When she had finally woken up, Starlight felt completely groggy and dizzy, almost like she passed out from flying mach speeds on her broom. She had trouble sitting up in her bed as dawn cracked through the wooden shutters. The morning sun blinded her as she finally gathered the strength to pick herself up and close the window shutters.

Starlight yawned as she dragged her body towards the bedroom door and entering her personal bathroom. She splashed a bit of warm water from her collected water bucket to re-open her eyes.

“Ha…today’s the day, Starlight”, she quietly boasted to herself, “My new shadow will pillage every piece of candy out of their town and make me rich.”

She tried to quickly pick herself up, but something pulled her down. Confused, but fully awake, she looked down…and there, she spotted a lump distending from her gown.

“What…what is this?” Starlight said, starring at the bump on her. It was the size of a grapefruit poking out of her. She placed a palm on it and pressed down. It was firm, causing chills to start rising in the Spellcaster. She raised her hands her to her cleavage, and now it was clear that they had grown, too. Starlight’s breathing began to increase from the panic.

“What—what’s happening to me??”

She rushed back to the bedroom and looked upon her form in shock and disgust. Her perfect figure had been blemished by an unusual growth. She then remembered the words the spirit spoke.

“Candy, candy for my tummy, make this spellcaster the proper—URGH!!”

Audible growls and poking flesh instinctively made the Spellcaster grab her stomach. She witnessed as the lump inside her swelled burst by burst until her belly became the size of a melon. The noises and feelings quickly dissipated after that.

“…M-mommy…”

She now knew the danger that she had created upon herself. The spell the spirit placed on her had fertilized one of her eggs to become the shadow creature she demanded. A rather dirty trick for an innocent, but busty, spirit.

“I must contact that dirty pink ghost quickly. Before I explode!

Starlight exited her room back in her witch attire, but now with the changes, the belt buckle now distended along with the growing womb inside her. Starlight shook off any negative thoughts and started gathering the supplies to re-summon the spirit. She worked quickly, knowing well that more growth spurts may end up pinning her.

All the ingredients were now in place, all but the candy in the top room of the tower. The Spellcaster used her power to quickly return to the top of the tower…but it failed.

“W-what?”

Again she attempted to use her magic to quickly head to the top, but something was causing her to no longer use spells. And all she had to do to find the culprit was to look down.

“…you will pay for this spirit.”

With no other option, she ascended her tower to her treasure room. She had to catch her breath due to the creature inside her crushing her lungs. But when she came to, she grabbed ten pieces of candy and was about to leave…but a craving inside her was feeling slightly hungry. In hopes of satisfying her trip up, she grabbed an extra piece of candy for herself and stuffed it away in her pocket. Starlight descended the stairs, feeling less tired than before and held the ten pieces in her hand above the cauldron.

“I summon the spirit of trick-or-treat,
their bargains and exchanges that cannot be beat,
I, the summoner have nothing to lose,
How will they decide, how will they ch—CHOOSE!!

Starlight’s belly began to shake and churn as she accidentally dropped the pieces of candy. Good news for Starlight was that they all landed in the pot. The bad news were the feelings inside her shaking up a storm as her womb expanded out and plumped up to the size of a watermelon. And speaking of melons, her breasts weren’t any stranger to the change as they swelled up to match the demands of her insides.

Catching her breath again, she groped a breast and knew what was happening; she was creating the motherly nutrition for the demon shadow inside her. But she doubted that it would need that to survive. She looked up to see the cauldron that had sparked out a pink, glowing orb again.

“S-spirit! I wish to undo our bargain! I’m—“

“Hello!” spoke the orb, “If you’re hearing this, this is a recorded message from me! PONK! I am unfortunately unable to speak to those who had already conjured me for their services. They must wait another 1,000 years to use my services again.”

Starlight’s heart sunk.

“HOWEVER!” the voice continued, “If you have used my services in less than 24 hours and are currently experiencing any difficulties, relax! I will return at our designated time to properly negotiate any further details about our bargains. I hope this recording has helped understand any concerns and remember: No refunds!”

The pink orb crashed into the cauldron and exploded in a puff of smoke. Starlight let her knees touch the floor. She had to process what was going to happen to her. With the spirit’s aid unavailable until sunset, Starlight might be unfortunate enough to explode before she arrives! Now panicking in place, she felt around her pockets in hope of books, spells, addresses, ANYTHING to undo the mess she had placed upon herself.

Her panic came to a sudden halt when she remembered she stuffed a piece of candy away in her pocket. Starlight could only let out a sigh in defeat and decided to eat the piece of candy. She unwrapped the wrapper and plopped it into her mouth. It was strange for her; in all her years of harvesting candy, she had never had a piece until now. She allowed it to slowly melt away inside her mouth and swallowed its contents. The panic she was having felt non-existent as she experienced her first piece of candy. She was pleased.

“Have…have I been hoarding candy this the entire time and never once eaten it?” Starlight questioned herself, “Why do I suddenly feel silly from never eating it?”

The spellcaster was puzzled. She was impregnated with a shadow demon and slowly growing, but also just had her first piece of candy. What was she to do? She placed a palm on her swollen girth. And then she looked up where the candy would supposedly be.

“…I must prepare myself quickly. Before I’m unable to move.” With a snap of her finger, an idea lit up in her head, “Besom!”

Starlight got back onto her legs and whistled out to someone…but they never came. She whistled out again but nothing returned the call.

“Oh…right…”

Starlight walked up to her personal kitchen and unlocked a closet door. Inside were a couple of soup cans, a few spell books and a lone broom sitting on the wall.

“Uh, Besom?”

The broom had come alive and quickly flew out. It started to cause a ruckus, running into tables and knocking over cabinets.

“Besom! Besom stop!”

The broom finally looked over to Starlight, but darted off far from her as quickly as possible.

“No, Besom come back! I need your help!”

It took a couple of seconds, but the broom tip toed up the stairs and confronted her. Although it had no arms, its bristles said everything it needed; it did not like her for abandoning her flying broom years ago.

“Besom…I know I haven’t ridden you in years, but now might be the last time…”

The stance it had went back to normal. Probably filled with concern or confusion.

“I don’t have much time. A spirit I conjured has placed a demon shadow inside me. It’s growing slowly and I won’t be able to maneuver up and down these stairs sooner or later.”

The broom turned 180 degrees and stepped away from its old master.

“Please…help me. This is my only request of you today.”

Turning slightly back towards its master, the broom agrees to aid the Spellcaster for the last time.

“Thank you, Besom. I don’t know what’s going to happen tonight but I’m expecting the worst. And I must prepare for it.”

Starlight pulled out a note pad and started writing a list of items using an inked quill.

“I need all this on the center floor. I’m going to go a bit slower but you’ll be able to get around much faster than I can. Are you up for it?”

The broom bent its bristles in agreement.

Starlight tied the notepad to Besom as he dashed away towards the bottom floors.

“AAUUGHRR—“

The Spellcaster caught herself this time and kept her arms firm on the table. The movements inside her increased again as now she was in a stance to witness the growth first hand. Her womb had begun bumping up again, causing Starlight to grunt from every burst of growth. Her breasts slowly swelled up with the belly, and now her setup looks as though she may give birth to twins.

“P…please hurry,” Starlight pleaded.

Author's Note

The entire story was written on a single word document. No breaks for even larger chapters since I'm far from making a story of THAT magnitude.