..frog"
Elspeth finished her announcement after a slight dramatic pause. Charlotte flinched a little, but carried on holding Elspeth's gaze. Was this really happening? Could Elspeth actually do that? Having just seen a teacup turn into a fully grown naked man she could hardly rule it out, and the old woman certainly didn't look like she was bluffing.
Still, if she backed down now she may as well just let Elspeth do whatever she wanted to her anyway like she did with James. He called her Mistress and acted obediently and when she met him he had been a yoghurt. If there was one thing she knew about bullies it was never to show fear.
That became increasingly difficult as she felt the room growing around her, her body getting smaller slowly but surely. Looking down she was shocked to see her skin turning green, she held out an arm in front of her to see the webbing that was now growing between her thinner than usual fingers. She must have reacted visibly as Elspeth let out a triumphant cackle while James was looking down at her with a mixture of sympathy and guilt, helpless as he was to stop this.
It was at this point Charlotte shut her eyes tight and tried to pretend none of this was happening. It didn't completely work. As she felt her body shrinking and reshaping in an increasingly aggressive way the thought kept running through her head that she had made a mistake defying Elspeth after all? Still, it was too late now. A day wasn't that long and frogs? Well, they weren't the worst creature out there. They were cute. Kind of.
Before long there was no recognisable sign of Charlie, just a plunp greenish brown amphibian sitting where the naked girl had been.
"There" Elspeth smiled down at her. She was like a giant looming over poor Charlotte now "hopefully you'll see sense this time tomorrow. Or we can keep playing this game as long as you like"
"Whatever" the frog replied weakly in Charlie's voice. It was a surreal sight to James but seemed a familiar one to the witch.
"I suggest you two make your own entertainment for a while" Elspeth announced as she prepared to teleport herself elsewhere "I do have other matters to attend to beyond mere mortals"