Note: This story is set in Wholeman's Pea Pod Universe, sometime between 'Pea Pod' and 'Pea Pod – The Return.'

 

The Little Princess in the Pea Pod

by Maggie The Kitten

For Auntie Holly, with minor edits by her

  

'Doctor X led the next contestant for, 'You bet your manhood,' over to Dolly and Meka. Maggie had been under the doctor's therapy now for about a year. She was no doubt transsexual, and sadly, like many of her gender challenged sisters, she was not particularly passable as a woman. Tall, a shade over 6 foot, with a slender near shapeless body, long drawn face and long but thinning light brown hair. The near forty-year-old carried dark circles underneath her eyes that spoke of sleepless nights and joyless days.

Dolly had reviewed her file at the Doctor's request. Maggie had been living full time for several years now, and was eking out a living as Maggie the transsexual meter maid. Dolly noted that she lived alone save for a woman who looked in on her from time to time. The only family she had, was one she had found, in a transsexual chat room frequented by many lost souls like her. The details on that were fuzzy although a list of names were given and several seemed familiar to her. She thought she'd heard of a Shelly Shalimar and a Jenna Hitch before but… having looked at so many files, and overseen so many transformations it was hard to keep a BREAST of it all.

The rest of Maggie's profile was what had landed her file on Dolly's desk. HRT had worked all the magic it was going to for her leaving her at best with an androgynous body. She barely had enough money to sustain herself. Therefore, traditional SRS or other feminization surgeries were not an option. She was also on heavy anti-depressants, and had two failed suicide attempts with the third hanging over her head.

Doctor X had also placed in her notes, 'PPC'. Dolly had no idea what that stood for. She had never seen that notation in a file before but Doctor X had circled it in pink, which meant that whatever it was, in her opinion, it could only be treated or cured by the Pod. Dolly and Meka jointly approved the application and Maggie was escorted through the portal a week later. Payment for the pod services were prearranged and noted in her file as well.

Her file had contained a consent form from a sperm donor who was more than willing, to take Maggie's place literally, you might say, with the women who were looking to become impregnated. The gentleman, one William D Pickle, was now standing by and smiling hungrily as he waited to be taken to the village.

Maggie held the Doctor's hand tightly, despite towering almost a foot over her, there was a quality of fear and innocence in those sad eyes that reached both Dolly and Meka bringing out a hint of their maternal instincts.

Dolly introduced herself, as did Meka. They both quickly explained the procedure and that if there was ever a point of no return for Maggie this was it.

Maggie smiled nervously and asked but one question, "It… it gives you the body of… of... the girl... I mean woman that... you most want... want to be... right? I mean... I mean... whatever that is, right?"

Meka and Dolly looked at each other. Both sensed the deep fear within the tortured soul before them. Meka reached out and took her hand and then using her free hand to point to the square of Maggie's chest. "There is no need to be afraid. There is no pain. Trust me... it will be gentle and loving for you, and yes... what it is you seek, what it is that is in your heart and has always been your desire will be what you become."

Dolly put a soft hand on the big girls shoulder, "Hey Maggie, look... I'm living proof. I'm not just the owner, I'm a customer too." She had tried to play off the line from a popular commercial hoping to relax the woman, but all she received was a nervous nod and a weak smile.

The troop entered the portal, exiting on the world of Ka'an.

Maggie looked back at the doctor for permission, and then receiving it, accompanied Meka and Dolly to the perimeter of where the Amazons had located the pod for him. Maggie turned and waved back at the Doctor before taking a deep breath and stepping towards the beautiful woman dressed in white. The sirens song began and Maggie hypnotically shuffled over toward the waiting seductress. In a few seconds she had been engulfed within the pod, and not attempting to flee as so many of her sisters have before.

The trio sighed and began walking toward the village knowing there was little else now to do save wait the week.

