5/13/99
My Darling Daughter
Spells R' Us -Reversal Rings
Rebel Rebel 

 
For your consideration a tale of fates, two of those people for whom
life hasn't quite given a fair shake. It's the story of Marshall and his
child, a man desperate to stay with his darling daughter Arial. The old
man at the Spells' R US store steps and takes a hand to right a wrong
and in doing so gives out a guarantee and his Internet location. Beware.
Wizards are easily upset and not to be trifled with!

Marshall thought over again what the old man had said. All he had to do
was get Laurinda to wear the ring and put the second ring on his own
finger and all his troubles would be solved. He had not told Marshall
what to expect but that he would be pleased with the change in his life.

Marshall found it odd how he had found the little shop. It had not been
there the last time he was at the mall, it could not have been open a
long time and already had a sign in the window saying, Store Closing.
Going Out Of Business. SPELLS R'US. Magic Trinkets & Game Supplies.
Marshall had been depressed and taken a ride in his car after Laurinda,
his wife, had started to yell at him in front of his daughter. Rather
than stay at home and let his daughter hear his wife continue to
belittle him he had opted to go out for a while. Laurinda was leaving
him and was packing the last of her possessions and she had been in a
very foul mood.

As he entered the store Marshall looked at all the sale banners. 

Discounts On All Items! 20% Off Everything. Moving to a New Location. 
No Reasonable offers refused. 

"Good day to you sir. I think I know just what you need. Marshall your
really do need to look out for yourself more."

Marshall jumped back and looked at the kindly old man who had just
addressed him when he entered the little store. "How did you know my
name?" "Well its a pretty poor Wizard I would be if I couldn't even tell
a customer his own name. Your aura proclaims it to any competent Wizard
or Witch!" There was a sign on the counter, Wizard on Duty. 

The old man wore a pair of old style horn-rimmed glasses and his bright
blue eyes seemed to twinkle. It was hard to tell how old he was but his
little cap did not conceal the vast areas of his head that were sorely
in need of hair. Looking at the kindly old gent gave Marshall confidence
that he had not felt for a long time. .


"Do your really think I am too giving? My wife used to say that when we
were first married but now she just calls me a chump or a putz. She says
that the only reason she married me was to find a guy that would take
care of her who had money. Now the moneys long gone and she's got me to
sign divorce papers. Right now she's over at the house getting together
the last of her things just before she moves out of state with my
daughter and her new fiance" 

The old man beamed at Marshall. "Well Marshall, you knew when you
married her, or at least you should have known, girls as good looking as
Laurinda have lots of men to chose from. You are too giving. Yes, I
think that as hard and ruthless as your wife is you really need to look
out for yourself and your daughter. 

Marshall straightened up at the mention of his daughter. Little Ariel,
his "pumpkin." She was the love of his life and at three years old she
was too small to understand what was going on between her parents.

Marshall looked at the old man and asked a rather forward question. "You
know all about me, are you like those ladies on Psychic talk? I tried
them and they charged me a lot of money and didn't seem to know much
about me and didn't help me a bit. Are you really a Wizard?"

The old man laughed as he said, yes they are pretty funny aren't they?
They ask a few questions and make a few guesses and say things that can
be twisted or turned. They do give me a chuckle. No, I'm really a
Wizard; I got into this profession years ago before the big boom in
magic and professional charlatans. I don't know why I stay in it except
I like to help people now and then, you know the people who life hasn't
quite given a fair shake to. 

"Marshall, I have something for you. Do you have $40.00?" Marshall
replied, "I think that I might have that much on me. Do your take Visa
or American Express? " 

The old man grinned, "No, sorry cash only. I'm already giving you a 20%
discount and you will like the results, I guarantee it!"

"How can you guarantee that I will like the results if you are moving
soon?" 

The old man scratched his head and thought for a second. Well I guess
you'll just have to trust me. To show my good faith I'll only charge you
$30.00. But if you every have to find me. You can always get me on the
Internet at: spellsrus.wiz. It's a special address that I give out to
only a few special people. I move my shop a lot because I like to see
new places and help as many people as possible. Lots of people are out
there that I have yet to meet and seem to need the benefits of my
products." 


