(Subplot) Practical Magic

At the first opportunity she had, Tania had excused herself to her room to check out the newly expanded magical arsenal that Rebecca had provided for her. She hadn't been disappointed. There were a few more potions and gadgets than before which was nice but, much more excitingly, was the newly expanded spellbook to accompany her wand.

It turned out that real magic spells didn't work like they tended to on television - remembering and repeating a series of gobbledegook sounding words. It was more about a thought process, willing something to happen while using the wand to channel the magical energy Rebecca had given Tania in the direction she wanted it to go. Rebecca had included a page in the book titled 'How to turn pretty much anyone into basically anything'. Of course Tania had been forbidden from doing that for now, unless she absolutely had to.

But there were other spells that stopped short of actually transforming the glitches but could nonetheless be highly beneficial for Tania under the right circumstances. She could, for example, take away someone's voice (and could already think of one or two people she would love to test that particular spell on). alter their personality, make them act like an animal or even potentially turn a glitch into her very own completely obedient minion. There were spells Tania could use on herself to make her life easier too. One could give her the equivalent of eight hours sleep at the wave of a wand, which would allow her to stay up all night scheming while the others rested. She could teleport herself without Rebecca's help now too, though that was a risky one to attempt in case she got caught doing it. There was another spell that had potentially even greater potential for this mission though, and she was currently stood in front of her bedroom mirror ready to give it a go.

"Okay Tania, don't fuck this up" she whispered to herself as she waved her wand at her reflection. She felt herself changing - she quickly lost a bit of height, gained a curvier, bustier figure, darker hair, tanned skin..

"Bloody Hell, that's amazing!" Tania said in a perfect replication of Melanie's voice. She looked exactly like her, a perfect hundred per cent copy of Mel, but wearing Tania's glasses. She caressed Melanie's - currently her own - right boob gently and made a sultry expression at herself "Hi, I'm Melanie, and I'll do anything for you!"

She decided to try out some of the other glitches too. Rebecca had channelled a trace of each of their aura's into the wand, so they were not only easy for Tania to cast spells on but also to emulate. Next Tania grew taller, broader, bustier still and her hair became velvet red. She was Maggie.

"Oh wow, I've got the accent and everything!" Tania quickly discovered. This disguise could potentially come in handy. Perhaps Maggie didn't have to be completely missing after all.

There was one more glitch Tania wanted to try out for size. She shrunk a little again, closer to her usual height and build. She was slim, lithe, perfectly toned. She had black and blue hair and, for the first time in her life, Tania found her body partly covered in tattoos. So this was what Lexie looked like in the flesh? The hair and tattoos were certainly not to Tania's taste, but she had to admit the young woman was stunning.

"Wassup, Motherfuckers!" Tania sneered into the mirror as she flipped herself the bird. This was another disguise that could come in useful if she wanted to pretend Lexie had returned. She might even get to fuck Mel like this. But if she decided to go down that route she would need to get rid of the frog she was currently passing of as Lexie first.

Tania morphed back into her regular form and placed the wand safely back into the chest. She didn't want to waste too much of her daily charge screwing around. She also figured she needed to be herself for a while, as she went and mingled with the real glitches.