Ty stumbled upon a trail. It was clear as day to his ranger eyes. A large man had come by here. From the way the footsteps were spread out and the branches broken he must be huge, the deepness of the footsteps implied him being heavy. Maybe it's Aaron, he picked the muscular warrior.
"I think I found Aaron." He said to his backpack. A soft high pitched raspberry sounded back.
The trail was easy enough to follow even if the trail was quite old.
Ty ducked behind a bush as he came upon a clearing. At the centre of the clearing was a tall muscular man. His hand held aloft as if to smite someone. Yet he wasn't moving. His hand hang still in the air like an empty threat. As Ty peered through his hiding place he saw nothing else.
He slowly crawled a little closer, still nothing and the large man remained still like a statue.
Ty backed away slowly and using his powerful frog legs launched himself up a tree. No, it still looked safe.
Ty jumped down again and walked into the clearing. As he approached the large man he noticed that it was in fact a statue. It's grey stone skin shone in the sun. It was an oddly clothed statue though. Wearing nothing but two leather belts strapped around his broad chest. Some shorts were around his ankles. He absolutely towered over his own diminutive form. A sword almost bigger than Ty was at his feet.
Ty walked around to the front. Yep, this was Aaron as a statue. Even transformed into a hulking statue he could recognize his face. Suddenly their eyes met and Ty jumped back.
"What the fuck!"
Aaron's eyes followed his movement. A pleading look clearly visible. "Aaron? It's me Ty. Can you hear me? Uhh, blink? Or wiggle your eyes or something?"
Aaron's eyes made several frantic downward movements. Following his gaze Ty recoiled. Standing erect from Aaron's crotch was a throbbing erection dripping pre cum. Just begging to be touched.
"I'm not touching that." Ty said resolutely. "We need to fix you. What happened?"
No reply came. Ty racked his brain, damn he was happy to be a ranger now. "Was it a basilisk or a gorgon? Move your eyes side to side for no."
The eyes moved side to side before resuming their frantic downward movement.
Ty hadn't expected it to be either of those creatures to be honest, from what he knew Aaron would've turned completely into stone if they were. But he needed to be certain. "Was it a witch?"
The eyes kept moving up and down.
"Right. Let me look for clues."
Ty searched the clearing, it took a few minutes before he finally found something. A footprint. Smallish. Once he found one his ranger abilities were able to discern others, they moved around statue appearing to inspect Aaron and ultimately moved away and out of the clearing. The trail was old though, but he should still be able to follow it.
"Okay Aaron. Don't panic. I'm going to track down that witch and find away to restore both you and Steph."
"Oh right, I forgot to mention I have Steph here with me as well." Ty reached into his bag and presented the tiny naked green balloon Steph to the giant statue Aaron.
He briefly wondered if he should use Steph to get Aaron off somehow. They seemed to like each other well enough outside of this game, but it was probably not for him to decide. He could try the muscle potion on himself and maybe carry Aaron? The size difference would be a problem though. He could try turning Aaron into a horse, but could he even drink a potion in this form? And would he turn into a live horse or just a horse statue?