Stu noticed a few of his midnicampum holicithias (aka night howlers) plants had begun to glow after a recent meteor shower. The old rabbit figured it would be safe enough to pick one and look it over; he wasn't going to be popping it into his mouth, after all.

"Unf.. these old ache-y joints.. wish I were just a bit younger" the rabbit grunted as he bent down, grabbing a hold of a glowing night howler and picking it from the ground with a firm tug. As he righted himself back up, he noticed the glow in the flower grow brighter before vanishing as it surged down the stem and up into his arm. "Cheese and crackers!" he exclaimed, dropping the now-normal looking flower and shaking his arm from the tingling sensation rushing up it.

"Hey uh, Mister H, y'doin' alright there?" a southern drawl of a voice spoke from behind Stu. "Ah saw ya drop yer flower, did it getcha with its thorns?"

"Yikes Gideon, you sure gave me the fright of the hour! Yeah, just a little thorn prick I guess! Didn't hurt much" Stu turned around to meet the voice, none other than his business partner Gideon Grey, a tall and somewhat chubby fox. "I'm fine Gideon, really."

"Well alright" Gideon chuckled, stepping forward to look over the field of crops. "Yer harvest is lookin' pretty good, Mister H! Can't wait ta get some more produce from ya for mah pies"

As Gideon's back was to Stu, all the rabbit could do was stare at it, looking up and down the backside of the kindly southern fox. 'Wish I were just a bit younger' was the dialogue that echoed in the rabbit's mind over and over. If he could just.. take Gideon's body, make it his, all his aches and pains would go away for a long while; and adding on a few inches in all the right places would be a real nice bonus. The rabbit stepped forward slowly, quietly, as his wish replayed in his head over and over again. He needed this... he wanted this.. he WISHED for this.

"Say Mister H, when d'ya think it'll be time ta harvest and get the goods?" Gideon said, only slightly turning his head to speak to the rabbit.

"Now.." Stu mumbled, his eyes beginning to glow with the same energy the night howler carried within it. The smaller rabbit leapt into the back of the oblivious fox, pushing in as hard as he could as the magic of the shooting stars melded with the mind-altering effects of the flower.

Gideon could only let out a surprised yelp as he felt Stu collide with him then.. sink into him? He felt more and more of the rabbit's weight pushing into him, becoming a part of him. As Stu's rabbit paws finally sunk into Gideon's back, the fox felt something wiggling its way up his chest and neck. The process wasn't painful in the slightest, due to the magic imbued within the invader, but it was quite uncomfortable for Gideon nonetheless; he felt like he was about to throw up. He opened his maw and out popped Stu's face, grinning and greedy.

"Wehehellll sorry there, sport.. but I'll be taking your body for uh.. quite a while. We'll just call this little event a 'business merger', yeah! And doooon't you worry about the baking business, I'll handle it all!" Stu chuckled, almost maniacally, as the night howler's mind altering abilities had reached their peak.

"Don't you worry, Gideon! I'll take great care of my new body!" was the last thing Gideon heard before the magic within Stu surged out, turning Gideon fully into a living suit.

Stu's arms quickly slid into Gideon's, taking complete control. He brought his arms up for a quick flex test, nodding with a devious grin before he grabbed his suit's cheeks and gave them a good tug, showing Stu's face underneath for the final time.

"Here.. we.. go!" Stu said, releasing his hold and letting the 'mask' slap against his face, conforming perfectly to it and completely granting him the body of Gideon Grey, albeit now with a bit more of a bucktooth going on, a little side effect of the takeover. His eyes opened, no longer were they blue but an earthy brown.

The fox shook his head, his mind now cleared of the effects of the night howler.

"O-Oh gosh! Oh gosh Gideon I- I..." he looked over himself. Taller, stronger, younger and much more capable with not an aching joint in this body. "I.. think I'm gonna take a nice big vacation in your body"

Gideon Hopps now sat back, rubbing a hand slowly over his pink apron-ed belly as a grin curled up over his stolen muzzle. A wish and a dream come true~

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Get it? Going rabbit? Like going rabid, cause night howlers are involved? Yeah.. it's a bad pun :')


Big thank you to  PrinceMudeenu for doing this! <3

Gideon Grey and Stu Hopps © Zootopia