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Chapter 3: Rescue and Punishment

Love Heart landed softly among the trees in the Forest of Feelings and held his breath as he pressed up against a nearby tree. He wished he had Confidence's hearing but he did his best to listen for anyone nearby before he moved on, half-crouching with all his senses alert so he wouldn't be ambushed.

It had been a whole day since Confidence Heart came looking for Champ and now Love Heart was worried. He couldn't just ask where she was or even just scour the Kingdom of Caring for her and he had to make sure he came back, so he headed for the one place he thought he could get help.

Cheer Bear was pacing around Bright Heart's living frantically while Gentle Heart Lamb watched from the couch. Bright Heart was in his workshop as usual, though currently he was working alone.

"Cheer, you're wearing a hole in the carpet. Please talk to me," Gentle Heart said.

Cheer stopped and faced her, "I can't stop thinking about Champ leaving... I mean I wanted him to stay but I didn't want to stop him either... I... I wish the Magi didn't have to leave..."

Her rambling train of thought was stopped by someone knocking on the door. Bright Heart answered and just stared at the guest, "Love Heart Bear!?"

Love Heart quickly pushed past and shut the door behind him. "Sorry, don't want anyone else to see... me..." he saw Cheer and Gentle Heart and gulped, he had hoped to just see Bright Heart.

Cheer darted over and grabbed Love Heart's hands, "Love Heart! How's Champ? Did he make it down there alright?" Her eyes pleaded with the larger Magi.

Love Heart stared back at her, "He never met up with us. Confidence came back to look for him and now she's disappeared too." He turned his head to face Bright Heart, "I came here because I thought you could help me find them, without Tenderheart finding me."

"We can help," Bright Heart nodded to Gentle Heart.

"Yes, we can," she sighed, "not everyone is a fan of Tenderheart's rule."

Cheer took a deep breath, "I think I know what happened. Aqua, Lonesome, Redemption and Shimmeringstar probably kidnapped them."

"Shit!" Love Heart sword, spinning around, "I can't handle those four alone even if I could find them!"

"You mean their secret tickle nest?" Gentle Heart got up from the couch, "I think I have some idea where it is." All three of them turned to Gentle Heart which made her blush with nerves, "I've heard them in the forest sometimes when I go for a walk. I think they don't notice me because I'm so quiet."

"That's great, Gentle Heart!" Bright Heart had darted over to Gentle Heart and swept her up in a hug, "Can you show us where it is?"

Gentle Heart hugged him back, "Maybe I mean... I don't know the exact location."

Bright Heart let go and took her hand, "Let's see if we can track them down then." He led her to his workshop to do some work on his computer.

"Thank you," Cheer whispered.

"You're welcome, I mean I'm doing this to find Confidence. I didn't know Champ was missing," Love Heart scratched the back of his head nervously.

"Not just this but coming to see us. We miss seeing every day, at least the three of us do..." Cheer sighed.

"It's barely been a week, but thank you," Love Heart smiled.

Cheer walked over and took his hand, looking up at his face, "I wish we could come with you."

Love Heart was about to respond when Bright Heart burst back into the room, "We found it, hurry we have to go find them now!"

"Right!" Love Heart all but tore away from Cheer and out the door. Cheer was a bit stunned but shook it off as she, Gentle and Bright Heart took off after him.

Love Heart slowed down enough for Bright Heart to take the lead, showing him where they had calculated their tickle dungeon might be. Love Heart traced his hand along the ground, the eight pointed star on his forehead glowing as he cast a simple tracking spell.

"Short range spell only, I'm not as good at this as mom... here." He stopped on a mound of earth and felt around until he found a handle cleverly disguised as a knot of grass and carefully pulled it up. As soon as the soundproofed door was open the sounds of forced dry laughter assaulted their ears. Love Heart's heart almost stopped as he recognized them as Confidence Heart's voice.

He put a finger to his lips and whispered, "I need to take them out quickly and by surprise, stay here and listen for when things stop." He conjured one of his swords, "Won't kill them if I can stay in control," he whispered before he carefully slipped in.

Love Heart held his breath as he snuck in. Staying low with his sword at the ready. The sight before him nearly made him scream! Confidence Heart and Champ Bear frozen in huge blocks of ice while Aqua Bear, Lonesomeheart and Redemptionheart Bear were tickling them mercilessly. Confidence was blindfolded but her mouth was open from which wheezing laughs issued forth. Champ was in a similar situation only with a dirty sock stuffed in his mouth.

Love Heart had to look away and contain himself. Shimmeringstar wasn't there so he had to act fast before he came back, which he definitely would. The star on his forehead glowed and for the first time he cast a haste spell.

Lonesome had her back to the entrance and didn't even notice when Love Heart burst out of nowhere and sliced her through the neck, his magical blade leaving no mark but knocking her unconscious.

