"Here it goes..." Coal said, tipping the vial nearly upside down, forcing the contents down his throat. The taste was vile and the potion burned all the way down his throat. He groaned and doubled over, clutching his stomach.
"Master, are you okay? Can I get you a Tums? How about a peppermint?"
"Quiet," Coal moaned. "I think I'm okay, Xan. It's subsiding a bit. I think it's starting to work. My chest feels like it starting to expand. Yes, I feel it. I was hoping for a more musc... wait. What's happening? No! NO!"
Coal stared down at his chest as he suddenly realized it wasn't muscle expansion he was feeling. It was breast expansion. Before he could do anything, a sudden nervewracking pain shot through his entire body. His knees buckled and he dropped to the floor. For what felt like an hour or more, though it was only a few minutes, Coal could only lie there helpless as his body painfully altered. Finally, the changes seemed finished. Shaking, he struggled to his feet.
Xanadar gave a wolf whistle. "Wow, I didn't know you wanted to become a succubus. Why didn't you say so? I could have helped you with that a long time ago."
"Shut up, you beast!" Coal angrily commanded, although with the new voice that came out of his mouth, the order didn't sound quite as forceful as he wanted. "I'm not a succubus. And this is all your fault, distracting me in the lab!" Coal hesitantly moved to the mirror. The reflection was still slender and pale with long jet black hair. Only it was a devilishly beautiful woman staring back. "Damnation!" Coal cursed. "Look at me."
"I am, master... uh, mistress."
"Shut up!" Coal snapped. "I can't return to class tomorrow like this! I'll be a laughing stock! I've got to think. Perhaps I can break into the class late tonight and mix up the correct potion. But the school is well secured at night. And I'll have to sneak out to even get there. This is an all male dorm. I can't be seen!"
"You could say you are your own twin sister, Colette," Xan offered.
"Oh, thank you so very much. Try to be helpful, Xan! I need ideas."
"You could summon up the help you need," Xan suggested. "I'm only a familiar, but there are other demons who could easily transform you."
"Yeah, but at what cost?" Coal murmured to himself. He remembered the warning of his teacher today, as well as the many other warnings he had heard. But this was an emergency. Being a woman was embarrassing. Every movement felt different. His whole balance was off. And if anyone found he had given himself a sex change, he would never hear the end of it.