Infiltration!

"me’maw! I got it, why don't you work at his shop!"

Elderly Mary would stop to pull away from Sally only to give her a blank stare.

"Just what nonsense are you on about this time dear?"

But Sally decides to take her by the wrist and guide her towards the front window of the shop. It's there that she points towards the sign that reads “hiring”.

"Ah I see, but dear.. I'm too old to go work for someone's shop, and more importantly. Wouldn't it be suspicious if an old lady from the shop next door asking to work at the shop across the street? How about you go, you're young and I'm sure he wouldn't know of you yet!"

But suddenly Sally gets a flashback, she remembers feeling curious enough to wander into the new shop but upon seeing the shop owner she felt intimidated and ran, quickly tripping over a few candy barrels and spilling all its merchandise. She couldn't apologize either as she got up right away and continued to run, hearing the man shouting from all the way in back made her even more frightened.

"I c-c-cant.. me'maw.. b-because.. because.."

Sally tries to think of any excuse but that 'any' excuse turns out to be real simple and honest.

"—cause.. I'm scared! Y-Yeah.. the man is big, his tummy looks like he eats kids!"

Well to be fair he did have a large gut, the old man probably has trouble holding back and finds himself munching on his own merchandise from time to time.

"Hm.. scared you say? Oh ho.. but Sally, you're not a kid dear.."

Still the old lady cups her chin softly while humming, after a minute an idea pops into her head.

"Sally, I have just the thing. If it's because you're scared, how about switching bodies with one of my old dolls. You know that thing you used to do when you were smaller?"

"Oh the dollys!"

Sally shouted out with glee while bouncing on her toes, Mary's shop was popular because of several reasons. For starters there were several magi-toys that were shipped directly to her shop, toys with different sort of effects like for example eating certaun candy can make your voice squeakier, others like boots that make you jump higher. Among many others there were a few that received some bad reputation, because of it Mary was **** to refund those who purchased it since young children were too irresponsible.

Mary steps towards he front door and locks it while flipping the closed sign on the glass window. Once finished she took her not granddaughter to the back where she searched for some merchandise within old dusty crates until finding a 12' inch stuffed doll with a pretty Gothic Lolita dress. There was a magic crest engraved on her stomach when lifting up the dress.

"Now deary, do you know how to play with this. It's been years but I'm sure you remember."

Sally nodded while following Mary, setting the doll in a seated position over by an empty table chair then letting Sally kneel right in front of it. The dolls were enchanted with a sort of possession magic that allows a girl to swap bodies with her dolls momentarily so that she in turn can play with the other sized dolls with dress ups. The dolls came with a variety of clothes which made swapping with the doll fun. The magic seems safe at first but the bodies of those you swap into can be commanded separately almost remotely by the person who causes the swap. If you give it proper commands before the mana transfer, it will do as you say but it sometimes malfunctioned causing children to hurt their real bodies when they're away in doll form. Luckily they couldn't feel anything even after swapping back but the swap time limit would increase.

"Now dear, go ahead and kneel at the front of it as so and I'll set the magic charge so it does as we say. With this you can turn into a doll and follow your body and you won't need to confront the scary man."

"Oh I get it! Me'maw is so smart!"

"It's Mary dear now get ready and close your eyes."

Sally nodded and got into position, she kneels just in front of the doll and closes her eyes. At the time Mary had quietly given the doll it's commands. The doll itself was slowly starting to sitting up almost like a balloon boy that was being inflated. The continues to transfer some of her mana up into the crest on their stomach begins to glows faintly. This causes a mark to appear on Sally's actual body's stomach located close to where her womb should be. Once the transfer was complete the doll would react with Sally's body as her soul was moved from her body to the doll. After some flashy magic special effects the doll begins to move only that this time it was due to Sally's movements. Her limbs close and open up and after a few seconds she finds herself standing on the table chair and shouting.

"It worked! Look, look it worked!"

Mary seemed more then happy with these results as Sally's original body had started to stand up and remain upright. She looked rather stiff with her expression almost stoic and emotionless.

"Now with this, you're more then ready. In a minute your body should start to move and make it's way towards the shop. Luckily it's gotten a little late so their shop shouldn't be crowded with so many children. Your body has orders to apply to the job, it'll start by pointing at the hiring board at the front of their shop then waiting for a response before nodding. After that itll obey anything related to work. I also sneaked in an order for it to find any recipe and ingredients that the shop owner could have laying about! Oho ho.. aren't these dolls handy?!"

"Super handy! Then I'll follow big me with smaller me!"

Sally giggles before climbing down the chair carefully and running to her big self. Standing right beside her leg as she hardly reaches to where her knee caps were.

"I look so big, I wonder if I'll be okay.."

Suddenly Sally's body had started to move, it turns and heads on back out to the front entrance of the shop.

"Quickly Sally, grab onto your leg and hold on tight! If anything goes wrong just tell me and I'll run out to fetch you. Make sure you stay somewhere you can't be seen so easily dear!"

"Okay! I will! I will!"

Sally's little stubby cotton filled arms cling onto her working boots as Sally's body continues to march all the way outside. It was true what Mary said, it was late and although the sun hasn't set yet, most of the children in the village we're headed back home due to curfew. Sally's body continues to walk in a straight line, due to long steps she was taking her overall strap on her shoulder had started to slip off and soon found itself hanging just down her arm revealing alot of her fleshy creamy white breast of hers. Little doll Sally was unaware of it due to focusing on her grip, once reaching the front of the shop the small doll hops off and watches as her body enters the building.

"Now I wait!"