Kill Me Softly

“Birthdays are days of change. Leaving one year and entering the next. It’s a powerful time, and bad things tend to happen. We wouldn’t want you to be unprepared.”

Those who are physically transformed by magic, for good or ill, often accompanied by discomfort, suffering, or pain. The curse can be undone, sometimes through true love, sometimes via other methods (killing the enchanter, &c.).