Tricks and Treats from Clowntopia
Part One
Hugo Prosperio

Inside Chuckle's Joke Shop stood two clowns. One was Chuckles himself, standing in his usual spot behind the counter. The other was not a clown moments before. She had indulged in a candy that had been inside a plastic Jack-o-Lantern sitting on the counter because the sign said take one.

"Trick." He said with a giggle as the girl looked herself over. Before she had eaten it, she was a tall girl with an average build with vibrant ginger hair. Now she was 3 foot tall, super pear shaped, with huge feet and the biggest ears Chuckles had ever seen.  The candy finished it's work as her ginger hair pulled into her head except a single tuft which turned green.

"Woaaaah." She said in a deeper voice. "Did I like get shorter and a bigger butt and stuff?" Her mind was clearly swimming from the sudden and shocking transformation. Chuckles said "You sure did. Candy can do all sorts of things. Would you like another piece, dear?"  he said as the clown stepped out of her now oversized human clothes. She looked rather cute naked, he admitted. He held the bowl of candy down so she could reach it, and she grabbed a chocolate and unwrapped it and ate it hastily.

Magic worked rapidly as her head shrunk to half it's size, but the ears stayed the same. Her hands grew larger and the fingers merged, giving her three. Her belly surged forward growing from cute and round to a huge flabby paunch. Her nipples on her small breasts (which were an hour ago were large and the envy of many a girl) puffed up and popped out into red balls just like the clown nose on her face.

"Oh wow, this candy is so silly. I am so weird looking now. I like it." She said as she honked a nipple and it let out a loud noise. She giggled and grabbed another piece and ate it faster than the previous piece.

Her lips inflated into huge puffer lips that looked so huge they were almost unreal. She puckered them and kissed at Chuckles who laughed. He watched as her butt swelled again, and she let out a large sound, that seemed like a cross between a fart and a saxaphone blast. A pink mist filled the room and smelled like cotton candy.

"Oh, that's unique. You'll be popular." He said. "That's enough candy for now."

"Well, thanks for the fun." She said through the thick lips. "Can I be me again?"
"Oh about that, you'll probably get a headache from all the sugar. Clown sugar is so concentrated if often does that." He said as she grabbed her tiny head with her huge hands, and smiled as he knew that every last memory of  being her old self was leaving. She then giggled and looked up.

"All Better!" she said.

"Perfect! You know the way back, right Miss Tootles?"

"Of course!" she said, heading to the back room, and off to her new life.

"Treat." Chuckles said to himself as he sat down on the stool behind the bench. October was a fun month for him and his kind. They loved to trick humans into their world, but it was so much easier at Halloween time. It was as easy as waiting for them to walk right into his store.

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James Browning walked right into the odd "joke" shop that he had never really noticed before. As he opened the door a loud honk went off, causing him to look around. The man behind the counter smiled at James and invited him in.

"Welcome!" Said Chuckles as he waved at the man. "Come in, don't be shy. What can I help you with?"

"Um, well, I was looking for something special for a party I am going to." he said.
"Party Favors? We have those in spades!" Chuckles said. "And clubs. And hearts." he added.
"Oh, uh, no. It's a costume "ball" and I am looking for something fun to wear to the party."

"So you seek a costume. Well, We do sell clown costumes here. Would that be of interest to you?" Chuckles asked.

"Well, never thought much about clowns, but I guess we could do that. Any you recommend." James asked.

"Well, I have something new I've been dying to try with a customer, so follow me to the back." he said

James walked with the clown to the back room and he saw three doors. The one straight ahead seemed ominous, something didn't feel right about it, but Chuckles opened the one to the right and it lead to what appeared to be the storage room for the store.

"Over here is the latest in costume development. It allows people to create their own costume and then makes it for them, right while they are there. You can even wear it home." he said with a laugh.

Before them was a large metal box, it looked almost like a photo booth you might see at a mall or arcade. "Clown Costume O Matic" was written in bold colorful letters above the doorway.

"Want to give it a shot? No need to worry about your clothing sizes or anything. It'll fit."

"I guess. Why not." he said with a smile as he walked into the booth. A metal door slid shut behind him, and Chuckles grinned as he left. He knew the door wouldn't open until the costume was complete.

"WELCOME TO CHUCKLE'S CLOWN COSTUME O MATIC!" said a cheerful but recorded voice as James sat himself down on the stool of the room. "Removal of non costume clothing will now commence"

A flash of bright light filled the booth and when it subsided, James was wearing a pair of boxers. He gasped and looked down. The boxers were white with red hearts, which is something he had never worn in his life. "Oh, I get it a practical joke. This is funny, Mr. Clown."

"We are glad you are amused!" came the voice of the booth. "Now we can begin to select your costume. Select a base." it said. A monitor appeared in front of him, as did a panel of buttons. The buttons had different outfits. One had a one piece jumpsuit, another had a very snazzy dress suit, and the other had fairly baggy overalls. Not really sure what to do, he pressed the button with the jumpsuit. The buttons then changed. "Excellent. Now to select a design. Please select a color." He looked at it and selected Orange, since it was for Halloween.

"Select a secondary color." it asked. He selected purple and looked at the monitor. He saw a blank clown jumpsuit and the two colors floating in circles next to it. "Now, select "Dots or Stripes" the machine asked.

"Dots." he said as he pressed the button.

