The Smell of Peanuts

Story by SykoSykes on SoFurry

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Two friends get far more than they bargained for when they attempt to steal some possibly magic items from the visiting circus.


Hi folks, I can't believe I'm uploading again, and a story like this as well. This was a gift to my friend, and contains some stuff not everyone will like. Sorry 'bout that. Art that inspired this piece is this right here (nsfw). Please enjoy and leave a comment below!


Looking up at the massive tent looking in front of them and the rest of the crowd, Sykes had to resist the urge to thank Cryo for the thirtieth time. The sergal had managed to snag some otherwise sold-out tickets to a traveling circus that was said to be jaw-dropping in its performances, and poor Remon had came down with a cold; but ones' misfortune is another's luck, and Sykes found himself the lucky receiver of that second ticket. Now that the day had come and he was standing before the giant big top in line for seating, Sykes was already seeing why these people were such a big deal. Everything looked so pristine and taken care of, the smell of kettle corn filled the air, and the hustle and bustle of the crowd all pointed towards them getting quite the show.

"Hey big ears, stop gawking and c'mon already, or we're gonna be stuck sitting in the very back..!" Cryo's words snapped Sykes back into the moment at hand and the stepped in line, waiting their turn to hand over their glossy tickets. "So I hear their magician in particular is amazing. Stuff like making things turn into other things in an instant, and no one can tell how he does it. If you ask me, it's probably actual magic...and who knows, maybe we can learn something for ourselves~" That was Cryo for you. The sergal was a schemer, admittedly a good one. No doubt he wanted to learn some tricks or 'borrow' some magical objects for his own little trips of enjoyment. Sykes hated to admit that he was no better than his friend and the rabbit would never admit to it, but Cryo knew him too well. Just those words alone had him curious to what they might walk out with stuffed in their pockets. Before his imagination ran too wild again, the ferret taking tickets was in front of him, and the two friends were walking in to find their seats.

Good lord this tent was somehow even bigger on the inside! The risers for the audience were huge, going up and up and up, with a baseball-diamond sized ring in the middle. Various swings and bars could be spotted in the shadows up above as the two friends made their way up the steps and to their seats. Lucky them, they were in a middle row, and not too far from the stairs incase they needed to use the restroom or whatnot. They chatted about dumb stuff like games for a bit, the crowd a roar of hundreds of conversations for a while... until the cat in the red tophat and coat slowly walked out into the center of the ring, spotlight on him the entire time. A quiet slowly settled over the audience as they watched the tall, lankey grey cat slowly spin in a circle, smiling at everyone as he looked over the crowd.

"Ladies and gents, thank you so much for coming to our humble traveling show! We hope to delight and dazzle you with amazing feats, mystify and intrigue you with jaw dropping magic, and share a few tears of laughter with our lovely clowns! I promise you this will be a show to remember! While we will be taking a break in the middle of the show for just a few minutes, please know that you may quietly head down the isles at any time to use the restrooms outside the tent! We only ask that you stay out of the crew quarters, so that each event is a new and refreshing sight! And without further adieu, let the show begin!"

With a big flourish of his cane, the ringmaster gave a slow bow and walked back out of the ring, just in time for the lights to shift their focus to the lights above, where several performers could already be seen preparing to do some crazy rope stunts despite the lack of any nets in the tent. The next twenty minutes were a blur of fun and amazement for the two, watching what they were sure would be live deaths and impossible stunts with such ease it looked fake. Sykes was only snapped out of it by Cryo's elbow nudging him as the magician took center stage, followed by several male performers carrying pillows with a single object of clothing on each. "Here we go" whispered his friend "this is what we came to see..."

"Good evening folks! I've come before you to mystify and amaze you all with various feats of wonder! But before I do I'll need more fitting assistants...boys, you all look amazing, but I'm afraid standard magician code calls for showgals! So please, dawn the garments you hold!" The alligator in such an elaborate tux gave a flourish of his hands to the patient gentlemen, and the spotlight shifted to them as they all slipped on various things, be it a wristband, hair band, shoes or even a shirt. A collective gasp filled the crowd as suddenly the changes started happening, be it bear, giraffe or rabbit, all of the assistants started shifting to a more uniform look, their snouts elongating, ears flopping and growing or shortening as needed, slowly but surely all taking on a similar structure. All the while their bodies shifted as well, all of them averaging out and shifting around, chests and hips swelling, waistlines shrinking, and clothes all changing of their own accord until finally four identical collie girls in performer outfits stood their, bowing and giggling.

