When you decide to shake up your life a bit and partake in a trip with a documentary crew, you have no idea that meeting an unnaturally friendly hyena and have it mark your backpack would be only the beginning of weird things to come. Whatever will you do when a leaderless clan of four male hyenas chooses you as their matriarch?

CW: hyena shapeshifters 141 au, fem!reader, written with chubby!reader in mind, general MDNI. Will be adding tags as the story progresses.

Part 1: Spotted Your first big animal encounter goes a little bit wrong. Or does it?

Part 1.5: [redacted] Johnny tells the rest.

Part 2: Tough Spot While trying to get over your things being ruined and get back to work, you find a new human friend. And four non-human ones. Which can save your life though?

Part 3: Blind Spot A respectful ghostly guest guards you through an important mission to pee in the middle of the night.

Part 3.5: [redacted] Simon comes back to the den.

Part 4: A Spot of Lunch You forget about your weird feeling for a moment, when two playful furry babies come visit and bring a gift.

Part 5: Spot on the Mark You have an unexpected visitor on a night stakeout.

Part 6: Local Spot A short procedural delay sends you back to your temporary home at the sanctuary, and a friend shows you around.

Part 6.5: [redacted] Coming soon.

Singular spin-offs/AUs to the AU

Hyena Cerberus!Ghost headcanons (headcanons, hyena!Cerberus!Ghost, poly 141 + poly141 x gn!reader elements, fluff, 1345 words) - what if we combine Alone operator skin with hyena!Ghost?

It's a Trap! (oneshot, hyena!soapgaz x fem!chubby!reader, fluff, 1109 words) - Soap and Gaz are willing to help you with a late evening task in the sanctuary... or are they?

Tale of Four Danaës Coming soon.

If you want to be tagged in each part of the series, comment under this post! Keep in mind that this series will contain NSFW moments, so minors and ageless blogs DNI!

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We fight every night for something When the sun sets, we're both the same Half in the shadows Half burned in flames We can't look back for nothin' Take what you need, say your goodbyes I gave you everything

Woodsmoke and fear~ he can’t ever know

AnS (c) Akizuki Sorata

Like okay, there’s a lot. But Shapeshifter fic. (I know this also has a lot of fic)

But like imagine Akaashi, ex-soldier Akaashi, who was thrown away or was taken as POW when a storm hit the ship he was on. He somehow manages to survive and end up in a strange looking island surrounded by Fukurodani crew and Karasuno squad. He was taken to see the Grand King and was assigned to the leader of the Fukurodani clan, which is BOKUTOWL

But like they totally don’t trust him and stuff so he got poisoned where he died for a few minutes only for him to GASP and open his eyes which looked like owl eyes and pass out again. While unconscious he didn’t know his body was contorting into weird angles and that his flesh SPLIT OPEN and bloody bones was quickly forming, along with muscles and tissues. Bokuto was Not Amused by the fact that Akaashi was poisoned and ordered a search for who did it and continued fretting in the fact that Akaashi. Has. His. Back. Split. Open. And that flesh and his flesh and bones was slowly forming ... wing like structures(?)

Bokuto was flabbergasted. He calls for Kuroo, Daichu and begrudgingly Ushijima. Meanwhile, Akaashi woke up and gained consciousness only to wish he wasn’t. His screams reached Bokuto’s ears. He ran back inside the infirmary only to see feathers growing out of Akaashi’s wing like limbs. He stopps Akaashi from ripping it out, at the same time Kuroo, Daichi and Ushijima arrives. They were SHOOK at what was happening. Bokuto explained that Akaashi was poisoned and that he kinda died for a while before he woke up with golden eyes and weird limbs.

Ushijima theorized that Akaashi might have a dormant shifterblood and that the poison only kills humans not shifters. So with the human side dead, his shifter side had no choice but to ‘awaken’

The Shift ended a few hours after dawn with Akaashi having a pair of wings. He woke up with confusion and pain also... something heavy on his back? He tried to reach out only to realize his hand was tied to the freaking bedpost. He struggles and accidentally ripped the entire headboard sending it flying towards the opening door, and knocking Daichu unconscious. Kuroo was dying of laughter, Bokuto is panicking and Ushijima just looks at the passed out body and walks inside the infirmary. He got closer and Akaashi backed away and threw the next thing he could. Which is a basin filled with dirty and bloody water. He didn’t hit Ushijima but it got the attention of the two people out side the door. Kuroo drags Daichi to one of the beds and also approaches Akaashi.

Bokuto asks how he was doing which he sarcastically answered that he liked being tied on a bed. Kuroo whistled while Ushijima just looks confused. Akaashi touched his back while Bokuto explains that he tried to claw his wings out. Akaashi stopped feeling around his back when he realized that, holy shit I’m holding a feather attached to my back. He tried to pull one out when pain shot up from his back. He looked behind him and saw a flurry of black and brown. It felt weird.

