Deal with the last two pairs

"It's been a while since we had a group arrive," you muse out loud. "Might as well take care of the two pairs with the youngest members. Maybe claim they were travelling together."

"Yeah, they're the most likely to get stressed," Sandra agrees.

As you start loading the four women on stretchers Calista says, "It's too bad, I liked their names. But it's probably best to come up with new ones."

Chloe smiles and says, "How about this?" She points at Jade and says, "She's now Avone." With more pointing she suggests that Amber should become Cornelia, Cornelia should become Jade and Avone should become Amber.

"That ought to mess things up enough," Harmony agrees. "We just have to make sure the new Jade and Amber get the proper eye colors and we're set."

As soon as you reach the lab your companions start making suggestions about potential fur colors, about which colors are in short supply among the catgirls in the manor above. After getting information out of them about any other family members you start your work with Nadia's older sister, Jade. Sandra really wants to try out a new fur color combination, a coat with a fringe of blonde fur on a red coat. Nadia has red fur, so giving her older sister some form of red coat makes sense.

With a touch of your magic along with a few carefully chosen cat hairs the woman formerly known as Jade becomes the catgirl known as Avone. Her eyes blink open, still the vibrant green that probably led to her original name. Her height doesn't really change, though 5'4" is the high end of average for a catgirl. Her body does tighten up, gaining a good amount of definition and her breasts follow suit, shrinking a bit to middle A cups. Not that they look bad on her small frame. Checking your notes you find her tail, a thin one, is a match for her younger sister.

As for the blonde fringed red fur, it appears with minimal extra tweaking from you. It's not quite as flashy as black on red, or white on black, but it adds a certain definition to her expression and highlights her ears and hands, where much of the fringe has formed. Her tail also leaves a bit of a golden streak in the air as the tip lazily flicks back and forth.

"Babies?" Sandra asks hopefully.

"She's already got one little girl to care for," you tell her. "If she wants more she'll just have to find a man. Also her belly is exactly as far from the right part of her cycle as possible."

You look over at said child and get to work transforming her too. Amber becomes Cornelia, who shares the same fur colors as her mother. She too keeps her original eye color, a striking amber. It's impossible to know for sure, but you feel she'll grow up to be a little shorter than her mom. All it takes to make sure both of them stay put is to place Cornelia in Avone's arms. Without the ability to form new memories, but with a hazy remembrance of one another, the two new catgirls just curl up together and purr themselves to sleep.

Now for the other two. The former Cornelia needs to become Amber, so you want that to be her eye color. Amber eyes and blonde fur often refuse to work together, but hey, that will make her a bit more unique, a good reason for her name. The reaction of her body is odd - you give her the right eyes and aim for fine blonde fur to match her long golden locks, but her fur shifts and the coat fills in as short blonde fur instead.

"Ohhh," says Calista as she takes in the new coat, "That's quite something. Very, ah, revealing."

She's not kidding. It's not quite like Helena and Harmony's fine white fur, which reveals by being so transparent sunlight shines through it, instead this new blonde coat is so short that it stays formed to the flesh beneath.

"It makes me think of Carmen's coat," Sandra says, checking through the transformation notes. "Except she's got short black fur, so it's not quite as showy. The only other catgirl we have with really short fur is Therese." She grins and says, "Therese always hides that short coat of hers, but I bet our new Amber here will be more like Carmen. If she was already 'helping weary travelers' with her sexy body I'm sure she'll enjoy showing off her thin coat."

"One of those few catgirls who has to wear clothes to hide their body," Sendrey says with a smile. "At least, when she's being good."

Harmony's been staring at Amber this whole time. Finally she speaks up. "She reminds me of someone else too. Doesn't she look like Cybil? I was talking with her the other day, and just... their faces, their hips, their ears..."

Intrigued, you open up a scrying window. For most catgirls you'd have no hope of finding them, but after Cybil struck out at that first inquisitorial dinner she's been practicing table manners and other forms of etiquette religiously. She's fixated on finding herself a nobleman, knight or other rich husband. Something you're not exactly going to discourage. Sure enough, the weather's good so the club of catgirls who are all interested in manners is meeting out in the garden, under the gazebo.

A little tweaking gets the scrying window lined up on Cybil, sitting there in a long dress, looking all prim and proper. "You've got a good eye," you say to Harmony. "Especially their faces. Almost the same cheeks and nose, the same ears."

