A/N: Thought I'd throw up the next story tonight. This should be a funny one.
Chapter One: Magic Practice
It had been about a week since Chumvi and Tama had joined the pride. Tama had made a full recovery from her snake bite and the only thing that remained from it was the wound itself, which was still healing. Everyone had agreed to let Chumvi stay, since he had been exiled from his pride for being magical. Tama had run away to find him, nearly dying in the process.
Chumvi had been regretting being magic, but now that Tama was with him, and he was in a pride that accepted him, he was now free to use his magic whenever he wanted. He had been actually wanting to practice his magic more, and since there wasn't anyhting to do today, he figured he take the time for a little magic practice.
"Hm..." Chumvi said to Tama, "What spell should I try first?"
"Try turning that bush into a tree." Tama pointed at a bush that was about ten feet away, "That's a transformation spell, right?"
"Yep." Chumvi said as he looked to the bush, "I'm not too skilled with these spells, but I'll give it a shot." Chumvi aimed his paw at the bush. A blast of magical energy shot out of it and hit the bush. In a flash in went right from a bush to a tall tree.
"Hah! It worked!" Chumvi exclaimed. It wasn't very often one of his spell had the intended effect.
"Try changing it back." Tama told him.
Chumvi took aim once again and sent a magic blast at it. This time, it didn't work. The tree exploded into thousands of pieces, making pieces of scorched wood rain down all around them.
"Well," Chumvi said as he raised a foreleg to shield his head from the debris. at least it worked once..."
"What was that!?" Nala exclaimed.
"Well," Kulaani said, "judging by the explosion and the flash I saw... I'd say some sort of magical energy."
"Chumvi." Simba said, "One of his spells must have gone wrong again."
"Should we go check on them?" Tora asked, "That looked pretty powerful."
"You all have fun with that..." Vitani said, sitting next to Kulaani, "I'll just hang here. I don't want to get blown up."
"Suit yourself." Kulaani told his girlfriend, "I'm actually interested, but I guess that's just my nature." He looked back at the other cubs, "Let's go see."
When Simba and the other cubs arrived where Tama and Chumvi were, they saw the burnt pieces of tree littered across the ground.
"So," Haiba said, "What was that explosion? I'm guessing you either blew something up, or that was one heck of a romantic moment I missed out on."
"Chumvi blew up a tree." Tama said, "His first spell was successful..." She motioned to the scattered debris, "The second, not so much."
"That's apparent." Simba said, "What spell was it?"
"Transformation." Chumvi said, "I think I'll try a color change spell now."
"What the hell does that mean?" Angani asked.
"Basically, it can change the color of the fur of anyone who is in the range of it." Chumvi explained, "Don't worry, even if this goes wrong, there's only a ten percent chance of us getting hurt."
"Seems good to me." Simba said, "Do it."
"Are you nuts, Simba?" Nala asked.
"But I want to see if I change color!" He said, "Picture it, me, the Prince of the Pridelands with awesome blue fur!"
"I don't know..." Kora said, "Seems dangerous."
"Who cares?" Simba said, "Do it. It will make me look even cooler!"
"Okay." Chumvi said, "Here it goes..." Both of his paws were enveloped in a white light. It quickly spead from his paws and surrounded all of them in it. After a few seconds. It faded away.
When the light was gone, they all had a hard time seeing because it had been so bright.
"Why do I feel funny?" Simba asked. He quickly clapped a paw over his mouth. That wasn't his voice, it was too high pitched.
"Simba what-" Nala did the same as he did, stopping in mid-sentence. Her voice was deeper than it had been.
Once their vision was back to normal, they could see exactly what the problem was. They all still had the same fur color, but the spell had an unintended effect.
"Oops..." Chumvi said. He also now had a higher voice.
"Chumvi..." Simba said.
"It appears I accidentally performed a gender swap spell..." he, or rather she said.
"Are you serious..." Angani said. Her voice had remained unchanged, "I'm going to kill you..."
"Well..." Mkali said, "I feel awkward..."
"I don't see the issue." Haiba said, looking himself over. "I like it. I can just think of all the possibilities now..."
"What am I going to tell my girlfriend?" Kora asked, "I'm pretty sure she'll dump me now!"
"Same here." Sora added.
"At least I don't have that issue..." Mheetu said, looking over at Tora, "Though kissing will be a bit weird..."
"I can fix this." Chumvi said, "I just need to-Ah!" He was violently grabbed by the throat by Angani.
"You better fix it you little runt!" Angani shouted, "If I'm stuck with a... a... well, you know, for the rest of my life, you're going to pay!"
"Hey!" Tama yelled in a rough voice, "Just set him... her... down."
Angani released Chumvi, dropping her to the ground.
"You better find a way to fix this." Angani said before leaving with Mkali.
"I'm going to need sometime to perfect the spell." Chumvi said, "If you find some other way to reverse it, let me know... Until then, I guess just deal with it."
Simba and her friends all looked at each other. They knew this situation was going to get interesting... Especially when their when everyone else found out...
"Well," Haiba said, "Now, I know what it's like to be a girl... Time to find out more..."
"No." Simba said, "You're going to help us find a way out of this. Let's go."
"Awww..." Haiba said as they all started to the water hole. Who knows if Chumvi would get that spell right again, they needed to find another way to get back to normal... If there was one.
A/N: Isn't this a delightfully awkward situation! Talk about feeling uncomfortable... How would you feel if your boyfriend or girlfriend switched genders? That's right. Weird. Next chapter tomorrow, possibly two.