Derek watched, observing a small human family consisting of a a young boy, an older teenage daughter, and two parents; a husband and wife. There seemed to be some sort of disagreement of some kind, as they were all shouting and arguing with each other. It was rather hard to understand what they were saying, as everyone was talking over each other much to the dismay of mostly everyone simply passing by them. 

For Derek, he saw an opportunity. Not only could he fix the humans, but he could return the nice day everyone else was once having at the mall. He decided to do a bit of "counseling" for them free of charge, and they'd be much better after his intervention! He got up and adjusted his suit, approaching the scene. 

"Now then, what's going on here?" he asked looking at the father. 

"I'm just here trying to plan a nice day out with my family and they don't want to do anything but complain!" he shouted angrily. 

"We wouldn't have to complain if we had planned this out first! We're just walking around doing nothing!" the wife spoke up. 

"There's not even any good stores here! All there is are food stands and jewelry stores with stuff we can't afford! That and the kiddie playground!" the daughter added onto the shouting. 

"And I can't even go there!" the son added in with the rest, all getting their words in before quickly going back to bickering with one another.

Derek rolled his eyes, reaching into his suit pocket and pulling out his trusty gold pocket watch, holding it up and dangling it in front of the family. "If I can have your attention here I can fix all of these issues and more. Consider it my gift from me to you." 

All of their attention angrily went to the bird before all of their expressions drooped as they relaxed falling under the influence of the watch. 

"There we go, much better now. That's the thing with you humans. You find arguments in anything. You're out on a nice day and together and you choose to fight rather than appreciate what you have, which is each other. Many people out in the world don't even have a family and here you are complaining about your's. That so...human. I think it's time you learn a lesson in appreciating what you have. And for that lesson to be taught it's time for an upgrade. One for each of you." with those words being spoken, the transformation for each of the family members began. 

The father would grow white and black fur all over his body with a striped pattern along with a black mane going down his neck. Speaking of, his neck grew much longer while his face did very much of the same. The father's nostrils became much larger, jaw becoming stronger and longer with flat teeth. His ears became longer and more floppy while his hair grew all the way down past his shoulders. His shoulders slumped while his arms became thin. Contrary to that, the father's hips and rear both swelled outward while his legs became nice and shapely, full of curves. His feet morphed, turning into a black pair of hooves, completely tearing up his shoes. The father's spine extended out, growing into a decently sized tail with a tuft of hair at the end of it. Between his legs, his male reproductive organ would swap and with two breasts forming comfortably at the father's chest, they were officially now the mother! Their outfit altered, panties and a bra forming on top of a pink blouse and simple "mom jeans" as the father turned into a just under middle age zebra woman. 

For the mother, she would be going through a different yet similar kind of change. Her ears would turn triangular while moving to the top of her head. Her hair shortened, all while her facial features became broader. Her face pushed out into a slight muzzle with a pink nose and whiskers on each side to boot. The mother's adam's apple grew, becoming visible at her throat. Her breasts receded back into her chest, all while her curves became a thing of the past. Not only that, manhood would grow between her legs all while black fur covered her whole body. The mother's feet went up onto the toes as his feet turned into paws and legs digitigrade. From behind his now flat butt a thin, feline tail would form and complete the transformation into a simple back cat. His outfit altered, his old bra now a plain blue tee shirt on top of an open jacket that formed out of his old blouse. His pants loosened on his waist to become a looser fit completing the transformation into an older cat man, hints of gray in his hair for a nice salt and pepper look. 

The daughter would be the only member of the family that would be "lucky" enough to keep her sex the same through the transformation. She would not however be spared from a species change. Her body began to shrank down a fair bit, all while her curves started leaving her, breasts included. Her body became adolescent, only slight hints of womanhood left behind. Her body became covered in white fur while her ears became longer, moving higher up on her head with the insides turning pink. Her face pushed into a slight muzzle with whiskers. The daughter's feet became much longer and flatter while a small cotton ball tail formed behind. Her traditional bra morphed into a training bra while the rest of her outfit became a simple skirt and shirt combo with open toed shoes, the daughter regressing down to a pre-teen bunny girl. 

And lastly was the son. He would go through arguably the most drastic change. For starters, high age near tripled as he entered into early adulthood on the cusp of twenty one. That wouldn't be the only change for him, as womanhood would be granted to him in the way in way of quite sizable breasts along with generous curves to boot for the new woman. Her hair grew much longer, becoming tied in a ponytail all while turning a light silver. Soon animalistic features started showing up on the former son. Her face pushed out into a muzzle while black fur coated her whole body, with a white stripe going down her back. From behind her, a large and bushy tail formed out with her feet morphing into paws. Her outfit would be an "open" one, with a pair of short shorts and a tank top completing the change into a young adult skunk woman. 

And with that, the whole family was entirely different. For starters they were all animals, with a cat father, zebra mother, skunk eldest daughter and bunny youngest daughter, their family no longer containing a son. 

"There we go, that's much better." Derek smirked at his handiwork. "You're all a much happier family, done with your family day at the mall stopping to enjoy a fine meal before they go home back to enjoy some nice board games and perhaps a movie." and with that, Derek caught the watch and pocketed it. 

All of their body postures reset as they started coming back to. They seemingly ignored Derek, not remembering they ever even talked with him in the first place. Derek simply smiled, hearing them laugh and have fun as a family. That was much better, no more arguing, and all was as it should be.