Here's an amazing picture commissioned by  lodoss-12 for me and him from the amazing artist  wontoonroo!

Gotter (me) is on the right while Rello (Lodoss) is on the left. =3

Below is a story requested from me by  lodoss-12 to accompany the amazing picture above. ^^

I hope you all enjoy, and I would love to hear what you all think! ^_^

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Swinging around his golf club a little bit Tiran felt a little bit foolish as Mel chuckled at his friend’s cluelessness. “You trying to take someone’s head off, Tiran?” Mel teased.

Tiran frowned at his friend as he put the club back into his bag of clubs that he had rented from the front desk. “I’m trying to learn how to swing and not have a “Wiimote through the TV” incident,” Tiran explained. Mel chuckled and stuck his tongue out jokingly as Tiran looked at the first hole which seemed way too far away. “So we have to get the ball... all the way out there?” Tiran asked with wide eyes.

Knowing how new his friend was to the sport of golfing Mel just slapped his hand hard on Tiran’s back making the young man wince. “Don’t you worry, bud. I’ll give you some pointers on how to make ‘all the way out there’ pretty easy.”

Feeling like he was being handled a little too softly but not being able to prove it Tiran just let out a sigh and shrugged. “Sure, teach me oh master of the golf balls.” he teased.

Mel grinned as they walked towards the first hole’s beginning point where Mel slid the tee into the green turf. “Alright so we’ll start right here,” he said. Watching from behind Tiran nodded as Mel set his golf ball down and slid a golf club out from his bag and held the metal close to the ball and seemed to be judging things with his eyes. “Alright, so the hole’s pretty much in front of us so if I just hit it with some good weight behind it...”

They both tensed up a bit as Mel started to swing the golf club right towards the ball and... ZAP Tiran grunted as he hit the ground and Mel found himself twisting around as he hit nothing where his ball had been just a few seconds before. “Whoa!” Mel screamed. He collapsed to the ground while Tiran shook his head a bit and found himself in almost impossibly lush green grass.

“What in the world?” Tiran murmured. The grass looked different than usual as it had odd little prongs at the tip rather than a simple straight blade of glass.

“Nope nope! Not in your world at all!” a goofy cheerful voice interrupted the pairs’ confusion. Mel and Tiran both looked up to find themselves looking at an alien creature with an almost impossibly large stomach who grinned gleefully at them both. His eyes swirled with odd colors while his whiskers and... antennae twitched in excitement. The large creature bounced in place sending little waves through his enormous stomach.

The pair of humans didn’t know how to react as they merely looked up at their odd host. Tiran could only draw a vague resemblance to a gopher in his mind though he’d never seen one quite like this before... “What are you?” he blurted out without thinking.

The creature’s face split into a big grin as he bounced a bit more and they could see his cheeks practically spilling out into levels of cartoonish glee. “Well I’m a Gophoid! My name is Bogey, and I’m super glad to have both of you here so we can play!”

“P-play?” Mel managed. He felt like he should be screaming or crying or something, but at the moment he could only think that he was faced with a giant alien creature that if it were to sit on him, he’d be crushed. For now he figured playing towards the Gophoid’s good side would be a good way to go...

Bogey nodded up and down rapidly with his giant grin as he clapped his paws together. “Yup! You see, you two will be golfing for me! This golf game is a tinnnny bit different than your regular golf game though! I just have threeeee little rules for you! First of all, there is no frowning allowed! Second, there is absolutely noooo cheating! Finally, you have to play through all the holes, you cannot quit early!”

The Gophoid’s exuberance was a bit off putting to the pair and Tiran couldn’t help but feel a bit frustrated. “I don’t get any of this... why can’t we just go back home? I know that I don’t want to be a part of this game, and I doubt Mel does either...”

Looking a bit saddened by his words Tee frowned and Tiran almost felt bad, as if he’d insulted the Gophoid. “Welll... you can’t just go home... you see, if you lose my little game or break any of the rules, there’s a little bit of a punishment to go along with it. Afterwords though you can go back to earth!”

