Awakening

by Clyde Andrews

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“Now you’re getting it, dear fellow. Just like your testicles are developing so they can produce sperm, your brain is getting your body ready so it can perform magic. Real magic,” L.J.P. smiled. “Read the pamphlets tonight as I will want to see you tomorrow. Oh, I see that you have now changed again.”

“What now?” James then noticed that he had six nipples. He sighed, “I can live with six nipples. That seems rather tame in comparison to the snake.” He managed a faint smile.

L.J.P. nodded in agreement and said, “Now, I might as well give you your normal physical, then you can get dressed. I will also give you the rest of the week off. Magolescence does not last long. Sometimes it lasts only a few days, sometimes a few weeks. But nowhere near as long as actual adolescence lasts. Which is just as well, hey. It’s embarrassing enough sometimes.”

After L.J.P. had done his prodding and poking, James said, while climbing back into his jeans, “So, Doctor, you’re a magician, too?”

“Yes, a white magician. I have much more to tell you, but I think that you have had enough excitement for one day. Like I said: I will see you tomorrow.”

L.J.P. spoke into the office intercom: “Judy, schedule in Mr. Fletcher for 9.00 a.m. tomorrow, there’s a dear.”

James could not even see the intercom. The doctor’s desk was covered in masses of paperwork, diagrams, posters, and journals. The desk was a mess, pure and simple.

“Yes, Doctor,” Judy said politely through the speaker.

“I will see you at 9.00 a.m. tomorrow then, young man. And cheer up, you are a rare breed. Soon you will be forgetting all about this and enjoying your new talents.”

“Thanks, Doctor.”

James left the surgery. His mother was waiting for him. Mr. Williams was gone; the receptionist had told him that James would have the rest of the week off.

“Are you sure you’re all right, sweetheart?” James’s Mum said, giving her boy a tight hug.

“Yeah, I’m just going through some... boy’s stuff, that’s all,” James smiled.

“Okay, darling.”

* * *

After school, Will, curious and a little concerned, arrived at James’s house, digital camera in hand. James led Will to his room, their usual after-school hangout.

“What are you doing with that camera?” James asked as he opened his bedroom door. Inside his room he had the normal things that teenagers have these days; computer, TV, Xbox, and CD player.

“Well, I thought I could take a picture of, you know, your friend downstairs,” Will smiled.

“I hate to disappoint you, but it’s gone.”

“Damn, I just wanted a picture of it... you know, for bragging rights.”

“Very funny. Well, I now have six nipples. Take a picture of that,” James said as he lifted up his top.

“Man, are you a freak or what? But that just doesn’t have the same... impact, if you know what I mean.” Will put his camera back in its leather holder, looking somewhat disappointed.

“Yeah, I know what you mean. I can live with multiple nipples.”

“What did the Doctor say?”

“He said... well, here, I’ll show you,” James smiled with a glint in his eye. He then handed Will the pamphlets L.J.P. had given him.

Will flicked through them, his eyebrows rising more and more with each page he read. “I don’t understand this. What... what does it mean?”

“It means apparently just what it says: I am a magician!” James was simply beaming now.

Will looked up. “You are a freak.” Then he laughed, slapping James on the back. James joined in, pleased that Will accepted him. “You’re not gonna go all weird on me are you, you know... just because you’re a magician?”

“Will, I will always be your friend,” James said seriously.

Will paused, then said: “Cool, but when you sprout a monkey’s tail, I wanna be the first to know.”

Just then the phone rang. “I’d better get that. I’m the only one home at the moment,” James sighed.

“Sure thing.”

When James returned to his room after taking the call, Will had made himself comfortable watching the small TV in the corner of James’s room.

“Guess what?”

“What?”

“Big surprise: that was Mrs. Walters on the phone, she just invited me to dinner. To celebrate my birthday she said.”

“Mrs. Walters? Mandy’s Mum you mean?” Will turned from the TV and gave James his full attention.

“Yeah, the very same,” James said. He was now rather puzzled.

“So, you gonna go?”

