Yeeeeep. Another donkey. They are just so much fun to write. This is a collab between me and biotin

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Pleasure Island Suspension
By born2beagator and boitin


The clock ticked towards 3 PM and freedom. Rick and Alex were stuck in their last period English class watching the teacher drone on. The two 10th grade students were close friends, or partners in crime really. Alex was a rather tall boy with brown hair, blue eyes, and light skin. He wore a pair of jeans and a T shirt. Rick was half a head shorter than Alex and had dark blond hair that was in need of a cut, blue eyes and a bit lanky suggesting that he still needed his final growth spurt. Currently he wore his favourite shirt and a pair of shorts because of the nice warm weather.


Alex had had enough. He nudged Rick. “I got an idea. Let’s show the teacher proper English. We are doing pronouns right now soooo…” The boy rose his hand.


“Yes Alex, use he in a sentence.” The teacher said.


“HEEEEEE-HAW!!!!” He mock brayed. The class sniggered.


“Really Alex? Is there anyone who wants to give it a serious try? Yes, Rick, use he in a sentence.”


Rick first looked as if he really wanted to give a right answer when he started; “ He…..HEEEE-HAW!” He brayed as well and clapped Alex on his shoulder.


The teacher looked furious. “Okay, you two want to be jackasses? You can do it at home.” She wrote them up and an hour later after listening to the dean drone on the two boys had landed themselves a three day suspension. Alex wasn’t particularly broken up about it as he walked to his locker.


“Three days of no school!” He said with exultation.


Rick wasn’t that thrilled; “Well your parents don’t take it that hard but my father will be furious!” He sighed while packing his stuff.


“Dude, don’t worry about it. What can they do! Enjoy your time off….hey what’s this?” Alex pulled a flyer out of his locker. It read:


Got some time off from school due to wanting to have fun in class? How about spending it with us! Pleasure Island is an all expenses paid vacation for kids who have been suspended from school. Instead of going home to deal with your parents, meet at the nearest bus stop and the coach will be there to take you to a wonderful place! No rules, no adults...by the time you are done here, you won’t want to leave!


The flyer showed an amusement park. Alex didn’t think twice. “I’m going. You wanna come with?”
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Rick looked at the flyer; “I don’t know?” He looked around; “Isn’t it strange that we are the only ones who got the flyer?” He asked while pointing at the other lockers.


“It said it was for kids that got suspended. Not many got suspended today, at least out of school suspension. I don’t know about you, but I’m going straight to the bus stop.” Alex began to walk out.


“But how could anyone possibly know that we just got suspended?” Rick asked again but Alex had already left the building. He looked at the flyer again; “It sure does look like fun.” He thought and Alex was his best friend so why leave him alone? Finally Rick ran after his buddy.


Alex was already standing at the bus stop when Rick caught up to him. “Glad you decided to come, the coach is already on it’s way-” He was interrupted by an old style stage coach drawn by donkeys pulling to a stop in front of him.


“Hello boys. Suspended?” Asked the strong looking driver.


The two nodded.


“Then hop on!!! It’s a short drive to the pier.”


Alex smiled and without hesitation climbed in. Rick looked at the coach nervously, before he finally decided to join his friend. As soon as he had crawled up the ancient looking vehicle it started to move. Driving through the whole city but noone seemed to care about almost as if no-one could see it and so they arrived at the harbour.


“Kinda ironic that we got suspended for braying in class and we are pulled to this place by donkeys.” Alex said with a laugh.


Rick looked at the donkeys and something felt strange about them, but he couldn’t say what it was. The coach-wagon stopped and the driver told them to climb down and head to the empty boat. “Isn’t it odd that we are the only ones getting here?” Rick asked but Alex didn’t seem to mind it and had already gotten into the boat.


“The other kids are probably already there.” Alex said with a shrug. “You going to join me, my partner in brays?” Alex asked with a laugh.


Rick thought about the pros and cons, either his angry father or three days of fun with his buddy. “Well ok what do I have to lose bro!” He finally said and jumped on board.


The ride was short. They arrived at a dark island with a large pair of double doors. The two got out and found a line of boys and girls there. “See Rick? They were already here. Look! More donkeys. That seems to be a theme today.” Alex said, pointing to a line of donkeys being led into a corral.


