"I wish... Abby was a fairy!" It was all he could think of, as he played a videogame where fairies were unaffected by dragon attacks, and their own powers were strong against them. The two fairies looked at one another and nodded as if they knew he was on to something.
Not a moment too soon, as Sandra was getting the upper hand, having knocked several of Abby's heads unconscious and choking the remaining two. Amethyst pointed her hands at Abby and the hydra began to glow brightly. The emitted energy knocked Sandra away, stunning it. Abby coughed and gasped for air as her changes began.
All but one of the heads vanished, the neck of the remaining one shrank as the head lost its horns and regained its hair. Scales and claws retracted, leaving behind human skin and nails. Her tail shriveled away and her body regained her gentle, lovely curves.
Abby expected the changes to end, but she shrank further. Wondering what was happening, she stood up and put her hand to her ears as she felt them lengthening, and sharpening. She then hunched over and clenched herself as she felt a strange pressure on the inside of her back, a set of pink butterfly wings pushed out and unfurled. As they fluttered and lifted Abby up into the air, a gown of flowers formed on her body. Jim was awestruck at what his girlfriend had become.
"Get ready with the Human vial!" Amethyst shouted. "Quickly!"
Jim saw Sandra was recovering from being stunned, and quickly began rooting through the case of vials.
Mara and Amethyst flew over to Abby and grabbed her hands. "We must combine our powers to stop the dragon," Mara said, "can you do this?"
"I... don't know." Abby said.
"Don't worry, we will guide you." Amethyst reassured her. "Just feel our magic, and you will know what to do." The two fairies held out Abby's hands as their own magic began to flow through them. Abby could feel their power as well as her own resonating with it. She channeled the same power through herself, adding it to the other two's spell. Just as Sandra lunged for them, jaws wide open; several ribbons of energy flowed from the fairies' hands, wrapping and binding the dragon with her mouth still open.
"Do you have it!?" Mara shouted.
"Got it!" Jim answered, holding up the vial marked 'Human'.
"Good," Amethyst said, "then give this beast her medicine!"
Jim nervously approached the dragon, "Hurry, I don't know if I can keep this up!" Abby shouted. Her words gave Jim the resolve to continue. He opened the vial, and was about to pour the contents into Sandra's mouth when he was pulled back by one of the griffons. The vial slipped from his grip and was crunched by Sandra's massive jaws.
Jim looked up at the griffon, Junn. "Wouldn't want to see you disarmed." he joked.
Sandra spat out the shards of glass that remained of the vial and she slowly shrank back to human size. Her draconic features slowly ebbed, revealing a nude woman.
"Oh, jeez!" Junn said covering his eyes.
"What, you don't like seeing naked humans?" Jim asked.
"Not when they were your mother." Jim gave Junn a bewildered look. "Long story; this was involved." He said tapping the case of vials.
Bechanna pinned Sandra down as she regained her composure. "Go ahead, kill me." She said in a defeated growl. "At least I'll be reunited with my children."
"We told you, we didn't kill them." Bechanna insisted. "The fact is, he IS one of them!" She gestured to Junn.
"It's true," he said, "and the fairy Amethyst, is Amy."
Sandra looked around, but couldn't find the fairies. "Wh-where is she!?"
"Only children and magical creatures can see fairies," Junn said, "but she's still here." Junn continued to explain how he caught the fairies, how Amy became Amethyst, and how he and Becky became griffons.
As Sandra processed everything, Jim realized something; the difference between Mara's and Amy's transformations "If transforming by fairy magic instantly makes you forget you were human, then..." Jim turns to Abby, "...Abby?"
"My name isn't Abby, it's Absinthe." She said, confirming Jim's worst fears.
"Looks like we've got two problems on our hands." Bechanna said.
"Jim still has mine, and Absinthe's wishes." Mara said. "Plus, there's the remaining vials. we still have some options to fix all this."