"I hope that we see Anna before she eats any of the candy" Ryan said.
"I hope so too" you said. "Her sweet tooth could get her in trouble in here."
"Which section are we going to?" Ryan asked.
"How about the Halloween candy" Jackie said.
"That's what I was thinking" you said. "I'm really curious what Halloween candy will turn us into."
"I see Anna" Ryan said waving his arm.
You looked and saw Anna come through the doors. You smile and wave Anna over. As she comes closer you can tell that she's giggling, probably thinking that the store's name is a gimick and not literal. As she joins you she says "Can you guys believe this store? The greeter acts like the candy will transform us. He even gave me a pill that is suppose to return me to normal. They really don't expect us to believe that the candy is magical do they? I mean there's no such thing as magic. Oh, hi Jaqueline. I didn't know you would be here today. Your mommy and daddy must be busy. How long have you guys been here? I hope that the candy is good."
"The candy is good" you said. "I've already tried a jelly bean that was bubble gum flavored and it tasted just like bubble gum. The candy here is magical though."
"You're such a kidder" Anna said. "There's no such thing as magic."
"The candy is magic" Ryan said. "I've seen it work."
"She was able to get you to play along?" Anna asked. "It's not like you to play a joke on me."
"You know that I would never play a joke on you Anna" Ryan said. "I'm completely serious about this. The candy in this store does transform you. I've seen it happen."
"You're-you're really serious about that?" Anna asked.
"You better believe it" Ryan said. "I had thought that it was a joke at first too. We all did until we saw it for ourselves."
"What transformations have you seen?" Anna asked.
"Well I transformed from a guy to a girl" you said. "My clothes also changed and Jackie went from a sixteen year old guy to a six year old girl."
"If that's the case why do I have memories of you and Jaqueline as always being girls?" Anna asked.
"That would be because reality was altered because of Jackie" you said. "She ate more than one jelly bean and got stuck as a sixteen year old girl. Then she forced a second jelly bean down my throat and she ended up regressing in age. Now she's stuck as a six year old girl and reality changed to fit. If she hadn't forced the second jelly bean down my throat reality wouldn't have changed as much. You would still remember me as a guy."
"So if I follow correctly your stuck too" Anna said.
"I'm not stuck" you said. "I can still turn into a guy again though my natural gender is female now. Jackie is the one that's stuck. She can't become a guy again and she can't progress her age by magic. She can still age normally though."
"I think I get it now" Anna said. "How did she become stuck?"
"You can only have one freebie of each candy in the store" Jackie said. "I ate three jelly beans."
"Surely they would have allowed you to pay for them" Anna said.
"I guess that's not how it works here" Ryan said. "When you think about it it makes some sense. They want to teach people a lesson. I know that it's a broad brush but I can understand it."
"It's a real broad brush" Anna said. "What about little kids who don't know any better? They'll be stuck like Jaqueline."
"Could you please stop calling me Jaqueline" Jackie said.
"I've always called you Jaqueline though" Anna said. "I prefer full names to nicknames."
"You'll just have to bear it Jackie" you said. "You brought it on yourself. Now I don't think the store employees would stick a little kid as something since they are young. I'm sure they put in a safety measure for little kids."
"I hope you're right" Anna said.
As you had been talking you had been walking to the seasonal candy section and now you arrived. You look over the selection they had. There wasn't that many different types of candy here but there were differnt effects just like the jelly beans.
There were black marshmellow cats with the numbers 5 to 21 on them (transform into a neko of the age on the candy), candy pumpkins with different faces on them (become a jack-o-lantern for one night), candy corn with a pink stripe (become a living female scarecrow), candy corn with a blue stripe (become a living male scarecrow), chocolate covered marshmellow pumpkins with the mumbers 5 to 21 on them (become a pumpkin costume for a boy of the age on the candy), white chocolate marshmellow pumpkins with the numbers 5 to 21 on them (become a pumpkin costume for a girl of the age on the candy), candy cauldrons with the numbers 5 to 21 in pink or blue on them (become a witch of the age on the candy, pink for female and blue for male), candy moons with the numbers 5 to 21 on them (become a werewolf of the age on the candy), chocolate bats (become a vampire), pink marshmellow ghosts (become a female ghost), blue marshmellow ghosts (become a male ghost), chocolate cats (random transformation, is not limited to the above), and chocolate ghosts (return to your normal self). The price of each piece of candy is twenty-five cents.
"This could be interesting" you said. "So which one should we choose for our freebie?"