A prisoner in my own mind
Sydney Moya
© 2014
All rights reserved
Synopsis
Ashley touches an alien artefact one day and an alien invades his body with incredible results.
Chapter One
“Make sure you’re back before 7, your granny’s coming for dinner,” said Lorna Smith as her 16 year old told her he was going to his friend’s home.
“Ok,” said Ashley as he hurried out of the house.
Gaming with Marco was every bit of fun as he’d expected it to be so much so that he’d lost all track of time. It was now a quarter to seven
Ashley cursed his tardiness. He’d lost all track of time playing FIFA 2014 at Marco’s, his best friend’s house and wouldn’t make it home before 7pm in time for his Nan’s arrival. His house was at the end of a cul-de sac and fifteen minutes from Marco’s. There was a short cut through an undeveloped thicket that would cut his travel time by at least ten minutes. He was loathe to use it as he’d been warned time and again not to use it in the evening but his desperation won out and he felt he had no other recourse if he was to get home on time.
As he hurried though the brush he didn't really pay much attention to where he was going and before he knew it he had stumbled over something and landed face first on the turf.
“F***!”
He stood up gingerly, hoping he hadn’t been injured in the fall. He breathed out a sigh of relief. No scratches anywhere just a bruised ego he realised. He looked at where he had tripped to see what it was that had caused his fall.
It looked like a rock; its tip which had brought him down was jutting out of the ground and on closer inspection it appeared quite smooth. His curiosity got the better of him and with all thought of tardiness momentarily forgotten he knelt down to take a closer look.
He placed his hand on it. It was quite smooth like glass in fact. Satisfied he lifted his hand but it wouldn’t move. He was stuck to the rock.
“What the..?”
He made another attempt to remove his hand but nothing happened. He then decided to use his other hand to pull himself off but when he tried to do so nothing happened. He couldn’t move his hand. He tried his foot, same thing, nothing happened. He turned his head but it refused to turn. It was like his brain was sending instructions which weren’t getting to his muscles. Terrified Ashley screamed but no sound came out of his mouth.
The rock he was stuck too suddenly pulsed and a bright light came from it, engulfing him. That was the last thing he remembered.
When Ashley regained consciousness he was back in his own bed. He had no idea how he’d got there. He tried to get up but his body wouldn’t obey him.
“What’s going on?” Ashley thought.
He wasn’t prepared to hear another voice answering him back.
“I have acquired your body for the regeneration of my race,” something said to him.
Now hearing voices in one’s head is never a good sign.
“Am I going nuts, I can’t be hearing stuff too,” Ashley wondered.
“No Ashley Morgan Smith. That stone you fell over was my life pod. By touching it you awakened my consciousness and as you are an organism advanced enough I have seen it fit to use your body to regenerate my species. I have full control of your body now and have confined you to a section of your brain. I believe your species is the most advanced on this planet which wasn’t the case when I first arrived,” said the voice which sounded a lot the disembodied voice of Jor-El in Smallville Ashley thought.
“Oh that is because it seemed an appropriate reference. I can sound like anyone you want to hear,” said the voice.
“Who are you and you can’t just take over my body, it’s mine,” said Ashley indignantly.
“I am Aspqryxtallwhfhgyni’gjkhiyuythdeb from the Ghjy ukkhis’dngvrytjgn Home world,” said the voice.
Ashley cringed as the name was said in a series of high pitched screams and low guttural grunts.
“As you can see it is not pronounceable in your language so you can call me Jav,” said the voice, “as to your second question I am within my rights to take your body as you are of an inferior species,”
“Human beings are not inferior” said Ashley immediately.
“Then why is it that I found it so easy to take over your body? Any decent race would have neural defences but you have none and only use a fraction of your brain capacity. You are clearly quite primitive. To me you are similar to the horse’s your race rides. Though the gulf in our intelligence is much greater than the one between you and a horse,” said the alien factually, without the slightest hint of sarcasm Ashley surmised.
“Sarcasm, how fascinating,” said Jav, “this concept is unknown amongst my race.”
“Are you reading my mind?” Ashley said.
“In a manner of speaking yes, I have gone through your mind and discovered everything you know which isn’t much I suspect but for a juvenile it is to be expected. However I will fill these gaps in my knowledge of your race by using this internet you think has the answer to everything,”
“What do you want to do with me?” Ashley asked.
“I will reproduce myself using your body. I will give birth to a child who will have another aspect of my consciousness,” said Jav.
“Give birth? I’m not a girl mate,” said Ashley indignantly.
“Yes, you are the wrong sex. You humans are very strange but that can be rectified,”
“Rectified,” said Ashley confused.
“Yes, according to your biology teacher Mr Perkins males like you have an XY chromosome combination which is what made you male which I suspect is a gross simplification but it is easy enough to convert the Y to another X and remake your reproductive system using certain cells in your body which can be as easily altered as it was to take your body. I will have to acquire more information so that no one is alarmed when you become a girl,” said Jav.
Ashley was stunned into silence.
“You can’t do that!” he finally said
“Well I’ve already begun; I have started reducing your testosterone production and increased your oestrogen production,”
To be continued
A prisoner in my own mind
Sydney Moya
© 2015
All rights reserved
Synopsis
Ashley touches an alien artifact one day and an alien invades his body with incredible results.
Chapter Two
Ashley didn’t remember falling asleep. He just awoke from what seemed to be a deep slumber. He remembered being told his body would be changed into a female so some alien could reproduce. He shuddered at the thought.
Jav was sitting in front of his desktop, taking seconds to read the pages it seemed.
“Good morning,” Jav said to him.
“How did you know I was awake?”
“I have an instinctive awareness of everything in this body particularly you. I don’t have a subconscious like you,” said Jav.
“What are you doing?” Ashley wondered.
“Finding a way to change your reproductive system and make it socially acceptable at the same time,” said Jav.
“Why did you pick me?”
“I didn’t, you did by touching my pod,”
“Can’t you bugger off to someone else?” Ashley asked.
“Really Ashley, accept what has happened, it’s no use moaning about what can’t be changed,” said Jav.
The next few days were odd for Ashley; it was like he was dreaming. Jav lived his life and he was nothing but an observer. He would have gone mad if it wasn’t for Jav secretly tweaking something thus preventing him from freaking out. It worked up to point.
“Honey you’ve got breasts,” said his mother when she spotted him taking off his shirt to place in the clothes hamper.
Ashley was mortified as a worried Lorna came over and looked at the budding nipples and the puffy chest. He was sure he would have blushed if it was possible. He hadn’t noticed any changes which proved Jav was playing with his mind as well as moving on with his plan.
As it was Jav turned red on his behalf.
“It’s nothing Mum,” he heard the usurper say.
“It most certainly is. How long has this been going on?” Lorna.
“I just woke up like that,” said Jav.
“Go change, I’m taking you to Dr Evans,” said Lorna.
“Mum,” said Jav.
“This is not a discussion young man,” said Lorna sternly.
Jav skulked up to his room and changed into a hoodie and jeans. Ashley was disgusted by how well he pretended to be him. His reaction was just what he’d have done too.
“Ashley,” he heard his mum call.
Jav hurried downstairs and joined Lorna in the kitchen. She locked the door and they got into the car. The drive to the surgery took 30 minutes and before Ashley knew it they were there.
Dr Evan’s examined Jav and took some blood samples. He then told them to return in two weeks while assuring both of them that it was probably gynecomastia which affected a percentage of teenage boys but usually resolved itself within months. He told them the blood samples were just to ensure there was nothing untoward happening.
