As the group was walking through one of the numerous valleys on their way to the Camp, a week and 3 days into their possibly 3 week journey, when they heard the thunder clap rumble through the air. The clouds rapidly darkened, unnaturally so, and the group was soon the victim of a torrential downpour and howling winds. As they tried to fight through the squall they quickly reached a consensus as to find shelter.
"There should be a cave just up ahead," Vect yelled, desperately trying to be heard over the storm.
"I sure hope that nap is right- ackh," yelled jack as a flying stick hit him as it flew by. "Otherwise I'm gonna kill that old man for sending us this way."
After slowly pushing their way through the winds and rain, they found their sanctuary in a mountain side. Panting and soaking wet from the rain the group was able to finally relax.
"Looks like i owe the old man an apology when we get back," said Jack panting heavily. "We never would have found this place even if it was clear if it wasn't for the mapresulting ."
"I'll get a fire going," said Sara. "How? Any wood we find would be wet," asked Lelu.
"How about some illumination," suggested Vect as he used the light spell Lelu taught him to create a ball of light on a near by wet stick. "It may not give heat, but it'll do as a torch."
"The cave seems to go deeper, should we see where it goes," asked Jack. "Might help to see where the back of it is."
They left the cave opening and proceeded deeper in. After a few minutes of walking they heard the flow of water. As they continued, the group found an absolutely beautiful sight. Hidden in the back of the cave was a hidden grove covered in foliage and surprisingly warm. They followed the sound of the water to a flowing clear stream and at the top of a hill in the center of the grove was a tree. They approached the tree and found it only bore 3 fruits none of them recognized.
"What do you think," asked Sara.
"I think I'm tired, I'm soaked and chilled to the bone, and I'm hungry. I say we spend some time here take a bath in the stream and divide this fruit for us. Any other suggestions," Jack asked, looking to either side to get his friends reply.
"I concur," answered Lelu with a sigh.
"As do I," said Vect as his stomach growled in hunger.
"Ok, but how do we split it up," asked Sara.
"Rock, paper, scissors," suggested Jack.
Vect, Jack and Lelu won out.
"Here, I'll share mine," said Vect. "I know the travel rations are a better alternative starvation, but why do they have to taste so bad," Vect held out the strange purple fruit. Sara pulled out the dagger he had given her and cut it in half for them to enjoy together as jack and Lelu wolfed down theirs. Despite being hungry earlier, they felt full after eating the fruit.
"Well, I'm fed, but I'm still soaked and there is a stream over there and I feel like going for a swim," Jack jumped up and began to drop his gear on the ground.
"Mmmm, that sounds great," said Sara and they all dropped their gear on the ground and proceeded to the stream. As they reached the stream, the group began to disrobe and hang their clothes on near by tree limbs. As they took off their clothes, sara caught sight of Vect's and Jack's bodies and felt a stirring in her loins, bringing her mind swiftly to her phallus. Lelu doesn't know about it. Sara had shown her that she was a succubus, but not the dick. 'Well, no time like the present,' sara said and dropped her pants, leaving her whole body exposed to show them all. As they had traveled, the trio had begun to enter the starting stages of puberty, with Sara's breasts and hips slowly growing as well as, much to her dismay, her tail, horns, dick, and balls as well, Jack getting more bulked up, and Vect getting taller and gaining some muscle himself. Lelu looked up and saw Sara's organ and her jaw dropped in shock.
"I thought you were a girl. What the hell is that then?"
"Sara is a girl," said Jack as he returned from retrieving some soap, sara taking notice of his own organ before quickly looking away and descending into the cool water. "She just got that one night at school, along with her horns and tail. Before that, she could easily pass for a normal human," Jack joined them in the water, the depth only coming midway up their thighs.
Sara didn't understand why she felt this way, they had showered together when they were at the thieves school, so why was she feeling so nervous and her stomach was in knots. Suddenly the feeling intensified, and forced her to bend over in pain. 'Oh gods, am I changing again? Please no, not again,' thought Sara in horror. But as she looked up, Sara saw that everyone was doubled over. "Gahhh! What the hell is happening," yelled Vect as he felt his body stretch upwards. Sara's stomach was doing somersaults, her heartbeat increasing rapidly, when she felt something in her crotch and looked down as her sack had dropped down and was swelling, followed swiftly by her formerly 3" long 1" thick phallus extending and thickening to 5" long and 2" thick as it then hot very hard. Looking at the others, sara saw that Jack and Vect's was doing the same. All four of them were growing taller, the water level formerly stopped midway up their thighs now only came up to their knees. Glancing at Lelu, Sara saw her hips and rear push outward as dark curly hair began to form on her crotch as well as her small breasts push outward, gaining mass and developing a fold as they grew and sagged slightly from the weight. Sara's own hips and butt began to swell as she also developed with her breasts growing faster than Lelu's had. Sara then felt new sensations as her other developments finished, starting with a tugging in her tail as it slowly extended downward towards the water swinging back and fourth as it grew. The tail finished it's growth at 27" long and had gotten a little thicker at its base, then a feeling of pressure formed on her forehead as her small horn nubs pushed outward as they began to curve upwards and backwards, stopping at 4 1/2" from her previous 1" size. Her last changes were a tugging in her ear tips and a slight pain in her fingertips.
As the rapid and painful changes finished and the discomfort faded, the group looked up at each other and strangely, felt a sense of embarasment at the realization they were all naked together. All of them covering their privates and breasts as they turned bright red and trying to conceal the fact that they were clearly very turned on. "Ok, what the hell was that," asked Vect in clear and understandable distress.
"I- I think we may have advanced in age," said Lelu as she walked over to her clothes hanging on the tree branch and pulled out her card to see if it had changed. "Uhh, if this card is correct, and it always is, we are all at least 1 year older. I entered here 14 years old and now my card says I'm 15 and a half." Taking stock of their changes: they found that Jack and Lelu had become hairier in places with Jack getting some peach fuzz on his face. All of them had grown at least 6 inches taller, some filling in more than others with Jack becoming the most muscular, Vect being the tallest, Lelu gaining the largest rear much to her embarrassment, and Sara getting the larger breasts and surprisingly second largest balls behind Jack.
"Lets at least finish bathing and then we'll talk about how to proceed," said Vect.
They finished their wash trying desperately to avoid each other's gaze and maintain their new sense of modesty in awkward silence.