Author's Note

Ah - sorry I took so long! I kept trying to write but it took a little while to plan everything and -
Excuses excuses! anyway I'm here to inform all you lovelies that chapters are going to start getting a bit longer, hope you enjoyed the read! - Fobus

The hunt begins

Delta

The sky was a pleasant blue that framed the bustling town perfectly, hybrids of all kinds hustling to their respective jobs. An elderly lizard man, his scales a dulled green while his yellow eyes shone with intelligence stood upon a pedestal, finger waving and vocal cords straining as he directed the activity of the town. Delta felt the sun's kiss upon her face as she looked up, closing her eyes and simply letting the heat envelope her like a warm blanket. An equally warm hand took her's in its grasp, clutching gently as a feather tickled her bareback as Pomella pressed closer.

"Yo Clint! Sorry I'm late, I had to make some breakfast for a house guest!" Delta calls, jogging forward as Pomella 'harumphed' from behind.

"You could have told me it would make you late!"

"Yeah but... I was hungry too..."

Clint, the lizard mayor of Grassy Cross turned his yellow gaze upon the two of them as his mouth curved into a toothy grin. "Good to see ya two up and about! I hope Delta made a good host?"

"Mhmm! She made me bacon!" Pomella chirped happily, Delta smiling a bit.

"I figured I should bring out the good stuff for a guest, although I'm low on my food supplies,"

"Well, that's some good timing! I had been planning to assign you to hunt as soon as you were up anyway - the arachnids requested a special meal for lunch,"

"Really!? Wow, I haven't seen that happen for years!"

"Why? Are requests really rare or something?" Pomella puzzled, glancing between the two of them with confusion in her eyes.

"Oh well you see miss, a racial request is a unique benefit this town offers for its inhabitants where one race of hybrid can request a special meal to be prepared for them particularly," Clint explained, gesturing to a nearby Arachnid as he hurried by with a basket.

"The thing about requests is that they require at least two-thirds of that races' population to agree with the request, so they can be hard to organize," Delta finished, glancing from Pomella back to Clint. "So, what's the special request? We just had a party last night so I can only imagine - "

"They're asking for another party funnily enough, specifically something along the lines of 'brunch' as they put it,"

"E-ehh? But why would they want another party after we just had one!?"

"Good question, but the majority of them agree and it's not like anyone is complaining about good food... well, none of the ones only eating,"

"Yeah... it's gonna be a pain to do... time limit?"

"Well its 9 am at the moment and the occasion is planned for 11, so you have to hours to find what you can and bring it back here,"

"Oh oh can I come!?" Pomella asked excitedly, feathers puffing as she looked up to Delta with hopeful eyes.

"E-ehh... as much as I would appreciate the help your a guest and - "

"Pleaaaase!?" oh boy, now she was begging. Delta even saw the beginning of puppy dog eyes, causing her to look away.

"Alright alright! Sheesh, anyway if your coming mind grabbing a basket for any veggies or nests we find? Oh - and just in case a change of clothes for me?"

"Mhmm!" and with that the bird girl was off, quickly sprinting to Delta's house to grab the clothes. Only moments later she remerged, sprinting over to Clint to whisper something in his ear. Delta watched in amusement as he chuckled, then pointed to a nearby storehouse before Pomella charged into the storehouse, practically leaving a dust cloud in her haste. Delta herself was going to a nearby weapons store to grab a spear for herself and Pomella - only resorting to her dinosaur form if necessary - before meeting her panting companion at their original position.

"You ready to go twinkle toes?" Delta teased softly, trading Pomella a spear for the extra pair of clothes.

"M-mhm! Whenever you're ready!"

With that, the two ran off in pursuit of whatever lay ahead of them - although, Delta hoping that included a couple of fat pigs and some chicken nests. Despite her nature omelets were her favorite food, and while she enjoyed bacon she preferred said bacon inside some well-cooked egg. Oh, with a couple peppers and seasoning of course.

Sixteen minutes later they were deep into the forest, Delta taking a moment to admire the sight. No matter how many times she saw the vibrant green of the leaves paired with the mahogany wood she never got sick of it - quite the contrary. It was as if the forest were alive, the buzz of yellow-striped bumblebees humming in the air. Fragrant flowers emitted enticing aromas as the trees stood tall and proud, housing all types of wildlife in its bark and among the branches. A small black nosed twitched from within a nearby bush before an orange and white blur with a bushy tail exploded from its leaves.

Delta, having been able to pick up on the slight rustles of the bush and preparing, launched herself forward spear extended to perfectly skewer the fox on its blade, piercing its heart and killing it instantly.

"Poor little thing..." Pomella mumbled softly from behind her as Delta approached her kill, gently easing the spear out of its side before tying its feet with a small rope and handing it off to the bird girl.

