The Big Zookeeper fell backwards into the cage he'd brought in for Damien, knocking Percival in with him. Allie quickly got up and locked the cage.

  "Hey! What do you think you're doing?!" The Big Zookeeper yelled.

  "I think the zoo's found their new attraction" Allie grimaced.

  "Yeah? And who's going to run it, huh?!" The Big Zookeeper growled.

  "According to this list I found, Gary Davison is next in line" said a voice from behind the twins.

  Allie and CJ turned around to see a boy, a few inches taller than them. He had thick, wavy brown hair and deep blue eyes. And he was naked. CJ covered his eyes. Allie realised who it was. It was Damien. She quickly averted her eyes as Damien began rummaging through the drawers. Once Damien had put his old clothes, a blue t-shirt and some baggy jeans that barely fit him, the friend's started walking towards the zoo's entrance.

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  "I had no idea you were a teenager" Allie told Damien.

  "The majestic lion look didn't help, did it?" Damien laughed, "I'm fifteen, actually"

  "Wow, so much older than us," CJ said, "Dad's not going to like it"

  Allie and Damien took that as a joke. When the friends squeezed through the entrance's bars, they realised they had to go their separate ways.

  "Well, Allie and CJ, it's been a blast" Damien told them.

  "Sure has, Dames" CJ said, saluting him.

  "Are you saying goodbye?" Allie asked him, holding both his hands and staring into his eyes.

  "Do I have to?" Damien asked.

  "No" Allie grinned.

  "How about a date tomorrow then, Miss First Time Teenager?" Damien asked her out.

  "Sounds...Amazing" Allie sighed.

  "Daaaaad!" CJ yelled as he began fast-walking home.

  "Shut up! Don't you dare!" Allie screamed, running after her idiot brother.

  Damien stood, hands in his pockets, watching Allie run. Her long, blonde hair flowing in the late night wind. As the twins disappeared, he turned away and headed towards his house, wondering if his family would still be there. There was one thing he hadn't told the twins. It had been three years since he was turned into a lion. Now he was human again, though, he didn't need to.