I suspect most readers had the same reaction as Karen and Bob when Lisa showed up with yet another medallion. Mostly SW.
Not Another Medallion by Nomdreserv
This is a work of fiction intended for mature readers. 18 and over please.
All rights reserved by author.
“I think I see,” Lisa said cautiously, gazing at the calculations filling the page. “But won’t the magic dissipate?” She was an attractive woman with slim figure, straight, black hair, and a face dominated by striking, crystal green eyes, which currently reflected her uncertain skepticism.
“Not at all,” Gregor replied, his arms moving excitedly, then jabbing vaguely at the last few lines. “That’s the beauty of the artifact matrix - the magic is crystallized. Most efficient form. And permanent. As long as the lattice isn’t overstressed, it continues indefinitely.” He looked at her severely over a hawk-like nose. “And knowing some of the games you play, I don’t issue the warning about overdoing it lightly.” His face warmed again, testament to rapid mood swings which took some getting used to. “The trick is finding the correct matrix, unique to each spell.”
“And you think you’ve isolated the patterns for size control?” she asked, still skeptical, but allowing her obvious excitement to show.
“Well, I don’t like to boast ...”
“Since when?” she interrupted, smiling.
He struck a pose after smoothing his unruly brown hair, nose directed to the ceiling ala Barrymore (John - to avoid possible confusion amongst readers).
“All right. I do like to boast. Tragic flaw.”
“Among others,” she added dryly.
“You wound me,” he protested. “Is this the respect you show your mentor, your confidante? The man who saved you from a second childhood ...” His eyes flashed mischievously. “By the way, any problems after your sojourn in the nursery?”
Lisa squirmed, in more than mental discomfort. “At least the diaper rash has cleared up.” She looked appreciatively at her familiar clothes of comfortable jeans and shirt, not to mention the small breasts pushing the latter out. She had always felt a bit short-changed by her bust size, but after spending a week without boobs, they looked darn good.
“You were lucky Karen was able to pull herself out of that mess.”
“You COULD have changed us back,” she insisted, giving him a gentle kick.
“No good. Had to come from within. Best in the end. All’s well that ends in love’s labor not lost,” he rambled blithely, before regarding her carefully. “And speaking of lost love. Didn’t work for you, did it?”
She squirmed again, averting her eyes. “No.”
“Feared as much. Too powerful a spell. Or it wasn’t from the spell, eh?”
No answer.
“Never mind. Funny thing, love. Infinitely adaptable.”
“Can we get back on subject?” she asked brusquely.
“What subject?” he returned, puzzled.
“Your medallion,” she shouted, exasperated. “Gregor, you’re the worst organized master sorcerer I’ve ever seen.”
“No respect,” he muttered. “I knew I should have taken Callista on as a pupil. You should see the way she idolizes me. Why, at the last Institute party ...”
“Uh, Gregor. I was at that party, remember? And I talked with Callista.”
“Did you?” He looked abashed. “Well, in that case, never mind. She hides her feelings well, you know. Now, if you could just stop talking about my personal life for a few minutes, we can get back to size control. Where were we when you got us sidetracked? Oh, yes. Unlimited power at your fingertips, literally. No potions, no incantations. Interested?”
“You know I am.”
“Yes,” he admitted, smiling conspiratorially. “But it’s required. Informed consent. Purely pro forma. Knew I could count on you. Just like whosit or thingummy ... what were their names again?”
“Uh ...”
“No matter. You can tell me later.” He became stern again. “I do wish you’d stop digressing. Focus, focus, fo ............ Did Callista happen to say anything about me?”
“Gregor, focus, remember?”
“On what? Oh, yes. Right you are. Of course, investing an artifact like this requires considerable sacrifice.”
She nodded. “The loss of your powers for an indefinite period, not less than a full lunar cycle,” she recited from memory.
“Well, the loss of YOUR powers to be more exact.”
“What?” she yelled.
“You do want it attuned to your aura, don’t you? You keep saying you want your own artifact - one you create.”
“Yes, but ...”
“And I couldn’t possibly. Too many responsibilities. Besides, good learning experience for you. About time you were in on an amulet induction.”
“I, um ...”
“Good, it’s decided. I’ve already had the matrix created.” He held up a gleaming pendant: gold chain, pentagonal framework of gold and silver with a perfect blue sapphire at the center. Etched lines in the metal seemed to radiate and return to the stone in a repeating pattern, each a smaller version of the one bounding it.