“Might be. Odd it seems they are coming from inside of the park!” Rick said but what was even stranger some of the donkeys seemed to wear pieces of clothing. A sock there and even something that looked like ripped shorts. “Ahm Alex what's with the ripped and torn stuff on the donkeys?


”Dunno. Who cares? I kinda envy them anyways. Donkeys never have to worry about school.”


Rick looked at his friend in wonder, sure they had some problems from time to time but still he wouldn’t share his life with that off a donkey. He wanted to answer Alex when the massive doors started to open.


Alex streamed in with the kids, Rick following close behind. The park was massive. All kinds of rides, from roller coasters to tea cups, were going. Kids were everywhere. There were no adults aside from some men working the vendors.


“Oh wow….what do you want to do first!?” Alex asked in wonder.


Rick looked around; there was an almost endless amount of choices one could make, roller coasters, bumper-cars, carousels and so on. “What about that?” He asked pointing at a dangerously fast looking carousel.


Alex nodded. “Ha! Guess what the carousel animals are.”


“What are they?” Rick asked while they walked over to the machine.


“Are you brain dead? Donkeys of course. They are really going all out on the donkey theme.”


“Odd, why would they, not really very cool or interesting animals.” Rick replied looking at one of the donkey vehicles of the carousel.


“To encourage us to have fun maybe? Donkeys don’t exactly think much. So lets stop!” he climbed on a donkey.


Rick shook his head but followed waiting for the carousel to start. It was fast, so fast that the surrounding area became little more than a blur of colors.


Alex put his hands in the air. This was almost like a roller coaster. They were moving so fast he felt like all the blood was going to his ears. Finally the ride slowed. He got off on wobbly legs. “H-h-ow yo--u fe--el?” He asked with a smile.


“Nauseous….!” Rick exclaimed trying to take a deep breath; “Wow that was a killer ride!”


“Rick..have your ears always come to a point?” Alex asked curiously. His friend’s ears did indeed now have a slight tip to them.


“To a point?” Rick asked before reaching for his ears. He probed them with his fingers under his shaggy hair and indeed their rounded form had changed to a slight point. He looked at Alex; “And what about yours?”


Alex stopped smiling and brought his fingers to his ear. They too had a clear point to them...not only that but the very tip felt like hair was growing on it. “Ummm..Rick, I think my ears have more than just a point to them. I can’t see them, what do they look like?”


Rick moved closer and looked at his friends ears, indeed something was off; “Bro you are growing brown hairs on your ears!” He said and got a bad feeling.


Alex explored his ears further. The rounded tops of his ears were very clearly pointed, and at the tips he could feel velvety hair. “You know what? I don’t care. I kinda like them. What’s next?”


Rick stared at Alex in disbelief; “Don’t you want someone to look at them? I mean the must have a doctor here?”


“Nope. They actually feel good. Like I said, what next?” Alex said with a goofy grin.


Rick looked around; “What about if we take a break? There seems to be some sort of restaurant. Why don’t we get something to drink.”


“Good idea.” Alex and Rick started towards the grimy looking restaurant. “The Donkey’s Head Tap?” Alex read as kids streamed in. “Tap? Is this what I think it is?”


“It appears to be!” Rick replied when the two teens entered the bar, and found an empty table in one of the corners; “What do you want to drink?” Rick asked.


But Alex got up. “It says serve yourself.” He went over to a keg and poured himself a mug. He took a sip. “Oh my! Rick it’s beer!”


“Beer? Don’t they have anything else?”


“I don’t want anything else! Since when are we allowed to have this at home.” He downed his mug and felt his ears tingle.


“Hey stop it!” Rick cried taking the mug out of Alex’s hands. He put it away only to see it taken by another boy before looking around. “Here take this!” He” said as he tossed Alex a dusty can of coke.


Alex sated at the soda. “Boring!” He said with a laugh and got up to get another mug. This time he came back with two and pushed one across the table towards Rick. He began drinking his second mug and the drink went straight to his ears again in a pleasant buzz.


Rick looked at the mug with a frown and tossed it away. He liked Alex very much but sometimes he felt as if his friend really wanted to press his boundaries. He opened the can and sipped the soft drink.


