Bio couldn't help but watch as the black mane the dinosaur sported, a tuff of black spikes along part of its neck and on its head softened, looking strangely like hair while the figure continued to shrink. The claws on its hands and feet shrunk along with the hands, two more digits growing from the hand while the feet sported a similar change. The tail thinned even more till it had a whip-like tip, the rest of her body finally becoming mostly humanoid.

Bio was fascinated with the rapid changes, her mind cataloging the changes in the background, part of her hoping she could reverse engineer the transformation to make herself into a dinosaur. The hair pooled on top of her head, forming a pixie cut while her snout began to contract into her face. Her body became more vertical than horizontal, her chest beginning to grow out to what Bio could only guess to be a double D, to her surprise. She would expect a hybrid that could transform to sport a smaller set for convenience if nothing else. In the matter of a minute, the dinosaur that had stood before them was now a lithe, fairly tall female.

Her skin was purple with small patterns of rose pink along her arms and stomach. Her eyes were gold - the kind of gold you would see in golden coins people would kill for. Vertical pupils stared back at them as well as a small, toothed grin. Gold patches of scaled were scattered randomly along her body, a few of them just under her eyes almost like freckles. Bio couldn't help but stare at the evident muscle on the girl, especially the six-pack she was sporting... which she could see quite well since she was naked.

"O-oh o-o-oh my - " Pomella stammered, seeming unable to comprehend Delta's appearance, and promptly fainted. Selena and Delta looked to her with surprise, although Delta seemed more confused. "Uhm, is your friend there alright?" she questioned, tilting her head to the side a bit.

"Yeah she'll be fine, she naps enough... I think your... lack of clothes, surprised her," Bio commented, turning her head to the side slightly as to not stare. Selena seemed unable to take her eyes away, although Bio couldn't tell what she was staring at - the muscles or the assets.

"Oh, really? I forgot that happened - my mistake!" Delta laughed, then she noticed Selena's gaze and her smile dampened a bit. "Hey uh, mind if I put something on without an encore?"

"R-right, sorry!" Selena stuttered, quickly turning around and staring straight ahead, a small blush on her face. Bio felt a strange emotion well up from her chest upon seeing the blush, but... she couldn't put a word to it. It didn't feel like the nicest of emotions though, so she did her best to simply ignore it while the sound of shuffling feet came from behind them. Then, a minute later Delta called, "Alright, you can turn around now,"

Bio and Selena both slowly turned together to glance at Delta, who still wasn't wearing much - only a pair of panties and what appeared to be... a chest wrapping? It made her body look a bit better proportioned in Bio's opinion, her chest looking more like an average B much like her own size, although she couldn't help but feel a bit bad for the girl.

The binding meant it must have gotten to a certain point from wherever she was from, but she could only guess the exact reason. Selena also seemed a bit shocked, yet she also seemed sadder then she was shocked. She had just opened her mouth to say something when a shuffling sound caused her to look back, seeing Pomella slowly get up. She grumbled something to herself before looking back up again, seeing Delta - but she didn't faint as she had before.

"Wait, what happened to your - "

"So, I'm guessing you guys are heading to the town right?" Delta spoke over her, eyes flicking to Pomella with a hint of nervousness before taking them all in, smiling wide. Selena was looking slightly worried and Pomella was frowning in open puzzlement, so Bio decided to take lead again while they figured themselves out. "We weren't aware there was a town, we had heard there may be one but that nobody from where we came from had been there,"

"Ah, I see! Well, you're lucky I came along, giant spiders aren't something to play with," she commented, kicking a nearby corpse without thought. Bio nodded and gently nudged Selena's shoulder. "I can see that now, we probably could have handled them though,"

"Well if that's the case why did you need my help, hmm?" Delta teased, the smile seeming much more genuine this time.

"Hmhm, who said we did?" Bio joked, and Selena sighed softly shaking her head.

"We thank you for the assistance, even if not completely necessary," Selena conceded, smiling at Delta who returned with a grin of her own.

"Wait, where did you get clothes? where could you have been hiding them during all that..." Pomella pondered softly, and Delta chuckled while Bio frowned softly. She could tell this was Pomella's attempt to ask about the binding indirectly, which she found... clever, but not appropriate for the situation. "A girl never tells her secrets~ Now come! We should get to my village," Delta proclaimed, beginning to walk forward as her tail flicked from side to side behind her. After only a moment's hesitation, the three followed, catching up to her fairly quickly.