“It’s beautiful,” she breathed admiringly.
“Yes,” he agreed. “Eadil does very good work.”
“Why a sapphire?” she asked curiously.
“Ah!” He leaned forward mysteriously to whisper. “Because I like sapphires.”
“Should have known,” she grimaced.
“Of course, it’s my matrix design that’s the key. If it works, you should be able ...”
“Wait a minute. If?”
He waved her objections aside. “My theory is flawless, as always. I use ‘if’ as a convenience for discussion.”
“It’s not your powers at risk,” she grumbled. “And if your lattice is wrong?”
“You lose your powers - temporarily I stress - for nothing. Except the advancement of knowledge,” he added solemnly.
“That isn’t very reassuring.”
“And if successful,” he continued, his tenor now seductively smooth. “You have a powerful and virtually limitless artifact that satisfies your life-long fantasies.”
She smiled, won over. “You do have a way of putting things.”
“Splendid! Let’s get started.”
Lisa’s smile widened, catching his attention.
“What is it?” he asked, struck by her thoughtful expression.
“Just imagining what Karen’s going to say,” she laughed.
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“Not ANOTHER medallion!” Karen exclaimed loudly, drawing several quick stares. She continued more discreetly, “Haven’t we had enough of those for a while?”
Karen Rhodes spoke feelingly, as only someone who has been on the bad side of an out of control magic medallion can. She was a pretty, full-figured woman with auburn hair and blue eyes, dressed for work in a gray and blue business jacket and skirt over white shirt and dark hose. She crossed her legs and swung a foot nervously, dangling her low heeled shoe precariously.
Several weeks earlier, her fairly established (we won’t say dull) life had been overturned by Lisa’s revelations. First, that the magic studies she had pursued and studied since college had reached a level Karen had never even guessed at, allowing Lisa to shrink her friend to child size - much to everyone’s delight it had turned out, not least Karen’s husband, Bob. Second, that Lisa wanted to reestablish the physical intimacy she and Karen had shared while in college. Karen had resisted very briefly, quickly succumbing to Lisa’s passion and her own desires, both helped considerably by a little aphrodisiac side spell Lisa had included. The eventual result had been a remarkable series of threesomes between a tiny Karen, a shrinking Bob, and a comparably amazonian Lisa. the new relationships persisted, even through their recent age-changing misadventures.
It was during this period that Karen felt her first doubts about Lisa. In a fit of childish jealousy, Lisa had cast a powerful love spell between herself and Bob, only to find she couldn’t reverse it. (Even if she wanted to - an uncertainty that nagged Karen.) Karen had expected some emotional complications from their relationship, but while she saw no problems in her own dual affections for her husband and her old friend, she found herself struggling to accept the same between them. The resulting tension, and her own jealousy, had threatened the inherently brittle stability of any love triangle, even one freely chosen. She had held a long conversation with Bob regarding all this during the week, and resolved that she needed to intervene. Unfortunately, Lisa had been mysteriously absent all week, and Karen had gratefully seized upon her unexpected call to meet for lunch on Friday to announce her decision.
Which finally brings us back to ...
“Not just any medallion,” Lisa assured her, twirling it and letting the lights flash dazzlingly off the polished metal and sapphire. “Wait ‘til I show you. It’s unbelievable.”
“Lisa ...” Karen wanted to change to her pressing subject.
“Watch the hostess,” Lisa demanded, unobtrusively fingering the medallion.
The woman in question was a statuesque blond, possibly chosen for just that reason. She wore an off the shoulder peasant’s blouse to fit the Mexican restaurant’s motif, her shoulders and upper chest exposed, and her brightly colored skirt sweeping in long folds to her ankles, still visible above rather incongruous high heels. She was joking with a relatively short, black-haired waitress about her own age, who wore a short, dark skirt and a simple white shirt, the latter tight enough to emphasize sizable breasts. Lisa and Karen sat at one of the few tables that provided a full figure view of them both.
As Karen watched, the hostess began to lose her height advantage, her skirt hem moving lower until it obscured her feet and began to settle on the ground. The woman shrugged as the blouse began to shift on shrinking shoulders, then had to catch at the sleeves and pull them back up as they threatened a more dramatic slip. Soon she was on a level with her petite colleague, her hand resting on her puffed sleeves to secure her loose top, with neither of them seeming to notice anything wrong.
