Jennifer sneezed as a stray particle of dust tickled the insides of her nose, and then two more times for good measure. As she finished blowing her nose, Kyle was laughing softly.
"Are you quite through? Your time's almost up, you know."
"How about transform, you weirdo? That way, when nothing happens, you can go back to playing D&D somewhere with loser friends or something. Something where magic actually works."
Kyle just ignored the attempted insult. "You know, that sneeze gave me an idea. Very well. You've always thought you were one foxy girl, and I've always known you were a bitch, so now let's both be right. For your transformation, you will contract a cold. But not just any cold, for every time you sneeze it will make you become more and more of a fox-woman. Nobody else will ever think you've changed, it will all seem normal to them. And as you change, you'll be in heat. Hah!"
Jennifer just looked at the phone strangely for a moment, as if the person on the other end had just spoken Chinese or something. "Where do you come up with this garbage, sleazeball? Is there some special brain damage you have?"
"Is that your response to every situation, insult someone? I'd be more worried about being late for school. Today is a test day, after all. And don't you get kicked off the Cheerleading squad if your grades drop?" With that, Kyle hung up the phone on his end.
Jennifer placed the phone back on the hook. Town curse or not, he did have a point with the grades thing. She finally found her shirt hanging from her closet doorknob. As she reached for it, she sneezed again, feeling dizzy and lightheaded. Sniffling, she put it on and went to the mirror to brush her hair. "Why does Martha even need a day off? There's so much dust around here!"
Her complaint stopped short when she noticed that her ears looked different when she brushed her hair back. They were higher up than usual, and came to points. She shook her head to clear her vision, thinking this must be some mistake. As she did, she sneezed again, violently. The sinus pressure blocking out most of her thoughts, she quickly reached for another tissue and blew her nose again. When she looked back to the mirror, she could see that her ears had definately changed. They now had a light coating of fur that was most visible at the black tips.
She stood thre blinking for a few moments before deciding that she was seeing things. Her brain was rattled by the sneezes, which were caused by dust. She didn't have time to pay attention to the superstitious delusion of some weenie who couldn't take the fact that she was more popular than he'd ever be.
She quickly located the rest of her clothes and put them on. Her shoes felt a little odd, though. A little short, and her heel didn't seem to fit right. Well, she'd just have to buy new shoes after school then. Besides, she could use the trip to the mall.