Magic (and) Tricks

"Here goes everything!" Chloe said to herself quietly, taking aim at the side of the glass box. She had one shot at this. Summoning her strength, she stuck her hand out and prepared to cast a magic soundwave that would shatter the glass...

Only to ricochet off the glass and send her bouncing off the walls, splashing water over the sides before she finally came to a stop and put a hand to her dizzy head.

"Anti-Magic glass." The Trapper said with a laugh. "The barrier will only last as long as I have it up. No escaping this time! And you ain't leaving that box until we get to Foxmarry!"

"Okay..." Chloe muttered as she put a hand to her chin and thought. "Time for Plan B..."

Conrad made his way through the forest until he finally came to the grounds of Mumblefrump. Letting out a small mewl of relief, Conrad made a brief dash towards where he knew Chloe and Rosaline's dorm.

Unaware of the large figure peering at him through the bushes with a pair of big, yellow eyes, letting out a low growl as it slunk through the undergrowth after him.

"Wow!" Umara said as she looked around the grounds of Mumblefrump with a smile. "Who knew that the life of a human was absolutely," her smile immediately turned to a flat expression, "dull and boring? I wanted to see what humans were like here, but if this is what they do all the time, maybe I should've just waited for a witch out of university to come by."

Umara huffed as she looked around... Gasping in horror as she saw Conrad bounding next to the dorms. "Crap! That stupid cat must have come back to get help! If he talks, I'm done for!"

Conrad paused as soon as he reached the door of the dorm that Chloe and Rosaline shared, panting heavily as he plopped himself down.

"GOTCHA!" Umara exclaimed as she grabbed Conrad by the scruff of his neck and lifted him up, the cat screeching as the water nymph held him out at arm's length. "Bold of you to ditch that fool and get help, cat."

"Meow!"

"Well, I'd say more of 'Stupid', but hey; Tomato, potato."

"Meow!"

"Do you kiss your mother with that mouth, Furball?!"

"Meow!"

"Why am I here?!" Umara said with a laugh, "I spent too long trying to avoid being a zoo exhibit alongside those other three idiot nymphs I tricked into taking my place until I was caught and escaped. And, for the record," she narrowed her eyes with an evil smirk, "I'll silence anybody - or anything who even thinks of getting in my way!"

"ROAR!"

Startled, Umara jumped, dropping Conrad to the ground as she turned around at the source of the noise, going wide eyed at the full grown lioness staring at her. With a sheepish chuckle, she said, "N-nice, giant kitty..."

"ROAR!" The Lioness roared again, taking a swipe with her paw as Umara screamed and ran off in terror. The Lioness then turned it's attention to Conrad, slinking forward towards the cat as she leaned in close...

And licked the cat's face, lovingly nuzzling her head against Conrad's before the latter let out an annoyed growl and backed up.

"Y'know, Elizabeth isn't going to give up on trying to woo and charm you, Conrad. Her crush on you is just that big."

Conrad and the lioness, Elizabeth, looked up to see Rosaline step out of the door as she reached out and pet her familiar, the giant cat chauffing at the young woman's touch. "So, Conrad, what's all the ruckus? Where's Chloe? Lost in the woods again?"

"Meow!"

Rosaline's eyes widened as she and Elizabeth looked down at the cat. "She's what?!"

"Lion! Lion on the loose!" Umara shouted as she ran through the university courtyard. As she looked over her shoulder to see if she was being followed, she bumped into a tall figure and fell to the ground, looking up to see an old woman in a dark green cloak looking down at her. "Lion! Ma'am, there's a freaking lion on the loose!"

"Are you referring to the familiar of Ms. Rosaline?" The older woman asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes! That lion is - 'Familiar'?" Umara asked, getting to her feet. Remembering where she was and putting two and two together, she then cleared her throat and smiled sheepishly. "Yes. Rosaline's familiar, and not a wild animal. Silly me. I'll just be off now."

"Well, have a good day, Ms. - Wait a second! Who are you?!"

"Look, no offense, Crow Face, but it really isn't important to you!"

