No Foolin' By Sasha Zarya Nexus

Chapter 5 ~ One More Time

The Story So Far:

Gail and Leo are aliens who crash on earth. Neither Aunt Emma, who found them and took them in, nor anyone else can tell, since they are disguised as humans. Barry finds an invisibility device and sets off another device that turns Gail's crush, Kevin into a Silurian which is another kind of alien. Leo catches Barry turning into a Silurian and puts him in stasis. Gail lets Kevin go free to go home to his transgirl sister Linda. Kevin finds he can do magic when he turns Linda into a born girl. Gail impersonates an angel and frightens Kevin and Linda into keeping quiet and Kevin quitting using magic. Gail and Leo fill in Aunt Emma on the whole mess. Emma has Gail and Leo turn her into a Silurian to try to fix things.

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No Foolin'

By Sasha Zarya Nexus

Chapter Five ~ One More Time

An alarm sounded but thankfully it didn't have anything to do with Aunt Emma's condition which was excellent.  She was still in the multicolored cocoon in metamorphosis to becoming a Silurian.  She still had a few hours to go before she would be finished with the process.  I recognized my young friend Kathryn, who ironically enough was Barry's younger sister and Linda, Kevin's sister.  There was a third person with them, a boy who had been beaten up rather badly that they were supporting between them.  I grabbed a portable med kit and scanner which had been disguised as a back pack and MP3 player.  I also grabbed my pager which would alert me if I were required to do anything for Aunt Emma.

I left the medical bay and walked out thru the pod cabinet into the basement. I climbed up the stairs and into the entryway where I opened the door to them.

"Hi Kathryn, I see you have another one.  I'll take him.  Follow me to my bedroom girls."

I scooped up the barely conscious boy in my arms and continued to speak to them as we went towards my room.

"Thank you, Gail.  You were wonderful to me when my friend Jerry was beaten up before his older brother gained so much of a reputation that people were afraid to mess with Jerry even when Kevin was not around.  This is my friend Linda and the boy is Edward. He's an orphan who lives at the children's home."

"I'll see what I can do for Edward.  I'm glad to meet you Linda."

"Hi Gail, We've met before.  I used to be known as Jerry.  I've really been a girl all my life but the doctors thought I was a boy.  That's why I was raised as a boy.  I started puberty early and that's when they realized their mistake." 

Linda was beginning to show a figure early and on her it looked good.  It was a good story in view of the fact that she was totally female now.  Allowing people to think that the doctors had done some minor plastic surgery to remove the appearance of non functional boy bits would allow them to accept Linda easily.  It was too bad for girls like Linda really used to be who had boy bits, but a girl's brain, that they had a stigma.

"I'm glad for you, Linda.  Have you had any trouble with narrow minded people since?"

"The girls accept me as one of their own.  I allowed their curiosity to be satisfied by letting myself be observed in the shower after P.E. by one of the girls.  After that the word spread that I was like any other girl.  My brother still has a reputation for being tough, but he no longer swears.  His reputation keeps the bigots from giving me any trouble added to them getting the word that I'm really a girl."

"That's encouraging that they are leaving you alone, Linda, and that you are fitting in.  Kathryn what is Edward's story?"

"Edward is now the favorite target of the bullies.  He's been made so much an object of scorn and stigma that even the ordinarily nice boys pick on him.  He doesn't like to be touched and he withdraws from people that frighten him. The boys make his life a continuous torment.  Usually it's not severe beatings like today, and it consists of public humiliation.  He wasn't sufficiently entertaining today and the boys took it out on him by beating him up." Kathryn explained.

Linda added, "We found out that if we surround Edward in a group of girls that we can protect him. There are times when it is girls only, like the Girl Scouts meeting we had after school today, which leave him unprotected.  I guess we delayed the inevitable since Edward got it much more severe today. We found Edward like this, as we were walking home from the Girl Scouts meeting."

We got to the door of my bedroom which Kathryn opened for me. 

"Thank you girls.  Please wait in the living room for me.  I'll see what I can do. I believe both of you girls know the way since you have both been here before."  The girls agreed and went back in the direction of the living room as I walked to my bed and laid Edward out on it.

