Once Munkustrap, Ashley and Phantalmina were moving down back to the stage, they could hear how everyone else was talking, asking and having good time once they saw them and presumed everything was well. But once they saw Justin and Dusk, it all went silent like someone pressed the mute-button. Phantalmina felt so embarrassed about all that silent, the half of her face looked red of awkwardness, because other half of her face was covered. The silence lasted only 30 seconds when Tugger broke it panicking...

"BY EVERLASTING CAT, LARGE RODENTS! THIS IS THE END!"

That only made Munkustrap and Justin to frown to him. Surely that wasn't necessary, not to Phantalmina.

"Munkustrap, could you...? " Justin was about to ask, but Munkustrap was already walking to Tugger and giving him a good big smack to his head to shut him up.

Questions and curious chitchat started to flow, Dusk helped Phantalmina back to her seat. She looked worried. Ashley landed top of her chair making sure she was well, but for her another big mystery was at hand.

"What happened?" One of the other cats asked

"No idea...yet." Munkustrap said while placing himself closer to the chair to be close to Phantalmina.

Everyone gathered around the chair to listen what made Justin and Dusk big as human. Phantalmina tried to cover her face, for some reason or another she knew she was the cause of this. On the other reason how and why she didn't know. She feared she has made things worse again. And yet, for some reason she really wanted to know this secret too, more than others. That hug she had on the roof was warm and lovely. She has never had something that good ever since she lost her mother. Her father may have given her hugs, but they never felt this good.

"So,... what happened?" the gumbie cat asked.

"Well, short version is we followed Phantalmina to the roof. She started to sing a song, and I think on that moment it happened." Dusk tried to explain well as he could remember.

"Wow, wow. What song?" Mistoffelees asked.

"I'm not sure. But that wasn't the thing. You see, while she sang we saw some magical musical score-lines appearing around her..."

This caught Phantalmina's attention. She did sang the song and thought she was hearing the melody of that song in her head, but she didn't put notice they heard it too. (Well, she didn't even notice that Justin and Dusk where there.)

"... And once she got in the middle of it, those lines surrounded and covered us. It felt like the nature of that song was taking over, but then when we opened our eyes, we were like this." Justin finished telling.

The most uncomfortable part was coming when everyone looked at Phantalmina. 'Of course, it had to be me' she mumbled in her mind.

"Phantalmina? What was that song?"

"Something mama used to sing for me, long time ago. Every time I felt lonely she took me in her arms and sang for me that song. I... I thought it would be nice to hear it again. Something that made me feel good and safe."

"Beautiful... tender and innocent..." Isabella let softly out.

"Yes. H-how...did you...?"

"Remember that we said that we kinda heard you from the stage to the roof?" Munkustrap reminded.

It didn't needed to be told what it meant. All the ones who weared the blood-bands heard her singing straight through the roof, but only Justin and Dusk somehow transformed because of it... But it still let so many questions unanswered. 'How come they got transformed and why now?' 'Why did this song had that ability?' 'Are the other new songs like this?'...

Many other questions went over her mind,they could tell she was sweating for overthinking these things.

"Mina?" Phantalmina snaped back hearing her nickname and looked up seeing Dusk and Justin. They didn't seemed to be worried about themselves nor how others may have looked at them, they were smiling a little as if hoping she would calm down.

"Maybe I should call papa. He might know..." She said and was almost getting up from her chair.

"He won't be answering."Tantomile said quickly

"His presence is not anywhere near to answer you back."Coricopat finished.

Phantalmina sat down and let her face down again. Twins have never lied about her father, and if they said he won't be answering, that would only waist her time and make her worried more.

"Hey, it's alright." Phantalmina looked at Dusk"This could turn to be something good. At least now,... we can help you."

Phantalmina wasn't sure how to react before she noticed Jemima who had hopped on her lap smiling to her.

"Yeah. If I could be as big like you we could play music together." she said sounding happy and excited.

Phantalmina could tell that they were more interested and glad with this new surprise. Just like she kinda was, except she was trying to hide it. But she still was little worried about the consequences.

"But,... how long are you going to stay like that?" Phantalmina started to ask.

"Half a day." everyone heard Mr Mistoffelees answering to that. "I recall you father doing this only one time, in a other world. And it only lasted half a day."

"W- What if there is a prize? What if...?" Phantalmina felt difficult for not know how nor what will happen with this transformations. But then Ashley landed on her shoulder.

