"What was that?" Kristofferson asked, arms shaking a little from fright.
Ash walked over towards him. "What was what?" he asked, looking around. "Are you okay? You look like you've seen a ghost or something."
Kristofferson shook his head. Did he just imagine that bright flash of light? Was he going crazy? In any case, it was over now; no need to worry about it. He started to say something to Ash when he was stunned to see Ash stuffing the fruit into his mouth, chewing.
"Hey, don't eat that!" Kristofferson cried. "It can't be safe."
Taking another slow chew, Ash then swallowed the fruit. "Oh, don't be such a spoil-sport. Here, have some," he said as he handed the uneaten fruit to his cousin. "It's good."
Uncertain, Kristofferson took the fruit, examining it in his paw. It still had what seemed like a bright glow to it, but he figured it was just the light of the tree reflecting off the walls. Sniffing it, it seemed safe, so he took a small bite. As he chewed, the fruit had an odd texture, like nothing he had tasted before. It felt stringy, almost meat-like in its consistency, but had a surprisingly ultra-sweet taste to it. Ash was right; it was very good.
Both boys took another bite and, after a few minutes, they had finished their fruits. Ash licked his lips as he looked at the tree again, his stomach growling. There still seemed to be plenty of fruit left.
"How much of that do you think you could eat?" he asked.
"I dunno," Kristofferson said. "I think one was enough." He burped, and then felt something gnawing away at his own stomach. "Then again, it was pretty tasty..."
Both boys approached the tree and each grabbed another piece of fruit from the low-lying branches. They began eating again, these ones going down quicker than the others. But their hunger only seemed to grow. They grabbed another, and another, slowly eating all the fruit on the tree.
All the while, they didn't notice the changes that were happening to their bodies. It was only when they had each eaten ten pieces of fruit that they looked at one another, and gasped. Something incredibly strange had happened. Unbeknownst to them, the fruit had caused them to...
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