Sage's pov 2 years ago from present day: I crawled up the stairs on all fours. Ugh. Why do I do this, I'm 11! Then it happened. Again. A bushy tail, swishing along with me. It wasn't real. Then why did it feel real? I sighed. I needed to grow up. Stop imagining things. But an urge pushed at me... I looked it up. There were lots of explanations, most probably fake as they said things like ur prob a maniac furry or something, but one word caught my eye. Therian. I looked it up, and it showed lots of people like me! Even people who dressed like me! My current outfit was a black cropped t shirt with an oversized brown sweater on top, as well as blue and green patchwork pants and brown arm warmers. I was still confused and didn't know my kintypes, so I flipped through my animal encyclopedia to see which ones I felt connected to. My eyes landed on one. Pallas's cat. It was a small fluffy wildcat, typically pale bluish grey in color. I knew this was one of my kintypes. And then I had my real awakening. I was trying to do quads, and I shifted! I began making fox vocals and pounced on my bed. I soon found out that my 2nd theriotype was a cross fox!
Pls use They/ them when talking about sage btw at this point main characters were 9 lana and lily had just found out about alterhumans and fuyu would in a few months.