“Wow,” Karen admitted.
“You ain’t seen nothin’,” Lisa boasted. “Keep watching.”
Suddenly, the hostess found herself looking up into her friend’s face. The now taller waitress shifted as she felt her skirt waist tighten, but managed to adjust the band to ease the pressure. As she did, the skirt moved from just above the knees, to mid thigh, then upper thigh as her legs lengthened, and became skin tight around her increasingly massive lower body. Her shirt pulled out of her waist, stretched dangerously by a now truly imposing bustline, leaving her with a crop top appearance. Unconsciously, she lifted a foot to rub at her surprisingly uncomfortable shoes.
Lisa smiled in satisfaction, stopping the changes with the hostess now about eye level with her six-foot-something friend’s massive breasts. They simply changed positions slightly to maintain eye contact.
“Lisa! What if somebody sees them?” Karen asked nervously. She had initially been spellbound watching the opposing transformations, but now woke up to how odd the pair appeared in their ill-fitting clothes.
The question was answered as a man and woman entered the restaurant, the waitress taking their arrival as a cue to depart. She tugged at her shirt in a vain attempt to cover her partially bare tummy, and strode (her legs were too long for much else) away stiffly in her pinching shoes. The man’s jaw dropped, much to his girlfriend’s annoyance, as he watched the amazon depart, her clearly outlined hips and ass swinging, and her expanded figure threatening to tear her clothes with every step.
The hostess, meanwhile, flashed her usual smile of greeting, but did a quick double take as she found herself looking up so far at both the new guests, especially someone she had initially assumed to be an average sized woman. She recovered and led them towards a table, but not before tripping on her dragging skirt and having to clutch once more at her slipping top. This also drew an appreciative glance from the man as she seated them, the loose top exposing more cleavage than intended. She stumbled back to her desk, finally hiking her skirt to keep from tangling her feet.
“Gregor is a genius,” Lisa murmured.
They both turned their eyes back to the waitress, and found they weren’t alone - every guy within sight was drooling over the statuesque woman in her clinging clothes as she bent over to clear a table, her stressed skirt barely covering her behind. They stared in appreciation and surprise: how the hell had they missed her before?
“Lisa,” Karen whispered urgently. “People are gonna notice.”
“Yeah, I’ll bet she makes double or triple her usual tips,” Lisa smiled in satisfaction, also enjoying the view. “At least from men. Or certain women. Shall I call her over and see if that shirt can handle another couple of inches?”
“Lisa!” Karen reproved her (but didn’t actually say no).
“Don’t worry. I’ve been practicing, and this thing is attuned to me. As long as I concentrate on them, they have a sort of glamour that keeps them or anyone who knows them from freaking out. As for the rest of us, it’s a party. Enjoy.”
Karen found herself doing just that, despite her misgivings, especially as the hostess seated another couple near their table. Karen found she could look right down the woman’s now baggy neckline and loose bra to her small breasts. Perhaps also noticing, an annoyed and embarrassed look came over the blonde’s face, and she readjusted her blouse more vigorously, but still to little avail. It was almost like it didn’t fit anymore.
“Are you sure she doesn’t notice?” Karen asked, still nervous.
“Oh, she knows something’s wrong, but can’t tell quite what it is,” Lisa answered confidently. This works just like the age medallion, and you know how hard it could be to tell when you were changed by that.”
Karen nodded. She knew all too well.
“Here, I’ll show you,” Lisa added helpfully, concentrating for several seconds.
Karen waited. “Well?” she finally asked.
“Well what?” Lisa smiled mysteriously.
“What are you gonna show me?” No response. Karen squirmed in her chair, trying to get more comfortable, and was surprised by the clunking sound as her shoes fell off.
“Hey,” she complained. “What ... oh.” Realization set in as she looked across, and yes - up - into Lisa’s smug face. Looking back down quickly confirmed her suspicions. Her billowing jacket looked ludicrous on her, the sleeves half covering her hands. The abundant fabric of her oversize shirt lay wrinkled on her small lap.
“Wow again,” Karen admitted dryly. “I had no idea.”
“That’s the whole idea. Surprise.”
