Christmas at Grangewood Mall (Christmas special 2023)

 

Chapter One

Inside Grangewood Mall, the festive season was truly in swing, Christmas songs echoed from the stores and a massive Christmas tree adorned with decorations sat in the centre, beneath it, like in most malls, was Santa’s grotto where young children could come and tell ‘Santa’ what they wanted for Christmas.  Inside the grotto, he was sitting, waiting for the next child when a young girl walked in wearing a red Christmas jumper and jeans.

“Ho-Ho-Ho and whats your name little girl?” he said, speaking in a jolly tone before recognising the girl “oh if it isn’t my favourite elf”

“Just checking up on you Santa, it has been a year since we last talked” The girl said smiling, attempting to hide the fact she was embarrassed about what happened the last time they met and how she’d ended up in a elf costume with red and white striped tights “and temporary elf, don’t remind me”

“And how are you getting on Sarah, a friend of mine tells me you’ve quit the PEA” Santa replied “and that you’ve been rather naughty this year, you know how I feel about people being naughty”

“Is it really naughty if what I’m doing is better than what the alternative would be?” Sarah replied “Naughty and Nice is all down to perspective”

Santa chuckled “and now you understand why adults don’t believe in me, you all go grey, there is none of that colourful innocence of good and bad that children radiate”

“and what you feed upon, please tell me you and Jack are behaving, no perpetual wish granters or anything dumb that I’ll need to fix?” Sarah replied, A year ago…well technically two years for her she had been a member of the Paranormal Event Authority’s technically legal Reality Watch programme, technically being that the PEA’s Charter stated the agency couldn’t interfere with other realities and depending on who you asked, sending an agent in to gather information on other realities could be seen as being within the charter, of course she had the unfortunate luck of ending up in a dead reality, destroyed by the man standing in front of her, well man, she wasn’t sure exactly what Santa was, her best guess was he was the god that inspired Santa Claus, the same with his assistant Jack Frost who had developed a perpetual wish granter, a rather novel idea all things considered, give someone a piece of paper which will grant them one wish, grant it and when they pass it along, it’ll recharge and be able to grant that person their wish and so on, of course with no oversight, the reality she visited had accidentally wiped itself out by a young boy wishing their would be no more girls and a girl wishing their would be no more boys with their wishes happening simultaneously.

While exploring that reality, Sarah had met a demon named Orion who helped her fix that reality at the cost of her spending a year there as well as turning into a child, she still hadn’t figured out why that had happened other than the fact she had used Santa’s magic. Now here she was, back in her own reality, checking up on him after hearing some troubling rumours “Speaking of, where is Jack?”

“Oh ho ho, Jack, I haven’t seen him in a while, he and….an associate were off doing something but you know how Jack is, probably trying to sell ice to an Eskimo” he replied “why do you ask?”

“I’ve been hearing rumours about someone matching Orion’s description operating in Grangewood” Sarah replied, not noticing her clothes starting to change “and cases of people making magical deals with a blonde haired red eyed devil”

Sarah watched as Santa’s faced from jolly to slightly serious “Sarah, take some advice, there are certain things mortals, spellcasters, humans or PEA agents should stay clear of, Orion Starr is one of them” he answered “Orion is an exiled demon lord”

“Exiled? I didn’t know Demon lords could be exiled, what did he do that was too much for demons, I mean your talking about a realm that is powered on sin” Sarah asked, finally noticing her clothes had changed as she saw her trainers were curly green shoes, her jeans red and white striped tights and her Christmas jumer now a green elf costume “oh seriously”

“Now Now Sarah, I only give gifts to children on my nice list but for you, I’m letting you help me for information” Santa chuckled “now come help me spread some Christmas cheer”

Sarah couldn’t believe she had been roped into helping Santa…again, he didn’t even have the courtesy of giving her a nice costume, she looked so stupid, the stupid elf hat, the stupid elf ears, even the silly little elf necklace and how was she supposed to help spread some holiday cheer, all he did was give her a bucket filled with sweets and was told to point people she thought needed help to the grotto. She rolled her eyes, if it got her information about Orion, she was willing to degrade herself for the afternoon, she had been deep in thought when she bumped into a girl who looked to be about 13 “Oh sorry” she said

“Oh no, its my fault, was in my own world” the girl replied “nice costume”

“Thanks, kinda got forced into doing it, want one?” Sarah said offering the girl a sweet from the bucket

“Oh thanks” the girl replied clearly feeling awkward before smirking as she read the packaging “your Christmas wish will come true” she said aloud “I doubt it”

“Why do you think that?” Sarah asked

“Don’t laugh….I want a friend for Christmas, my only friend moved recently and I’ve been finding it hard to make new ones” the girl answered “oh the names Marie by the way”

“I get it, I barely knew anyone in Grangewood and the ones I do know don’t want anything to do with me, I know this will sound strange but you should visit the grotto, trust me” Sarah said before she felt herself being pulled to another part of the mall while Marie was looking down

“I wi…where’d she go?” Marie muttered to herself before continuing on, deciding to visit the grotto after she had got her mother a christmas present.