"Lonesome! Wha-AAAAAAA!" Aqua was shocked momentarily before he was shocked for real by a blast of yellow lightning, cushioned by mana to make it non-lethal but still painful as he lost consciousness.

"Love Heart?!" Redemption tried to nerve herself but Love Heart was in no mood for banter and turned around and ran her through the chest with his sword, knocking her unconscious like her two friends.

Love Heart turned and ripped the blindfold off Confidence Heart. "Confidence! Speak to me..." Love Heart saw the relief spread through her eyes as she only managed a raspy grasp.

Love Heart touched the ice and cast a simple spell which caused the ice to melt into a puddle in moments. Confidence got shakily to her feet as Love Heart pulled the blindfold and sock away from Champ's face. As soon as the stinky sock was pulled free Champ threw up all over the floor.

Despite how weak she felt, Confidence forced herself to face the ice block and put all her remaining strength into a punch that shattered the block, which left Champ cold and shivering on the floor, but at least free.

Cheer, Bright Heart and Gentle Heart ran in just in time to see Love Heart helping Champ to his feet. Cheer ran over to Champ and immediately pulled him into a hug. "Champ! Champ talk to me!"

"Ch-che-eer," Champ coughed out, his whole body trembling unable to support his own weight.

"We need to get him to a doctor, but not the one lying o the floor," Bright Heart looked down at the unconscious Redemptionheart.

"I'll take him to Caduceus," Love Heart moved to support Champ's weight as they carried him outside. Love Heart conjured a cloud car and hoisted Champ into the back seat and strapped him in, he barely seemed to be aware of the world around him. "Only question is what to do about the three tickle torturers."

"Just leave them here and let's go," Confidence staggered into the passenger seat and buckled herself in.

"No, they'll come after us or worse they'll point out our friends here who helped us, knowing them they could sense that Bright, Cheer and Gentle were here." Love Heart turned back to the dungeon, "Shimmeringstar isn't here but he'll be back and soon."

"Take them with you then, find some way to deal with them," Bright Heart suggested, he and Cheer were looking over Champ.

"Might be the best option," Love Heart nodded. "Alright hold on a moment."

It didn't take long to bring the three torturer out and strap them into the back. Champ visibly shuddered but said nothing as they were crammed in next to him. Cheer stroked his head, "It's alright."

Bright Heart Raccoon, Cheer Bear and Gentle Heart Lamb watched them fly away before they beat a hasty retreat back to their home, not wanting to be discovered by Shimmeringstar when he inevitably returned.

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Aqua, Lonesome and Redemption woke up in a windowless basement lit by floating orbs of light. After several failed attempts to use their magic and it fizzling out they took notice of the food trays that had been left for them.

"Might as well eat right?" Redemption lifted the top off her tray to find a bowl of tomato soup, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a cup with a fizzy red liquid inside and a lid on top to prevent spilling.

Lonesome and Aqua lifted the lids off their own trays to see the same meal in front of them. Lonesome poked the sandwich with a finger, "How do we know it's safe?"

"We were unconscious for a while, they could have hurt us or killed us if they wanted to by now," Aqua gave a weak smile, "Besides they don't have the expertise we have to torture them once we get out of here." He took the lid off the cup and drank a mouthful, "Tastes like cherries."

Redemption managed to smile, "Yes, he's right." She picked up the soup and spooned some into her mouth, thankfully not cold yet.

Lonesome sighed and bit into the sandwich. Blueberry jelly.

They ate in silence, each contemplating how to get out of their predicament. Lonesome groused that if she just had her caring sabre she could cut their way out. Alas, even on full stomachs they couldn't think of anything so just sat back and tried to brainstorm.

Once she saw them finish their meals, Life Heart's horn glowed as she removed the anti-magic barrier.

Aqua was the first to notice something happening. "Lonesome, your face!"

Lonesome hadn't noticed at first but she grabbed her snout, which was started to stretch forwards. Then she looked at Aqua, "What about your face!" The fur on Aqua's snout was turning red and spreading backwards towards his face.

"Oh my!" Redemption was so startled by her friends' changes that she didn't notice she had started to shrink.

Even as Aqua's face and head turned red and the color began to spread downwards, Lonesome was going through more drastic changes. She felt her ears tingle and reached up to feel them growing, larger, and larger, and becoming more triangular as they did so. She scrambled to her feet, which were becoming more awkward to stand on, and darted to the mirror. She stood and watched in horror as her body reshaped itself, ears growing up like long rabbit ears and feeling her mouth rearrange. She opened her longer snout to see extra canine teeth having grown in.

"I look like Traitor!" she shouted as she felt her tail tingle she turned around to see her tiny bear tail grow into a long fluffy tail with a black tip. Her feet became a bit more digitigrade and she looked down at her hands to see hands become less mitt-like with more defined fingers. She fell backwards, startled as her new feet made her lose her balance and her ears flopped to the sides. She could still see herself in the mirror and saw a hot pink fennec fox cousin staring back at her, thankfully with the same tummy symbol.

