Andrea leaned back on the bench and pulled out her phone and lunch, preparing to mindlessly scroll social media while eating the mediocre sandwich she bought from the food court. Today was not shaping up to be an interesting day, which suited her. Work a few hours at her boring, but at least well-paying, job, have a boring lunch, work a few more hours, then head home to play video games. Sure, it wasn’t the most… Stimulating lifestyle, but it worked for now. Gave her purpose, small as it was. And yeah, of course she’d like something more exciting, but she’d save that until after she finished her degree. Then she could find something exciting. Probably. However, her scrolling today was suddenly interrupted by approaching footsteps. “Andraeaaaa~…” She glanced up in surprise, seeing her friend Gilly! “Oh, hey Gilly, haven’t seen you in a while! How are you… Uh… How are you doing?“ Gilly looked… Different. Really different.

Gilly had always been the more excitable and vivacious of the two. Always chattering, flitting around, wearing the brightest colors and never stopping to think about consequences. She was often a bit too intense for Andrea, but sometimes the counterbalance was nice. But now… She stood eerily still, her body relaxed yet somehow stiff. Her normally wild hair had been combed back and was kept in place by a maid's headdress, and she wore a quite revealing black and white maid outfit. But even creepier was her expression. She stared down at Andrea with a blank, creepy smile, her head cocked to the side. Her eyes were wide open, blank, and… Spinning…? “Mistress wants me to take you to her, Andraeaaaa~…” Andrea stared up, stunned. “Wh-what…?! What happened to you?! Who is ‘Mistress’?!” Gilly replied with an eerie dreaminess. “Mistress is wonderful… Mistress showed me my purpose… And now she wishes me to show you yours, Andraeaaaa~…” She suddenly grabbed Andrea’s shoulders. “Hey…! What…?! Let go of me!” Gilly slowly shook her head. “Shhh, don’t struggle, Andraeaaaaa~… Just look into my eyes~…”

Andrea still tried to struggle, but Gilly's grip was surprisingly strong. “No, let go! I’m not going to look into… Oh gods, what happened to your eyes?!” Gilly smiled, her eyes wide. “Mistress showed me all sorts of wonderful spirals… And now the spirals are in my eyes… Aren’t they so pretty…?” Gilly's eyes were filled with a swirling black-and-white spiral, like a cartoon character who'd just been hypnotized. Andrea tried to look away, but found her gaze oddly drawn to the center of the strange, unnatural spirals. “What the hell…? Stop… How...?” Gilly replied in her dreamy monotone. “Mistress told me to stare into her pretty spirals… She told me to stare into the center… She told me to stare deeper…” Andreas, against her will, softly repeated, “…deeper…” Gilly continued happily. “She told me the spirals were spinning my will away… She told me the spirals were pulling me deeper and deeper under her spell… She told me that the spirals make me sleepy…” Andrea's eyes fluttered. “…sleepy…” Gilly pulled Andrea closer. “She told me that the spirals were in my eyes… She told me to go find my friend so I could show them the pretty spirals and make them sleepy… She whispered so many nice things to me… She wants to whisper the nice things to you too…” Andrea just nodded slowly, her eyes nearly shut. “Come with me… Mistress wants to see you…” Gilly began gently leading Andrea by the hand, and she followed. All she could see were the spirals now…

Gilly led Andrea through the mall at a leisurely but steady pace, humming softly to herself as she did so. The hums synchronized with the pretty spirals in Andrea's mind, keeping them spinning around and around. Underneath the hypnotizing spirals, Andrea dimly concluded that this was why she hadn’t seen Gilly for a few weeks. It hadn’t seemed too unusual, they were both busy with work and college and the like, so she just assumed Gilly wasn’t available to hang out. Nope, she was getting brainwashed by a ‘Wonderful Mistress' to act as a maid and go hypnotize other people for her. She wondered if she was the only one Gilly had hypnotized. How many ‘sisters’ would she have in her new life as a hypnotized maid? She would find out soon, as Gilly had just brought her to a large, sleek black limousine. A lovely voice emanated from within. “Ahhh, you’ve brought me another prospective slave already~ Bring her in, slave~” The door opened and the two girls sleepily entered, sitting mindlessly on the comfortable plush seating across from an unbelievably beautiful woman. “Perrrfect~ Driver, drive us back~” The driver mindlessly nodded and began down a route that had been seared into their brain by hours and hours of hypnotic conditioning.