Ashley should have been relieved but he knew Jav’s plan was working; he was going to be turned into a girl against his will. As they left the surgery he started yelling and shouting at Jav to let him out and to stop what he was doing. Jav’s response was to put him under.
Jav was a weird one. If he'd been human he'd be termed a sadist. He woke Ashley up as he was trying on a bra and panties. Looking in the mirror Ashley saw a body that looked different. His face had changed slightly, he looked prettier and those breasts looked like more than fried eggs now and as Jav put on the bra, they seemed to get bigger.
“I don’t own any bra’s,” was all a shocked Ashley could say.
“Yes I remedied that. I got this and another one yesterday. Nice, aren’t they?” Jav answered.
He showed him a memory of him walking into a Victoria’s Secret outlet as bold as brass and buying two Wonderbra’s. Jav had then went and bought some make-up, skirts, two tops and a summer dress and pair of heels all while dressed as a boy.
Jav turned around and admired the image in the mirror. Ashley noticed his bum was much bigger and his waist seemed smaller while his hips seemed to have expanded slightly. The bulge he was supposed to see in the tiny panties was non-existent.
“Yes I’ve been shrinking your meat and two veg. I’d rather do the whole thing overnight but I can’t afford to bring too much attention to this,” explained Jav.
Ashley wanted to yell out in frustration as he heard this but Jav had dampened his emotions it seemed. All he could feel was a sense of resignation as he watched Jav put some make-up on his face and dress in girl’s clothes.
The result surprised him, he looked incredible. Ashley looked at a pretty sixteen year old in a fetching summer dress.
If he thought he’d be embarrassed, that was nothing compared to how he felt when Lorna knocked on his door and walked in just as Jav was done. The look on his mother’s face was priceless. Her jaw was for all intents and purposes trying to scrape the floor. Ashley would have laughed if she wasn’t looking at him and he’d been control of his body.
“Ashley Morgan Smith, whatever are you doing?” Lorna shrieked.
Reagan, Ashley’s 14 year old little sister immediately ran out of her room to check what was going on.
The look on her face was an impeccable copy of their mothers.
Jav was as cool as a cucumber though.
“I’m getting dressed,” Jav answered.
“Those are girl’s clothes,” said Lorna.
“Yes they are,” said Jav.
“Don’t be cheeky,” said Lorna, rapidly becoming irritated.
“I’m not but you just barged into my room without my consent and are stating the obvious. Pointing that out isn’t cheeky. I’m dressed like this because I want to. I don’t want to live as a boy anymore. I’m not particularly happy being one and I don’t see the point of living my life depressed,” said Jav.
The expression on Lorna’s face immediately changed to one of concern.
“How long have you felt like this?” Lorna queried.
“Since I was four or five, I didn’t know what it was but by the time I was 12 I knew it was because I was a girl inside. I’ve tried to be a normal boy but its eating away at me. I can’t go on like this,” said Jav as a tear made its way down Ashley’s cheeks.
Lorna hugged her child as Jav cried
Ashley could have groaned.
“Have you been taking anything, pills of any sort?” Lorna asked
Jav shook his head.
“No,”
“Okay. We’re going to get through this,” murmured Lorna as she held her child.
Reagan just looked on, stunned at what she’d just heard. She didn’t believe what she was seeing. Her brother was just like any other boy in her opinion. She knew him too well.
‘Ashley a girl, no fucking way,’ she thought.
To be continued.
Sydney Moya
(c)2015-All rights reserved
Synopsis
Ashley touches an alien artifact one day and an alien invades his body with incredible results.
Chapter 3
Ashley had never felt so powerless. He was literally trapped in his own mind, unable to control his body which was being run by an alien called Jav intent on turning his body female so that he could reproduce.
Jav’s sinister intentions were well underway. He had already succeeded in making Ashley’s body undergo a female puberty. He had also come out as transgender and had intimated to Ashley’s family that he was actually a girl and didn’t want to live as a boy. The coup de grace came a week after that day when they went back to the doctor for updates about Ashley’s breast development. Jav had insisted on going as a girl and Lorna had given in as it was obvious the teen was quite serious about presenting as a girl. Since coming out a week before Jav had spent every day dressed as a girl. She had Lorna and Matt (Ashley and Reagan’s parents) tentative support after another tear fest and a heart rending account of how miserable she’d been living as a boy. They were okay with her dressing as long she did it at home. They had made plans to see someone to figure out what was going on with her.
Dr Evan’s had more shocking news for Lorna and Ashley.
“The blood samples I took showed an elevated level of oestrogen, very unusual in a teenage boy. Upon further testing we found that Ashley has XX chromosomes,”
“Does that mean he is a girl?” Lorna queried
“Genetically that is a karotype associated with females but there are a few men with that chromosome combination. I’d like Ashley to undergo a scan so we can confirm what I’m thinking,”
Ashley was driven to a nearby hospital and had her abdomen scanned. The results were shocking. The specialists identified a fully formed but immature female reproductive system inside him. They examined Ashley again before giving the Smith’s the news.
“Ashley is female genetically, what appears to be a penis is largely an overgrown clitoris while the scrotum is a fused labia,” said Mr Musgrove, who seemed to be the head honcho.
“What are our options?”
“Well we can either, remove the female equipment and then give Ashley testosterone injections to complete male puberty or we can open her vaginal channel. If Ashley stays as a male he will be infertile but that won’t be the case as a female,” the specialist announced.
“What would you recommend?” Lorna asked.
“This is up to Ashley,” said Mr. Musgrove, ‘’but from what I can see this seems to be good news,” he said.
Jav smiled, “Yes I’d rather be female and I guess it explains why I feel the way I do,”
“Okay. Mrs. Smith are you okay with that?”
“Yes it’s just such a shock,” said Lorna with a shake of the head.
Jav squeezed her hand, “it’s okay Mum. This is what I want,”
Lorna looked into her child’s eyes and nodded.
“If you’re sure,” she said.
“Yeah I am, this is a dream come true,” Jav said softly.
Lorna hugged her child.
“I’ll schedule you for next week then. I’d like you to talk to a psychologist before though,” said Mr. Musgrove.
The rest of the Smith family was shocked by the news of what the doctors had found. Matt, Ashley’s father who was still reeling from the discovery of his child’s gender dysphoria was stupefied but once he read the doctor’s report and listened to what Lorna had to say he was less disturbed. His thinking was if Ashley actually had a female reproductive system then it made sense that he felt he was a girl. As such he found it more palatable now than before even though he was disappointed and felt a profound sense of loss though he hid it. He was going to miss having a son and a part of him wondered how he’d missed Ashley’s unhappiness. He’d had no idea what his kid had been going through nor did Lorna who felt terrible for missing her child’s misery. Even Reagan who’d had her doubts about the whole Ashley being transgendered thing couldn’t argue with medical facts. She’d been aloof from from her sibling ever since Jav came out but not now. When Lorna gave her the news she’d given her new sister a hug.
‘It’s a good thing I can’t feel this or I’d be puking,’ thought Ashley.
It was fair to say Reagan wasn’t her favourite person. He thought she was a very conceited know it all.
“Wow, so you’re a girl. Are you okay?” Reagan asked
“I feel great Reagan. It’s a dream come true,” Jav said in soft tone Ashley found sickening.
“You have honestly felt you should be a girl,” Reagan remarked
“Yes I have though I tried to deny it,” Jav answered, “so I acted like a typical boy. Being friends with Marco helped. I learnt what to do from being around him,” Jav explained.
Ashley was disgusted by the ease the lies rolled off Jav’s tongue.
“Are you going to tell Marco?” Reagan asked.
