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-Natasha's POV-
I was walking into Stark's lab to tell him that the pizza had arrived when I saw them behind a table yelling at me. The next thing that I knew there was this blue smoke everywhere, and I eventually fell unconscious as black dots soon covered my vision. When I woke up I was still on the ground with Tony and Bruce staring at me. I felt weird and everything suddenly looked so much bigger. My clothes that I was wearing was tangled up with my body.
I heard Tony talking but I was to dizzy to understand what he was saying. I stood up and overlooked myself for any injuries when I noticed I had fur. FUR! I looked down and instead of seeing hands and feet all I saw were hairy legs and paws! I quickly calmed my self down not wanting anyone to see that I was scared, and started to listen to what Tony was saying.
"Nat? Natasha..?" Tony asked wearily, "Is that you Red?"
I tried to say yes, but all that came out was a bark. I then preceded to threaten Tony, telling him to turn me back, but yet again it just came out as a bark bark and then a growl. I then tried to step forward, only to trip on my clothes. Quickly, I untangled myself and looked back at Stark, growling. He looked scared, which I was glad for. Bruce then ran out of the room and came back a few minutes later with the rest of the avengers. Plus Clint holding a pizza box. And then everyone started talking at once.
"Is that..?"
"OMGosh what happened?"
"Why is there a dog in here?"
"Ahhh! Natasha!"
Tony then yelled admittedly, "I may have accidentally turned Natasha into a dog!"
I faced Tony, kept on growling and snapping my sharp teeth at him. He did this to me, so he can turn me back. I then felt a tug on my newly found fur and I looked back to see Clint holding me back. I then snapped at him, making him let go. Running out of the lab and down the stairs, I ran into my bedroom door to open it. Tony better fucking fix this or else I'm shredding his couches. I couldn't believe it, I was a slobbery, hairy mutt! I then went under my bed, not wanting for anyone to see me like this. I tried to fall asleep hoping that it was all just a dream.
-Tony's POV-
Me and Bruce were experimenting with some dog DNA because I CAN. But then something went wrong and there was this explosion so we went to hide behind a table. Just then as blue smoke was the aftermath of the explosion Natashalie decided to come waltzing in. I started yelling at her to stay back but it was too late. The blue smoke from the explosion got to her and she fell unconscious with a thud. Me and Bruce had to wait for the smoke to clear before we came to check on her.
Only to find out that there was a dog laying there instead of Nat. But the thing that alarmed me the most is that I'm pretty damn sure that was Natasha. Well, mostly because the dog was tangled in Nat's clothes.
"Nat? Natasha..?" I asked wearily, "Is that you Red?"
She barked what I assumed was a yes to my question and then started growling. I told Brucey to get everyone and he then returned a few minutes later with Capsicle, Point Break, Legolas, and Witchy.
"Is that..?" -Thor
"OMGosh what happened?" -Wanda
"Why is there a dog in here?" -Steve
"Ahhh! Natasha!" -Clint
I then yelled out, "I may have accidentally turned Natasha into a dog!"
Everyone started to ask how this happened but before they could, Nat started to stalk towards me, snapping her teeth in my direction. Before she could lunge at me though, Legolas held her tail to keep her in place. After he grabbed her tail, she nipped at him and took off running, with Clint trying to keep up.
Capsicle then spoke up to ask, "Are you sure that is Natasha? How did this even happen anyways?"
"Yup. Pretty damn sure," I answered, "We were experimenting-"
"You were experimenting." Brucey protested.
"Okay, I was experimenting on dog DNA when Red decided to waltz right in here when there was a malfunction." I said pointing to the area which looked like a bomb went off. Which technically did happen. Point Break then walked out of the lab muttering something about going to Asgard. It just sounded like an excuse to me. "It's fine. It's fine, I will fix it."
"You better, Stark" Witchy spat out, angry that I messed something up again.
-Natasha's POV-
I was laying under my bed when I heard a knock at my door and then footsteps. I sniffed the air and looked out to see Clint holding a box of pizza. I wanted to say something about leaving me alone but I knew that all that would come out was a bark. So, I stayed quiet, hoping that Clint would think I'm not here and leave.
