Just to give fair credit for inspiration, I came up with the idea for
this story shortly after reading one of JRD's Zodiac Coin stories.
Seven Deadly Wishes
By Morpheus
PROLOGUE
New York City, 1883
Jacob Meyers was a respectable man and fairly successful in his
chosen profession as a silver smith. He owned his own shop, which he
lived above, made a decent earning with his skilled craft and was even
able to afford what modest luxuries he desired. Yet it was not enough
and Jacob entered into a Faustian deal.
One night, Jacob used a forbidden book to call upon the dark
one... and offered anything in exchange for more. More what, he was not
certain, yet he knew that he wanted it. To Jacob's surprise, the dark
one appeared before him and accepted his offer.
"I shall give you that which you ask," the dark one told him
grimly. "I shall provide seven demons... one from each demon clan. Each
of these demons shall provide you with a single service... a single
wish if it is within their power. And upon this day one year from now,
I shall return for payment of your soul."
Jacob shook from fear of the dark one before him, but signed in
blood the contract, which bound those terms and damned his soul.
For the first month, Jacob thought upon what he desired and was
overwhelmed by the possibilities. Jacob could have whatever he desired.
With but a few words, he could become the most successful silver smith
in New York or wealthy beyond his wildest dreams. He could have
servants to wait upon him hand and foot or women to throw themselves
upon him. Anything and everything could be his for the asking.
But then, realization dawned upon Jacob. He began to comprehend
the truth of the compact in which he had entered with the dark one.
Jacob could have whatever he desired, though he now understood that the
cost was too high. Nothing was worth the fate that now awaited him.
Horrified at what he had done, Jacob called upon the dark one
once again and renounced his contract.
"I have called none of your demons," Jacob pleaded his, "I have
used not one of their services..."
But the dark one laughed at Jacob. "Use them or not, the choice
is yours. I have fulfilled my part of our bargain so your soul shall be
mine as promised."
Jacob was filled with horror and remorse, yet was determined to
find a way. He spent months searching for a way to escape his bargain,
yet finding little luck. There seemed nothing that he could do save use
the demons wishes while he was able so that at least his soul would not
go for naught.
Then one night while resting, Jacob recalled the dark one's words
and saw a glimmer of hope. And with a grim determination, he rushed to
his workshop and immediately began work upon his most important
project.
Nearly every minute of Jacob's time was spent locked within his
workshop, with his entire attention focused upon his work. Jacob
carefully made seven coins of silver, made from the finest metal, which
had been melted from a crucifix. Each coin was created individually,
shaped and then polished into perfection.
Upon each of the seven coins was an image, an image which
represented one of the seven demons who yet owed service to Jacob. He
had put great effort and skill in crafting them, making the images...
the coins as perfect as his craft would let him.
Once Jacob had finished the coins, his masterpieces, he felt
pride. Yet it was a sad pride as he knew that he would never have
created such works had he not made such a foolish bargain. For the
coins were to be Jacob's only hope of salvation... or of retribution.
Finally the day came, one year since the dreadful bargain had
been struck, since the contract had been signed in blood. Jacob knew
that the time had come and did that which he had delayed for a full
year.
One by one, Jacob called his demons. And one by one the demons
came. As each demon arrived, Jacob held aloft the coin he had crafted
for them and made his demand.
"I wish you to transfer your power to this coin," Jacob told them
each.
Jacob knew that there was but one chance for him to escape an
eternal torment, and this was it. Should any demon fail to grant
Jacob's service, or refuse to fulfill his wish... then the dark one's
promise would be unfulfilled... and the contract broken.
As each demon heard the demand, they begged, bribed and
threatened Jacob to change it. The succubus even tried seducing him,
though Jacob held firm.
One by one, the demons were faced with Jacob's wish, and one by
one they were forced to grant it. For though the demons hated the
thought of surrendering their power, they were more afraid of their
dark master's wrath should they disobey his order.
When the wishes were complete and the final demon had surrendered
his power, Jacob stared grimly at the coins. Each coin now contained
the power of a demon. And with each coin being filled, Jacob had lost
an opportunity until none was left him. His fate truly was sealed.
Jacob did not have long to wait before the dark one arrived to
claim his soul.
In a desperate effort, Jacob revealed the coins and pleaded, "I
will return your demons power if you let me go..."
"I have many demons," the dark one told Jacob with a cold laugh,
"What care I for seven?"
Having nothing else to lose, Jacob threw the handful of coins out
the window, where they scattered along the street below. Within mere
moments, street urchins had snatched them all up and then vanished from
view.
The look of cold anger on the dark one's face was enough to let
Jacob know that those demons powers meant more to him than he had
admitted.
Then as the devil stepped forward to claim his due, Jacob waited
with a weak smile. He had lost... more than most could imagine, yet
even in losing he had found a small victory. The devil would still get
Jacob's soul... but he had paid MUCH more for it than he had wanted.
Jacob was supposed to have received merely a single service from
each demon... and to have benefited from their powers for no more than
a year. But now, Jacob's soul would cost the dark one more than merely
seven wishes.
Now the coins had been scattered, each of which contained the
powers of a single demon... powers of greed, lust, anger, sloth, envy,
pride and gluttony. These were powers that were no longer constrained
to serve whom the dark one ordered, but any who could find them. And
who knew who that could be...
GREED
The coin waited, neither patiently nor impatiently. It was not
conscious, had no mind or will of its own. Yet in a strange way, the
coin was aware.
Eventually though, as always, the coin was picked up. The
possessor called upon the coin to grant a wish, as it had done before.
"I wish that all of the hungry people in the world were fed," the
possessor made the demand.
The wish had been made... yet it was beyond the power of the coin
so was not to be granted. But still, that would count as the single
demand that this possessor was allotted. There would be no others.
Once again the coin was left to wait, though it was not long
before there was another possessor. However, this time there was a
greed that emanated from the possessor. A greed which stirred the power
within the coin and caused to reach out to that which was so similar...
Preston Cambell had served the wealthy Gable family for more than
fourteen years. First he had loyally served the elder Gable for over a
decade, and now he continued to serve his former employer's son, the
younger Gable.
At the moment, Preston was staring silently at the silver coin,
the coin which he knew had been the Gable family's greatest secret. It
was the good luck charm which the elder Gable had once attributed to
their family's great fortune. The elder Gable had once told Preston of
it during a moment of intoxication, though never mentioned it again.
Though it had been years, Preston still remembered their
conversation clearly. The elder Gable had said that his grandfather had
been but a poor boy when he found the coin, but that by the time he had
become twenty, he had created a moderate fortune with its help.