Business was brisk for Dolly, Meka and Gwen, Gwen being Dolly's, formerly Doug's, girlfriend from his life before, now another queen of sorts in the vastly expanding empire. The week flew by as several other transsexual hopefuls were screened and considered, plus several girls were set up in new apartments with hopes of finding mates soon, and of joy to all, there were several births in the village that week, one including a set of twin boys.

Dolly was going over some financial reports when Gwen buzzed her that a woman named Shelly Shalimar had wanted to see her and the matter was urgent. Dolly sighed heavily, being queen was great, having this body and this life was wonderful but at times the demands of both could be exhausting. Checking her calendar, she saw that she was due at the opening of another pod in about thirty minutes, so this audience with Shelly would have to be a short one. She started to buzz Gwen back and then stopped, "Shelly Shalimar... now where have I heard that name before?"

Shaking it off to fatigue, and that Reuben she had for lunch, she asked Gwen to send her in.

The woman that entered was flawlessly dressed, and strikingly beautiful. Petite and barely five foot tall, she had a long flowing mane that sparkled with the highlights of half a dozen different colors. Her Mongolian slant eyes were a warm hazel and spoke of great strength and love and compassion. The pixyish princess thanked Dolly for seeing her and took a seat at the desk.

Gazing into Dolly's face, the young woman smiled impishly and said, "Dolly... you don't remember me do you? Well... I'm not really surprised. I have changed a great deal since we last met and you weren't there for the opening as I recall. The lovely native girl, Meka, was there and another woman, the one I met in the foyer, Gwen I think, was there."

Dolly smiled and nodded, 'So that's why Shelly's name was familiar', she thought. With so much going on in two worlds, Dolly had been unable to be there for the personal greeting for many of the new women and obviously Shelly was one of them."

With that out of the way Dolly asked the lovely lady how she could help her. She quickly added that she hoped Shelly wasn't having any second thoughts about the transformation, as it was irreversible. The smile on Shelly's face told Dolly that she had no regrets.

Dolly then politely added that she didn't mean to be rude but that she had a pod opening in less than twenty minutes and she really needed to be off. Shelly smiled and then rose from her chair as she spoke. "Dolly, that's exactly why I'm here. You are speaking about Maggie O'Malley aren't you?"

Dolly nodded but still puzzled as to why Shelly would be here, "Shelly... are you a friend of Maggie's, because I recall reading in her dossier that she had no family and only one friend and her name I believe was… Debbie."

Now it was Shelly who looked puzzled at Dolly, "Maggie and I are friends from the chat room, very special friends, but... didn't the Doctor already explain our relationship to you? She told me it would be in the file and that there shouldn't be any problems."

Dolly helpless shook her head and threw up her hands, "Shelly... I am really, really sorry, but... the Doctor said nothing to me about any special circumstances, however you are more than welcome to accompany me to the opening. I'm going to buzz Dr. X and make sure she is there waiting for us. I think she's in the village checking on a birth. Perhaps then we can get to the bottom of this.

Shelly quickly agreed. Everything else could be sorted out later, but nothing was going to keep her from being at the opening. She couldn't imagine Maggie stepping out of the pod and not finding Shelly there, waiting for her.

The two women stepped out of Dolly's office and into the room containing the portal. In a matter of minutes, they were walking side by side through the tropical paradise.

On the way they saw a man being carried on a litter, obviously too exhausted to move under his own power. "Hmm, looks like Mr. Pickle has been used up! Oh, well maybe he will come back after he recuperates," Dolly giggled.

When they reached the clearing they were greeted by a smile and wave from the lovely young doctor, simply known as Dr. X, and another stunning lass. Dolly didn't recognize this auburn haired goddess but Shelly did and hugged her tightly.

"Oh sis," Shelly spoke as her voice cracked with emotion, "What if... if she doesn't get the body she's always wished for. Oh Jenna... what if... if she doesn't want me or... or love me?"

Rivulets of tears ran down the young woman's face as her sister trembled in her arms. Jenna stroked her sister's long mane and cooed softly in her ear. "Shelly... if she doesn't get the body she longs for then... we'll deal with whatever she does get, just as we've dealt with the body she had before and as for loving or wanting you... well you should know full well nothing on earth or some magic pod in this world could ever change that."