“Yeah, I suppose so. After all, it’s Mandy we’re talking about here. And besides, my real party isn’t until Saturday. Say, you want to come to Mandy’s with me?”

“I dunno. I haven’t been invited,” Will said. “I don’t want to impose.”

“Listen, Will, I would sure like you there. You’re my best mate. Say, how about I call her back, see if you can come?”

“Um... I dunno how to say this, but that Mrs. Walters, well, she kind of scares me,” Will suddenly looked serious. The first time Will had looked that way today, James thought. “We’ve kind of got a history...”

“What do you mean?”

“Don’t worry. You go, have a blast. You’re one lucky dog if Mandy is interested in you.” But he sounded distant as he said it.

James nodded in agreement. “Sure thing, I guess.”

“Cool.”

* * *

James, dressed in his best get-up: black trousers, shiny leather shoes, white shirt and bow tie, rang the door bell to Mandy’s house. Seconds later Mrs. Walters answered the door, smiling from ear to ear. She looked absolutely stunning for an old person, James thought. He could see where Mandy got her looks. Mrs. Walters was wearing a slinky, dark blue sequined evening dress. Mandy was behind her; she, too, was wearing a fantastic-looking dress. Bright red and low cut. Boy oh boy was she hot.

“Ahh, here you are. My, my, aren’t you the handsome one, James darling.”

“Um, yeah... T-Thanks Mrs. Walters,” James gulped.

James was a little on edge. His six nipples had gone, but he now had two navels; one on top of the other. Magolescence sure was freaky. He just prayed nothing else embarrassing would happen to him. He didn’t think Mandy would forgive him twice.

“Well, come on in then,” Mrs. Walters said.

James presented the bunch of flowers his mother insisted he bring to dinner as a gift. Mrs. Walters took them up with glee and immediately placed them in a crystal vase at the centre of the dining room table, humming as she did so.

“Please make yourself at home, James darling. I won’t be long with dinner.”

“Thanks,” James said with an uneasy smile.

James sat himself down on the nearest lounge chair, thankful they had been so accepting of him. What was Will so worried about, James thought.

He looked — well, he stared — at Mandy. He watched her help her mother set the dining room table, her body wriggling seductively in her evening dress. Her breasts, he noticed, showed just a little from the side of the dress as she lent over the table. As James fantasised about her more and more, he got an erection.

James tried to hide it by crossing his legs. This was possibly the worst time ever to get one. He now felt even more awkward than before. What would happen when he was asked to stand up and go to the table? James’s cheeks blushed a bright red.

“Do you want something to drink, James?” Mrs. Walters said.

“Yes... please,” James said, his voice breaking again. James was now so self-conscious that he just wanted to crawl into a hole.

Mrs. Walters just smiled and said: “Sure thing, darling. How about some Coke?”

James just nodded.

“Dinner is almost ready. Please come and sit at the table, will you,” Mrs. Walters chirped.

James hesitated and then swallowed his pride, getting up from the chair. He still had his erection. Nothing he could think of seemed to make it go away; in fact not thinking about it made him think about it, which then made it worse. ‘Good thing I’m wearing loose trousers’, he thought with a sigh.

“Come and sit next to me, James,” Mandy said.

“I- I- I... Thanks...”

“Relax, James. We know all about you.” Mrs. Walters said as she carried in the first of the steaming hot dinner plates; placing it in front of James.

“Um, wow, that looks fantastic... and what do you mean you know about me?”

The meal placed in front of him certainly did look lavish; beef wellington, scalloped potatoes, a variety of fancy cut vegetables, and all garnished with some sort of herb. It smelt divine.

“We know that you are going through magolescence. Your ears just disappeared, for starters,” Mrs. Walters remarked casually with an off-handed wave.

“WHAT?” James said as he immediately reached up to feel his ears. Sure enough, they were gone. That certainly deflated his erection. “You, you must think I’m a freak or something.”

“No, we don’t, James. We’re magicians, too!” Mandy smiled.