Then had come the great stock market crash, and the fortune had
been lost. Yet by some miracle which was credited to their good luck
charm, the elder Gable's father had been able to rebuild the fortune...
and increase it. Then eventually, the elder Gable had inherited the
wealth and multiplied it yet again, turning them into one of the
wealthiest families in America.
But as with all men, the elder Gable's time had finally come to
an end and the family fortune went to his only son, the younger Gable.
But unlike his predecessors who had worked at creating the wealth, the
younger Gable seemed more interested in spending it. He had already
donated several million to various charities.
Preston had not believed the elder Gable at first, thinking it
the ramblings of a drunken old man or some superstition which had been
passed down from father to son. Preston had never even seen the coin
himself... until now.
The younger Gable must have had it out or been looking at it
earlier in the day, as when Preston had gone into the study, he had
been surprised to see that a wall safe had been left open. A hidden
safe, which Preston had not even been aware existed until that moment.
And sitting in plain view, the only thing within the safe was the coin,
resting on a velvet pad.
After staring at the coin for several minutes, Preston carefully
picked it up. It was about the size of a silver dollar and made of a
silver that was so well polished that there was not a single blemish or
smudge on the surface.
On the one side was the image of a man's face, which was so
perfectly formed that it almost seemed alive. Even the expression of
pure greed on the face could not be mistaken. And upon the other side
was the image of a demon, also created with the same exactness and
detail. Then finally, Preston saw that there was something written
around the surface, though he could not make it out.
And though Preston's eyesight was too poor to read it, the words
proclaimed, "TRAPPED WITHIN THIS COIN LIES THE POWER OF GREED"
Preston continued to stare at the coin for several minutes,
smiling faintly as he realized exactly what he held in his hand. At
least what he held if what the elder Gable had been telling him the
truth as he had come to suspect. If that single good luck charm could
help the Gable family amass a huge fortune, he could just imagine what
it might do for him as well.
Suddenly Preston felt something odd as strange images began to
flash through his head. They were coming from the coin... as if it was
trying to communicate with him somehow. And though Preston couldn't
make it all out, he suddenly understood that the coin would grant him a
single wish. Or at least it would grant him a wish as long as it fell
within the coin's power to do so.
"The power to gather wealth," Preston whispered, somehow
realizing that the coin's wishes would be strongest when motivated by
greed, though he would not phrase it that way.
Preston licked his lips, wondering if he should wish for millions
in cash, or that it be deposited in his savings account. But not a
foolish man, Preston realized that there would be certain problems with
either of those. The main one being, how would he possibly be able to
explain where it had suddenly come from. There was no doubt that the
IRS would be very interested in that.
Then Preston smiled faintly as the solution to that problem
occurred to him. He quickly looked around to make sure that no one was
watching, feeling guilty at betraying the trust of his employers, but
not about to miss such a once in a lifetime opportunity.
"I wish," Preston started carefully, wanting to be as precise as
possible, "that I had the only winning lottery ticket for the next
state lottery, within my left pocket."
Once Preston had finished with his wish, he slowly reached within
his pocket and gulped as he pulled out a lottery ticket. He stared at
it for a moment, smiling with the proof that the wish had actually
worked. It was no wonder that the Gable family had become so wealthy
using it.
He stood there for a moment more, knowing that he'd gotten what
he had wanted and that he should put the coin back before he was
discovered, yet Preston couldn't help think that he could get even more
from it.
It was then that Preston thought of a certain lady friend of his
and smiled. Though he had already used his one wish, there was no
reason that he couldn't have her make another wish on the coin and,
then return it to the safe, hopefully before anyone noticed that it had
ever been missing. And since the younger Gable had just left the
mansion a short time earlier...
Preston hesitated just a moment, nervously looking around once
again before slipping the coin into the same pocket as the lottery
ticket. And taking a deep breath, he quickly turned around and left the
mansion, fairly confident that no one had seen him remove the coin from
the study.
Just minutes later, Preston had left the mansion and was well on
his way to see his lady friend. He was nervous and excited, just a
little bit afraid of what would happen should he get caught 'borrowing'
the coin, though the idea of what he could gain from keeping it himself
for just several hours was more than enough motivation.
When Preston was just outside of the building in which she lived,
he left his car to walk the remaining short distance. He had not gone
far before a young man who was running down the street bumped into him.
"Sorry," the young man quickly told Preston before rushing off
again.
"Quite rude," Preston muttered to himself as he turned to
continue on his way.
It was just a block away from there that the 19 year old
pickpocket stopped and slipped into an alley in order to check his
latest grab. Jay frowned as he saw that all that he'd manage to snatch
was a lottery ticket and some kind of coin.
With a snort of disappointment, Jay slipped the lottery ticket
into his pocket, then paused to take a closer look at the coin. His
eyes went wide with surprise as he did so. Jay had seen enough real
silver to recognize it when he held it in his own hands.
"I wonder how much this is worth," he muttered, thinking of a
local pawn-shop that wouldn't ask any questions.
Just then, Jay felt something tingling in his thoughts, something
which came from the coin. He let out a gasp of surprise, somehow now
knowing that the coin would grant him a wish, though he still wasn't
completely certain that he believed it.
After several minutes though, Jay knew that he didn't have
anything to lose, so clutched the coin tightly in his hand as he made
his wish, "I wish that women really wanted me..."
Suddenly Jay yelped in pain as he received what felt like an
electrical shock against his hand. He grimaced and looked at his hand,
gasping in surprise as he saw what looked like a patch of gold metal on
the back of it. And it was spreading...
"What the fuck?" Jay demanded, dropping the coin in surprise as
his whole hand was transformed into gold.
Jay stood there, staring at his golden hand in shock, and growing
horrified as he saw that it was spreading up his arm. As Jay panicked,
he began to run. He had no idea where he was running to, only that he
was desperate to find some kind of help.
However, Jay couldn't make it very far before his joints and
muscles started to freeze up. He slowed down more and more, finding it
increasingly difficult to move at all. Finally, he had to stop
entirely, barely able to budge at all. And it was just moments later
that even that much was impossible. Jay screamed inside, though his
mouth would not even move enough to let it out.
It had not taken long for the transformation to become complete,
for the young pickpocket's entire body to be transformed into gold. He
stood there frozen, still aware... still able to think... but unable to
do anything else. Such was the nature of a statue as had just become.
Jay stood there in silent horror, screaming for help which would
never come. Eventually, he realized that his wish had indeed been
granted. Now, women truly would want Jay... As a golden statue worth
millions... everyone would want him.
Back in the alley, where it had been dropped and forgotten, the
silver coin remained on the ground where previous possessor had left
it. Being discarded did not bother the coin of greed. Nothing bothered
it. Still, it waited...