Sykes managed to close his mouth a few seconds after the audience had stopped their thunderous applause. How did they switch..? When..? How did they make it look like they shifted...? The rabbit couldn't figure it out. From what he saw, this was bonified magic going on, but that couldn't be true, right? The sergal gently pushing on his arm put a halt to any of his other thoughts even as the gator started to talk again "C'mon man, down the steps. That's all I need to see..." As much as he wanted to stay and watch, the rabbit knew that Cryo was probably on to something, so he followed his friend down the steps and out the side of the tent towards the bathrooms. It was dead empty outside, save one or two people moving to or from the bathrooms. Looking around for anyone watching, the taller sergal bent down a little to be eye level with Sykes, talking in a hushed tone.

"Okay so here's the deal. We're gonna go find mister magic's trailer, and we're going to lighten his load a little bit. After all, if he pulls out things like that for his intro, who knows what else he could have in there, right..? Now c'mon." With that the sergal turned and started to walk around the tent, more thunderous applause erupting from inside as Sykes started following close behind a second later. If they got caught they'd be in huge trouble, but if they pulled this off they'd be rich. Or atleast entertained on their own whenever they wanted.

Going right under the rope that was labeled "Staff only past this point", the two would-be thieves made their way between trailers, avoiding any noises they heard and making sure to stay away from windows and long sight lines. For a while it was starting to look like a lost cause, with trailer after trailer and none of them belonging to the magician.. but finally, after almost ten minutes of searching the two friends hit the jackpot. Way at the far end, almost by itself, was a small rustic trailer labeled The Almighty Alligator! and -more importantly- next to it was a small tent labeled Almighty's Gear; Magic Crew Only. "Jackpot... C'mon Bun, while the coast is clear!" Making a mad dash for the tent, the two were surprised upon entry to find a tent full of... junk. It looked like a mini bargain bin store, various useless odds and ends everywhere, from brooms and mops to clothes to a wooden rocking horse. Sykes was about to suggest that there's probably more to them, only to be cut off by a familiar voice from behind them, scaring both enough to cause them to jump and whip around.

"oh my, what have we here? Some low-key crooks trying to steal my precious circus' invaluable supplies?" The ringmaster from earlier stood at the entrance to the small tent, leaning on his cane with one hand and checking the nails on the other. "Such a shame, so hard to find a good audience these days. But alas, best to find opportunities where they lie, right? If you two want magic so bad, I think I can help you out. "The rabbit started to stammer and make excuses, but before he could get more than a few garbled words out the cat raised his cane and pointed it at the two caught friends, mumbling words. A bright flash shot from the end of the cane, and it felt like someone had punched them in the gut.

Stumbling back, Sykes managed to trip himself over a wooden block on the ground, landing on his ass... which is where he noticed the first change, the rabbit's ass steadily swelling and growing, hip bones oddly creaking and groaning as they swelled up and stretched, shorts and underwear painfully constricting his growing hips and thighs as they expanded more and more, until finally his clothes could take more, bursting apart at the seams as the rabbit squeaked. All the while he watched in terror as his cute, long rabbit hindpaws started to shrink and shift, growing thicker and stubbier, toes almost disappearing as his claws shifted to thick toenails. All while these changes happened, his fur was falling out in masse, while his skin underneath steadily thickened and darkened on each leg, knees getting quite wrinkly as his form continued to shift, turning...grey. Like an elephant. He had elephant legs! And that wasn't all that was changing, he could feel it working on his waist and tum now, steadily expanding and rounding out, his belly button getting rather big and deep, having quite the large and soft tum to match his massive hips and ass... and the grey, thick skin steadily made its way up his body to accompany these changes. Too terrified to utter anything but a small squeak, Sykes could feel his fingers and arms start to change, and... his chest swell? yes, his chest was swelling now, pressing out more and more against that shirt that had ridden up with the growth of his gut, his nipples painfully sensitive as they rubbed and pressed against the restrictive fabric until finally RRRRRRRRIP the shirt fell away, exposing his massive tits.

