The witch too had noticed the pendant, and began to think that there might be a consolation prize in all this. She approached Sir John, who was looking around in a state of puzzlement, and suggested that she could supply him with a fresh set of clothing and weapons in return for his pendant.
"Waaaaah!" screamed the knight. He filled his lungs again. "Waaaaaah!" He showed no sign of understanding what she had asked him or even knowing human speech. The witch took a closer look into his eyes, and saw a baby looking back. His experience had wiped his memory clean, and left him an infant with an adult body.
"Very well." said the witch. "Let the body match the mind!" She performed a rapid series of gestures and incantations, as the knight shrunk, his body lost the hard definition of an adventurer's muscles and became soft and round, the hair fell from his head until he was a naked baby boy, still with the pendant around his neck.
The witch too had changed. She was younger, and her breasts were round and full of milk. She picked up the infant Sir John and took him to her breast, as he sucked greedily. "Oooh" muttered the witch to her new child "You're gonna be raised right this time, not be some nasty old knight, give you some of my new formula and let you grow up to be the prettiest, daintiest, most feminine lady in all the land."
She removed the pendant.
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By that time Nicola and Dame Alessa were back on their journey. (Nicola was still thinking of taking off on her own, but after the encounter with the dragon she found the protection of the Dame's strong arm somewhat reassuring.) Tney halted after about three miles, as Nicola was finding it difficult to go on. This new body didn't seem to have a lot of endurance.
"My lady" Alessa began "May I beg a kiss from the most enchanting lips in the kingdom?"
"What?" exclaimed Nicola "I'm a girl!"
Alessa blushed fiercely. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! It's just that I thought that you. . ."
"You thought I was into chicks?" Nicola asked. Wait a second, Nicola thought, am I into chicks? I mean, I certainly was, but am I now?
"I did not mean to offend!"
"No, that's all right, I'm not offended." Nicola answered. "Sure, go for it." she puckered up.
This is kind of nice, Nicola thought as she was taken up in Alessa's strong arms. I could go for this. She felt the soft pressure of Alessa's lips, and the gentle probing of her scaly tongue.
Her scaly tongue?