Tia's Day Off

a Fashion Witch Tale
by JMD

     I was just coming out of my bedroom when I suddenly transformed into a bra.
     Now, in most households this would have been cause for more than a little bit of concern.  In ours, however, it was becoming an all too regular occurance.  Especially since my little sister had come into her magic.
     "Morning, Sis," she said, leaning against the bathroom doorway looking down at me with her hair still damp from the shower.
     "Ali, please!" I cried through the psychic link that every witch shares with the people that they use their magic on.  "Not today.  I've had a truly sucky week at work, and this is my only day off before I have to go back to it."
     "Sorry, Sis," she replied, not sounding the least bit sorry.  "But Rich is taking me to the rock festival at the park today, and all my other bras are dirty."
     I mentally sighed.  "You know, Ali," I told her, "just because you can use your magic to make you something to wear doesn't mean you don't have to do laundry."
     "I know that, Tia," she replied, bending down to pick me up.  "But I've just been too busy to get to it.  And I'm already running late this morning, so I don't have time to do it right now."
     Again, I sighed.  What my sister considers "busy", I call "partying".  But now wasn't the time to fight with her over interpretation.  So, I resorted to pleading instead.
     "Come on, Ali.  It's been too long since I've had a real day off.  Give me a break here.  Please."
     "What are you talking about?" she came back.  "You were off just last weekend."
     "Marlena," was my only reply.
     "Oh," Ali acknowledged with a slight smile.  "What did she turn you into when you lost this time?"
     "I don't want to talk about it."  Which was true.  The last thing I needed was Ali teasing me about losing yet another duel with my coven rival.  I certainly didn't want her finding out that because of it, I spent the last weekend supporting the big-breasted bimbo as her sports bra during a 20K run.
     Luckily Ali didn't seem to really care.  "Whatever.  What about the weekend before that?"
     "Yeah, right," I countered.  "In case you've forgotten, that was when our dear cousin trapped me in that damned wand."
     For someone with no magic of their own, our cousin Peri had an incredible knack for getting her hands on it.  I still hadn't figured out how Peri had come by that infernal stick that allowed her to capture me and use my magic any way she wanted.  
     "I don't know about you," I went on, "but being forced to cast somewhere between thirty and forty spells in an afternoon is hardly what I'd call taking it easy."
     "Oh, right," Ali said, remembering.  "That reminds me.  I still owe the little twit for leaving me stuck as a panty display form down at the mall."
     "So," I said, grabbing at an opening, "why don't you make her your bra today and give me a break?"
     "Hey!" Ali spit out.  "That's a great idea!  There's just one little problem.  Peri's not here."
     Suddenly, we heard the sound of the front door bursting open, followed by Peri voice calling out.  "Hey, Tia!  What's shaking?"
     As if I could return it, Ali gave me a look and a grin.  "How's that for timing?" she asked.
     "Come on, Tia!" Peri called again, coming around the corner into the hallway.  "Surely you're not still in...  Oh!"  She stopped as she spotted Ali standing there.  "Hey, Ali," she said, obviously not happy to see her.  "I thought you'd be on your way to the concert by now."
     "Running late," Ali stated simply, before holding me up.  "Look, Tia," she said, making it clear to our cousin what she had done to me.  "Your matching panty has arrived."
     "Hey!" I shouted.  "What happened to making her your bra?"
     "I changed my mind," she answered, grinning at Peri, who was looking nervously between my sister and me in her hand.  "Say 'bye-bye', cousin," Ali said, making the necessary gestures to turn Peri into her underwear.
     Peri cried out, uselessly raising her hands in front of her in an attempt to ward off Ali's spell.  At least it should have been useless and Peri should have instantly been turned into a pair of undies.  Instead, she stood there, with her hands up, totally unchanged.  After a few seconds, she dropped her hands, a slow grin spreading across her face.
     From where she held me, I could see my sister's confused expression as she tried to figure out what had went wrong with her spell.  Then, her eyes grew wild.  "Oh, crap," she sighed.
     Peri's grin grew wider.  "Bye-bye," she said, giving Ali a little wave with her fingertips.
     A second later, I found myself falling downward as Ali's grip on me disappeared ... along with Ali.
     As soon as she was gone, I felt Ali's power over me disappear as well, but I fought the urge to restore myself until I had landed on the floor.  It's a lot safer to hit a hardwood floor as cotton than it is as flesh.  Trust me, I speak from experience.  As soon as I was down, though, I immediately reversed the magic that had made me a bra.
     No sooner did I have my eyes back than something fell over them.  Slowly, I reached up and lifted my sister off my face.  She was now a light pink bikini panty with darker pink polkadots.  Sitting up, I looked over at my cousin, who smiled back.  "Peri."
     "Tia," she replied.
     I got to my feet, checking myself out as I did.  Luckily, whenever Ali used her magic on me, she includes what I'm wearing in the transformation.  At least I didn't have to worry about being naked in front of my cousin.  "So, you've got a new toy, I take it?"
     "Yup," she said, turning her head to one side.  She tugged on her earlobe.  "These earrings," she announced.  
     I took a step closer to admire the simple diamond stubs in her ears.  "Pretty."
     "And functional," she added, reaching into her small purse.  She pulled out a pamplet and held it out to me.  "I found them on the internet," she continued, as I tossed Ali over my shoulder and took it.  "Some security firm in Europe came up with them."
     "Hmmm," I hmmm'd, reading over the pamplet.  "And what do they do exactly."  Not that it wasn't pretty obvious, considering what had happened to my sister.
     "They intercept any magical energy directed at the wearer," Peri explained anyway.  "It then alters the magic, removing the sender's control of the spell, and sends it back at them."
     "I see," I said, closing the pamplet.  "And how long can Ali expect to be stuck this way?"
     "That depends," Peri answered.  "It was her spell, so it'll last as long as she wanted it to."
     "Uh-huh," I said.  "So, at least until tomorrow, since she planned to wear us both to that rock concert.  Well, serves her right, I say."  I held the pamplet back out to Peri.  As she reached out for it, though, I pulled it away.  "By the way, cousin," I remarked to her confused expression, "I couldn't help but notice that you thought Ali would already be gone when you got here.  You wouldn't have been planning to test out your little toys on me, by any chance, would you?"
     Peri just smiled.  "Maybe," she said with a shrug.  
     "Uh-huh," I nodded.  "Well, lucky for me, Ali was here to take the fall, I guess."  I handed her the pamplet.  "Oh, by the way, if you're planning to use those earrings a bunch, you might want to read the fine print there."
     Peri's smile fell.  "Fine print?" she asked, opening the pamplet and looking for it.
     "Yeah," I went on.  "Especially that part about how they require a half hour to recharge between uses."
     I waited for her to find the specific portion.  She read it slowly, then looked up at me with a crooked smile.  "Oh."
     "Oh, indeed," I smiled back.  "Bye-bye," I added, giving her the same finger wave she'd given Ali.  
     Then, I cast my spell and my cousin became a bra that matched the pink polkadot panties on my shoulder.  I left her there for a few moments to bask in my victory.  Then, I went over and picked her up.  Holding her in one hand, I used the other to take Ali off my shoulder.  
     "Well," I said to them, "that takes care of two of the three people that are likely to spoil my day off."  Putting them into the same hand, I reached down and picked up Peri's earrings, which I'd been careful to leave out of my spell.  "How about we go get dressed, then go see what Marlena's up to today?"