Kayla smiled to herself at the audiences obvious cynicism. None of them seemed to believed she could pull this off, so why not employ a bit of showmanship and make her trick twice as impressive? That would really blow their tiny minds.
She gestured for the audience members to quieten down, then fixed her gaze on the attractive young woman next to the empty seat where James had been.
"Excuse me madam, but can I ask your name?"
"Lucy" Lucy replied.
"Did you come here with James?" Kayla enquired.
"No, we actually just met" the bottle blonde smiled back.
"Oh, well perhaps you would like to join your new friend on stage" Kayla offered.
"Oh" Lucy seemed a little surprised but not unhappy "Yeah, why not!"
She turned and waved theatrically to the crowd and received warm applause, as well as a couple of wolf whistles, in return.
"Ok, now we have two lovely volunteers to transform" Kayla asked "Raise your hand if you have any animals in mind for them to become. They can both be the same species, or two different ones if you prefer. And don't worry if I don't pick you first, the night is still young!"
As Kayla surveyed the hands Lucy turned to James and grinned "I hope they go easy on us!"
She seemed to be enjoying herself ,utterley convinced that magic couldn't be real and this was all just a bit of fun as Kayla decided to take a request from..