“OK. Now what?” Karen hoped she wasn’t too conspicuous.
“Stand up,” Lisa suggested. “I want to see you better.”
“Lisa!” Karen objected, blue eyes flashing. So much for being inconspicuous.
Lisa’s own crystal green eyes never wavered. “Tell me you’re not excited, and I’ll forget about it.”
No response, which was an answer in itself.
“Come on. One look, and I’ll change you back. Please?”
Karen looked around self consciously, but no one paid her any mind. A five foot woman wasn’t so unusual to demand stares.
“Oh, all right. But change me back quick, OK? This feels funny.”
Lisa nodded. Karen took a breath and edged off her chair, discomfited by the increased distance to the floor. She caught her slipping skirt just in time (she was getting good at this) and faced Lisa defiantly in stocking feet, amazed at the now chest high table height. Lisa drank in her diminished friend’s drooping clothes, slightly wrinkled stockings, and the look of discomfort on her nervous face. Unable to resist, she stood to stare down at her and emphasize their discrepant heights. This did draw a few curious stares, increasing Karen’s discomfort.
“How’s the weather down there, Red?”
“Lisa,” Karen protested, looking around fearfully. “Come on. You promised.” She felt like a kid arguing with her mother.
“’Kay,” Lisa agreed reluctantly. “It’s getting, um, harder to concentrate anyway.” Her stiff nipples testified as to why.
They sat back down, and Karen felt a brief tingle, suddenly finding herself eye level again with her smiling companion. She looked around, breathing a sigh of relief at again seeing no stares or looks of shock. Apparently, nobody but Karen and Lisa had even noticed the extraordinary events.
Or so it seemed.
Spotting the earlier subjects, Karen thought at first that Lisa had restored the hostess and waitress as well. However, a second look revealed the latter’s skirt was still mid thigh level.
“Yeah,” Lisa said, as though reading her thoughts. “I thought I’d leave her an extra few inches as long as we’re here. A shame to hide legs like those, and she’s not so tall that people will figure out what’s wrong.” She took a deep breath. “I think I did a good job keeping big changes like that hidden from ‘em. I mean, I love seeing people’s reactions when they shrink, but it’s a little hard to get away with a bunch of screaming three feet tall and half-naked women in a crowded restaurant.” A smile. “Not that it stops me from dreaming about it. Still, pretty cool, huh?”
“Amazing,” Karen admitted. “I didn’t notice at all when it happened, and you’d think I’d be an expert at stealth magic after the last few weeks. Where did you get it?”
“Made it,” she answered dreamily, tracing her finger lovingly along its gleaming metal, before changing her tone. “”My magic, anyway. Gregor actually designed it. He discovered the size changing matrix, but the magic’s all mine, even if it did drain me completely,” she finished proudly, though a bit ruefully. To emphasize her point, she snapped her fingers. “Nothing. No intrinsic magic ‘til who knows when - probably at least a couple of full moons.” She held up the necklace. “But who cares? I’ve got this, and it can do more than I ever could. Sure beats potions, huh?”
Karen watched the jewel flash as though hypnotized.
“I’m impressed,” she admitted. “So that’s what you’ve been doing all week.”
“Yup. My first medallion. Or at least the first one I’ve made.” A pause. “Well, helped make, anyway.”
“So,” Karen asked, pretending indifference. “Can anyone use it?”
Lisa laughed, guessing her real motives.
“Yes, Karen, you could use it. Works pretty much like the age medallion. The better your magic capabilities, the more you can do and the better it works. But nobody can work it as well as me. Since it’s an extension of my magic, I get all kinds of bonuses.” She paused teasingly.
“OK,” Karen urged. “I’ll bite. Like what?”
“You know, Karen,” Lisa said musingly, as though she hadn’t heard. “I’ve always been a bit jealous of your wonderful boobs.”
Karen crossed her arms across her chest self consciously.
“Lisa?”
“I wish I could borrow ‘em to see what it’s like. I’ve always been so small up top. Hey!” Lisa’s face lit up in mock surprise. “Wait a minute - maybe I can!”
She reached out to lightly touch Karen’s arm, producing another tingle beneath the skin. At first, Karen thought that nothing had happened, but then, she became aware of movement beneath her shirt. In shock, Karen abruptly felt her large breasts begin to dwindle beneath her protective arms.
