Changes

His attention caught by the swaying tail in front of him as Leto led the way into his cave, Chaos didn't even notice the pile of puppies there until it was too late. Way too late.

The tiny little face that suddenly yawned up at them and called Leto "Mama" was the first horrifying inkling that something was wrong. Those swirling colors on the little pup's pelt were pure Aeris, but those bright purple eyes... uh oh.

A bundle of colorful energy rocketed around him, and Chaos flinched back at the unexpected noise. Were those... spots under those purple eyes? His heart lurched further when the bundle of noise asked if he was their dad. "Ah..." He glanced helplessly to Leto, and the vindictive grin she sent him back was rather telling.

And then the final blow. A third pup meandered over to the first, this one without those Saxe-purple eyes, a much paler silvery color of blue than any of his family bore. But again, those oh-so-familiar white dots beneath his eyes, and worse... this bulky little pup stared up at him with the same fangs he'd seen in his own reflection his whole life.

Chaos sat very abruptly, feeling very much as though a bison had kicked him in the chest. "Leto?"