Continuing to drink his beer, Alex felt the buzz increase. He felt a gentle tug on his ears. “Ha! This stuff is going straight to my head. It’s awesome. Why won’t you try some?”


Rick ignored him and finished his drink: “Come on lets do something else.” He rose from the dirty bar stool and dragged Alex out before he could drink another beer.


“Stop being such a stick in the mud, papa’s boy! There are no parents here to see this! Try some!” Alex said, revealing the mug he had hidden.


“No and stop it, why did you even bring it with you?” Rick asked irritated and wanted to snatch the mug away from Alex, but in doing so he stumbled and fell towards his friend splashing the content on the pavement.


In that short time, Alex rushed inside to get another, pushing kids out of the way rudely. “It’s okay bro, I got you. Try some!” Alex said, holding up a new mug.


Rick stared at him in disbelief; “Ok give me the mug!” He said taking a sip before passing it back to Alex. “So happy now?” Rick asked feeling a slight tingle in his ears.


Watching his friend finally try the beer stimulated his own buzz, he felt another gentle tug on his ears and a prickling sensation. “The question is, are you happy?” He asked pointedly. “How was it?”


“Like the first time I tried some! Doesn't taste good and will probably cause some kind of problems!” Rick replied.




“It’s not causing me problems. I can actually hear better.” Alex said with a shrug as he downed the rest of the mug.


“Let’s do something else I think you had enough!” Rick suggested; “How about we take another ride?”


Alex felt his ears swivel a bit to hear Rick better. “Yeah, we’ll get more later. What did you have in mind?”


After taking a stroll around the park the boys settled for a roller-coaster. Unknown to Rick Alex’s ears had grown again and had started to twitch when he heard a strange noise.


Alex and Rick took the front car. “Bro you should have some more of that beer later. I can hear so much better now.”


Rick looked at them and he almost lost his voice. Alex’s ears had doubled in size and were covered by velvet brown hair. “Dude your….!” Rick exclaimed but the roller coaster just had started to move.


Alex put his hands up and screamed as he enjoyed the ride along with the other kids. he was glad he got the front car. They got the most out of the ride there.


Rick first tried to get Alex’s attention but the noise made it impossible soon, he like all the other kids and Alex, was crying in joy when the coaster turned or reached a sharp curve.


They came to the last curve. As the coaster started down, Alex put his hands up and screamed; “YEEEEEEEEHEEEEHAWWWWWW!!!!!!!!” He cried as they finally started to come to a stop. He felt like all the blood had gone to his head and he could feel two weights on either side.


Rick felt dizzy from the ride and it also had gotten very late already: “Hey how about we call it a day bro I am wasted!” He told Alex without looking up.


Alex nodded without speaking. That last loop had left him a little woozy, even so, his hearing was even sharper! “Sure, we’ll get some beer for us at the hotel.”


Rick didn’t care about the beer he just wanted to sleep. “Well none for me but lets head over to the hotel.”


“Works for me.” Alex said, completely oblivious to his swiveling ears. They came into view of a large hotel. “Hey...is that kid eating grass?” Alex asked with interest.


Rick turned around to see a boy maybe 10 years old munching at some grass at the side of the walkway. He shook his head; “Hey buddy what are you doing? You will ruin your stomach!”


The kid looked up with grass hanging out of his blocky teeth. “Are you kidding, this tastes great. Awesome ears by the way!” He returned to his meal.


“Ears? What does he mean? Alex?”


Alex swiveled his ears towards Rick. “Not a clue bro.” Alex didn’t tell Rick, but he wanted to try some of that grass.


“Ok, lets go I am tired and those strange things start to really freak me out!” Rick replied pointing at the boy to emphasize his point of view before turning towards the hotel again.


Alex open the door to their room. “I dunno Rick, it didn’t seem that strange to me.”


“Yeah whatever!” Rick replied before claiming the upper bunk for himself; “First one!”


“Jackass.” Alex grumbled as he walked to the window. From the second floor he could see that kid eating grass. He was still down there, but now he was on his hands and knees. “Hey Rick?” But his right ear caught the sound of snoring. He slipped under the covers himself. This was amazing. Three days of fun. He already didn’t want to leave.