“What the ...?” she gasped, looking down at her deflating blouse.
Lisa only smiled, and Karen now noticed that her friend’s chest seemed more prominent than she remembered. Much more prominent. Even as she watched, it swelled impressively, straining the buttons on her shirt.
“Whoa,” Lisa commented wryly, glancing at her new figure. “Now that’s what I call a Wonderbra.” She pretended concern over Karen’s shrinking bustline. “What’s the matter, Karen? My joke fall FLAT?”
Karen felt the last of her once impressive breasts recede to mere bumps, and watched as Lisa’s grew to unrecognizable size, gaps appearing between her stressed shirt buttons.
“Lisa!” she hissed. “You give ... um ... those back right now!” She patted herself in disbelief, feeling only surprisingly erect nipples flat against her chest. Deep down, through her show of anger, she realized she actually found this exciting as well.
“Aw, come on,” Lisa teased. “I only want to borrow ‘em. Won’t Bob be surprised?” She thrust out her prodigious chest provocatively. “I feel like I should change my name to Candi or something.”
“You ... boob rustler. When I ...” Karen started, but was interrupted as their waitress stopped at the table with their check. Lisa grabbed for it (the least she could do, she thought, after her teasing), accidentally brushing the woman’s arm. Karen saw a look of surprise and alarm pass across her newly busty friend’s face.
Sure enough, the server’s blouse deflated slowly, and Lisa’s breasts expanded yet again, forcing one button open. In near panic, Lisa gave the now underendowed woman a credit card, desperate to get her away before the transfer could complete.
The waitress, unable to ignore Lisa’s cartoon-like proportions, shook her head, surprised she hadn’t noticed such a ridiculous figure immediately. “Implants!” she thought disdainfully, before casting an involuntary glance at her own modest chest for reassurance. She did a quick double take at her flat front - god, this blouse really made her breasts look small. Or maybe it was just relative after seeing those whoppers. She couldn’t imagine walking around with breasts that big.
Apparently, Lisa couldn’t either. She was waving her hands in distress, causing her newfound abundance to jiggle dramatically, and threatening to finish off her remaining buttons. “Oh shit,” she mouthed silently.
“Need to get something off your chest?” Karen asked archly.
“OK,” Lisa said, more to herself. “Don’t panic. Let me just think of the counterspell.” She closed her eyes a few seconds in concentration. “Right.” She opened them and reached to take Karen’s hand.
“Oh no,” Karen said, snatching her hand away while laughing. “I’ve just realized how light and free I feel.” She squared her shoulders. “I could get used to this. Besides, I want to see if you can keep your balance when you try to wobble out of here.”
Another button popped, revealing a severely strained bra, creamy breasts spilling over all sides of the absurdly overfilled cups. Lisa grabbed at her separating shirt desperately.
“Karen, what are you ...” Panicked look. “Damn! There goes another button.”
“So,” Karen kept carefully out of reach. “Some kind of transfer spell, huh? That’s different.”
“Yeah, yeah,” Lisa admitted. “I originally thought about it for gradually shrinking someone by touch, then realized I could use it for ... other transfers.” Now it was Lisa pleading. “Come on, Karen. Please? This bra is killing me.”
“Well ...” Karen stalled, pretending contemplation. “Bob would probably miss them. All right.” She reached out and took Lisa’s hand, triggering another jolt. To both their relief, Karen’s familiar proportions quickly returned. Lisa remained much larger than normal, but no longer impossibly so. She was barely able to rebutton her shirt over a still strangely unfamiliar jutting profile.
At last, the waitress returned with the card. She tried to keep her eyes away from Lisa’s absurd bust, then looked puzzled as she noticed it wasn’t nearly as large as she thought. Strange day. Just like she had at first thought Sharon seemed a foot taller than usual when they passed each other at the kitchen earlier. Oh well.
Lisa deliberately brushed her hand in taking it the card, breathing a sigh of relief as both sets of breasts began to return to normal.
“Thanks,” Lisa breathed.
“Thank you.” The woman was puzzled by her evident gratitude, but forgot immediately as she turned to take care of another table.
Lisa examined herself in relief, especially her chest. Comparatively speaking, her breasts looked smaller than ever right now. This would ordinarily feed her insecurity about her figure, but she’d never been so happy to see her lack of decolletage.