Meanwhile, outside the mall four men sat in a van “So we all know the plan?” one of them said

“Scout the area, identify the best targets then we hit them before closing” the youngest of the four said “Are we sure this is a good idea, robbing a mall right before christmas, it seems like bad luck”

“honestly Nick, you need to grow a pair, the stores will have their best gear out plus their tills will be stuffed, we’ll be rich plus it’ll remind everyone that the four clovers aren’t dead” another man said “and are still a threat”

“I know Jamie but still, also are we sure it’s a good idea to still go by that, I mean I get you want to keep the family tradition alive but considering what happened to your cousins” Nick replied, he’d been friends with Jamie Fair since they were kids even though he was two years older than him and was usually the one to talk sense into him whenever he proposed dangerous plans like this.

“shut up, I’m not having my family be mocked because they got a driver who couldn’t stay on the road, naming the ravine where they died, fucking assholes, mocking my family, well we’ll show them, Steven, you take the north side of the mall, Eric, you take the East, I’ll take West and since your so much of a pussy Jamie, you can have the south, maybe you can go into Valerie’s Privates and get yourself some panties” Jamie replied, making Eric and Steven laugh as they all got out and entered the mall.

Sarah shook her head, god she hated being teleported, getting her bearings she looked around to see why she had been teleported, her guess it was Santa, well she hoped it was santa, not wanting it to be a spellcaster, she’d already bumped into a few of them on the way to Grangewood and some of them were fine with her being an ex-PEA agent while others were less so. Not that spellcasters were her only problem, the PEA had put her on a wanted list, well technically it was a kill list but according to the one agent that hadn’t tried killing her, they made it a wanted list so the other agents wouldn’t complain. Looking at the café she saw a woman sitting by herself, she seemed to be in her early 30s and had blonde hair and was dressing a professional looking business suit, she was failing to hide the fact she was staring at a group of children in a toy store, giggling and smiling with their parents.

“Would you like a sweet?” Sarah asked as she approached the woman who turned and smiled

“Why thank you, aren’t you the most adorable little elf” she cooed, taking a sweet from the bucket

“Thanks, I’m helping Santa” Sarah smiled, putting on a childish voice, looking like a 10 years old had its perks, most people weren’t expecting the person breaking in to be in pig tails and a school uniform looking for her mommy although it did mean she had to duck and dodge social services, thankfully the PEA had enough safehouses that she could move under the radar, although it had led to an awkward situation where she and a male agent who had been turned into a woman had to pretend to be mother and daughter while she helped change him back.

“well you tell Santa you deserve an extra gift” the woman said eating the sweet “your gift will come soon” the woman whose name was Margaret whispered, she knew it was probably just a coincidence but maybe this was a sign, she had been trying to have a baby for so long but for some reason it just didn’t happen, test after test showed their was no problem with her or her husband, they just couldn’t conceive, this had put a strain on their marriage, she couldn’t remember the last time the two of them went on a date or even had dinner together.

“I will” Sarah said as she turned to leave, being teleported again as the woman bent over.

“Hey you dropped your….oh dear” Margaret said picking up a cute little bracelet and looking around “I better hold onto that, she’ll get really upset if she lost it” putting the bracelet into her handbag and going back to her cappuccino.

Sarah groaned “God can you let me get my bearings first, I feel like I’m going to hurl” she muttered to herself as she sat down on a bench next to a scruffy looking boy

“You ok?” he asked, looking to be about the 6 or 7

“Yeah, just a little sick” Sarah replied.

“is it cause you had too much chocolate?” he asked pointing to the bucket “Mr Malcolm says that to me all the time, Peter if you eat too much chocolate you’ll be sick”

“He’s right” Sarah replied “So is he your teacher or something?”

“Social worker, I….lost my mom” Peter replied looking down at his feet, Sarah seeing his eyes water

“Hey, you want something from the bucket, I’m helping Santa at his grotto, he told me to go hand them out” Sarah said knowing just the thing to make the boy feel better “you should go see him”

“That won’t help, Santa isn’t real, he’s just some guy in a costume” Peter replied taking some sweets from the bucket.

“Trust me, this one isn’t, he’s the real deal” Sarah replied whispering into his ear “He grants wishes, I’ve seen him do it” before taking the boy’s hand, feeling herself and Peter teleport again.

Meanwhile, the four clovers had reached their respective parts of the mall, unaware of what was about to happen to them as magic filled the air.

