Ty had been reading MacBeth in English class. As he watched the three identically dressed women cackling away, he thought of the three witches - the weird sisters. He grinned.
The two young women and the one middle aged woman began to change. Slowly and subtly but noticeably. A mole grew into a wart. Their noses and chins grew longer. Their features became more caricatures than natural. And they all started to really cackle when the spoke. They were witches, and the jewelry shop sold enchanted objects.
"Ah, now take this serpentine silver bracelet, sister," said the older woman totally unaware that they had changed and she now saw her employees as her younger sisters, "The woman who wears this will transform into a lamia."
"I'd prefer it if she became a medusa," snapped Haley.
"How about a chain to make a man your love slave?" asked Lisa.
"The case over there, dearie," said Marie, "Charms to snare a soul, and make a man into a meat puppet."
Ty had not noticed that the changes he had made to the three women had attracted people to the jewelry store, until Chucky Windrose spoke.
"Excuse me, Ma'am, did you just say that you've got a charm that can make a guy my love slave?"
The three witches' eyes gleamed, as they cackled as one, "Oh, goody a customer!"
"You did say you want to make a guy your love slave and not a girl?" cooed Haley.
"Uh, does it matter?" Chucky asked nervously.
"Well, you can't expect a guy to willingly wear a flowery charm can you? Tell me about the man of your dreams," said Marie taking his hand and studying his palm.
"Uh, well, he's not exactly the man of my dreams. He's a jock and a bully, and he's made my life hell. I guess I'd like compensation for the grief he's caused me."
"Aha, revenge!" cackled Haley.
"Justice!" cackled Lisa.
"We have just the thing, right over here. Now you say this fellow is an athlete? What sport? Or perhaps he has a special jersey number?" Marie cackled leading him over to a display case filled with charms.
There were footballs, #1, tiny Olympic silhouettes of every sport, Italian horns, shark teeth, sand dollars, letters, numbers, animals, fish...as Chucky stared into the case more charms seemed to appear, or maybe the other charms changed into new charms. There were now centaurs, satyrs, astrological symbols, and more.
"Oh, you can get him this heavy chain to hold the charm in place and bind him to your service," offered Lisa holding out a heavy gold chain.
"Uh, right, I think I'll go with this one! It'll be perfect," Chucky said pointing at one talisman.
"Ah, perfect, it opens like a locket, and we can inscribe it," Marie croaked.
"Make the jock your property," Lisa said waving the chain hypnotically back and forth.
"He won't like it, but he won't be able to resist!" Haley crowed clapping her hands in glee.