Book One/Chapter Two

## Brief Summary

Felicity gets transformed into Catalyst, and goes to her friend Chase's house.

## Detailed Summary

### Chapter Two: The Furry Curse

Felicity's cat, Snow White, begins to play with the strange crystal that had appeared in front of Felicity, and Felicity reprimands her, stating that the crystal is likely dangerous. But when Felicity grabs the crystal, a blue ring of light begins to travel up her arm and then her whole body. Following it, her appearance begins to change. Felicity panics, but can do nothing as a black and white leather suit appears over her body. A tail also appears from her rump, and a strange "blue rock-thing" on her chest. Her panic begins to increase as she looks at her pawprint gloves, exclaiming that, "This can't be happening."

She climbs out of her window and frantically shushes her barking dog, Victor, reassuring him that she is, in fact, herself. She tells Victor to guard her mama, and that she's going to look for Flame Lily, as Flame Lily must know what's happening. Felicity begins to blindly search around for Flame Lily, increasingly feeling weird and 'like a freak' walking around in her new suit. Eventually, she decides to go to her friend's house instead.

She bangs on Chase's window. When he opens the window, groggy, he does not recognize her and is highly confused. He even worries that she's going to hurt him. When Felicity angrily tells him that it's "Felicity Destine! Your best friend of two years," Chase suddenly recognizes her. He questions why she's a 'furry' now and allows her inside his room. Felicity begins to protest that she's not a furry, then looks at herself and, with horror, states that she is a furry now. Chase teases that there's nothing wrong with that, but then focuses on how and why she is a furry now, asking if it was cosplay. Then, he gasps and excitedly asks if she's a superhero. When Felicity protests that she's not, Chase exclaims that she must have been chosen after having some big moment. He even worries if her parents are okay, implying that her parents needed to be hurt/dead for her to be a superhero. Felicity confirms that they're alive.

When Chase presses how she became a superhero, Felicity stresses that she's not a superhero, and she just needs to figure out how to 'fix' this. She thinks about her normal life and that, while others would call it boring, she was quite content with it. Chase is aghast; he hounds her for wanting her life to be 'back to normal' and says that this is her chance to do something awesome. Felicity gets annoyed, freaking out about how being a superhero would ruin her life and get her into danger. When she cites that superheros get injured every day, Chase dismisses it by saying they 'bounce back' and must have magical healing powers. Distracted by this line of thought, he then asks Felicity if she knows her superpowers yet and her name.

Despite wanting to respond with a harsh and snarky comment, instead she answers, without thinking, "Catalyst," for her superhero name. Chase gushes about how cool the name is and her suit, saying that she looks kind of dog-like but that he can "see the cat-thing." He asks how she came up with Catalyst, and Felicity, confused at herself, answers that she doesn't know. She thinks about how Flame Lily chose her own name. She shakes the thought away, saying it doesn't matter and that she needs to figure out how to undo it. When she gestures to herself, Chase's attention gets caught by the strange chest-orb. He questions what it is and does, placing his hand on it. Felicity swats his hand away, annoyed by him and unnerved because she could feel the touch. Chase apologizes, then starts to tease her about how the chest-orb looks like a "third" something before Felicity cuts him off, threatening him that he'll find out what her superpowers are real quick.

They share a brief chuckle, before Felicity's mood dips again. She states that the transformation hadn't come with an instruction booklet. Chase eagerly says they can figure it out together, and that he could be the 'man in the chair.' Felicity says she would never trust him with being the tech guy, reminding him how he once burned himself on a microwaved hot dog. Chase relents but says he's still her loyal bestie, and she agrees. When she asks how they're going to figure this out, Chase goes to his makeshift bulletin board. He asks her how she transformed, but when she goes to answer, she feels a sudden, all-consuming panic and says she can't tell him. Chase is startled, and when she tries to explain that she 'just can't,' he starts to appear hurt. Felicity quickly rushes to reassure him, insisting that she *wants* to but *can't*. Realization dawns on him, and he comments that people thought it was a government thing as to why superheroes and villains wouldn't reveal how they got their powers, but that it must be a magic thing instead.

When Chase starts getting over-excited again, Felicity reminds him she doesn't want to be a superhero, but then there is a sudden explosion and rumbling outside. Felicity feels a rising dread, but Chase tells her- calling her Catalyst- that it's her time to shine.

## Characters

### Important

* Felicity Destine - first appearance as Catalyst
* Chase Robinson - first appearance

### Minor

* Werekitty (Blue) - as Snow White
* Stealer - first appearance as Victor
* Flame Lily - mentioned

## Trivia and Notes

* Chase burning himself on a hot dog refers to how I (the author) burnt myself on a hot dog.