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Rick rose when the rays of the sun tingled his nose. He stretched and let out a mighty yawn: “ YaaaaaHAWWW…..” He scratched his back before jumping down and saw what happened around the hotel. The amusement park had opened again and the children were running around between the different rides. In the distance he could see the beach and some older teens using some water scooters. Moving his view back to the hotel he saw a little donkey standing on the spot where the boy used to be the night before “Stupid donkeys!” He thought..


“Hey Bro we are hitting the beach today!” He gave Alex, who had covered himself with his blanket a soft nudge before rummaging through the closet hoping to find some spare stuff for the beach. After finding a brightly colored board-short he marched to the bathroom not before giving Alex another nudge; “ Sleepy pants wake up!” And closed the door.


Alex wasn’t ready to get up. He was having a good dream. He was in a pasture, grazing peacefully, without a care in the world. Turning back over, he slept on.


Rick had taken a shower and rubbed himself dry before turning to the fogged mirror. He wiped away the condensed water; “What the fuck…!” Hi ears had doubled in size and were covered in dark black fur. He hastily put on the shorts and stormed out the bathroom; “Alex Alex… something's definitely wrong with my ears!” He cried pointing at them barely peaking out of his shaggy hair.


Alex slept on, there was a tasty dandelion! He bent down and munched on it. He let out a throaty bray in his bed and turned over again.


The strange sound Alex made from beneath his sheets made Rick’s blood freeze. He slowly moved forward and with a mighty tug he removed Alex’s blanket; “Holy mother of…..!” He cried when two enormous donkey ears sprang up from the sides of his friend’s head.


Alex stirred. “Rick? What is it? Ready to have some more fun today?” He asked brightly, sitting up.


“What are you crazy! You have two enormous donkey ears on your head and all you can think of is fun?”


Alex shrugged. “It’s all that matters to me. I’m done thinking for three days. I don’t care what happens, I’m gonna enjoy this. You should too.”


Rick looked at him flabbergasted as Alex found another board-short and vanished behind the bathroom door; “What's going on here? He..he is turning into a donkey and doesn’t even wonder about it!” Rick sat down on the bed not knowing what to think anymore.


Alex examined his huge donkey ears in the bathroom. “Are these...real?” He felt up and down their lengths. They were strong and flexible and he could feel the muscles twitch as he touched them. “Oh my...they are real!” But instead of fear...he felt joy. He wondered how far this would go. A small part of him was scared that he suddenly had animal ears. But a larger part wanted this to go all the way. He brushed his teeth and dressed, ready for more rule breaking today.


“Rick, you ready? I wanna break some stuff today!” Alex said happily as he walked out of the bathroom.


Rick didn’t even realize that Alex was back, he still sat on the lower bed probing his own ears. They had grown as well but weren’t as big as Alex’s. Was he changing like Alex, could he stop it? He didn’t know.


“Yeah..” He said absently not even hearing what Alex had said as they left the room.


“So what do you think?” Alex asked as they headed out the hotel door into the sun.


Rick couldn’t understand how Alex wasn’t afraid of what was happening to him, how he even could go on as if nothing happened at all; “Don’t you think we should see a doctor about those?” He asked pointing at Alex’s long twitching ears.


“They feel fine to me. Plus I can hear a lot better now. Anyways, I’m not the only one. Look.” Alex pointed around the park.


“What the…” Rick couldn’t believe his eyes, Alex was right he wasn’t the only one. He saw boys and girls running around with donkey ears of different lengths and as well as a few older teens, who looked like surfers. He could have sworn something was straining against the back of their wide border-shorts.


His mind was blown by the unreal scene that presented itself to him.


“What do you think is happening to us Rick?” Alex asked in wonder as he watched a bulge pulse in a boy’s shorts.


Rick remembered the boy from the day before and the donkey that stood exactly at the same place this morning; “No thats a bad joke that can’t be….Alex someone is turning us into real jackasses!” He exclaimed as panic manifested itself.


“Really...I feel a bit dumber…but you know what? I’m having fun here! Who cares!? These feel good!” Alex rubbed his animal ears. “I kind of want more…”


“Stop it! Who knows what is making them grow! I don’t want to be an animal and neither do I want you to become one. Come on we have to get away from here!” He tried to drag Alex towards the gates.


“I’m not going. Think about it...do your ears hurt? I bet they feel good.”