Mel exchanged a glance with Tiran as he mulled over their options. If it was just a game of golf and if the Gophoid was telling them the truth then playing a game of golf for an hour or two couldn’t be that bad. “Well... I suppose... but Tiran here hasn’t played golf much at all. Would you mind giving him at least a handicap?”

Bogey giggled and nodded as he bounced in place once more and his belly flopped. “I can do that noooo prob! For mister Tiran here he’ll get one warning before I have to punish him for any rule breaking! How does that sound?” the Gophoid asked. Though Mel had been part hoping that Tiran might just be sent home early, the handicap didn’t seem too bad.

“Alright, that sounds good,” Mel agreed. The Gophoid giggled and clapped his paws together once more before a pair of golfing bags appeared to the pair and the landscape changed a little bit. A moment before they’d been surrounded by a decently populated area of trees, but now they’d somehow spread apart and now they were in front of a large golf course with a mere eight holes.

Hopping up and down in excitement Bogey slapped Mel and Tiran on their backs. “Well here we go! Only eight holes, so let’s have fun my little cute buddies! Tiran, why don’t you go first?”

From Mel’s perspective he could tell that his friend was about three steps from freaking out as the man’s face glistened with sweat as he approached the golf clubs. Pulling out one from the bag Tiran let out a deep breath as he attempted to measure out the length of the metal as Bogey set up his ball and tee. For the most part Mel didn’t see any issues with the setup as he saw Tiran line up the shot as he’d shown him to the best of his ability. Noticing that his friend seemed about ready to pass out from panicking Mel walked up and set his hand on his friend’s shoulder. Surprisingly the man still had a smile, albeit a shaky one, on his face. “Tiran, just take a breath for a moment. Relax your muscles... then take the shot.”

Tiran nodded before rolling his shoulders and preparing the shot before swinging and hitting the ball. Both Mel and Tiran tracked the shot through the air with both of them holding their breath as it flew over the course’s grass and... landing far down near the hole’s green. “Yes!” Tiran shouted. Pumping his arm Mel grinned and slapped him on the shoulder proudly as Bogey grinned and nodded. “Great job, Tiran! Though you did land in the Lolly pit...”

Both Tiran and Mel stopped and looked at the Gophoid in confusion. “What’s... a Lolly pit?” Mel asked.

They both looked over at where Tiran’s ball landed and watched as something poked out of the ground by the ball. The creature looked it over once... twice... and a third time before taking the ball in its hands... and tossing it right back up the course green making Tiran and Mel both drop their jaws as the creature vanished back in the ground. “The Lolly is a creature that likes to not have a clutter around its home, and it looks like today it didn’t want to toss the ball any closer to the hole, toooo bad,” the Gophoid giggled.

The pair both nearly shouted at the Gophoid for not letting them know before they both took a moment to calm down. Mel figured that there would be some odd alien rules now that they were playing on the Gophoid’s home turf, so they should likely take a few notes before snapping at the alien. “Before we play anymore, Bogey... are there any more rules we need to know?” Mel asked with a smile.

Bogey pursed his lips and tapped his cheek a few times as his antenna bounced a few times. “Oh! I did forget ooooooneeee little thing! If you get a bogey on three holes, then you automatically lose and have to suffer the penalty!” Bogey explained with a big smile.

There was a lurch in Mel’s stomach and from how Tiran’s face was going green he was feeling the same way. “That’s a pretty big thing to miss on...” Tiran groaned.

Bogey tutted though as he looked at the pair with a rascally wink. “Now don’t you two be getting grumpy on me! This is just a fun game! You should be expecting many fun things on this course!”

Mel and Tiran exchanged an exasperated look before Mel stepped up to the tee to hit his ball next. Being a bit more experienced Mel had a bit of an advantage over his friend in the game, but by no means did he want to allow Tiran to take the fall in this game. “Alright... I can do this.” After measuring up the distance a few times Mel swung the club back and swung hard allowing the ball to fly through the air with a sharp snap of impact. The trio watched as the ball flew all the way to the green where the flag was and though Mel didn’t get a hole in one he felt decently confident about the hit. “Yes!” Mel hissed.