Marco and Ashley had been friends for close to eight years. They had the same interests and were in the same group of unassuming gamer boys who didn’t make ripples at school academically or socially. They were those instantly forgettable kids no one ever remembered at school. Reagan was one of those popular girls, you know the type- good looking,talented and hyper aware of it and made sure that everyone in the school knew this. Needless to say the pair of them weren’t close
“Yes I will,” Jav answered.
“When,”
“Right now,” said Jav.
This news gave Ashley hope. If anyone could see through Jav it was going to be Marco he thought before he realized that the fiend had access to all his memories.
‘Crap’ he thought.
“Are you sure about that?” Lorna asked.
“Yes. I’m not going to go into hiding Mum, the sooner I do this the better,” said Jav.
She went upstairs and called Marco.
“Can you come over?”
“Sure,” said Marco, “what’s up,”
“I have something to tell you,” said Jav.
“No problem,” said Marco.
Jav changed clothes and donned something boyish for the first time since he’d come out to his family. Whenever he’d gone out before he’d had to dress as a boy and he did that now to soften the blow for Ashley's friend who’d had no idea what was happening in his ‘friends’ life.
When Marco reached the Smith house, Lorna told him Ashley was upstairs.
“Mate,” said Marco in greeting after knocking on his friends’ door.
“Hey,” said Jav, “I’ve got something to tell you,”
“Yeah what,”
“I went to the doctors last week. Something’s wrong with me,”
Marco’s frowned, he looked worried.
“You don’t have cancer do you?”
Ashley smiled from his mental prison. Jav was exactly like a cancer and it made him feel better that his only friend could be so concerned.
“No. It’s not that bad,” Jav replied.
“Yeah so what is it?” Matt queried.
“I’m a girl,” said Jav slowly looking Marco in the eye.
Marco frowned.
“Huh,”
“The doctors found I have some girl stuff inside so I’m supposed to have surgery,” Jav explained.
“Shit," swore Marco.
"Yeah it was a shock," Jav agreed, "so I have to have an operation to sort it out. Not the shock obviously."
A wan smile made it to Marco's lips.
"How does that work? Are they going to take it out?” Marco queried.
“They can but if I do I won’t be able to have kids. I really want kids so I decided I might as well be a girl, they’ll fix me up and so I won’t have the boy bits anymore,” Jav replied.
“Man that sucks,” Marco replied.
‘Tell me about it’ Ashley muttered.
He wanted to tell his friend that it wasn’t him speaking but an imposter that had stolen his life. He knew he couldn’t though and he was resigned to being nothing but an observer in his own life. Any rage led to Jav putting him under for days. He decided being an observer was better than nothing.
“Totally…but I reckon it won’t be so bad. I mean half the world is female right,” said Jav trying to be upbeat.
Marco nodded, “As long as you’re okay with it,”
“I’ll have to be. Let’s hope I don’t turn into a clone of Megan Hopkins,” said Jav referring to the class bimbo.
That earned a chuckle from Marco.
“So when’s the surgery?”
“Next week,” said Jav, “some specialist's coming in from London to do it,” he said.
“So will you like boys now?”
“No way.. I’ll get a sperm donor when I want a baby or maybe my partner will carry the baby,” said Jav with some indignation.
Marco nodded taking a gulp, “I don’t think I’d be able to handle that. You’re a braver man than me,”
Both of them laughed at his gallows humour when it hit them what he’d just said. They spent the rest of the day playing with Ashley's gaming console. Jav had fooled yet another of the people in Ashley’s life.
The visit to the psychologist was a mere formality. Jav knew what to say and it wasn’t a surprise when the doctor said Jav had gender dysphoria which was explained by him being intersex. Surgery was seen as the best outcome and recommended.
Jav was wheeled in for the surgery some days later and it went well. He put Ashley under for the whole surgery and kept him like this for three weeks afterwards. The next time Ashley awoke was when Jav was drying his body after a bath. On seeing his naked reflection Ashley nearly passed out. In the mirror stood a complete stranger. There was no way that was him, from head to toe only a girl looked back at him. She had all the correct parts, her bosom seemed bigger than the last time he’d seen it. His bits where gone forever he realized with sadness and replaced with a feminine cleft. His hair was much longer than he’d ever had it as it went to the girl's shoulder blades and it was no longer blonde but auburn. His eyes seemed bigger and his face seemed rounder. The features were his only a lot more feminine
“Phase One is complete. Now I have to find a suitable partner to impregnate this body!”
“You can’t get me pregnant!” Ashley protested.
“I can and I will. I’ll just make this body more attractive and when I pick a suitable mate a pregnancy will follow shortly. Everything works perfectly and this body will have its first period tomorrow,”
Ashley was stunned into silence at the thought of being on the curse.
“This can’t be happening, it’s a dream,” he thought to himself over and over.
To be continued
Sydney Moya
© 2015
All rights reserved
Synopsis
Ashley touches an alien artifact one day and an alien invades his body with incredible results.
Chapter four
Jav now set about embedding herself into Ashley’s life while her host was virtually catatonic.
That summer Jav stepped out as a girl and slowly developed into a young woman. She spent a lot of time with Marco Guildford, Ashley’s best bud who’d more or less accepted his friend’s forced transition in a far more mature way than most teens would have. His family had followed his lead and done the same. Their relationship remained unchanged, they were frequently at one another’s houses gaming, watching movies or just chilling. Their mom’s had made new rules about them being upstairs together behind closed doors which both of them found slightly embarrassing as neither of them thought that way of each other. In Marco’s eyes Ashley was still his best mate and nothing more.
He’d visited her at the hospital and when she’d returned home watching as his friend’s appearance changed.
“You dyed your hair then,” he noted when he found her with long auburn hair, “it’s longer too,”
She looked quite different he thought with different hair. Seeing his pal in a skirt and top was weird enough but the hairstyle was another step towards womanhood. A part of him was worried his friend would change too much for him to understand. He guessed it was something Lorna had got Ashley to do like the doctors had insisted she wear a skirt or dress for medical reasons.
“Yeah Mum thought it’d make a change. She thinks girls should have long hair and I dyed it so I don’t look like Reagan. It also reduces the likelihood of me becoming a bimbo,” Jav said with a grin.
Marco smiled, it was jokes like these that made him realise Ash hadn’t changed inside.
“So how are you feeling?”
“Weird it is strange being like this and having to sit to pee now. I’ll miss that and wearing a bra sucks,” Jav said.
He looked at her fascinated. He didn’t think he could have coped with the change which made him think Ashley may have been more open to it than he was
“I can imagine,” he said thoughtfully looking worried.
“Don’t worry I can handle it. It’s not like I was wonderful at being a guy so this will be a new experience,” said Jav freely.
“You were okay,” said Marco, “even if you were a girl underneath,” he pointed out.
Jav snorted, “Yeah right,”
“Serious. You weren’t half bad. Being a guy isn’t about being great at sports or being macho you know,” Marco answered.
In the Smith household things were changing subtly. It had taken Jav’s first period to jar Laura out of the shock that had gripped her since the issue of her oldest child’s gender had suddenly emerged. Helping her child out during her first period had brought home the reality of her oldest child’s femaleness in a way even the surgery and the aftercare hadn’t and she’d been forced to adjust her worldview accordingly as it was such a quintessentially female thing. She remembered what a stressful event her first time had been and imagined how much of a shock it must be to someone who hadn’t grown up expecting it. She vowed to do the best she could for Ashley. She’d informed her extended family about the change of circumstances while beginning to get her child new clothes as well as cosmetics. Jav’s pocket money increased while her ability to go out as before was curtailed.
