Intervention by the Mighty Janet.

As Audrey neared her locker she was surprised to see the school principle leaning against it. She was an attractive woman in her mid thirties, and gave Audrey a tired smile as she approached.

"Same again, Audrey?" she asked.

Audrey hunched her shoulders, trying to make herself seem as small as possible. "Yes miss! Miss, could you please move so I can-"

"Not just yet. Would you mind joining me in my office for a moment?"

Audrey eyed the other students nervously. There were no longer any catcalls or crude comments; after a year most of them were used to The Run, and a small crowd usually gathered here each day to witness The Re-Dressing.

"Can't I get dressed first?" she begged.

"I'm sorry. You'll see why in just a moment. Please follow me."

The principle led Audrey a little further down the hall, towards the school entrance, and entered the office only a few feet away from it. Audrey ducked inside, eager to be hidden from the other student's gazes.

She gave a jump of surprise, however, when she entered the room. There was a woman in there. She was plump and maybe in her fifties, and was gifting Audrey with a kind and caring smile. She was dressed in a red robe covered in golden stars, and her head was covered by a blue silk turban.

"Uh... hello." Audrey said, blushing. She never knew how to explain this. "I, uh, you see... what's happened is-"

"A curse." the woman said, nodding her head.

"Well yes, and-"

"And every day at noon the clothes you're wearing disappear. This has been going on for, perhaps, a year?"

"Yes. I suppose you've been told about it?"

"No, actually." the woman replied, though not unkindly. "I knew only that a curse lay upon a student here. I did not know the details until I saw you with my own eyes. I can see the parameters of the curse by viewing it's dark aura."

"I'm sorry," Audrey said, turning towards the principle. "Who is this and what's going on?"

"I go by many names." the woman answered. "Some call me The Mighty Mystic. Others call me The Witch Healer." The woman gave an ironic smile. "Of course, most people just call me Janet."

"Janet here is something of an expert in curses." The principle explained as she took her seat behind her desk. "She was recommended to me by my older sister, who the doctors had deemed infertile. Janet here was able to cure her; my niece is two years old next month."

"I don't really believe in magic." Audrey replied stiffly.

Janet raised an eyebrow. "Oh? So you freely remove your own clothing each day and streak the school to grab attention?"

Audrey felt her face redden. "Well no. Of course not."

"If it's of any help," the principle interrupted. "When I first approached Janet I didn't give her any information, yet somehow she knew straight away that I was asking on behalf of one of my students."

Audrey closed her eyes and breathed out heavily through her nose. A cure. She could feel hope rising within her; she struggled to keep it down. The embarrassment was destroying her life, but she knew false hope could break her.

"Fine. What's your cure?" she demanded angrily. "Frog's spawn soup? Join a cult? Chant Deeply Dippy backwards?"

The principle's face was pained; she looked down at her desk, refusing to make eye contact. Janet looked at Audrey not with anger, but with sadness in her eyes.

"The only way to break the curse," Janet said "Is to deny it for twenty-four hours. If, from noon today until noon tomorrow, the curse has no chance to inflict itself upon you then the cycle will be broken, and the curse will falter."

"I don't understand." Audrey admitted.

"You must remain naked for twenty four hours." Janet replied sadly. "Then, at noon tomorrow when your clothes would normally disappear, the curse will snap and you will be free."

Audrey sat there, stunned. The books she had been clutching to her chest fell to the floor, exposing her breasts to the two women. They were really suggesting she spend the day nude in school in order to break the curse of being naked in school?

"I will allow it." the principle said softly, still not looking at Audrey. "If you want to try it, then I'll make sure the rules for the day are... that you'll be an exception. You won't get in trouble I mean."

"I... I don't know..." Audrey stammered.

Janet leaned forward, and placed her hand on the back of Audrey's.

"Child... it is embarrassing, but you need to break this cycle or else it will own you forever."