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Tedd was singing softly as he tinkered. “The name of the band was the Magical Girls. Spreading magic all around the world, pop goes the squirrel!”
“I beg your pardon?”
Tedd looked up at Grace, who was eyeing him with a disturbed expression. “What?”
“What were you singing?”
Tedd blushed. “I got ‘Pop goes the World’ stuck in my head, and was messing with the word... oh! Shoot. Last week’s incident with the inflation spell. I’m still sorry about that.”
Grace waved a hand dismissively, the gesture echoed by her hair-tendril on that side. “It’s okay! It didn’t hurt, just felt weird.”
“Still...” Tedd took a moment to activate his spell, then a mischievous smile grew on her face. “There are much nicer ways for a squirrel to pop.”
Grace stared at Tedd blankly. “I don’t...”
Tedd touched a little more power to her spell, turning her hair bubblegum pink and growing distinctly more feminine. Her shirt turned into a midriff-baring crop-top, and her shorts into a cute little skirt. “I think my big, hunky squirrel boy friend knows what I mean.”
Grace flipped male and scooped Tedd into his arms. “Oooh, Teddy! Are you sure? I know you’ve been skittish about... and you’re still squirming.” He set Tedd down again.
Tedd’s look grew determined. “I am. Just need a little... I’ve been wanting to test this spell for a while now, and we have the place to ourselves, right?”
Grace cocked his head to one side, ear perked towards the stairs. “Yep, we’re alone. Your dad left for work an hour ago.”
Tedd pulled out a drumstick with a pink stripe painted around the base. “This one adds to libido...” She tapped it to her head, and suddenly her hair grew out to waist length while her clothes got even smaller while their contents enlarged. “And less thinky stuff.”
Grace’s eyes widened. “You made a wand that turns you into a bimbo?”
“Yeppies! Don’t worry, it’s temor... tempy... uh...”
“Temporary! So you’ll change back soon?”
“Yeah!” Teddy cheered. “That. N’less you make me feel reallll good.” Her voice oozed... something lascivious.
“Teddy! Do you really think I’d keep you like this?”
Teddy slinked closer. “Please?”
Grace glanced at the glass case that held the reset wand. While it didn’t need to be broken to be opened, Tedd had stencilled ‘Break in case of Emergency’ on it even so. The wand was where it was supposed to be. “You know I can’t deny you anything, sweet Teddy.”
“Yay!”
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“Look, Teddy, I’m really sorry about this, but... RESET!”
Tedd shook her head to clear the sparkles out. “Oooh, wow. That worked really well.”
Grace stared at Tedd incredulously. “You turned yourself into an insatiable lust monster, and you consider that it went... well?”
Tedd snuggled up against Grace. “Yeah. Feeling waaay better about snuggling you when you’re male, now.”
Grace licked her lips and changed her shape back to masculine. “Really?” She pulled Tedd into a tight hug, and squeed happily at the lack of squirming. “Best wand ever.”
A moment later she grinned. “Can I try it?”
Tedd giggled. “You have inhibitions to deal with?”
“Project Lycanthrope.”
Tedd’s expression went instantly serious. “Oh. Sure. It’s... uh... kind of female centric. And the reset wand won’t work on you. Are you sure?”
“Go get your MV5 wand already.”
“Yes’m.”