Chapter Two

Steven Brown was a relatively new member of the gang, having joined up with them on their last job, not that he wasn’t experienced, he’d ran with a few crews before and had been specifically sought out by Jamie for his knowledge of Grangewood. He did have some hesitation about the job, sure the payout would be great but Grangewood Mall was hardly remote, one fuck up and half of GWPD would be on their asses within five minutes. Scoping out the north section, it was mostly kids stuff, he couldn’t really see any point in hitting this part of the mall unless they wanted to try and fence dolls and kid’s clothes. He chuckled, remembering a job he had done a few years earlier, jacking a truck that the crew thought had a $20,000 worth of JPads but finding out they’d actually stole $2000 worth of kid’s tops that were on their way to be destroyed due to a misprint.

Leaning against a wall, a blonde haired woman in a professional looking business suit walked past, Steven’s eye’s instantly moving to check out her impressive figure before noticing the wedding ring “Damnit, why are all the hottest babes taken” he thought to himself before noticing something shiny drop out of her handbag. Walking over he picked it up but when he tried to look for the woman, she was gone “finders keepers” he smirked as he looked at it before immediately feeling bad, it was a little girl’s bracelet with unicorn and cartoon character charms, probably not worth anything other than for sentimental value “it is kinda cute though” he thought to himself as he put it on, the bracelet fitting perfectly making him laugh, he wasn’t sure if being able to fit a kid’s bracelet around his wrist was a good thing or a bad thing. Deciding to wander around he found himself gravitating towards a shoe store, for some reason, his shoes felt a little loose.

“Wow, did we just teleport” Peter said looking at Sarah who looked a little green “That was awesome… are you ok?”

Sarah responded by rushing through a door that appeared leading to a bathroom “don’t worry about her, the little elf doesn’t like being teleported” Santa chuckled “And you must be Peter”

“Are you…really him?” Peter asked

Santa chuckled in a jolly tone and snapped his fingers making a candy cane appear in Peter’s hand “ho ho ho does that answer your question?”

Peter whimpered before running and hugging Santa “Can you really grant my wish, get me a family for Christmas?”

“Of course, I need you to do something in return though” Santa replied lifting the young boy onto his lap and whispering into his ear.

Peter smiling “I can do that, no problem” he answered as Santa put him down and rushed out the grotto as Sarah returned.

“Where’s peter?” she asked

“I granted his wish, just like you wanted me too” Santa said with a grin

“Why do I get the feeling I’m going to have to clean up your mess….again” Sarah sighed “Now our deal?”

“Yes Orion is here, yes he has been making deals but its nothing nefarious he is…well he is doing it for his son”

“His son?” Sarah said wide eyed “since when can demon lords have kids?”

Meanwhile, Eric Jones was scoping out the east side of the mall, well scoping out was what he’d call it, what he actually was doing was stuffing his face at the food court while looking to see what the rates were for different products on the black market, his section of the mall was slightly more interesting that Steven’s mostly due to it being aimed at teenagers which meant popular brand stores like JustUs and UnderDrawer as well as a Jstore and a bunch of makeup and perfume stalls. He had been the first person Jamie had recruited to the gang, the two of them being former cellmates at the Jackson County Jail, Jamie for  trying to steal a car, Eric for trying to steal the exact same car, the two had gotten off to a bad start, blaming each other for the reason they were caught but had soon became best friends, Eric’s contacts and knowledge of the black market allowing them to quickly sell off their stolen goods. Unlike Steven and Nick, he fully supported Jamie’s plan, he had estimated that if they were fast enough and hit the best targets, they could be looking at a $250,000 payday although with how hesitant Nick was acting, Eric was starting to worry, the last thing they needed was Nick to get cold feet and bolt, him, Steven and Jamie were the ones responsible for carrying the loot, Eric couldn’t, doctor’s orders. Downing his third burger, his laptop pinged with a strange notification.

“Check this out” it said, the notification coming from his market tracker which he guessed meant something big was either being sold or being asked for, clicking it his screen flashed repeatedly making his head hurt before stopping a few seconds later.

“Oh please tell me I wasn’t hacked” he muttered, quickly running several programs to scan for any breaches, thankfully there were none but oddly he found that his browser had opened up the JustUs website, the bubblegum pop music blaring into his headphones as a banner with “FINAL SALE OF THE YEAR 75% OFF EVERYTHING” flashed in neon colours. Eric closed the browser and his laptop, putting it in his leather messenger bag, putting down the burger “god I really shouldn’t eat those, I don’t want people to think I’m some fat slob” he thought to himself as he picked up his pink Jpod and put on his favourite playlist, the same bubblegum pop music now playing through his headphones as he strutted towards Justus.