“I don’t want to think about it, and even if they do I don’t want donkey ears!” But even with all the resistance Rick put up the curse slowly worked on him and Alex could see the still short ears grow a tiny bit.


“So we go home, sit at the house for two days? Dude, there are NO RULES here! Let’s go wild! You can deny it all you want. I know those ears feel good.”


“Rules thats it! Stick to the rules!” Rick said happily; “If we behave we might change back!” He tried to persuade Alex.


“And if we behave we’ll just sit at home doing nothing while all these kids are out here having fun. Rick, stop fooling around. We have the chance of a lifetime here to do whatever we want! Let’s have fun and think about all the kids stuck at school right now! Where is the guy who brayed with me in class?” Alex pleaded.


“The guy wasn’t in danger of becoming an animal!” Rick tried again, and grabbed Alex at his right arm.


“If this was bad, it’d hurt. Look, one more day. For all we know this is just a gag of the park.”


Rick looked at his friend still nervous, watching the changing kids and teenagers. Then again Alex was his best friend since kindergarten. If he couldn’t convince him to leave maybe he could watch over him. “Well ok I was thinking of going to the beach. What do you think?”


“For a bit, but then I wanna break some things. There was a big mansion that said open for destruction.” He grabbed a beer from a nearby keg and downed it in one gulp. He felt a tickling under his ears as the brown fur spread out from the roots of his ears a bit. “What’s it gonna take to get you to drink with me bud?”


“I’d rather not lets take something else, I have a bad feeling about that beer!” Rick replied as he saw the hair sprout at the base of Alex’s ears.


Without warning, Alex grabbed a mug and grabbed Rick. He pressed it to Rick’s lips and he got some in his mouth. “Swallow. I know it tastes good!”


Rick gulped down two sips before he managed to wrestle Alex away, feeling his ears tingle as well as a mild pressure at the small of his back; “Why would you do that!”


“Because you need to unwind.” Alex smiled as he saw Rick’s ears visibly pushing through his hair. He gave a slight moan as he felt a surge run through his back and leave him with an itch at the base of his spine. “You can’t fool me Rick. You are smiling. I know you enjoyed that beer.”


“Think what you want. ” Rick answered, “Let’s get you to that damn house not in the mood to go to the beach anymore.”


“Really? Why not? You were set on it a minute ago.” Alex said. Maybe Rick was coming around.


“Because I know you, you would bug me every five minutes about it I rather get over with it. We can still go later.”


Alex smiled. But then panicked donkey ran by, braying madly. “Hahahahahawwwwwwwww!” Alex laughed. “They’ve really gone all out with the donkeys.”
Rick looked after the animal, not sure if he shared Alex’s delight, for all he knew that could have been a human a little bit ago. “Come on let's get you to the house.”


“Us. You are going to enjoy this too if it kills you.” They came to the large mansion. Kids were crawling all over it, breaking anything they could get their hands on. “Before we go in I want you to do something.” Alex held out a mug. “It’s time for you to become a man! Drink! You’ll feel better!”


“Where did you get that again? No I won’t keep it away! I’ll go in with you anyways!” Rick protested as Alex approached with the mug.


Alex felt another surge run through his back, and this time he felt something push into the back of his pants. “Come on, just try a glass. I guarantee once you drink it, you’ll feel better!”


Rick took the mug and sniffed at it. It smelled like normal beer. Alex watched his friend expectantly. Rick finally took a gulp. At first there was nothing but then his mind began to feel fuzzy.


“Good hawwwww? Go ahead! Drink the rest!” Alex said happily as he felt a pulse from within his bathing shorts.


Rick still felt odd but he followed his friends advice and downed the whole mug. “Hawwppy now?”


“Yep! And you look happy too! Ready to break some rules??”


Rick shook his head as if the dizziness would go away, but Alex was right, he felt happy. “Yeah lets go!”


“Finally!!! I’ll follow your lead!” The two boys ran into the house.


Rick moved through the corridor filled by other kids smashing everything in their path. Finally he saw something that reminded him of home a huge grandfather clock like the one his father owned. He started pushing at it until it fell over and smashed on the floor; “That’s for you dad!” He exclaimed before smashing some plates.


