Temptation

Chapter 8
Chapter 8

“Temptation” Part 8

 

By Oni and Piper

Travel time is swift through the shadow realm, seeming to last only as long as the closing of one’s eyes during a morning’s yawn.  Within seconds Reiko and the merchant girl Janice reappear in the shop in front of the relieved looking Alyssa.  The redheaded seamstress is still on her knees beside a child-sized Reiko.

 

The newly arrived adult witch grins then picks up her child form and nestles the small figure in her arms, nuzzling cheek to cheek, her eyes closing as well.  For a moment the contrast between the two versions of the sorceress is vividly displayed to a gaping two person audience, Reiko’s exposed pillow like breasts cushioning the likewise bared flat chest of the child in her arms while their dark grey pants are perfect matches in style if not in size.  Of course the adult version’s calves and hips are nicely rounded with feminine maturity while the girl’s lines are skinny as reeds.

 

The little Kirasani girl slowly fades in her mistress’ arms after a few seconds, causing Alyssa to gasp.  With a small upturn of the corner of her mouth Reiko explains kindly to Alyssa, "I didn't want you to worry about me."

 

Alyssa gathers herself, gets to her feet and straightens her nightgown.  "Hello," she says politely to the newcomer.  The seamstress can guess by the woman's black hair and blue eyes that she is related to the brothers in the house.

 

"Janice is onboard, tentatively." Reiko adds to Alyssa.

 

As she is spoken of Janice crosses her arms over her exposed belly, Reiko’s upper body nudity making her self-conscious of any skin she herself is displaying.  Ironically, both of the clothed girls are feeling underdressed, despite Reiko's notable nudity.

 

Reiko turns to look at Janice with a small smile.  "Now my dear, I wish to cast a spell on you.  It will make you look and feel a bit younger, and also make you very, very turned on." The witch explains.  "My friend was thirteen when Johnny played with her.  I want him to fully understand so you will fall to that age as well.  It will not be permanent."  Reiko is being fully honest, planning to use the same illusion spell she has been using on herself.

 

"Thirteen?!" Janice asks in surprise.  "I ... well ... she was thirteen?"

 

Reiko nods.  "Thirteen.  He threatened to spank Amara when she didn't give in to his advances."

 

"I was not well along at that age." Janice protests.  "I do not see how I could help."

 

"Oh, you'll start older.  You'll get younger and more helpless and vulnerable.  We want Johnny to see that, to want to protect his little sister and understand what he did.  You will also feel as scared and vulnerable as is appropriate to your form." The Kirasani warns.  On the last sentence Reiko brushes back a loose lock of hair on the teen's forehead in a motherly fashion though she does not yet look any older than Janice.

 

"An odd plan for an odd dream," Janice comments softly.

 

Reiko shrugs.  "Well I just wanted to make him a little boy again, but Alyssa here insists that he'd learn nothing.  You may thank her." The witch smirks.  She notices that Janice is staring at her nipples again.  The witch looks down to notice the milk has begun to drip down her stomach.  "Hmmm, I think I need my top back." she mutters in annoyance.

 

"Thank you," Janice says dutifully to the younger teen.  "What is your role in this?"

 

"Her sister fell in love with James." Reiko says, finding her small tunic and pulling it on. She finds she cannot fit the garment over her breasts however and looks for something larger.  "Also, would she not make a great wife for John?" Reiko teases the redhead.

 

"Not even funny," Alyssa berates evenly, her nightgown swishing around her ankles.

 

"And how does James feel about her sister?" Janice asks curiously.

"He's quite ... attached to her." Reiko adds.  The witch has resorted to wiping herself dry with the small tunic.

 

"I don't think it matters, frankly," Janice admits.  "Father will have James marry whom Father wants."

 

"Ummmmm ..."Reiko begins, but Alyssa interrupts.

 

"So, are you with us?" the redhead asks.

 

"I'm here, aren't I?" Janice asks testily.

 

"Right then," Reiko rubs her hands together with a wicked yet strangely childish grin on her face and forms the spell, then places it onto Janice with a light touch onto the girl’s forehead.  In response Janice shivers and rubs the backs of her arms.  "Now my dear I'll summon Jym.  He'll be your play date for the evening." 

 

Hoping to make the woman more compliant and also just wanting to see her youthen, Reiko immediately makes twenty year old Janice Alyssa's age of sixteen.  It is quite satisfying to the witch to see the dark haired girl get slightly shorter and a lot thinner, her face softening and her breasts diminishing as well. 

 

Alyssa also watches the effects of the spell with interest, the young seamstress especially fascinated at how the shadow garment shifts with Janice’s body, fitting tightly as it adjusts to her new and more modest cleavage and hips.  It is apparent the dress will fit the girl perfectly no matter how her form changes.

 

When the changes are complete Reiko pats the newly teenaged girl's thin arm reassuringly.  "There you go.  Now you two have more in common." She says sweetly.

