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Colton walked outside, tiptoeing slowly into the darkness of the night. As for why he had to be so quiet, it was his nearby neighbor, who he didn't even know the name of.

People tended to stay away from her, supposedly because she practices some rather strange things, but no one knows what. Colton didn't want to upset her so he wanted to make sure he wouldn't wake her up. Surely the rumors about her couldn't be true but Colton wanted to be safe. He was out for a walk simply because he was bored, and nothing could ruin his positive attitude tonight.

On his way past the lady's house, He had noticed something through the window. The inside of her house had many bottles that looked almost like potions, but Colton still didn't want to believe the rumors he heard about her. Maybe it was just leftovers from Halloween. It's no good to be snooping around her property though, so Colton tiptoed back out away from the porch and to the sidewalk.

It was rather hard to see, considering it was night and all, and as he made it to her sidewalk, Colton hit something. "Ow..." He whispered to himself, as he heard a silent shattering. As for what he hit, Colton would have assumed a mailbox, but that didn't explain the shattering. He took a closer look to see for sure. It wasn't a quite a mailbox, but instead it was just a package. Upon closer inspection, He realized that his little accident opened the package, and caused some sort of bottle to break, which Colton already knew could only mean trouble for him. Being late at night, Colton considered his options; just go on, or apologise directly. Being late at night doesn't always make people think the best, and accordingly Colton decided he would just go and forget about it.

But as he left his mind and back into the real world, Colton noticed a very strong scent. It must have been some sort of perfume. Although he didn't want to get any closer, Colton did anyway, and tried to make something out of the broken bottle. What caught his attention were the words "danger" and "permanent." Colton didn't think much of those words but suddenly he heard a sound that ruined his attitude: Footsteps.

"Hello?" The lady asked out into the night. "Uh, H-Hello..?" Colton replied. She slowly walked up to Colton. "Did you..?" The lady questioned, with an unsteadiness in her voice. "It was an accident, I'm sorry!" Colton replied, sounding his best as to not upset her. "If you are sorry, you will prove it, you little troublemaker." She replied. Colton wasn't sure what she would want but he decided he may as well just get it done with. "W-what did you want?" Colton asked, still nervous. "Oh don't worry yourself, I don't want anything. You are the one who did it, so you shall be punished. You seem to have destroyed my newest bottle." She replied, which was followed by a moment of silence. "Well, since you seem to have destroyed my bottle..." She stated. "I'm s-sorry." Colton replied. "How about we make your punishment appropriate to your actions, and maybe then you will learn... Ah, I've got the perfect idea! As you've destroyed my lovely new scent bottle, you must enjoy creating odors, perhaps. How about a form to help you do just that!" The lady explained, sounding almost evil by the end of her sentence.

Colton was drawing a blank for a second. "W-What do you mean..?" He asked, even more nervous now. "Oh, you heard me, little troublemaker." She replied. "Look, I don't get what you mean and I also didn't mean to destroy it, I'm really sorry!" Colton replied. "Oh I know it was an accident. But I don't let those slide, not on my property, young man. You'd better enjoy yourself, now why not get going, it's rather late, dear!" She explained, once again sounding almost evil.

Colton wasn't sure what to think, he was nervous, and shocked. Somerhing about the lady truly freaked him out. She couldn't do anything harmful without getting in trouble, but Colton felt unsteady for the rest of the night. The lady said she would punish him, but nothing happened, and still Colton felt like something wasn't right. He continued on though, and decided he would go over to his friends house, who would hopefully help him forget about it all.

On the way, Colton could swear he heard a a slight rip behind him, which he brushed off as nothing major. As he finally arrived after the walk, his friend greeted him, and invited him in. "Hey Colton! Just so you know I'm having a little party and my friends are staying over! You can stay too or go home then, whichever you like!" His friend informed him. "Yeah, sounds nice!" Colton replied.

After sitting on the couch for a few minutes from when he entered, Colton's unsteadiness didn't dissapear, and something was also causing him to sit leaning forward as well. Colton uneasily tilted his head backwards to take a look at what was causing him discomfort, which he stood up to do. His friend passed by, catching it quicker than he did. "Hey Colton, you OK? What is that?" He asked, sounding calm. Colton looked back, noticing a small appendage coming out behind him... and it seemed like it was getting bigger. "Yeah, I'm fine! I gotta go to the bathroom, be right back!