He watched as the jumpsuit on the monitor began to turn a bright orange color with purple polka dots all over.

"Ruffles?" The voice asked. He selected yes, curious what it meant. When it was done, purple ruffles appeared at the wrists, ankles, and neck of the costume.

"Now, please select from the following. Twig. Bulk. Wide Load."

He ran his fingers over the buttons and selected wide load. The outfit billowed out in the bottom looking much wider there than anywhere else.

"Base Outfit Selected. Let's get you suited up!"

Another flash of light and James was now wearing the costume, which was incredibly baggy on him. He looked at it and laughed. "Well, this is funny."

"Body Adjust?" the machine asked.

"Oh, you want to make it fit a bit better. Sure." He said as he clicked yes.

"Excellent." the machine said as he felt an odd tingle flown through him. "Now we'll move on to accessories. Let's talk about shoes."

The monitor presented him with a large variety of clown shoes and he looked transfixed at them, wondering which he would choose. He hand't been into the clown idea entirely at first, but the more he thought about it, the more it felt right. He didn't notice his bottom half starting to gain weight rapidly. His butt billowed out, stretching and growing, sounding like a balloon as it filled with air, and his thighs and legs were growing to match. His hips widened to accommodate the new growth. The whole backside jiggled and wobbled as the new flesh touched the fabric of the costume and was now a perfect fit.

"Hmmm." James thought aloud as he looked through the shoes. He found a pair of Chuck Taylor sneakers that were huge and had a bubble toe like clown shoes often do and though they looked great, so he selected them, and chose the color Purple to match his jumpsuit. When he was done, another flash happened, and the shoes were on his feet. He felt they were way oversized, but knew that was part of the charm of them. He didn't even notice the same tingle sweep over the feet as he moved on to the next selection, which was gloves.
His feet began to slowly stretch, growing larger into the shoes he had chosen. They got wider too, thanks to the design of the shoes, and as his toes reached the bubble, they spread out and got bigger all by themselves, giving them a comical fanned look. If barefoot, he'd look silly as could be, not that the shoes weren't silly enough. He wiggled the toes in the shoes, and like the jumpsuit, it was a perfect fit.

He picked out a pair of white three fingered gloves. "Like Mickey Mouse" he noted as he smiled, the idea of being a clown getting more and more amazing to him. He watched as the gloves materialized on his hands, and for a second he wondered how a machine could do that, bu then just went back to picking out his costume.

"Let's do your face!" the voice said as the two fingers James had shoved into the middle section of the glove fused together and the fingers plumped up to fit into the oversized gloves.

"Select a nose." it asked. He used his new thick fingers to select one that he liked. It wasn't a normal clown nose, instead it was a red tube sticking out from the face like a Pinocchio look. He clicked the button, and he felt a tingle in his nose, and watched as the tip began to grow outwards and turn red. He didn't seem to think anything was wrong, and smiled as he felt his new long nose. "That's so silly. I am gonna be the bestest silly clown!" he said

He then began to play with the setttings, messing with the look of his face. As he did this his lips plumped up into a red smile and his skin turned a pale white all over. His hair began to change color to an orange shade and then the hair on the top of his head fell out, leaving just a ring of orange at the base. He looked at one of the options and saw conehead. "Heehe, that seems fun"

Upon selecting it, he felt his scalp tingle and his whole head began to shift shape. His skull cracked and changed shape as it pushed up, forming a real dome shape. It made his head go even lighter than it was, making him giggle. With a few more selections, his face was finished with blue around his eyes and red circles on his cheeks.

"Costume Details: Orange Jumpsuit with Purple Polka dots, Purple Shoes, Gloves, Orange Hair, Whiteface Clown. Special Feature. By selecting Wide Load and Body Adjust, your new rump is yours to keep, and you'll find it is quite bouncy. Enjoy your new outfit and we hope to see you again a the costume o matic."

The door hissed open and out waddled a very bottom heavy clown, his huge sneakers slapping on the ground.

"Oh wow, This is the best costume ever. I am gonna get the best looks." he said as he walked out into the store and over to Chuckles.

"How much do I owe ya for this great look." He said with a guffaw as his voice got a bit higher pitched.

"Oh, it's on the house. Just do me a favor, will you, Jimmy?" He said to the new clown. "Tell all your friends to come here for their costumes for the party."

"Like, Okie Dokie!" he said as he walked out. It was rare a clown left with some of his mind intact, but Chuckles wanted to have some fun with that costume party. If he still believed he was James, at least for a while, people would think it was an excellent costume.

Moments later another customer walked in, but this person was just looking around. Chuckles spoke with young woman, and offered her a piece of halloween candy.

"Oh sure! I love trick or treat." she said.

She grabbed the candy and unwrapped it and took a bite. It was amazing. The candy melted in her mouth and slid down her throat, and as soon as it hit her stomach, her world changed. She grew shorter rapidly, but not just shorter, she was getting younger. She continued to finish the candy bar and watched as her whole body collapsed to the age of six years old.

"Woah, I got wittle." She giggled as she held out her hand for another piece. Chuckles obliged and watched as the next candy changed her into a cute little clown girl with very large feet. She waddled around looking at the oversized store, and giggled. Soon , the girl who had entered was no more, and Little Daisy the Clown was off the Clowntopia to find a new family.

"Treat." He said.

To be continued.