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    The Magic of Transformation: Volume I
    The Magic of Transformation: Volume I
    The Magic of Transformation: Volume I
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    The Magic of Transformation: Volume I

    By Arian Mabe

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    The magic of transformation is all around us but what would you do if it happened to you? What if you were in the office and, all of a sudden, your body started to...change? There'd be no warning, nothing: only the twist of a life forever altered, the path twisting beneath your feet.

    There is much to learn in the world and your body is not your own. Will you not join our gentlemen and ladies in the magic of transformation?

    Please note that this is a collection of ten mini stories, each around 1,000 words.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlis Mitsy
    Release dateSep 30, 2018
    ISBN9780463294369
    The Magic of Transformation: Volume I

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    The Magic of Transformation - Arian Mabe

    The Magic of Transformation

    Volume I

    Arian Mabe

    This work is copyrighted under the pen name of Arian Mabe as of 2018.

    This story may be published under other pen names belonging to the author.

    All acts and characters are works of fiction and any resemblance to real people or events is coincidental.

    Becoming a Myth

    I didn’t know the day was to be any different when I set out on my hike. I loved hiking. I still do, but it’s hiking of a different kind now. I shouldered my pack, which was probably altogether far, far too much for a day trip, but you know what it’s like to want to be prepared, and set off into the mountains, the rocky trail disappearing beneath my boots as minutes ticked into hours.

    I knew the trail and setting off alone with the sun shining and a clear, blue sky streaming above me. There was barely a cloud in the sky and my spirits were light as I strode along my way, a familiar route that was one of my favourites for a weekend jaunt.

    That is why I will never know how I ended up at the spring.

    My feet must have led me wrong, but, somehow, the trail changed beneath my feet, rock disappearing as I dipped down into a valley, the path lined with pine trees with swaying branches. The wind had picked u too, but I did not cotton on to it as an ill omen, although there was nothing but good that came from that fateful day.

    I paused and inhaled deeply, the aroma of moist, rich moss filling my lungs. There was something different about that valley, something very strange, something surreal. I don’t know how I knew, but I did. I don’t think I would have turned back if I had known the truth of the matter. My pace might even have quickened.

    Pushing aside branches, I forced my way through, curiosity getting the better of me as the undergrowth thickened. Once I’d begun, there seemed to be no sense in turning back and I was at least a little interested in seeing just where this trail led. It was probably my undoing, but I could not see that as I stepped up to a small pool, which seemed to be fed by a natural, burbling spring.

    And there, there was peace. All was quiet, bar the tinkle of birdsong and the sound of the water. My breath seemed too loud in the serenity of the moment and I had to push down the urge to hold my breath, an act that would have done me no good but to tighten the band that was already around my chest. It would have only allowed me to not interrupt the simple beauty of the hidden spot, but sometimes things like that had to come behind a man’s comfort.

    Without thinking, I dropped to one knee and scooped up a handful of water in my cupped hands, bringing it slowly to my lips to drink.

    The moment the water touched my lips, everything changed.

    It was not painful by any means, but it was sudden. My skin prickled as if raked over by a thousand fingernails and I reeled back from the edge of the spring with a gasp as a coat of silvery hair burst to life where there had only been the usual light covering of arm hair before. I held out my arms before me, mouth agape, and tried to brush it away, but it spread further and further, slinking up beneath my sleeves as nothing I did stopped its inevitable encroach.

    Dampness seeped into my trousers as they grew tighter and tighter. I remember thinking how very strange that was as they were loose and comfortable and perfectly suited to hiking, but all that went out the window when they split across the backside. My buttocks swelled as my spine pushed out, forcing me onto all fours as my fingers pressed together, turning dark and grey where the silvery coat of hair ended.

    What was happening? Oh, such an useless question, but it was one that went through my mind on an endless loop as my back end shot up before my front, bones grinding achingly against one another as my body was forced into a

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