Despite his fur having turned completely red (except his tummy symbol) Aqua Bear was on his feet and at his mate's side in an instant to help her stand. "Can you stand?"

"I think so," Lonesome found her footing again with her new legs then stared at her reflection and reached up to feel her now massive ears. "She turned me into her!" She winced slightly at her own shout then spoke in quieter voice, "Everything's so loud now."

"You don't look like her, you're still pink and cuddly," Aqua gave Lonesome a hug.

Lonesome did her best to smile and hugged him back, then felt a tingling in her chest and stepped back, then doubled over as the pain lanced through her. "It's not done yet!"

"What, ooooohhhhh!" Aqua moaned in pain as his stomach gurgled with what felt like indigestion, "Why can I still taste cherries?" Then his stomach started to bloat up.

"What?!" Lonesome looked up in time to see her mate's belly slowly inflating like a balloon, then was once again drawn to the pain in her chest. She felt two lumps form on her chest and swell outwards, filling her hands as they pressed out into a pair of D-cup breasts. "They gave me breasts?!" She looked up at Aqua and started.

Aqua's belly had swollen to the size of a beach ball and now the rest of his torso was following suit. Aqua was trying to press the growth back down but kept feeling it slosh around and nearly knock him off balance. "I think I'm filling up with cherry soda!" His torso swelled up even more, his belly and chest's growth merging into one big red orb.

"Help! I'm shrinking!" The voice drew the couple's attention back to Redemptionheart, who had shrunk to half her original height. The grey bear with the pink tummy tried to stand up but found her legs too wobbly and collapsed forwards. Redemption looked up at her two friends, then immediately started to bawl.

Lonesomeheart hurried over to Redemption, somehow finding her balance as she did so, and scooped her up in her arms. "Redemption! Are you OK?"

"Other than the shrinking, I'm hungry," Redemption's voice had become noticeably higher pitched, in fact she looked less like she was shrinking and more like a cub every moment.

Aqua waddled over to the two as the swelling continued to envelope him, which left him looking like a large ball with arms, legs and a head sticking out. "We don't have anything left, maybe we can call them for more?"

Lonesome scowled, "They're probably watching us right nooooow!" Lonesome suddenly moaned and hugged Redemption tight against her breasts. Her lower chest tingled and a familiar swelling sensation returned as two more breasts grew in to a C-Cup size, then all four of her breasts started to swell up slowly, feeling heavier and thicker as they did so.

As Redemption shrank even smaller in Lonesome's arms her stomach growled again and a curious instinct intruded on her mind. She turned sideways and latched onto one of Lonesome's nipples and began to suck, milk flowing out and into her mouth.

Lonesome gasped and stumbled as she felt Redemption nursing from her. "Redemption, stop!" she stumbled sideways and grabbed the wall with her right arm while still holding Redemption in her left. She slid down until she was sitting on the floor and leaned up against the wall.

Aqua tried to waddle closer but his body had swollen up with his head sunken into his body with only his hands and feet visible and his cheeks perpetually puffed out. "Lonesome!" He stumbled forwards, lost his footing and rolled onto his front, settling so his head was facing the two and his hands and feet wiggled helplessly in mid air. "Hepp!" Aqua gurgled, his mouth filling with fizzy cherry soda that began to dribble out of his mouth.

"I can't stohop her!" Lonesome gasped as Redemption detached from her upper left breast and switched to the right, still shrinking as she pressed her tiny paws into Lonesome's breast to coax more milk out of it.

Lonesome tried to pry Redemption off of her, but she was so tiny and the sensation so overwhelming that Lonesome couldn't do it. As the now cub Redemptionheart continued to shrink, Lonesome's body continued to change: her hips widened and her belly started to swell up.

Aqua could do nothing but watch as Lonesome was overwhelmed by the sensations. Redemption was completely lost in the instincts as she detached from the upper breast then dropped down to suckle from Lonesome's lower right breast. Redemption's tiny feet were now firmly pressed into Lonesome's belly, which had swollen outwards to a small dome rather than a sphere like Aqua's had.

Despite her back being against the wall, Lonesome leaned her head back as the hormones in her body took over. Redemption finished draining her third breast and moved on to the last one on the bottom left, her tiny paws resting on the large hard dome of Fennec Lonesome's belly.

Finally, Redemption finished her meal and burped then lay down and started sucking her thumb. Even Lonesome was exhausted and she released the baby sized Redemption, causing her to slowly slide down the solid dome of her belly and come to rest in Lonesome's lap. Lonesome slid down the wall until she lay flat on her back with her head against the wall.

