“I still can’t believe you signed up for this,” Miranda complained as she stepped over a fallen log, and ducked under a low hanging branch. Randy and Ethan followed after her, not saying a word.
“You guys go ahead, I’m just going to sit here for a moment,” Nell tried to catch her breath and sat down on a stump.
“Get up, we’re almost at the first cabin,” Carie said as she gave Nell a hard shove, almost causing her to fall before continuing after the others.
“Can you believe her?” Nell turned back to Lincoln who was moping by a tree. He didn’t say a word and only continued when Nell did.
They caught up with the others in a small clearing, just in front of the path leading up to the first cabin. By the time they got there, Miranda and Ethan were already at the door of the cabin.
“Come on Nell, you’re slowing us down,” Randy complained as he began to walk up the path not even bothering to see if she was beside him.
“Your attitude isn’t helping,” Carie shot at Lincoln. “Blame me if you want but pick up the pace, the sooner we’re done the better.” Lincoln just gave her a look before brushing past and followed the others.
“Trick or Treat…” Miranda knocked on the door as she swung the duffle bag over her shoulder and opened it up to receive their prize. The door opened and an older woman stood there and smiled at her wickedly.
“No.. no dearie, that’s not how this works,” she said with a wicked smile as she looked at the group. “Trick… or.. Treat?” She focused on Ethan and Miranda, switching her gaze between them.
“He gets the trick, I get the treat,” Miranda took charge before Ethan could say anything. The woman smiled as she reached into the door and grabbed a pair of tanned feet with blue nail polish, handing them to Miranda. Miranda carefully placed them in the bag and zipped it back up then stepped off the porch and walked back down to the end of the path.
The woman smiled at Ethan and he felt a strange itch before it faded. He then walked down to meet Miranda but something felt off and he kept needing to adjust his underwear.
“Trick or Treat?” the woman asked Nell and Randy as they went up to the door. Randy got the bag ready while Nell stood there trying to catch her breath.
“I think you should get the trick, seeing as we wouldn’t be in this mess otherwise,” Nell said to Randy.
“Yeah but I got here first and you’re slowing us down, so you should get the trick.” Randy countered.
They started arguing back and forth while the woman grabbed the pale skinned feet with pink nail polish and handed one foot to each person. They looked down at the feet and then back at themselves before dropping the feet and looking at each other with wide eyes.
“Can you two stop gawking at each other so we can go?” Carie snapped as she pushed past Nell and Randy. They quickly grabbed the feet, put it in the bag and ran down the path. Carie looked back at Lincoln and saw him staring at her before she turned to the woman at the door. “I’ll take the trick,” she said with a hint of regret.
“You’re an impatient one,” the woman scolded as she handed her the dark skinned hands with fake green nails. Miranda bent down and put them in the bag when she noticed her own hands as they started to shrivel. She stood back up and felt pain in her lower back as her bones creaked. She then noticed her hair in the corner of her eyes as the colour began to drain from it, turning into a less vibrant brown.
Lincoln gave Carie a smile as he watched her change and took the bag before joining the others. He watched on silently as they began to fight.
“You’re not putting that thing in the bag,” Miranda said to Ethan.
“The bag is for carrying body parts,” Ethan retorted.
“I don’t care, I’m not letting your dick touch Lisa’s feet!” Miranda snatched the bag and went into the woods, leaving Ethan standing there with his genitals in his hands. He looked around and blushed, before returning them into his underwear and followed after Miranda awkwardly.
“Looks like you’re not the only one that lost their dick tonight,” Randy teased Nell. “Though I wouldn’t mind being in the same position as Ethan right about now.” Nell just shot him a dirty look and followed after Miranda and Ethan.
“So what trick did you and Carie get?” Randy asked Lincoln being more friendly to him than he was used to. He watched as an older Carie caught up with them and then laughed at her situation. “Looks like Ethan and Carie got what they deserved. I’d also be happier with Randy’s trick if he wasn’t me.” Lincoln gave ‘Randy’ a sympathetic smile as he went to catch up with ‘Nell’.
Lincoln glared at Carie as she finally caught up and then entered the woods.
