Another collab between me and  hiishougeki this is a continuation of Midnight at the Zoo. It seems the zookeeper is running a matchmaking service...for animals.

PDF included as always.
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A Bellowing Good Time
By born2beagator and hiishougeki

The zookeeper watched his new panther with interest. He'd known about the...magical qualities of this zoo of course. But it only took in a certain sort of person, one looking for love, and one of the animals had to take a liking to this person. Animals for the zoo were always expensive...but here he had a free way to expand his stock. All he needed to do now was wait. This zoo seemed to exist for this purpose. Why else would there be so many single animals here?

Al was a young man fresh out of college. Unlike many of his friends, he'd not found love there. Just a useless degree that now found him out of a job. The man had light skin, blue eyes, and sandy brown, messy hair. This trip to the zoo was just a time killer. To blow off some steam. He sighed as he walked absentmindedly through the exhibits, noticing that many of the animals were single.

"Huh...normally zoos have animals together." He said. In fact, the only animals that were together were two black panthers sleeping soundly in their enclosure.

Brushing past another person, Al came to the alligator exhibit, and found, of course, a single large female alligator.

The alligator looked up at Al curiously, he seemed much different from the other patrons, and something about him drew her towards him. The zookeeper watched the pair from afar with a grin as he walked over to Al. "Hey there young man, enjoying the gator?"

"She's very cool." Al said with a smile. "I've always liked reptiles."

"I see" The zookeeper smiled "You know, she's without a mate, so lately she's very lonely. Pretty sad wouldn't you think?"

"Yeah...in fact most of the animal I've seen here, male or female, have no mate." Al said.

"We're a little short on funding so finding them mates is proving difficult.." He sighed, genuinely frustrated by their lack of funds.

"That's too bad. The one I did see with a mate, the panther, looked very happy." Al replied.

"Oh yea, that's a recent addition. They're pretty happy together" He smiled knowingly. "Anywho, would you like to get close to Jess? She's very tame and docile."

"The gator? What are you talking about?" Al blinked.

"Well you seem a bit enthralled with her, and she's taken a liking to you it seems" He chuckled as the gator lazily hung near the fence, wondering what the two were talking about. "And she's as sweet as can be, never once tried to bite anyone or hurt anyone."

"She is rather beautiful." Al said, blinking some irritation from his eye. "I hate to see her lonely." He rubbed his eyes this time...something was really bothering him.

As he rubbed his eyes they started to change from their blue hue to a yellowish amber color, his pupils becoming narrow slits as well "Well, why not spend a little time with her? She won't bite and I'm sure she'll enjoy the company" He smiled as he looked at Al's eyes.

"Well..." Al blinked, and when his eyelids went up, they disappeared. He looked at her, confused at the feelings flowing through him. One set was telling him to get in there with the gator, while the other was telling him to run. "I don't know..."

"Well it's your call but look at her, doesn't she seem lonely?" He asked as the gator looked up at Al with a strange gaze, as though she were trying to say to him she wanted some company.

Al found his body moving of its own accord as he climbed over the enclosure wall and dropped into the shallow pond, soaking his clothes from the waist up.

"That a boy." the zookeep whispered to himself as Jess approached Al and started to rub against him, making his skin tingle as parts of his arms started to harden.

As Al climbed onto the island, he suddenly realized where he was...and saw the 13 foot gator next to him. In a panic, he cried out to the zookeeper. "Do something! I'm going to die!"

"Just relax! She's not gonna hurt you." he shouted back as the gator nuzzles Al gently

"Wha!" Al looks down in surprise at the dangerous animal. He reached a hand out towards her snout slowly. The gator seemed happy from this action as she nuzzled his hand. Al felt a pleasant sensation from her touch, not noticing his hand was growing rougher, with scales starting to grow over the top of his hand. He left his hand on her snout. "Whoa..I'm touching an alligator and she's not attacking!"

"That's right. Told you she's docile as a lamb." The zookeeper remarked as Al's arm grew scalier, his nostrils flared out a bit as well.

Suddenly, Al looked at his arm. "What the!?" He tried to brush the dark green scales off, but they just spread. "What's going on!?"