 

Turning around the witch examines the toys and girls clothing she’d collected earlier.  "Oh, before I get Jym could you two help me carry this stuff?"  She shimmers again and an eight year old Reiko grins cutely at them.  "I'm too wittle." The child’s high voice exclaims.

 

Janice holds her arms out and allows Reiko to load her up.  "What are these for?" she asks, and clears her throat at hearing its new timbre.

 

"To play with silly," Reiko says, "little girls in the house."  Her shadows locate where Jamie is.  "Actually," she says after a moment then shimmers again to adulthood, taking the items back from Janice.  "You two wait here till I return."

 

With that Reiko vanishes into shadow again leaving both girls somewhat confused.  The witch reappears in Emelia's room, where Jamie has been put to bed with the girls.  She becomes small and mischievous again in the darkness, moving quietly to where the boy sleeps to begin the other part of her personal plan of revenge. 

 

With her shadow magic Reiko replaces the night shirt Jamie is wearing with an extremely frilly pink nightie, complete with ribbons and bows.  His moderately long hair she ties into two short piggy tails with pink ribbons to hold them in place.  Smirking, she then makes his dark hair longer with shadow substance, making the tails rise up then drop back down to his shoulders.  She further uses her illusion skills to soften the boy's features.  Stifling a giggle she decides to even change the appearance of his genitals to female with shadow substance, over which frilly white undergarments appear.  Finally she places a rag doll under the boy's sleeping arm. 

 

Even the boy’s own sister will think he's a sweet little girl when she sees him Reiko thinks, which is the idea.  To the witchling the best part is how her specially designed illusion spell will make Jamie feel like a little girl, his attitude much more passive.  Little Reiko rubs her chin where the boy managed to punch her causing a sharp sting.  "No more fighting for you sweetie, you’d tear your pretty dress.” She mocks softly.  “We'll see how much you like girls now when everybody thinks you are one."

 

As Reiko works Janice feels disgruntled at the witch’s order to wait, looking like a grumpy teen.  Alyssa kills the time by rubbing her feet on the bear rug.

 

Little Reiko returns within a few minutes having left the toys and extra girl's clothing in Emmy's room.  "Okay, everybody is asleep and the girls have their toys.  John is in your mom's room, Sasha in hers.  And Jym ..." she checks.  Reiko confirms that poor Jym has been following a shadow girl around, convinced it was little Reiko hiding from him.  The witchling simply directs the shadow girl to the shop.  "He'll be on his way.  Okay, I'll make you all lovey dovey and stuff." she pipes.  "Then get John to wake up and see Jym with you when you hit thirteen."

 

Teenaged Janice suddenly looks nervous at the idea of being with a strange boy and starts to fidget.

 

"What am I supposed to do?" Alyssa asks, unintentionally sounding a little like a child being left out of a game.

 

Reiko thinks.  "I suppose you could wake John.  I doubt he'd trust me."  The little witch then grins.  "Ya wanna get younger too?"

 

Alyssa looks down at her feet as she shifts them on the fur.  "I don't know," she confesses.

 

"I kin do it the same way I did it with Janice.  Jus' temporary." she comments, then moves forward and hugs Alyssa around the hip.  "And you could enjoy Bear-Bear more." she whispers.

 

"Maybe just a little younger?" Alyssa asks, holding her finger and thumb close together in measurement.

"At a time," Reiko silently adds to herself with a grin.

"Just so it's barely noticeable," Alyssa finishes and bites her lip in anticipation.

Reiko places a spell on Alyssa then drops the girl a year to fifteen doing the same to Janice as well.  Both girls' limbs thin just a bit while Janice's cheeks gain a bit of roundness.

 

Alyssa looks over her hands and chest anxiously.  "Did you do it?" she asks.

 

Janice nods.  "You changed a little, but I had to be watching to see it."

 

"I guess that makes me the oldest," Janice adds.

 

Alyssa looks at her closely.  "Um, I wouldn't be so sure." she comments.

 

Janice looks down at her shadow dress, which hugs her eagerly and makes it difficult to detect changes to her figure.

 

"Does this really matter?" Reiko rolls her eyes with a sigh.  "You really want to be older Janice?  It'll only be temporary."

 

Janice shrugs defensively.  "We are just talking."

 

The little witch smiles again and nods.  "Right, killin’ time,"

 

"Being social," Janice adds, touching Alyssa's arm.  "I don't have a lot of friends."

 

"Oh yeah, can't be easy traveling from town to town." Reiko admits.

 

Alyssa nods.  "And this town is pretty bare of young maids as well."

 

Reiko giggles and pats her little chest.  "Bare." she says, making Alyssa blush lightly.

 

"Tell me all about what's going on," Janice tells Alyssa, eager for more conversation.

 

"About what exactly?" the redhead asks.  Alyssa sits on the bear rug and pats the spot next to her.

 

Janice kneels down.  "Tell me about your family and what happened tonight."

