Fate had given SnowGale a very special life. She was born into a special tribe that lives in harmony in the animals of the wild. But lately there’s been some bad things happening, and it’s up to SnowGale to do something about it, but at a price.

Over the last few weeks, the village has constantly been attacked by a wild cougar. No one can figure out why the cougar is acting this way, and to make matters worse, the cougar had a curse on it.

Thanks to that curse, every human that comes in contact with the cougar turns into an animal. While most to the transformed villagers lose their minds and go animal completely, a few manage to maintain their human minds and voices. They return to the village and try to regain their old live, some doing better than other. Basically, no one was safe.

On this life-changing day, SnowGale was making a necklace for her uncle. She kept thinking about her best friend, Mudsnout, who went into the forest to pick some berries. That was three hours ago, and now SnowGale was very worried about Mudsnout.

Putting down the bits and pieces of the necklace, SnowGale just couldn't take the impending stress of Mudsnout being away for this long, stressing even more as every second passed in time, almost like a timer waiting to go off at any given moment.

SnowGale decided to go find Mudsnout and make sure he’s safe. She gathered her courage, and headed into the forest. The forest was quiet and empty; all the animals were hiding, to protect themselves from the cougar.

SnowGale then saw something and hides behind a tree. She then carefully looked again at what she saw.

It was the cougar; it was standing next to another animal, a brown wolf. The wolf was lying on the ground on its side, injured and tired. Then, SnowGale recognized the markings on the wolf’s muzzle, the upside-down yellow V with the crescent moons on each open ends. That was Mudsnout’s mark, which meant only one thing, that brown wolf was Mudsnout.

SnowGale was shocked; the cougar had turned her best friend in a brown wolf.
At this point, all SnowGale could think about was how to get Mudsnout away from the cougar and safely back home.

The cougar slowly stepped closer to Mudsnout, with its claws out, ready to cause more damage. Mudsnout whimpered in fear as the cougar came closer and closer. SnowGale could tell that Mudsnout was scared. She couldn’t just stand there and let this happen.

Without even thinking it through, SnowGale ran over and tackled the cougar hard, knocking it away from Mudsnout. She then landed on his side, facing Mudsnout. “SnowGale, what are you doing here?!?!” Mudsnout said in shock. SnowGale answered, “I was worried about you, so I came to look for you.” “SnowGale…” Mudsnout said.

SnowGale then stayed still as her body slowly began to fall victim to the cougar’s curse.

Mudsnout then watched in shock as SnowGale’s hands twist, merge, and morph into paw, and the tan colored fur spread out her arms. Then, he watched as she grew a long, thin tail. Mudsnout was scared about what was happening to his best friend.
Then, SnowGale’s shoes magically vanish, allowing Mudsnout to watch as her feet become paw, just like her hands. Then, as the fur spread up SnowGale’s legs, her clothes began to disintegrate as the fur spread up her body.

Soon, her clothes were gone, & the only human part SnowGale had left was her face. But then, the final change swept through as her face stretch out into a muzzle. Then as a symbol that she was able to keep her human mind and voice, her symbol was etched onto her new muzzle, the snow white mountain with a snowflake in the middle. Her transformation was complete.

Mudsnout walked over to his friend and woke her up, “SnowGale, walk up.” SnowGale woke up and looked at her new body. “I’m so sorry, SnowGale. Because of me, you’re no longer human. I wouldn’t expect you to forgive me for any of this,” Said Mudsnout.

But, SnowGale wasn’t mad at Mudsnout, in fact, she just nuzzled against him and said, “why are you apologizing, I made to choice to sacrifice my humanhood to save you. Don’t forget, we’re best friends.” This made Mudsnout happy.

And so, SnowGale & Mudsnout returned to the village, where they now live their lives in peace. For since the day, the cougar has left the village alone completely.