From the neck down he was entirely elephant, body quite massive now. Even as he pondered how absurd he must look to the world the changes continued, neck starting to thicken, snout starting to stretch and pull out now, upper lip slowly melding and fusing with his nose, making his mouth bigger and bigger as his jaw stretched...which was a good thing, because he could feel his teeth shifting around, filling more space, and two small tusks slowly working their way out of the sides of his mouth as those tusks expanded to their full size, nice and cute. All the while his trunk grew longer and longer, nice and flexible now and with a decent thickness to it. Head shifting more, the second most important change happened next, long rabbity ears slowly shifting and moving down to the sides of his head more, before starting to slowly stretch wider and wider, making more and more space of themselves and the last of his fur disappeared, leaving only the hair on his head while the elephant ears came into full being. Finally, the last change set about, the rabbit-turned-elephant squirming as suddenly he could feel something happening between his legs... it was like the opposite of popping a boner as he felt his length grow smaller and smaller before suddenly pulling into him altogether alongside his balls, the elephant trying to lift and move his gut to see what was happening... but he could already guess what was happening from the weird burning and shifting feeling in his lower region as his insides readjusted themselves, finishing up as he- no, she finally got her thick fingers down there in time to get the first touch of her new folds.

She turned from where she sat to see a confused looking naked elephant standing not far behind her, the black eyes, eye marking and hair a dead give away for Cryo. She looked rather stunned, the massive bodies of the two leaving little spare room in the tent. Sykes turned back to address the cat, but opening her mouth no sound came out.

"ah ah ah, clown crew doesn't talk." Spoke the ringmaster, waggling a finger "and while you may be spared the makeup, you're definitely clown crew material for now. So, lets get you two proper dance outfits so you can give a proper first performance!" Another gesture and mumble, and Sykes felt her skin tingle, an ill-fitting yellow tutu form around her. Her tits barely fit, looking ready to spill out the top at any second, and she could feel the faint weight of a big bow in her hair. The startled little trumpet and shuffling noise behind her drew her attention, and she turned to see Cryo in a pink version of the ensemble... and upon looking at Cryo, she realized that both of their tutus lacked a bottom part, their new folds quite exposed. Head whipping back to glare at the ringmaster, the smug look he gave back showed that this was quite the deliberate choice. "Lets see, yellow, you'll be Betty, and pink your name is Mary. Now come along girls, its time to see what being a thief gets you. Up you go, Betty!"

Syke- Betty wanting nothing more than to defy this asshole, but the second the words left his lips she found herself working to stand up, grunting and wobbling uncertainly as she struggled to get used to her new form and weight. Following the cat out with Mary close behind, the two girls tried their best to push the tutu down to cover their exposure, several other employees catching sight of the girls as the ringmaster lead them down the main path, giving only knowing snickers at the sight of them. Tapping the side of a large box that would barely fit the two ladies with his cane, The ringmaster only gave a curt "in you go" to them, and the poor girls found themselves squeezing in, box closing behind Mary. The two pachyderms were pressed tightly together, soft bodies pressing and rubbing, grunting awkwardly as they felt the box move and shift around, swaying and pushing them even closer to each other. The heat was almost unbearable, each elephant ever so slightly sweating, rough skin against rough skin such a new feeling to the both of the scared gals. After a minute the outside of the box got louder and louder, before finally the voice of the ringmaster yelling penetrated it all

"Ladies and gents, you've been gems so far! Now, please give a warm applause to the two newest members of the circus and our talented starlets, Betty and Mary!" Suddenly the box sprung open and out tumbled the gals, Mary landing on her back and Betty on top of her. Raising her head, Betty observed that they had tumbled out the back of a comically small little ambulance, much smaller than the box they had climbed in, the audience giving an ooo of amazement before applauding and laughing a little, a few gasps audible from the direction Betty's behind faced. Her cheeks burned at the thought of the view they were getting, and she awkwardly stumbled to her feet, helping Mary up. Before they could even think of running the girls found themselves giving a curtsy to the audience.

It was like being a backseat driver to their own bodies, instinct telling them to run as they stood in front of well over a thousand people, and yet instead first instinct was to start swaying and dancing, various smaller male performers painted like clowns filling the area around them and copying the gals. They couldn't help themselves, Mary and Betty both found themselves attempting pirouettes that -to the surprise of no one- they failed a few seconds apart from each other, heavily crashing down onto the clowns who comically tried and failed to get out of the way, ground shaking and audience laughing heartily. Stumbling back up, the girls next grabbed a clown each and started to dance with him, swaying and actually appearing quite graceful for a few seconds, earning some small claps which quickly devolved into laughter as the clowns tried to lift the massive girls over head, girls spreading their legs for the brief second they were held in the air before crashing down on the poor clowns, heavy body pressing down all around the entertainers. More and more of the audience was catching sight of their exposed wobbly asses and feminine folds. This went on for a few more minutes, attempting over and over to be graceful and only ending up falling and tumbling all over. Finally, the ringmaster spoke up.