 

Alyssa sighs, "Well, I've gotten a lot second hand but ..." She begins with telling of her family, then with what her two eldest sisters did to their mother.  Reiko listens in apologizing rather adorably that she had no idea the milk was that strong.

 

Reiko soon grows bored however with their animated conversation.  Unfortunately, Jym seems to have gotten fed up with her shadow and is walking away.  The witchling stamps her bare foot in frustration and checks how far away the squire is.  She sees him passing a house which is about five houses away.

 

"Jym, follow me." she has the shadow say.

 

"I just told you, no more games," Jym calls back.  "We'll be in the chapel when you are tired of playing."

 

"But I'm not playing.  I need ya.  At the clothing shop." she says.

 

Jym stops and looks back at her shadow.  "For what?" he demands.

 

The shadow girl pouts in a frustrated way.  "Stuff." she manages.  Tears of frustration come to her eyes.  Jym sees the tears and misunderstands, feeling concerned.

 

"What's wrong?" he asks again.

 

"It's 'bout the guy who hurt Amara." she calls out.

 

He sighs and asks slowly, "What did you do?"

 

"Nothing." she says defensively.  "Yet.  We came up with a way to teach him a lesson but not hurt him, but we need you."

 

"We?" he asks suspiciously.

 

The shadow nods.  "Alyssa, from the shop.  An' Janice, the sister of the guy Amara danced with."  Her little hand wipes at her wet cheeks.  "But, but we can't do it without a guy.  I suggested you."

 

"I don't feel like being mean to anybody," Jym says tiredly.  "Come to bed."

 

Reiko shakes the shadow’s head.  "No.  I'm either gonna make him a better person, or I'm gonna punish him.  If ya don't come I won't have a choice."

 

"Reiko," Jym says sternly, and moves toward her shadow.

 

The little shadow girl steps back, but also sticks her tongue out.  "He hurt her; ya want him hurting other girls?  Even his sister doesn't want that.  I'm gonna do something, though it'd drolly be better if you were here."  The shadow girl begins to partially fade.

 

"Dammit!" Jym swears and runs for her.  "You can't use magic like this, or you'll get another lynch mob!  Remember the last time?" 

 

When Jym reaches Reiko however he falls right through the intangible girl and straight to the ground, eliciting a giggle and strange look from the shadow girl.  "Why'd ya do that?  I'm in the shop silly."

 

Jym groans and gets to his feet.  Ignoring the shadow, he hurries toward the shop.

 

Reiko nods in satisfaction and returns her attention to the girls.  "He's coming." she tells them.  She reminds herself to play the helpless little girl to the hilt.  It seems to work wonders when trying to sway people.

 

"I'm not dressed for this," Alyssa remembers, hugging her nightgown.  She hops to her feet.

 

"Jym's seen ya in less." Reiko giggles.

 

The redhead blushes.  "I can't receive him like this!  Maybe I should hide."

 

"If you were little ya wouldn't be so embarrassed." Reiko points out.

 

"That would be worse!" Alyssa exclaims, imagining a bigger Jym and herself with a child's body.

 

"Of course, once I put the spell on him he'll want all the women he sees." The witchling adds, "Even those who are barely women.  So if ya gotta hide, hide, or change clothes."

 

"Then how am I supposed to go get John?" Alyssa asks in a teenaged panic.  There is a knock at the door causing Alyssa to release a high “Eep!” and hurry off to hide in the clothes racks.

 

Reiko giggles then nods at the door.  "Yure dressed Janice." she points out, though the teenaged girl is barefoot in her black dress.  The witchling then plops herself on the bear rug, bare feet in front of her and waits rocking her feet back and forth.  With a secret sly smile the little Kirasani girl regresses the hidden Alyssa down to age thirteen in the clothing rack.

 

Janice takes a nervous breath then walks to the door.  "Yes, hello?" she asks politely when she sees Jym.  She looks him up and down finding the teen rather cute.

 

"Hi, I'm here to collect Reiko," Jym tells Janice, holding his hand about stomach high.

 

"I'm not that short," Reiko grumps to herself.

 

"Come in," Janice answers, stepping out of the squire’s way.

 

The little Kirasani folds her arms over her flat chest defiantly and stares at Jym.  "Tole ya, I'm not goin' yet.  Janice, tell him.  ‘Bout the plan." she partially whines.

 

Janice crosses her arms self-consciously over her revealing dress.  "Her idea could work," she admits.  "I don't want my brother getting into more trouble.  He has to stop going after the younger girls especially."  She flicks her dark hair from her eyes.

 

"Seeeee?  I'm not gonna hurt him.  Promise." Reiko says.  "Ya know I could if I wanted to."

 

"What idea?" Jym sighs, already regretting the asking.

 

"Janice and Alyssa kin explain.  I figured out how ta make an illusion youth spell that's pretty real." Reiko says.  The witchling calls for Alyssa to come out, wanting to show off her work. 