SLOTH
Stacy looked around the dusty attic with a look of disgust,
hating the fact that she even had to come up there. However, she hated
the reason that she was up there even more.
"It's not fair," Stacy grumbled to herself. "Why do I have to
clean the attic?"
Giving a snort, Stacy still made no move to touch anything, much
less the broom that she had brought up with her. It just wasn't fair...
Why couldn't her mom do it herself instead of making Stacy have to
work?
But then Stacy rolled her eyes, mentally hearing her mom's words
echoing through her head. Words that she'd heard countless times since
her dad had them several years earlier. Her mom never seemed to miss an
opportunity to tell Stacy that she would have to help around the house
more.
"As if," Stacy grumbled bitterly.
And of course, it had all gotten worse since Stacy turned 16 a
month earlier. Now it was not only that she should help more around the
house, but that since she had her license, she should help more with
the errands and running around. And then... then there was the job.
Stacy's mom had begun pressuring her more and more to go out and get a
job to help pay some of the bills.
"It's not like I eat all THAT much," Stacy complained. And her
mom had certainly never told her that she needed to get a job before.
"I just wish that she'd get off my back..."
Then Stacy let out a long sigh, knowing that she might as well
get started or she'd never hear the end of it. Still, she was in no
hurry as she started moving some old boxes out of the way, wondering
which ones her mom would want sent to Good Will.
Stacy cleaned for several minutes, or at least moved enough of
the clutter around so that if her mother checked up on her, it would
look as though Stacy had been hard at work.
"It's not like anyone even comes up here," Stacy muttered as she
kicked at a stack of boxes.
Suddenly the whole stack toppled over with a loud clatter and
Stacy winced, half afraid that her mom would come rushing up to demand
to know what all the noise was. But after a minute with no sign of her
mom, Stacy let out a sigh of relief and slowly moved to check on the
boxes.
However, as Stacy was putting the boxes back upright, one of them
caught her attention. It was an old wooden one, little bigger than
shoebox. It was also a box that Stacy recognized, though she had not
seen it since her Grandpa George had died nearly five years earlier.
Stacy smiled sadly as she remembered her Grandpa George and
Grandma Bess. As far back as she could remember, Grandpa George had
always been sitting back in his recliner and smoking a pipe. He barely
ever lifted a finger to do anything since Grandma Bess had always
seemed quite happy to do absolutely everything for him.
"What a life," Stacy sighed, thinking how nice it would be having
someone else doing everything for her.
Unfortunately, Grandma Bess had gotten sick and died. Grandpa
George had taken it pretty hard and didn't know what to do without her.
It wasn't even six months later that he passed away as well, going in
his sleep.
After a moment more, Stacy slowly opened the box up and stared at
its contents. It was filled with various trinkets, personal items of
her late Grandpa George. There was his pipe, his wedding ring as well
as a number of other odds and ends that Stacy barely paid much
attention to.
But one particular item in Grandpa George's box immediately
caught Stacy's eye. There was a silver coin that looked as shiny and
new, as if it had just come off of the mint. And remembering that old
coins were often worth money, Stacy picked it up for a better look.
There was a face on the coin, a face that looked like it was in
the middle of the yawn or something. Stacy smiled faintly, then glanced
back at the box it had come from before looking at the other boxes that
she had knocked over.
"Ugh," Stacy grimaced.
Stacy was not thrilled at the thought of not only cleaning up
those boxes, but the rest of the attic as well. She shook her head,
once again thinking about how unfair it was that her mom was making her
do cleaning instead of being able to go to the mall with her friends.
"That is SO unfair," she grumbled.
Suddenly, Stacy felt something strange coming from the coin in
her hand. Strange images flashed through her head, and she knew that
they were coming from the coin. It was almost as though the coin were
trying to communicate with her...
"Oh shit," Stacy whispered, staring at the coin in her palm, "No
way..."
Somehow... Stacy knew that the coin had the power to grant her a
wish. It had sort of told her, though it was a bit vague. She also knew
that it would only grant a wish having to do with making her life
easier. Making it so that she didn't have to do so much work. Stacy
grinned at that as it was the answer to her prayers.
"Let's see," Stacy thought aloud, "I wish... I wish that things
were different, so that no one would expect me to do any work or
anything, and my mom would take care of me completely..."
Stacy almost immediately felt a strange tingle shoot up her arm
from the coin. She was so startled that she dropped it, right back into
the box of trinkets that she'd taken it from. But the tingle didn't
stop there. It seemed to continue through her entire body.
"I feel weird," she mumbled to herself.
Then Stacy stood up straight, pausing as she realized that
something was wrong. It took her just a moment to realize what it was.
Her clothes... They were loose on her. And she knew that they hadn't
been just a minute earlier.
Stacy blinked in confusion, "What's going on?"
However, instead of receiving an answer, Stacy looked down and
was horrified to realize that her clothes were getting even looser.
They were growing.
"Or I'm shrinking," she finished with a cold chill.
With a stab of panic shooting through her, Stacy cried out and
ran out of the attic, nearly tripping over her longer pant legs as she
rushed down the stairs. Her feet were beginning to slide around in her
now too large shoes.
"MOM!" Stacy cried out before she even reached the bottom step.
"MOM!"
"What's all this racket about?" Stacy's mom demanded as she came
to check on the noise, then froze and stared at her daughter in shock.
"Stacy?"
Stacy grabbed at her clothes, which had become more than just a
little loose, her hands pausing as they reached her chest and she
suddenly realized that it was flat. Her breasts were gone.
Her mom just stood there with her mouth hanging open, continuing
to stare at the 10 year old girl in front of her in disbelief. Even
though it was completely impossible, there was no mistaking that it was
her daughter. Stacy looked exactly the same as she had 6 years
earlier...
All that Stacy was able to do was stand there, staring in horror
as her mom seemed to grow larger and larger in front of her, as well as
everything else. Though in truth, it was Stacy who was shrinking,
growing younger and younger with every passing second.
"I'm shrinking," Stacy cried out from the body of a 5 year old
girl. And just a second later, had regressed even further, becoming 4
and then 3.
"What... what's going on?" her mom cried out in confusion and
worry for her daughter.
However, Stacy was unable to answer. Her legs suddenly lost their
ability to support her and she collapsed into the pile of her own
clothes. She cried out, screaming in terror at the massive giantess
that was bending over and carefully pulling her out. The giantess who
was her own mother.
"Oh my God," Stacy's mom shook in fear as she stared at the tiny
infant that her daughter had become.
The changes had finally stopped, though Stacy was barely aware of
this as she was completely absorbed in just how tiny and helpless she
had become. She could barely even move at all... All that she could do
was cry...
Finally, Stacy's mom gulped as she gently held her infant
daughter, not having any idea of what was going on...of what had
happened to Stacy. All that she knew was that her daughter needed her.