Dolly stood there more confused now than she was before and turned to ask Dr. X to please explain just what the heck was going on here, when Meka shouted, "Look! The pod's opening!"

The large plant slowly began to peel back its pedals but as the greenery unfurled and fell to the ground, it was obvious to both Dolly and Meka that something was amiss. Most of the women who emerged from a pod were much shorter in stature and averaging around 5' 2" to 5' 4" but the slowly opening pod had spread its shell enough to give view of a woman four feet tall, yet nothing was visible.

Dolly turned to Meka with fear in her eyes, "Meka... I think the damn thing ate her. Oh my God!"

Meka trembled as she turned to face the shaken women who stared at her, "I don't understand. This has never happened before. I don't know what could have gone wrong."

Suddenly Shelly, who had never taken her eyes off the pod cried out, "There she is! There's my baby!"

Meka and Dolly looked at each other wide eyed, the words 'baby' left them both bewildered. They turned toward Dr. X hoping for clarification when Shelly's shouts returned their attention toward the pod. What they saw emerging from the plant nearly sent them both into a faint. For instead of the usual 19-year-old adult woman that normally emerged strutting her new wares, a small child not more than four or five years old, struggled to wade her way through the fallen leaves, wobbling on short, stubby legs.

Unable to control herself any longer, Shelly released her sister's hand and ran toward the tiny child calling to her, "Maggie... Maggie... here I am baby. Mommy's here!"

The little girl's new green eyes lit up and a smile spread across a cherubic freckled face. The little one opened her arms and called out, "Mommy... mommy... mommy!"

Shelly pushed her way past the fallen pod and gathered up her little bundle, tears of joy rolling down her cheeks. She rocked her new daughter in her arms and the little one snuggled happily, "Mommy... is I all bedder now?"

The young woman sniffled back tears, "Oh yes honey...you are all better now and mommy's going to take her little princess home now and take care of her as she always dreamed of."

The happy imp smiled and wiggled in her mother's arms. Her long, soft, auburn curls bounced as she did and she dropped her head on her mothers shoulder as the young woman proudly carried her back to the others.

Maggie's eyes grew wide again as she saw another familiar face. Reaching out she squealed, "Aunt Jenna!" The young woman had barely a chance to open her arms before Maggie leapt out of her mother's arms and into her aunt's. The young woman held her niece tight as the little one nuzzled against her chest.

The little girl smiled happily and then shivered slightly as she was still as naked as the moment she was reborn. Shelly pulled out a small wobie from her bag and draped it around the small child and Maggie snuggled in its warmth.

[Wobie: Soft cuddle blankie for little girls.]

Dolly stood speechless, as the entire scene had unfolded. Yet even she had shed a few tears at the touching sight of Shelly rocking her daughter which unbelievably had to be the same thirty something transsexual that had entered the pod but a week ago.

Meka was at first in awe herself but then smiling and nodding she glanced over at Dr. X who returned her same stunned glance.

Dolly was about to ask one of them to tell her what had happened when suddenly she was engulfed, in a hug by Shelly, "On Dolly, I can't thank you enough for bringing my little girl home to me. Bless you." Then, turning to Meka she hugged her tightly and then finally Dr. X.

Maggie smiled as she looked at Dolly and then opened arms to her. The young woman went over and collected the child who promptly kissed and hugged her before speaking in her best toddler prose, "Dowwy, tanks you lots, otay? I weal happys now. I go home wiff mommy and Awnty Jenna. I wuvs you."

The young woman still had no idea exactly what had transpired or her true contribution in it, but as always she was glad to see another satisfied customer and hugged the little one tightly to her large bosom before returning her to Jenna's arms.

"He, he, Dowwy, those is nice and sowft! Youse can huggles me anytime!"

Jenna added hugs all around and mentioned something about her bringing in a girl named Cathleen next week for a meeting, before they said their goodbyes and headed back toward the portal. Maggie leaned over Shelly's shoulder now that her aunt had passed her back to momma and waved at them until she was out of sight.