“OK,” Lisa admitted. “Maybe that one didn’t work out quite the way I planned.”
“Total bust,” Karen agreed, managing to keep a straight face.
“Ouch.” Lisa winced as she smoothed her shirt.
“But a lot of fun,” Karen continued. “And a lot more dramatic than having tea stir itself. At least things are never dull with you around.”
Lisa seemed relieved.
“Really? You didn’t mind?”
“Maybe a little,” Karen admitted. “But I guess a lot of the fun in this stuff is sorta living near the edge. I mean, most people never think of shrinking, and would hate to even try it. Now that I have, I’d never want to give it up, even if I have ended up in some pretty embarrassing situations the last few weeks. I admit, I never even thought about swapping boobs, and it felt really weird. But there’s that underlying shock and loss of control that makes it exciting. We’re just lucky we have each other to play with - I’m not sure I could get into this with anyone else.” She looked at Lisa wryly. “Height transfer, huh? Still into the giantess side, I see.”
Lisa took her hand, this time without any tricks.
“You didn’t seem to mind that first weekend.”
Karen blushed. “Well, anyone’s a giant when you’re two feet tall,” she said defensively.
“Admit it,” Lisa persisted. “Two sides of the same coin. Haven’t you ever wondered what it would be like to tower over Bob? Have him at your mercy?” She then added in a barely audible voice, “I know I have.”
To be honest, the thought gave Karen a warm feeling between her legs, but she pretended disinterest. “Maybe. But I like Bob big. Really big, if you know what I mean.”
They both laughed.
“And speaking of Bob,” Karen finally continued, suddenly becoming very serious. “He and I have been talking. About all of us.”
Uh oh, Lisa thought, sobering up immediately. The last few weeks had been as much a revelation to her as to Karen. Rekindling the old physical relationship with her friend had been a dream come true. Their intimacy seemed as warm and natural as it had in college. And Bob … well, Bob had been an unexpectedly intense bonus. Even now, she wasn’t sure just how strong her feelings had been before the love spell, but deep down, she was afraid the answer was one Karen wouldn’t like. In any case, the feelings were achingly powerful now, even if forced into full flower magically.
Lisa had come to realize what it was that kept drawing her back to Karen. After all, she had many relationships after college, with both men and women, but none had been as satisfying. She had enjoyed the occasional weekend afternoon or dinner with Karen and Bob, or the casual meetings for coffee with Karen stolen during the week, more than her private relationships or lovers, and eventually realized it was because she was already in love - with Karen, at least. Once she admitted her feelings, she understood why the sex had seemed so much better, and why she couldn’t forget about them. Sex was inherently better when you were in love, and the giggling, relaxed sessions they had enjoyed as students, while spinning fantasies for each other, and tentatively exploring each other’s body, had been a result of just that.
Sex with Bob had been better than with any other man in Lisa’s experience, and she recognized the same cause. Bob was good, but she liked being with him so much now that it hardly mattered. It had satisfied her in a way she had never even knew she wanted, and she desperately wanted to keep those feelings - with both of them. Unfortunately, she recognized it was hopeless - how could you fall in love with a married couple? - and knew the problems it must be causing. She figured her juvenile attempts to get Bob away from Karen might precipitate a crisis, and now it had arrived.
“Oh?” she finally asked casually, taking a drink of water for her suddenly dry mouth.
“Be honest with me, Lisa.” Karen leaned forward and fixed her eyes intensely. “Did you fall in love with Bob before the spell?”
A leaden weight materialized in Lisa’s stomach as she studied her napkin.
“M … maybe,” she finally admitted, looking up. “I think, maybe, yes.” She could feel her hopes die at Karen’s set, expressionless face. “I’m sorry, Kari. I really didn’t know when I started all this.”
Karen took a deep breath.
“That will make this easier.” She waited a few seconds, as though still unsure whether or not to proceed as Lisa squirmed. “You know we can’t go on like this.”
The weight in her stomach grew. “I know.” Eyes fixed on the table again as she twisted the napkin. “I understand.”
“Good.” Karen sat back. “So when do you want to move in?”
Lisa’s stomach flipped, as did the napkin as she threw her hands up in shock.
“What?” she cried in disbelief, searching Karen’s face for signs of a joke.