"Let me show you something that I know will help you." The man took out
a small box and in it were two rings. They were gold underneath but on
the outside they had fine etching which colored them in shades of the
rainbow; they were very beautiful and looked expensive. 

"Now when you wife comes home, give her a ring. Women can't resist cheap
baubles and trinkets. She'll snap this one of these rings like a trout
taking a fly. When she does leave just make sure she is wearing the
ring. You shouldn't have a problem, I've never had a women turn down one
these particular rings. Give her a couple of minutes to get started, sit
down and have some wine perhaps a glass of liebframilch, its my favorite
wine. Make yourself feel good. Then put the ring on your finger and in a
minute you won't have a care in the world."

I'm closing this location for good today and I won't see you again, but
remember this. After you put the ring on your finger. Take it off again
and throw it away. " The old man smiled. I want to wish you and your
daughter good luck on your travels."

Marshall scurried out of the little shop after saying thank you to the
Wizard. He got into his beat up Ford Escort Pony and slowly drove out of
the parking lot. Laurinda had made him give her the family vehicle, a
brand new Ford Explorer and now he was reduced to a 6 years old car that
needed a tune-up and a transmission overhaul. Marshall reflected,
knowing Laurinda he was sorry his marriage had lasted 5 years but his
little Ariel was well worth all the pain and struggle.

The way Laurinda went through his money he was lucky that he wasn't in
debt so deep he couldn't get himself out. It would just mean living in a
cheap apartment and getting by on nearly nothing for just 5 or 6 years.
The child support of $600.00 a month would nearly break him but his
little girl was worth it. He had wanted joint custody of Arial but the
judge in the case said she felt children need to be with their mothers;
while men can be helpful as parents they were not really needed all that
much. The judge indicated that in her opinion that Ariel would do just
fine with her mother. 

All Marshall's desperate pleas to the judge had fallen on deaf ears and
Marshall was about to lose the only thing in life he really cared for.

Marshall drove up to the fine looking house on the hill and wondered why
he had even thought he could afford it? There was a sold sign in the
yard but the house still looked like home to him. The buyers were really
nice and had given him until Monday to move out.

When he got home he got out a large jug of liebframilch that he had
bought last week and he started to drink. Along about the fifth glass of
wine he started to feel a little woozy. 

Marshall was sitting on the couch when a tall young woman of about 25
came through the unlocked front door. Laurinda looked at the scene and a
smirk of disgust came over her comely face. 

Drunk! she thought, as Laurinda looked over at Marshall sitting all
alone on the couch in the empty house she thought," pathetic, just
pathetic." 

Marshall looked up and saw his beautiful ex-wife framed in the doorway.
Her long brown hair hung down past her shoulders and she seemed like a
vision in the sunlight. Her large breasts, slim waist and generous hips
gave the impression of a very sensuous woman. She wore a white blouse
and a blue-green miniskirt that reached only a short ways down to her
knee.

Marshall got up and staggered over to the young woman. Of average height
and slim build Marshall looked pretty rumpled and was in imminent danger
of falling over at any time. Marshall got hold of himself and with a
flourish he presented to the women a small wrapped box.

"Laurinda I have a final present for you. Please take this ring with my
compliments, you've taken everything else in my life that I love and I
want to give you something in return. If you take this small present
from me, it will make me very, very happy."

Laurinda snarled, "You no good jerk, I come home to give you the key to
the house and your drunk. I should have known a worm like you would end
up a drunk. I've got Ariel in the Explorer and she's asleep now so dont
go and bother her. Hunter and I want to get to San Diego tonight and its
a long drive."

Marshall looked out the door and could see his new Ford Explorer sitting
there in the driveway. Looking inside he could see his young daughter
asleep in the car seat in the back. His knees almost gave way as he felt
a terrible need and desire to hold his daughter. Even as she spoke the
women had opened up the ring box and had taken out the shining gold ring
with the rainbow etching and had put it on. She threw the wrapping on
the floor of the house. 

"Well Marshall I'm going to leave you now, its something I should have
done years ago."

Looking past the young woman all Marshall could see was the Explorer
with the young child and handsome fair-haired man sitting in the
driveway as they waited to leave. Funny as Marshall looked at the scene,
he had no hard feelings against Hunter, Laurinda's new fiance. Hunter
seemed a really decent guy in the three times they had met, Hunter had
expressed what had seemed to be real regret when he told Marshall that
he had not known Laurinda had been married until just a few weeks before
the divorce. Hunter seemed like one of those honest straight-forward
guys who where women are concerned, are unable to pick good ones. Even
now he had no idea what sort of women Laurinda was.