"'Crow Face'?!" The Old Woman shrieked indignantly, narrowing her eyes. "Young Lady, as The Headmistress of Mumblefrump University, it is most certainly important to me to know what student I'm talking to!"

"Uh... 'Headmistress'?" Umara asked, her face going pale. "Uh oh."

"Here you are, Mr. Foxmarry!" The Trapper said as she pulled up to the gates of The Foxmarry Zoological Gardens, deactivating the shield around the box. "One Water Nymph to complete your collection!"

"Excellent!" Exclaimed Mr. Foxmarry, a chubby set man in his late thirties, excitedly. "I've been waiting anxiously for days alongside my guests. Even the other nymphs were excited when they -" he looked over at the glass box and frowned, "Hey! What are you trying to pull here?!"

"Uh... 'Pull'?"

"I specifically paid you to bring me a living example of Nympha Aquatica!" Mr. Foxmarry exclaimed, "I'm running a zoo! Not a museum! That's my wife's business!"

"But I - What the hell?!" The Trapper asked as she saw Chloe floating on her back, tongue out and eyes wide open. "Mr. Foxmarry! I promise you, she was alive and kicking before we got here!"

As the two went back and forth, neither noticed Chloe's left eye look in their direction before she slowly made her way to the edge of the glass box. The wet and naked witch had just climbed out of the box and onto the cart when...

"Hey, Dad! Was it the Minotaurs or the manticores you wanted off exhibit today?" A young woman asked as she looked up from her clipboard, her eyes going wide as she made eye contact with Chloe. "Dad! The Water Nymph's escaping!"

"Not another one!" Mr. Foxmarry exclaimed as Chloe jumped down from the cart and began to run off. "Stop her!"

"Jaculum Tranquillus!" The Trapper shouted, pointing her wand at Chloe, causing to small magic darts to soar through the air and hit Chloe in the ass.

"Ouch!" Chloe yelled as she jumped, the magic darts dissipating into thin air before Chloe felt woozy and fell to the ground ****.

"Kinda scrawny, isn't she?" Mr. Foxmarry's Daughter observed.

"Well, she's alive at least." Mr. Foxmarry said. "Put her in with the others."

A while later, Chloe woke up with a groan as she sat up, rubbing her head. Looking around, she saw that she was now in an exhibit that contained a small forest and a waterfall that fed a babbling brook into a small pond.

"Well, well, well."

Chloe jumped at the voice as she turned around to see three naked women glaring at her: A chubby blonde with flowers in her hair and daisy chains around her wrists and neck, a muscular redhead sitting on a rock, and a tall and lanky brunette.

"Look who it is, Girls." The Redheaded woman said with a smirk before said smirk turned into a snarl as fire emerged from her fingertips. "The little water bitch who got us locked up in this place!"

"Does she look different to anyone else?" The Chubby Blonde asked, still frowning as she raised an eyebrow, creating a chair made of vines to sit on. "Fyra? Blizzy? What do you think?"

"Got me." The Brunette said as she blew out a breath of frost, still glaring at Chloe. "I don't remember her looking like that, but -"

"Oh shut the hell up you two!" Fyra shouted as she jumped down from the rock. "Water nymphs can use magic like witches, remember? She's using some kind of spell to alter her appearance!"

"Well, it's working with breasts and an ass like that." The Blonde commented.

"Of course that's what you noticed, Flora." Blizzy said, rolling her eyes. "With all the times you've been checking out Fyra's ass..."

"BLIZZY!"

"You've been checking out my ass?!" Fyra asked before shaking her head. "Forget it! Let's just get her!"

"Wait! Hold on!" Chloe said as she held up her hands, looking between the Fire Nymph, the Ice Nymph, and the Earth Nymph. "This is all a big mistake! I'm not Umara! I'm not even a water nymph! I'm Chloe, a witch!"

"Right, and I'm a dragon." Fyra growled, crackling her knuckles as her entire hands caught fire.

"No! It's true! I can prove it!" Chloe shouted.