The woman grinned devilishly at Andrea, eyeing her like a cat eyes a particularly tasty treat. “Mmm, how lovely~ Tell me your name, slave~” The woman’s soft, rich voice penetrated her suggestible mind, and she obediently replied in a dreamy monotone. “Andrea…” The woman leaned closer. “And who am I, slave~?” Andrea blinked slowly, the spiral there even when she closed her eyes. Did she know this woman...? Probably not... This woman was rich... Large fur coat... beautiful gloves... perfect hair... So much pretty jewelry, including a spiral pendant made of diamonds and onyx... And so beautiful... So perfect... Like she was hardly even human at all... No, Andrea in her wildest dreams would never know a woman like this. "...I don't know..." The woman looked annoyed, glaring at Gilly. "I had hoped my other slave would have made it clear... Perhaps she needs more conditioning..." Gilly shuddered, out of fear or pleasure... Or both. "I am your Mistress. I am the only person you should ever think about again. I am your world, and you shall feel pleasure from nothing but obeying me from now on. Do you understand?" Andrea blinked slowly, unsure. "...why...?" Mistress smirked. "Why? Because I am above you."

"I could buy all you hold dear in the blink of an eye, but I mercifully give you the bliss of hypnosis instead. I am powerful, and power rules the world. I am rich, and money controls everything. I am beautiful, and beauty deserves whatever it wishes. But I am kind, too. You are nothing but an ant before me, and yet I offer a pleasure I myself shall never feel. You can already feel my power overwhelming your little mind, so just Submit~... Submit to the bliss of being my obedient slave~..." Andrea almost felt herself shrinking to the size of an ant... This lovely Goddess was holding her in her palm, and she should submit a thousand times over, just for the bliss of obedience... But she hesitated slightly. She didn't SEEM very kind... Gilly made her feel a lot happier when she hypnotized her... "...Bwah... N... nahhh..." Mistress scoffed. "I suppose I was a fool to believe that a slave could do a proper brainwashing job. I shall have to punish her later." She reached into her purse and pulled out what looked like a sleek pair of black sunglasses, and placed them over Andrea's eyes. Before Andrea could react, a button was pressed, and the pretty black-and-white spiral filled her vision, even more powerful than before. She could feel her thoughts being pulled deep into the center, shrinking and turning into blissful nothingness. She knew her own eyes were reflecting the pretty spirals, and she was so happy... Mistress began whispering softly to her, gentle suggestions that snaked their way into her pliable, melty mind... She had no need to comprehend them, for her subconscious was willing to reshape itself without her knowledge... Telling her how good of a slave she was... How wonderful Mistress was... How everyone deserved to feel the bliss of obeying Mistress...

Eventually the visor was removed, but the slave still saw only the pretty spirals... She was a good, docile maid now... So eager to receive her uniform... But as she was plucked from the back of the limousine, she was confused. This wasn't the wonderful house Mistress had said they were staying in... This was just some woods... Mistress brushed off her coat. "We have a bit of a walk to do, slaves. My wonderful mansion is just up this hill. Follow me!" The two slaves obediently began following her, their obedience bringing them pleasure. 

Even in her hypnotized, mindless state, the slave felt they had been walking far too long. Mistress had said her wonderful mansion was just up this hill, but they had passed the hill a while ago. And the sky was getting so dark... Or was that the trees blocking out the sky...? It was so dark, but Mistress kept walking, and so the slaves kept following her, feeling happy and obedient. Until they reached a large, strange clearing, completely cut off from the sky yet still bright, lit with pretty glowing flowers all around them. Mistress looked around, worried. "Wait, this is not my wonderful house!" Suddenly, strange, jubilantly mocking laughter filled the clearing, and a hypnotic, echoing voice crooned, "Indeed it isn't~... It never is~..." Strange creatures appeared around the clearing, jeering mockingly at Mistress and looking curiously at the two slaves. A creature resembling a winged, bejeweled squirrel with long ribbons for legs flew up to the slave and began chittering excitedly, but suddenly flew back as a strong, pleasant hand was placed on her shoulder. A shimmering rainbow claw was placed in front of her eyes and began spinning at inhuman speeds, creating a hypnotic rainbow spiral that spun slowly but smoothly in her vision. It spun the exact opposite direction as the pretty black and white spirals, and her head started to feel... heavy... Like the rainbow spiral was counteracting the other spirals, pushing her thoughts back in... Making her think again... ***Click*** "Awaken~" Andrea blinked, suddenly completely lucid. She looked around frantically, and immediately knew what had snapped her out of her trance.

