Curiosity had gotten Lauren into another mess. She had tried on the 'mimic' necklace certain she knew how to use it. Hiding it under her clothes, she walked around the party touching as many of her friends as possible. The necklace was supposed to store each person's DNA one at a time and copy it into her body at will. It had not yet been properly examined, so she tried to be as discreet as possible so no one would realize what she was doing.

Eager to see what it did, she excused herself from the gathering and walked into the restroom. She closed and locked the door and undressed down to her bra and panties. The necklace required strong concentration to work. She waited a moment to be sure everyone else was distracted, and began to will the transformation to begin.

It began at her hands. Her right arm became spotted like Rowan's. She felt an odd sensation as the flesh of her lower abdomen formed an udder. Lauren blushed in surprise as she noticed her left arm was covered in brown fur, looking far more dog like. She was certain it was Diana's.

Once tiger stripes appeared on her sides, she was certain something had gone wrong. She turned around to look at herself in the mirror. Her eyes had become snake like, with tiger ears and giraffe horns forcing their way out of her head. She leaned against the furniture as her legs changed to wolf and bat.

Three very different tails forced their way out of her spine, one reptilian with a rattle on the end, one wolf like, and a bovine tail.

She grunted as an avian and bat wing pushed its way out of her back, glad she had disrobed before transforming.

Lauren looked at the necklace in her reflection and covered her mouth with her hand as she realized the jewel was cracked! No wonder the necklace had malfunctioned. It had tried to convert her into every one of her friends she'd touched at once! She hoped it would enable her to change back before anyone found out she'd used the item without the proper precautions.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door. "Lauren, you in there?"

Lauren let out a tiny squeak as she looked for a way out. There wasn't time to gather her clothes. They wouldn't fit this body anyway. She couldn't change back while she was in a panic... But what to do?

Art by omadaun