Fast forward a few days, Bokuto was teaching him how to fly and stuff. When he heard that one of the members of Nekoma was injured. The medicine was located on top of a cliff located at the forest-y side of the mountains. It’s impossible to get there unless in human form due to the vines. The smallest in member of the clan couldn’t go because he sprained his ankle. The King heard of the news and decided to let Akaashi prove it to show his loyalty. He begrudgingly did but on his way back, he was attacked by something black with red eyes. He tried to climb higher and higher till he reached the highest part of the cliff which is a giant tree that has a lot of vines. Below the cliff, the shifters waited anxiously but was confused when they saw Akaashi go up rather than go down. Kuroo poointed towards a black spot that followed Akaashi up. Bokuto quickly transformed into his owl form and went up. Akaashi tried to get away only to get stuck in the vines. He panicked and the thing reached it claws to swipe at Akaashi, it caused his leg to bleed and he got more tangled with the vines. His unfolded wings were stuck in an awkward position. He saw the thing was about to slash when he slashed first with the knife he used to gather the herbs. Coincidentally he also slashed the vines holding him.

He fell and unconsciously closed his eyes praying for a swift death. Bokuto was almost at the there when he saw Akaashi freefalling. Everyone was holding their breath. A few of the Karasuno and Shiratorizawa clan shifted and raced forward to catch Akaashi. Akaashi felt something other that fear in his gut and embraced that feeling, thinking it was acceptance towards his death. Instead, he was suddenly shifting into his owl form. It didn’t hurt more that the first one but the brightness did hurt his eyes. He lost his balance a bit but the gliding slowly lowered his descent which is the reason why Bokuto managed to swoop in and catch him. He panicked but saw familiar golden eyes staring at him. Together with the few shifters who was about to catch him, they went back to the ground. And even on owl form, the herbs he took was still clutched in his claws.

Fast forward a few months, there is war. The black blob that attacked Akaashi was a demon. It’s clan was slowly wrecking havoc across the lands. Clan leaders and soldiers were called to launch an attack before it could make worse impact at the lands.

A few weeks have passed that with Akaashi reading all of the books they have in the Fukurodani collections. One of the books opened a passage which led him to the question how thick the tree trunk is. He followed it down and saw more books one that mentioned the first clans and their creations. One clan dabbled into the dark arts that caused other clans to isolate them. The next ruler was driven into madness and used the dark arts on all of his subjects. He quickly took the book and raced to the castle.

He arrived but was stopped because he didn’t have an audience with the king. He quickly transformed into his owl form and searched the castle for the king. He heard his voice and followed it only to barge in a war meeting. He ignored the stares and the growls and threw the book at the table. It stopped in front of the Grand King. He took it and sarcastically raised an eyebrow. He was held by palace guards now when he shouted that it was the Dateko Clan. Instead of pacifying the king, it seemed to enrage him more, he quickly ordered his men to confirm this and if true, kill them regardless. Akaashi screamed at him that the rest of the clan were just puppets to the leader and that killing the leader would be enough to lift the spell.

He was almost ignored until one of them, the gray haired one, asked if it was true. He replied with yes and it was considered. He was dragged out of the room and was put in a room, chained to the bed, temporarily. He looked at the window and saw dozens of people were shifting into their animal forms like felines, wolves and birds. He wondered if it was too late. The door opened and he saw the king. He stood up and just looked at him. The king approached and ordered the guard to release him. He was then given a silver dagger.

It turns out, while he still very much wants to slaughter the entire clan to have certain victory and safety, the gray haired guy and Bokuto begged for him to reconsider. Which he did. But only if Akaashi managed to kill the leader within an hour after they launched the attack. While most were unconvinced, Bokuto volunteered at guarding Akaashi. He was uncertain but with the pressure knowing that dozens and maybe hundreds of lives were at his shoulder, he took the dagger and set off to the sky.

They did manage to find the leader. But it was proving a bit impossible to defeat him. Ten minutes before the end of the given time, Akaashi was clutched by his wings and Bokuto was thrown away somewhere. The dagger was still sheathed inside and hidden inside his boots, when Bokuto came back and launched a spear directly towards it. It hit it on the forehead which caused it to loosen a bit of its grip on Akaashi’s wing. He took the chance and swing forward, ignoring the burn in this back, and stabbed it hard in the eye. It squeezed its fist hard that he actually heard his bone crack before falling face down and firmly impaling the dagger. Akaashi felt dizzy from the pain in this body. Faintly, he can see Bokuto trying to talk to him but he was so tired, and in pain. So he closed his eyes.

(Went with a magic!AU vibe for this one, Nonnie. Hope you enjoy it!)Aegon sat on his throne, staring down at the monstrous white wolf chained before him, a wolf that had been damn near impossible for even the elite of his Kingsguard to take alive.The wolf was large as a horse, with snow white fur and blazing red eyes, and it took heavy chains, held by Aegon’s own magic, to hold it. The heavy collar about the wolf’s neck had required three men to lift and it pained a part of Aegon to have had to resort to this but the War with the North had raged for nearly two years and people were dying and this, his advisers claimed, would help end the war.“You have been brought here, son of House Stark,” Aegon declared, staring down at the wolf, which growled and showed its vicious looking fangs. Fangs that had maimed his own great-uncle during its capture. “As a hostage. You will serve as the weight needed to force your father to end this war. To kneel retreat his armies north of the Neck and remain there as the Kings of Winter have since the time of Aegon the Conqueror.”The wolf growled again and suddenly lunged forward, the chains straining and it came to sharp halt only when it had no more chain behind it. People gasped, crying out in fear of the creature breaking free, and Aegon struggled to hold his magic, to hold the chains.