"Are you okay Nat?" Clint asked worriedly, "I can see your tail"
I grumbled and went further under the bed, tucking my newfound tail under my body. He set some pizza on the floor trying to lure me out. Like that would ever work. But because my senses increased tenfold, my mouth started watering naturally. It annoyed me, but oh did it smell so good. It was like the gods decided to leave a fresh and beautifully cooked food on the ground just for me. Like heaven on- I shook my head and internally growled at my stupid thoughts.
Although I tried to resist as much as possible, my dog instincts kicked in. When my stomach grumbled for food, I couldn't help it as I leapt forward, grabbing the box of pepperoni pizza with my jaws. Clint chuckled and walked out of my room, leaving my door open if I decided to come out. I involuntarily whined, wanting Clint to come back and comfort me. Making a big mess, I ate the entire pizza. I saw sauce on the floor and couldn't help it when I licked it up, not leaving a single piece of evidence that the pizza was even here. Well, besides the box.
I then climbed out from under my bed and decided to test out my senses. I put my snout to the air and smelled a bunch more things then I did when I was human. I could smell the tide used to wash my blankets, the smell of the pizza was still lingering in the air, I could smell myself and the stench Clint left behind, probably from not showering for a few days. I could smell which direction he went and the soap in my bathroom. My ears could hear almost everything happening, the sink in my bathroom was dripping water, the TV was buzzing, and someone's tea kettle was whistling. I couldn't see all that well far away but what surprised me was that I could see in the dark very well. At first, I didn't notice, until I looked up and saw that my light was off. Sure there was light coming in from the door being open, but under the bed was supposed to be pitch black.
I started to make a mental list of things to do. 1) Bite Tony. 2) Tear up Tony's couches and/or bed. 3) Figure out how to communicate. 4) Get back to normal. Simple. Right?
But then.. I felt it. I knew it would come at some point but I didn't expect it to come so soon. I went to my bathroom door, only to find it closed. I scratched at it once and then made my way down the stairs and outside of the tower. I was not at all excited about the idea of going to the bathroom in this new body. But I quickly shrugged off the feeling and went behind a bush to do my business. I was a spy for goodness sake. Even if I am a dog, I'm still determined to keep my dignity.
I made my way back inside when I started to feel sick. Why did I eat that whole pizza..? I started to feel the pizza come back up, when I had an idea. I ran as fast as I could to the lab. And just as I predicted, he was the only one in there. I started to gag and hack and then.. Well let's just say I'm thankful the author didn't want to describe it.
As I saw Tony start to get up, I ran behind a desk to watch the scenario play out. He started walking out of the lab when he stepped in the puke.
"Eewww! What the-" Tony exclaimed.
I hopped on out of my hiding place and started to prance out of the lab.
Tony looked at me in surprise, "Natasha?!"
I barked once as if to say "You're welcome" and continued to go all the way to the main floor. In the main area, Clint was playing Mario Kart with Pietro, Steve and Thor were nowhere to be seen, and Wanda was on the couch watching the boys play. I jumped up on Wanda's lap and laid down, comfy. Wanda at first gasped in surprise at my arrival. I felt her hand slightly graze over my head. Nudging my head into her hand, she started petting me. Unknowingly to me, I was wagging my tail, which brought a smile to Wanda's face.
After a few minutes, Wanda was laying on the couch, asleep while cuddling me. I knew she was having a rough time sleeping lately so I let it be. Ever since Pietro got shot, she had been overprotective of her twin brother, even though he was discharged from the hospital two weeks ago.
"ROMANOFF!" I heard Stark yell before coming into the living room.
Both Clint and Pietro paused their game and were surprised to see that I was there with them. I sat up as careful as possible to not wake Wanda and growled at Stark.
As soon as Pietro noticed his sister sleeping, he quickly said, "Shhh, Wanda is sleeping."
Tony walked out of the room grumbling some nonsense about dogs. I looked back at Pietro to say than you, but all that came out was a small bark that sounded more like a growl.
Clint chuckled, "We really need to find a way for you to talk." He then turned back to his game and resumed where they left off.
A small whine passed my lips in a response when I laid my head down. I slowly fell asleep as Wanda pulled me closer and buried her head in my fur.