Tiran smiled and gave his friend a high five as they started down the course towards their balls. In the background Bogey snickered as he bounced along behind them with a mischievous look in his eyes. Within the next few hits Mel was able to get a birdy while Tiran landed himself par which he wouldn’t argue about. With the Gophoid just forgetting to mention some important details though they were both a tad bit on edge about the entire thing now.

The second hole came up and they found themselves in front of an extremely awkward hole. The hole was only thirty feet away from the starting point... but the green around the ball was a mere ten feet in diameter around the hole while everything else beyond that was an extremely steep incline that led into a bowl that would be near hellish to get the ball out of. “Jeez! Will ya look at that...” Bogey giggled.

Now getting a feeling that this wouldn’t be the easiest game ever, Tiran and Mel had to steady themselves as Tiran hit his ball... and landed it right into the incline. Thankfully the handicap came into good use as Tiran nearly broke his club over his leg with the Gophoid giving him a very stern warning. “Now don’t you be doing that again, Tiran! If you don’t want to be kicked out of this game and have to suffer the punishment, then act sportsmanlike. Alright?”

“Yes, sir...” Tiran grumbled. The young man from then on had to force a pretty big smile as Mel himself also messed up and landed in the bowl but figured that losing this hole wouldn’t be the end of the world. Neither of the pair finished the hole normally and so took the first of their three allotted losses.

Walking up to the third hole they both found their eyebrows raising as they found Bogey already there with a pair of soccer balls under his arms. “Welcome you both! This hole will be a littttle different! Instead of regular golf, I figured some soccer golf will liven things up! Instead of using those dinky clubs, you’ll be using your feet and these balls to get into that big hole over there!”

Tiran and Mel looked over a rather large expanse of curvy hills and sand pits to find an extra large golf hole with an equally extra large flag on the other side of the course. “This is ridiculous! I really don’t think this can be considered a golf game,” Mel sad to the Gophoid.

“It’s different, yes. Though it’s sure to be fun for you both, so why don’t you give it a try?” Bogey giggled. The young men sighed and decided to give it a shot, thankfully the beginning of the course was on an incline so Tiran was able to get a birdy with some lucky bouncing of the soccer ball off of the curved hills.

Mel on the flipside wasn’t quite on lucky but was able to stretch by with a par as Bogey giggled and bounced as he clapped his paws together. “You both did great! Now on to the next hole~”

“I hope there won’t be quite this level of exertion next time...” Mel admitted. He wasn’t quite into such full body sports as soccer which is why he preferred golf to it. Walking towards their next hole Mel decided to ask the question that had been plaguing him for a while. “So... why did you pick us two up? Tiran and I aren’t number one golfers...”

Their odd alien host just giggled though as he wiggled his finger in an outlandish way. “Don’t you worry your little heads about it! This is just so I can give you both a wonderfully fun time! Aren’t you both excited that you get to participate in such a fun game?”

Tiran scratched the back of his head as he glanced at the green and alien land that surrounded them. “I wish I’d been asked to join rather than just be pulled up like this, it seems way out of my league.”

Bogey didn’t give his words much thought though as they approached the next hole which looked to be regular golf again much to Mel’s relief. Tiran didn’t seem one hundred percent confident though as he looked at the curving course set before them and let out a heavy sigh. The thing that shocked both of them though was that across the odd looking curvy course there were three different holes with flags and they felt their stomachs lurch. “Oh, I see you noticed our little guests on this hole!” Bogey laughed. Turning to face him with confused expressions Mel and Tiran were growing tired of these games now. “Two of those holes aren’t real, but are in fact a predator here on our little planet called the Mics, they pose as golf holes to eat our golf balls as they love the flavor of them! So only one of those three are real, and you’ll know if they are or not if the hole vanishes. If it does, then you smacked your ball into a Mics’ hungry mouth, otherwise you’ve gotten it!”