"It's all right," Stacy's mom told her, trying to be as soothing
as possible, though it was not easy as her voice shook. "Mommy's
here... Mommy will take care of everything..."
At that moment, Stacy could only gurgle in helpless realization
that her situation was entirely of her own fault. It had been her own
wish that had done that to her. And the only thing that the infant
Stacy could do was cry even louder.
Back in the attic, the silver coin of sloth remained in the box
that it had been dropped back into. The cause of the transformation
would remain a mystery, unknown to any save one... And that one would
not be able to tell another soul for some time to come...
ANGER
It was a nice day, with the sun being out overhead and no sign of
the rain that had filled the sky for much of the previous week. And 8
year old Petey was quite thankful for that as it was a long walk from
his school bus stop back to his house.
Petey slouched a bit as he walked, thanks in part to the heavy
backpack that he wore too and from school. He couldn't wait until he
got to go to the middle school where kids actually had their own
lockers to keep things in. It would certainly be a lot easier than
bringing his stuff back and forth from school every day.
But as Petey reached one spot alongside the road, he slowed down,
then stopped. He stood there for a moment, just staring the thick tree
which had been there as long as he remembered, and which now revealed a
large dent in its side.
A faint chill went down Petey's spine as he stared at the tree,
knowing that there had been a bad car crash there just a week earlier.
And though Petey's parents hadn't told him, he had overheard them
saying that two people got killed there. Two people had been killed
just down the street from where he lived. To Petey, that was a scary
thought.
As Petey stood there, he slowly looked around, taking in the
small remains of the car which littered the roadside. There were lots
of pieces of glass, as well as some plastic from the various lights on
the car. But the car itself had been taken away before Petey had even
had a chance to see it.
Just then, Petey noticed something shiny sitting there with all
the broken glass pieces. He bent over for a better look and was
surprised to see that it was a coin. And it was bigger than a quarter.
"Cool," Petey commented as he picked the coin up.
Petey didn't recognize that type of coin and wondered how much it
was worth. But he figured that if a dime was smaller than a quarter,
and worth less than a quarter, this one had to be worth a lot more
because it was so much bigger. But still, he did think that it looked a
bit strange. There was a picture of a man's face on one side, but it
looked really mad.
After a moment, Petey shrugged and absently slipped the coin in
his pocket. He decided that maybe he'd ask his dad about it later and
see how much it was worth.
When Petey got home just a few minutes later, he was surprised to
find his mom standing there with an angry look on her face. She glared
down at him and demanded, "And where have you been?"
Petey blinked at that, then stammered, "I was at school..."
"Well you took your sweet time coming home," his mom snapped
impatiently. "How many times have I told you to come straight home?"
"But I did," he whined his innocence.
However, his mom didn't look as though she believed him. Instead,
she stood there with her hands on her hips, demanding, "And when where
you going to tell me about that lamp you broke?"
"Lamp?" Petey blinked in confusion. When his mom pointed it out,
he quickly protested, "I didn't break that..."
"But I didn't," he whined, greatly intimidated by his mom's
larger size and authority.
Then he suddenly thought of his little brother Jason, his mom's
little angel whom she thought could do no wrong. Petey was always
getting blamed for stuff that Jason did.
"Maybe Jason broke it," Petey cried out
"That's it!" she snapped back furiously. "First you break the
lamp and then you lie about it... Blaming your innocent brother..." She
shook her head grimly, "You're going to have to be punished..."
"BUT I DIDN'T DO IT," Petey yelled out, tears of fear and anger
coming down his cheeks as his mom went for the paddle.
"Don't you dare yell at me," she glared at Petey.
Then to Petey's horror, he felt the sharp impact of the paddle
against his behind and let out a loud yelp. But that was quickly
followed by a second spank and more.
"That's not fair," Petey cried when his mom had finished, "I
didn't do it..."
"Didn't you learn your lesson about lying to me yet?" she
threatened, holding up the wooden paddle.
Petey glared up at his mom, his anger at the injustice overcoming
his fear of his mother's punishment. Without conscious thought, his
hand slipped into his pocket and grasped the coin as if it could offer
some sort of comfort.
And then Petey angrily announced, "I wish that just once I could
be the one doing the spanking..."
Suddenly Petey felt as strange tingling rush through his body,
and the next thing that he knew, he was looking down at a little boy
who looked an awful lot like himself. For a brief moment, Petey just
stared at the boy, then realized that there was something wrong with
himself. Something VERY wrong.
"What happened to me?" Petey gasped as he looked around the room,
suddenly realizing just how much smaller everything was. No, he
realized, just how much bigger he was.
Then Petey looked down at himself, shocked to see just how far
down the ground was, though not quite as shocked as the realization
that he was wearing his mom's clothes. And more than that, he even had
her boobies sticking out from his chest.
"P... Petey?" the apparent little boy gasped out in fear and
confusion.
With that, Petey's thoughts were suddenly snapped back to what
had just happened. That little boy was his mom... they had somehow
traded bodies. And with that, he looked at his hand, noticing the
wooden paddle that he held for the first time. A grin began to form.
Petey glared down at the little boy, at his mom, feeling so much
bigger and stronger for a change. Now she was the little boy and he was
the big strong mom. He even had her boobies and paddle to prove it.
"You've been a VERY bad mommy," Petey told her, raising the
paddle so that she could see it.
"What are you..." she started, but then gasped in fear as she
realized what Petey had in mind.
Petey's mom tried to run, but he quickly grabbed her by her
shoulder and swung the paddle. It hit with a loud 'thwack', and Petey
felt a surge of satisfaction.
"LET ME GO!" Petey's mom screamed at him, tears coming down her
cheeks. She looked up at him with a look of fear and anger, the same
things that he had felt while she had been spanking him.
"Don't you yell at me," Petey threw her own words back at her,
giving her another swat.
Petey continued spanking his mom for several minutes, clearly
remembering all the times that she had spanked him. Sure, he had been
bad a lot of those times, but he'd also been spanked when he hadn't
done anything wrong at all. And now was payback...
Once Petey had finished, he smugly announced, "There... Maybe now
you've learned your lesson about being a bad mommy..."
Suddenly Petey felt that strange tingle again, and the next thing
that he knew, he was looking up at his mom again. He had been changed
back... They had both been changed back.
A sudden surge of fear rushed through Petey as he just knew that
his mom was going to spank him again for what he'd just done. However,
instead of that, she saw the paddle in her hand and suddenly dropped it
to the ground with a look of horror, as though it had been red hot.
Then she rubbed at her bottom, wincing. It was only then that Petey
realized that his bottom didn't hurt at all, even though his mom had
spanked it, and then he'd spanked it too.