 

"Just a minute!" Alyssa calls nervously.

 

While they are waiting, Janice explains what she understands.  "Essentially, we make him feel protective of me, his now younger sister," she concludes.

 

"And I get beaten up?" Jym asks suspiciously.  "I don't like it."

 

"You won't get beaten up." Reiko protests.  "Yure much better trained than he is.  You'll be fine.  Maybe take one punch."

 

"Reiko!" Alyssa finally hisses from the racks.

 

The little Kirasani girl blinks in confusion.  "What?' she asks the clothes rack.

 

"Come closer!" the clothing seems to fervently whisper.

 

Reiko adorably holds a finger up to Jym.  "Wait."  She says as seriously as her young voice can manage, then pads over to the rack, sticking her head in.  "Wassa matter?  There are plenty of clothes in there."

 

Alyssa is wearing what could be a sexy dark green dress, except that it seems much too big for her.  "You made me smaller again!" the redhead accuses.   Her voice is clearly at a higher pitch.  "Undo it, please."

 

Reiko looks sad.  "But yer cute." she whispers.  "Don’t girls yure age like bein’ cute?  I could make ya cuter." she adds hopefully.

 

"Arrgh!" Alyssa exclaims in frustration and pushes Reiko's face back through the clothes with her hand.  Reiko grabs the hand reflexively however and pulls, causing the larger Alyssa to stumble out of the clothing rack and into full view.

 

"Reiko!" Alyssa wails as the eyes of the room fall upon her.  The young redhead, her diminished chest partially on display, looks silly in the draping dress.  The gaping front of the garment reveals a pair of modest swellings with puffy nipples that were once budding breasts.

 

A giggling Reiko drops the girl to twelve as Alyssa hurriedly stumbles trying to get back into hiding, her form shrinking drastically as she falls backwards through a growth spurt.  The little witch also grabs hold of Alyssa’s hem, preventing the poor girl from escaping.  “Where ya going?” Reiko asks. 

 

"That’s not nice Reiko," Jym states as if speaking to a real child.  "She doesn't want to play.  Make Alyssa her own age.  Now." he orders the little girl.

 

"Awwwwwww, I'm jus' teasin'."  Reiko pouts, releasing Alyssa to escape to the security of the clothing racks.   Still, after a pause she does raise the redhead’s age back to sixteen.  "For now," the witchling grumps quietly to herself.

 

There is a ripping sound though as the poorly adorned dress catches in the wrong places and the seams give.  Reiko looks perplexed, then peeks into the clothing again, before giggling uncontrollably.

 

"You brat!" Alyssa screams at Reiko, checking the tear. 

 

"Alyssa, shhhhh." Janice says.  "You can spank her later.  Be quiet." she whispers. 

 

Reiko's hands instinctively cover her backside in fear, the childish action lost to her.  "I'm sorry." The little girl says, sounding sincere.  "I kin give you another dress."

 

Alyssa sighs and lets her dress fall to the floor.  "Oh?"

 

"Yeah, she made mine." Janice says to the rack. 

 

Nodding Reiko tells Alyssa, "Pull yours back on."

 

Alyssa scoops the garment up and gingerly puts it in place.  The tear makes one side hang loose, exposing her left shoulder.

 

Concentrating Reiko wills her shadows to form again, causing Alyssa's dress to shift and reform into an even sexier number, exposing both shoulders and her back with a strap looping behind her neck.  It hugs her so closely it seems to fondle her and Alyssa squirms a little at the feel.

 

"Better?" Reiko asks hopefully, peeking through the hanging garments and honestly not wanting to get into trouble.

 

The red-headed seamstress tries to see how the dress is put together.  "Nice," she admits, though she hugs her bare arms.  "I'm not sure this is proper, though."

 

"It looks really nice." the little witch comments, giving the girl a sly grin.  "Ya could always go topless with trousers instead." she whispers teasingly.

 

Alyssa makes a half-hearted slap toward the impish girl, which is easily avoided.  She then pulls a shawl around her bare shoulders and tentatively steps into view.  Jym finds he suddenly has to look elsewhere.

 

Hands behind her back Reiko grins at the impact of her outfit on the squire, sincerely hoping that Jym and the redhead get together again.

 

Alyssa turns as red as her hair.  "So ..." she prompts.

 

"Right." the now younger Janice comments.  "Will she be casting a spell on him too?" she asks.

 

"Yup!" Reiko says, in the same instant Jym says, “No”. 

 

Reiko gives an exaggerated sigh.  "You can't act, you'll need a push." she points out.

 

"Acting as what?" Jym protests.  He glances at Alyssa.  "I don't think I'll need to act." He mutters.

 

Reiko giggles.  “Not with ‘Lyssa, with Janice.”

 

Janice smolders a bit with newfound jealousy and Reiko actually wishes she could reach up and turn Jym’s head away from Alyssa.  "Can you ravish Janice on yure own?" the witchling asks bluntly.