“Can’t we switch the ball location?!” Tiran asked. He seemed to be trying his hardest to keep a smile on his face but it was growing hard as the Gophoid was testing their patience.

“Nope! Once the land decides then we have to roll with it!” Bogey giggled. Mel rubbed his forehead as Tiran set down his ball and looked out at the trio of flags, there didn’t seem to be any difference between the three at all and Mel felt just as disgruntled as Tiran was.

“If we hit the ball into the Mics’ mouth, do we automatically lose the hole?” Mel asked.

Bogey shook his head as he held up a basket of golf balls. “Nope! You’ll just start from the last position you hit the ball from! Though you do waste a turn if you hit it into the Mics’ mouth~”

Mel frowned as he folded his arms and bit his lip as this felt far too much in the Gophoid’s favor. There wasn’t much he could do though as Tiran took a swing and hit it towards the second of the three holes. As the ball flew through the air Mel’s heart soared as the ball flew right into the hole and watched as Tiran’s eyes go wide and he started to cheer in delight... right until the flag flew down into the hole and it shut. The trio went quiet as a giggle rang out from Bogey and he clapped his hands a few times. “Whoopsie! Looks like you hit it into a Mics’ mouth!”

There was nothing Mel could do to stop Tiran from flying into a rage as he screamed and threw his club down to the ground. Mel flinched as Bogey’s face turned into a frown and he knew that Tiran had broken the rules twice now but honestly, he couldn’t blame Tiran. Though Tiran’s form wasn’t quite perfected yet on the swing he’d made the shot perfectly and got a hole in one just to find out that he’d shot into the wrong hole. “How is this fair?! This is cheating and you have to admit it! Stop playing around with us and just let us go home!” Tiran yelled at the Gophoid.

A shiver went up Mel’s back as he saw Bogey’s face twist up into a smile for the briefest of moments before he patted Tiran on the nose like someone would do to a misbehaving dog. “Sorry, Tiran. You’ve broken the rules twice, and that’s the end of the handicap, you’re gonna have to come with me, bud. Time for your punishment~”

Mel stepped forward in front of his friend and tried to reason with the alien. “Bogey, please. Tiran just started recently and for him to get a hole in one like that, and then immediately lose that, that’s a really hard thing to sit through. Can you please give him a break?”

“Nope, rules are rules, Mel! Come with me, Tiran! Be back in a bit, Mel~” Bogey said. Before Tiran could do much he was swept up into the alien’s arms and Mel watched as the Gophoid bounded away in a huge jump off into the distance. Feeling lonely all of a sudden Mel clenched his fingers around the golf ball in his hand and sighed while rubbing his forehead.

“I hope Tiran will be alright...” he murmured.

***

It was about fifteen minutes before anyone was back, but it wasn’t Bogey and it was obvious on the Gophoid’s return. The Gophoid that returned was a bit shorter and a bit more rotund as he flopped onto the ground with a few bounces of his girth. “Well hi there! Sorry for it not being Bogey, he had to do some things back there! I’m Gotter! I’ll be helping you out for the rest of your challenge!” he giggled.

Though Mel hadn’t met this alien before something about Gotter felt awfully familiar, though he just put it towards the alien looking for the most part the same as Bogey though his fur did appear to be a little lighter of a green than Bogey’s. “Alright... I was just curious how Tiran was?”

The alien giggled as he patted his stomach. “Yup! He’s perfectly fine! Now let’s get to your shot, mister Mel!”

Mel shot his ball and got a birdie on the hole as he was able to get the hole right this time as he took a guess on it being the first hole. Though Bogey had claimed that the hole had been decided by the land Mel had the sinking feeling in his stomach that the aliens themselves were the ones deciding these awfully shady holes. With each hole leading up to eight Mel could tell that the holes by no means were made for him to win easily.