"Oh my, it seems our gals forgot a piece of their uniform! Boys, do them a favor and find something fitting, won't you~?" As if they had done this before, several clowns jumped on each girl, firmly pushing the elephants onto their back in the ring and grabbing their legs to spread them. looking at each other in fear, the two then raised their head to look past their bellies towards the sound of some folks moving. They saw several clowns running out carrying what could only be described as a giant bottle of... baby powder? Judging by the smell and dusty particles, it was in fact baby powder, any doubt removed as the clowns worked to aim the top and then shake it as a group, powdering both Betty's ass and then Mary. Betty had her suspicions as to what horror was next, but didn't want to believe it even as the clowns brought out a poofy yellow diaper and an accompanying poofy pink one. She wanted to scream, to flail, to cry out, anything, but all she could do was raise her ass to make the job easier, feeling the clowns wrap it around her and secure with straps. Even just putting it on the girls the crinkles filled the air, and as the clowns backed away and both elephants got up, cheeks redder than an apple, the diapers crinkled so loud that Betty was sure even the folks sitting way in the back could hear it. "There we are, perfect! Thanks boys! As you've already seen, these two are rather prone to accidents, and we here at the big top like to minimize as many as we can...though with the girls here that's quite the task. Now continue on, gals~!"

They tried to continue their dancing, but it was even harder now. Not only were they hefty and hard to move around nimbly in their new bodies, but now with how poofy the diapers were, they couldn't even close their legs all the way, and the constant rustling and crinkling were distractingly audible even over the carny music. The clowns were less polite now, pushing the gals and messing with them, making them fall on their fat, padded asses repeatedly, using the girls more like weapons to squish each other, the crowd losing it, countless eyeballs watching two grown women waltz around like idiots in diapers finally the music came to a finish and the elephants took one last bow. As they bent over, betty could feel a warmth suddenly splashing inside the snug diaper, whimpering a little as she felt herself let go without meaning to, diaper very slightly swelling. climbing back into the small hole on the back of the ambulance, the gals found themselves stuck against each other again.

Rustles and crinkles filled the small space, and it was quite a while before the show in the tent finished and they were finally let out of their hot, sweaty place by the ringmaster again... letting them out into a cage-like trailer. "Hello ladies, you're looking fabulous! Wonderful job you did out in the ring, the audience loved you. I'd say you're one of my newest hits! Yes, I think it's quite good you two showed up... now. To business." He stopped as he noticed Betty fiddling with the straps of the diaper "Now now...as I'm sure you've noticed, you're no longer in control of your functions, so I'd keep that on. Don't worry, you'll be changed regularly, and when we begin each show you'll have control until we reapply them. So get comfy with your padding. As for your freedom... Behave and we'll get you a better trailer soon, maybe even let you move without so much forcing during your shows. If you girls continue to perform well, we can eventually start bargaining some things. You'll have to earn back the right to talk, the right to 'control' yourself " he gestured towards the diapers with that motion " your original forms, and finally your freedom."

The girls looked at each other hesitantly. This sounded bad...but they really didn't have much of a choice. In fact, this was their only chance to recover themselves. Even then, Betty could feel a knot of dread forming in her stomach; it couldn't be that easy. "Now here's the catch girls. You tried to steal from me. So I'm taking from you. Of those four things we listed, you're allowed to have back two of them, of your choice. The rest will be mine for the rest of your life. Understood?" The knot in her gut grew, and she felt more warmth running between her legs, perhaps her bodies cruel way of saying "I told you so".

The ringmaster reached into his pocket now "Ladies, I have to go congratulate the rest of the crew, and count funds. When its done we'll let you out and you can properly meet the rest of the crew...and get your first changing, I'm sure you'll need it. For now, enjoy your payment, gals~" Pulling his hand out of his pocket, the cat threw several peanuts into the cage before turning and walking away. Dear lord, those looked amazing and neither girl could help themselves. Diving for the nuts, both girls shoved them into their mouths, padded asses in the air and trailer shaking from their combined weight. In the background, they could hear the laughter of people who could see the trailer as they left. They would grow very used to the sound, as within two shows the crinkly elephants would graduate to being a lead attraction to the big top, drawing in crowds to laugh at the absurd dancers. Indeed, the "Tumbling Starlets" were known far and wide, their old names soon forgotten in the piles of peanuts scarfed down happily as their rewards.