“Hey get a load of this mirror.” Alex was near an expensive looking mirror. Suddenly he got to his hands and knees.


Rick looked over at his friend who was crawling on the floor before kicking right at the mirror with his legs. He knew it was wrong but all he said was; “Wicked bro, well done!”


Alex smiled at him and began to get up. “Ohhhhhhhh….it feels so good!”


Rick looked on as something was pushing against the bottom of Alex’s bathing-shorts. Something deep down told him it was wrong but amazed he observed as the bulge got bigger and bigger.


Alex stood up and bent over, his behind in the air. His ears pinned back as he let out a bray. “Oh man! This is amazing bro!!!! Tell me what happens! I think my shorts are about to rip!” He bent over further.


But Rick wasn’t able to speak a word, captured by this unreal seen he continued to watch the shorts tent further and further until the sound of ripping fabric filled the room and something long burst out of the shorts; “You have a tail!” Was all Rick could say.


Lost in the strange sensations running through his body, Alex’s eyes were closed. “Really???” He said dreamily. “What’s it look like?”


“Take a look for yourself!” Rick answered another feeling far from pleasure building itself up as he saw a tassel grow on the tip of Alex’s tail that was already covered by brown hair.
“Dude, there is no way this can be a gag. I can feel the muscles in my back moving it!” He ran his hands up and down the length of his animal appendage. “It’s so strange! But it feels better than anything I’ve ever felt before!” He itched at the sides of his head and felt fur growing under his fingers. “Let’s get more beer!!!” He said stupidly. He felt free.


Fear surfaced again as he looked on at Alex’s rapidly progressing change. “Alex lets go this isn’t right, we are really turning into donkeys!” Rick almost cried as he felt his ears grow another inch, still they were only half the size of Alex’s.


Alex put his arm around Rick. “It’s okay buddy. We are having fun together! This is much better than sitting at home.” They headed out of the house. “Come on, choose something else! We still got half a day left!”


“Ahm….” Rick tried to concentrate, fear radiating through his body. “Come on enjoy don’t be such a downer!” He heard another voice inside his head. “What about the beach or do you want to take a ride again?” He asked wondering if these words really came out of his mouth.


Alex meanwhile, had finally acted on an urge he’d had for a while. While Rick was thinking, he went over to the grassy berm near the walkway and got to his hands and knees. He put his mouth to the ground and pulled up some grass. It tasted so good! Before he knew it, he was grazing contentedly, tail swinging lazily behind him.


“Alex?!” Rick asked as he saw his friend munching the grass, he could have sworn his face was slightly pushing forward, while doing so.


It was becoming easier to eat. His lips were grasping the grass while his blocky teeth chewed. Ignoring the sound of the human behind him, Alex grazed on.


“Stop it what are you doing!” Rick cried. He marched over to his friend and bent down to get him up; “Heeeee-haaaw” He suddenly brayed and with a rip a tail pushed through his shorts.


“Hey there Rick! Sorry, I was hungry. Try some! There is plenty! Let’s eat and have some more fun.” Alex said before returning to his grassy meal.


Shocked by the sudden appearance of his own tail he looked down at his grazing friend. But Alex seemed oblivious to his own change. The more grass he ate the more his flat stomach started to bloat. And the hair on his head started to look like a mohawk and was even growing down his neck. “Please Alex stop we are really turning! Stop it, fight it!”


“Fight what?” Alex asked in confusion as he finally stood up. “How do I look bro?” He asked in anticipation. He was really enjoying these changes….and when he was on the ground he felt so...simple.


Rick couldn’t understand his friend anymore. He now was grinning at him with huge blocky teeth surrounded by rubbery black lips which were placed in a face that started to remarkably look like a muzzle.


“Like a donkey!” Exclaimed Rick.


“It’s the theme bro. Hold on.” Alex felt it bubbling up. He let it out, not wanting to fight it. “Hawwww-heeee-haw! Okay, I’m ready! What’s next!? I say we smoke!”


“Smoke!? How...Why?” The smaller teen asked in befuddlement as his ears started to twitch and move unnoticed to him.


“Becawwwwwwse it’s being a rebel! Let’s go!” Alex took off for tobacco row, tail whipping behind him.


“Alex wait!” Rick called after his friend who vanished between the increasingly donkey like masses.


