"I'm back, dear." the large female lizard smiled as she sauntered into the room her footsteps surprisingly light for her immense girth.
Behind her she pulled a cart practically groaning under the number of sweets and snack items on it. Tabitha spotted cupcakes, cookies, brownies, cake slices, sweet breads, and a whole lot more. And that was just on the first shelf of five.
"Please relax," the large female smiled as she gently but firmly grabbed Tabitha by the shoulders and guided her to the bed, "You need to rest after your long trip."
"Thanks but really I'm fi-gluh!" Tabitha was cut off as the lizard female all but stuffed a cupcake down her throat.
"No you're not," the lizard female replied sitting on the bed next to her, "Look at you, you're practically skin and bones. The journey must have been quite a difficult one. You should never have left home my lady."
"Excuse me mam," Marty spoke up, "But what journey are you referring to?"
The large lizard looked a bit surprised at the question. "Why the Royal Summons from the king himself. King Rothgar decreed he wished to meet with the lady of this house, and one does not simply turn down a request from the king."
John looked perturbed. "Rothgar was the father of our current ruler, King Halberd," John muttered to the others in an undertone as the lizard fed Tabitha another cupcake despite the vixen trying to protest, "Something isn't right here. It's hard to place with the added weight, but this servant couldn't be more than twenty years old. Rothgar stepped down from his rule almost thirty years ago when he handed the crown to his son."
"It's possible she's under an enchantment of some sort," Marty replied quietly, "Though what kind I cannot say. Whatever magic might be woven into her is so subtle I can barely detect anything."
"Why are you not eating?" the lizard females voice suddenly broke in on their conversation, "Please, eat and enjoy. Any guests of my lady deserve the best."
"Thank you," Cassy smiled selecting a brownie from the cart, "We are most honored by your generosity."
"Oh think nothing of it my dear," the lizard female blushed as she fed Tabatha a cookie, the vixens protests going unheeded, "It's the least I can do for the guards who kept my lady safe in her travels."
John and Marty likewise grabbed some food, but just before they were about to take a bit, a faint sound caught their attention. It sounded like a straining, faintly ripping noise, like cloth being torn slowly. It took a few moments of looking around to locate the source of it and when they did their eyes went wide.
Tabitha by now had only been fed half a dozen of the sweets, but there was a noticeable change in the vixens figure. If not for her form fitting clothes they might not have spotted it, but now the ties that fastened her leather vest together were straining as new mass pushed from behind.
Tabatha was feeling shocked herself as she prodded the new mass on her torso that hadn't been there mere minutes ago. Her figure looked like she'd put on easilly twenty pounds, most of it seeming to have gone to her belly and constrained breasts. She winced as she felt the outfit become more constricting, even as one of the ties of her vest popped, allowing more of her straining blue undershirt to be seen.
Cassy stood in shock, the brownie still held in her hand, "How...?"
Marty quickly shushed her and inclined his head away indicating they should take a step back and talk.
"It must be the food," he whispered when he felt that the lizard female wouldn't hear them, "It probably has some curse on it to make whoever eats it gain weight. Remember the journal? I bet that's what happened to the owner of this castle."
"Then we need to do something fast," John replied as another tie on Tabithas vest popped, "She'll be too big to help us if this keeps going."
"I have an idea," Marty replied.
A few moments later they returned to the cart and pretended to eat the food, but through some careful palming of the sweets they were able to stuff them in their bags without taking a bite. The only problem was they had to go slow, or risk angering the lizard female for being to greedy.
As such by the time the try was nearly empty Tabitha had fully ripped out of her leather vest and her shirt was riding up over a belly that made her look nine months pregnant with twins.
"Oh dear," the lizard female replied seeing the cart was empty, "You all must have been very hungry. I better go get some more snacks."
As soon as she left Tabitha groaned and flopped back on the bed, "Thank you, I don't know how many more of those sweets I could take."
"Well we're not out of the woods yet," John replied as he and Marty helped her up, "We have to get out of here before she returns or we'll all be in trouble."
With that they half-carried Tabitha out of the room, Carry leading the way. The hallway beyond was large and richly decorated, with numerous doors leading off both sides. Taking the direction opposite the lizard female had gone, they moved as quickly as they were able, but after three more corridors and a half a dozen ornate rooms, it became clear they were lost in the castle.
"What do we do now?" Tabitha groaned, her stomach still digesting the sweets she'd been stuffed with.
"Well..." John began.
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