Lorna reassigned the household chores so that both girls took turns helping with the cooking, cleaning and washing up. Ashley’s outside chores were given to Matt while she was recovering from the surgery but never returned. There was still a gap between Lorna and Jav stemming from the nature of their personalities and the fact that Lorna was subconsciously mourning the son who’d disappeared so abruptly. She was fighting to build their relationship though and some progress was being made as Lorna did care for her kids just like any mother.
Matt was surprised that his new daughter’s personality hadn’t changed. She still showed an interest in the car he was rebuilding and was still helping him out with it. They still chatted about their favourite football clubs prospects and were still close. Matt didn’t have to change much in their relationship except in learning not to say ‘son’ as often as he did or to use the wrong pronouns when referring to his child. Whenever he did this there’d be an awkward silence between the pair and he was trying to lessen his mistakes. It had been a shock to lose his son but he didn’t want to push Ashley away as Jav’s personality gave him hope that his child was still the same person deep down.
It was Reagan who couldn’t get her head around her new sister. She watched as Jav effortlessly became more feminine. She was amazed at how good she’d become at makeup and the wardrobe she developed in the weeks after her surgery. A big part of her had been thinking Ashley would be tom-boyish and clueless yet within a week of the surgery her sister was perfecting a look that could go straight into 17. Ashley only seemed tom-boyish around Matt and Marco, around Reagan and Lorna she was quite feminine which truth be told annoyed Reagan. She’d picked out a lot of nice clothes and had got hair extensions before dyeing her hair auburn. Reagan had no idea how she’d mastered makeup like a pro in such a short space of time. This new sister of hers was a complete stranger to her; Ashley was supposed to be a nerdy, scruffy boy with an obsession with football, PlayStation and cars. Strangely around her father and Marco that was exactly who she was, the brother of old. With their mum, Ashley seemed to be the naïve yet self-assured young woman and Lorna ate it up. It seemed like Reagan was the only one who could see that the beauty who’d been her brother didn’t seem to need any help from the house’s most experienced teen girl. Jav kept to herself and Reagan after her initial show of concern at her sibling’s predicament had reverted to type, basically ignoring her sibling or trying to as she failed miserably. The house was monopolised by Marco and Ashley as Reagan didn’t want to bring her friends into such a weird situation. She didn’t care to explain to her chums the changes in Ashley’s life.
She didn’t want to see it as envy, for the new girl was lovely without makeup or in jeans. She was slender and 3 inches taller than her at 5’8 with long legs that went on forever. Her breasts were now a B cup and were still growing and she was already comfortable with showing them off. They’d been down to London with their mum for some shopping and she’d seen the attention Ashley got from men and it was made her a bit cross, as it was far more than she got and things weren’t supposed to be like that. She had grown up being the only girl in the family and a good looking one at that. How could her brother turn into a beautiful girl who it seemed was well on her way to upending her?
Nana, Matt’s mum and the girls’ gran wasn’t one to notice the idiosyncrasies of her granddaughter. Ashley was still the sweet kid she’d known for 16 years and once the medical stuff was explained to her she happily accepted that her grandson was now her granddaughter and continued to spoil her.
The rest of the community wasn’t too bothered as the Smith’s hardly interacted with them. They lived in a dormitory town and Matt commuted to an industrial park 20 miles away. Lorna was a financial planner who worked from home and went into her firms London office twice a week. Ashley had just taken her GCSE’s and wasn’t intending on returning to her old school, a mixed private school. Reagan went to a different school and never brought her friends over so Ashley’s change wasn’t too widespread. Her friends’ houses were across town while in their suburb the Guildford’s were their only family friends. They had new neighbours who’d arrived at the beginning of summer and Ashley didn’t have any other friends besides Marco so this meant there was hardly any gossip.
Jav found this quaint civilisation fascinating. This race was still quite simple with only a basic understanding of basic mathematics. They seemed preoccupied with social hierarchies and from what she could see just fulfilling their basic needs. They had potential she acknowledged. She’d been studying her hosts brain and it was quite complex though underused. Humans clearly didn’t have the knowledge of how to maximise their brains. It seemed they were too busy surviving to discover this. She’d already begun tweaking her host’s brain firstly increasing the neuron activity in certain parts of the brain. This enabled her to make Ashley telepathic which was a useful skill humans seemed deficient in. She made sure to hide it from everyone she didn’t want her abilities discovered. Human’s it seemed were not very of anything different and would quickly destroy her despite her superior intelligence.
Her host wasn’t a worry though. Humans seemed very set in their binary gender system and society seemed to favour males like her host had been and didn’t tolerate switching. The shock of losing control of his body and then having his body made female was too much of a shock. Ashley was in a state of distress and perpetual shock at what he’d done. Jav felt sorry for him which was weird, she’d never realised hosts felt so strongly. Where she came from hosts were specifically bred for her race to use and didn’t have a sense of independence, their sole reason of existence was to serve the Ghjy ukkhis’dngvrytjgn. They didn’t have any other feelings to worry about. Human’s had strong emotions. Their lives revolved around themselves and Ashley felt robbed of his body and his life and Jav felt this keenly though she had no use for human morals.
Dealing with Ashley’s family and discovered that humans had very strong filial bonds that exceeded anything he’d seen judging from Ashley’s feelings about his family. This seemed typical of most humans as he observed the Guildford’s and watched the human’s entertainment.
They had a statutory maturity and Jav knew though that while Ashley could leave school, his parents expected her to go to university. Jav knew that her prospects for successful infiltration of this race depended on her not standing out too much so she was going to carry on with Ashley’s schooling. Chances of finding a mate also increased at school it seemed.
August came around and with it Ashley’s GCSE’s. Ashley had done fairly well with a mix of A*’s, A’s and B’s (mostly B’s). Her parents seemed fairly happy with the results and they sat down with her to discuss which school she was going to attend.
“I don’t want to go back to Whitemount,” said Jav carefully.
“I hope you’re not moving to St. David’s,” said Reagan from the other said of the room.
“She will go where she pleases Reagan,” said Lorna curtly.
“I don’t want to go to St. David’s mum,” said Jav, “I might end up with an attitude problem,” she said sotto voce making both her parents smile and Reagan frown.
“A sixth form college perhaps?” Matt said, “You’d be treated like a varsity student,” he added.
Ashley nodded, “I want to try the Rydings School. I want to get into Cambridge and they have excellent results in Further Maths, Physics and Biology and Chemistry.
The entire family looked askance at her. Ashley was the last person they’d expect such a difficult combination. She was just someone who coasted through school.
“Well this is a surprise,” said Matt.
“I know I was really preoccupied with everything. I wasn’t in a good place,” said Jav softly.
Lorna squeezed her hand.
“That makes sense but Math’s isn’t your strongest subject, how will you cope with Further Math’s,” asked Matt.
As an engineer he was a bit of a math boffin and he’d struggled getting his older child interested in the subject. Reagan showed a natural ability Ashley didn’t share. As it was he was quite pleased she’d obtained a B grade at GCSE.
Jav stood and retrieved one of her dad’s math texts from his university days.
“I’ve been studying. Pick a couple of questions you think a sixth former might struggle with,” she suggested.
Matt paged through the book and gave her the textbook pointing out which questions he wanted answered. He’d picked out some fairly difficult ones in the hope of proving his point and encouraging his child to do something more suited to her abilities. Jav had other ideas though. She breezed through the three questions giving perfect answers much to Matt’s surprise.
“How did you do that?”
“I’ve been reading those books since I was 13. The math’s at school is so dull I quickly lost interest in it. I can do it dad you just need to believe in me,” said Jav with a smile.