Jamie Fair walked around the west side of the mall, getting glares from parents as he openly vaped “screw them and their little brat, I’ll smoke where I want” he thought to himself as he noticed a scruffy young boy following him, a smirk forming, was this kid seriously trying to pickpocket him? He was impressed, he wouldn’t have even noticed the kid if it wasn’t for the mirror, he waited until the boy’s arms had reached into his pocket before grabbing him into a corner, out of view “You know what they do to pickpockets kid?”

“I I-Please don’t get me into trouble, I was just trying to buy get something for my friend, Santa said if he’d grant my wish but I don’t have any money and I…I overheard you and your friends talking about today being your big payday earlier” Peter said sniffling, Jamie feeling bad, who was he to judge, when he was that age he was already boosting cars although

“Whats your name?” Jamie asked

“P-Peter” Peter replied

“Well Peter, I can help you get the best gift for your friend but I’m going to need your help” Jamie asked “What do you say?”

Peter nodded and Jamie took his hand as they walked out from the corner and towards the huge toy store, lifting his arm to take another hit from his vape he instead found himself putting a pink pacifier into his mouth, not finding it strange, in fact he found it quite comforting, suckling on it as he felt Peter pull on his hand, like he was the one leading Jamie.

Unaware of what was happening to his associates, Nick Fairfax was standing outside Valerie’s Privates, Jamie’s insult ringing in his ear, telling him to get himself some panties, not that he needed to, he was wearing a leopard print thong already, like he had been since high school, remembering the first time it had happened, a stupid dare, break into the girls changing room and steal something, he’d been chosen due to his thin build allowing him to climb in through the window but also due to his long black hair, the logic being he looked like a girl so no one would notice. He remembered how his heart thumped in his chest as he got inside, how he had almost got caught by a pair of seniors as they left the showers, how he had snuck over and managed to grab a gym bag filled with clothes from an open locker. How his friends had left making him fall into the mud, how for some stupid reason he had gotten changed into the clothes, wearing the panties, sports bra, tanktop, shorts, gym socks and trainers back. Blushing as he remembered how the padding in the sports bra gave the illusion of a bust, the tightness of the panties hid his bulge and the shorts hugging his rear and thighs tightly due to his constant cycling to and from school giving him nice round glutes and toned thighs, how the smell of girls perfume and sweat stuck to him as he rushed home where the clothes stayed as part of his collection. He had went full time wearing panties in his 20s and had pretty much went to wearing unisex or subtle women’s clothes after that of course he had never came out as trans or went too femme, he knew Jamie well enough that if he’d do that he would end up in a ditch, Jamie wasn’t a bigot by any means but he had admitted to engaging in the occasional tranny-bashing, not because he hated them but because he could never turn down the chance to beat someone up.

Deciding to go inside to at least see what they had on offer, he felt all his anxiety disappear, feeling momentarily confused on why he was so anxious, it was hardly his first time, adjusting his bra strap as he looked around, swaying his hips as he walked over to the sales section.

Chapter Three

Nick was surprised at how nice the sales section was although he wondered if it was because it was due to this VP store being much larger than the ones he usually went into and was way more crowded but again he didn’t feel awkward being there as he picked up a racy little red thong with a rhinestone waistband along with the matching push up bra before hesitating, what was his size again, he never wore bras regularly enough to know that off by heart which made him feel a little embarrassed, he was nearly 40 years old, not knowing what size you are is acceptable when you’re a teenager but as an adult, he pushed his long brunette hair back behind his ear as he tried to think before being interrupted by a staff member

“Do you need any help ma’am?” the young woman asked making Nick blush, sure he had long hair and a somewhat feminine figure but did she seriously think he was a woman, sure he was in the middle of a women’s lingerie store holding a bra and thong so maybe she did or maybe she was just being nice.

“Yeah” He croaked before coughing to try clearing his throat “Does this store do fittings?” he asked, his bra feeling tight “I can’t decide if my bra has shrunk in the wash or I’ve gotten bigger”

“Of course and I understand, you’ll be surprised how many women walk in wearing the wrong size or don’t realise they’ve went up a size, like my sister insisted she could still wear her old bras despite it being obvious to everyone they wouldn’t fit” the staff member answered as they walked through the store “but that’s what having two kids will do to you”

“Oh tell me about it” Nick said before stopping….what did he know about having kids? Entering the booth he unbuttoned his shirt in front of the mirror and unhooked his bra, putting both in a neat pile, he had to admit he looked great for being 39, a nice toned stomach, not a single wrinkle or crows feet in sight although he couldn’t believe he forgot to put on makeup this morning, honestly what was he thinking?

“So how many?” The staff member asked as she put a the measuring tape around his chest, pulling it so it fit snug against his body, neither noticing his waist beginning to curve in and the excess fat and muscle moving up to his chest.