 

Jym blushes and looks at Janice.  "Ravish?" he asks meekly.

 

"Exactly my point; Yes, Jym will have a spell on him, and Janice too.” Reiko explains.

 

The now fifteen year old Janice takes a deep breath.  "Right."

 

Reiko nods and walks up to the pair, touching each on an arm.  She activates the lust spell in both of them and they both flush and suddenly gasp for breath.

 

"I love this spell." Reiko giggles at Alyssa.

 

Reiko pushes Jym's shoulder, making sure he is looking at Janice.  The two youths gaze lustfully at each other a moment, then come together in an embrace and kiss.

 

Reiko then pads on bare feet back to Alyssa who is now grimacing a bit as she realizes just what she agreed to let Jym do.  "The best part'll be when I shut her lust spell off at thirteen." The Kirasani child explains with a giggle.  “Then she won’t want him no more.” 

 

The last comment makes Alyssa feel a bit better about things.  Still, as the redhead watches the pair go at each other she starts fanning herself with her shawl.

 

"You should prolly get John up now." Reiko points out.  "Make sure he doesn't react too quick.  He'll prolly be in shock for a bit anyway."

 

"So I keep him at the couch?" Alyssa asks.  "When do I bring him?"

 

Grinning, Reiko begins to drop Alyssa slowly in age.  With everyone distracted she decides she can play again.  She nods at Alyssa and turns.  "Bring him into the room but make like you two are hiding.  I want him to realize things slowly." she explains.

 

"What do I tell him, again?" Alyssa asks, before listening to the witchling’s plan.

 

***

 

John finds himself awakened from a dream where he is a kid playing tag with his now younger brother.  He blinks his eyes open to see the redhead who'd greeted him earlier. 

 

"John, John, wake up.  There's something you should see." the girl whispers.  She seems younger to John somehow, but he's not sure how much.  Perhaps thirteen he guesses.

 

The girl takes him by the hand and leads him quickly but quietly through the still house.  The dress she is wearing seems unreal in the way it shifts with her body, showing much of her pale skin without slipping.  He wonders if he is still dreaming.

 

"Alyssa?" John guesses, not sure of her name.  "What is it?"

 

The sounds of panting begin to register in his mind and he comes across a scene of two teens making out feverishly on a bearskin rug.  The girl is topless with her bare back to him and her dress crumpled at her waist.  The boy is obscured but also partially naked.  John immediately feels a hard on developing.

 

"Interesting?" Alyssa asks softly.  "What a slut, huh?  She must have really been asking for it."  Alyssa tugs his hand and leads him to a hiding spot behind a rack of clothing.

 

"Watch your mouth," John whispers to the young girl.  "They are having a great time."

 

At his words, and with his head turned, the topless girl gets a little younger and unknown to him Reiko shuts off the lust spell, leaving now fourteen year old Janice only with her nerves and apprehension.

 

"But she's supposed to say no." Alyssa whispers back.

 

"What?" John asks.  "Why?"

 

Janice slows down and folds her arms over her bared breasts.  "I ... I don't know about this." The young maid comments in her high voice.  She is honestly having second thoughts about the whole thing, though John assumes that thing to be sex when he overhears the girl’s words.

 

"Proper young ladies say no at the beginning." Alyssa scolds, drawing John’s attention again.

 

"Don't be like that," Jym pants to Janice.  "This is perfect."  He pulls the girl close.

 

Young Janice tries to squirm free but Jym holds her easily in place, Reiko secretly affecting Janice's strength as well.  He forces the maiden to kiss him again.  As she pulls away John and Alyssa can hear the girl sniffling.  "N-no.  I don't want to anymore.  Please." she whines.  "Let go."

 

Alyssa watches John closely.  "Maybe she deserves it?  Was asking for it?" she asks the teen.

 

John frowns and shakes his head.  "No, this is wrong."  He moves to stand up.

 

With that Janice slips away and falls onto the floor, naked down to her waist.  When she rises up to look straight at John, the boy clearly sees Amara, tears running down her cheeks.

 

John looks utterly confused.  "She ... but that wasn't her ... her hair..."

 

Jym drops to cover the blonde girl and hold her down and kiss her.  Alyssa walks up and stands next to the pair.  "Hmmm, what to do now?  But didn't she ‘ask for it’ John?" she checks again.  The Amara figure squirms and struggles uselessly.

 

"Oh right, her hair.  It was black, wasn’t it?" Alyssa says.  With that, the hair, and features, shift back to Janice's.  Reiko grins, happy in her little revenge, then ... activates Janice's lust spell once again.

 

John rubs his eyes.  "Who?  What?"

 

Janice is aged back up to a sixteen once more.  After a moment of confused hesitation she quickly leans forward and returns Jym's attentions as John stares at them.  Alyssa blinks in surprise however.  This was not according to the plan.  "Hey!" she says, wanting the girl to get away from Jym now.

