"I wish this place and everyone in it was mine and would do whatever the hell I want," Sarah hissed between clenched teeth. Strangely, the warm pulse from the stone did not fade after the wish, as it usually did.
"Shit!" Sarah yelped, as it stuck, burning into her palm and turning the skin black. A chubby security guard jogged toward the small circle of people when he saw Sarah double over, clutching her hand.
As the initial pain faded she opened her eyes and watched inky blackness spreading across her right arm from the place on her palm. Underneath, her arm bulged and thickened. When her torso was covered with the stain it became fleshier, and several bumps began to press out of the frumpy dress she'd put on to go to Jon's house that night.
She knelt down and began hitting the stone against the hard mall floor, trying to jar it loose. "No, you stupid stone, this isn't my wish!"she said as her voice deepened and resonated, though somehow became more feminine.
Next to her, the fountain boiled as gouts of flame replaced the water spray.
Her hips expanded as the black spread over them, widening to ridiculous proportions. Slowly, her entire body was inflating, becoming more exaggerrated. She froze and shuddered as the ink seemed to enter her, complementing her broadening body with a pot belly. Her dress ripped open as she grew. No longer able to support herself, she slowly rolled onto her back. She moaned.
As the security guard bent knelt by her still changing form, she saw small horns beginning to push from his temples.
"We're here for you mother," he said "all your dark children are here."
Tendrils of the black substance spread further out and touched the pumps of Melissa, a blonde saleswoman who had been taking her break in the food court. As she felt a tickling in her toes, the look of disgust on her face changed to terror. Then, she began changing...
