A very curious pair

The drive home had given Brittany time to think about what she would come home to. While new shoes didn't appear in her closet everyday, an unexpected feeling of anticipation would fill her as they did. Her heart was racing right now, it was a sign that she would be in for a surprised when she stepped through the door.

Her home was a modest two story in the suburbs, nothing fancy but it required three roommates to keep the lease down. Stepping through the front door, she spied Stacy on the couch.

"Got another one today," she said, her attention never leaving her laptop. Of the three she was the only one aware of Brittany's abilities after accidentally catching her morning routine performing itself on her a few months back. Brittany could have erased her memories of it, but found it more useful to have someone around she could bounce ideas off of and give her inspiration for new shoes and new powers.

"Cool did you look to see what I got?" Brittany asked back. Stacy worked from home, so having her around to keep a loose eye on her closet also proved incredibly handy.

"You're uh...just gonna want to go and look for yourself. I have no idea how to describe what's in there now. No one else is here right now, so don't worry about making noise."

Brittany wasn't sure how to read Stacy's expression as she turned her attention back to her laptop, but she nonetheless walked down the hall into bedroom where she heard rustling noises coming from inside her shoe closet. Intrigued, she pulled the doors open and found a pair of black leather knee-high boots standing in the middle. She side-eyed the boots before letting out a sigh. "More high heels," she uttered to herself. She was annoyed, but at the same time she understood that the more uncomfortable the shoes were, the more powerful the ability they granted was. He let out another sigh in resignation. "Okay, let's find out what you can do shall we?" Brittany approached them to pick them up, but was taken aback when one by one the boots stepped away from her. Undaunted she took another step forward, and the boots unzipped themselves, the shafts opening up to allow her to step inside. Once the zippers rose back up the shafts, Brittany could feel all of the powers of her shoes at once. She knew what this was now, object animation. If she wore the boots, she could activate the powers of any shoes in the closet by bringing them to life. The high heels of the boots were incredibly uncomfortable, but she knew this kind of power was absolutely worth the price of admission.

"Okay, this is awesome. So what's the catch?" These were words Brittany immediately came to regret when without warning the zippers of the boots shot back down the tracks and she felt herself being pushed out of them. Flat on her ass, she watched as the shafts of the boots once again took shape and zipped up, turning on their toes in order to face her. She understood now, these may be the most powerful shoes in her collection and they absolutely had the authority to act on it themselves.