"Oh right that, I forgot to mention she really would like a mate, and she seems to have picked you Al." The zookeeper smiled as the gator nosed Al, causing more scales to grow on his body.

The young man looks at his scaly arm in shock. "How...how is this possible? How can I stop it?"

"Well, you could leave the pen, but look at her, how could you not want to be a gator with her?" He smiled as the gator looked at Al with a longing expression, desiring him to stay with her.

Al looks at her in surprise, then to the scales on his arm. "But...she is an animal."

"And you're becoming one" He smiled as Al's belly and chest started growing softer scales with a lighter color of green.

"But...I don't...want to be an animal..." Al said, somewhat uncertainly.

"You sure sound conflicted there Al. How about you spend some more time with Jess, see if that changes your mind or not." The zookeeper smiled as he sees Al's nails thicken.

Al turns to Jess, an uncertain look on his face.

She near smiled at him as she nuzzled his face, trying to encourage the gator to shed the pasty skin that covered his wonderful scales.

Al shot to his feet, not realizing her had gotten on his hands and knees.

Jess rose up and flopped back down, trying to convince Al to drop back onto all fours so she could nuzzle him more.

Al looked up to the zookeeper. "She...really wants me doesn't she?"

"She sure does. Animals can tell who their ideal partner is." He mused as Al felt his ears start to shrink.

"But...I don't know if I want her...I had a girl I was just starting to see."

"Ask yourself this then, will she be able to please you and love you like Jess here?" Jess looked at him with more love that he ever could have hoped to receive from his new girl.

"I don't know how gators even show love. This girl I met was perfect..."

"Tell me about then, we'll compare her to Jess."

"Chloe is my age, perfect skin, blonde hair, blue eyes, kind personality...and we've already had sex."

"Really? Yellow eyes, perfect scales, kind personality. Sounds just like Jess."

I laugh. "Did you hear me? We've had sex."

"Well now, what you and Jess do in your spare time is none of my business." He chuckled as Al's mind was losing its grip on reality.

"I....I don't know." Al said, shaking his head.

"Look at her Al, look at her supple body, her lovely scales, that nice tail, how could you resist?"

"Chloe...doesn't have scales..." Al said foggily.

"No she doesn't, nor does she have a lovely tail does she?"

Al looks at Jess' tail. "I...I don't think so."

"Or a lovely muzzle?" He egged Al on.

"No. She doesn't." Al said with confidence this time.

"Now. With that said. Who is the more beautiful?" He chuckled as Al's torso started to grow longer.

"Jess...without a doubt." Al said.

"See? Even you think sweet Jess here is better for you." He smiled as Jess nuzzled Al more.

Al fell to his hands and knees. "I do...she is...all I will ever need."

"Well then, I'll leave you two alone." the zookeeper smiled as he walked off. Jess meanwhile nuzzled Al more, nipping at his clothing to help him get the restricting fabric off.

Al stayed still and let the animal do what she wanted.

She started to nuzzle him as he felt his mouth and nose ache. Slowly a cracking sound could be heard as his nose and mouth started to push out into a long blunt muzzle. His teeth started to fall out as they were replaced with larger, stronger teeth, fitting for a gator.

Al gave a deep moan as he forgot all about Chole, slipped into the water, and enjoyed the ministrations of the alligator.

Jess sank into the water and swam up under him, wrapping herself around as she started to roll him, helping him to further shed that pesky human skin as his hair fell out, and his shirt was torn to shreds from the scales growing in.

Al gave a bellow as his mate loved on him.

His legs and arms started to pop and reshape, becoming the more fitting legs of a gator as his mostly torn pants gained a bulge. Al's eyes shot open and he gave a deep, blissful growl.

Jess swatted her tail against Al's, forcing it to rip right out of his pants, leaving only tattered remains as he felt his mind simplify, the humanity leaving him in favor of the mind of an alligator. Al gave a deep bellow and grabbed Jess.

The zookeeper smiled as he watched the two gators go at it. He started to walk away toward the panda exhibit and smiled, "Don't worry Mei Ling, We'll find you a mate soon enough."