“Look, Lees,” Karen continued quickly, as though afraid she’d regret herself. “No promises, OK? I don’t have a clue how, or if, this is gonna work. And I’m not saying I won’t have lapses, or get angry or jealous sometimes, but geez, we are adults right?” A smile. “At least this week.” They both laughed, though Lisa did so with tears in her eyes. “You and Bob are my best friends - there’s gotta be a way we can do this. And I know what it’s like to be in love with Bob. Pretty nice, huh?”
Lisa nodded, happily speechless.
“And Bob still likes you. A lot.”
“Even after I …?”
“Yeah. Even after all that. Took me a while to get it out of him, but hey, he’s a guy - sometimes talking is extra. But you’ll find that out. We realized our lives would never be the same with a couple of apprentice witches going at it, but we also agreed we’ve never had a more wonderful few weeks.” Now it was Karen reaching to hold Lisa’s hand. “We love you, Lisa.”
Lisa shook slightly, crying more openly, and squeezed Karen’s hand.
“Bob only asked one thing. Could he occasionally wake up on a Saturday and not find one of shrinking or regressing or levitating or whatever. He thinks a normal weekend once in a while would be necessary break.”
Lisa laughed and cried, merely nodding her head.
“He also worried this could put a new ‘M’ in PMS.” Karen paused. “Don’t worry - I whacked him with a pillow.” A crafty expression came over her face. “But it gave me an idea.” She leaned forward to whisper in Lisa’s ear. Lisa’s eyes went wide.
“I … I don’t know. I think I could get hold of the right spell.” As Lisa considered further, she also began to smile. That would certainly alter their threesome.
“Something to look forward to,” Karen decided. “If you’re interested. In the whole deal.”
Lisa stood to hug Karen unabashedly, her tears still marking her face. “Thank you,” was all she could think to say.
“I’ll take that as a yes.”
In case there was any doubt, Lisa sat back down, her head nodding vigorously.
“Good,” Karen said, relieved and frightened at the same time. “If we still feel the same way, and manage not to kill each other, we can talk about what we want to do long term. Besides,” she indicated the medallion. “You’ve been neglecting my studies. How am I gonna learn more advanced magic if I only see you a few times a month? Geez, you’ll have more medallions than an Olympic star while I’m still mixing my first potions.”
“When … I mean, should I …” Lisa asked nervously.
“Move in?” Karen finished for her, for once seeming to read her friend’s thoughts instead of the other way around. “Tonight, if you want. We thought we’d celebrate. But I’ll warn you - Bob’s cooking.”
“I’d like to risk it,” Lisa laughed, then wiped her eyes, finally noticing the stares their scene had drawn. “I wish there was something I could do to show you ....” Her eyes lit up, and she lifted the medallion over her head and held it out. “Here. Take this.”
Karen started to protest.
“No, really,” Lisa insisted. “I want you to practice with it this afternoon. I’m gonna be busy. Packing.” She laughed and bounced in her seat. “I can’t believe I just said that. Thank you again, Karen.”
Karen hesitated, though the extent of her temptation was made plain by her unconscious extension of her hand.
“How does it work?” she asked cautiously.
“Standard operation. Concentration and visualization. Don’t try anything too drastic ‘til you’re sure you can keep your subject unaware. But the way you picked up on the age medallion, I bet that won’t be a problem.” She looked around. “Here, try a test. Cut that waitress I changed back down to size.”
Karen’s curiosity and excitement overcame her inhibitions, and she accepted the artifact, being careful not to otherwise touch Lisa’s skin during the exchange (after their earlier near disaster with the time medallion). She held it gingerly, trying to sense the magic within it, the pendant’s aura fairly pulsating with power. Soon, she could almost sense the patterns of its energy and the slow flow of the contained magic. She looked around and spotted the waitress at the checkout, running a credit card through. Concentrating, she imagined the woman growing smaller.
And she did.
A little too fast and a little too much. Her skirt dropped from mid thigh past knee level, and suddenly the woman found herself standing on tiptoe to read the electronic register. She felt her strangely loose skirt start to slip and grabbed at it, not noticing the bagginess of her shirt, or the fact that her heels slipped out of her overlarge shoes as she balanced on her toes, barely able to see over the counter. She was probably close to four feet before Karen reacted.