Five and six were more odd ones like three had been, five having to do with frisbee, which proved to be decently easy, and six being hacky sack which Mel had to take his second bogey in. Gotter was proving himself to be a very odd case as he had less of a poker face than Bogey as he vocally sighed and mumbled whenever Mel passed the holes. Hole seven proved to be the most irritating as Gotter somehow “accidentally” misplaced the hole... in a tree. Mel barely passed the hole by hitting the golf ball into the hollow of a tree.

As they were moving onto the eight hole there was a crashing sound as Bogey landed next to Gotter and Mel. “Welcome back, Bogey~” Gotter giggled. He bounced over to the other Gophoid and helped him to his feet before they shared a big squishy hug as Mel looked on in irritation. By this point Mel had grown tired of the goofy antics of the creatures and just wanted to go home. He hoped that Tiran was home and safe so they could do something OTHER than golf as he was personally pretty worn out from the sport by now.

“Well, well, Gotter~ Looks like our little golfer here is still in the game!” Bogey said. From the way he said it, even in his cheerful tone, Mel got the feeling that the Gophoid was disappointed.

“Yes sir, but he has two outs and is on the last hole!” Gotter said. Bogey merely smiled and nodded as he whispered something into Gotter’s ear and with that the Gophoid bounced off and vanished from view.

“Sorry about that, Mel! Had some business to finish up with Tiran. Now are you ready for the last hole?” Bogey asked with a big smirk.

Folding his arms and looking very displeased Mel glared up at the large alien. “Tiran had better be safe. I’m very tired of this big game you made, so bring me to this last hole and let me get home!”

Bogey smiled as he nodded with his antennae bobbing as he gestured for Mel to follow behind. The human followed to a surprisingly easy looking hole, it looked far easier than even the first truth be told... The land looked nice and smooth with no cruel curves or hills and the hardest part looked to be the flag laying on a little hill. “Just hit it up there and you’re all good to go, Mel!” Bogey giggled.

Seeing the course look so calm Mel felt slightly distrustful of the course but decided to take it for what it was. The course was rather long, but as he’d seen it was very smooth. Mel started to hit the ball and watched as it flew down the course and noticed that the ball seemed to fall a bit faster than he’d been expecting. Walking down the course he hit it again... and again... and again before he was getting the feeling that there was something dirty happening. The ball seemed to be flying the same distance every time though until he got to the mound. It was his last hit before the hole became a bogey, but all he had to do was hit it into the hole and he’d win! “Alright, here we go...” he muttered.

Hitting the ball up onto the hill Mel felt his heart explode as the ball went into the hole... and bounced right out. Everything froze as the giant mound with the flag moved and Mel found himself starting at Gotter. “Whoopsie doodle, you missed!” Gotter giggled.

Mel’s mouth flapped a few times before he felt himself getting enraged. “N...no... you cheater! You cheated me out of my win! There is no possible way that you can say I lost!”

Bogey bounced beside them and tutted as he patted Gotter’s head. “Good job, Gotter! You’ve made a wonderful new Gophoid! Your old friend here didn’t expect a thing, did he?”

“No, sir! I’m so glad that I was able to help you out! Now I’m gonna head down to earth, I heard some people are having a golf tournament! I’d love to help them turn into Gophoids too!” Gotter giggled. Mel’s gut nearly turned inside out as he realized what they were saying... Gotter... was Tiran?!

Before Mel could stop Gotter though the Gophoid bounced up into space and out of view while Bogey turned his gaze to the human. “Now since you lost you have to face the punishment! Don’t worry though, you’ll see Gotter a lot from now on! You will be a Gophoid after all!”

Stumbling back Mel shook his head as he tried to wield his club as some form of weapon. “No! I won’t accept this... you won’t do this to me!” Any choice in the matter was zapped away though as there was a spark of energy flying from Bogey’s antenna and smacked him right in the face. Everything went weird as Mel felt dizzy... the world going blurry as everything but Bogey himself seemed to fade from view.

Falling back onto his rear Mel didn’t realize that his own eyes had started to form spirals just like the Gophoids’ as his clothes started to tear a bit. Underneath his clothing his body was already starting to rapidly change with green fur sprouting on his skin underneath and weight starting to pack onto his light frame. “You’re gonna love your new life soooo much! No more worrying about work or human life, after all you are a Gophoid starting today!” Bogey explained.

