"Hhmmm," said Sam, still not tearing her eyes away from the monkey girl standing near her, "I'm not sure I'm ready for such a drastic change just yet. Maybe I'll start with something smaller while we check out the rest of the store."
"I suppose that makes sense," said Amy, though she was a little disappointed that Sam wasn't ready to jump in headfirst, "anything here you want to start with?"
"Uhhh..." said Samantha, casting her gaze around the shelves. "Ah! Here's a more human section of candies."
She walks over to a shelf with candy boxes that all had colorful images of humans on them. Some looked somewhat normal, while others seemed to be garish stereotypes.
Sam started listing them out. "Bimbo Bites, Gothic Lolita's Black Licorice, Beach Bunnies, Princess Pineapple, Maid Marzipan, Witchy Wafers, Nerdy Nougat...oh!" She pulls a small pink box off the shelf, on its front was a cute cartoon girl with luscious hair in a frilly dress. The writing on the package said 'Girly Gum!' Samantha flipped it over and read the description on the back;
"Girly Gum, let out your inner Girly Girl one chew at a time! The longer one chews this gum, the more Girly they will become! Pop some bubbles for extra bursts of girliness! The bigger the better! Effects will start to wear off after 4 hours unless more gum is chewed."
"That doesn't sound too-oo-ooh bad for you," said Lina, flipping her box of candied bananas to inspect the back, "something small and temporary like you were looking for." She peers closer at her own candy box, "Mine says permanent for one month unless magically reversed."
"There's a warning on this though," said Amy, reading over Samantha's shoulder, "avoid cheeighwwing more than two pieces at once, or more than four in 8 hours. Unstable Girliness may result."
"I'll keep that in mind," said Samantha, already tearing off the plastic from the Girly Gum package. She pulled out a bright pink block of bubblegum and stuck it in her mouth. "Ooh" she said, shivering slightly, "it's very sweet."
After chewing for a few seconds she looked over herself, her face falling in disappointment as she didn't notice any differences.
Amy noticed her expression. "I'm sure it takes a little bit of cheeeighhwwing before it becomes noticeable, we'll keep an eyeeiiigh on you as we wander the store more."
"First though," she said, stepping towards the human candy shelf, "let's get some insurance in case weeeiighhee change our minds."
Amy reaches up and grabs a simple box before showing it to the other two. On it were a very normal looking man and woman next to the label, "Human Honeybites: A Classic Return to Form".
"Goo-oood idea Amy," said Lina as she finished another cartwheel, "Maybe grab a co-oo-oouple boxes? We don't know what other stuff we could end up taking home with us."
"True," said Samantha, who was absentmindedly chewing her gum. She lifted herself up on her tiptoes to grab another few boxes of the human candies.
Amy eyed the 5'5" redhead as she pulled down the treats. She really was quite cute, with shoulder-length copper hair, the faintests of tans, and rather supple legs. It was while she was examining these legs that she noticed Samantha's first change was occurring.
"Sammy, look!" Amy said, pointing a hoof-tipped finger at her new friend's ankles.
Sam looked down just in time to notice her socks were shifting in her black Vans. Her previously no-show socks were creeping up, rising just above her ankles, their color shifting from a bright white to a pastel yellow.
"Whoa," she said, dropping the candy boxes in surprise, "That's awesome."
As all three of them watched, the edges of the socks started to ripple and waver, before a small bit of frilly ruffles ringed her ankles.
"How cute!" said Samantha excitedly, "I wonder..."
She brushes a strand of straight copper hair back behind her ear before chewing and working her jaw ferociously. Amy was about to ask what she was doing before Samantha pursed her lips and started blowing a bubble. It didn't get too big before it popped over her lips.
Suddenly with the popping, several things happened in quick succession. Sam shuddered and dropped in height by about two inches, leaving her at 5'3". The strand of hair that had kept falling in her face was suddenly held back by a cute white hair clip, and the shoulders of her blue t-shirt *flumped* out to become slightly puffier.
"That's so cool!" said Sam, steadying herself against the shelf as she adjusted to her new height, "You look even bigger to me now Amy!"
Amy nickered in amusement, bending down to pick up the candy boxes that Samantha had dropped.
"Glad it works as adveeighrrtized." she said, still nickering, "Ready to check out more of the store? I'm thinking of going on a shopping spree."
"Yeah!" said Lina and Sammy in unison. All three of them went wandering off together to look for other magical things to buy for themselves.