Elapriss:
I woke up and smiled at the woman I somehow knew was my mother. I looked down at my body and noticed that I was human. "Good morning my dear daughter" my mother said.
"Good morning Mom" I said. "Why did I change into a human while I slept?"
"We will change back during sleep for awhile yet since we're used to being human" my mother said. "Now the woman was your first meal so I should tell you that in a minute or two you will regurgitate what you could not digest."
"Where should I do it at?" I asked.
"You can do it in the bathroom" my mother said. "In fact I'll have to do it too."
I followed my mother to the bathroom and as soon as we entered I felt my stomach contract. I fell to my hands and knees and my mother did the same. We vomited up a mess of hair and nails. That was common to both of us. My mother also vomited up buttons, a zipper, coins, and what looked like elastic. The only other thing that came up with me was some type of box with wires coming out of it. My mother looked over and said "Shit!"
"What is it mother?" I asked.
"That's a pacemaker" she said. "And if I'm right it's one that alerts the authorities if the heart stops."
"So what does that mean?" I asked confused and a bit afraid.
"It means we need to leave in a hurry" she said as she got up and moved toward the door. She grabbed my arm and dragged me back to the bedroom. Once there she took out some clothes. "I'll help you put these on" she said as she came over to me.
After I was dressed we went to another bedroom where my mother put on some jeans and a shirt. The shirt was tight against her breasts and showed a bit of her belly. She found a pair of shoes and quickly put them on too. While she was I tried adjusting the bra my mother gave me. The cups were a size too large and it was uncomfortable. My mother grabbed my hand and hurried us out of the house picking up car keys on the way. We got in the car and my mother backed it out of the drive. About four blocks away we had to pull over to let police, fire, and an ambulance pass us.
We arrived at this strange shop in China Town and my mother led me inside. An old Chinese man was sitting behind the counter. When we entered he looked up and smiled. He then said "Welcome back my queen" with a nod of respect. "Welcome Princess Elapriss" he continued with another nod of respect. "I know you two have questions but first we must get your car away from here before the police track it."
The old man went into the back and brought someone out. He was about six foot and heavily muscled. He looked to be of Mexican descent. He took the car keys from my mother without a word and left the shop. As we heard the car speed away the old Chinese guy said "Juan had come in two months ago and bought a subjugation cream. He thought that if he spread the cream on himself he would be able to make others his slave." The old guy chuckled and said "Little did he know that he would become my slave. Though after today he will not be a slave anymore. He will in fact be dead. He will let the police chase him and then crash your car in a way that will kill him."
My mother smiled and said "Well that will take care of many things."
"Not all though" the old man said. "There will be those that will know what the hair and nails mean. You will need to be more careful from now on. Stay in your human forms for a couple days straight. The transformation makes you hungry. Once you can stay in your snake forms while you sleep you will only need to eat every couple of days. Now as to why your venom changed Elapriss. The Snake Oil had the same venom in it so naturally it would change her. You couldn't eat her because you knew that she was your daughter."
"You were going to eat me Mom?!" I asked raising my voice a bit.
"Understand Princess that you were in a male body so your mother did not consciously know it was you" the old man said. I grumbled and accepted the explanation but I didn't like hearing that my mother tried to eat me. "Now as to why Elapriss wasn't affected by your gaze" the old man continued. "There are three reasons. The first is that of course she had the power in her. The second is that she has no interest in females in a sexual way. The third is that she's your daughter."
"But I have no sexual interest in females either yet I was almost hypnotized by my own breasts and eyes" my mother said.
"Are you sure about that?" the old man asked. Before my mother could say anything he continued. "Elapriss is not invulnerable. She can die same as you. Now as to why she can't remember what she was before. The transformation was painful for her so her mind blocked the memories from before the transformation. Her memories may come back in time."
"Well that takes care of almost all of my questions" my mother said.
"Of course the problem of where you're going to live and what you're going to call yourselves" the old man said. "I am pleased to say that I can help. I have arranged for you to live in a house in a different neighborhood. I have also arranged new identities for you both. My Queen, your new name is Victoria May Grey. You are thirty years old. Princess, your new name is Emily Sue Grey. You are sixteen years old."
"That would mean I had her when I was fourteen" my mother said shocked.
"Yes it does" the old man said. "Your boyfriend at the time was Jonathan Michael Kilroy. He died soon after you became pregnant and you were busy taking care of a kid so you haven't dated anyone until recently and even now it's basically been only one date."
"Well that's pretty thorough" my mother said. "What happens when the police come and asks us questions?"
"Not to worry" the old man said. "They will need to dig really deep in order to find out this story is false. I had also foreseen this possibility a couple weeks ago and that is when I arranged this. There's a minivan out back for you filled with the rest of your possessions from your old house. When you get to your new home you will find moving boxes in it. Now please go in the backroom and you will find clothes for each of you to wear." He looked at me and finished "I'm sure that bra is uncomfortable."
We went into the backroom and changed. The old man had given my mother plain white cotton panties and bra, a pair of faded blue jeans, a gray short sleeve shirt, white ankle socks, and a pair of gray tennis shoes. I could tell my mother wasn't too thrilled about the selection but she put them on. For me he gave me pair pair of pink cotton panties and matching bra, denim short shorts, a red short sleeve shirt, and brown sandals. We quickly dressed and picked up the purses he left us. They were both beige with our initials on them. I looked in mine and found makeup, cash equaling thirty dollars, a cash card, and my driver's license. I took it out and looked at it. It had my name the old man had given me on it and a picture of me on it. I looked in a nearby mirror to check. How did he produce this license if I was just transformed last night?
"Lets go Emily" my mother said. "I'll have to enroll you in school since it starts soon." When I didn't respond she tapped my shoulder and asked "Did you hear me Emily?"
I turned around and said "Sorry Mom."
"You need to get used to it" she said as we went out the back door to the minivan.
"Why should I get used to it?" I asked as we got into the van. "I am Elapriss, Princess of Serpents and you are Vipriss, Queen of Serpents and my mother."
"Because we need to blend in" she said as she started the van and started driving. "There are people out there that are more powerful than we are at the moment. If we are not careful they will hunt us and kill us. Do you want that?"
"No" I said looking down.
"Then get used to it Emily" she said.
"Alright Mom" I said. We were silent for the rest of the ride to our new house. I could look forward to a day or two of unpacking.