The clothes that Edward had on were bloodied and torn.  I scanned him and discovered that his spinal column was thankfully in good shape.  I traded the clothes that he had on for my least feminine terry cloth robe.  I set up the medical kit to begin healing his injuries.  My scans also revealed that he had a male mind, unlike the scans that I had taken of Jerry which showed that in spite of being physically male elsewhere, she had a female mind.  The initial scan showed that Edward had Autism Spectrum Disorder.  He seemed to be okay for a little by himself since he had fallen asleep when he lay again on my bed after the change of clothing.  I left with his clothes, locking the door behind me.  I stopped by the living room and spoke to Kathryn and Linda. 

"Edward seems like he will be okay.    He's sleeping now and he shouldn't be disturbed."  The girls thanked me and I continued back down to the Pod Cabinet.  Our laundry in the pod cabinet could both quickly clean and also mend Edward's clothes.  I set the controls on the mender so it would include stitches which appeared to be machine sewn along where it was ripped instead of restoring the garment in new condition. The ordinary laundry was also in the basement and I dampened  Edward's clothes then put them in the dryer and set it to dry so it would appear that I had machine sewn them and washed and dried them.  I returned upstairs to my room to check on Edward.

I didn't leave Edward long enough being healed so that the outward manifestation of his injuries was completely gone.  All the internal injuries were completely healed.  I administered a short term medicine which would temporarily negate the symptoms of the Autism Spectrum Disorder, so that he could get over the after effects of the beating he had received and he would be okay with me being present.   I put up the devices of the medical kit back in its camouflage back pack.  Edward would wake soon and it would not do to let him see any of the futuristic devices. 

I left Edward again to return the med kit and scanner to the pod cabinet.  I picked up his clothes from the dryer which were barely dry and returned back to my room.  Edward was sleeping very lightly so I woke him.

"Edward, I'm Gail.  Your friends Kathryn and Linda found you beaten up and brought you to my house.  I took your clothes and cleaned and mended them while I treated your injuries.  You are going to be fine.  Here are your clothes, please put them on and join us when you are ready."

"Thank you, Gail."

I joined the girls in the living room and took a chair where I could see the hall way outside my room.  The girls were already engaged in conversation.   

"Edward needs to get out and play sports to get his confidence up and learn to deal with people.  The boys wouldn't give him a fair shot but the girls would.  If an extra girl shows up in uniform for the community center game, the coach would let her play.  We've had girls drop in before.  They sort of encouraged it by getting us all to buy two uniforms that did not have our names on them and different numbers.  She would make a very nice Edwina with her long hair."

"It would work to bring Edward to play but I don't think we should.  It's like telling Edward that he isn't good enough to be a boy.  Besides being a boy or girl is a big part of who a person is.  Forcing someone to be something that they are not isn't a good idea.  It would be different if Edward had ever said something about really being a girl.  Or even if he wanted to see what it was like to be a girl temporarily."

"But it's for her good and it's only for one game.  It's not like Edwina has to continue doing it unless she wants to."

I looked on at the girls with wonder.  I didn't have anything that I could add to the conversation.  That is I couldn't tell them that Edward was a boy thru and thru by his brain scan since that information wasn't readily available in even the best medical facilities on earth yet.  Linda had voiced everything that I would say.

"Hi girls! Linda has some good points, Kathryn.  Edward should be out momentarily.  He's feeling much better and I cleaned and mended his clothes.

Edward came out and gave everyone a big hug.  He was really feeling more social and that was due to the antidote that I had given him, but that was only a temporary measure.  Edward sat down between the two girls and they reviewed the pros and cons about going with them to play field hockey.

"I'd like to see what it would be like to be a girl temporarily.  But I would rather be called Ellen.  I just don't feel like an Edwina."

The girls escorted the newly christened Ellen to my bedroom and the adjoining bathroom.  I looked on as a bystander as they had her remove her clothes.  They saw the she had not any need to shave legs or pits.  After she bathed, they had her apply lotion over all her body.  Kathryn used some body makeup to hide the signs on her body that remained from her beating. 

