Congratulations!

“H-Huh?” I asked her, making sure that I heard her right. “Did you say… congratulations?”

“Sure did,” Regina said, striking a dramatic, yet flashy pose. “You’ve officially gone from a little tiny fledgling Ringmaster to a moderate Ringmaster!”

“Uh, thanks?” I said, not quite sure if I should feel proud or slightly insulted. On one hand, it seemed like I was getting better and more skilled. On the other hand, everything that I had been doing was apparently stuff for a fledgling. “Was that it?”

“Hey now, be proud,” Regina said with a playful pout. “Not everyone makes it this far.”

She reached out and took my hand. She chanted something in a mysterious language that I didn’t recognize and the ring began to glow. The wind started to whip up around us, at first just fluttering papers, then blowing them around, to almost a miniature tornado around us. The whole time, Regina kept chanting as if nothing was out of place. As the ring glowed brighter and brighter, I could feel something changing.

It was like a sense of clarity and understanding. Like my mind had been wandering in a fog or a cave and everything suddenly parted and I could see the light. Regina stopped chanting, the wind died down, and I took a deep breath like I hadn’t been breathing for the past few minutes.

“What… was that?” I said as I looked down at the ring. It didn’t look like it changed at all, but there was a strange surging sensation coming from it.

“Well, basically, I took off the training wheels, so to speak.” Figures that only Regina could make something sound so simple.

“What does that mean?” I said as I kept looking over the ring.

“Well, before, you were pretty restricted in what you could do. The changes weren’t that large, relatively speaking, and there was big backlash for if you did something huge.” Regina chuckled. “I remember this one Ringmaster. Got blacked out and basically couldn’t use her arm for a long time. Too many changes and stuff.” She composed herself. “Anyways, now you can do even more cool things. You know, really mess with some people and have fun in great ways.”

“Well, what’s the difference from before?” I asked. “There’s just less backlash and I can make larger changes?”

“In essence, yes, but also they can get a bit more, how shall we say, creative?” Regina had a crafty smile on her face. “Here, how about we do a little test drive?” I nodded my head. “I want you to focus on Vanessa.” I closed my eyes and started to think of her. “Think about being her. As if you were in her place right now.”

I focused more and more on Vanessa, her beautiful skin and dark hair; how she was sitting on the couch; how Tae was laying on her side. Suddenly, the darkness shifted and I opened my eyes.

I was sitting in the living room, and Tae was there on my side. Danna and Lexi were still on the chair, cuddling. I could hear the various sounds from Summer finishing up in the kitchen. She came out with several plates, then turned to me.

“Oh, Vanessa, can you go get Maria and Regina tell them that breakfast is ready?”

“Huh?” Almost immediately, I covered my mouth. The voice that I spoke in wasn’t mine. It was unmistakably Vanessa’s!

“You alright?” Lexi asked as she looked at me.

“Oh, uh, yeah, just bit my tongue slightly!” I said, trying to process just what was going on.

“Well, I heard saliva works great on that.” Tae picked herself up and pulled me in, kissing me firmly on the lips. There was a wonderful jolt of pleasure as she kissed me, far different but still delightful from when I kiss Tae. After a few seconds, she pulled away and chuckled. “Better?”

“Uh huh,” I said, nodding. “Well, let me go get Maria and Regina then.” I stood up, wobbling a bit. Vanessa’s larger C-cups and taller frame made me feel a little unstable, but I quickly got my bearings. I headed over to my room, not quite sure what to expect.

I flung open the door to see Regina standing there, like she was before, but my body was mysteriously missing. I quickly walked in and shut the door behind me. “Regina, what the hell is going on?”

“Hey, it worked,” she said with a smile. “Check it out, girl! You’re Vanessa!” She opened up my closet and moved the door to show the mirror to me. Staring back at me was Vanessa’s body in all her beautiful glory. I took a few moments to look at her up and down, giving a few poses as I examined her from all angles.

“I really am Vanessa,” I said, a bit breathlessly. Then, I snapped to my senses. “Wait! Then where’s me?”

Regina walked over and tapped her finger on my chest. “You, Maria, are inside of Vanessa, there. Congrats on your first possession.”

“Possession!? I’m currently possessing Vanessa?” On one hand, it was incredibly surreal and I could feel myself, or Vanessa, I guess, getting wet at the idea of it. And the other hand was freaking out at the idea of it.

“Relax. She’s completely alright. And, best of all, anything you do as her, when you stop possessing her, she’ll think was all her own accord. Well, except for anything involving the Ring, naturally.” Regina gave me a quick kiss on the lips; again feeling the same jolt of pleasure, yet different from when I kiss Regina. “Talk about walking a mile in someone else’s shoes, huh?”

“So, this is what Vanessa feels when she kisses you, huh?” I said as I touched my fingers to my lips. “Wait a minute!” I looked down at my bare hands. BARE hands. “I don’t have the Ring!”

“Sure does,” Regina said with a chuckle. “Oh, don’t worry about that. It’s still there. Can’t you feel the magic?”

I focused on my, or rather Vanessa’s left hand, and sure enough, there was a sensation of an invisible ring.

“It still works just like usual, and if you wanna hop out of Vanessa here, you just gotta focus and do so.”

“That easy?” I asked, looking at Vanessa’s hands.

“Told you I took off the training wheels,” Regina said as she put her arms around my/Vanessa’s waist. “And since you’re taking your girl for a spin…