 

A giggle echoes from the clothing racks as Reiko enjoys the joke.  Still, the lust spells do begin to fade. 

 

"Janice?!" John calls out incredulously after a moment.  He steps closer.  "Janice?"  Jym cringes instinctively, expecting to be hit at any moment.  As John stares in shock his sister regresses back down yet again to thirteen and her embarrassment rises significantly.

 

"Um, hi John." The young girl squeaks.  As she stares nervously back up at her larger younger brother Janice drops farther down in age, twelve to eleven then ten.  Her limbs become very skinny, her bare breasts melt into buds then vanish into her chest as pink nipples become pink dots, and her insecurity and apprehension magnify.  Despite the top of it hanging down the girl’s rumpled dress nevertheless hugs her boyish waist tightly.

 

"We were jus' having fun.  Teachin’ ya a lesson." Janice tries to say before looking perplexed at her higher voice. 

 

John rushes forward.  "Get off of her!" he yells, grabbing at Jym's shoulder.  The girl drops another year to nine.

 

The squire holds up his arms and hands in surrender.  "Whoa, we were just having fun," Jym says, repeating what John said about Amara.  "Nothing happened." he adds, unable to hide a small grin. 

 

Jym didn't expect Reiko to regress Janice so far, but he has to admit it is having quite an enjoyable effect on John.  In fact the whole affair has been surprisingly satisfying Jym feels.

 

Reiko's voice pipes up, as she approaches.  "Seem familiar?  Or is it different now?" she asks John, eyes slanted.

 

"You?!" John asks, outraged.  He picks up his sister and starts carrying her out of the shop pinned against his hip.

 

Janice kicks and squirms however, not cooperating.  "Johnny wait!  Put me down!  I was a part of this.  We were teachin' ya a lesson."

 

John stops at the doorway, but doesn't put her down.  He looks at her face in concern.  "You?" he chokes.  "I get it, okay?" he tells them all.  "Can you leave my family alone now, please?"

 

Jym nods.  "We promise.  Right Reiko?" he tells more than asks. 

 

The little witch is so self-satisfied she happily nods.  "Consider yure punishment over with.  We're even."

 

Frustrated little Janice however kicks her bare feet even harder against her brother’s leg.  "Jonathan!  You put me down this instant!" she squeaks.

 

"Ow!  Yeesh!" John complains and drops his sister to her bare feet.

 

Alyssa covers her mouth and giggles, loving how much younger Janice has become.  Besides being adorable, the skinny sexless scamp is no longer a rival for Jym.

 

The still topless little girl stamps the heel of her foot onto John’s boot, then scampers over to Reiko and hops up and down, the freed bodice of her dress bouncing against her thighs.  "We did it, now make me big." she says.  Reiko just giggles for a few seconds.

 

"You can't," John calls after her.  "You're stuck.  That's what happened to James."

 

"Actually, this is different." Jym explains.  "Reiko managed a spell to mimic those changes."  The little which smiles proudly at his words.

 

"Reiko, change her back, now." Jym instructs.

 

"Okay, okay.  But she is cute.  Kin I leave my spell on longer?" the witchling asks.

 

Janice hops in anger, stamping both feet.  "I said now!" she repeats.

 

John comes toward her.  "Wait.  How did you get here, anyway?" he asks, stepping in between her and Reiko and staring down at his small sister.

 

"Reiko brought me, in the shadows." Janice admits.  "It was kinda fun."

 

"Pull your dress up," John scolds, trying to tug the top of the nine year old girl’s dress back up her straight torso.

 

"I kin do it." The little girl huffs.

 

The dress shifts in John's hands, changing from a dress into a dark grey night gown.  Still, he helps her with it anyway, since she couldn't get both her arms in and pull it up at the same time.  In the process John finds his sister to be as cute as a button and only as high as his belly.

 

Janice doesn't seem to appreciate the help however.  "Will you quit it?" she asks, pushing him away when she doesn’t need him anymore.  "Make me big." she demands of Reiko again.

 

"Maybe they shouldn't," John grumps, crossing his arms.  "Maybe then you'd better understand what your brother is going through, instead of playing tricks on me."

 

Alyssa is now laughing so hard at Janice that she hugs herself around her exposed belly.

 

Janice stamps her foot in frustration.  "Notta trick.  A lesson.  And this isn't funny!" she says to Alyssa frustrated enough to have tears come to her eyes again.  She steps over and gives the much larger redhead a useless shove.  "Jonathan, I'm not joking.  Tell her to change me back!" she tries to order seriously.

 

"She is pretty demanding." Reiko comments.  "I could make her younger.  Temporarily of course." she tells John."

 

"Reiko." Jym says in frustration.

 

"Simmer down," John tells his little big sister, "before you get younger."

 

Janice's face turns red with anger.  She certainly had a temper when this age Reiko thinks happily.  The little girl moves to kick her brother in the shin.  "Why you ..."

