Lunch had become my favorite part of the day, due mostly to the fact that nearly all my new friends gathered together at the same table every day for lunch. Sylvie and I were in the same sorcery classes so got to see each other through most of the day, and I was in a couple regular classes with Kimberly. However, Todd and Eve were both a year ahead of us so this was the one we could all hang out together until classes were done for the day.

Unfortunately, the last few days have been pretty busy for me after classes were over and I haven’t had much time to hang out. Between my tutoring lessons with Gayle and the ones with aunt June, I’ve barely had a moment to rest.

“So, what’s it like working with Gayle?” Eve asked me curiously.

“I heard she burned some guy’s skin off once,” Kimberly commented with a somewhat nervous look.

“You can’t believe everything you hear,” Sylvie told her, giving her an elbow to the side.

“She seems pretty cool,” I admitted. Of course, she knew a lot about what I was going through, being turned into a girl and all, so I felt like I could really connect with her. And she seemed to really know a lot about magic. “She’s been helping me a lot.”

Just then, Todd reached over and snatched some fries from my plate. “Hey,” I snapped at him, giving him a glare. “Eat your own fries.”

Todd just smirked at me, then said “The Ferengi rules of acquisition state that one should never ignore an opportunity to seize unguarded treasure.”

I laughed at his Star Trek reference, then joked back, “Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal.”

Sylvie rolled her eyes but looked amused anyway. “Hey Toad,” she told her brother. “If you’re going to go quoting things, you should do it right.”

“What are you talking about?” Todd asked with a look of mock innocence. To my surprise, his voice sounded exactly like Sylvie’s.

“Stop that,” Sylvie snapped at him.

“Stop that,” Todd repeated, still sounding exactly like her.

“I hate when he does me,” Sylvie told me as she glared at her brother.

“I hate when he does me,” Todd continued to mimic her.

At my confused look, Eve grinned. “Todd’s talent is that he can mimic other people’s voices.”

“It’s a great party trick,” Todd told me with a shrug. “But not really useful. Well, it was when I used to call into my old school and tell them that I was staying home sick.”

“You should hear him sing karaoke,” Even said with a laugh. “I mean, the last time, he did an absolutely perfect Adele.”

“Back when I was playing little league, I used to dream of becoming a professional baseball player,” Todd told me with a shrug. “Now, I figure I should become a celebrity impersonator or start some kind of tribute band.”

“Hey Toad,” Sylvie told her brother, gesturing to the side. “Your number one stalker is watching you again.”

I glanced over and saw Teressa watching us from another table with a dark expression. As usual, she wasn’t alone. Nearly every time I saw Teressa, she had the red head Kaellie with her, and now was no different.

Teressa’s other companion was a hot looking blond girl named Monica. Monica was a regular Touched and not a sorceress so she couldn’t attend all of Teressa’s classes the way Kaellie did. However, she hung out with Teressa whenever possible. I’d even heard a few of the other kids in our class jokingly refer to her as a ‘wannabe’.

“Just ignore them,” Todd commented without even looking towards their table. “I’m hoping that if I ignore her for long enough, she’ll give up and go away.”

“Todd always attracts the crazy ones,” Sylvie said with a chuckle.

I nodded at that, feeling just a tiny bit jealous that Todd would get three hot girls attracted to him when he wasn’t even interested. The only girl who would be interested in me would be a lesbian, and as Eve had demonstrated, I was probably too plain looking to attract most of them.

“Well, it looks like lunch is about over,” Kimberly said, reminding the rest of us of what time it was. “I’ll see you guys later.”

“See you guys at dinner,” Eve said as she went in one direction while Kimberly went in another.

Sylvie, Todd, and I left the cafeteria together. Sylvie and I had our next class together while Todd kept us company for the moment.

“You promised me a Doctor Who marathon,” Todd reminded me. “Maybe I can mimic Statler and Waldorf and heckle the entire thing.”

“Don’t you dare,” I warned him. “If you’re going to heckle the original series, you need something more appropriate. The Mystery Science Theater guys…”

All three of us were chuckling at that when Sylvie suddenly stopped and I nearly ran into her. A second later, I saw why she’d stopped like that. Teressa, Kaellie, and Monica were all standing in front of us with their hands on their hips, trying to look intimidating.