“Who are you and what have done with my child?” Matt said his face a mask.
A bolt of fear struck the imposter as she eyed Matt’s stern expression.
To be continued
Sydney Moya
© 2015
All rights reserved
Synopsis
Ashley touches an alien artefact one day and an alien invades his body with incredible results.
Chapter 5
“Matt,” said Lorna, “stop being silly.”
Matt grinned and Jav realised he’d been joking.
“I have to admit being surprised but it’s a pleasant surprise,” he smiled at his daughter.
“You’ll have to keep on working hard luv,” advised Lorna.
“I will,” said Jav cheerily.
That set the stage for Jav to visit the ridiculously elitist Rydings School for an interview. Jav knew that her chances of succeeding based on her marks alone were not high. She'd also read enough to know humans had irrational prejudices against those humans with gender confusion. Consequently she’d prepared for this eventuality. She brought Matt with her to assist her as he was a computer engineer and was well respected in his field as well as being a supportive father. Jav had also decided to use her telepathic abilities on the Head if need be.
The Head, Mr Lyle was looking through her grades and old report books.
“How would you describe yourself?”
“I am somebody who wants to make a difference. I love challenges and gaining knowledge,” Jav replied.
“Miss Smith, you are not a bad pupil but nothing in your reports indicates you have the ability to cope let alone excel in the subjects you want to pursue,” said Mr Lyle.
“That is correct sir. However I was dealing with a number of problems chief among them the fact that I was experiencing gender dysphoria and wasn’t able to fully concentrate on my school work,” she answered.
What Mr Lyle didn’t know was Jav was manipulating his mind to make him more open to letting her attend the school. She’d already succeeded in making him allow Matt to sit in on the interview and she was working on getting him to offer her a place.
“I see. Where do you see yourself in ten years?” Mr Lyle asked not realising that Jav was making him ask the question.
“I will be working at the cutting edge of science,” said Jav confidently.
“You are ambitious and know what you want which is refreshing in a student. I think I may be able to offer you a provisional place subject to your performance this term,”
Jav knew that was as far as he could go. What counted was that she had a foot in the door, the rest would be child’s play.
“I accept. Thank you sir,” she replied.
“Work hard and I’m sure you will be a credit to this school and yourself Ashley,” he said with a smile.
They left the school with a spring in their step. Matt was rather impressed with his child's new found confidence. It was a revelation as Ashley hadn't done things like this as well. Jav seemed to handle them with typical aplomb.
Maybe having to be a boy had hindered her a lot more than he'd realised he thought sadly.
After gaining admission to the school, Jav and Lorna had to go shopping for the schools sixth form uniform which consisted of a navy blue skirt and a plain white blouse and school tie, stockings, black court shoes, straw hat, jungle hat, navy ladies trousers for winter and cold days, the school anorak as well the girls’ sports kit, school tracksuit, school anorak, school bag and the schools striped blazer. Lorna had also decided her girl needed underwear for school as the one’s Jav had were inadequate and fast becoming too small as her cleavage was still growing.
When they got home Lorna had told her to try out her uniform so Matt could see what they’d bought.
After a bit of complaining Jav went upstairs and changed into the uniform.
“You look very scholarly,” said Matt warmly, eyeing his daughter.
Jav smiled sheepishly before hurrying back to her room to change into her everyday clothes.
“Do you feel old now?” Matt asked his wife as they watched their oldest child leave the room in her new school uniform.
“Unbearably, I can’t believe Ashley’s going to the sixth form now. It seems yesterday that I was getting my GCSE’s,” admitted Lorna.
Matt nodded, “I know. It feels like yesterday that I was bringing you both home,” he murmured.
Lorna kissed him on the cheek.
“I know I never would have guessed she’d be wearing the girl’s uniform at seventeen. How did we miss that?”
Her husband shook his head, “I don’t know but I’m glad she seems okay,” he murmured.
Ashley catatonic state didn’t last forever. He woke up a couple of days before the summer holidays ended during the start of the Smith’s annual vacation. Matt and Lorna had decided to take the kids to the scenic Amalfi coast that year.
He was gutted that he wouldn’t experience this holiday physically and he briefly wondered if he’d ever experience another holiday again a thought which threatened to send him spiralling into another bout of self-pity. It was here that his mental strength came through. He decided that his depressions were depriving him of seeing what Jav was doing to his life. He had to stay alert.
“What for,” Jav asked, intruding on his thoughts
“So that I can get my body back,” said Ashley defiantly.
“You are rather silly Ashley. As your sister says, ‘dream on,” Jav said.
“I intend to,” returned Ashley in anger, “why don’t you kill me and be done with it?”
Jav didn’t answer him.
“I can let you stay awake during this trip so long as you don’t start yelling and screaming,” Jav announced.
Ashley was about to hit back and argue what gave Jav the right to do that and boss him around when he realised that this was a chance to at the very least get to see Italy.
“Alright,” he agreed.
Jav nodded than began changing her clothes to get ready for the boat trip Ashley’s father was taking them on. She was more than eager to try out another of these creatures’ antiquated contraptions. The aeroplane they’d flown to Italy was another, a surprisingly crude invention that had made these beings shrink their planet. The anthropologists in her race would consider this planet the find of the ages. She was pretty sure they had never encountered such a primitive race yet one that was advancing so quickly. She wondered what had happened to the race she’d found here when she’d arrived eons ago. It seemed that the humans thought they were the only beings to reach this stage of development in their evolution on this planet. A majority of them foolishly believed they were alone in the universe. There was no trace of the group she’d encountered on her arrival. She’d gone dormant after trying and failing to enter a number of them thanks to their neural defences. They hadn’t even realised she’d tried anything and she’d decided to bide her time by sending her pod underground.
Ashley looked forward to the boat trip until he saw what Jav had done to his body. Looking at the mirror he saw someone who wouldn’t look out of place on a catwalk. In the white halter top paired with a denim look pleated shorts and striped blazer accented with nude ankle strapped heels, a pair of sunglasses Jav looked every bit the fashionista.
Jav looked stunning in the outfit and this was confirmed by the sour look on Reagan’s face when the girls met in their parents adjoining room. Ashley thought it was almost worth losing his body to see his sister green with envy. In Ashley’s eyes his sister had always been his parents favourite. She was the one with perfect grades and was excellent at manipulating Matt and Lorna or so it seemed to him. It was almost refreshing to see the tables turned.
“Aren’t you a bit overdressed?” Reagan asked.
“No, I think this outfit is just right,”
Reagan eyed her with a death stare but held her tongue.
Still the boat trip turned out to be rather pleasant despite the leers Jav received from some of the males on board.
This was nothing compared to what happened the next few days as Jav and the other members of the family continued with their holiday with sunbathing on the beach along with the ignominy Ashley felt as Jav flaunted his body in a bikini, eating fish in the bay at the Conca dei Marini.
Ashley wished it was him who could have experienced the classic car trip in a Ferrari with Matt instead of Jav. Instead he had to watch as Jav accompanied his mum and Reagan on a shopping trip for clothes. He also had to live with watching Jav get chatted up by boys that he instantly disliked on principle. His dislike of them grew the more he heard them speak, they seemed as conceited as some of the boys that were popular at his old school and seemed to have only one goal in mind which was to bed a girl.
Ashley also noticed that the family dynamics had realigned during that trip. He knew his sister well enough to know that Jav was clearly pissing her off with how she looked and behaved and the attention she was getting from Lorna and Matt, not to mention the waiters.
