The teenager rolled out of bed, the world blurry around him. Sitting on the ground, leaning up against said bed, the teenager's right arm
extended, fumbling on his night stand for those wonderful things that would bring everything into focus. A few seconds later, his
searching finger found his glasses, and then the young man stood, yawning as he put the glasses on.
This was Ricky Pierrs. Currently age 16, a sophomore in high school, part of the track and field team... A thrower. Some said he was
built more like a football linebacker, but Ricky preferred to keep his intellect the way it was. He was dark-haired, keeping his hair
trimmed just long enough to keep his bangs, and his goatee and sideburns had been coming in nicely since 7th grade. His dark brown
eyes masked his intelligence behind a warm, almost chocolatey color, but his glasses often got in the way of people noticing those
eyes... At least, in his mind they did. The rest of him was rather unremarkable. He had the genetics for muscles, which was probably
why he was so strong despite doing next to nothing and his belly wasn't too bad, but his genetics also gave him rather bad acne. But it
was okay; he lived with it. He stood in at about five foot eight, and, while he hoped he would still grow some more, he pretty much knew
he was done growing.
Scratching his back as he walked from his bedside towards his dresser, Ricky silently thanked whatever gods there were that it was
Saturday- that meant there was no school today, and he could do what he loved to do most of all. Roleplay on the Internet with his
friends. Not his real friends. No, his real life friends were always too busy for him during the weekends. So he would sit on his laptop,
talking to his friends who he shared his stories and creativity with, and, in turn, they with him. Opening his dresser and pulling out some
dark blue lounge pants and a plain black shirt, which Ricky promptly threw on overtop his dark green boxers, the young man sighed
contentedly and walked over to his desk. Nobody else in the house would be awake for a few hours, so he wouldn't need to take a
shower until then. As Ricky flipped the lid up on his laptop, tapping the keyboard once, twice, three times while he waited for it to load,
he wondered what shenanigans his roleplaying friends would have gotten into now.
Two minutes later, Ricky was pulling open the website he did his roleplaying and writing and talking on up, entering his username and
password in the required fields. A brief scan showed that only a few people had actually posted anywhere while he had been asleep.
Oh well; this wasn't really a shock. However, a small, flashing sign alerted him to something new... A brand new private message.
Briefly pondering who it was from, Ricky dragged his finger across the touch pad and clicked the blinking private message button. When
he opened his inbox, he found a message from one of his female friends on this forum, a girl who went by the username of Heir of
Breath (a reference to a webcomic the two of you read) and the actual name of Seo. She said it was short for her real name, which you
supposed was fair. The teenage boy stroked his goatee in thought as he opened the message, briefly wondering what the Scottish girl
wanted with you.
What he read in the private message was unbelievable. Seo and Ricky had often entertained the idea of swapping genders, even
having written stories about the subject together, but this... A chance discovery of a young, beautiful woman who went by the name of
Aphrodite? The Greek goddess of Love and Beauty, the wife of Hepheastus, the Greek god of the Forge? And this news, that she
claimed she could grant Seo a favor for having shown her some small amount of kindness, which could even change their genders...
And she wanted to share this with him? Another blinking window appeared on his toolbar at the bottom of his screen, which brought
open a video chat. Ricky wondered for a moment why Seo was mouthing words at him before realizing the sound was off.
"... I can't believe it, but for some reason... I do! Wait, did you read the PM, broski?" Seo said, rapid-fire, as Ricky turned his sound on.
The male teenager yawned, nodding his head slowly in a positive response. Immediately, Seo returned to talking. "Well, the reason I
told you about it is... She said that, while not necessary for what I think I'm going to ask for... It works better with two people. So, come
on, Ricky! Come on, please? I know you want to know what it's like, having tits." Seo said, sticking her tongue out and squeezing her
own fairly tiny breasts as she said it.
Ricky ran his hand through his hair, not responding immediately. "Well... Do you honestly believe this? I mean... It's kind of crazy, isn't
it? Even if she is who she says she is, why would a goddess... Oh right, Geeeks valued hospitality and whatnot." He shook his head as
he realized he was thinking while he spoke, and then just stared at the girl who he was talking to. Ugh. Maybe this was just a
fantastical dream... And if it was, why shouldn't he ride with it? At the worst, their hopes could be dashed as the so-called goddess
turned out to be a fraud. "You know what, Seo? Let's do it."
The girl's face lit up, and then she stood up, walking away from her computer screen. Ricky raised an eyebrow, but said nothing, and in
a minute, Seo returned, dragging a beautiful, tall, blonde woman with golden eyes behind her. "Okay, so this is the guy." Seo said,
pointing at the screen. Ricky waved at the woman claiming to be Aphrodite, who smiled back at him with dazzling white teeth. "He's
agreed to switch sexes with me. Right Ricky?" When you nod, Seo just looks at the so-called Aphrodite, who nods slowly in turn.
"Very well, mortals." the woman says, and then things get weird, as all three beings begin to glow...