“Three, Erica, Peter and Jamie” Nick replied as the mass separated into two mounds pushing out to create two large breasts before sagging “Technically Peter isn’t mine yet, he lost his parents when he was a toddler the poor thing, Me and my husband have already filed the paperwork but we figured it would be a great Christmas present, I mean he already calls me mom so we might as well make it official”

“aww he’d love that” the woman cooed “So I take it dad is taking them to visit Santa”

“yep, although knowing them Erica’s went off to buy clothes, you know what teenagers are like and Peter is probably chasing after Jamie, honestly that girl has been running before she could walk” Nick replied with a giggle “probably wanting yet another teddybear”

Jamie entered the toy store with Peter, still sucking on his pacifier as he pulled it out, a bridge of saliva connecting it to his mouth “Where you wanna go firth” he said oblivious to the slight lisp he had developed as he bent over and fixed his trainers, adjusting the Velcro so it was tighter.

“Hmmm, how about we go look at the teddy bears” Peter said which made Jamie smile, he loved teddy bears, excitedly running towards them, peter rushing behind him “Jamie wait up, you know your not supposed to run away” a small smile forming on his face as he watched Jamie’s trousers go from black to white and appear to get thinner and tighter around his legs. Jamie was too excited to notice or listen, although he did find it weird his curly brunette shoulder length hair was bouncing so much, he was sure he had never let it grow longer than past his ears but shrugged it off, he liked how it bounced and he know mommy thought he looked adorable. Reaching the teddy bears he jumped up and down in excitement as he saw a large one.

“Petah Petah, wook” he pointed as Peter caught up, looking at him confused, he didn’t remember Petah nearly being as tall as him before focusing back on the teddy bear going to grab it he was surprised at how heavy it was almost falling over when he felt Peter grab it.

“Be careful Jamie, you don’t want to hurt yourself” Peter said smiling as he rubbed Jamie’s hair “let me carry it”

“I can cawwy it myself, I’m strong” he said flexing his arm “see, I got muscle” pointing to a rather pathetic bump in his arm.

“That’s not a muscle, that’s just cause you are tensing your arm up” Peter laughed as Jamie shrunk even more, now barely past his waist

Jamie crossed his arms and stuck out his tongue, Peter was such a meanie “Now Jamie, I don’t think Santa would approve of you sticking your tongue out” a man said.

“Petah said I don’t have muscle but I do” Jamie said to the man who for some reason felt familiar and close too, like he could trust him “He was being a meanie daddy” he said before cringing, did he just call this stranger daddy? Wait why did he think daddy was a stranger? Daddy was Daddy.

“Of course you do sweetie” the man said lifting Jamie up who let out a childish squeal and giggle as his baggy shirt turned pink, losing its sleeves as it turned into a puffy dress and underneath his boxers began to become puffy, crinkling as they expanded. Jamie wanted daddy to put him down but he couldn’t what was going on, why was he giggling like a…he paused as he caught his reflection in a mirror or rather the little girl “what the hell?” he thought to himself as he was carried by daddy, Peter next to him.

“Sorry Mr Malcolm, I wasn’t trying to be mean, I just didn’t want Jamie to hurt herself” Peter said looking down.

“Its ok Peter, you were being a good big brother and please, you know how I feel about you calling me Mr Malcolm” Mr Malcolm replied rubbing Peter’s hair “while we are here, we should get you a haircut”

Meanwhile, Steven was bent over looking at shoes, for some reason he had gravitated towards a pair of baby blue mary janes with a white bow on the ankle strap. However as he was looking he felt someone tap his shoulder “oh those look cute sweetie” a woman said making Steven turn to see the blonde woman from earlier.

“who was she calling sweetie?” Steven thought to himself not noticing his hair turning blonde as he picked up the shoes in his size but he was unsure, he would of sworn he was a size 8 and not a 4.5 “Do you think so?” he asked the woman, weirdly wanting to hear her opinion.

“Oh yeah, why don’t you try them on?” the woman said as he tried them on they seemed to fit perfectly and looked really cute with the frilly ankle socks he had on, standing up he walked in them, smiling she was right they felt perfect although they didn’t go with his outfits, why did he wear such boring clothes? Taking the woman’s hand they walked to the cashier, Steven feeling confused why he did and why he was letting her pay for him “You know while we are here, we should get you a dress” the woman said making Steven giggle, great minds think alike. Leaving the store with a bag in hand Steven looked up at the woman, confused, when had she gotten so tall and why was he so scared to let go of her hand, oblivious to his grey shirt turning light green and the sleeves becoming short and puffy, Tinkerbell appearing across the front as it morphed into a girl’s top.