It all came to head after the gelato making class that Lorna had insisted they take when Jav outshone her by making the perfect gelato and earning all round praise from the teacher and a cute American boy named Tony who was infatuated with Jav while ignoring Reagan.
They’d met at their hotels pool on their second day there and he’d immediately started chasing Jav leaving Ashley worried that Jav would have sex with him.
‘He isn’t what I have in mind for a mate so not yet,” Jav had told him.
Ashley breathed a sigh of relief.
That didn’t stop her from flirting with him and wrapping him around her little finger much to Reagan’s chagrin. She’d watched while her sister made him her devoted slave while consigning her to annoying little sister status.
They were on their way back to the hotel in the hotel’s courtesy bus where Reagan contrived to sit next to Tony which meant Jav had to go sit near the front.
“You do know Ashley’s not a real girl right?” Reagan suddenly whispered as she looked at Tony.
He laughed, “Sure she is. You’re really funny,” he smiled.
“I’m serious. Ashley was born a boy. She’s only been a girl for two months,” Reagan returned.
“You’re kidding,” Tony returned.
“No look,” she replied before showing him her phone where there were some older snaps of Ashley.
Tony was shocked.
“How,”
“She had a sex change,” she murmured.
As she said this a part of her felt ashamed of what she’d just done.
Tony spent the rest of the journey glaring at the window. When they reached the hotel he hurried away to his room ignoring a smiling Jav.
“Hmm strange,” Jav thought.
Ashley chuckled, ‘Nah wasn’t he sitting with Reagan. I bet she told him about the sex-change,”
“Why would she do that?”
“Coz she’s jealous. In case you haven’t noticed Tony’s been watching you at her expense. Reagan is used to getting what she wants and you’re upsetting things,” Ashley returned.
“Oh no matter if she likes him so much she can have him,” Jav muttered.
“Yeah that’s what I tend to do where Reagan is concerned,” Ashley agreed.
Tony however wasn’t so easily appeased. He’d gone to his room and checked the internet for Ashley and his research had found his Facebook page. Jav hadn’t closed the page yet and it still had the same pictures and information. Crucially Matt and Lorna were present on his wall which nailed it as far as he was concerned.
The Smith’s had gone downstairs for dinner and Toby and his family who’d actually been keen on them had looked at them funny before taking a table further down the room.
“I wonder what the matter is, Fred said we’d have dinner with him,” Matt wondered referring to Tony’s father and worried at their queer behaviour.
“Yes I remember Marsha saying so,” Lorna added. Marsha was Tony’s mum.
Jav looked at Reagan and winked, “I think its cause I told Tony I wasn’t always like this,” she said quietly.
Reagan’s mouth fell open.
“Oh honey,” Lorna murmured.
“Why would you do that?” Matt asked.
“He was coming on to me and I don’t think I’m into boys like that,” said Jav softly.
“You like girls,” Lorna asked.
Ashley could have frowned if it was possible.
‘What are you doing?’
‘Pulling the rug from under Reagan,’ Jav answered mentally.
“I don’t know, I don’t think so. I’m not sure yet but I wanted to get rid of him and I kind of guessed he’d be the type to be bothered by it,” Jav said.
Lorna squeezed her hand.
“Bigot,” said Matt angrily though he was slightly relieved Ashley wasn’t boy crazy and didn’t know which way she swung yet.
“I think we need to teach you how to deal with boys. You can’t always tell them about your past or they might turn violent,” said Lorna slowly.
“Yeah but take your time deciding what you want and don’t rush into anything,” Matt advised.
Jav nodded and smiled, “I need all the help I can get,” she said sweetly.
‘That bitch!’ Ashley heard in Reagan’s voice.
He was momentarily confused. Reagan hadn’t spoken and their parents didn't seem to have heard her swearing or they wouldn't eating their dinner so calmly.
“You’re hearing her thoughts,’’ Jav answered.
“You can read minds,” said Ashley staggered.
“Yeah but it’s a trade secret,” Jav replied.
The next day was spent lounging by the pool in a bikini with Lorna while Matt and Reagan visited an old convent together. Mother and daughter just spent the morning chatting about their trip and life in general. Ashley realised with a bit of sadness that Jav was developing a better relationship with his mum than he had.
“Do you mind refilling my glass as well honey,” Lorna requested when Jav stood up to go refill her glass.
“No problem,” Jav agreed standing up.
She wrapped a sarong around her waist to protect her modesty before she walked to the bar. The bar staff gladly refilled her glasses. Tony crossed her path as she walked back.
“Get out of my way you faggot,” he said upon meeting her.
“Excuse me?” Jav responded.
“You heard me you pervert. I know you’re a man,” Tony remarked.
Jav promptly threw the contents of her glasses on his face leaving Tony enraged.
“Why you little…,” he angrily said before lunging towards her.
Jav sidestepped out of the way, leaving her foot out for him to trip on and fall headlong into the pool. The people nearby clapped while a waiter came and gave her fresh glasses.
‘That was so cool,’ Ashley said as they walked back.
‘I saw it on the television,’ admitted Jav making Ashley laugh for the first time in weeks.
Lorna though was completely oblivious to what had just happened as she was engrossed in her paperback and on the far side of the pool.
“Thanks,” she said as she accepted the drink.
To be continued
Sydney Moya
© 2015
All rights reserved
Synopsis
Ashley touches an alien artefact one day and an alien invades his body with incredible results.
Chapter 6
“Have a nice day sweetie,” said Lorna before kissing her new daughter on the cheek.
“Thanks Mum,” said Jav with a nervous smile.
“Don’t worry, you’ll be alright, the other kids won’t eat you,”
“Easy for you to say,” the teen murmured, “you didn’t go from boy to girl over the summer,” Jav joked.
Lorna laughed and gave her baby a hug.
“You’ll be okay, now off with you,” she advised.
It was a nervous Jav who stood in front of her new school after being dropped off by Lorna.
‘Why did you have to choose this pretentious school?’ Ashley asked.
‘It guarantees entry into Cambridge dunnit,’ Jav replied before walking into the school.
‘How did you get it in anyway and what are you taking?’
Ashley had been under at the time and didn’t see the interview.
“Why did I ask?’ he murmured when he saw Jav reading the Head’s mind. He was startled at Jav’s choices though, ‘Further Maths, are you effing mad?’
“It’s not like I can wake up and start revolutionising your sciences without a background can I? Don’t you worry about that though,” said Jav confidently before walking into the school.
She headed towards the Hall as they’d been told to do during orientation a couple of days before. Being as attractive as she was it immediately brought a lot of stares from both sexes, a mixture of lust and envy. Jav wished Marco was here but unfortunately he’d gone back to Whitemount as his parents considered it an excellent school.
The assembly was long and boring in Ashley’s eyes but Jav didn’t mind and she lapped up the information the Head gave. When it was over they headed to their class teacher for registration which lasted for one period. Lessons commenced immediately after that.
The first class was a Physics lesson taught by a Mr Hemming. He didn’t’ teach anything but just gave an overview of what they’d be covering during the coming school year. The other lessons were the same except for Further Math’s where one boy asked her if she was lost.
“This is Further Maths right?” Jav asked.
“Yes it is,” he answered
“Great,” Jav replied before looking around for a seat.
The other kids stared at her. It was then that Jav realised the other six in her class were all male. She decided to use her telepathic abilities for the first time that day just for fun you see.
Being able to read minds was an interesting power to have at that moment, as nearly all the boys thought she looked great. A couple of them wondered what on earth she was doing here as girls weren’t into Further Maths. One actually thought she shouldn’t even be in the classroom. The rest thought she was hot but one’s thoughts caught her attention.