It took them another hour of walking before they reached the village, grassy plains stretching as far as Bio could see to either side of them, small holes spotting the terrain here and there with peaking furry faces. It was nice to see such a peaceful place after the claustrophobic walls of the ravine, and she couldn't help but take a deep breath of the fresh air as they neared the village. "I'd like to welcome you three to my village," Delta called to them proudly, gesturing ahead. "This here is Grassy Cross, my home town,"

Selena

She couldn't believe her eyes! Hybrids of all types roamed the pathways and played in the park, she could hardly name them all. She saw lizardfolk, arachnids, a couple centaur, lamias, she even saw a couple of cat and dog people scattered around. Although as the began to enter she couldn't help but notice that Delta seemed to almost stiffen as they entered the town, legs going just the tiniest bit more rigid as she walked ahead, keeping a small grin plastered to her face. Before she could think about it more though the villagers began a commotion as they saw them enter, many walking or slithering up to them with large smiles.

"New people! they're all so pretty!"

"I wonder how they got here - "

"They have a hybrid with them - "

"Maybe she'll join us here - "

The voices clattered for attention, everyone speaking over each other in their excitement. Pomella took one step closer to Selena, seeming slightly nervous from all the attention. Selena felt for the poor girl - it was like half of the villagers were focused on her alone simply because of her bird-like features. The crowd was getting so loud too, Delta seemed to be having trouble progressing as it grew thicker and thicker, seeming to surround them. Selena began to feel a slight bit of panic, remembering the fishmen of Innsmouth, imagining them pressing on in them to sacrifice them...

"Man, your such a pushover," a voice scolded in front of her, seeming to speak directly into her mind. She glanced up to see Gemini frowning at her, then at the surrounding crowd. "Honestly, you have the power to subdue all this yet you do nothing, not used to it eh?"

"Not exactly, plus it's not worth the pain just to stop some yelling..."

"your new... 'friend', seems to be getting uneasy," Gemini nodded to Delta, who indeed seemed to be growing tenser at the second from all the attention. Selena had a feeling Delta was actually an introvert, which meant this probably wasn't one of her favorite situations - especially when she had gone through the trouble of helping them.

"Ugh... fine, what do I do?"

"hmhm I found your trigger~ anyway, you can use those gloves to decrease all this noise for starters, and probably make a couple of them loose interest," Gemini explained, Selena looking down at her gloved hands. The metal in them was still digging into her flesh...

"Alright I'll try, not much point to question these things since they make no sense to begin with," she sighed, raising one hand.

"Oh they make sense, what your doing now is just round-about logic of preventing sanity," Gemini dismissed flippantly before vanishing, Selena focusing on her goal. A spike of pain like a hot iron seemed to jab itself into her wrist and she gritted her teeth against a yelp of pain, but then a small amount of magic flitted through the air. It pulsed out from her hand in a sphere, every villager it touching suddenly going silent as if they had seen a ghost. Some even seemed the slightest bit spooked, before deciding it wasn't quite worth it and walking away.

Bio and Pomella glanced to her nodding and she nodded to Delta, causing them both to glance at the dino-girl. Bio gave a slight nod while Pomella seemed worried as they noticed the tension, all three remaining silent. About half the villagers walked away, losing interest just as she had hoped while those that remained seemed much more orderly, and a lot quieter - thank god. With a note of satisfaction, she noticed Delta become less tense, turning to look at them with confusion evident in her eyes.

"Anyway, come come we must throw a celebration for these visitors," an elderly cat man called, the remaining villagers cheering in agreement. While they started to usher Selena and Bio towards the picnic tables they had set up Pomella split silently from the group, going to Delta's side. She looked at her with some confusion and nodded toward the retreating group. "Shouldn't you be going to celebrate?" she questioned, tilting her head slightly.

"I was hoping to stick with you actually, I can't imagine I'm exactly a familiar face but still," Pomella piped up, giving her a small smile. Delta seemed a bit taken aback before giving a slight nod, eyes glancing back at the party. "Is everything alright?"

"Mmm? Oh yes of course! just... thinking," Delta responded lamely, rubbing the back of her neck self-consciously. Pomella slowly raised a hand - hesitating for only a moment - before gently placing it on the small of her back. Delta stiffened, but Pomella could tell - or she at least hoped - it was mostly in surprise. "If you want me to remove my hand simply say so..." she murmured softly, patting gently. Delta didn't say anything, only giving a small nod in appreciation.

Author's Note

Fobus - Couldn't think of a better name then Grassy Cross, eh? Oh fun fact, Delta is loosely based on -
A-anyway! I didn't name it it's just what it's called, heheheh... anyway I hope you enjoy the chapter! Oh, and Delta is based on the dinosaur Deltadromeus - definitely nothing else