“You are?” James was still feeling where his ears should have been. Just then he decided to look at his navel, not worrying about how he looked as he lifted up his shirt. This was beginning to get all too much for him. At least his navel had lost its clone. It seemed his body changed only one thing at a time. That was a small relief, James thought.

“Are you all right?” Mandy said as she began to delicately eat her meal, turning to James.

“Um, yeah, sure. I just, well you know. This magolescence thing is really making my body parts do strange things,” James said with a nervous smile.

“Sure, I know. I felt it this morning, remember.”

They all then burst out in laughter. That little joke seemed to lighten the mood and James felt the tension that had been building up ease a little.

“Anyway, when I reached magolescence I became a different animal every hour on the hour for four days,” Mandy said raising her eyebrows and delicately biting off a morsel from her fork.

“Darn, and I thought I had it bad,” James chuckled, with his mouth full.

“Actually it was quite fascinating being a cat, a bird, a rabbit... that sort of thing. It was kind of amazing actually,” Mandy continued.

“Well, it wasn’t so amazing when you turned into a giraffe and I had to accommodate you in this house. The place took a week to get back to normal, let me tell you,” Mrs. Walters laughed.

James now felt calm and relaxed. He actually enjoyed the fact that he was not the only one who had to go through all this.

Dessert time arrived quickly James thought, and the hostess did not disappoint. Placed before James was a massive banana split: three kinds of ice-cream, nuts, bananas, strawberries, cherries, and all drowned in a rich chocolate topping.

“Wow!” James said, his eyes lighting up. “You’ve outdone yourself, Mrs. Walters. Thanks.”

“Don’t mention it, James darling. Anyway the night is still young. You still have to open the present we got you,” Mrs. Walters smiled.

“You shouldn’t have, you’ve done more than enough already.”

“Oh, nothing is too much fuss for our latest recruit,” Mrs. Walters smiled. But her smile was not like it had been all the way through dinner. It was suddenly more sinister, and it made James wonder what she meant by ‘Latest recruit’. He chose not to say anything about it. After all, he didn’t want to jinx anything; the evening so far was going great.

Just as James polished off his desert, Mrs. Walters then started to clear the table.

“That was fantastic, thanks, Mrs. Walters.” Will smiled.

“Thank you, James darling. Mandy, sweetheart, you can give James his present now.”

James couldn’t wait. He loved presents.

“Sure, Mum,” Mandy said as she got up from the table.

James expected her to leave the room for a minute and go get whatever it was he was going to receive. Instead she made her way straight for him. Mandy embraced him tightly, then unexpectedly kissed him passionately but softly, as if what she was doing was quite normal.

At a natural pause in proceedings James said: “What are you doing, Mandy?” He was breathing heavily. Suddenly the room was getting very hot. He loosened his collar in an attempt to cool himself off but it didn’t work.

“I’m giving you your birthday present, silly!” Mandy smiled as she came closer to him. “See how great it is here on the dark side.”

James did not answer. His mind did not fathom the words that she spoke. His head was simply spinning. As Mandy, all of a sudden, was all that mattered.

Mandy was working her magic, and the first rule magic is possession, which in James’s case meant seduction. Mrs. Walters was now drawing a magic circle around the two lovebirds. James would soon be theirs. It might take ten minutes or an hour or so or even longer, but have him they would. Mrs Walters then added a locking formula to the circle, lest any misstep undo years of planning.

“Do you want me?” Mandy said softly, nibbling on his ear. She had to keep James thinking about her, she had to keep his hormones racing. Clear and logical thought now could ruin all their work. James got his erection back.

Mrs. Walters left them to it.

* * *

Mrs. Walters smiled as she watched her daughter seduce James from the kitchen. Everything was going to plan.

Just then the doorbell rang.

“Darn!” Mrs Walters cursed, throwing down a tea-towel.

She thrust open the door, getting ready to tell the intruder to leave in no uncertain terms. All that came to a halt, however, when she saw who was standing on her porch. It was L.J.P. Mrs. Walters gasped in shock.

“Pleased to see you too, witch,” L.J.P. smiled.

“How... how did you know where to find us?” She had now turned as white as a sheet.

Proceed to part 3...