Petey's mom didn't say a word. Instead, she just gave a pale
glance at the paddle on the floor, rubbing her bottom again before
suddenly turning and walking away. Petey could only stand there in
stunned disbelief, not knowing exactly what had happened, but feeling
very thankful that it had.
After this, Petey rushed to his room before his mom could change
her mind and try spanking him again. And once he was inside, he was
able to finally relax.
A little while later, Petey pulled the strange coin that he had
found out of his pocket and stared at it for a moment. He had just
about forgotten about it until then. And as he looked at it, he grinned
faintly, wondering if he could trade it to one of the kids at school
for some candy...
In the days, weeks and years that followed, Petey's mom never
again raised the paddle or tried to spank him. Though she convinced
herself that it had been nothing but a dream, deep down, she
remembered. She remembered... and feared that one day, such a thing
might happen yet again.
GLUTTONY
It was almost noon, and Michelle Phillips was feeling excited.
She smiled and quickened her step just a little, eager to get to the
restaurant where she was supposed to meet an old friend whom she hadn't
seen in nearly a year.
Michelle arrived at the restaurant on time, glancing at her watch
anyway before looking around. It didn't take her long to spot Beth, her
old college roommate. Beth waved to Michelle from the table where she
was already seated.
"It's good to see you again," Michelle gushed as they hugged.
"You too," Beth grinned.
Then Michelle took a step back and looked her friend over, seeing
that Beth was still slender and in great shape. Michelle felt a slight
stab of envy as she knew that she had probably gained about five pounds
since the last time that they had seen each other.
"You look great," Michelle told her with a slightly clenched
smile.
"You too," Beth repeated.
Michelle just laughed, knowing that it probably wasn't true but
appreciating the words anyway. As they sat back down, they quickly
started filling each other in on what had been happening in their
lives.
After just a few minutes, their conversation was interrupted as
the waiter came around and took their orders. Michelle frowned, only
ordering a chicken salad and tea, though she would have preferred
something a little more tasty. Still, she had to watch her figure.
But to Michelle's surprise, Beth told the waiter, "I'll have a
cheeseburger, chili fries and a Coke..." Then she surprised Michelle
even more by adding, "And I think I'll have the cheesecake for
dessert..."
Michelle stared at Beth, biting her tongue to keep from
commenting. Beth just smiled, not seeming the least concerned about the
calories or what she would be doing to her waistline. And though
Michelle had begun to suspect that Beth was only going to have a little
bit of each, when the food arrived, her old roommate ate it all.
"Holy shit," Michelle finally blurted out. "How in the world do
you keep your figure when you eat like that?"
Beth shrugged, "Just lucky I guess..." She had a bit of a smirk
as she said that though.
"Well," Michelle mused, "I suppose you can't eat like that all
the time..."
"Actually," Beth responded smugly, "I do. And I never gain a
pound."
"You're kidding..." Michelle was skeptical.
However, Beth just grinned. "Not at all." Then she hesitated for
a moment before finally saying, "And I'll share my secret with you..."
Michelle smiled weakly, "You have my attention..."
Beth was silent for a moment, then she reached into her purse,
pulling something out. "This stays between us," she told Michelle.
"Sure," Michelle nodded agreement.
With that, Beth set a silver coin on the table in front of
Michelle. It was about the size of a half dollar and looked as though
it was brand new and perfectly polished.
Michelle frowned, wondering what this was about. She picked up
the coin and stared at it. It didn't look like any coin that she'd ever
seen before. There was a face on it of a man who looked quite hungry.
And on the other side, there was a demon with some sort of symbols
around him. Finally, there was some sort of writing around the edges
that Michelle had to squint in order to make out. It said TRAPPED
WITHIN THIS COIN LIES THE POWER OF GLUTTONY.
"I don't understand," Michelle said, feeling a bit confused.
Beth frowned, then muttered, "Strange... it talked to me..." Then
at Michelle's strange look, she explained, "I don't claim to understand
how... but it's magic. This coin grants wishes..."
"Yeah right," Michelle rolled her eyes.
But Beth shook her head, looking quite serious. "It does. It
grants wishes that have something to do with food, eating or hunger,
but it only gives one per customer. Several months ago, I used mine to
wish that I could eat whatever I wanted and never gain weight because
of it." Then she gestured down at herself, "And it works."
Michelle just stared at her friend for a moment, half sure that
Beth was playing some sort of joke on her. However, there was also a
large part of her that couldn't help but wonder... Beth never had been
one to play those kinds of jokes.
"It doesn't do me any good anymore," Beth announced, "So I'm
giving it to you..."
"Thanks," Michelle responded, not sure what else to say. She
still wasn't sure that she believed it, but she slipped it into her
pocket anyway.
With that out of the way, Michelle and Beth's conversation
quickly returned to something a little more normal. They continued
talking for another hour or so before eventually heading their separate
ways, but with promises of seeing each other again fairly soon.
Over the next several days, Michelle carried the coin around as a
good luck charm, chuckling faintly whenever she looked at it and
remembered the story that Beth had told her. However, each time she
looked at it, she continued to remember the way that Beth had eaten,
with no worries about gaining weight because of it.
Then one day when Michelle had gone to lunch with several of her
co-workers, she took the coin out and stared at it for a moment. She
looked at the large plate of delicious looking food that had been
provided to her, grimacing as she thought about just how fattening that
had to be. There was no way that she could eat even half of the food on
her plate, much less all of it, and that wasn't even taking into
account how many calories had to be in front of her. It seemed to
Michelle that if Beth's magic wishing coin really had any truth to it,
then would be the time to use it.
"I wish," Michelle muttered to herself under her breath so that
her co-workers wouldn't hear and think her crazy, "that I could eat as
much food as I wanted..."
Just then, Michelle felt a faint tingling run through her body.
It was faint, but definitely noticeable. She shook her head, half sure
that it was just her imagination playing tricks on her, then slipped
the coin back into her pocket.
Michelle turned her attention back to her lunch plate special,
suddenly realizing just how hungry she was. Without giving any more
thought to the coin, Michelle went to work eating the food on her
plate. To her great surprise, she not only managed to eat everything
that had been set in front of her, but she was still just a little
hungry as well.
"Can I get a slice of that pie for dessert?" Michelle asked the
waiter while her co-workers stared at her in surprise.
After having that large lunch, Michelle went back to work,
faintly annoyed by the fact that she had just eaten such a large lunch,
and she was still feeling the faint tinges of hunger. It didn't take
her long before she was standing in front of the vending machine,
staring at all of the candy and chips, they buying herself a little
snack... a process which she repeated a half a dozen times before going
home from work.
