...it's time to sleeeeeep...

"Hey, wake up."

"Mmmmhh..." I grumbled.

"Wake up sleepyhead."

"5 more minutes..."

"WAKE UP !"

I suddenly opened his eyes to find myself on top of a sand dune, sitting on a big cushion settled on a carpet. Around me, nothing but sand as far as the eye can see. The sky was pitch black with shinings scattered everywhere, nonetheless he could see as bright as day. And in front of me, another person, also sitting on a cushion, wearing traditional and bright-colored arabic clothing, like a cheikh of some sort. This individual, with his tanned skin and androgynous look, couldn't be classified as a man or a woman.

"Good awakening, Andrew Bigstick." greeted the stranger.

"Wh-where I am ? Who are you ? What is this place ? Why am-"

"Wow wow wow, slow down champ. One question at a time, please. But to give you answers: i'm a reaaally really old Sumerian deity, Ishtar, and this is my lair. Another question ?"

"Hum... are you... a man... or a woman ?"

"I'm neither and both, since I'm a deity. Next ?"

"Why am I here god Ishtak ?"

"Just Ishtar please." kindly replied the divine one. "As to why you're here, it's simple: after eons and eons, I'm afflicted by boredom."

"So you kidnapped me to entertain you ?"

"Not quite. You see, for I am the deity of reproduction, among other things. So, every now and then, I like to find a mortal that has potential - like you - and I give him a little trinket of mine. Behold mortal: the stone of the Breeder."

Between me and Ishtar, a column of light springed from the ground, enlightening a stone, as big as a mandarin.

"So, hum, what does it do ?" I asked.

"Well" answered Ishtar " for the poor ones unlucky with the ladies, it gives them a little help. Indeed, the stone allows it's owner to mix a human female's feature with one belonging to another species, awakening the animal instinct of said female. It's quite easy, just take the stone in your hand and think strongly of the said species. Futhermore, it can fully arouse this instinct, allowing the owner -in this case, you - to make the female his by breeding her. Do you have any question ?"

"B-but I can't do that, she won't be able to go outside ever again !"

"Fret not my little mented, for I have thought of that. You and only you can actually revert the lady back, at least physically."

"Physically ? What do you mean ?"

"It means that once you changed her, you cannot change her back. You can give her the appareance of a human, but inside, she'll never be one again. Consider yourself warned."

I carefully took the stone, quiet. I didn't know what to say, I was taken aback, it was too much for my poor brain, until my train of thought was interrupted by the divine being. "It seems it's time for us to part away. Farewell, Andrew Bigstick."

"Part away, what do you-"

I was short cut, feeling like I was falling all of a sudden, the world around me becoming brighter and brighter...