Alex already found a cigar lit up. He felt his face pushing forward again. He sat down on a bench, careful to not squash his tail, and let the smoke fill his body. He itched as he felt fur sprout under his shirt. He knew what was happening to him, but he didn’t care. He welcomed it. No more school...ever!


Rick moved around looking for his friend, the brays of other kids filling the air making it difficult to think. Finally he found Alex sitting on a bench puffing a cigarette peacefully. He ran over but stopped dead in his tracks as he saw the fur crawling over the arms and shins of his buddy.


“Hey there! Here you go!” Alex tossed him a cigar.


Rick looked at it, even took a whiff of its smell, but one look at Alex and he threw it away; “Alex please stop it, you are my friend I don’t want you to become a donkey, please lets try to get home!”


“Naawwwwww. We are having fun! You are the only one not!” He got to his feet and stepped out of his shoes with a clop. “Now where to next?”


Alex’s head pushed out a final time turning into a real muzzle under Rick’s unbelieving eyes as dark brown fur started to sprout on it. The clopping of Alex’s newly formed hooves made him look down on his bare feet, but they still looked normal.


“Alex!” He tried again.


“Mmm...I’m hungry.” Alex rubbed his protruding furry belly. It had long begun to peek out from under his shirt. “You take us somewhere.”


Rick thought maybe he had a final chance to get them both out of here. He lead Alex along a walkway as they passed a nice grassy field. Rick’s mind was suddenly blurred and he fell down to all fours and started to eat the grass for a few moments, before his thoughts cleared up again. “What..” He said as he wiped the grass from his face.


Alex gave a braying laugh as he removed his shirt, allowing his furry body to breath. He liked the feel of his tail against the frayed edges of his shorts, so he left them on for now. He put an arm around Rick’s shoulders as he stood. “You were hungry, you ate. It’s very simple.”


There wasn’t much left what could have been recognized as human on Alex. Probably his fingers, but their nails were turning darker rapidly as he put his arm on Rick’s shoulder. “He is already gone, maybe I can save myself!” But as soon as he did guilt riddled his consciousness. This was Alex after all, his best friend, his partner in crime he couldn't leave him here alone he had to try.


Alex was having a hard time thinking. “Heeey...I just...got...it! Theeeehawwwwy were right! Weeeee will never waaaaaant to leave!” he started to bend over as his hands began to ball up.


“No, no Alex!” Rick cried as his friend bent over, his hands deforming. He rushed over to help him stand on two legs. But Alex got heavier every second and it was a futile attempt. When his hooves touched the ground only a donkey was left of his best friend.


Alex looked at his friend, strangely on two legs. “Rick…...HAW-Heee! I feeeehawww likeeeehaw an ani----haw-heeeeee-hawwww!”


Rick watched on as humanity slipped from Alex. The blue eyes of his friend slowly turning brown, losing every trace of human intelligence. Rick knew what it meant, his friends only thought now were food, sleep and probably finding a nice jennet.


Alex took a contented nibble of grass as his worries slipped away into an animal haze. He heard some braying from behind him, and he returned it, starting to walk back into the island to see where the other donkey was.


Rick watched as Alex seemed to follow the call of another donkey. He felt sick, sad and overpowered. He plopped himself down right there not caring if he hurt his tail, and started to sob his ears folding flat against his head.


“Young man, what’s wrong?” A deep voice asked.


Rick spun around seeing the big man from the last day. “You? You did this right you are turning us all into animals!” He accused the vast man.


“No, you did it. After all, you were already animals on the inside if you came to this island. In fact, I heard that you and your friend there brayed in class. Your bodies just match what you really are. But you seem to need some help.”


“Help...let us go I don’t need your help, and don’t call me an animal just because I ..we fooled around!” Rick spat at the coach-man.


“Does your friend look sad?” The big man asked, pointing at the grazing donkey.


“No...but that's not the point! You twisted him with you magic or whatever you use!”


“That wasn’t my question. At any time during this process, was he sad?” The coachman pressed. He knew some of the donkeys panicked when they changed, but many of the boys and girls he brought here were so donkeylike on the inside that it was a smooth transition.

“No he wasn’t but that’s because he wasn’t himself, he wouldn’t have liked becoming an animal if he had all his senses together. Please turn him back please let us go.” Rick pleaded with wet eyes.