 

John easily steps out of her reach however then pushes her from the side to land on the bear rug while her foot is still in the air

 

"That was more satisfying than I'd like to admit," John reflects.  Smirking he grabs the foot and tickles it.  Reiko grins and reduces the dark haired girl some more.  Janice shrinks slowly as she squeals and giggles from eight to seven to six.  She gains baby fat all over her body as her face rounds and she loses some teeth.

 

Jym crosses his arms and stares at Reiko in disapproval.  Reiko just grins back then nods over to John, who is smiling openly by now as his little sister squirms and giggles on the rug.

 

"Say 'Uncle'," John teases his sister. 

 

"No-hohohoho." Janice giggles, but she is smiling too much to not be enjoying it.  "Okay, Uncle, uncle."

 

"Uncle John." he adds.

 

"Uncle John!  Uncle John!" she shrieks happily. 

 

John stops and Janice finally quiets down, panting but still smiling.  "You going to simmer down now?" John asks. 

 

Janice pouts a little, pursing her cute lips, but nods after a moment.  "Yeth."  She is an adorable little thing, smaller now than even James, her blue eyes seemingly huge in her young face.

 

John lets her ankle go and pulls her nightgown back down to cover her legs from where it had risen.  He turns, and gives Reiko a serious look.  "You can change her back?"  Reiko nods.

 

"Well then, I suppose she can stay little for the night.  Keep her brother company." John adds.  Janice pouts again as they stop paying attention to her.

 

"Tough break," Alyssa tells the girl while smiling.  "Jan Jan."

 

"Actually, mom used to call her Janny." John corrects.

 

The re-dubbed Janny scrambles to her little feet.  The former adult suddenly feels overwhelmed at how big everyone seems, especially since most of them are supposed to be younger than her.  The teens seem like giants to her now and even the witchling is larger.  She decides to wait for the others to look away from her again so she can hide away in the clothing.  She doesn’t realize just how childish a plan it is as she slowly slides her feet on the wooden floor.

 

"Jym?  Are you sleeping here?" Alyssa asks hopefully.

 

The squire shakes his head.  "I have to get back to the rest of my party."

 

"C'mon Jym, Amara can handle Killi.  Let’s sleep here." Reiko says.

 

"Or they could come here."  Alyssa adds.  "Sasha wouldn't mind."  The red-headed girl looks up into Jym’s eyes with hope.

 

Jym sighs and closes his eyes.  "I'm tired," he protests.  And a little irritable for being turned on and off like a match light, he adds silently.

 

"Then sleep here." Alyssa adds brightly.  "Reiko can send a message to your friends, right?"

 

Having tiptoed away a few feet Janice tries to bolt but John scoops her up and plants her back on his hip.  He finds she fits much more easily now.  "And where are you going?  Good diet," he teases her.  "You're lighter than ever!  But you seem to have picked up a bit of baby fat." he adds, pinching her leg lightly.

 

Janny whines slightly in response, amazed and annoyed at how easily her little brother is handling her.  Frustrated she leans her head against his chest and sucks on her thumb and finger for comfort, waiting for the big people to stop talking.

 

The others watch Janny for a moment, Jym and Reiko smiling warmly while Alyssa stifles another laugh.  They then return to their conversation.  "Yeah, Reiko can send a message, but I'd better go myself.  Reiko, Alyssa is in charge while I’m gone.  Listen to her." Jym instructs.  The witchling pouts but doesn’t protest.

 

Jym then gives Alyssa a quick kiss on the cheek.  "I will bring the others here and be back shortly.”

 

"Okay!" Alyssa nods, hoping she isn't too eager.  She consciously wills herself to stop standing energetically on the balls of her feet, and sinks down until her heels are grounded.  The redhead then rocks on them as she watches Jym leave.

 

Deciding it is time for his sister to sleep John excuses himself and carries Janny back into the living quarters.  Once he steps out of the shop Alyssa dances around excitedly, imagining a night of romance with Jym as she momentarily ignores a smirking Reiko.

 

John brings his sister to the 'young room' to be reunited with Jamie.  He lights the lamp, causing Janice to pull her finger from her mouth and point the wet digit at the girls.  "Who're dey?" she asks in a rather loud voice.

 

"Shhhh," John admonishes.  "They are Alyssa's sisters, and James."

 

"James?" Janny asks surprised.  "But dere all girls." she pipes.

 

John shakes his head.  "No, he is just wearing a girl's nightshirt."

 

"A pink one?" his sister asks with her index finger between her lips again.  She releases a giggle.

 

John frowns and looks.  "Apparently."  He peers closer.  "It does make him look really girly, doesn't it?" he whispers, realizing the hair is longer, and tied up with pink ribbons.

 

Janny whispers back.  "He can sometimes.  When we were both little, the last time, mom grew his hair long, and I got him to wear a dress a couple of times.  Funny he grew the hair back."  She pauses, gasping ... "Wait.  What yu said before?  He's little fer real?  Fer good?"

