Joy reached out her tiny hand to the first deck of cards and drew. She smiled as she discarded the 5 of hearts, but then yelped in surprise when she saw her piece move by itself. "Well, the guy said something about it being magical..." Now she reached out to the second deck as Martha's breath caught. She pulled her hand back with the card but did not read it as Martha started talking.
"There is a note here to not stop playing no matter what happens. 'Everything will return to normal when someone wins.'" Confused, everyone stared blankly at each other for a moment.
Then Alexis asked, "So what's the card say, Joy?"
Joy read, "'To venture first was very brave. Are you prudish or depraved?' Well...um...that's weird." Joy's little round face blushed under her long brown hair. "I guess I am closer to prudish."
Though the changes started immediately, no one noticed anything right away. Martha shrugged and drew the 7 of clubs. Then Alexis piped up again. "Joy, what's up with your face?"
By far the most petite and most athletic of the girls, Joy reached up to her face with what could already be seen as a hoof. When she saw it she jumped up and ran to Denyse's floor length mirror. Her nose had flattened out some, and her ears had changed. She had hooves instead of hands or feet, and fluffy wool ran up to her elbows. Also she could feel it beneath her low cut jeans up to her knees. On a hunch she spun around to find a small tail sticking out from between the jeans and her halter top along with another patch of wool at the small of her back.
"Baaaaa," she bleated at her friends. "Why me?"
With that, Catherine jumped up. "Uh...I'mmm...done," she stammered.
"Oh, nooooooo you're noooooot," Joy said firmly, her vowels drawing out like a bleating lamb. "I aaaaam not staaaying like this!"