* * * * *
Ethan trailed behind Miranda all night as he couldn’t do the hike while holding his genitals and it was too uncomfortable shifting around loose in his underwear or his pocket. They had fallen out several times and he had to go back and find them before they were lost forever. He was cursing Miranda for refusing to let him place them in the bag.
“Took you long enough,” Miranda complained as she knocked on the door when Ethan finally caught up. She had knocked on it earlier but the woman wouldn’t answer without the both of them.
“Trick or Treat?” the woman asked. Miranda went to answer but the witch raised her hand. “You answered last time, let the boy answer this time.”
“Treat,” Ethan answered as he gave Miranda a triumphant smile. The woman then reached in and grabbed a face and handed it to him. He looked down at Lisa’s blank expression with a hint of guilt before placing it in the bag.
He then turned his attention to Miranda as her blonde hair became strands of wool, her eyes turned into googly eyes and her lips painted on. Her skin also changed into fabric as her arms and legs disappeared. She then hollowed out and fell onto the ground. Ethan stepped over to her and saw that she was now a sock puppet.
Curious, Ethan reached down and put her hand inside her body, causing him to lose control over it as it darted back and forth. “What happened?” Ethan heard himself trying to imitate Miranda’s voice. She then looked down and saw Ethan’s arm underneath her body. “Please tell me this isn’t happening!”
“It is,” Ethan said as he grabbed her at the opening and started to lift her off his arm.
“Don’t you dare… don’t you…” she began but went limp as she was pulled off Ethan’s hand.
Ethan would’ve left her there, if he didn’t need her but now he had a use for her. He stretched the sock open and stored his detached genitals inside the puppet before placing her in the bag with Lisa’s face and feet. He wasn’t sure if Miranda was still aware while in this position or not. Though after struggling for the last 2 mile hike, he didn’t care. He then picked up the bag and began his trek towards the next cabin.
* * * * *
“H...How are we going to finish before sunrise when your body is out of breath after a short distance?” Randy complained as he sat down and wiped the sweat from his forehead. “You’re so out of shape…”
“Well fuck you too,” Nell shot back. “It's your fault we’re in this mess so it’s only fair you’re the one who has to suffer instead of me.”
“If we keep this up, you’re going to be dead by the end of the night then what happens to us?”
“Let's hope we don’t find out,” Nell said more seriously as she didn’t want to consider being stuck in Randy’s body forever or worse swapping back into a dead body. “Come on, I see a light ahead, just a short distance more.
* * * * *
“We’re almost there,” Carie struggled to carry the duffle bag with her current strength. She dropped it on the porch and let out a sigh of relief. She then pulled her shirt forward and pulled Lincoln out of her bra and placed him on the ground. “I hope you enjoyed the ride,” she said sarcastically as she knocked on the door.
“Trick or Treat,” the woman answered as Lincoln returned to his correct size.
“It’s my turn for a trick,” Carie stated, trying to remain calm. As soon as she said those words, she began to turn into a toad. Lincoln didn’t even look down at her as he accepted the faceless head and placed it into the bag.
“I said I was sorry Miranda, but if you had just let me put it in the bag…”
“You’re lucky I didn’t squish it,” Miranda snapped. “After tonight I don’t want to see you again!” She then froze as she saw Lincoln and the toad on the porch and then looked back at Ethan with a wicked smile. When Ethan got to the porch, Miranda ‘accidentally’ bumped him, allowing the cockroach in his hands to go free.
Unable to control her toad impulses, Carie snatched it up in her mouth and ate it. “No!” Ethan screamed as he fell to his knees. Lincoln just shrugged and put the toad in the bag and walked off leaving the two of them with their own problems.
* * * * *
“Come on Randy,” Nell struggled to get the pig to follow her, even with the rope tied around its neck. Though she didn’t want to pull it too tight, the last thing she wanted was to strangle her former body while it was a pig. At least it came in handy though as with the torso and legs, the duffle bag was getting heavy so she left it up to Randy to carry it as a pig.
She was happy when she finally found the cabin, she approached the porch and saw Carie standing there with Georgie. Nell couldn’t believe it, that Carie and Lincoln were done already, while she and Randy had only visited two cabins so far.