Ellen put on the spare uniform and undies that Kathryn had provided.  They fixed her hair, giving it a trim to make it a bit more feminine.  They plucked her brows and made up her face very subdued since they were about to play sports but the makeup allowed the remaining bruises to be hidden. 

I stood amazed at the beautiful girl that Ellen had become.  I walked with her to the living room while the two girls stayed behind in my bedroom to change into their uniforms. 

Linda came out first, chatting on her cell phone.  "Kevin, this is Linda.  I'm on my way to the field hockey game.  We are going with Ellen who is a girl like me." 

"She was beaten up since we didn't get to escort her home.  We cleaned and patched her up with some help from Gail."

"We were going to get Ellen to change back at Gail's and I wondered if you could come over to her house so you could escort her home after she changes."

"Sure you can borrow them.  Thanks so much.  Bye Kevin." By the time the conversation had finished Linda was sitting in the living room with Ellen and I and Kathryn was coming toward us in earshot in the hallway.

"Kevin is coming over, Gail.  I hope you don't mind.  He's agreed to escort Ellen home after we fix her back up as Edward."

"It's fine with me.  It's always a pleasure to see your brother, Linda." That was an understatement.  I was going to get to spend some time with my crush. Yea me!

"We have to be going to the community center so we can give Ellen some pointers on the game before it starts.  Come on girls."  Ellen and Linda followed Kathryn as she headed out the door.  I followed behind them and closed the front door after they left. 

I went back down to monitor things with Aunt Emma.  She was coming along fine and Barry was doing well in stasis.  I noted the timer and Aunt Emma would be coming out of it about the same time that the game was ending and the girls would be coming back over. 

I was lost in thought hoping that Ellen would be okay.  I wondered if I had done the right thing temporarily negating the ASD.  If I had not then this whole plan for Ellen playing in the game would not have worked since the ASD would have interfered with getting her ready and in her ability to play.  Earth did not have the kind of medicine that we did but Edward should be getting some kind of treatment which could greatly help him cope.

I was interrupted by the signal that indicated the front door bell had been pressed.  Looking out the monitor, I saw it was Kevin.  I was off running and taking the stairs three at a time.  I reached the front door out of breath. I took a moment to compose myself, straighten my dress, smooth my hair and bring a great big smile to my face as I let him in. 

"Hi Kevin!  I'm glad that you could come over.  Please come into the living room and have a seat.  Can I get you something to drink and a snack perhaps?"

"I'd love a coke if you have one.  If you have something salty, I could go for a snack."

I went into the kitchen and poured a coke for Kevin and a diet coke for me.  I got out a couple of large bowls and poured chex mix in one and tortilla chips in the other.  I added a bowl of Salsa and one of Nacho dip to the tray. I brought everything out to Kevin placing the tray on the table in front of us. 

"I remember how much you like the work of Gail Carson Levine so I borrowed Linda's copies of the 'Ella Enchanted DVD and audio book."

"Let's see the DVD.  I love Hugh Dancy's performance."

"Anne Hathaway is easy on the eyes too."  I gave him a playful poke.  He got up and put the DVD in the player and sat down and started the movie and without some pretence just wrapped his arms around me.  I felt goose bumps! This was going to be good!

The big number at the end had just finished and the credits were rolling.  I turned down the sound in case Kevin wanted to watch the credits.

"Linda told me what happened to her.  She's a very brave girl."

"I will be forever in your debt for the time that you helped her like you just helped Ellen.  My heart goes out to any girl in that situation."

"Kevin there's something..." The door bell sounded cutting me off.  It's rather loud since there is only one chime upstairs which has to be heard down stairs too.  I stopped what I was saying and answered the door. 

A very joyful Ellen came in the door rejoicing.  "We won and I scored a goal!"

"Congratulations Ellen!"

Kevin gave Ellen a hug and he led Ellen to sit beside him in the living room and the girls did as well.  I brought the girls out some diet cokes and put on the audio book of Ella Enchanted, read by the author.

Kevin looked introspective as he must have seen Ellen as a carbon copy of his sister and then it happened.  A flash of magic and I knew instantly that Ellen was really Ellen and not a dressed up Edward.