When Michelle got home from work, the first thing that she did
was find another snack while she made dinner. Michelle didn't
understand it, why she was kept being hungry, no matter how much she
ate. It had all started during lunch...
"The coin," she whispered in realization. It had started after
she'd used the coin to make the wish.
But that didn't make any sense to Michelle. She hadn't even been
sure that she'd believed in the coin's magic powers... And even so, she
sure didn't remember wishing to always be hungry. Still... it was the
only explanation that she could think of.
Michelle grimaced, then quickly turned her attention to dinner.
And after that, to the several snacks that she ate before bed.
The next morning, Michelle stood on the scale, staring at it in
horror and disgust. According to her scale, she had gained five pounds
since the day before. Five whole pounds.
"Impossible," she grimaced, especially as her stomach was
demanding breakfast.
However, Michelle couldn't argue with the results of the scale,
no matter how much she wanted to. Nor could she argue with the fact
that when she got dressed a little later, her pants were a bit tight.
The situation was becoming MUCH worse.
Throughout the day, Michelle tried fighting the hunger, telling
herself that she was going on a diet. But each time, the growling in
her stomach drove her to break her cheat her diet. And each time, she
could almost feel her pants getting tighter on her.
Michelle grimaced as she remembered the old saying, "A moment on
the lips, forever on the hips," or how people said that a certain food
would go straight to their hips. But for her, that seemed to have
become true. It was as though everything she ate was immediately
digested and turned into body fat, leaving her stomach just as empty as
it had started.
"I can eat everything I want," Michelle whispered to herself with
a cold feeling as she thought about it. It was her wish. And when she'd
made it, she hadn't mentioned a thing about not gaining weight because
of it...
That evening, Michelle was more than thankful to get out of her
extremely tight pants and into her jogging suit which was MUCH more
comfortable. However, she was horrified by the very need for it. And as
bad as things were, she knew that they would only get worse. She was
still hungry.
"I'm fat," Michelle cried out as she stared at her reflection in
horror. She had gained fifteen pounds in the last two days.
Then Michelle remembered the coin again. She rushed to where
she'd left it, grasping it tightly in her hand and demanding that it
change her back to normal. That it fix the wish to the way she wanted
it to be. She even begged it to no effect.
After several tries, Michelle grimaced, "I wish that I was back
to normal..." However, even wording it as a wish had done nothing that
she could tell. She still had a strong craving for that Ben and Jerry's
in her freezer...
Over the next several days, Michelle continued to eat... to eat
and gain weight. Her whole body swelled and grew until none of her
clothes would even fit her and she was ashamed to show her face. Within
mere days, Michelle had gone from being average to being obese. And it
was still getting worse.
Michelle stood at the edge of a local lake, staring out at it
with a deep grimace. In spite of herself, all that she could really
think about when she looked out there was all of the delicious fish
that were within. Her growling stomach let her think of little other
than food most of the time now.
With a grimace, Michelle looked down at herself, hating the fact
that she couldn't even see her feet anymore since she'd put on so much
weight. She looked hideous and remembered the way people were rude to
her while she had been out shopping for new clothes just a little
earlier. It was quite a bit different... and she hated it. She
desperately wanted to be back to normal.
"But that's not going to happen," Michelle spat out viciously as
she pulled the coin from her pocket.
She glared at the coin, knowing that this was the cause of her
troubles. And it wouldn't even fix things for her. In fact, she
realized that about the only way for her to lose weight was to get some
serious liposuction, then be locked up in a controlled environment with
controlled food intake. She would be starved and miserable, or fat and
miserable for the rest of her life.
"And all because of you," she glared at the coin, desperately
wishing that she'd never seen the horrible thing. That she'd never gone
to lunch with Beth.
Then with a howl of rage, Michelle threw the coin out into the
lake as far as she could. It hit with a plop and immediately sank
beneath the water. Michelle felt a faint bit of satisfaction at that.
Several seconds later, Michelle slowly turned away from the lake
and started for home, already drooling at the thought of the pizzas
that she was going to order as soon as she got back. Not to mention the
gallon of ice cream which she still had in her freezer.
Still, Michelle couldn't resist glancing back and giving one more
venomous glare at the lake which now held the coin. It was too late for
her, but maybe now that horrible thing would never be able to ruin
someone else's life like it had hers.
ENVY
It was with a long sigh that 16 year old Emily looked around the
park in which she stood. It had been a hard day at school and she was
more than glad for the chance to relax afterwards. And the park
provided the perfect place to do so.
Emily stood up straight and stretched her full height of 5 foot 5
as far as she could, then relaxed, feeling the tension slowly draining
from her muscles. She had always found that a good stretch provided
wonders for helping relax.
Then as Emily bent over to touch her toes and stretch a little
more, she noticed something on the ground a short distance away. There
was faint gleaming as the sunlight reflected off of something shiny.
"What's this?" Emily mused as she moved closer.
But as Emily picked it up, she was a little disappointed to see
that it was some sort of silver coin with weird pictures on it. She
shrugged, deciding that it was probably some sort of video game token
but slipping it into her pocket anyway.
Several minutes later, Emily was sitting down on a park bench,
staring across at the large fountain which was the center piece of the
park and trying hard not to think about school, or much of anything
else. She was just enjoying the sun's warmth against her skin.
Emily remained where she was for some time, feeling quite calm
and relaxed until she suddenly caught sight of something... Then with a
frown, she sat up straight and stared.
"Ugh," she grimaced.
Not too far away, Emily watched Jenna... one of, if not THE most
popular and beautiful girl in school. Jenna was one of those tall,
gorgeous blondes with an incredible figure and great breasts, not to
mention the intelligence of a mango. Or at least that was Emily's
opinion.
"Why her?" Emily asked herself, feeling insulted by the intrusion
of someone like Jenna into her private relaxation time. It didn't seem
fair. She'd had to deal with girls like Jenna in school, so it seemed
grossly unfair that she would have to look at her afterwards as well.
Though Emily didn't want to admit it, even to herself, she
greatly envied the other girl. Jenna was everything that she was not...
gorgeous, curvy and popular. Emily was just... Emily. So average as to
almost be unnoticeable.
"The invisible girl," she sighed.
And then, just when Emily didn't think things could get any
worse... they did. Jenna's boyfriend Tom showed up, then went over and
kissed her.
Emily watched with a scowl, feeling jealous. Tom was probably the
best catch in the entire school. He was tall, about 6 foot 3, handsome
and really well muscled. Not surprising since he was the star
quarterback on the foot ball team. Emily just didn't think that it was
fair that Jenna got all the best guys, while Emily didn't even have a
boyfriend.