A tall, humanoid figure floated before her, their skin perfectly smooth and shifting slowly between every color of the rainbow at once. Their arms flickered in and out of existence, one currently spinning a claw rapidly before Gilly's eyes. Their hair flowed all around them, misty and hazy like the edge of a rainbow and somehow soft to the gaze, like she could feel how soft they were with her eyes. And their wings... Andrea quickly stopped trying to focus on their wings, their uncountable number of wings shimmering back and forth like light from a prism, shapeless yet perfectly defined... She could tell that merely trying would drop her deep, deep into a trance again, and she wanted to be lucid right now. Mistr- That rich bitch was staring up at the Faerie, terrified. "You... WHY HAVE YOU BROUGHT ME HERE?! WE STR-"-Uck a deal~, I haven't done anything to you~, I deserve all I've gotten~" The Faerie mockingly finished her sentence before giggling. "So predictable, mortal~! You say the same thing every time~! Almost like you're a naughty little girl who knows she broke our deal~" 

The woman sputtered. "I... I haven't... No! I didn't!" The Faerie laughed and made a scroll appear with a ***Click***. "Oh, but you did~ Exactly 115 moons ago~ Merely 25 moons after we struck our deal, even~ What a greedy little mortal you are~ The boons of power, riches, and beauty not happening fast enough for you, you attempt to replicate my magic so you could use it as much as you wanted without my knowledge~" With another ***Click***, the visor was floating before them. "But this is still my magic, if clumsily reproduced~ And per the terms of our deal, I own everything you acquire with it~" The woman was incensed. "YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO TELL ME WHAT I CAN'T DO! I AM MORE POWERFUL THAN GOVERNMENTS, I AM RICHER THAN MOST COUNTRIES, AND I AM FAR MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN Y-" The Faerie giggled. "Alright, that's enough of that. ***Click*** Down pet~" The woman immediately stopped yelling and fell to her knees, a docile smile on her face and her eyes filled with shimmering rainbow spirals. "Hmm, what shall you be today~? Perhaps... Yes, a puppy dog sounds good~" The woman started crawling around on her hands and knees, panting and barking like a little dog. The Faerie giggled with satisfaction. 

Andrea stared at the Faerie in terrified awe, while Gilly ran around the clearing in wonder, happily playing with all the creatures. The Faerie approached, and Andrea averted her gaze, not wanting to risk falling into the spirals in their eyes. "Who... Where... What's going on...?" The Faerie leaned down slightly. "I shall answer those all. I am Rajitnea, a high Faerie. You are in my clearing, where I receive all my guests. And you have been delivered to me, as my new pet." Before Andrea could say anything,  Rajitnea continued. "And I shall ask the same. Who are you? Where were you taken from? And what do you think of me?" Andrea felt so scared... But the remnants of the rainbow spiral compelled her to answer truthfully. "I am Andrea Safford Masterson, college student and cosmetics clerk at Paledon Jewelry. I was taken from the mall, when that woman brainwashed my friend Gilly to hypnotize me for her. And... I'm scared. What do you mean I'm your new pet? I want to go back home!" Rajitnea knelt down and gently plucked something out of Andrea's mouth. Right... Don't give your name to a Faerie... Oops.

