Not wanting to miss out, Alice immediately went to the store after school. It was a medium sized brown brick building with a black sign with golden lettering that said: WIZO'S MAGIC SHOP!
Alice stepped inside. It was actually quite an nice little shop, it even had one of those bells on the door which rang when you opened it. "Hello." She called out. Nobody was there. She looked around and saw an old fashion mirror, she looked at her reflection and gasped, staring back at her was a much slimmer, much taller and more mature version of herself, complete with breast. Nervously, Alice ran her hands up her body and as she did so, so did her older reflection.
"Hello." Said a man and both she and her reflection gasped, she turned around and saw a middle aged man in a waist coat walk in from the back room. "I um... I came about the advertisement on the school notice board." She told the man. "Are you Mr Wizo?" The man smiled and shuck his head, "Sorry, Mr Wizo was my father, he past away last month, I've just inherited the shop and sent out that advertisement for some more help." He explained.
He looked over her shoulder at the mirro. "Admiring your reflection?" He asked her but before she could answer he said, "you could make that reflection a reality if you wanted to you know." Alice didn't know what to say. "Craving beauty isn't a sin, but there are many ways to go about it." He told her.
"Do you wish to simply become an older, more stunning version of yourself or do you wish to have the beauty of another?" Alice was at a loss for words, was this guy serious? "If you want the first option then I would recommend this," he produced a bottle of red liquid from behind the counter, "drink this and all your desires will be forfilled, but if you do this then there shall be some awkward questions to answer."
"Which is why I would recommend this," and he handed her a small black box. Nervously, she accepted it and slowly opened it up, inside was a silver ring. "A body swap ring, simply put it on and close your eyes then say the full name of the person you want to be three times and picture them in your head. Once you open your eyes you will have become that person and will obtain all their memories, avoiding any and all awkward questions."
Alice couldn't believe what she was hearing, the rational part of her brain told her this was all a con but then she rememebered the mirror and looked back at it. There was no way that could be a con. "How.... How much?" She asked the man. "For you, no charge. Consider it a gift."
She thanked him and began to leave. "Wait, what abou the job application?" She asked, remembering why she had come. "Tell you what, if your wish comes true how about you come back here to help advertise the store?" He suggested. Alice smiled, "deal." And left.