"Don't worry." she said kindly.

Munkustrap gave little push with his head to her legs having her attention as well.

"What ever it is, we'll go through this together, remember?"

Phantalmina had a small smile coming on. Whatever it may be, what ever will come, she wasn't facing it alone.

***

The days after that, news flew normally away. As was said, Justin and Dusk turned normal at couple hours after the morning. It kinda was interesting to see, that transformation wasn't permanent, but they did wonder; was Phantalmina able to do it again.
Phantalmina was now confused about all this. She wasn't quite sure how she did all that transformation, and it worried her how it would effect her friends.

First the blood-bands and now the transformations, as if she was changing everything around them only because she is a Phantom. But for her, honestly the transformation was actually the greatest thing she could ever figure to do. Sometimes she wished, she would have known how this transformation worked. That way, Ashley, Justin and others would be bigger like her father and they can actually hug and hold her. That was the only great thing about all it. But then, how much will it cost for her and for them.

The blood-bands cost their normal life and eternal bond to her. And this transformation,... there was no clue how it worked nor what it might cost for using.
Because of this Phantalmina sometimes was afraid to play with anything new. She did play and sang some of the old songs, hoping they won't work to the transformation. But, that idea was thrown away in September, when while she sang one of her favorite songs, Demeter and Isabella experienced the transformation. Of course, everyone were surprise at first, but they weren't afraid of it anymore.

Demeter's and Isabella's transformation was little weird but a good thing. Demeter looked lovely, some toms had their jaws drop when they saw her tall and wearing a pretty red dress. Some of her fur behind her head looked like she had short lovely hair. Isabella also had a dress, but it seemed it was from different time-are. Her dress was mostly rosie pink, her sleeves were short and white and an little short apron tide to her waist. The funny part was when Justin asked little help to snap Paco and couple others boy rats back from their dream state.
The only one shocked about it was then again Phantalmina, but she was calmed down by Demeter who placed her arms around her and hold her close. It help her a lot. Knowing that it reminded her that she wasn't alone. And that this way they can hold her just like this.
Phantalmina spend some of the nights asking Mr Mistoffelees about what he might remembered about this transformations when he was with her father. But like the last time he wasn't sure either how he did it, since he only recalled only one moment of transformation Phantom did.
Phantalmina reassured herself that once she knew more about these transformations she would stop this worrying and learn how to control it. But that would only happen when her father will arrive in Halloween's eve. Which was 7 weeks away.

Another surprise waited at the end of September. Phantalmina didn't expect, that after the transformation incident, there were more animal friends that came to request blood-bands, privately each one of them looked for a turn to talk to her. Of course, Phantalmina had more mixed feelings about their requests. Her first answers were mostly.
"Have you lost your mind?!"

But just like Munkustrap, Justin and others they didn't back off. They somehow got out of their doubts once seeing the transformations. That was one of the longest nights for Phantalmina. After first three tries Phantalmina gave up on trying to stop them.
After a private conversation with 4 bats, 5 rats, 3 mice and 4 cats, alone with each one of them, it was getting weird for her having the same conversation over and over again and losing to it.
So yeah, no wonder she gave up. She only hoped that was the last of it for this year. She might be little more confident with this once the transformation was learned to control and all her worries gone.
At the beginning of October, Phantalmina banded 16 other animals. From the rats there was Brutus, his mate Camilla, Paco, Arthur and young one named Rasco. And for the mice was Timothy, Jane and Logan. From bats, there was greywing Sofia, Elias, silverwing Kyra and brightwing Fiero. And for the cats there was the twins Tantomile and Coricopat, and for everyone's surprise Mr Mistoffelees and Rum Tum Tugger.

Now having Phantalmina's tear was the difficult task. They didn't want to hurt her and have others mad at them in the same time. Phantalmina knew this, which is why she didn't fight back with their request. But, thanks to the weird prediction abilities Twins and Mistoffelees had, they found a way and the moment to get it. They could sense Phantalmina's breaking point when she had a nightmare and fell down from her bed. She tried not to cry, but the pain was hard to hold down, not to mention the dreams were about her mother again.
Of course, everyone's first priority was to make sure she was fine. But it didn't took long till they got their blood-bands. In that same day Phantalmina made a cut and drew them. Once it was done they all comfort her and help her back to bed. She even had 18 friends on her bed sleeping rest of the day with her.