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Nathan tossed his car keys into a small dish, and tossed his black briefcase onto his sleak leather couch. He sighed, and walked over to stand in front of his giant penthouse windows.

After that thing with the balloon that one fateful night, Nathan's life had suddenly turned around. He got a new job offer, with a huge salary and a new place to live. The company relocated him to the top floor on the most expensive apartment complex in the city. He had an incredible view of the entire cityscape through windows that stretched over the entire wall of the main room. The living room had a vaulted ceiling, with a large skylight at the top, letting in plenty of daylight during the day, and a beautiful view of the stars a night. He could see it all now, the twinkling lights of the city below, the moon rising in the distance.

Nathan sighed, and walked over to his briefcase. He unlocked it, and opened it to find a large, white, punch-ball balloon tucked away in one of the pockets. He untied the rubber band from the end, not wanting it to get in the way of what he was about to do.

Along with all of the fortune and life-improvement, Nathan's life had changed in another way.

He couldn't stop thinking about balloons. More specifically, that night.

He did try to reach out and talk to whoever had posted about the original spell, but to no avail. It was if they had vanished after posting that life changing process.

But all of that was of little matter now, as Nathan had the answer to his problems in his hand. He took the balloon over to where he had his small notebook, tucked away inside one of the drawers in the kitchen. There, he had come up with the spell, his own spell, after thinking for ages and ages on it.

He took both spell and balloon in hand, and went to stand in front of the windows.

With a soft smile, Nathan brought the balloon up to his lips, and started to blow. The rubber began to stretch under his fingertips, swelling softly with the air he was pushing into it. Another breath, and it swelled even further, squeaking a bit as it stretched to the size of a softball. In and out, Nathan smiled as he blew, thinking about the spell he'd written. Would it even work like before? Was that just a one time case? No, he thought, It has to work. He pressed on the now larger balloon, feeling how taut it was under his hand. It was about the size of a beach ball, perfect for his spell. He'd need a lot of air for this one.

Smiling, he held the neck of the balloon with one hand, and looked over his spell with another. He set the notebook aside, certain he knew the spell by heart. Looking out over the city, he spoke.

"Bigger and bigger, I must expand
I want to be huge; this is my command.
I want to be a balloon, as big as can be
This would certainly fill me with glee
So grant me this wish, my simply balloon
I wish to be the size of the moon!"

Sure, it wasn't as elegant as the one he'd found the first time, but it didn't have to be pretty, it just had to work. With another smile, he lifted the balloon back to his lips, and breathed in slowly, closing his eyes.

At first, he felt nothing. The balloon didn't seem to shrink in size either, which was a good sign. He put a hand on his stomach, wondering when it would start. He hummed around the balloon, thinking about how big he was going to get. If his spell worked-

"Mmmph!" His stomach suddenly surged forward, popping the buttons of his shirt and suit in one felt swoop! He opened his eyes, seeing that the balloon had only shrank a little bit, and was still pushing air into him. He let go of the neck, sure that the air would continue to flow at the same rate. His stomach made soft squeaking sounds as he ran his hands over it, feeling the seems of his suit jacket starting to pop, the air flowing into them. Before long, his torso was rounded out, his clothing in tatters, but still clinging to his form. He smiled, rubbing his squeaky form, before-

"Mhmmmmph!" He moaned out again as the sound of a balloon inflating quickly filled the air, his torso rounding up and out, the white balloon having hardly lost any air, from what he could see. He could hear the staccato pops of his sleeves' stitching, his clothing falling off of him and to the ground around his feet. Nathan blinked slowly, stroking his ballooned body slowly and carefully, taking in the sounds of him slowly filling up with his own air. His legs were starting to feel a little stiff, his belt limiting much of the growth down there. With a few grunts, he tried to reach down and pull the belt off. His bloated arms squeaked and stretched against his rounded torso, squishing it as he struggled and squirmed. He sighed, giving up and deciding to-

"Mmmmmph!" The swelling surged in his legs, his thighs and butt pressing tightly against his belt and pants. "Mmmmph!" He surged again, clearly trying to get the belt off. He grunted as his upper body was stretched tightly, his butt brushing against his puffy torso. "Mhmmmmm-mm!" He was sure he would burst, before the belt finally gave way. He stumbled a bit, bouncing gently on the floor as he quickly rounded out. He tried to stay standing, but with one push of his puffy foot, and he fell forward onto his own belly.

His arms and legs had bloated out into rounded cones, his hands and feet sticking out of the ends. He looked down to see the balloon, still, had hardly shrank from its large, beach ball size that he'd started with. He looked out to see the moon had moved further up in the sky, hanging just across from his line of sight at this point. Maybe...maybe this-

"Mm-Mmmmph!" His body swelled twice, his arms and legs filling up further, his body creaking and hissing as he stretched further. He flapped his hands, useless as he grew. Again, it paused, but only just. He could still feel the air flowing into his body from the balloon, slowly but surely. Perhaps he would be fine, as long as-

"Mmmmmmph Mmph!" He groaned again, the neck of the balloon stuck to his lips, forcing him to keep swelling more and more in quick bursts. If he relaxed a bit, the sounds of his rubbery body, squeaking and stretching with each surge were quite...arousing. Not that he had much left that could get aroused, but if his belly against the carpet was any indication, his skin was rather sensitive to the touch. He looked back at the window, and realized he could see his reflection back at him, his body a round balloon at this point, with only his hands, feet, and head sticking out of it. He was huge! Much bigger than he'd been the last time he'd tried that spell-

"Mhmmmph!" His body swelled up around his head, the sound of his own body inflating surrounding him. He could only just see his reflection at this point, the balloon looking a little bit smaller, but perhaps that was only because he was so big at this point! He looked up through his skylight, and saw the stars above him. He smirked. He could get bigger than the moon! How could he give up so soon? Renewed with confidence, he took a deep breath in from the balloon with all of his might, moaning as his body creaked and protested. His hands and feet blimped up as well, squeaking and creaking along with the rest of him. He looked down to see the balloon was getting smaller!

Just a little more... He thought, his upper half swelling up into the skylight above him. He kept going, his lower half swelling out into the rest of the apartment, his upper squeaking and swelling higher and higher. His body soon filled up the space, the sounds of overtaxed rubber filling the air.

Nathan's face was soon pressed against the window, the stars spread out in front of him. As the rest of him swelled up around him, he looked over and saw the moon...

I...Did...It... He thought before-

BANG!

Shards of Nathan's body rained down over the rest of the apartment, the balloon hissing out the last bit of air as it flopped to the ground.