As Colton darted off, his friend slowly followed, a little worried. Colton entered the bathroom and slammed the door, already worried as to what was happening. He knew it was already too late, as his friend saw it, plus Colton's awkward reaction to it. He could faintly here the doorbell, which caused the footsteps of his friend to slowly dissapear as he walked back to open the door. Clearly more friends had arrived to his little party as Colton could hear the chatter. Hopefully that would buy him time to figure this out.

Colton continued to inspect his new appendage which was most certainly a tail. It was rather big for one, and sort of looked like a squirrel, though soon that theory dissapeared as it grew black and white fur. "What the..?" Colton asked as fur unknowingly continued to spread to his body which caused intense itching. "So.. Itchy... W-What is this?" Colton asked, stuttering from nervousness. He took his red t-shirt off to check and screamed when he saw it. His entire body was covered in black and white fur! Luckily, no one noticed the scream as the doorbell kept ringing.

But Colton had much bigger and furrier problems as the fur spread at an uncontrollable rate. His build stayed similar yet changed completely at the same time. He became thicker into an appropriate size for his new form. His arms became furry, skinnier and weaker. Small crusty bases formed on his hands, and as Colton looked at his palms he noticed paw pads, which prevented him from trying to grab his phone for help. He lost his Thumbs, watching them hopelessly retract into his body. Small claws also formed, under Colton's command. "P-Paws?" Colton asked, not getting any less shocked.

Colton suddenly fell to the ground looking at his new paws. Colton tried to get back up, but to his misfortune, he couldn't. Colton looked at his legs, and no matter what, they simply wouldn't allow him to stand on two feet, although his new arms felt a lot more comfortable on all fours. As Colton's jeans embarrassingly fell off as he continued to try and stand with no success, The fur overtook his new weaker legs, and reached his feet. Like his hands, structures formed on the bottom of his feet, which he already knew were paw pads. The changes affected the way he walked, and so did the dissapearence of two toes on each of his feet. The rest of his toes moved to equal sizes to balance his new feet paws.

The combo of his paws, tail and fur color made it clear. He was becoming a skunk! But how?! Humans can't turn into skunks! Or any animal for that matter! Colton thought back to earlier.

"You've destroyed my lovely new scent bottle, you must enjoy creating odors, perhaps. How about a form to help you do just that!" That witch! But how, this still isn't possible! And since Colton had knocked over that particular bottle... of course he had to do something that would get the witch to make him a skunk, of all things, a skunk! But Colton's constant internal yelling at himself was cut short as his face expanded outwords, now covered in black and white fur. His nose became crustier, and more sensitive. His new snout formed small hairs, which Colton recognized to be his whiskers. His ears also changed, becoming Smaller and rounder, moving to the top of his head. His curly brown hair didn't dissapear for some reason, which Colton already knew was the witch trying to make him more recognizeable so he would be even more embarrassed.

As Colton finally finished changing, his surroundings suddenly became dark. Colton realized he was being blocked by a cloth, and grabbed it, revealing he had shrunk so small he was stuck inside his own clothes.

Colton climbed up to the sink, and his little climb only made his already embarrassing new form worse. Although he had a million thoughts in his mind he suddenly heard footsteps come from hallway. The door was knocked twice, and too afraid to respond, Colton simply didn't. His friend opened the door, and screamed at what he saw, a little animal. strangely though, the animal somehow looked familiar. As the scream brought attention, Colton darted off as quick as his three toed feet could allow. He frantically ran downstairs, but his extremely small body caused him to tumble. As he spotted his friend coming, Colton, startled, had to let it out. It wasn't under his control, it was part of his new form wether he liked it or not. He sprayed the room trying to stop his non-human and embarrassing actions, but now matter what the odor kept spraying.

Great, Colton had just ruined his friends party, and by spraying it! He was supposed to be a human, and he literally just sprayed everyone! As a skunk!

He sure had a lot of explaining to do. Colton, unsure of what to do, hearing screams downstairs from his spray, went back upstairs to his clothes in the bathroom, and spotted a small note on his shirt from that witch. At least that witch could probably turn him back, right? Then he could explain all of this. He inspected the note. "As long as you do not spray anything or anyone in the next three days, you will be turned back. Do spray someone, and you will be a skunk forever!"