‘I wish I looked like that,’ he thought.
Jav looked straight at him and smiled. She walked over and asked to sit.
“Um sure,” said the boy, who looked amazed.
Ashley immediately piped up, ‘I don’t like you reading people’s minds. It’s like you’re stealing something,’ he said feeling sorry for him as Jav trawled through his surface thoughts.
Jav ignored him but noted that Ashley sympathised with this transgendered kid.
She offered her hand, “I’m Ashley Smith,” she said with her winning smile.
“Lesley Marshall,’ offered the young man who was anything but, “It’s a pleasure,”
“Thank you,” said Jav happily.
Their teacher walked in a second later and the lesson commenced. He stared at her for a second.
‘A girl at last,’ he thought happily much to Jav's surprise.
It had been 5 years since he’d taught a girl in this class and it wasn’t for want of trying. Girls didn’t seem too interested in Further Maths it seemed.
He introduced himself as Mr Mitchell then asked the rest of the class to do the same before he launched into an outline of what they’d cover in their two years here. He talked about Mathematics and as he talked even Ashley was won over by the man’s passion. He loved the subject and it was contagious.
He asked each of them what they wanted to do after school and all of them responded with interesting ideas.
Jav announced that she wanted to find out if there was intelligent life in the universe which to her surprise wasn’t greeted with laughter or doubts but with people nodding their heads. She realised that not all humans were sheep, at least all the time and she was left with a lot to think about.
The rest of the day passed quite quickly. Jav stuck to Lesley for the rest of the day. He showed her around and told her about his life. He was 16, one of three kids, with one older brother and a younger sister. His mother and father were barristers. He liked gaming and reading and was fascinated by Mathematics and wanted to enter the Math’s Olympiad. Of course he didn’t tell her he ached to be a girl and that he had no real friends and was in a lot of pain about it. Lesley also wasn’t attracted to her, he just thought that it was nice to have someone to talk to and wondered if it he’d ever look half as good as she did. Jav simply scanned his mind and saw it. She felt sorry for him and realised how bad it must be to be trapped in a body you didn’t want. It was a good thing Ashley couldn’t read her thoughts because she realised that humans took their gender very seriously.
The school day ended with a trip to the PE department so she could sign up for the sporting activity she was required to participate in. All pupils at their school were expected to take part in at least one sporting activity and one social club as well. Jav signed up for hockey as she knew Ashley had played it and had the stuff at home. Lesley chose two clubs to ensure he didn’t have to do a sport as he hated them with a passion. He wasn’t nearly as big as the other boys and was uncoordinated and didn’t want to develop muscles either though she didn’t tell this to Jav.
When they done they headed to the carpark where she said her goodbyes to him and went to her mother’s car where Reagan was already seated looking bored. This was rectified by the arrival of a text and her countenance changed instantly.
‘Don’t make me like that,’ Ashley warned.
Jav ignored him.
“Hi Mum, hi sis,” she said after flouncing into the car.
‘Hi honey,” said Lorna.
“Hey,” said Reagan as she texted furiously on her mobile.
“How was your day?” Lorna asked.
“It was ok,”
“Did you make any friends?”
“Yeah I made one. His name’s Lesley,”
“A boy,” said Lorna, her expression quizzical.
Jav nodded, “None of the girls talked to me,” she said, “and there aren’t any in my Further Maths class,”
“I bet their talking about you,” muttered Reagan.
"Why?" Jav asked.
"Coz you're the new girl," said Reagan, "you might be a threat," she added.
"Me a threat, no way," said Jav slowly.
"You have a lot to learn," said Reagan without looking up from her phone.
She didn't bother to elaborate.
“You’re the only girl in Further Maths?” Lorna asked
Jav nodded, “There are only seven of us any way. I have hockey practice tomorrow so we’ll see,”
On arriving home Jav had done her schoolwork before changing into her football shirt and jeans and heading over to Marco's so they could do some gaming.
"How come you never showed at school today?" Marco asked.
"I changed schools. I go to Rydings now," she explained.
"Serious?" Marco asked his eyes wide.
Jav nodded, "Yeah I couldn't go back to Whitemount as a girl could I?"
"Oh, I guess you're right but you should have said," said Marco.
He sometimes forgot his best friend wasn't a boy anymore as her personality was still the same and nothing had changed between them. Ashley still acted the same and liked the same things aside from sometimes wearing skirts and dresses, she was essentially unchanged.
"You never asked," said Jav, shrugging.
"So what are you taking?" Marco asked.
"Further Math's, Physics, Biology and Chemistry," said Jav.
“What!" Marco exclaimed, stunned.
"NO WAY!"
Jav smiled sweetly, "Hey I have to be serious with life now that I'm a girl you know. Life's harder for us," she joked.
Marco shook his head, "I can’t believe you’re doing Further Math’s and at Rydings too!” he exclaimed.
Jav shrugged, she hadn’t really specified what she’d be doing for her ‘A’ levels or shared her ambitions for the future.
"Better believe it boyo," she remarked, “It isn’t too bad,” she added at the disbelieving look on her pals face.
“Mate you’re the one who told me you couldn’t wait to finish your GCSE’S so you could never do another quadratic equation again. You said it was mental torture! What other secrets are you hiding?”
“I’m an alien who took over your friend’s body and turned him into a girl,” said Jav with a serious face.
Marco burst out laughing, “You’re the worst,’’ he added, shaking his friend at his friends joke.
Ashley groaned from his mental prison.
‘You humans are so strange,’ Jav told Ashley, ‘I tell him the truth and he laughs. Just like your dad asking what I’d done with you. I find your sense of humour fascinating,’
“So how is your posh school?” Marco asked as he signed into the PlayStation network so they could continue their quest.
“Very posh daahling..caan’t you tell from my accent,” said Jav.
“Geroff,” said Marco, rolling his eyes, “I’m serious,” he added.
“S’okay, so far,” Jav asked.
“Any cute chicks?”
“Some,” said Jav as if considering it.
In truth she’d already ranked herself against the girls she’d seen at her new school and found most of them wanting. A part of her wondered if Marco found her cute.
‘Eew!’ Ashley said.
“Hook me up,” teased Marco.
Jav snorted, “They are a bunch of stuck-up toffs. They make Reagan seem adorable,”
Marco looked at his friend questioningly but she didn’t care to elaborate.
They played their game getting into it as before and Mrs Guildford had to remind them to keep the noise down as they yelled and cheered.
She shook her head and thought, ‘Boys will be boys,’ before shaking her head as she recalled Ashley wasn’t a boy anymore. In fact she was quite a lovely young woman even though she never dressed like one when she visited.
Reagan was still fuming over how Jav had outwitted her in Italy. She felt threatened by her sibling for the first time in a long time. Jav was a lovely girl and she seemed to know it and show it off for the best effect.
She had their parents wrapped around her little fingers and seemed well-adjusted. She’d made being a girl a walk in the park. It seemed Ashley was also incredibly brainy, taking Further Maths at A’ Level was something she wouldn’t have expected Ashley to do but Rydings had given her place and that was a school to write home about. Who would have thought it?
What worried her most was that Ashley seemed to have rumbled her in Italy, how on earth had she known she’d outed her to that American?
That wink proved it, was she going to tell their parents? She hadn’t said a thing about it since then though. They hardly talked anyway and when they did Ashley had been quite nice and polite but she was worried what all this meant. Deep down she loved Ashley but they’d never been close save for a short time as when they were very young. He’d been a very gentle child which is why he had so few friends as this wasn’t a characteristic suited to the rough and tumble of the world of boys. Reagan had been made of sterner stuff though and quickly learnt how to navigate the world to her advantage. Everything in her life was managed including her hapless brother. This new sister of hers was something else though. Ashley’s old persona seemed to be still inside but there was something different about her, gender change excluded. That wink, the dressing, the ambitious schooling choices spoke of a different Ashley, one she didn’t know how to deal with.
