With the next morning I awoke pleasantly enough. I felt around the bed which was empty except for me. The covers next me appeared disturbed so I gathered Grandmother had gone to sleep sometime in the late evening but had already arisen. The sheets felt cool (as did my head). My body felt better. I figured the wild dream I had must have been the sign of my fever breaking and that my senses had returned. No sense disturbing Grandmother with the wild goings on inside my sick fevered mind last night β the fever had obviously brought on a profane depraved fantasy that my mind saw as reality in flickering candle-light, but with the bright morning sunshine streaming through the open windows along with a fresh mountain breeze, sanity was now walking with me hand in hand.
I put on the old work clothes Grandmother had placed on the chair near the bed. There was an old pair of brown lederhosen, underpants, a red checked shirt, a brown vest, gray socks, and some work shoes. It all fit much better than the traveling clothes my mother had outfitted me with. There was even and old Tyrolean had for my head with an antelope brush pin to protect me from the sun. It was very thoughtful of her!
I found a pewter cup of water near the bed and had my first sip of the day. I then glanced around for my grandmother Hilde. I walked around the kitchen but she was not there. I saw the door to the barn was open and heard her greeting the animals as she fed and watered them. She was happily saying hello to the sheep one by one, then the chickens, and then the goats βthey had lived together so long they were extended family.
I walked through the doorway and stepped quietly on the straw covered floor. Oma Hilde had her back to me and was talking to an old billygoat, stroking his chin and offering him a bucket of grain. She didn't see me yet. I wanted to let her know I was feeling better and that the sickness was completely gone. She continued to stroke to him talking and cooing.
"There you are
Liebling
," she said to the goat, "eat up! Will put you and the females out in the back yard today and up the mountain later this week!"
"Grandmother?"
Grandmother turned around and started to say "Oh Stephen you are up it is so good to..."
I let out a shriek and fell back in horror onto a pile of hay! I looked up at the thing before me and could not quite comprehend, it couldn't be but it was! Was I mad? Was I still asleep? Staring back at me was a twenty year old girl in my grandmother's clothes but with her voice still! Her face was young and with no wrinkles and the eyes looked young and sharp with white whites and clear blue centers. Her bust pushed to heavy full melons straight out and slightly upward.
"What is going on?" I said more pleading than demanding.
Grandmother touched her face with her hands and made an "O" with her mouth as she remembered.
"Stephen, you came in me last night while we made a magic to heal you. I benefitted from that seed and the energy it released! After you began to drift off I also took your cup of urine and mixed it with some herbs and gave it to myself. Your essence heals and with a little of my knowledge and magic I took care of a few more of my ailments! Don't be scared!"
"So you made yourself young again?" I was shocked, scared, and in awe all at once.
"I did it to feel better! Look silly boy, my bones and joints feel GREAT and my feet don't hurt, as for my face and appearance, this is only a temporary thing as long as I focus on the spell in the back of my head. Don't be upset!"
"Well I don't thi...."
"Quiet! Quiet!" she said with one palm extended to stop my protests. She set the bucket of grain down and then stood still for a second concentrating hard. At first her breasts grew even bigger!
"Oops wrong way!" she said with a grin of perfectly white healthy teeth. Then she refocused and the breasts shrank and shriveled under her clothing. Her body bent and became older and frailer. Her wrinkles came back and her eyes lost that youthful flash. She stood before me as she had appeared the previous night.
"Satisfied?" she said with a shrug.
"So it's true."
"Yes it's true! I was giving the animals a little surprise to see how I looked. You are a healer. When your fluids were added to my body I was able to add that to my powers to create a youth spell last night with the help of your urine. The only thing is like a lot of spells it requires a lot of concentration but once I get it turned on in my mind I can keep it on for a while and do other things before I get tired and have to change back to myself. This is just an appearance spell, on the other hand you really did make my joints and insides turn back the clock several years just by using your semen, that of a healing wizard. Thank you! Mind if I turn back?"
"Uh...no."
"Good!" With that she concentrated and concentrated and her face smoothened and her skin became taught. Her body stood taller and more erect. Her bosoms again pushed out and up like two welcoming cushions straining against her clothing. The last things to change back were the eyes which now lovingly stared back with a wonderful healthy radiance.