However, Emily's dislike of those two was a bit more personal
than that. Several months earlier, Jenna had spread a rumor that Emily
was a lesbian, which was why she didn't have a boyfriend. It had been
humiliating...
And then there was Tom. Tom had only told a joke at her expense,
but he had done so in front of a lot of people who had then started
laughing at her. The worst part was that until that moment, Emily...
like most of the girls in the school, had actually had a crush on him.
With a snort of disgust, Emily got up and walked over to the
fountain. She stared at it for a moment, at the statue of several
dolphins that were spitting water, then at the water that was filled
with change, thanks to the many people who had made wishes there.
Emily sighed as she glanced back over at Jenna and Tom, trying
not to look as though it was them that she was looking at. She felt
another stirring of jealousy as she looked at their great bodies,
knowing that they didn't even realize just how lucky they were.
Then as Emily looked back at the fountain pool and the coins
which littered the bottom, she absently reached into her pocket and
pulled out one of her own coins.
Letting out yet another sigh, Emily couldn't help looking at Tom
and Jenna yet again. "He's so tall," she muttered to herself as she
stared at Tom, "So strong and muscular..." There was no doubt why every
girl was interested in him.
And then there was Jenna. "She's so beautiful," Emily sighed,
"She's got a great body and nice big breasts..." So unlike herself,
Emily thought with envy.
Emily tore her eyes off of those two and glanced at the fountain
for only a moment before making her own wish. "I wish that I was the
one like that," she announced before tossing her own coin into the
water.
Suddenly, Emily felt a strange cold chill run through her body.
And she gasped aloud as it grew even stronger, filling her with strange
sensations.
"What the..." Emily started.
But just then, Emily realized that her clothes had suddenly
become tight on her. She let out another gasp, staring down at herself
and not being able to miss the fact that her bra was getting tight as
well. As she watched, it began to push out more, pinching her at the
same time.
For a moment, Emily just stood there in stunned confusion, trying
to make sense of what was happening. However, as she grabbed her
breasts and felt them pushing out, there was no doubt that she was
growing. As impossible as it seamed, there was no mistaking that fact.
"Oh God," Emily grunted from the pressure of her tightening
clothes.
A second later though, there was some relief as her shirt
actually started to split open at the seams, quickly followed by her
pants. However, that wasn't quite enough, so Emily quickly knocked her
tightening shoes off, though before she could undo her bra, it snapped
open.
Emily suddenly heard a scream and looked up, only to see that
Jenna and Tom were frantically grabbing at their clothes as well.
However, a single glance was enough to see that they weren't growing
out of them like she was, but instead... shrinking.
Jenna was grabbing at her chest, which was noticeably flatter. In
fact, her whole body seemed less spectacular than it had just moments
before. And at the same time, Tom was looking just a little shorter as
well as skinnier. His muscles were noticeably smaller and seemed to be
getting more so with every passing second.
It was only then that Emily looked back down at herself and
gasped, noticing her new muscle definition for the first time. Her abs
were flat and had forming into a six pack, while the rest of her
muscles seemed to be following suit, growing and becoming firmer.
Just a few seconds later, the changes seemed to stop and Emily
felt the tingling fade. However, that was replaced with new sensations,
sensations of strength and power. Gravity seemed to be affecting her in
an entirely different way as well since her center of gravity had just
changed.
Emily stared down at herself, completely amazed by the stunning
transformation in her body. She had become... magnificent. She now had
nice big breasts and a lot of great new curves. At the same time, her
body had become ripped and was bursting with muscle. However, that
seemed to be well complimented by her new curves, and instead of making
her look freakish as she might have expected from having so much
muscles, she looked spectacular.
"Oh my God," Emily gasped in amazement, realizing at the same
time that she had become taller as well as bigger in every other way.
With that, Emily stood up straight and stretched to her new
height of 6 foot 3, completely delighting in the magnificence of her
new body. She looked absolutely unbelievable and felt even better.
She'd never felt stronger, healthier or more alive in her entire life.
In fact, she'd never even imagined it being possible.
Emily blinked, realizing that she was only wearing shreds, the
torn ruins of her old clothes which now barely covered her body at all.
Her breasts now bare and hanging out for everyone to see. However,
Emily didn't feel the least embarrassed as she stood there, knowing
that with her changes, she had nothing to be embarrassed about in the
least.
"Let them stare," Emily grinned, feeling quite proud of her body
and actually wanting people to see it.
Then Emily suddenly remembered Jenna and Tom. She looked over
where they had been standing, gasping in surprise at what they had
become. They were barely even recognizable. While she had grown and
become something more, they had gone the reverse route.
Jenna was now flat chested and skinny, seeming to lack almost any
feminine curves. Even her face seemed to have changed, becoming more
plain and ordinary. If it hadn't been her long, and now dull hair,
Emily might have suspected that she was staring at a boy instead.
Then there was Tom. Emily gasped as she stared at him. Tom had
changed even more than Jenna, if that was possible. He had shrunk a
great deal and now stood at Emily's old height of 5 foot 5, as well as
had lost all trace of any muscles at all. In fact, he now looked almost
like he was a little kid instead of the star quarterback of the
football team.
Emily stared at the former objects of her envy for a minute
before slowly walking over there. She was amazed at just how small they
now seemed to her... especially Tom. If she didn't know better, she
would have sworn he was a little boy.
"Are... are you all right?" Emily asked them, suddenly feeling
guilty as she realized where her new body had come from. Her wish...
The fountain had somehow granted her wish and gave her everything of
Jenna and Tom's worth having.
"Who..." Jenna stammered as she looked up at the now Amazon
Emily, not recognizing the other girl at all.
"It's me," Emily stammered, then realized that this wouldn't do
much good. "Emily..."
Jenna and Tom stared up at Emily in stunned disbelief, and then
horror. "YOU DID THIS TO ME!" Jenna screamed.
"It was an accident," Emily protested, "I didn't mean to..."
"Change me back," Tom demanded furiously, "NOW."
Then Jenna gasped in horror, "You stole my body..."
Tom glared up at her, then demanded, "If you don't change me back
now, I'm going to kick your ass..."
Normally a threat like that from Tom would have terrified Emily,
though now she felt not the least intimidated by it. After all, Tom
certainly had neither the size nor strength to hurt her... or much of
anyone else now. In fact, he looked sort of pathetic if nothing else.
Emily scowled, then calmly told her two smaller companions, "It
was an accident..." She felt a little embarrassed as she admitted, "I
just threw a coin in the fountain and wished that I was taller and
prettier..." Then Emily gestured down at herself, "How was I to know
that it would actually do THIS?"
"You BITCH," Jenna snapped, her eyes already going to the
fountain.
