Not knowing what else to do, Jennifer quietly collected her things that were still scattered across the floor and continued to her next class.
News of Kelly's transformation had spread across the school by the time Jennifer's next class had let out. Nobody spoke to her as she walked through the halls, but she easily caught most of them glancing nervously at her. From what she could overhear, the principal had called Kelly's parents and they were coming to take her to the hospital. She heard two teachers talking about it. They obviously hadn't witnessed the scene, as they were passing off stories of Kelly becoming a cow as rumors. They must have assumed it was simply that she was injured in a fight or something more believable.
As she continued toward her next class, she felt more miserable than ever. She had to look up at everyone, even the underclassmen. People bumped into her as if she wasn't even there.
Someone tugged on one of her long pigtails. She spun around to become face to face with Kyle. Or face to shoulder with Kyle, rather. She tried to look as fierce as possible while looking way up at him.
"Hi," Kyle said, smiling. "Nice job on Kelly."
"I'm going to kill you." Jennifer glared at him as best she could through her thick eye shadow.
"You'll be happy to know I changed her back. I made sure to continue demonizing you, though. Now she thinks you're after her boyfriend."
"How the hell did you convince her of that?"
"Because while I was changing her back I let it slip that I caught you and him making out behind the bleachers after your last cheerleading practice. She believes you cursed her to get her out of the way."
"You prick! What the hell is your problem you twisted freak!" Jennifer pounded her tiny fists against Kyle, but he easily grabbed her wrists and pulled her into an empty hallway away from the stares of nearby students.
"I still have the curse," he hissed. "What happens next depends on if you're willing to cooperate."
"I'll never cooperate in a million years," Jennifer retaliated. "Change me back. Fix this."
"Will you agree to remain silent so that I can give you both parts of the curse?"
"No!" she screamed. "I only need to transform!"
Kyle's voice remained patient. "I want to have the curse back after you're done. I don't want you giving it back to me in a way that hurts me."
Jennifer sniffed back tears. She didn't want to agree to his sick demands, but she didn't want to be stuck as a short goth girl for the rest of her life, either. She closed her black-lined eyes. "Okay, fine. Just hurry up."
"Transform or Dare?" Kyle asked.
Jennifer instantly said "Transf--mmmph!" and was just as instantly silenced by Kyle's hand against her face.
"Figures," Kyle said in a voice that carried no surprise or even any malice. "Have it your way, Jennifer. I'm not changing you back now. Quite the opposite."
He waited for the full minute to pass before saying anything more.
"For your transformation, you will shrink another three inches. That hair looks pretty good on you, but you can always have a little more. The number of pigtails you have will double. Also, I realize I might have been a little too cruel about never being able to remove your clothes. They will allow you to take them off, but only when you are going to the bathroom or taking a shower...or having sex." He winked.
Jennifer gulped as she felt the changes begin. She slowly watched Kyle grow larger in front of her, and the extra weight on her head as three new body-length black-and-red-streaked pigtails appeared among her hair. She now looked impossible. Almost down to 4 feet tall without her boots, with twice the amount of hair than any normal human would have.
"And now I dare you in three ways. First, I dare you to Transform or Dare me. When I say dare, you will dare me to blink three times. Second, I dare you to never tell anyone that I was the one who cursed you. Finally, I dare you to become infatuated with Kelly's boyfriend and no one else. From now on, he is the only person in this world that you have romantic feelings for. In fact, because he's the only one, your feelings will be concentrated into the deepest of lusty passions. You can fight them off if you really try...but I don't think you'll be able to for long."
Jennifer didn't even have time to digest his words before she found herself blurting out "Transform or Dare?"
"Dare," Kyle said.
"I dare you to blink three times." When the curse released its hold on her tongue, Jennifer punched Kyle again. "I'm going to kill you. I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"
The bell rang through the empty hallway.
"Better get to class, Jenn," Kyle smirked as he walked away from the diminutive goth girl, who had crumpled to the floor and was quietly sobbing into her striped arm warmers.