Laurinda had put on the ring and was admiring it on her finger, stopping
she turned and at the doorway she said, "Goodbye Looser, make sure those
child support checks get to me on time or I'll haul you ass into court
so quick that you wont believe it." 

Laurinda, with a feminine jerk, flipped her long hair back on her head
and gave an unconscious hip roll as she strode out to the waiting
Explorer.

Marshall felt shock as the Explorer and his daughter quickly drove out
of view. He went back inside the house and sat down heavily on the
couch. Taking a long drink of his liebframilch, he took out a ring from
his pocket. It looked identical to the ring he had just given the
beautiful brunette. 

Putting down his glass he took the ring and put it on his ring finger.

Marshall felt dizzy for a second and attributed it to the effects of all
the wine he had drunk until the dizziness intensified his world
dissolved into a multicolored fabric and he sensed that he seemed to be
moving somewhere. After what was an endless time, abruptly his world
made sense again. He was seated in a car seat moving down the interstate
in a car. He had on seat belts and things were oddly very different. 

Marshall blinked. He felt fine and vibrant as the waves of dizziness had
passed and he looked over at the driver. It was Hunter? He was in a
large vehicle and the driver was Hunter his wife's boyfriend? Marshall
looked again at Hunter and then down at his own body, where his flat
chest had been he now saw that he had two large feminine breasts. At the
same time, he had a strange taste in his mouth and when he licked his
lips and they seemed to be coated with a thick waxy substance that had a
fruity taste.

As he looked at his body he saw his hands he got a further shock, they
were small and delicate and he discovered he now possessed long tapered
red fingernails. Marshall tried to make sense of all this and when he
looked into the rear view mirror he got the shock of his life. He
brought his manicured fingers to his face and touched himself, as he
looked at a woman face in the mirror. He brushed his long light brown
hair away from his face, the reflection in the mirror was that of
beautiful women, of his wife's face, Laurinda. 

How could this be? For a second he could do nothing. Then he smiled to
himself as he remembered what the old wizard at the store had said. "Put
the ring on your finger and you will be pleased at the change in your
life." Marshall looked behind him and saw his daughter Arial sleeping in
her car seat. She looked adorable. Marshall now understood his life.
Looking again at Hunter who was driving the vehicle Marshall wondered
what it was going to be like to be a woman. He resisted the temptation
to look at his new body parts and was content to look over at Hunter as
he started to think out what the sudden change would mean to him. Would
Hunter even notice the change? 

"Honey where do you want to stop and eat lunch, Is Denny's Ok?" Marshall
looked over at Hunter and with Laurinda's smooth voice, said. " That's
fine dear, you know I'll always let you make the decisions." Hunter
seemed to give him a strange look as Marshall looked back again at his
sleeping daughter. 

As almost an afterthought, Marshall rolled down his window and taking
the rainbow ring off his finger threw it as far as he could. Hunter
looked over at the woman seated next to him and their eyes locked for a
moment. They both smiled and Marshall couldn't help but think, now its
time for somebody to take care of me and my darling daughter Arial. 

At the house on the hill, Laurinda staggered to her feet and fell on her
face. Dazed and confused she tried to understand what had happened to
her. One moment she was in the Explorer with Hunter and now she was back
in her house and she felt so weird. Laurinda clawed herself to her feet
holding onto a table. Abruptly she felt like she was going to throw up
and she lurched forward to the bathroom. Barely making it in time, she
thrust her head into the toilet and she was violently sick. After a
minute it was over and she got up to wash her face and she looked into
the bathroom mirror. Staring back at her was Marshall her disgusting
ex-husband. She stared for a moment and let out a let out a shriek and
Laurinda felt sick again lurching to the toilet where again she did what
came naturally. When she was done she pulled her head out of the toilet
and fainted on the bathroom floor.

"Fair is fair," the old man chuckled as he watched Marshall and Laurinda
on a computer screen. "Time to move on now," mused the old man as he
went over and shut the door of the little shop and turned off the
lights.