5 -- The Agony of Change
The pain had worsened. Every excruciating inch of it was centered on her groin, around the inner parts of her vagina. Something was coming out of it.
Her mind raced, but she couldn't form a coherent thought. She only cried out in pain as tears fell down her face, her body curling in on itself.
Was she giving birth to something? A monster, perhaps? Was it the apple eating her from the inside? But then why didn't Lyanna experience it? Was it because she was more resistant to magic?
More guttural pains stabbed at her insides.
Lyanna ran up and down, panicking. She pulled out various medicines from her satchel and forced her to drink whatever she had brought along. She had also rubbed a soothing salve on her vagina in hopes of alleviating the pain.
Nothing helped.
The health potion had done nothing. Several gold coins wasted on her suffering. Lyanna's healing spells were useless against this mysterious affliction. Alcohol, it, worsened the pain. She spat it back out.
"Renny..." Lyanna whispered. "I think I really need to call for help. I can't carry you there..."
Rennia clutched Lyanna's arm, dragging her close. "Lya, you said you wouldn't leave me. I'm scared..."
Lyanna grabbed her hand, folding it inward and clenching tight. "I know... but that's exactly why I need to go. You need a higher healer's help, Ren... I don't want you to die."
In desperation, Rennia mustered all her strength and held Lyanna down in a hunkered position. She sobbed as she spoke, half-whispering, half-choking. "Please... Stay"
"Ren..."
"All right, a moment more and not any longer. If the moon crosses, I go. Got it?"
Rennia didn't get it. It only made her more anxious.
The fire they had set up was burning out. Lyanna fueled it with more decayed bark, even going as far as to throw the mana core of the corrupted treant inside. The fire's glow intensified, making them visible to any passersby, potentially drawing help.
Rennia went silent as the midnight clouds passed over the moon.
Her mother would be worried by now. Her mother would be panicking. She'd send out people, search parties--anything. She was resourceful, powerful in the right situation. She'd make a plan. She always did, and when this was over.
She was going to punish her for this.
Cold winds swept past them in the orchard, old, cold, and foreboding. Lyanna took to caressing her, holding her in an embrace, giving her soft kisses on the cheek and the forehead as if her affections could dull the pain. Whispering affirmations. Chanting prayer's to the gods.
It all was so useless.
Split.
Rennia felt something crack inside of her--shifting, breaking--her bones, her muscles. But the pain was gone, replaced by something electromagnetic, magical even. She convulsed, her back arching unnaturally. Lyanna stared in horror. Raw energy filled Rennia's body.
There was no pain, but it still hurt. Something was shaping itself inside of her. The sharp pressure she had felt earlier traveled from her ribcage, down her spine and stomach, and settled in her crotch.
The pain restarted--hard and heavy. She started crying again, the ache deep between her thighs.
Her thighs... they grew? Thicker larger, curvier.
She felt her butt take on more shape, her stomach angling slightly--her bone structure changing just a bit.
The pain was gone again.
A deep, pulsating sensation formed just above her vagina, shifting her genitals slightly. Magical blue light enveloped it.
Rennia gasped.
"What's wrong?"
"It's--it's coming out... something, I--"
A surge of magical energy flooded her entire body. She felt herself being lifted into the air, as if the sky were carrying her away. Lyanna tried dragging her down, but the magical field repelled her friend.
Light flared around her body.
Then--
Something pushed outward. A large, phallic-like object stuck out.
She blinked twice, her eyes sore.
A long, thick cock jutted from her crotch, two ball-shaped things tucking away her clit.
The light died down, and she fell to the ground.
She lay there for a while, processing the pain she had felt. She stared at the thing that had emerged from her.
Utterly alien.
And so very male.
A cock.
A hard.
Long.
Leaking.
Throbbing.
Cock.
Rennia gasped, half moaning, half groaning. Thick white liquid spewed from it, outwards..
Seed? Cum? Semen?
"What the fuck." she screamed. Hands on, crushing her face. She wanted to tear her face off.
Complete silence followed--even the forest died down. No monsters in sight. Except the monster in front of her.
Lyanna was next to her, crouched on all fours, inching closer bit by bit. Staring in confusion, she brought her fingers closer, ready to prod Rennia's new equipment. Rennia slapped her hand away.
"What are you doing? Am I hallucinating."
Lyanna shook in fright, jumping and staring agape at Rennia.
"A cock. You grew a cock. It's right there."
No.
No way.
Impossible.
She couldn't have. It wasn't logically possible, and magically, it was unheard of.
A few horrid scenarios ran through her head.
What if Edric saw her like this? He wouldn't want to touch her. He'd never look at her.
Did she... turn into a man?
She stared at her friend. "Lya, what do I look like?"