<meta name="LineWrap" content="true"><TITLE>SR_Bk1 0013</TITLE><A HREF="SR_Bk1-0014.txt">Next (Page 14)</A><BR> "My spell worked!"<P><P>Chamomile stood up and moved forward a little, to get a better view.<P><P>"Wait a minute," Chamomile said under her breath. Then she moved forward a little more. "Wait a goddamn minute!"<P><P>"What?" Lemon asked, trying to look innocent.<P><P>The sparks and rumblings were totally gone now, as Canary began to snore loudly. Chamomile slowly walked forward.<P><P>"Oh come on," the leader said. "Son of a bitch."<P><P>Lemon got up, and started toward Colonia also.<P><P>"You gotta be kidding!" Chamomile said.<P><P>"What is it? What is it?" Lemon asked, walking forward.<P><P>"Look for yourself!" Chamomile said.<P><P>Lemon looked at Colonia, who while still unconscious, turned over and faced the two.<P><P>"Crap," Lemon said.<P><P>Colonia was now a cute devil girl--horns, fangs, voluptuous body, pointed tail--the works. The former sword looked vaguely similar to her previous human manifestation--black hair, tattoo on cheek, etc. But that was pretty much where the comparisons ended.<P><P>Chamomile gave Lemon a look--a look which said more than words can say. Lemon smiled innocently, revealing those dangerous fangs.<P><P>"Um--at least he--uh--she--isn't a sword anymore!"<P><P>Chamomile didn't say anything.<P><P>"I didn't know! My 'grant humanity' spell always worked fine on other things! How did I know he'd decide to go and look like he could be one of my sisters?"<P><P>Chamomile still didn't speak.<P><P>"Oh it's not that bad! You know one of me isn't enough!"<P><P>"Lemon," Chamomile said, striving to remain calm. "You should have consulted me first. Does the fact that I'm the leader of this team mean anything to you or Canary?"<P><P>"Um, yeah. To me at least. I don't know about Canary," Lemon said, then in a more animated manner, "But I just couldn't wait! I had to try my spell! All I wanted to do was save the day!"<P><P>Chamomile sighed.<P><P>"Okay Lemon. You will be the one to explain to Colonia exactly what has happened to him--er--her."<P><P>"No way! Not me!"<P><P>"Lemon--that's an order," Chamomile said, then turned away. "If my orders mean anything to you anymore."<P><P>Lemon was silent for a moment, but then she spoke.<P><P>"Oh, okay. Aye aye, captain. I'll do it."<P><P>Chamomile looked back at Lemon.<P><P>"Thank you."<P><P>Lemon waited a few moments, then asked, "Why'd you come back, anyway?"<P><P>"Because, I had to write down some information from the main screen. Which I guess I'll do while you explain your little stunt to Colonia--it looks like... she is coming to!"<P><P>Colonia moaned and opened her eyes.<P><P>"Dear goodness, what is this?" she said, holding her hands up in front of her face and sitting up a little. They were slender female hands, with wicked sharp fingernails.<P><P>"Lemon?" Chamomile said, looking over from the screen.<P><P>"Oh okay!" Lemon said, kneeling down beside Colonia. "Um--Colonia? Um--there's something, I, uh, have to tell you. You know how you--well, how you turned back into a sword? Well, I mean, I know you're gonna be upset, but when, uh, when the others went downstairs, I, uh, I tried a little spell on you, you know, to bring you back to being human? Well it worked--pretty much. I mean, you're back, but, you know, the way these things go..."<P><P>Colonia looked down at her gorgeous female body with a puzzled expression on her face, then she stared right at Lemon.<P><P>"Um," Lemon said. "I kind of cast the spell on you and you kind of, um, took on, um, some of my physical, um, characteristics."<P><P>"Some?" Colonia said, in her new, sultry, devil girl voice.<P><P>"Well, maybe more than some. Maybe a lot."<P><P>"Maybe all," Colonia said.<P><P>"Hey, at least you're not a carbon copy of me!" Lemon said brightly.<P><P>Colonia stared at Lemon.<P><P>Lemon bit her lip. "I'm sorry. I can try and reverse the spell if you want."<P><P>"No," Colonia said, easing her expression a little.<BR><A HREF="SR_Bk1-0014.txt">Next (Page 14)</A>