"So," said Madame Illusia,looking over the slender young man who was supposed to be a religous fanatic. "What do you think of my powers, Sean? How does your religion work in the face of magic?"
Sean looked at her calmly. "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want..."
"Your shepherd?" She interrupted his prayer with a laugh. "Oh, I can help with that!" A wave of her hand and some odd words caused a flicker of purplish light around Sean.
Sean looked puzzled at first, then shocked as thick, shaggy white fur started to appear on his arms.
"What are you doing to me!? Please stop it!"
His clothing crumbled away into dust and revealed to the crowd, a trim, muscular body that was starting to become stocky and bear-like even as the shaggy fur coat of white and dark gray fur spread itself down his chest.
His chest deepened and lengthened, and his arms became a new pair of legs as they grew in length to match his shrinking legs. Some of the audience chuckled a bit as Sean’s privates were covered up by a layer of shaggy fur-covered skin. He wavered and then fell onto all fours, his still-human head awash with emotion as it now sat on the neck of an otherwise shaggy canine body.
"Oh yes!!!" He oddly screamed, not at afraid anymore as his face pushed out into a muzzle.
"Woof! Woof!" His voice became the loud woofing of a sheepdog’s.
Thick, shaggy white and light gray fur grew down his now canine face and hid the last thing to change- his eyes. His eyes still stayed the same shade of blue, but they became a pair of canine eyes.
"There we go! Our religious fanatic said that his Lord was his shepherd, so he’s now a friendly Old English Sheepdog just willing to herd his master’s flock." Madame Illusia fondly rubs the sheepdog’s head for a moment before turning back to the audience.
"Are any of you out there brave enough to come down here be his friend after what I have done to him? For whoever can befriend him and not be tempted to join him as a fellow canine is free to take him home as their pet. Is there anyone out there with a will to resist the temptation of becoming someone’s best friend?"