Tutti Frutti Change Candy

Maeve entered her flat and found her flatmates, Amber, Jamie and Sophie waiting for her in the sitting/dining room.

'Oh! Maeve, you're here' Squealed Amber. 'You're just in time, we were just about to get ready for the party! I have left your costume in our bedroom.'

Maeve sighed, her roommate Amber was a hyperactive adult with the attention span of a sugar-high child. She dressed in pink and had a dangerous sweet tooth. In short, she was Maeve's complete opposite. 'I'm sorry Amber, but I don't think I can attend the party tonight, I've got plans' Maeve responded, removing her bag and placing it on the dinner table.

Amber began to pout, 'BUT Maeve, We've been planning this for weeks, how could you?'

'Look I just made plans with some of my goth friends, okay? I can't skip out now' Maeve said, 'If you need me I'll be in our room.'

As Maeve made her way to her room, she removed something from her bag. Amber spotted this and quickly darted between Maeve and the bedroom.

'What do you have there?' Amber demanded. 'Something I bought for my friends' Maeve said defensively 'Now let me in.' 'Not until you Show me!' Amber demanded again.

This continued for a couple of minutes until Maeve relented. It was fantastic entertainment for Jamie and Sophie who were sharing a bowl of popcorn.

Inside of Maeve's hand was a bag of brightly colored candies. Amber gasped in shock. 'Are those sweets?' She cried very loudly, 'You were hiding sweets from me?' Tears began to well up in Amber's eyes 'I can't believe you would do that to your own roomie.'

Maeve was now feeling pretty apologetic. 'I'm sorry Amber, Is there any way I can make you feel better?'

Amber looked at Maeve for a moment before saying 'Can I have one?'

'NO' said Maeve quickly, 'I bought these for my friends, they are looking forward to them, and anyway Change Candies are little different from normal candy.'

'Oh please, Just one, It'll only be one sweet, please' Amber begged persistently. Maeve had been in situations like this before. Against Amber, the only way out was to accept her demands. 'Fine' she said 'But just one.'

'Thank you' Amber replied, no longer crying. She snatched the entire bag from Maeve's hand, opened it and poured its entire contents into a bowl on the table. In the bowl sat a variety of sweets in many different colors.

'Amber' yelled Maeve, 'Why did you do that?'

Amber did not notice Maeve's protests, she was the kind of spoiled princess who got all that she wanted and never cared about the consequences. She looked at the bowl and picked out a pink colored sweet.

Jamie and Sophie also looked in the bowl, picking a yellow and green sweet each respectively. The three girls put the sweets in their mouths and chewed. 'Mmmmm' came the response from all three.

'It is just so juicy' said Amber 'My flavor is Raspberry, What is yours?' 'Banana' came Jamie's response and 'Watermelon' from Sophie.

'Here' said Amber, plucking a dark blue sweet from the bowl, 'Try this one Maeve, it matches your hair color!' Maeve knew full well what the candies were capable of and initially resisted, but Amber was nothing if not persistent and eventually she accepted the sweet and chewed. Juice erupted from the candy as she chewed, the flavor was a Wonka classic: Blueberry.

As Maeve swallowed her candy she watched as the bodies of her flatmates began to change.

'Wait, what is happening?' cried Amber as large round sacks began to expand across her body.

Jamie watched as her skin turned a Yellow color and her body took on a more angular shape, long and curved.

Sophie swelled, becoming spherical in shape. Her skin turned into shades of light and dark green, and became solid and hard to the touch.

Within a few seconds the three girls had turned into a giant Raspberry, Banana and Watermelon. Amber tried to talk, but juice flowed out of her mouth, preventing her from saying a word.

Maeve smiled at her roommates comeuppance, even as her own skin turned dark blue and her body swelled to gigantic proportions. Before long, she was a giant blueberry.


Story by Gen-Awesome
Artwork by Davide Tinto, Francesca Carotenuto

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