It wasnt hard to find her way back to the shop. Merlin smiled as she and Grace entered, "Ah the Prodical student returns and brings her new friend, I was expecting you Grace, The Rings power has indeed found its way to a wonderous new owner."
"This is Merlin?" Grace said, tilting her head.
Katie nodded, "That he is."
Merlin crouched down to Grace's height, "I have been expecting you a while now as well, I wasn't sure if the ring would reach out to you but it has. But Katie, have you returned to augment your ring to do much, much more?"
Katie thought for a long time. While the ring could change age, the idea that it could make anything her imagination thought of was much more enticing to the little girl inside the grown woman. The fact it would make her magical wasn't unappealing either.
"I'd like you to augment the ring, please." Katie said.
"Very well," Merlin answered. "I would like you to come back and visit once a week though from now on so that i can train you in its best uses. If you are going to augment it and become a mage, its only fitting you be my apprentice."
Katie nodded and slid the ring off her finger, offering it to Merlin. He took it and the ring glowed warmly though the shape didnt change, Katie could feel the very nature of the ring altering. After a moment, the wizard offered it back. "There, it is done, katie. The ring will change anything you put your mind to, except me of course. it will also shift to suit any shapes you take."
Katie took the ring and put it on. "What should I try?" She asked.
"Well, what have you always wanted to be but never could be?"
Katie thought a moment.