Rajitnea smiled... Although Andrea wasn't exactly sure they had a mouth... "By the terms of our agreement, all slaves she acquires using the magic she tried to steal from me are to be delivered to me as pets. I am quite interested that she has begun having her own hypnotized slaves gather more for her. Perhaps I should give her a suggestion to do that more when I modify her memory afterwards~ And worry not, I am a wonderful owner. Look around you... All of these wonderful pets used to be humans like you... Trapped in a boring, unfulfilling, mundane life... But under my care, they flourish in whimsy and bliss... Does that not sound wonderful?" Andrea stayed silent for a while. She didn't want to just leave her old life! Sure, things weren't exciting right now... But she just had to get through college, and then she could find a better job, and then she could... Well, she'd figure it out once she got there... Even though that's what she'd told herself all through high school... She tried to take her mind off of that, to find any reason not to agree this would be a great idea. "I... I-It sounds nice, but... Whimsy is more Gilly's speed, not mine..." The Faerie nodded. "I have noticed this. In fact, mentioning your friend... Would you like to begin your transformation now, Gilly?" 

Gilly nodded excitedly, and Andrea suddenly realized Rajitnea had been talking to Gilly as well the whole time, right next to her. "Then stare deep, deep into my eyes~..." Gilly obeyed, and immediately grew limp, her mouth opening in a dazed grin. "Preeeeettttyyyyyyy..." Rajitnea laughed. "Indeed, very pretty~ Stare deeper now~ Let the magic flow through you~" Gilly was suddenly wrapped in a cocoon of wings, hidden from view and she began to glow a bright shimmering rainbow. "Feel yourself change~... Become your true self~... Become~... My~... Pet~..." In a flash of rainbow light, the wings vanished, and her friend stood there... A pet.

She no longer resembled a human in any way, but a round, winged piggy. Her skin was a bright, vibrant rainbow, and her wings were large and complicated, like a butterfly made of dresses. The only remnant of her former self was her wild hair, now even wilder and brighter than ever. She bounced around happily, oinking and chattering in bliss, before nuzzling up to Andrea. "Come oin!!! It's so fun!!! Gotta be a pet with meeee!!!" Andrea stared after her as she bounded away to join a group of other similarly excited pets. Rajitnea whispered in her ears. "Does that not look wonderful~?" Andrea stared at her friend, her blissfully happy friend. "I... I don't know... I don't think I would want to be all... Bouncy and whimsical like that..." Rajitnea stroked her hair. "You do not have to be. I will transform you into whatever you wish... Your true self... What do you wish for, Andrea?" Andrea looked at the ground for a while, slowly starting to tear up. "I... I don't know... I don't know what my true self is..." Rajitnea embraced her. "Do not worry. Not everyone does. Do you perhaps wish to remain as you are, in a sense? A quiet, uncomplicated life where you do not wish to decide anything right now, where you are perfectly happy letting every day pass as it may until you find what you want?" Andrea nodded softly. Rajitnea gently grasped her chin. "Then stare deep, deep into my eyes~..." 

Andrea met their swirling gaze, and immediately felt her mind melt. It was like gazing upon a whirlpool large enough to swallow the planet whole, yet filled with a feeling of bliss and safety she had never felt even a fraction of. "Stare deeper now~ Let my magic flow through you~" Andrea felt herself wrapped in a cocoon of magic, completely cut off from everything except her wonderful owner Rajitnea. Her body felt fuzzy, then light, then began to dissolve in the beautiful rainbow light. She was melting into a puddle of bliss, every thought washed from her mind, every bit of existential dread and stress vanishing as if it was never there at all. Her name vanished, storing itself inside Rajitnea alongside all the other pets she had transformed, for safekeeping. "Feel yourself change~... Become~... My~... Pet~..." And in a flash, she was, had always been, and always would be Rajitnea's pet. A cute little blob of paint. Rajitnea caressed her wobbly, gelatinous form, causing her to jiggle happily. "Quite adorable you are~ I shall bring you to my house, where I am sure you will find much more satisfaction within the stillness. And worry not, your bouncy friend may visit whenever you wish~" The pet jiggled happily. 

Living as Rajitnea's pet was so wonderful. She existed in a state of perpetual, gentle bliss, and followed a simple routine every day. Some days her piggy friend would come visit, and that was fun. And some days, that awful woman would arrive at the clearing with more who would become new sister pets. Rajitnea always transformed them into such creative forms, and Andrea considered some day asking her owner to give her a new form. But she was working on a painting right now, and she wanted to wait until that was done to ask for it. She'd know what she wanted to be by then. Probably.