As Katie made the wish the ring warmed almost immediately and the two girls felt a palpable power sweep over them. Neither one knew exactly what it was, but for the first time, thy were somewhat aware of something happening. They both saw the warm light emminating from katie's finger, swirling around their bodies. It changed their very physicality, their bodies, their souls, the two preteen's now sealed forever in the physical age of 12. As this happened, both stared at one another, and for a moment, each was aware of all the changes that had happened. Kelly remembered being a mother, katie a daughter. Before either could speak this fact though, the changes flowed through their minds. Suddenly, this knowledge was lost, replaced with new memories, memories of being friends for as long as they had been, or would ever be, as close as sisters, without real blood relation. Their ears shifted then, growing to slight points, as freckles dotted their cheeks and their blond hair bleached a bit whiter and longer.
Both now looked like elves, felt like elves, in fact they were elves. Their clothes changed, Katie wearing a blue tunic, trousers and pointed shoes with bells, and Kelly pink. They blinked as the house dissapeared around them, and the ring dissapeared from katie's finger, its magic no longer useful to either. They were now somewhere else, somewhere neither had ever been, but memory told them they had. There was snow everywhere, a distant warmth of light of a house or town.
The two elves looked to one another, one offering a hand and the other gladly taking it. A soft smile touched their lips as they trod through the snow and headed to their new hom.e