The wash of magical energy was not only powerful, but close. If she'd not been so startled by the sudden event, Zatanna Zatara would have probably been suspicious. But the screams that followed in the wake of the magical energy drowned out any paranoia. Thus, the Mistress of Magic was moving on almost instinct as she rounded a corner in the mall, to see a plague of frogs, and many piles of clothes surrounding an ornamental fountain. Untransformed people stood in a ring, staring in surprise, if they had not already started to flee

She sighed, watching dozens of panicky frogs hop around and scramble out of the clothes piles. This was going to be draining....

"!snamuh ot kcan nruT" she said, drawing on her own magical powers.

The spell washed over a score of frogs, and with puffs of smoke and flashes of light, the tiny green creatures shifted back into a group of now startled and mortified men and women, restored human, but of course, having hopped out of their clothes.

"!setholc rieht erotseR"

With a flash, each nude victim was once more redressed, faces still red and hands still posed trying to cover up.

There were still a few more frogs hopping around, that had been outside the range of her first spell, but after a few moments, she had managed to restore them all, just as mall security and a pair of cops arrived.

"What happened here?" One of the police officers asked a woman.

"I don't know, I just heard some woman scream something from by the fountain, and then they were all frogs!"

"Good thing there was another magic user around to turn everyone back. Do you think you got everyone?" The other cop asked Zatanna

"I'll need to search the area with my powers to be sure, there's a chance someone might have hopped out of the area. Whoever did this was powerful but it feels like they were unskilled. The energy was raw, untamed. It's likely they transformed themselves."

"That checks out, none of the witnesses that didn't get frogged don't think they saw any humans leaving the area. We'll ask if any of them saw other frogs hop away," A security guard said.

"We'll get someone to check the cameras too," Another guard said, as paramedics began arriving and checking the restored victims over, some of them showing signs of shock from their brief ordeal.

Zatanna, however, felt something, a hint of magic... She looked in the fountain, seeing a frog sitting there, trembling in the shallow water, soaked clothes floating nearby.

"...I have a feeling I found our mage," She said, reaching down to carefully pick up the frog, who gave an alarmed croak.

She felt the energy building up, and spoke fast. It was too much just to keep centred on the frog, the sheer amount of magic would just fry the hapless green mage. The smallest area to contain it, unfortunately, would include herself....

"!niatnuof eht dnuora ti niatnoC"

Her magical shield indeed stopped the new pulse escaping, as the crowd cried out in horror. But when they were still human, most breathed sighs of relief, but others noted that Zatanna was gone... or rather, that her clothes now floated in the fountain. One frog sat, and a new frog had swam out of the clothes

And then with a puff of smoke, she was back to human, nude, and sighing.

".meht yrd dna no kcab sehtolc ym tuP"

"...Well, the good news is that was her, the bad news is she seems to have managed to form-lock herself, and she's unstable. I'm going to need to take her away from here to keep people safe, but I'll need to find a place to draw some more magic to undo the spell on her," She told the cops.

"Sure thing, we'll clear the way and get you an escort to somewhere," One replied.

"Thank you, officer," She said, picking up the now confused looking frog.

Neither of the cops heard as 'Zatanna' whispered to the amphibian in her hand

"This is going to be so much fun. You, stuck in that toad body, me, looking like one of the most famous magical heroines on Earth. Hope you like flies, because 'your' spell is going to be very difficult to undo."

The real Zatanna, swapped into the body of the frog, croaked angrily in the grip of her bodyjacker, as she made haste out of the mall, cops and guards clearing the way to prevent other froggy mishaps....