“Oops,” Karen gasped, immediately realizing her mistake. Instead of simply thinking smaller, she needed to visualize the shrinking woman at about her original height. She guessed five-three. Almost immediately, the tiny waitress felt a tingle, and found her sagging skirt fit securely again. Satisfied that she had rearranged it somehow to correct the problem, she relaxed from her tiptoe position - briefly wondering why she had assumed it - tucked in her shirt, and took the completed receipt back to her table.
“Very good,” Lisa commented. “Nice recovery. She looks just about right.”
“What if I missed by an inch or two?” Karen asked, worried.
“Oh, that’s right. We’ve never covered the simple negation spells. Well, don’t worry. Unless you really push hard, the effects would wear off. Eventually. Here, let me hold it a second.” She did so, closed her eyes briefly, then opened them and gave it back. “All set. All magic removed from our subjects. Now, try it out on your own, and let’s see what kind of mayhem we can manage this weekend. I’ve gotta run.”
A mysterious smile transformed Karen’s face. “See you soon,” she said brightly.
“Believe it,” Lisa answered. She stood up, and gasped - barely catching her skirt as it started to slip. She looked at Karen in disbelief, but the smile remained unchanged. Lisa sat back down, only now noticing how loose her sandals were, and that her feet were dangling above the floor. Sure enough, she had to look up into Karen’s amused face.
“No way!” she insisted.
“Way,” Karen responded triumphantly. “What goes around...”
“Gregor’s right,” Lisa decided. “You are good. That’s scary. I should have noticed something.” She squirmed a bit in her baggy clothes, noticing Karen looked awfully big. “This is weird. I don’t think I’ve ever been smaller than you.”
“Damn cute this way,” Karen leered. She leaned over to give her friend a quick kiss. “More tonight, short stuff.” She then leaned back and waited, still smiling.
“OK, so, like, change me back,” Lisa prompted.
“Sure. As soon as we get outside.”
“Karen!”
“Better hurry. Oops, too late - looks like you’re shrinking again,” Karen laughed.
Lisa felt the tingle and jumped up, now needing to drop to the floor. A passing waitress loomed above her, and she guessed she was already past the five foot mark. Trying to appear calm, she grabbed her skirt with one hand and walked quickly in her flopping sandals towards the exit, while Karen watched with a wicked smile of appreciation.
Maybe another medallion wasn’t such a bad idea.
Lisa found the people she passed were beginning to tower over her like giants, and clutched her clothes protectively around her. Several gave curious stares to the tiny woman in awkwardly large clothes as she hurried by them. With alarm, Lisa noticed that even the petite waitress she had toyed with earlier seemed to have resumed amazonian proportions, and she finally decided to fix her gaze straight ahead to avoid the disorienting feeling of craning her neck to see people’s faces.
By the time she reached the door, her shoes were ready to slip off, and her skirt held almost no purchase on her small hips, her hands alone preventing it from slipping away together with the last of her dignity. She turned to find Karen walking slowly towards her, savoring the experience and Lisa’s expression.
“You were absolutely right,” she agreed, blue eyes twinkling. “This is incredible.”
Lisa simply stared at her seemingly immense friend, over seven feet tall to her diminished perspective. Despite her embarrassment over her eye-catching, nudge-inducing size and ridiculous clothes, she found their altered relationship erotically charged. She looked hungrily at Karen’s breasts, bigger than ever and conveniently eye level. Karen could tell her embarrassment was fading, replaced by an excited flush.
“Hey, up here,” she joked. “I’m used to guys staring there, but geez.”
“You try ignoring a seven foot amazon with a 50 DDD bust,” Lisa shot back, then shifted uncomfortably as another customer entered behind her and stared openly at her small stature. “Um, how about changing me back so I attract a little less attention?”
Karen nodded, and they stepped into the empty alcove between the inner and outer doors. Lisa immediately felt a reassuring tingle, and found herself returning to her normal five foot seven mark. She rearranged her clothes primly, already making plans for the next time she held the medallion.
“All right?” Karen asked, preparing to open the outer door.
“Uh huh,” Lisa acknowledged, following her. “But promise me one thing, Karen.”
“Sure.”
“Let’s try that again in private.”
“Two minds with a single thought,” Karen laughed, before they separated and walked away.
And a few seconds later, another patron who had carefully observed all their actions also stepped onto the sidewalk looked briefly at the disappearing figure of Lisa, then turned to follow Karen.
END PART ONE