Suddenly Johniee realized that she was not alone.
Jasmine was watching her from the door with an extremely satisfied look on her face.
"So how did you enjoy your new masters?" She asked, as she began to walk towards Johniee. Johniee bellowed in response.
"Oooh, such an angry sound." Jasmine went on. She snickered nastily. "I suppose that means that you didn't get along too well. Oh well. My day went considerably better, I think. Thanks to your wonderful stone, I am now the chief consort of the Sultan, and also thanks to the stone, he now does exactly what I tell him. What more could a woman wish for? Oh, and I added"
Johniee bellowed again furiously, and Jasmine arched an eyebrow at her. "Well, yes, I suppose that there are a few things you might wish for at this moment, but sadly you gave up your right to make wishes, when you wished to be me. And of course you can't talk, either, which makes your position extremely uncomfortable, I'd imagine..."
Johniee bellowed again, and took a step towards her. I'll kill her. I'll kill her, and take the rock, and find some way to make Karyl wish everything back Ok... Thought Johniee. And suddenly realized he couldn't. He couldn't kill Jasmine. Or even harm her. Jasmine was a person. She couldn't do that kind of thing to a person. But it's Jasmine, the reason you're standing on all fours, and eating trees! his mind shouted. But still, her body would not obey.
Jasmine looked on in amusement. "Have you forgotten that I wished for you to be unable to harm people?" Asked Jasmine with a smile. "I wouldn't have left you in such a potentially dangerous form without it. I expect that being an elephant will be extremely humbling to you, this way. Maybe after you've been trained properly, I'll ask the sultan to take me out for a ride through the town on you."
With a laugh, she left the stables, leaving Johniee standing over the remains of her leafy dinner, burning with shame and humiliation.
