As Beth Anne and Chris were looking at the various portals, one arrested his attention immediately. These were windows into other realms of reality and the one on display really enticed him. And for good reason, for it showed a beautiful woman bathing in a forest pond, surrounded by graceful women who attended her every need or were bathing or frolicking about. All were scantily clad, or indeed not at all. All girls were beautiful yet the one in the pond bathing was the most gorgeous. At first Chris thought he was seeing a naturist camp but he thought better of it because they wore clothes reminiscent of ancient Greece. All were rather fleshy, and buxom, yet in a nice way, as in a Renaissance painting. The forest was green and lush too, with summer sunshine beaming through the branches. There was hunting apparatus and a few hunting hounds as well.
"Who is she?" said Chris, aghast.
"That is Diana. Or Artemis. Goddess of the hunt and the moon. Of wild beasts as well."
"She's beautiful," whispered Chris, entranced. "A goddess... I want to meet her..."
"Are you sure? Because..." started Beth Anne.
"I want to see her more. At a closer look," Chris insisted.
The window worked solely one way, for the moment at least, and Chris was glued to the scenery and naked ladies as if his life depended upon it.
"Listen, the goddess Diana is very beautiful but she..."
"Please! Send me there, now! I want to talk to her! If she's not interested, fine, but I want to try scoring with her! Imagine! Come on! A goddess! Or even one of her friends! Do this!" said the foolish lad.
"You should really consider..."
"Just send me there already!" he said aggressively.
Beth Anne sighed and opened the portal in earnest, leading Chris to jump through it eagerly. The portal closed immediately. Beth Anne sighed. And yet another poor schmuck that should have listened more in the mythology part of their literature classes... Well, it was his choice, wasn't it? She just hoped that Diana would not go too hard on him. He was a bit of a moron but not mean or cruel or anything...
As for Chris, he got his wish. He stumbled upon the group of women, who all gasped and stared at him wide-eyed. The one that was a goddess startled and widened her eyes, but just for an instant. She covered herself and frowned tremendously sat the insolent intruder that had just interrupted her bath.
"Who are you, you impudent mortal?" she said firmly.
"I... Well... My name is Chris and I wanted to meet you..."
"During my ablutions? For what purpose?" she demanded.
"I saw you here, so beautiful... And I want to know you because you're so, so beautiful..."
"You spied on me? To seduce me?" she exclaimed, outraged.
"Yeah..." stammered the poor fool.
"You claim to seduce me and take me to your bed? I? Diana, the goddess of virginity? And you eyed me and my followers that have sworn never to be intimate with a man or to have a male gaze cross them undressed? Have you no shame or sense whatsoever?"
Chris fumbled. Oh. He hadn't seen things that way... This was bad, very bad...
"I had the last mortal look upon me in the nude killed by his own dogs! No man must gaze upon my unclothed body! None!"
She rose, fury dancing in her eyes and ready to kill Chris instantly. He could feel it. So much that he tried one last desperate attempt to calm the deity in front of him.
"I'm... I'm no man, really... A boy, as you can see... Almost a kid... You wouldn't kill a boy, would you?" he stammered desperately.
"You? A mere child?" the goddess scoffed. "Do not try to fool me. No man must look upon my nymph servants and I without facing dire consequences! None, you hear me!"
"I'm no man! I'm a boy ! You said 'man'! I beg you!" pleaded Chris.
Diana scoffed again but then peered again at the cowering youth in front of her. She then smiled evilly and talked again. Chris was reassured, alas for him for a rather short while.
"Indeed, you ARE young. But as no man should see me in the nude, let us change that, shall we?"
Chris felt immediately a blast of magic engulf him and his body transform.