The famous actress, Calista Flockhart walked across the set of her hit television show. It had been a long day of filming, and she couldn't wait to throw off this office uniform, and throw on something more comfortable. She made her way to the kraft table in order to grab a bottle of juice to calm her nerves.

After picking up a bottle cranberry juice, she made her way down the hallway to her personal dressing room. As she opened the door to it, she realized how lucky she was. The place was more like a large apartment, then a dressing room. It had a living room, a kitchen, bedrooms, and bathrooms, and even a game room. If they studio didn't have a strict policy against it, she thought she would live here.

She kicked off her shoes and rubbed her nylon coated feet in the carpet. It felt so good to be out of those office heels, she thought. She knew she was an actress, but sometimes she felt like she really did work in an office.

The actress took a long, relaxing drink of her juice and set it down on a nearby table. Noting the time, and her desire to go out to dinner, she began unbuttoning the blouse she was wearing. She looked around for the jeans and tee that she had worn in, hoping they had been cleaned by her assistant. Sure enough, they were perfectly folded on an armchair in the bedroom of the dressing room. I love that girl, she thought to herself, as she picked up the jeans, and prepared to put them on. She grabbed the waistband of the pantyhose she was wearing, and was just about to pull them down, when something moved out of the corner of her eye, startling her. She turned to look, and saw her assistant Kristie standing in the doorway. Before she could say anything, a bright flash erupted from something that Kristie was holding. Calista felt odd, as she collapsed on the floor, and her world went dark. The last thing she heard was her assistant asking if she was OK.

A few hours later, she felt the world come back to her. She had a horrible headache. Blinking a few times, she realized she was still lying on her back, staring up at the ceiling. She tried in vain to move, or roll over, but quickly arrived at the conclusion that it was impossible to do. Suddenly, her assistant's face came into her view. She felt the young girl's hands touching her body. "Don't worry, ma'am. Everything will be OK" she heard Kristie say. Somehow, Calista didn't believe that that was true at all.

She felt the girl's hands roaming around her body, and realized that she was being stripped of her clothing.

After a few minutes, the scene changed as she was forced to sit up. As she looked into the room, she saw something that completely confused her. An old woman was standing near the desk, laying things out on a table. She wanted to ask the old woman what was going on, but she was unable to speak. Eventually, the woman turned around to face her. Kristie was no where to be found.

"You, thin one, have come across bad fortune", the old woman told the actress. "I have been paid quite well to take you out of a few people's lives." Calista was furious. Who could have paid the money to have her killed, she wondered.

"Don't worry, my child, you will not be killed" spoke the old woman, as if she could read her mind. "In fact, you will live for ever" she said to her.

The words that came from the old woman instilled fear within the actress. She had no idea what to expect.

The old woman came over to her, and began sprinkling some sort of powder all over Calista's body. Then, in a movement that caused great stress, the woman actually lit the powder with a snap of her fingers, causing a loud pop, as well as great heat on her body. But, just like the snap of the finger, the explosion was over. The woman then went to the desk and picked up another satchel of powder, as well as a small bottle, and spread the contents of both on Calista's body. She was even more scared of what was going to happen this time. She closed her eyes in fear as the woman spoke aloud. She spoke, some sort of chant, in a language that the actress couldn't understand.

Suddenly, she felt very weird. She quickly opened her eyes and looked around. She could feel her skin tingle, and she looked at it, and saw the change approaching. The liquid that had come from the bottle and the powders on her skin began to mix together, and the woman's voice seemed to propel them. She felt them penetrate her flesh, and she could feel control slipping away from her.

As the woman's voice continued, Calista felt as if the world was getting larger around her. She watched, as the ceiling backed away, and the woman seemed to be towering over her, more and more. Suddenly it hit her that she was shrinking! She watched in horror, as the world grew larger around her. She could do nothing to stop it. Finally, it seemed to stop. Nothing changed. She watched as the old woman moved over and picked the girls small body up off the floor, and put it down on her desk. She could see as the woman picked up another bottle, and poured it all over the miniature body of the actress. It soaked through her skin, and began the process of turning her into porcelain. Calista felt extreme pleasure, as her body became nothing by but stone. It was so strange, feeling everything stiffen up. She was relieved when it became apparent that her brain was unaffected. She knew that she would get to experience the pleasure for a long time.

The new miniature statue of "Ally McBeal" sat, reclined on the desk as her assistant came into the room and gave the old woman a wad of money, and thanked her. Kristie came over and picked up the statuette. "Now, you can never torture me, since you are just a little statue" she told the frozen form. "Don't worry, you're not off the show though." With that, she carried the carved rock out to the set, and set it down on the one of the desks that appeared on the show. She knew that the statue would appear on TV, and that the bossy woman that tortured her would be forced to watch all the filming, forever.

The End