"Yeaah but we need the meat for the party, believe it or not, I don't enjoy hunting all that much even if I'm good at it," Delta commented idly, wiping the blood on the ground. "Its never fun to see cute animals die even if its for a reason - spiders and other dangerous creatures I don't really feel remorse for though,"

"Hey Delta, would you mind if I ask a random question?"

"Nah, ask away Pom,"

"What exactly are the hybrids living in Grassy Cross? I remember seeing at least four to five when we first got here, and I can't help but be curious..."

Delta reached down to pick a few edible mushrooms from a nearby tree, taking a moment to consider the question. "Well... the town is composed of four primary races, while there are smaller amounts of other - hey can you grab those veggies by your feet - hybrids, there being about four not including me,"

Pomella reached down to grab the nearby veggies, face screwed up in thought. "Okay... so nine races total including you... what are the main four?"

"Well we have Lizardfolk, Arachnids, then some cats and dogs," she listed off, counting on her fingers as she went. "Then we have a couple centaur... some lamia, a couple Dragonborn and even a few bird people,"

"Are they like me?" Pomella gestured to herself, fluffing up her feathers a bit.

"Similar except a bit more bird-like, some have beaks others have feathered arms that sorta thing,"

"Okay I think I get the picture... but if you don't mind me asking, what are you exactly?"

"Ah... well, I'm a hybrid of hybrids... you see, species are confined to their own race when it comes to reproduction for simplistic reasons - things get too complicated when races start mixing and even more hybrids join the town - which means I'm sorta 'illegal',"

"Ohh I see! But wait, then what are you a mix of?"

"I'm a mix of a dragonborn and lizard girl... she died giving birth, and my father ended up dying from breaking his neck... it's, funny actually - a dragonborn with wings ended up tripping on a set of stairs, wings got tangled up and well... yeah,"

"I don't think its funny... sounds awful..."

"It could have been worse - but thanks, Pom - anyway, the hypothesis is that his ancient blood mixed with her reptilian blood, and as such, I was a dinosaur hybrid... although the transformative abilities are still a mystery,"

"Ohh, huh I didn't expect - Delta, look!" Pomella cut off, crouching down and gesturing to Delta's left. She instinctually crouched down next to her before peaking over the bush they had taken cover behind, eyes widening as an evil smile curled the edge of her lips. Three huge, fat pigs were lounging around in the sun, one even on its side soaking up as much of the light as it could with its ginormous body.

"Now that... that is going to be a good hunt..."

Biovera

As she slowly clawed her way to the loud and bustling world of... awaked...ness, the first thing she noticed was a comforting warmth currently pressed against her chest. Something soft was pressing against her, and she couldn't resist the temptation to reach out and gently pet the top of whatever it was, her eyes still shut tight.

"Mmm..." the thing pressed against her murmured, and Biovera's eyes shot open as she looked down to see Selena hugging her tight, her head resting directly against her chest - over her heart, in fact. Instead of finding herself pulling away - which was what the rational part of her brain was screaming at her to do - she pressed a bit closer, a hand slowly gliding along Selena's back as she tried to remember last night.

"I was... drunk - tipsy, I mean - Selena asked me to join her in the room... then... t-then..." Biovera began to stutter as the memory slowly came back to her, face flushing. "H-hey Selena... you wouldn't happen to be awake, w-would you?"

"Mmm... five more minutes..."

"Ehh good enough... sorry for this," Bio apologized in advance before reaching up, grabbing the back of Selena's bra, pulled back then -
SNAP!

"Gah!" Selena cried out in surprise, eyes flying open as she pulled away from Bio, looking around in confusion. "W-whaa? What's up?.. What time is it?"

"Sorry, but I thought we should talk abo - er, nevermind... I think its probably 10 am based on the sun," Bio commented softly, looking out the window at the rising sun.

"Wait a minute..." Selena rubbed at her eyes before looking back to Bio, a small smile creeping onto her face. "So... did you sleep well?"

"Y-yeah, you're... very warm,"

"Aaaaand~?"

"... And we are sleeping together again tonight, understand?"

"Oh, with pleasure~" Selena purred softly, giving Bio something akin to a side hug. She leaned into the hug, a small smile tugging at the corners of her lips before disappearing as a blue figure appeared in front of them. She was struck silent for a moment, a mix of embarrassment and confusion holding her tongue. Fobus slowly looked her up and down, before raising an eyebrow.

"I honestly thought they would be bigger..."

"Y-you! W-what do you want!?" Bio yelled suddenly, grabbing a nearby pillow and chucking it at him. He chuckled, easily catching the pillow before tossing it back with a small grin. "Sorry to interrupt lovebirds~ but I thought I should warn you to keep your eyes peeled, things are starting to go awry - honestly, you always seem to come at the worst possible times..."

"Wait, what are you talking about?" Selena asked cautiously, glancing at the window which the covers still blocked the sight of.

"Just be wary little ones, you never know what will happen... now chow!" and just like that he was gone again, leaving Bio confused and worried - although, it was mostly confusion. Apparently, something was going down in this town - something they weren't going to like...