Turning back to Duke, thinking that the dog looked smaller for some reason, Dan replied to Duke’s inquiry, "I'm in."
Duke nodded at this and then told Dan and the cat, "Follow me," and then standing, he turned and began to walk deeper into the woods, tail twitching back and forth.
As Dan followed the dog, the cat came up next to her and started to purr. Unsure what to say, Dan let the animal continue doing what it was doing, sure that if there was an explanation, she would offer one after a bit.
Silence followed the three of you through the forest and peering ahead, Dan slowly begin to realise that Duke was starting to look more and more like a female dog. Without breaking your stride, Dan turned to the cat, who immediately whispered to her, "Yeah, I see what you see." and then after a pause, she explained, "By the way...the farm girl called me Princess as a name. What my name was before I was transformed, I cannot remember."
Feeling sad for the cat, Dan offered a condolence, feeling a bit happy that she hadn’t forgotten her name. After a bit, the Sow explained, "My name is Dan, but after I was transformed, Kat started to call me Daniela."
The cat nodded and responded by saying that Duke had told her Dan’s name, but it was nicer to hear it come from Dan’s mouth rather then somebody else’s. A pause and then she added to this, "It's more formal and polite for you to tell me rather than just hearing it from one other person," and then she lapsed into silence once again.
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High above Dan she could see the moon peeking through the trees and as she glimpsed it once and awhile she realised that it was moving. Looking back to Duke, who now looked more and more like Daisy, Dan asked, "Is it much further?"
Duke/Daisy paused and then looking about, (s)he announced, "We're hear actually," as (s)he sniffed the ground.
Sitting back on her haunches, Dan asked, "Now what?" as Princess shot up a tree and Duke/Daisy began to slowly and meticulously clean his/herself.
Looking up, the dog made a motion, almost like shrugging and seeing the look on Dan's sow-face, Duke/Daisy offered, "I think we should wait. Judging by the amount of transformation my body is going through, I should be returning to being bitch soon."
Trying to get used to thinking of Duke as Daisy once again, Dan let her sow mind take over and she began to cast about for tubers and other edibles she could smell buried about. As she was extracting a root from the ground, Princess descended from her tree and sat staring upward at the moon.
After a bit, Daisy announced, "It's time," in what was clearly a female voice.
Looking up from the root she was trying to extract from the ground, Dan became aware that a chicken and a fox had wandered into the clearing at some point. Looking at Daisy, she asked, "Who are they?"
Clucking, the chicken explained that she couldn't remember her name, whether she had been male or female in her previous form, and that she had been transformed into this form as a curse and because the witch had wanted fresh eggs. "Which had been about fifteen years ago," the chicken concluded.
The fox, grinning a sly grin, explained that he too had been cursed into this form by a girl who had accused him of getting fresh with her. "As if saying hello is getting fresh," the fox muttered as he lay down on the ground, watching the others.
Standing, Daisy turned about several times and then addressing everyone, she asked, "We are in agreement here? I will attempt to turn each of us back into a human, but it shall be a human female. In that form, we shall seek out first those that did us wrong and then those that do others wrong in the future. We shall only use our magick to punish those that do wrong. Is that clear?"
Various forms of acknowledgement came and Daisy nodded her head. Walking to the exact center of the clearing, she said, "I need each of you to gather at a different point so that in the end we form a five pointed star."
Confused, Dan looked at Princess and then the chicken and finally the fox. Seeing the confusion, Daisy began to move about, gently herding each animal to a separate point. When that was complete, she retook her original position and then began to slowly chant.
Around Dan, she realised that the forest had gone silent, while the ground began to glow an eerie blue colour that had faint lines tracing the five-point star out, making it look like each of the animals were connected in some way. The blue grew brighter until it finally turned a brilliant shade of pink and then a stabbing sensation rippled through Dan.
Squeezing her eyes shut, Dan tried to focus and push the pain away, but the more she attempted such a task, the more it just grew, until finally Dan passed out from pain.
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When she awoke, Dan found herself looking up at the foliage of the trees. Confused, she rolled over, wondering what was going on. The moment her skin touched the dirt, everything came back to her. Shifting to sitting position, she looked down at her new form.
A young body great her site and gently she touched the soft, pink skin to make sure it was real. Standing, she guessed her height to be about three foot seven and looking around, Dan gasped as she saw four other girls, all clearly naked like her. Walking over to were Daisy had last been, she gently began to shake awake the dark blonde haired girl.
When the girl was finally awake, Dan grinned and announced, "It worked. We're human again."
Blinking at her, Daisy looked down at her body and then looking back up, she told Dan, "Yes. But there appears to be one small problem without current situation."
Taken aback, Dan asked, "What?"
Looking at the other sleeping forms, Daisy looked back at Dan and then explained, "We won't be able to cast any magick in these forms. In fact, I'm guessing we have about eleven to twelve years ahead of us before we can use any magick."
Taken aback, Dan sat down, suddenly disliking the way her human body felt touching the dirt. Looking down at her crotch, she suddenly wanted to cry. Instead she looked up and asked, "So now what?"