"If these two aren't actually related, they can certainly pass for it," Sandra says.

Chloe squints at the scrying window and says, "Does she have blue eyes or green?"

Sandra checks the transformation notes, finally finds Cybil and says, "Nice. She's got green eyes. Just like Jade is going to have."

"Exactly," Chloe says with a smile.

Amber's long thin tail slaps against the edge of the table, as if it approves of Cybil becoming family.

"Cybil might get jealous," Sendrey comments with a giggle, "Amber's taller than her and she's got a bigger chest."

"She'll love her new sister, or cousin, or whatever we decide they are," Harmony says, like it's a fact set in stone.

"That just leaves one last lucky girl for today," you say, turning to Avone. You quickly change her, producing the first young teen catgirl, now known as Jade. You used the same blonde fur as her aunt, but added a strand of black fur for variety. Jade ends up with black fringed blonde fur, just like Alice. You have to change her eyes from their natural blue to green, but apart from that there's little that needs correcting. She's small, just 5'3" tall, but has a thick tail that will help her take up some space.

"Babies?" Sandra asks teasingly.

"She's fifteen," you reply.

"It would help keep her on the straight and narrow," she says, laughing. "But no, I meant her aunt. Jade here at least needs some cousins. And that short blonde fur is rare. Unique even."

You roll your eyes, but smile. "Where am I supposed to get some sperm or eggs? If you want her kids to have the same fur we need either white, cream or blonde fur."

Sandra looks at Jade and then back at you.

"No."

She looks over at Calista. Harmony and Sendrey both follow her gaze.

Calista puts one of her hands, covered in black fringed blonde fur, to her mouth as she realizes what's being suggested.

It's Chloe who breaks the silence. She wraps an arm around Calista's shoulder and says, "You wanted to be more adventurous, right?"

Calista squirms a little, but after some calming ear scratches from Chloe she comes around to the idea. She looks so out of place, perched on top of the table, straddling the unaware Amber. Chloe keeps a hand on Calista's lower back, rubbing it around in little circles.

Another spell takes hold, shifting an egg Calista must have dropped just yesterday into Amber's newly transformed body. A bit more effort is required to craft an egg for it to pair with, but soon there's a new life taking root in Amber's womb. As you're tying it to the wall of her uterus you feel a little tremor in the egg. It divides for the first time and separates all on its own. Identical twin girls for Amber, a lovely gift. And one day, each of them will be a lovely catch for some lucky young guy.

With that you move the new catgirls up to the recovery rooms. It doesn't take long for a giddy Nadia to arrive. She takes her older sister's hand and holds it like it's glass. She looks like she doesn't even want to touch little Cornelia for fear of hurting her, but the little catgirl leaps into her arms, giggling and laughing, so all is well. Nadia soon curls up on the bed with her sister and niece and falls asleep, completely worn out.

As for Cybil, she's always been excitable. It's actually one of her biggest problems when it comes to practicing her manners. But a pair of missing relatives? She's literally bouncing. Like a cat on catnip she runs into the room, sees them, then charges back out. After racing around and blowing off some steam she comes back and pokes her head around the corner, eyes wide. As Amber and Jade are still there she runs up and hugs them both.

Amber just hugs her back, hard. She still barely knows what's going on, since Doe hasn't finished explaining everything to them.

Jade wriggles and squirms, not pleased with the sudden attention.

Meanwhile, you reach out and test Cybil magically. Against the odds, it looks like these two really are related. They're first cousins, but still - the world's a big place. And if they're cousins... you check Jade, wondering about her relation to Cybil. The answer is quite the surprise - Jade is also Cybil's cousin. Which means both Cybil and Amber has other siblings and those siblings had a child together. Maybe they knew, maybe they didn't, but regardless it creates a rather strained family tree. Lucky for Jade she seems to have suffered no ill effects.

When you let the new family know Cybil redoubles her efforts to grab Jade, finally pulling her in close for a hug. Maybe the teen would have fought it a bit more, but she's tired from the transformation and her eyelids start to droop. When Amber joins in, sandwiching Jade between her aunts, the warmth and comfort finally get to her and she passes out. Your first teen catgirl looks very peaceful when she's purring in her sleep.

Renee quickly throws a blanket over both new families, tucking them in. With all that's happened you're sure all of them will sleep till dinner, if not even later into the night.