James was attempting to clear his mind from the strange encounter with Kayla when he left the tent while he was lost in thought. was she just mocking him in some way? she could of been a really bad magician, but Either way, she was nice. thinking it was time to leave as there was no point in hanging around this carnival anymore that He may as well just head back home as he was stuck in this strange backwards town, but it was home. It seemed like there was nothing else to do at the carnival today.
before James arrived back home that after a short walk is when a cute girl who always seemed to be his next door neighbor smiled at him as he walked past. "hi James, How was the carnival today?" She enquirer. "I was thinking of heading over there myself sometime later today."
"don't bother on going today. there wasn't much there, all except a magic show...(low gurgle!" James responded. The pretty girl politely pretended to not notice the strange involuntary gurgling noise he had let out at the end of his sentence, but she had to ask. "Where did that come from." James wondered to himself?
are you ok there, Maybe I'll give it a rain cheek and miss it." the young lady said while she smiled. "Is there anything you need there?"
"No, no! I'm good, but thanks anyways -gurgle!" James replied. The lady was visibly trying to look concern while holding in a laugh now.
"Um sorry, just a little gator in my throat." a little embarrassed that James mumbled by in a way of explanation while he quickly headed into his house. When he got to his room is when he fell and laid down on his bed as he spent a few moments trying to convince himself that he didn't just made a complete fool of himself to her. it was probably just been a strange case of hunger issues when all of a sudden he let out the loud gurgle sound again once more, but This time that he hadn't even made an attempt to speak.
He clasped his hand firmly shut over his mouth when he noticed something strange happening to him. even more bizarre to him that it was clear to him as it was unmistakable when he saw his hand had scales. He checked his other hand to find it was in the same condition as they ended in claws. they were mostly alligator hands now. "Ok, they were DEFINITELY not like this before-gurgle." James said softly to himself with a panic in his throat.
James then thought about that girl from the carnival tent for a moment. the girl from at the carnival did said something about 'animal magic' before she muttered some kind of incantation. no, there was no way it could be true that there must be a reason for this. a rash, a trick, or something as James was way too logical to believe in witchcraft or anything supernatural like that. There had to be an explanation for this, there had to be.