“Todd,” Teressa announced, her eyes locked on Todd. “I’m tired of waiting for you to ask me out, so I’ve decided to take matters into my own hands. We are going out tonight for dinner.”

“I don’t think so,” Todd responded with a tone of annoyance. “I’m busy washing my hair.”

Teressa suddenly glared at me. “Is she why? Why would you possibly be interested in her when you can have me?”

“Well, she certainly has more personality,” Todd said.

“Hey, leave me out of this,” I protested.

“Back off,” Sylvie commanded Teressa. “Todd isn’t interested. Get a fucking clue.”

Teressa snarled, looking pissed. “I’ll show you what she has…or what she doesn’t have.” Then Teressa looked to Monica and said, “Do it.”

Monica nodded and stared at me with a smirk. “Take this,” Monica exclaimed, activating her Talent and unleashing it on me.

A second later, my skin felt just a little itchy and my clothes began to crumble and disintegrate. I’ve heard of her talent to disintegrate clothes before, but I certainly hadn’t expected to be the target of it.

As my clothes crumbled away from me, Teressa laughed. “Let’s show Todd how your flat chest compares to a real woman…”

“You bitch,” Sylvie cried out angrily.

I frantically tried covering myself, feeling angry and humiliated. Then I decided that if Teressa was so determined to let everyone see me naked, I was going to give them something worth seeing. Then I snarled and activated my own talent.

My body quickly began to change and transform, before the last shreds of my clothes crumbled away. The familiar sensation of my flesh and bones moving around no longer overwhelmed me as much as it had the first few times.

There were gasps from around me as other people realized that my body was changing. I just grimaced, hardly able to believe that I’d willingly changed in front of everyone like this, but I couldn’t just let Teressa get her away.

A moment later, I stood there completely naked, except for my glasses which hadn’t been destroyed like my clothes. I was now four inches taller than I had been before this and much sexier.

“What the frell?” I demanded of Teressa, knowing that my voice had changed along with my body and was sexier. I glared at the other girl, pleased that she looked like she was in shock at the fact that I was now hotter looking than she was. “What is wrong with you?”

“Holy shit,” Sylvie exclaimed from beside me, staring at me in amazement. I was also aware that Todd was staring at me too and I tried covering myself even more, not that it did any good.

“You…you changed,” Monica blurted out.

“No way,” Teresa exclaimed. “She doesn’t have a body like that…”

“She didn’t use any tokens,” Kaellie said.

Before they could realize that I’d just used my talent, I decided to mess with them a little. “Great…the spells on my clothes kept me changed so that people wouldn’t keep ogling me all the time. Thanks a lot. And here I was trying to avoid this kind of attention…”

“Get the hell out of here,” Todd snarled at Teressa angrily, taking off his jacket and trying to help me cover up.

“You,” Teressa gasped, staring at me with a look that was turning from shock and confusion to hatred.

Teressa and her friends turned and hurried away while I glared after them and spat out, “What a smeg head.”

“Yeah,” Sylvie added. Then she looked at me again and exclaimed, “Damn…” She shook her head and added, “Let’s get you out of sight so we can get some new clothes…”

“Damn,” I blurted out, knowing that I was blushing brightly. I felt absolutely humiliated like this, especially with all the students around being able to see me. “I can’t believe I’m saying this…but I really wish I had Gayle’s dress spell right now…”

“Let me help,” one girl called out as she came running towards us. I vaguely recognized her as one of the older girls in the sorcerers course, though I didn’t know her name. “This should get you to safety…”

The other girl activated a token and I suddenly had white bandages appear from nowhere and wrap around my body. A moment later, I almost looked like a mummy, but at least I was covered up.

“That should last long enough for you to get back to your room,” the older girl said. “You’d better hurry though.”

“Thanks,” I told the girl, already rushing towards my room with Sylvie clearing the path for me.

I glanced back, seeing that Todd wasn’t coming, but he was still watching me with a strange expression on his face that suddenly made me blush even more. I realized, that after Todd had seen me like this, he would probably no longer think of me as one of the guys.