Eric had been wondering around Justus looking through the racks for a while, unable to find anything nice, sighing this is what he got for not going first thing, all the cute stuff was gone and worse he had noticed while he had been looking at a dress that one of the fake nails he applied this morning had fell off, now it just looked weird. Turning to leave he bumped into a girl “Oh sorry” he said, feeling awkward, fully expecting to be called a creep or perv but the girl just laughed.

“it’s ok, I was on my phone” the girl said with a smile “oooh, I love your top” pointing to his top, looking down Eric saw his blue poloshirt had become a purple t-shirt with Justin Marlight on it from one of his many movies which confused him, he’d never seen any of his movies although he was sooo hot.

“Thanks” Eric said finding himself having to adjust his trousers “Soo see anything nice?” he asked, the girl clearly had better fashion sense than him “I loooove your outfit by the way, that blouse really works well with the skirt”

The girl giggled “I just copies a style I saw online, I’m Marie”

“Erica” Eric replied before pausing

“why did I say my name was Erica?” he thought to himself as he adjusted his now skinny jeans.

“Honestly, nothing really, I think most of the good stuff is already gone” Marie said before pausing and picking up a fluffy brown bomber jacket “I think this would totally suit you”

Eric took the jacket and tried it on in front of a mirror, not noticing he had shrunk to be heights with Marie and his brunette hair with blonde highlights was down to his shoulders “I think your right” he giggled “you see this is why I always invite you shopping”

“Yeah, remember when we first met, you were wearing that ugly ass orange tracksuit” Marie replied giggling

“hey, as I seem to recall you had dyed your hair green” Eric said his body getting younger and more feminine, a bra forming under his t-shirt as the fat off his old body redistributed itself in order to give his body the figure of a developing teenage girl, memories of a friendship with Marie replacing his life of crime.

Having finished in Valerie’s Privates, Nick walked out with several bags “38E, honestly, its been three years, I would have thought they’d have shrunk down not got bigger” he thought to himself, although he was secretly fine with it, Charlie had always said her breasts were her best feature, besides her ass” smirking as she caught a guy staring at the large round derriere contained in a pair of tight latex leggings, her impressive bust given a little oomph by her new push up bra, she even made sure to unbutton her blouse to show off a little cleavage, getting stares and smiles from men as she walked into the women’s bathroom, glad she still had some makeup in her bag, even if it was just concealer and her favourite red lipstick, she had to look best for him, after all Mrs Nicki Malcolm always had to look her best.

Chapter Four

Jamie was in complete disbelief, what the hell had happened to him? Why was he a kid? Why was he a girl? He needed to get out of there, he tried kicking his legs so daddy would put him down, wanting to speak but finding his pacifier stuck in his mouth.

“Now Jamie, no kicking daddy” Mr Malcolm said putting him down, Jamie taking the chance to run or rather waddle away, something didn’t feel right as he felt himself fall back onto his padded bum. Mr Malcolm helping him up and into a stroller, Jamie hating his lack of strength to push daddy away as he strapped him in, he felt so powerless, only able to move his feet up to see his pink booties he had on and his dainty little toddler hands. Looking at Peter he noticed him smiling, it had to be him, this all started with him. Taking out his drool cover pacifier which made him cringe, his mouth felt so weird.

“brathar” He said “Brothar” kicking his legs, waving his arms and trying to move up from the stroller.

“Oh, I think Jamie wants Mr Rabbit” Peter said taking a stuffed bunny out of the stroller and giving it to Jamie who started moving it, he wanted to throw it but he felt too attached to it, he tried to fight but he could feel his mind slipping away, he didn’t want to be a toddler, he was Jamie Fair, he was the one who was going to restore the family legacy, he was mommy and daddy’s little princess, his last male and adult thoughts exciting her head as she played with Mr rabbit, giggling  before stopping and realising she had just did an oopsie as she felt a feeling of warmness between her legs making her whimper and then cry “Uh dad, I think Jamie needs changed”

“Well lets go find mommy” Mr Malcolm smiled pushing the stroller out of the toy store, Jamie oblivious to the bags of toys sitting in a section of the stroller behind her.

Nicki smiled in front of the mirror as she finished applying her lipstick, gone was the face of a 39 year old man and instead the kissable lips and gorgeous features of a 39 year mother, god she looked good, she’d have thought after having two kids she would have lost the figure and good looks that had made Kieran fall in love with her but nope, she went from being 9 months pregnant and panda eyes to a curvy momma with an hourglass figure and face that men wanted to know better in less than a year, with the added benefit of bigger boobs. Going into a stall she pulled down her leggings and thong, hoping Jamie hadn’t been too much hassle, it only felt like yesterday they were in the hospital, she was glad they were deciding to adopt this time, she loved Kieran especially a specific part of him, taking a piece of toilet paper and wiping herself,  but three kids, that was enough, the idea of being or getting pregnant again was an instant mood killer plus there had been some unexpected issues she was having to deal with. Opening up her and putting in a new pantyliner before pulling her perfectly fitting thong up then her leggings she wiped her hands and excited the bathroom to her phone playing all the single ladies, seeing Hubby was phoning her she smiled “hey honey bear, hows it going?”