Though Mel was resisting the effects the words that he spoke lingered in his head for longer than he liked. His body rapidly put on weight as his pants and shirt ripped to reveal the growing green fur that almost looked like Bogey’s but was in fact a bit darker. His shoes creaked as well as his feet were turning into oversized paws that ached for the feeling of soft grass underpaw. “Let... let me out of this... I’ll do anything...” Mel murmured.

Even as he spoke though the human felt a certain lack of desire behind the words as Bogey’s swirling eyes seemed to fill his entire gaze as he was stuck there transforming. “Can’t do that, Rello!” Bogey giggled.

Mel drew his eyebrows together in confusion, he didn’t realize it but as he stared into those swirling eyes his past was vanishing by the second. “W... who’s Rello?” he asked. Anger over his own transformation quickly faded into confusion as his own sense of who he was was being overwritten by the hypnosis being used on him. His new poofy tail flicked out from behind him as it wagged with his own growing excitement over the goofy feeling of being a Gophoid.

“You’re Rello of course!” Bogey giggled. That didn’t make sense to Mel... or did it? He was growing so confused by this point that he figured it’d be easier not to question it, his stomach was now expanding to a grand amount as it bobbed and swayed with his new furred legs being able to take the weight and his paws loving the feeling of fresh grass between his toes. “You’re gonna absolutely love going to earth and messing with the humans and making them into Gophoids of course~” Bogey explained with a giggle at the end.

“I... I will?” Rello... Mel asked. He found any human memories were now nearly gone, even Tiran had faded with Gotter becoming the go to image for his friend in his mind. The big furry lovable Gophoid that he was~ Soon the human features of his face even vanished as the dark green fur spread over his cheeks and head, the human expression fading into goofy looking alien features. His hair became fur as a pair of antennae dangled in front of his big swirling eyes and he let out a little giggle as his face popped out into a muzzle and new ticklish whiskers poked out from either side of his new muzzle.

Now the Gophoid could see his new black nose shining in the light of the day and he let out a giggle as he wiggled and he could see his own stomach jiggling with every movement. He couldn’t remember looking any different now, especially with his big lovable cheeks dangling in view. Suddenly Bogey’s eyes were right in front of his own and he felt everything go blank. “Rello, you’ve always been a Gophoid, and you always will be~ Your memory of humanity is gone, and you are now Rello the cute chubby Gophoid! You love playing tricks on humans so they can become more happy go lucky Gophoids, isn’t that right?”

For a second everything was blank for the new Gophoid and then... Rello grinned from ear to ear as he bounced happily. “Of course, Bogey! Why would I be anything different?!” he cheered happily. Memories of humanity were gone, he remembered being a Gophoid, going to human with a quick and easy bounce of his large weight and playing tricks on humans!

“Very good! Now why don’t you bounce on over to earth and catch up with Gotter? I heard there’s a tournament he’s attending, and I’m sure he’d appreciate a lending paw!” Bogey laughed. Rello grinned and nodded before sharing a large and squishy hug with his fellow Gophoid before gathering himself up and bounding off into space, he couldn’t wait to find his first human for the day!

***

Rello bounded in behind Gotter and saw his fellow Gophoid rubbing his paws together in excitement. “Gotter!” he giggled. Gotter grinned and gave him a big hug and a quick nuzzle before they hid behind a little hill. Groups of golfers were getting prepared to start up while the pair shared an excited grin.

“I call that guy over there,” Gotter said. He pointed out a chubby looking golfer and Rello snapped his fingers in disappointment but he figured he could find someone else. The Gophoid’s eyes locked onto a young man who was too busy messing with a book to really notice that the tournament was starting.

“Ooo~ I think I found my perfect selection!” Rello giggled. With that the pair gave a quick bump of bellies before hopping off in opposite directions, they had some work to do so they could get their new players all set up!


The gophoids were made by  wontoonroo