Nate waited all night hoping to transform into a werewolf again, except nothing happened. Disappointed, he
finally went to bed. He had so badly wanted to turn again. The cookie had to have been a one time only type of
thing. He would have to talk to Kathryn in the morning.
The following morning, he saw Kathryn out in her yard working and walked over to her house. She looked up and
smiled when she saw him.
"Nate? How's it going?" she asked.
"It's going good," he replied. "So, about that cookie you gave me...that was a one time only thing, wasn't
it?"
"Oh, yeah, it was." Kathryn looked around. "Come inside with me."
Kathryn lead Nate into the house through the back door. She gestured to the breakfast table. Nate took a seat
and she sat across from him.
"I take it you wanted to transform again, then?" asked Kathryn.
"Yeah, I did," Nate could barely contain his excitement.
"How come?" Kathryn seemed genuinely curious.
"Well, I enjoyed it the first time, obviously." Nate was looking down at the table, almost embarrassed to talk
about it.
"And..."
"Well, it's always been something I fantasized about, ever since I was a little kid. And it's not a self
esteem or self image issue, I mean I have a healthy self image. Especially now, thanks for the recent
additions by the way..."
Kathryn smiled and nodded her head. She gestured for him to continue.
"I just would watch movies where the main character would turn into an animal or a mythical creature and I'd
wonder, why can't that happen to me? That'd be so cool."
"Just to experience something like that?"
"Exactly."
"Interesting. What sort of movies?" asked Kathryn.
"Well, the earliest would probably be The Shaggy Dog or The Shaggy D.A, with the guy who turns into a dog and
back randomly after he reads a spell on an old ring."
"Ah, yes, I remember that one."
"Yeah, so that was the first and I could just imagine that, the white fur growing in as I slowly shape shifted
into a big dog," replied Nate.
"What were the others?"
"There was Teen Wolf, man, I must've watched that bathroom transformation scene a couple hundred times. And
then there was American Werewolf in London and The Howling, both amazing werewolf transformations..." said
Nate.
Kathryn nodded again. She then leaned forward. "Nate, I like you. I think you're a sweet kid. But I don't
believe in giving away spells for free. I tell you what, you do some odd jobs for me around the house and each
week, I'll make one of your transformation fantasies come true."
"Really?" asked Nate.
"Now each Saturday, you come over here and help me out with stuff and in reward, you'll get one of the
transformations you described to me, okay?"
"It's a deal." Nate held out his hand and she shook it.
She got up and walked across the kitchen. She opened the door to the basement. She walked downstairs and Nate
followed.
"I have boxes of ingredients down here for my potions. I need you to unpack them and organize them in
alphabetical order on the shelves. Can you do that?" asked Kathryn.
"Sure thing," replied Nate, smiling.
For the rest of the day, Nate unpacked crate after crate of different exotic ingredients and arranged them on
the shelves in alphabetical order. He took a great deal of pride in his work as he arranged them on the
shelves. The whole time, he kept wondering what transformation it would be.
About halfway through the day, he heard a knock on the door upstairs. He heard Kathryn answer the door and
greet her visitor warmly. He went back to work for a little bit and then decided he needed a drink of water.
He went upstairs and heard the two of them talking in the kitchen.
"...I can't believe you made that kind of offer." said Kathryn's friend.
"What's the harm? I needed the work done and it'll give him a few harmless thrills." replied Kathryn.
Nate opened the door to the basement and walked into the kitchen. He smiled nervously at the two witches
seated at the table.
"I bet you came up for some water. I'll get you a glass," said Kathryn. She got up and started fixing him some
ice water. "This is my friend Marta."
"Hello," said Nate.
"Nate, come here and sit down and talk to me." Nate sat down on the chair next to her. "Kathryn was telling me
about you. She says you like being turned into things. Is that true?"
"I guess so. I mean, she turned me into a werewolf a couple nights ago and I really liked that. It was only
for one night though."
"What if I turned you into something right now? How would you feel about that?" asked Marta.
"Marta..." Kathryn walked back over to the table and handed Nate his ice water.
"Well, I'm still doing the work Kathryn wanted me to do. Why? What did you have in mind?" Nate took a sip of
the ice water.
"Oh, all sorts of things. How about a big cat?" Marta smiled coyly.
"Actually, Nate's tastes tend to skew towards the canine more than the feline," replied Kathryn, sternly.
"Oh really?" Marta turned to Nate and stared intently at him. Nate started to fan himself and started panting.
"Is it hot in here?" he asked.
"Marta, stop it! I have a deal with him, so stop interfering."
"I'm sorry, I just haven't met anyone who wanted to be transformed before. I had to try it out. Usually it's
no, please don't...I couldn't help myself."
"That's okay," replied Kathryn. "Just take your spell off him so he can go back to work."
"Spell?" asked Nate.
"Yeah, she was turning you into a dog."
Nate looked down at his hands and saw the golden fur growing on them. He cried out in surprise. Marta gave a
flick of her wrist and the transformations quickly disappeared.
"Back to normal. If Kathryn runs out of work for you, come see me Nate. We'll have all sorts of fun."
"Okay," replied Nate, walking back to the basement steps.
As Day became evening, Kathryn walked downstairs and saw the impressive work Nate had done organizing her work
room. She smiled, seeing the clean, organized room as Nate put on the finishing touches.
"Oh Nate, this is perfect, absolutely perfect. I love it." Kathryn walked over to him at the work table.
"I'm glad you liked it." Nate could feel his pulse pick up as his excitement started to build. She's going to
transform me into something now. What would it be? He couldn't help but wonder.
"Now then, for your transformation, what shall we do?" pondered Kathryn to herself. He had done a wonderful
job and she wanted to reward him accordingly.