“Well, this sucks...My friend Jenny and I are home from college for spring break and she came over to my Mom's house today to hang out.” Toni thought to herself.
“She was telling about how she had a hot date tonight and about how nervous she was about it. She said she wished that she had some way to ensure that he really liked her. She finished saying with a sigh giving me a hopeful glance.” Toni reminisced.
“Jenny has known our about our family secret for years. She knows that my Mom and I are witches. My Mom is an expert spell-caster that can do amazing things. Me? Not so much. I just recently came in to my power a couple of years ago and still have a lot to learn. I reminded Jenny of that but she begged and pleaded for me to use my magic to help her look great for her date tonight. I finally relented and went a retrieved my Mom's spellbook.” Toni remembered.
“After a few minutes of searching I found a spell that I thought would enhance her attractiveness. (Not that I felt she needed any help. She looks amazing!” She thought wryly.
“I recited the spell in my head a couple of times to make sure I could pronounce everything and then cast it at her. She stood up and said she felt a tingling throughout her body. Her already large, perky breast swelled in size a little and firmed up and her skin took on a healthier glow. That's when we both noticed silver blotches form on her!” Toni remembered. “Her hand flew up to her face as it twisted in fear and her mouth opened as if she was about to scream when she froze in mid-movement as the spell finished it's work turning her in to a blue sparkled plastic mannequin!”
“Magic is it's own language and the ability to read it is a skill I've had a hard time learning... That's why I'm still a beginner and the reason I didn't know this would be the outcome of the spell I cast.” She thought with an imagined grimace.
“Even though Jenny's face was frozen in an expression of fear I knew she was OK. Mom keeps the book with the deadly spells locked up in her own pocket dimension. This was a good opportunity for me to practice this spell and see if I could reverse it as well! Mom always tells me to try to figure out my mistakes because it will help me understand the spells better so I went to work. After a half hour I determined that I could control the color of the mannequin during the transformation.” Toni remembered her glee she felt at the time for figuring that out.
“I cast the spell again so that it would change Jenny's color from blue to silver. I made sure to take my time and and with extreme concentration I pronounced each word carefully and when I finished I looked at her and waited for the change to take place. To my disappointment nothing happened!” She remembered with a frown.
“I was determined to make this happen so I tried again. I thought that I may not be saying the word for silver correctly so this time I would try for pink. I re-cast the spell and released it and immediately felt the tingle that Jenny described! Crud!! I somehow cast the spell on myself! I put my finger to my mouth in thought as my body locked in place as it went from flesh and blood to pick, inanimate plastic.” Toni thought.
“It was mid-afternoon when I started experimenting so I wasn't worried. Mom would be home in a couple of hours and would be able to restore the two of us.” Toni remembered the confidence she had at that thought.
“Now? Now I'm worried. It's now the following morning and Jenny and I are still stuck as mannequins. I never heard Mom come home. Did she get called away on coven business again? I hope not! She is sometimes gone for weeks when that happens! I'm sure Jenny is furious with me for causing her to miss her date as well! Well she shouldn't be mad! She knows I'm not good at this stuff yet... Damnit! This is SO boring! Come on Mom! Where are you!!” Toni ranted impotently. As a mannequin she was helpless to do anything else...
Meanwhile, out in the hallway.....