Just a moment later, Jenna and Tom had run to the fountain, or
least Tom tried to as his now extremely oversized clothes kept tripping
him. Jenna immediately threw a quarter into the water, yelling that she
wished to be normal.
When nothing happened, Tom snapped, "You're doing it wrong..."
Then he announced, "I wish that I was back to normal," throwing his own
quarter into the fountain.
"Like that worked," Jenna growled furiously.
Tom just glared at her and spat, "Shut up..."
"Don't talk to me like that," Jenna told him and gave him a push,
easily knocking Tom over. She stared down at him for a moment as she
and Tom simultaneously realized that even Janna was now bigger and
stronger than him. Tom just stared back in her in horror while Jenna
smirked.
Emily watched them both, silently thankful that their wishes
hadn't worked. Then Tom turned to her and demanded that she try wishing
them back to normal.
"You were the one who caused this," Tom growled out.
However, Emily just stared down at him, having had more than
enough of his bad attitude. "Watch how you talk to me little boy," she
told him, "or I'll throw you over my knee and spank you..."
That seemed to have quite a sobering effect on Tom, who gulped
and quietly stepped away, realizing just how small and helpless he was
compared to her. He couldn't even stand up to Jenna now.
Once Tom had backed away like a dog with its tail between its
legs, Emily silently looked around for a quarter, which had spilled out
of her pocket along with the rest of her change when her clothes burst
apart.
Then she scowled and halfheartedly said, "I wish Tom and Jenna
were back to normal," as she threw her second coin into the water,
silently hoping that this wish wouldn't be granted. And to her personal
delight, it wasn't.
"It didn't work," Jenna cried out, then added, "I'm going to
sue..."
Emily just rolled her eyes at that, knowing that no court would
believe her much less be able to do anything. However, she was getting
very tired of Jenna and Tom's bad attitudes.
"You might want to change that attitude," Emily growled out as
she smirked down at the former beauty, "After all, you don't have
anything to back it up with anymore... and it looks like you probably
never will again..."
With that, Emily slowly turned and walked away, while Jenna and
Tom continued to make more wishes upon the fountain. Wishes which had
no more effect than the ones that they had already made.
Emily didn't know why the fountain had granted her that wish when
it had never granted any of her wishes before. When it had never seemed
to really grant anyone's. However, she was quite thankful that it had
Then as Emily glanced back at the fountain, she smiled, no longer
feeling the least bit guilty about having taken Jenna's beauty or Tom's
size. Their bad attitudes had just reminded her of what they were
really like and had removed nearly every last trace of guilt. Instead,
Emily just felt proud of what she had become. Now she just couldn't
wait to show her family, as well as everyone at school. Emily grinned
at the thought...
LUST
Jack looked across the room, unable to help but stare at the
gorgeous woman who sat across from him. She had long brunette hair,
full kissable lips and a pair of breasts that threatened to explode
right out of her shirt. In a single word, she was HOT.
Unfortunately, Jack sighed as he glanced over at his buddy Greg,
the woman was already taken. And even worse than her being already
taken was the fact that she was taken by one of his good friends.
For a moment, Jack just continued to stare at the woman, much to
the amusement of Greg. He shook his head, unable to believe that Greg
could get a woman like that... a woman that was so clearly out of his
league. But Greg did indeed have her, and with the way that she kept
looking at Greg, Jack knew that his friend didn't have to worry about
losing her anytime soon.
Jack shook his head, still unable to make sense of it. Greg was
26, about the same age as Jack himself. However, they were both normal
working guys, not the kind of guys who got Penthouse Pets as
girlfriends.
There was no doubt though that Shelly found something appealing
about Greg, something quite appealing. Every time that Jack looked at
her, he caught her looking at Greg as though she wanted to jump his
bones. He was just jealous, wishing that he could get a girl who wanted
to jump him that much.
"Hey Shelly," Greg nodded to the gorgeous creature, "Why don't
you go fix me a sandwich and get us a couple of beers..."
"Sure thing honey," Shelly purred back. Even her voice was sexy.
Then Greg grinned at Jack, smirking a bit as he asked, "So... How
do you like my new girlfriend?"
"Um..." Jack gulped, "Hot. Very hot."
"Isn't she?" Greg grinned even more. "And she'll do ANYTHING I
ask her to. It's great."
Jack just stared at his friend, then glanced in the direction of
the kitchen where he could hear Shelly moving about. He shook his head
before asking Greg, "How in the world did you get someone like HER to
go out with YOU?"
Greg laughed and responded, "Magic."
"That's about what it would take," Jack grinned back.
However, Greg's expression turned a little more serious as he
told Jack, "No... Really. I used magic..."
"What are you talking about?" Jack stared at his friend in
confusion.
Greg just sat there for a minute, then he reached into his pocket
and pulled out a silver coin that was about the size of a half dollar.
He set it down on the coffee table in front of him and gestured to it.
"It's a magic coin," Greg stated with a smirk. "It can grant one
wish per person..."
"Bullshit," Jack snorted.
But Greg just shook his head and asked Jack, "You remember that
fat chick from next door?"
Jack nodded, indeed remembering the woman that Greg was referring
to. She was short and fat, as well as had something of a pug face. The
woman had definitely been memorable, though not in a particularly
pleasant way.
"That was Shelly," Greg stated.
"Bullshit," Jack repeated, thinking that Greg's story was getting
more and more outrageous with each passing moment.
"No," Greg grinned, "It's true. She used this magic coin to wish
that she had a really hot and sexy body..."
Jack gave a loud snort of disbelief, "Yeah right..." Not even all
of the liposuction and plastic surgery in the world would have turned
that neighbor woman into Shelly.
"Then," Greg added, smirking even more, "I found out about her
and the coin and used it to make her into my girlfriend."
"What?" Jack joked, "You made her into your love slave?"
Greg shook his head and whispered, "More like my sex slave..." At
Jack's blank look, he continued, "She's like really horny for me now...
just about all the time. In fact, I'm the ONLY guy that she gets hot
for now. It's great..."
It was just then that Shelly came back into the room, handing a
sandwich and beer to Greg before giving him a passionate kiss. Then she
seemed to remember the other beer that she was still holding and handed
that to Jack. Jack was disappointed that he didn't get a kiss as well.
Shelly noticed the coin on the coffee table and abruptly asked,
"Did Greg just tell you about the wishing coin..." From her tone of
voice, it seemed as though she already knew the answer.
"Yeah," Jack laughed, "He told me a story..."
"Well it's true," she purred, licking her lips suggestively as
she glanced back at Greg.
Greg was still grinning as he picked up the coin again and handed
it to Jack, saying, "Here... hold it for a moment..."
Almost as soon as Jack touched the coin, he could feel something
in his head... almost as though the coin were trying to talk to him. I