Only Aqua Bear could see what happened next. A small cord snaked out from between Lonesome's legs and attached itself squarely to the middle of Redemtion's belly, then it started to retract. Aqua tried to speak but only succeeded to spluttering some cherry soda onto the floor as the pressure and constant taste of cherry soda in his mouth overwhelmed his mind.

Lonesome gasped as her legs spread to accommodate Redemption and the grey bear slipped between her legs. Lonesome cried out as she felt Redemption slip into her body and up her birthing canal. Redemption didn't even notice as she was squeezed up the wrong way into the pink fennec's body and came to rest in her pre-swollen womb. Redemption stopped sucking her thumb curled up into the fetal position as she was sealed inside Lonesome's belly.

Lonesome just lay still for a few minutes as her senses slowly came back to her; as soon as she was able to process what happened she tried to sit up but found the new weights on her chest and belly too much. She eventually managed to push herself up into a sitting position. "What...the...hell...happened?" She panted out. "Aqua!" She finally got a good look at Aqua Bear. The new red bear was a giant swollen red sphere with his hands and feet barely visible from inside dimples where the sphere had stretched around them; his head was also sunken into his body with his face visible and facing outwards, his cheeks puffed out as cherry soda dribbled from his lips.

"Aqua!" She used the wall to support herself as she got to her feet and stumbled towards Aqua Bear. She leaned up against him, pressing her hands into his sides to keep herself upright. "They'll pay for what they did, turning me into that traitor's species and doing this to you and Redemption." She touched her evidently pregnant belly. She tried to smile and leaned forwards to kiss Aqua, and as soon as she did she felt his lips part and cherry soda flowed from his mouth into hers. Lonesome suddenly realized how hungry she was and drank the soda from his mouth like he was a massive canteen, gulping down mouthful after mouthful of the sweet fizzy liquid.

Lonesome realized what she was doing and pulled back, wiping the juice from her lips, "What am I doing! I'm sorry Aqua..."

"I see you've come along nicely." The voice came from the door as Confidence Heart walked in.

"You did this!" Lonesome tried to charge her enemy but stumbled and nearly fell forwards from the weight by her belly and four large breasts.

Confidence Heart grinned and approached them, "Nope, this was all Life Heart, her ideas too." She picked up one of the discarded cups from the food trays and stepped in front of Aqua's face. She held the empty cup up to his mouth and squeezed his cheeks, causing Aqua to spray cherry soda into the cup until Confidence stopped squeezing. She drank it down and burped, "Tasty. He's going to be a great keg of soda for a while."

"What?!" Lonesome was still struggling to stay upright until Confidence Heart steadied her. "What about me? Why do this to me and where is Redemption?"

Confidence gave an evil grin, "I thought since you hated me so much, a fitting punishment would be to be reminded of me every time you saw yourself," she tweaked one of Lonesome's huge fennec ears, "You can hear everything so well now I bet, even the fizzing inside your mate's belly. And before you ask, the species change is irreversible. As for Redemption," she patted Lonesome's swollen belly, "You're her new mother now. After what she did to Hector, Life Heart decided something must have gone wrong with her childhood and she needed a new start, but none of us wanted to carry her. So since you had an available womb you got volunteered, plus it was easy for Life Heart to add that to the transformation you're already undergoing. She'll be in there for a few months."

"You'll pay for this, Traitor," Lonesome snapped.

Confidence stepped back and Lonesome nearly toppled forwards, "You're lucky I won't hit a pregnant woman but we need to set some rules. Unless you want to stay locked up down here you'll call me 'Confidence Heart' from now on. How much freedom you have will depend on how you behave. Also don't try calling for help, Sage Heart is going to change your tummy symbol since all of that changed you into a Magi."

Lonesomeheart spluttered, "but, I'm not I..."

Confidence Heart faced her, "You are now. You could have just let us go and not bothered us again, but you came down here to try and punish us some more and now here you are." She folded her arms, "You can accept your new life or resist and stay down here."

"What about Aqua?" Lonesome turned to face the large red sphere that her mate had become.

"He'll be drained in a few weeks, or months depending on how much cherry pop we drink, but all that stuff will sustain him until then. After that he'll get to make the same choice you did but with how addled his mind is now I don't think he's going to be resistant." Confidence patted Aqua's taut skin, "So are you going to cooperate or stay down here?"

Lonesome opened her mouth to shout again, but stopped herself. She turned to Aqua, at least if she was outside she could try to find a way out of this... maybe...She turned back to Confidence, "Alright, I'll go Trai- Confidence," she caught herself just in time.

Confidence smiled, "Good. Sage Heart's waiting for up upstairs, let's go." She turned and led Lonesome towards the stairs. Lonesome gave an apologetic look to Aqua, then followed Confidence Heart, having to grasp the stair's railings just to keep balanced as she ascended into her new life.