"Is that it?" James asked politely as Kayla finished her incantation.
"Yeah I, uh, guess I need more practice" she tried to stifle a giggle.
"Oh, ok, well I really need to go now" James responded with apologetic confusion.
"That's fine" Kayla shrugged "I'm sure I'll see you later"
As James left the tent Kayla cackled gleefully to herself. The spell had worked for sure, and James would find that out soon enough.
The curse he was under meant from now on James would transform into random animals at random moments. The curse could range from just picking subtle behaviours of a particular creature to transforming fully into a different species. The timing of the effect was equally random and could last for minutes, hours or days. Even Kayla wasn't exactly sure how the curse would work but she would certainly enjoy finding out. She just loved toying with innocent, unsuspecting people.
Blissfully unaware of the curse, James arrived at the cafe for his date with Melanie. He had been friends with the cute, buxom brunette for some time and hoped it wouldn't be awkward moving out of the friend zone for the first time.
"Hey, I thought you weren't coming" Mel looked at her watch jokingly.
"Sorry, I got stuck talking to some crazy lady" James smiled back "So how are you?"