 

"We don't know for sure," John hedges.  "We just don't know how to make him big again yet."

 

Janny nods sadly.  "Is he ... upset?"

 

"Not ... really," John considers.  "He might not understand yet."

 

"Oh.  Well, at least daddy can't force him to marry a girl he doesn't like this way." she considers, not noticing the ‘daddy’ comment.  "Maybe he understands that.  He was pretty antsy 'bout it."

 

"I don't think this is his fault," John gently reprimands.  He pats Janny’s bottom through her nightie.  "Anyway, time for bed."

 

His older sister sticks her tongue out.  "Dunt be rude ta yure big sista." she jokes.

 

"And don't get cranky," he tells her, pretending to bite at her tongue.

 

Janny pulls her head back and giggles.  "Am I sleeping wit' Jamie?"

 

John lowers his now little sister gently to sit on the edge of the bed and pushes Jamie over a little.  "Yep," he whispers.

 

The little girl swings her feet against the side of the bed.  "Okay." she yawns, sliding between the sheets.  "Sleepy.  See yu in the mornin'.”

 

"Scoot down," John tells his sister softly, then enfolds her in the blanket and kisses her on the forehead.

 

Janny grins up at her younger big brother.  "G'nite Johnny." she whispers.

 

"Sweet dreams," he wishes her, and steps away softly, feeling more peaceful than he has all night.

 

***

 

"But why can't I sleep wit da girls?" eight year old Reiko whines to Alyssa in a nearby bedroom, stamping her foot petulantly upon the soft bed on which she stands. 

 

"Because there isn't room." the redhead explains.  "And James is already asleep."  Alyssa tugs at Reiko's waist, undoing her pants.  "You need a nightie ..." she says then pulls Reiko's pants down, leaving the little witch quite shocked and naked.

 

“Hey!” the witchling pipes cutely.

 

"Oh, and don't fight me, youthen me or grow up.  Jym did tell you to do as I say." Alyssa reminds.  “Now step out of your pants, one foot then the next, good girl.”  Reiko blushes at the compliment but as ordered doesn’t fight back or change her age.

 

A moment later the door opens and John walks in on Alyssa searching through a drawer and a naked Reiko standing on the bed, her little bare bottom displayed to him.

 

Reiko turns around and squeaks cutely, then covers her bald immature privates quickly, feeling very embarrassed for some reason to let a boy see her like this.  She even automatically thinks of the area between her legs as her ‘pee pee’ finding nothing strange about that fact.  In contrast she does not even consider covering her flat chest, completely immodest about that part of her body.  Behind her the redhead calmly pulls a nightshirt from the drawer and shakes it out as if nothing is wrong with John being in the room.

 

The merchant’s son stops immediately though, wanting no further malice from the little witch.  He backs out of the room as quietly as he can.

 

Alyssa watches the scene then says, "Reiko?  Do you have something to say to John?"

 

"No." the witch squeaks again, barely able to speak.  Alyssa smiles and takes Reiko by the hand, helping her off the bed then leading her out the door.

 

Reiko looks utterly stunned at her loss of control over the situation, but she is also flush with excitement at it.  She finds herself physically helpless to resist being pulled before the now gigantic teenage boy, feeling completely exposed and vulnerable.  With Alyssa firmly gripping her Reiko is only able to cover her ‘pee pee’ with one hand now. 

 

"You had your revenge, now do you forgive him?" Alyssa checks, her voice both sweet and firm.

 

Butterflies rise in Reiko’s tummy as she shifts nervously from foot to foot.  "Ummmmmmm." she begins.  John politely looks over the top of her head.

"Yeah.  I fergive him." she says softly.

 

John nods.  "Thank you," he says politely.  "I just can't wait for this night to end.  Do you realize that Sasha wants to adopt my brother?"

 

Alyssa blinks.  "Really?  But, but we'd have a hard enough time feeding two kids and making the shop work.  Three couldn't possibly work, unless we got extra income.  Does he want to be adopted by her?” she asks. 

 

"I don't think so," John answers.  "All he has said so far is that he doesn't want Janny, er Janice looking after him."  He is thankful for Alyssa to look at, rather than the naked little witch girl.

 

Reiko though begins to feel ignored as well as exposed.  She doesn't know which part bothers her more since she is used to drawing attention when exposed; a lot of attention as a matter of fact, especially from boys.  Indeed she finds John’s reaction to her being ‘all nakey’ downright insulting, though she doesn’t fully understand why.

 

The witchling also comes to a realization.  Her spell is an illusion.  Alyssa told her not to change her age, but in truth she is still a big girl, much bigger than these two.

 

Feeling petulant Reiko magically shimmers and reveals her fully nude adult glory, smiling with childish smugness down at the pair ignoring her.  The now annoyed Kirasani sorceress, still thinking childishly due to the after effects of her spell, begins to imagine just what she will do to these big kids for daring to dismiss her so easily.

 

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