“Great sweetie but uh” Mr Malcolm said, Jamie wailing in the background, Nicki knew exactly what the problem was.

“I’m near the grotto, tell my little princess I’ll be there soon” Nicki rolling her eyes, glad she had packed some extra pull ups in the stroller as she texted Erica “When you are done meet us at Grotto”

Eric had been having a great time with Marie, having bought a couple tops, skirts, leggings and a dress they had decided to head to underdrawer and gotten some new pyjamas and a few bras, Eric finding out he was now a 32C “Girl if this keeps up your going to be as big as your mom by senior year” Marie said with a hint of jealousy as the last of his fat finished redistributing itself giving him the figure of a 13 year old girl blessed with the genetics of her mother. Sitting down on a bench, he heard a phone starting to ring from his handbag, taking it out he saw MOM in block with the text.

“ugh, mom wants me to meet her at the grotto” Eric said as his face and voice began to change to that of a teenage girl “I swear if she makes me sit on Santa’s lap”

“What, don’t want Santa to know you want a boyfriend for Christmas” Marie giggled as a group of teenage boys walked past, one smiling at Eric “Speaking of”

Eric blushed “shut up, He wasn’t staring at me…was he? Oh god the one day I don’t do my makeup” his body being flushed with teenage hormones as the last physical change between his legs took place.

“Of course he was, You know he’s in my English class” Marie giggled “I could totally give him your number if you asked nicely”

“Don’t you dare” Erica said blushing “my mom would kill me if she knew a boy had my number”

While the girls talked, Erica noticed a boy, wearing a green Tinkerbell top and pink and white Velcro trainers holding the hand of a woman in a professional business suit, they caught eyes for only a second but they seemed to recognise each other, Erica feeling confused, remembering something about a plan before snapping back to talking to Marie.

Steven was just as confused, wondering why that girl looked so familiar but he shook his head and figured it was just someone he had seen before as he entered the store with Marie, he was slightly confused why she had chosen to take him to a girl’s store, sure he dressed a bit effeminate, afterall what boy his age likes Tinkerbell and wears mary janes? That didn’t mean he actually wanted to wear girl’s clothes “it’s bad enough I’m  being mistaken for one due to my hair” he thought to himself as he moved his shoulder length hair back.

“You want a headband for your hair sweetie?” Marie said taking a pink headband with a white flower on the side from her handbag, slightly confused herself, when did she put that in there? Her breasts growing and sagging slightly, like you’d expect from a mother.

“Uh thanks Morie” Steven said taking the headband and putting it on, smiling in the mirror, it did look kinda cute on him as he looked at himself in the mirror, his face now looking like a young girls as he saw a group of them.

“Stephanie!” they squealed rushing over, steven confused for a second, wondering who these girls were before giggling, they were his friends, why did he forget them, they’d known each other since…well forever “Hi Mrs Jordan”

“Hi girls, enjoying the holidays?” Marie said, also confused, she had never met any of these kids before in her life yet she knew them all, their birthdays, their parents, why did she know all that? A thought popping in her head, duh, they were her daughter’s friends, she’d done enough playdates and sleepovers to know them all plus it wasn’t like she didn’t know their mothers either, memories of meeting up at pregnancy yoga classes and babyshowers filling her head, replacing the IVF treatments and sobbing in bed.

“Yeah, we’re gonna go see Santa” one of the girls said as Steven’s jeans began to change, the legs retreating up and puffing out as the material change to a soft cotton, becoming a petticoated skirt, his boxers changing to a pair of white cotton briefs as Steven’s memories began to change, forgetting his life of crime as well as any knowledge past the kindergarten level.

“So are we but mommy is getting me a new dress to go with my new shoes” Stephanie giggled taking the shoes out from the bag, the girls ooing and giggling while the mothers of the other girls appeared, several holding multiple bags.

“See you’ve been shopping while her back has turned too Marie” one of the mothers said making Marie look down to see her one bag had multipled into six, each hiding presents for Stephanie.

“Yeah, I’m getting her a dress as an early present, honestly its so strange, this morning I was remembering how everything was before I got pregnant and now look at her, six years old” Marie said

“Oh I know what you mean, how is Joseph anyway?” another mother asked

“great, he’s on dinner duty, you know what he’s like, he insists on making his two girls dinner whenever he isn’t busy” Marie laughed, years of arguments and stress disappearing from her memories replaced with laughter and romance.

