"You know, something about you puts me in mind of a squirrel" Elspeth told James "I think that is what I should like you to be, for a while at least"
"But mistress, I don't..."
James' words came to a halt as he felt a tingling sensation pouring over his body, then heard the disconcerting, unmistakeable sound of a witches cackle as her spell began to physically alter him.
James stood there helplessly as brown hairs, his usual colour, began sprouting on his arms, then legs, spreading the rest of his body, quickly thickening into a fur that covered him from head to foot. Looking down he observed that the fur on his chest and stomach was a lighter colour than that on the rest of his body. He then looked further down and was alarmed to see his feet reshaping, stretching into claws. His hands had become paws already, his fingers fused together, his fingernails sharpened.
It was at this point James fell naturally onto all fours, his body altered in a way that meant it was no longer comfortable or even possible for him to stand upright on two legs. He began twitching his nose at the ticklish sensation of whiskers sprouting from his cheeks. His ears raised themselves to the top of his head and then the strangest sensation of all as the beginning of a new appendage thrust itself out agressively from just above his buttocks and speedily developed into a big bushy tail.
Finally, the changes were complete.
"Oh, you look splendid!" Elspeth clasped her hands together in triumph.
"Please, I don't want to be like this!" James whimpered, at least feeling some relief he had retained his voice.
"Don't make such a fuss, you'll get soon used to it" Elspeth ordered as she thrust a mirror in front of her victim so he was able to fully take in the extent of her power over him.
To James' surprise he was still recognisable, facially at least, his distinct features somehow blending seemlessly with those of a rodent. His genetalia also appeared to be largely unnaffected. The rest of him, however, was effectively a human sized squirrel. What on earth did this crazy witch have planned for him next?