Alex wandered back over to the strange donkey. He was sad. “Heee haw!!!” He brayed to him, hoping to cheer him up.


Rick saw as Alex approached again braying, “What is it bud?” He asked gently scratching his friends long ears as he stood beside him again.


“He wants his friend to join him.” The coachman said.


Alex brayed.


“Think about it. You guys will live a carefree life...no school...no worries.”


“I would rather have to worry the rest of my life before giving in to such a wrong thing!” Rick said defiantly. The coachman was surprised by such a strong resisting will.


Alex was confused by the deformed donkey. He brayed again and gave him a lick on the strange pink skin of his face.


Alex was distracted by short affectionate gesture of the donkey when the coachman moved closer; “Sometimes just a change of perspective helps to speed up the process!” He said pushing Rick to the ground forcefully.


The mean human shouldn’t have done that. Alex gave him a good buck with his hind hooves. Being mean to donkeys was not okay. He brayed at the pink skinned donkey and gave him another lick in his hair this time.


A bit shocked by the sudden shove Alex remained on all fours. He took long deep breathes as the smell of grass entered his nose. The urges got stronger again and he started munching it down.


“My apologies jackasses. I’ve leave you two to your meals.” The coachman left the donkey and the confused half donkey alone. “Let’s just let these two stay in the pastures.” He whispered to a henchman as he walked away.


Alex gave a contented bray as the strange donkey started eating. He joined him.


Rick's mind cleared up again. He wiped his mouth again and felt his now rubbery lips; “No pleeeeese no!” He cried out and tried to stand up again.


Alex didn’t understand what the donkey was doing. Maybe he needed to talk? He started braying to him.


“No Alex please stop leave me allawwwwn Heee-haaa!” Rick started braying, holding his stomach that had started to bloat up, dark fur starting to grow and a black mane replaced his blond hair.


The animal finally could understand some of the other donkey’s speech. He kept braying, hoping his herd mate would stop panicking and act like a sensible donkey.


Rick tried to stand but his legs wouldn’t let him he looked back seeing them shift in their proportions, toes shrinking and hooves forming; “No I don’t waaaaant to!”


Alex gave up and went back to grazing. The stubborn ass could figure it out for himself.


Rick’s body was changing faster and faster still he tried to resist. When his arms slowly started to shift into forelegs, pictures started to flood his mind, pictures of grazing, basking in the sun, running around; “No why meeeeee!”


“Because you are a donkey Rick! Just let it go! Be an animal!” A voice in his head told him.


Rick shook his head his long ear flapping around;” Noweeeeee.He-Hawwwww!” His shirt ripped apart revealing dark fur growing on his back. But as much as he tried it got harder to think and that grass looked so delicious.


“That’s it! You want to be an animal. You brayed in school, now you can bray for real. No worries, no job...just fun! Be an ass!”


Ricks muzzle was finishing its growth, his human side diminished by the donkey consuming his old self. What did he fight against? He didn’t know anymore. His shorts ripped apart as his hips swelled, and the black donkey took in the smells and sounds. He smelled his friend, he grew up with and trotted over to him to give him an nibble to show he cared about his herd mate.


Alex brayed to his herd mate he trotted back into the strange lighted area. He smelled food there. He found a big bowl of salad on a table and dipped his muzzle in.


While his herd mate was munching the vegetables Rick looked around. There were those two legged creatures, but some of them had donkey ears, tails or muzzles, A smaller one ran past them and fell. Rick looked at the fool that moved around strangely struggling with some strange stuff clinging to its legs before he decided to help the foal and ripped the thing of its legs with his teeth.


The foal brayed gratefully as it’s eyes faded to a proper brown. Alex brayed to the foal and nosed the salad over. He looked up. Donkeys surrounded them. A two leg was walking among them asking each one its name. A few made a strange bray and the two leg gave an annoyed look and sent them off in a different direction.


Alex and Rick didn’t care. They went back to their bowl. They heard the two leg come up to them.


“Ah, you two. What are your names?” The coachman asked.


The two donkeys looked up and brayed.


“You two were donkeys before you ever got there.” He looked up to a henchman. “Take them to the pasture, they’ll help pull the carriage.”