Just then, Justin, Mike, Andrew, Tyrone, Gary, Bill, Brian, and Ty came walking down the street, and they had all spotted Allen on the basketball court.
They decided to play some basketball, so they walked on to the court. One of them had a ball with them, so Allen realized that he no longer needed to keep Peter in the shape of a ball. But, he decided to wait a little longer, before he brought Peter back to his original human form. After all, he could easily do that, since he could transform Peter anytime he wanted, and into anything he wanted.
“Hey Allen, wanna play a match? I guess we got enough people here, to actually play a complete game!” Tyrone said.
“Sure! I’m in!” Allen cheered. “I’m a captain of the Shirts team!”
“Okay… I guess that makes us the skins!” Tyrone responded, as he removed his shirt.
“I pick Ty…” Allen said, as he pointed his finger at Ty.
“I want Justin” Tyron added.
“Brian”
“Bill”
“Mike”
“Andrew”
“Oh rats… We’re one guy short…” Tyrone grumbled. “Okay, someone needs to rotate out… I wish we had one more player…”
“Do we have a ball?” Allen asked him.
“I brought one!” Dustin said, as he dribbled his old basketball.
“Oh, well in that case, we won’t need this! Here’s your player!” Allen cheered, as he tossed the Peter-ball at Tyrone.
“What’s this?” Tyrone wondered, as he caught the ball with both hands.
“A Peter-ball!” Allen giggled.
“Well, speaking of Peter… Where is he? We could surely use him right now!” Tyrone wondered out loud.
“Peter’s right here, Tyrone!” Allen responded. “So stop your whining!”
“What are you talking about?”
“Tyrone… You’re holding Peter in your hands!” Allen pointed out. “He’s the basketball!”
For the moment, all the other guys were quiet, as they stared at Tyrone. He was a tall, skinny but athletic African American dude, and he was the best basketball player on the court. But, he had no idea what Allen was talking about. Only Ty and Dustin understood it, but they decided to remain quiet and to play along with Allen.
“Don’t be silly! Peter can’t possible be a basketball!” Tyrone replied annoyingly.
Suddenly, Peter’s voice came from the ball that Tyrone was holding in his hands.
“Hello, Tyrone! What’s up, dude?”
“Whaaaa!!!” Tyrone shouted, as he dropped the ball on the court. He was so startled, that he almost began to tremble, when he realized that the basketball had spoken to him, and the voice was exactly like that of Peter’s!
“See?” Allen laughed. “I told you!”
“Y-Y-You gotta be k-k-k-kidding, r-r-right? This is a j-j-j-joke, right?” Tyrone stuttered, as he stared at the ball in complete disbelief.
“Pick it up… Then it’ll change back into Peter!” Allen assured him.
Tyrone carefully bent down and gently placed his hands on either side of the peter-ball, carefully lifting the strange object off the court.
“Hehe…” laughter came from the ball, which again resembled Peter Karlowski’s voice.
Tyrone was startled again, and dropped the ball for the second time.
“Come on, Tyrone… Pick up the ball, will you? We wanna play!” Ty said out loud. “Who’s scared of a basketball?”
Finally, Tyrone had worked up enough courage, to bend over and to grab the basketball for the third time. He gently lifted it off the floor, staring with complete disbelief at the round face, which resembled that of Peter, one of the classmates in school.
Suddenly, something started to grow from the bottom of the ball that Tyrone was holding. It resembled two feet!
Two human feet emerged from the bottom of the ball, dangling in the air. Then, came the ankles, followed by the calves. Tyrone could only gasp, when he realized that the basketball was slowly transforming back into the life-size body of Peter, his classmate!
From the top of the ball, Peter’s head began to form at the same time. Then came his neck, followed by his chest. On the bottom, the legs continued to grow longer, as the knees were pulled out from the bottom of the ball, followed by the quads and then his waist.
Finally, Allen allowed Peter’s weight to remain the same, so he was just like a balloon. His legs were completely formed, followed by his arms and his feet. Lastly, the part, which Tyrone was holding on to, had changed from a basketball into Peter’s upper body and torso. His abs formed as well as the stomach, along with his completed pectorals on top.
Since Tyrone was about 6 foot 7 inches tall, he realized that he was holding Peter’s entire body in his hands. Peter still weighed only an ounce, thanks to Allen’s powers. Allen wasn’t done changing Peter yet, but he held off for a moment, so he could let the impact hit Tyrone in full force.
“I can’t believe this,” he said. “I just saw a basketball change into a human being, while I was holding it in my own hands…”
“Uhh Tyrone… You can set me down, now…” Peter chuckled, as he looked up at his basketball friend.
Tyrone gently set Peter back on the floor, but not without Peter bouncing slightly. His skin was still of leather, and he was still filled with air. He was like a leather ball, but in the shape of a human being.
“Wow… “Tyrone gasped. “Amazing…”
“Okay, show’s over!” Allen announced. “Time for Peter to turn into… Peter!”
Finally, Peter’s skin became normal again, and his flesh change color. His skin was smooth again, and his insides returned back to normal, adding his natural weight to his body, while leather and air transformed into flesh, blood, water, and all the necessary internal organs, that every normal human being has.
“Awesome! Let’s play!” Peter chuckled, the moment he realized his transformation was complete.
The ten guys spent over two hours playing basketball, and they had a blast.
Every time Tyrone got the ball, he had to look at it, to make sure the ball wasn’t actually a live person. And, whenever he saw Peter coming towards him, he wondered what Allen would do to him next time.
After the game was over, the guys walked back to their house.
Allen and Peter decided to head for Ty and Dustin’s house, where Peter lived anyway. There, Allen pondered what to do next, to his best friend, and the only person Allen could change, using his special powers over Peter.