Hailey was sorted onto a bus with the rest of the students bound for preschool. During the ride, Professor O’Shaughnessy, or Jim he offered if his last name was too difficult, introduced himself as the head of the preschool school segment of the program and explained that they'll be required to submit their reports with an attached copy of each of their report cards. His grading was based on standards set for the abilities of preschoolers which meant that they may be made up of words or pictures or a combination of both as long as they clearly communicated their message. A lot of the students seemed offended by the man's exacting tone, it seemed to them as if he thought he was addressing a group of preschoolers that would struggle to follow simple instructions.
Hailey wasn't overly concerned with the professor's tone and instead found herself catiously optimistic about this opportunity. It definitely wasn't what she was expecting, but it seemed like the experience was going to be beneficial. Though going back to preschool made her extremely nervous, what if she got young enough she wouldn't be able to do the assignments well and got stuck? She forced herself to dismiss that as impossible.
When they arrived at the Immersion Center, Hailey was directed by the staff into a booth. Once she stepped in, a door slid up sealing her inside. Outside she saw a man typing into a panel on the side of the booth. When he was done, he flipped a switch and the booth lit up and Hailey felt energy surge through her body.
It wasn't just her body that began changing in response, her clothes also seemed to be shifting. After a few moments everything came to an abrupt stop and Hailey had a chance to examine herself. She was absolutely tiny with any womanly features replaced with a layer of baby fat.
She also noticed her hair was cut very short, her shirt prominently featured a firetruck, and something felt wierd around her private area. Curious, she unbuckled her overalls and looked down to find she was wearing blue training pants. Those must have been what she had been feeling because pulling them forward revealed she was in fact still a she. Obviously she was just dressed it "boys" clothes because "girls" clothes were dumb and not fun to play in.
Hailey's attention returned to her surroundings when the door to the booth dropped down in front of her, she looked up to see Mister Jim.
The grown up regarded her, "Hi there Hailey. Do you need to go potty?"
Hailey shook her head and quickly let go of the training pants and began pulling back up the overalls. Hopefully she wasn't in trouble big girls aren't supposed to do stuff like that.
Nonplussed by the display Jim looked over a form and said, "It looks like you're a very big girl Hailey. 3 years old. You are also going to have lots of fun at Sunnyside Preschool. Does that all makes sense?"
Hailey thought for a moment before nodding. Jim then led Hailey back to the bus and buckled her in. He told her to wait patiently while he got everyone else. Antsy, Hailey sat there kicking her legs. She hoped she's get to see her mommy and daddy soon. But would they be the her real mommy and daddy or part of this game?