled with her dress and nervously put her dress back over her tail. "W-What did Ra- Dad say?" I curiously leaned in. "At first he thought I was doing some kind of kinky dress-up." I stopped her and gagged. "No Mom, I don't want to hear about that!" She smiled nervously then continued with her story. "After we discovered it. We tried going to the internet, but we couldn't call doctors because I didn't anything happening to you if I had gone through tests. Then we remembered Ray's brother, your uncle is a scientist so we went to him about it and he said he'd never come across a case like this before. Which was weird because he was researching about hybrids and humans with animal characteristics."

I thought of possible answers until Tati and Desmond busted into my room. "HEY YOU CAN'T GO IN THERE!" One of the workers shouted. Desmond shoved her and closed and locked the door. "We know what happened. "You were experimented on by your baby daddy's brother." Tati sacheted towards us with a file. "What?" My Mom looked at him confused. "Sorry for this, but we went around your house to see if there were any pictures or clues on who could've been around you during your pregnancy. Yes, we were eavesdropping. Then we came across a newspaper online that had something to do with Ray's brother, Jay. How stupid. Who names their kids Ray and Jay?" Desmond nudged Tati.

"Anyways, he's in prison for human experimentation and doing illegal and unlicensed procedures. The date is around the time you were pregnant, I can't confirm if it was around your sixth month time, but after what you said it could only make sense. Have you had any kind of encounter with him during your pregnancy?" Tati went full blues clues and scooby doo. "I-I remember him always giving me his handmade tea bags from- No, that can't be true." She shuddered in fear when she thought about it. "Do you have any more in your kitchen right now?!" Desmond put a hand on her shoulder. "N-No, a while after I told him about my predicament he stopped giving me the tea but I never asked him about it." She fearfully shook. "Alright, please wait to tell her anything else, you're scaring her." I waved them out and they respectfully left and took the file with them.

"Are you okay?" I placed my hand on hers and she stopped trembling. "Y-Yes." She took a deep breath and sighed. "Can I ask you another question?" I quietly asked. She nodded and permitted me to speak. "Did John know? Has he helped you change back to normal?" I muttered. "No, he never knew. I don't remember the last time I changed back." She responded silently. It was quiet until what she said hit me. "What? They're permanent?!" I got up and swung the door open then Leon and Myles fell into the room. "SHIT!" Myles rubbed his head. I shook my head and looked back at Desmond. "Desmond. Have sex with me right now."