One of the pieces was a little clip-on earring made of mother-of-pearl with a white pearl stud in the middle. Facing the mirror, Terra clipped on the earring and turned the little stud. She noticed her skin getting darker, first to a golden tone, then to a deep tan, then to darker and darker tones. Her hair got darker too, and in a minute she could pass for a Latina. Turning a bit more made her look more like a Hindu. As she contiinued to turn, she began to look like a black girl with straight hair. And she continued turning until her skin was a jet black never found in nature, and her hair had turned white, like a photo negative. Terra turned it in the other direction, until her skin was normal, then kept turning until her hair and skin had become white and she was a complete albino. And she turned it some more and she grew translucent, then invisible. She took it off, and snapped back to visibility, looking like herself.
"Ohmigawd, that is so COOL!" she exclaimed. She could be any age, any gender, any skin color, and now she could be invisible, too! The world was HERS!
The final two pieces of jewelry called out to Terra - the ankle bracelet and the broach. Giggling in excitement, she clipped on the ankle bracelet and noticed that it had enameled sections of lots of different colors. Looking in the mirror, she noticed that her hair was now red, not blonde. She looked at the bracelet, and the sliding catch was on a red section. She slid it, and watched her hair change to black, brown, platinum blonde, silver, golden, then pink, green, blue, and every color of the rainbow.
The other end of the catch slid as well, but wasn't on a colored part. Sliding that, she watched her hair grow longer, then shorter as she slid it the other way. She made herself as bald as an egg, then ran her hair down to the floor. And taking off the ankle bracelet kept the hair in it's new state!
"That's neat!" she said to herself. She could see uses for that. No more haircuts, no nasty hairdyes, and washing would be a snap! Just make it ultra-short, shampoo, then grow it out again! Ultra-long hair with none of the upkeep!
Terra couldn't help grinning as she put on a scarf and did up the broach. It had a big blue-and-green stone in the middle, a picture of a girl at the 5 o'clock position, and a cat outline at the 7 o'clock position. A little gold stud was on the girl position, but moved when the stone was turned.
Watching the mirror as she turned the stone, Terra watched as her ears grew long and pointed and her body grew fur. At the one-third point, she felt a tail begin to grow and her teeth changing. She stopped at the halfway mark and looked at herself, a catgirl with a long tail and big ears and fangs. She took off the broach and slowly returned to normal. This one could be fun, she decided, but she was terrified of what might happen if the dial were turned all the way. Would she be able to change back? Would she remember being human? She decided not to turn it more than halfway.
Now she had the ability to turn into a catgirl - maybe into a cat. Along with all the other stuff. What could she do? What could she NOT do?