Before Dan could react, Kat finishes reading the spell. Suddenly, the pain is blinding! Everything Dan sees is black and white. He falls to the floor and writhes as the guests all applaud Kat's successful spell. The last thing Dan clearly recalls is Kat turning to face the guests and curtsying. His vision shrank, as though he was falling, everything became more distant before he finally succumbed to the pain and blacked out completely.
When Dan awakes, he finds himself in a small white cage on a vanity in a room much like his sisters. It was so familiar, but so... huge! "This must have been what Jack felt like when he climbed the beanstalk..." he thought, raking a hand through his hair. Halfway through, he stopped. Something felt wrong. Not the room, that just looked wrong. No, something felt wrong. He lowered his hand to his eyes and screamed. The sound that came out was foreign to him. A high-pitched squeak was all that escaped.
His hand was small, furry and his nails ended in talons. He scrambled around his cage, instinctively dropping his hands to run on all fours. As he rounded to look behind him he saw a tail! Another squeak escaped him. Finally his black and white vision focused on the vanity's mirror. Staring back at him was the reflection of a mouse. Sitting across the room, on the bed that looked so familiar, was a giant version of his sister.
"Oh, little Danny boy..." she smiled wickedly "why so scared?" He tore around the cage seeking an exit, but found none. "We've played these little games our whole life, baby brother." She giggled as she opened the cage and picked him up and brought him to eye level. "Now it's time to play Kat and mouse for real!"
Looking strait into her eyes, Dan knew he had only one choice. He bit her, hard. She screamed, and he hand dropped out from under him. As he hit the floor, he only had two options....
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