Ms. Pierce loudly cleared her throat and stood up. "I hope you understand, sir, that you are causing other complications within this household," she said.
I furrowed my brow as I was unsure of what she meant. "How do you mean exactly?" I asked.
"At the very least we now have two people with gorilla bodies, which are obviously much larger than human bodies," she said. "Some of the halls and doorways in this house are narrow."
Now I understood. "I'm sure that's something that will be simple to address," I said.
"I should hope so," Ms. Pierce said. "I'll not have the house being made a wreck."
"Well since you've let me know of your concerns, are you ready to take your turn?" I asked.
She squinted her eyes at me. "And that's another thing I might bring up," she said. "You tell us to trust you to do the right thing and not take away our choice. I'll have you know that where I come from, respect is earned, not given. If you want me to trust you, you'll just have to prove to me that you deserve it."
"Fair enough," I said. "Does that mean you object to this?"
"I most certainly do!" she snapped. "But I know better than to overstep my station. You could just change me and make me think that I didn't object to it."
"Because you don't trust me, no matter what I say," I said.
"As of right now, yes," she said. "So because I know what you can do, I'll go along with it."
I figured I might feel the same way if I was in her position. So I extended an olive branch. "Since you feel this strongly, I won't change you if you really don't want to be changed," I assured.
"No, that wouldn't be fair," Ms. Pierce responded. "And so far, it would seem as if Jennings and Alice enjoy their changes, so I might as well give it a try. But my wish has two parts, more or less, just like Kelly's."
"OK, shoot" I said.
"I want to be a centaur, like in the movie 'Fantasia,'" she said. "And so that means you need to take off a few years from me."
"Ms. Pierce, wow," Erica interrupted. "That's quite a change."
Ms. Pierce smiled knowingly. "I still manage to keep a few secrets after all these years of service," she said. "Whenever you are ready," she said to me.
"OK, I'm guessing this will feel odd," I warned. She nodded. "I wish that Ms. Pierce will appear as she did when she was 25 years old and will then change into a centaur as she described."
I guessed that this would take around 30 years off Ms. Pierce's appearance. She appeared to be in her mid-50's since most of her hair was gray and her face showed the beginning of wrinkles. The changes quickly cured all of that. The few patches of brown hair that remained deepened in color and then filled in over the gray hair. Her hair also grew longer and fuller and straightened from the slightly curled style it previously possessed.
The wrinkles on Ms. Pierce's face smoothed over and other signs of blemish quickly disappeared. Her cheeks became a deeper red color as they regained signs of youth. Her lips changed in much the same way. The rest of her visible skin seemed to tighten and smooth over as well.
Then the real changes began. Ms. Pierce's body lengthened, so that from her current posture it appeared she grew taller. Once again the sound of ripping clothing echoed as the white stockings she wore ripped into pieces as her legs increased in size. Her feet also tore through her shoes, but already her feet were not her own. Her toes had fused together and were colored black. Ms. Pierce groaned as her feet crunched in and became hooves.
Her backside swelled out and caused her maid's dress to rip. At the same time two areas on the front of her dress strained as two tiny appendages with small hooves on the end burst through. Her two new legs rapidly increased in size and soon touched the floor. All the while this happened her own legs shifted back and what was her real lower body grew away from her upper body. Her body took on the shape of a horse as brown hair grew thick over her legs and up to her waistline.
As a tail grew out of her, Ms. Pierce looked at the tatters of her dress. She took hold of the bottom, which was ripped apart due to her new legs and ripped it into two halves from bottom to top. She threw the remains on the floor. She still wore a bra, but it appeared to be stretched to its limit. It then snapped apart and fluttered to the ground as Ms. Pierce's rather sizable breasts emerged. "Well, I didn't expect that," she said with a smile. I guessed they must have increased in size.
Ms. Pierce took account of herself. She turned her head to look back at the rest of her body. Her tail finished growing and she swished it back and forth to get the full feeling of having it. She took a few steps forward and backward to get accustomed to now having four legs with hoofed feet. She spun around a few times and already seemed to have full control over her new body as she didn't stumble at all. "Absolutely incredible!" she exclaimed.
"So I take it you like it, Ms. Pierce?" I asked.
She stopped moving and smiled at me. "I most assuredly do. And since I'm young again, or as long as I'm in this body, please call me Theresa," she said.
"Very well, Theresa," I smiled at her. "Who wants to go next?"