“You look so much like your sister,” Carie commented as felt more guilt. Lincoln scowled at her. Carie then turned to see Randy approaching. “That body suits you Nell,” she taunted as she stepped off the porch.
“Grow up…” Nell commented. “Oh wait you did and you’re still a bitch,” she retorted. She then looked over at Lincoln. “Don’t worry, you’ll get her back.”
“Trick or Treat?” Nell didn’t even know why the witches were asking that when they weren’t even allowed to pick the turn. She watched as her body returned to human form and was happy to see that the last trick was undone. Though she then realized that the first trick hadn’t been undone as she was still Randy and Carie was still old.
Nell was so focused on her thoughts that she didn’t realize she had fallen to the ground until Randy picked her up. She wanted to scream at him for having her body topless but she couldn’t speak. It wasn’t until she was placed around her own breasts that she found out she had been turned into a bra.
* * * * *
“Where are they?” Miranda paced back and forth as her attention was focused on the sky as the morning light began. Even Lincoln was looking a little worried but he didn’t say anything. Carie was slumped against a tree and was currently asleep while Ethan was next to her with his head buried in his knees.
“Thank god!” Miranda breathed a sigh of relief as Nell came through the treeline carrying the duffle bag. Randy struggled behind his former body and was ready to collapse. Lincoln, Nell and Miranda didn’t pay the others any attention as they opened up the bags and laid the body parts out on the ground. They then began to reassemble them as quickly as they could.
Nell and Miranda were done in no time, while Lincoln froze, looking at the breasts still in the bag. “Miranda, what was the challenge again?” he asked with a deep voice.
“To go to the nine cabins, and get a part of our loved ones back and reassemble them before sunrise,” she reminded him.
“And if we didn’t?” Lincoln asked as he looked down at the lifeless body before him.
“That any changes from the night would be permanent,” Miranda looked at him with a concerned look.
“I’m pretty sure Georgie will understand your need to touch her breasts,” Nell encouraged.
“It’s not that,” Lincoln said as she looked over towards Ethan and Miranda. “I’m just wondering if I’d be fine living without breasts.”
Miranda cracked a huge smile as she looked at Lincoln with a greater level of understanding. “Do what you want to do.”
“Wait, are you seriously considering leaving Georgie breastless to get back at Carie. You do realize that means I’ll be stuck as Randy!”
“Sorry Nell, you seem nice but they need to pay.”
Nell ran over to Lincoln and grabbed the breasts out of the bag and tried to attach them to Georgie’s body but only Carie and Lincoln were allowed to reassemble that body. She then ran over to Carie and woke her up and pointed at Georgie’s body but it was too late, the three girls sat up as the night’s curse had ended.
“It worked,” Georgie said, giving her brother a hug. “Thank you for switching places with me.”
Lincoln looked around confused as he tried to divert his eyes from his sister’s body. He saw Miranda hugging Lisa as Jill looked around confused. Then he spotted an older woman that looked like Carie. “What happened?”
“Our groups got tricks at the start of the night that wouldn’t be undone unless everyone was fully successful in being restored. Under the circumstances I figured I could live without breasts if it meant Carie stayed an old lady. Though it means that Ethan also lost his dick but I’m not sure if he would’ve gotten that back after Carie ate it. It also means that Nell and Randy are stuck as each other.” Georgie explained.
“I can’t believe you did that!” Lincoln said as he rushed over to Carie to comfort her. Georgie looked around and saw that Lisa and Jill were looking at her in horror.
“Don’t you two judge me, we barely made it as it is, none of us would be talking now if they failed to put us back together. Carie, Ethan and Randy deserve this.”
“What about me?” Nell said. “I’m stuck as a guy because of you.”
“It was your body slowing us down and given how you reacted tonight, you clearly didn’t like your old one,” Georgie shot back.
“That wasn’t your decision to make!” Nell snapped.
“Nor was being disassembled in the first part to be a token in a twisted game or swapping bodies with my brother. I’ve also sacrificed a part of myself to see that those responsible are punished.” Georgie said as she stood up and placed her breasts in the duffle bag. She stormed off towards the parking lot, leaving the others to their fate.