She’d never envied Ashley for anything but now she did and she didn’t like it all. She sat on her bed wondering what to do about this.
To be continued
A prisoner in my own mind
Sydney Moya
© 2016
All rights reserved
Synopsis
Ashley touches an alien artifact one day and an alien invades his body with incredible results.
Chapter 7
An uneasy truce existed between Jav and Ashley. Ashley wanted his body back but knew it was impossible at the moment. So he watched what Jav was doing instead. Jav wouldn’t put him under anymore so long as he kept the peace.
Ashley realised what an impossible situation he was in. He had no way of dislodging the usurper from his body and he figured getting mad wasn’t going to help things. He decided that he would watch and wait and maybe he’d be able to wrest control back. Of course Jav knew exactly what he was thinking but felt so secure in his abilities that he didn’t bother worrying about Ashley ever regaining control.
Instead Jav focused on settling into human society, primarily at her new school and further developing the human brain that she’d stolen. She started working on her powers of telekinesis that same evening after getting home from Marco’s.
Ashley was flabbergasted when he saw Jav’s clothes float towards them as she prepared for bed.
He couldn’t help asking.
“How are you doing that?”
Jav showed him a series of symbols that were gibberish to Ashley.
“I don’t get it,” said Ashley.
“I suppose you wouldn’t,” Jav answered, “I have accelerated your neuron activity. By doing this your mind’s magnetic resonance is amplified and as a result I can pull objects towards or away from me.”
Ashley was suitably cowed by this and didn’t know what to say. He went to sleep quite disturbed.
Jav had earmarked Lesley as a friend and after discovering they were in the same classes she glued herself to him. This didn’t go unnoticed by some of the others students.
The next day at school a couple of girls approached her as she left her Further Maths lesson.
“Hi,” the taller of the two girls, a slinky blond began, “who is your new friend Lesley?”
“Hi Marie, Rachel,” replied Leslie, “this is Ashley,” he said.
“Hi,” Jav remarked smiling.
Jav scanned both girls, all she could see was curiosity about the new girl. Both of them wondered why she was hanging out with Leslie.
“So you’re new,” said the slinky blond known as Rachel.
“Yeah,” replied Jav.
"Where are you from?" Marie asked.
Marie was much darker and shorter but quite pretty too.
"I'm from Stepney," said Jav confidently.
"What are you taking?" Rachel queried.
"Further Maths, Physics, Biology and Chemistry," Jav answered.
The girls looked a bit impressed.
"Really why?" Rachel wondered.
"I want to be a scientist," said Jav slowly.
"But you're so pretty," Marie blurted out before covering her mouth with her hand.
Jav shrugged, "Thanks but are you saying being beautiful isn't compatible with being a scientist?"
Rachel took over, "No its just unusual, that's all. Welcome to Rydings," she said offering her hand.
"Thank you," said Jav warmly before turning to go for her next lesson.
"See you at lunch then," Marie offered.
"Sure,'' said Jav eyeing Lesley who nodded.
The two of them headed to their next class.
"Why are you hanging out with me anyway, that’s what they really want to know, you know," Lesley offered.
"I don't know, do you give your friends interviews for the job?" Jav responded.
Lesley looked wondering if she was taking the piss but her smiling eyes indicated otherwise.
He chuckled, "No it’s just that I'm a bit of a nerd and well you heard them, you don't look like one," he pointed out.
"Well don't judge a book by its cover, I'm a nerd too, and you're alright," Jav replied.
Hockey practice was interesting to say the least.
The girls trying out for the first time were asked to dribble a ball about some cones. Jav started off gingerly and there was a fair bit of giggling at her lacklustre efforts.
'One less hopeful then,' she heard the coach think, 'no basic skills.'
Jav had a bit of an ego however. The thought of being written off so easily wasn't particularly appealing. So she used Ashley's memories and fair bit of telekinesis to keep the ball glued to her stick as she navigated the cones, dramatically increasing her speed before she reached the middle of the cone forest.
Her return journey was quite impressive and the giggling had stopped replaced by low murmurs.
'It's like the balls glued to her stick,' one girl thought.
A five on five game followed. During the 5v5 game no one could get the ball off her. Whether it was Ashley's skills or Jav's telekinesis that made this possible was not easily discovered. Only the end result mattered, a three nil victory for Jav’s goal with her scoring a brace and setting up the other after a crucial interception.
A scan of the coaches mind revealed that she’d revised her team list with Jav’s name now featuring near the top.
Weeks passed by, Jav had made the 1st team in hockey. She was doing very well in school, averaging A*'s in all her classes. On the sports fields she was wreaking havoc with her insane hockey skills. Jav had mastered the use her powers and Ashley's skills in order not to look too extraordinary. However her team was unbeaten in its league thanks to those mad skills. She'd made a bunch of friends too; Leslie, Rachel and Marie were always by her side on most days. With the last two she learnt all the intricacies of girlhood she hadn't already picked up from the internet.
They were quite fascinating specimens of young humanity, just being around them gave Jav immense pleasure. They had the most absurd ideas about how to carry oneself in their little society but more often than not they turned out right. It made Jav think of his own youth eons ago.
Ashley found it all too boring, he couldn't stand it most of the time and he diverted himself by trying to figure out where he stood in his mind. It was nigh on impossible because Jav completely controlled everything. All he could do in essence was wait for a moment of weakness. He had no intention of giving up but he knew he couldn’t fight Jav and win. All he could do was watch and wait.
However even he could see that Lesley was troubled, it was patently clear to them that he wasn't happy being male, as they could hear his thoughts. Being around the girls was pushing him over the edge and he felt bad for him.
Just the other day he had wondered about ending everything.
"You have to help him," Ashley remarked.
"I thought you didn’t want me interfering or reading people's minds."
"I don't but when have you ever listened to me," Ashley pointed out.
Jav said nothing.
"Look we can't let him kill himself,"
"Survival of the fittest," Jav remarked.
"That's bull and you know it. You like Lesley once he dies that’s that. It would also look bad that he killed himself after you came into the picture. People will think you jilted him or something," said Ashley desperately.
"I suppose you have a point," Jav remarked.
Jav certainly didn’t want to have that following her around and though he wasn’t prepared to admit it Lesley had made quite an impression on him. He was a special somebody and she didn’t want to lose him over something that could be easily fixed.
Later that evening Jav went to the school lab and mixed up a complicated concoction that would essentially reprogram Leslie's chromosomes. When it was ready Jav poured it into a thermos and went home.
She placed it in her drawer and fell asleep.
Later that night Reagan tiptoed into her siblings room and after making sure Jav was asleep she started going through her things. It was now a regular habit of hers to trawl her sister's room. She didn’t know what drove her to do it but or some reason she was suspicious of Ashley and this instinct had to be obeyed.
When she was done with the school bag she turned to the drawers. After rummaging through the first two she struck pay dirt on the third. There was a thermos shoved amongst some socks.
Her curiosity immediately piqued. She wondered what Ashley was hiding. Was she a drinker, her school was notorious for the way its students partied, maybe this was a chance to get Miss Goody Goody into trouble.
She opened the thermos, sniffed it. It didn’t smell like alcohol. Maybe it was a science project but why would it be hidden in a sock drawer. She lifted the container to take a sip.
To be continued