I had the scanner disguised as an Mp3 player in my dress pocket.  I directed it to scan Ellen discretely then read the results.  Ellen was 100% female and non longer had Autism Spectrum disorder and a trans-boy.  Kevin had used the same spell and had not touched Ellen's mind with the feminizing magic.

The pager went off and excused myself to go downstairs.  I knew that Ellen would be aware that drastic things had happened to her but she was in so much shock that she just sat there with her legs crossed sitting, snacking and listening just like Linda and Kathryn. I went to the medical bay and found an alert and smiling Aunt Emma who was now a female adult Silurian.

"Hi Aunt Emma!  I'm glad to see you are back with us.  You turned out nicely. How do you feel?"

"I feel wonderful.  I have the magic that I'm supposed to have and the maturity to only release it consciously.  I also have some capability to inhibit the magic of Silurian children within a certain range."

I implanted the band into Aunt Emma's arm and activated it so that she looked her human self again.

"None too soon, Kevin has done it again!  He thought that Ellen was a trans-girl like his sister Linda and used the same spell on her that he did on his sister.  It just came out unconsciously like before.  He can't control it even trying."

"Okay, I'll go up with you and freeze time and then unfreeze you.  We'll back things up to before it occurred.  After we avoid the initial problem with Kevin's spell, I'll see if I can fix things for Edward so his situation will be less of a problem."

"Let's go!" When we got into sight of the living room everything froze.  Time restarted for me.  "Are you okay Sweetie?"

"Yes, Aunt Emma. Go ahead and I will tell you when." Time went into reverse and rewound the events.  I called "When!" right after everyone had sat down and before Kevin had conjured the spell.

"Okay, Gail, go to where you were in the room at that point.  I'll restart time then duck out and reenter the room normally."

I got into place and time got restarted.  Aunt Emma entered the room.

"Hi girls and Kevin! I'm Gail's Aunt Emma. Girls, what are your names?"

"Miss Emma, I'm Linda, Kevin's sister."

"I'm Kathryn, Linda's friend."

"Hi Miss Emma, I look like a girl named Ellen now, but I'm really a boy named Edward.  The girls played dress up with me so I could go with them to play field hockey with them.  I'd like to get changed back into my clothes so I can go home."

"Aunt Emma, Edward's clothes are in my room if you want to help him get changed."

Ellen followed Aunt Emma into my bedroom.  They were in there a few moments and then a quite different Edward emerged.  All traces of the feminization that the girls had performed on Edward had gone.  In fact he had short hair and was built like a football player.  It was apparent that he had entered male puberty. 

"Edward, you are really looking good now.  Aunt Emma did a good job cutting your hair."

"I like it!  I guess I will be going home.  Looking like this, no one would dare mess with me."

"I'm glad you are feeling good Edward.  Kevin, looks like it was a false alarm.  If you could go downstairs with me, there is something you can help me with."

"I guess I'll be going too, Walk with me to the corner, Linda?"

"Sure, Kathryn. Thanks for the hospitality!" Edward left going in one direction and Linda and Kathryn left going in the other.  Everything appeared to be fine.  Not only had Aunt Emma given Edward's puberty a kick start but she had also taken away the Autism Spectrum Disorder.

I hated to trick Kevin but now that Aunt Emma was awake we needed to find out if she were going to have the effect that we thought on both Kevin and Barry to impede them from using magic. 

After using the stasis device to put Kevin under, I had Aunt Emma remove his clothes and place him in a hospital gown such as Barry already had on.   We moved both of them to a containment cell which had a force field which would keep either it from escaping except by using magic.  Aunt Emma was inside the cell sitting in one chair facing them while Barry and Kevin were sitting in chairs side by side.

I was monitoring things from outside.  

"Aunt Emma, are you ready?"

"Yes, bring them out of it and I will see whether I have any effect on them."

"I'm bringing them out of stasis, now!"

Both of them woke up and as if by instinct both reached over and took the other's head in their hands.  A flash of light surrounded Kevin. We waited for it to fade to reveal what had happened to him.  When the light faded, Kevin was revealed to be a Silurian female.