As an anthro husky, Dominic was covered in fur. Most of it was a moderate purple, while the fur on his belly, muzzle, and underside of his tail were a significantly lighter shade, nearly white. On his head was long, yellow hair kept in a ponytail. But regardless of the colors, he was covered in fur and, at the top of his head, hair... which made the gift he’d received in the mail far more unusual.

The size of the box it had come in alone was one thing. It was surprisingly large, also fairly heavy and difficult to bring into his house, though he did manage it. Another unusual thing was the sender. There was no name, simply labeled as being from “a secret admirer”. But once he actually opened the box, he discovered within it an unusually large gumball machine, nearly as tall as he was. Most of that height was the base, an opaque, metallic gold-colored one with fancy, almost arcane-looking carvings. How much must this have cost? The round glass container at the top was quite well-stocked as well, though the colors were odd. In fact, they were the same yellow and purple hues that he had on his body, in addition to orange and vibrant pink. The distribution was uneven, the pink outnumbering the rest of the colors combined, which also seemed like an odd choice.

Odd though it was, he certainly appreciated the gift at least. He wasn’t sure who sent it, but it was a nice gesture. However, he probably wouldn’t use it. Being covered in fur made bubblegum somewhat hazardous, as he learned the hard way when he was much younger. However, he couldn’t deny that he remembered it tasting quite good... Maybe it wouldn’t hurt to have one, as long as he played it safe and didn’t try blowing any bubbles this time.

There was no coin slot on this gumball machine. He simply turned the handle and out came a bright pink gumball, which he quickly put in his mouth and started chewing. It was just as sweet and delicious as he remembered gum being, perhaps even moreso. He was so distracted by this fact that it took him a moment to realize that something wasn’t quite right.

He was no longer standing, but instead levitating.

When he noticed this and looked down, however, something else had already begun happening. His feet were surrounded by a thick pink mist. And to his alarm, he couldn’t even feel his feet anymore. And as the smoke rose upward, nor could he feel his legs. He tried kicking them anyway, hoping that they’d break free from this thick, mysterious fog that obscured them, but that did not happen. Instead, the fog quickly rose up, consuming his hips, then his waist, then up to his neck, and before he could even call out for help, even his head had been consumed. With that, his mind fell into a magical slumber as the thick pink fog, now all that was left of his body, compressed itself into a pink gumball and went into the gumball machine.

Dominic wasn’t sure how long he was asleep. When he started to wake up again, though, he couldn’t feel anything at all. At least, not at first. As he was just starting to remember the strange events before his slumber, he was able to feel the tip of his nose again. Then soon, the rest of his nose. He tried sniffing the air, smelling the familiar scent of his own home, but he could also strongly smell the sweet scent of bubblegum.

Soon, he could feel the rest of his muzzle. Then, he could feel the rest of his face. He sleepily opened his eyes, find that by chance he was facing directly toward the full-body mirror on one of the walls the gumball machine had been in. The gumball machine was still there, right behind him. The hatch was open and out of it was issuing a thick pink smoke, akin to what had surrounded him before. The trail of smoke was thin at the hatch opening, becoming thicker until it reached up to where his muzzle and face were, seemingly floating in midair amidst the pink smoke. But where before he was covered in fur, now he seemed quite smooth, even a bit shiny, though still having the same colors as before.

As more smoke came out from the gumball machine, he watched some of the smoke solidify behind his face, forming more of his head. His hearing returned to him as his ears formed. Between his ears was starting to form hair, but it was now smooth rather than fuzzy and made of individual strands.

“...What’s going on?” he thought aloud. It was at that point that she discovered something else odd, even if not nearly as odd as everything else about the situation. Now, his voice seemed remarkably feminine. In fact, somehow, he felt female overall...

Dominic - or perhaps more accurately, Dominique - watched as more and more of her head and hair came into being. The ponytail she’d had before was a modesetly-sized one, while this one was much, much thicker and longer as well. Additionally, it seemed not to be affected by gravity at all. By mental command, she found she could even move her ponytail how she wished.

At this point, her head was fully-formed. Next came her neck, which now had a thick gold-colored choker on it. It didn’t look like there was any way to remove it. It was a part of her now, it seemed.

The next thing to form was her torso. If she hadn’t been certain that her new form was female before, she was now, as she now had breasts, along with an orange bra. At this point, that and the choker seemed to be her only clothing so far. That soon changed, though, as her arms formed, then her hands, her wrists concealed by gold-colored gloves that came up nearly to her elbows, complimenting the gold choker nicely.

At this point, she lifted up an arm and licked it, confirming her hunch by taste. The smell she’d smelled was a strong clue, but now she knew that she tasted like bubblegum as well. She then poked her arm with a finger, watching and feeling the finger press into the soft arm quite easily. Indeed, it had been confirmed: She was now made of multi-hued bubblegum, the same color combination that she’d seen in the gumball machine.

Next to form was her hips, which were far wider than she was expecting them to be. Around her hips formed a thick orange strip, forming a shallow V at the front and back.Then, below that, formed a great deal of vibrant pink bubblegum. It didn’t feel like what was developing was a pair of legs. Rather, it seemed more like one very thick tail, which by the end of its formation ended in a point. It looked like her lower half was that of a scale-less snake, or... perhaps of a genie?

As she thought of that, it clicked for her. Indeed, she had become a genie! It looked like the transformation had finished, as there was no longer any smoke around her, though as she effortlessly levitated her new tail was moving about as if it were a genie’s smokey tail. She had become a genie, it seemed... Was she able to grant wishes?

A blush came to her face, though, as she thought of another question: What if someone saw her like this?