"You are going to be a cute little piglet" Elspeth informed James merrily.
"A piglet?" James repeated nervously.
"It's a baby pig" Elspeth replied ironically.
"I know it's just I...I don't.." James stammered unhappily but Elspeth wagged one of her bony fingers to silence him.
"I'm sorry, but it's no use trying to sway me with those big blue eyes of yours" the witch spoke sympathetically but firmly "I'm not going to let you wriggle out of this one. I've made up my mind!"
James realised had no choice but to abandon his protests and stand naked and helpless as Elspeth weaved her spell. Despite everything he had witnessed so far that day he still held out hope that she might be bluffing or overestimating her abilities. Surely nobody had the power to alter his form at will?
He soon had his answer as he fell onto all fours as if forced by an external presence. James could already feel himself becoming dramatically smaller, giving him an awful sense of being even more vulnerable against the growing, cackling witch that seemed to view him as no more than her toy. Looking down he witnessed the surreal sight of a pig's trotter where his hand used to be and which was now a part of him. He felt his skin tighten and harden, his face reshaping aggressively. His attempt to call out for help to anyone who might be able to hear him resulted in a pathetic sort of squealing, snorting sound. Soon the changes stopped. James was mercifully unable to see his new form for hinself but was in no doubt he was now a piglet. This was as real as it was horrifying.
"Aw, don't you look adorable" Elspeth mocked her victim, seeming to find the whole situation highly amusing "Now, I've had enough fun with you for today, I've got more important matters to attend to so you'd better run along"
James snorted at Elspeth in desperation. Surely she wasn't seriously planning on leaving him like this for the rest of the day?
"I said run along, piggy!" Elspeth seemed to have even less respect for James as an animal than she did when he was human "Don't make me do something you'll regret!"
Not needing to be told twice James scurried out of the room as fast as his little legs allowed him to.