The ancient attic smelled of dust, mold, books and rat shit. Cindy waved her arms around to clear old spider webs as Jessica followed behind her.
"This is the dumbest thing ever," Jessica whined.
"Think of the adventure!" Cindy said in return. "Plus, what else can we do out here? At least until my grandmother gets back."
"I don't care about exploring," Jessica answered. "I care about stepping on a rusty nail or being killed by a spider demon."
"Well, I'm not going to try this spell downstairs," Cindy told her. "They'll smell the sulfur and candles."
"And the demon, right?" Jessica said. "Can't have the demon rummaging in the cupboards."
"Come on, don't make fun," Cindy told her.
"You don't even have everything that stupid book says to get," Jessica teased.
"No, but does it matter?" Cindy said as she cleared a spot on the floor. She set two vials down and then opened them, shaking them at the floor while plugging her nose. Once finished, she lit two old birthday candles. "I'm bored, you're bored and we have
some
of it. You always said you wanted to get into 'witchy shit' so here you go. Pardon my language."
"Okay, yes," Jessica conceded. "But actual stuff. Like creepy black stores with creepy old women. Not some jack-off selling books online."
"Sit," Cindy told her. "I'm going to start."
"Fine," Jessica sighed.
Cindy kneeled with the book in her lap. Her blonde hair hung down to her neck in two short pigtails. She was slim and short and the highest compliment she'd ever heard was a boy two years younger calling her 'mousy'.
Jessica rolled her eyes as she sat cross-legged in a slump. She watched as Cindy began to recite words from the book she held. The other girl stumbled over the words but seemed to grow more confident as she went.
With the final word spoken, the candles blew out in a puff of black smoke.
"Whoa," Jessica said, sitting up straight. "Hey, that was actually pretty badass. How'd you do that?"
Cindy hadn't moved. The book fell from her grip and Jessica frowned. She leaned forward and touched her friend.
"Cindy?" Jessica said. "You're kind of frea-"
Cindy's hand whistled through the air as she backhanded Jessica. The other girl fell over in a dazed slump.
"Wha- Jessica?!" Cindy said, blinking her eyes.
Blackness filled the girl's blue eyes, billowing and flowing like ink injected into water.
Take her
, a voice commanded.
"What's that?" Cindy said loudly, looking around. "Who's there?"
Take. Her.
the voice said more loudly.
"I don't know what-"
An image flashed in her mind.
"No," Cindy said, holding her arm against her chest. She blinked rapidly over pure black eyes. "No, I won't do that."
So sweet and soft and young,
the voice told her.
"Jessica!" Cindy said, kneeling by her friend. She shook the other girl's shoulder. "Jessica, wake up!"
"Whaa-" Jessica said, her eyes opening briefly before closing again.
Cindy licked her lips. Her tongue flicked out and the tip split. She stared at her friend and bit her lip in worry and frustration. Again her tongue flicked out, the tip rocking up and down as it lengthened further.
"Jessica, please, there's something here," she told her, shaking the other girl harder.
Cindy's eyes fixated on the girl's shirt as her breasts shook. She licked her lips as she stared at the gap between the buttons of her shirt. At the bra and the soft skin beneath. At the delicious curve of her breasts that showed. The girl developed younger than the rest and continued to grow well past high school.
"Jessica," Cindy said quietly. She reached a hand out to her shoulder but hesitated as her heart began to race. Her tongue flicked out slowly and she bent close to taste the air.
There was a sweet smell the began to fill the air. Centered on Jessica. Cindy breathed deeply and it entered her, flowing down her throat and into her stomach. And further between her thighs.
With a groan, Cindy's outstretched hand reached for Jessica's breast. She squeezed it as her cheeks burned. Her clear nails grew dark to match her eyes before pinching at the middle and sliding forward to sink into Jessica's shirt and the skin beneath.
"Cindy," Jessica said weakly.
"Sorry!" Cindy said, pulling her hand back. Her claws tore at Jessica's shirt and bra. An unnatural strength flowed through the blonde-haired girl as she accidentally ripped the other girl's shirt in half.
Jessica shrieked and sat up, covering her chest.
But, Cindy saw. Her tongue flicked out as the heat in her loins spread. She felt hungry. So very hungry. The girl went to her hands and knees. She worked her shoulders as two daggers of pain pierced her back. Still, she saw the other girl's large breasts through her fingers and arms.
And she was so hungry.
"What the fuck is wrong with you?!" Jessica yelled.
Cindy crawled to her with a smile. Her canines lengthened, pushing at her soft lips. The teeth surrounding them flowed down into smaller jagged points.
What
was
that smell?
The girl wondered. She ached for it. A void had opened within her and she felt she could never be filled.
"What are you doing? What's wrong with your- oh god!" Jessica shouted, pushing herself back.
Two thumb-thick, hardened black claws pierced the back of Cindy's shirt. The fabric bulged around them as it pulled tight against her body. She could feel bones and flesh moving in her back as the claws emerged from her body, pushing until the straining shirt could no long contain them.
Cindy hooked her nails into her shirt and pulled to expose her growing wings.
"I think- I think I'm going to be sick," Jessica said.
Cindy lunged, reaching her clawed hand out to grab the girl's throat.
"Why do you smell like that?" Cindy asked, her tongue flicking out against Jessica's soft cheek. She grabbed the other girl's arm and pulled, easily pushing Jessica's arm out of the way despite their size difference.
"Stop, please!" Jessica begged.
Cindy bent down and her tongue wrapped around the other girl's nipple.
A tiny flow of energy passed between them. Cindy relished it as it swirled into the pit deep within her body. She moved forward, grabbing both of Jessica's arms as she forced her down.