She watched as Stephanie ran up to her holding a dress “mommy mommy, what about this one?” she said, the dress was a baby blue maxi dress with sequins on the skirt and ribbons on the straps.

“Oh you would look absolutely gorgeous in that sweetie” Marie cooed “I’ll speak to you later ladies”

A short while later, Stephanie was waiting in line at the grotto, wearing her new dress and mary janes along with some white tights, she already knew what she was asking Santa for Christmas, she had a huuuuuge list. A few families behind her was a father and a young boy, his hair freshly cut and an empty stroller, a bored looking teen beside them on her phone texting away.

“Erica, be sociable” a woman said holding a 2 year old girl in her hands, gently putting the young girl back in the stroller.

“ugh, do I need to be here mom?” Erica asked as the magic floating in the air made its final changes to reality, Nick the shy young member of the gang to Nicki the nagging but loving mother to her teenage daughter Erica and toddler Jamie and loving wife to her husband Kieran along with soon being the adoptive mother to Peter whose wish had been fulfilled. Eric going from the slob fixer of the gang to the giggling teenager Erica who was hiding the excitement that the cute boy that had smiled her earlier had just Dm’d her, Steven becoming Marie’s Christmas wish, a happy marriage and loving daughter while Jamie, whose plan it was to rob the mall in the first place…well she was currently sleeping away, cuddling Mr rabbit and sucking on her pacifier.

Santa sat on his chair with a grin, he loved granting Christmas wishes and punishing naughty children at the same time. Looking over as a young woman approached Sarah, he even kept his end of the bargain.

“You look adorable” the woman whispered into Sarah’s ear, making her jump and turn around.

“Cassidy!” Sarah squealed giving the woman a hug “god its been….a while, I heard you got transferred here, tell me how is Sun?”

“Eh….We aren’t exactly talking at the moment”  Cassidy said “Want to go find somewhere to chat?”

“Sure” Sarah said, the two former colleages walking to a café nearby to chat.

“Honestly I can’t believe that’s actually you, I mean I heard what happened but….how are you feeling?” Cassidy asked, feeling a little awkward, the last time they had talked Sarah and her had been the same age.

“I got used to it, seems the magic only affected me physically, still got my old brain, old memories, skills, only difference now I get into places half price” Sarah chuckled raising her hand to show a shiny blue ring “Plus I have this”

“What is….” Cassidy started to say before pausing “Sarah that isn’t what I think it is?”

“yep, an Ecclesian band, the power of a spellcaster in one cute little package” Sarah smirked “You do not want to know all the dumb shit I had to do to get it but it has been very useful, helped me track Santa here”

Cassidy subtly rolled her eyes, she had her about this, Sarah meeting Santa and helping him fix reality, it wasn’t that she didn’t believe her, in their profession anything was possible but that and getting an Ecclesian Band was making her start to think Sarah’s statement about only being physically changed was BS, especially considering she had seen the report about how she acted when she was pretending to be that agent’s daughter “and why were you looking for him?”

“Orion Starr, a demon I encountered…or rather an exiled demon lord I encountered” Sarah replied “heard rumours he was here, making deals”

“and?” Cassidy asked as they sipped on their hot chocolate

“He’s here but its not him doing the deals, its his son” Sarah answered

“Son of a demon lord…….I think I know who you are talking about” Cassidy said lifting up her handbag “When me and Sun first came here, there was these siblings, Alex and Beth, had a run in with Overlord” sighing letting Sarah know it didn’t end well “while we were investigating we came across a strange boy with blonde hair and occasionally showed red eyes, sound like your demon?”

“Identical” sarah replied, noticing Cassidy’s face change to sadness “hey Cass, why did you and Sun stop talking, you two were inseparable”

“It was about three months ago, we are embedded in a local highschool, me a teacher, Sun a janitor, anyway the schools a hotbed for strange shit, one day we are tracking a spirit possessing a statue and well, turns out it had changed another pair of siblings, a junior named Jason and a senior named Jasmine, turning Jason into a superior freshman version of Jasmine and Jasmine into a superior Junior version of Jason, anyway turns out this spirit had made a deal to fix them but us catching it before it could had some…unintended side effects” Cassidy sighed “the spirit didn’t do the mind alter charm properly so now Jason despite being the right sex and age thinks he should be a freshman girl named Jasmine while Jasmine now a younger version of herself thinks she should be a junior guy named Jason”

“And you two had an argument over it…jesus Cass, I’m sorry” Sarah said, knowing she had been put in an impossible situation and from the sounds of it, had resulted in two pairs of siblings being caught in the crossfire.

“Well yeah but also….this” Cassidy said opening her handbag, a glowing statue poking its head out “you aren’t the only one with the power of a spellcaster on her”