Dolly looked from Meka to Dr. X and then put her hands on her hips, "Okay you two, does someone know what the hell happened, or am I going to have to use other measures to get it out of you."

The devilish smile on Dolly's face told the other two they might prefer the other measures, but thought seriously about what might have happened anyway.

Dr. X spoke first, "Dolly... I left you a full explanation in Maggie's profile. You didn't read the enclosed the letter. It should have been at the end of the file marked with the PPC designation."

Dolly paused for a moment and then frowned, "Dr. X… now that you mention it, I remember seeing that PPC mark in pink... but I swear there was no letter. Just what the heck does PPC mean?"

Dr. X looked at Dolly and then Meka, "You mean you honestly didn't know? I... I... thought when you approved her app, well I mean... I just assumed."

Meka reached out and took the Dr.'s hand, "I did not see this file nor do I know what PPC means, but I know what happened in the pod. At first... I was surprised. This has never happened before to my knowledge. The Pea Pods alter you to be the woman of your sexual fantasies, but I don't think that Maggie had any. The Pods would have been confused so it would have to take the only desirous image from Maggie's mind and use it. Since Maggie's desires weren't sexual in nature, they used what they could, what she desired the most to be, a little girl."

Dolly ran her fingers through her long hair and finally blurted out, "Well that sort of explains it."

Dr. X smiled and then took her hand, "Dolly... Meka was right. In a manner of speaking, Maggie was a child in her mind, with a little girl's wants and desires. The PPC designation stands for what we in the business call, the Peter Pan Complex. In layman's terms, she was forever a child, only a lost girl instead of a lost boy as the popular fairy tale claims. See... even if Maggie would have had the money to feminize her body in the outside world, the little girl within her would still have been imprisoned. The Pod was the only chance she had of becoming the little girl she should have been all along."

Meka nodded her agreement, "Yes... that explains why the Pea Pod would only have the image of a little girl, so instead of the required 19 years old, it regressed her farther to meet the fantasy."

Dolly was putting the pieces of the puzzle together, "So," she added, "Because Maggie's vision of the perfect woman was a little girl... she got what she most desired, even though it wasn't a sexual desire, same as all the others."

Meka and Dr. X nodded, "By George, I believe she's got it!" quipped the Doc.

Dolly did, but stillshe had a question or two left, "Okay... I think I understand this... but... Maggie seemed even child-like in her speech and mind. Is she...?"

Dr. X explained, "Maggie was always a little girl in her mind, now she doesn't have to struggle to match what was inside, with what is outside."

Dolly could still scarcely believe what she had seen. Looking over at Dr. X she added one last question, "So Shelly... Shelly is her mother?"

Dr. X smiled knowingly. "Yes... just as Jenna was her aunt. They had both met Maggie in a chat room she frequented regularly. Do you remember me listing that in her file?'

Dolly nodded as Dr. X continued, "Well they both sensed the little girl within the troubled adult and the little girl latched on to them both as family, Shelly became her chat room mother and Jenna her aunt. She has quite an extensive family there. Well... since within the confines of the chat room the little girl lived, the reality she now knows is shaped by those memories."

Dolly ventured a summary, "Meaning... that now the person we changed into being the lovely Shelly is free to become her real life mother and the person we helped to be the beautiful Jenna is free to be her real life aunt?"

Dr. X smiled, "Another gold star for the blonde with the big boobs!"

Meka then added, "She should be alright Dolly. She has her new family, who are free to be the loving ladies they always wanted to be. I'll bet that Maggie grows up to be a real asset to Ka'an."

Dolly smiled and shrugged, "Oh well... as long as we got another satisfied customer, I'm happy. I think this is becoming one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. I love happy endings!"

Taking her two friends hands in hers she smiled, "C'mon ladies, champagne and caviar on me to celebrate the birth of a new healthy Ka'anian girl."

Pausing for a second she smiled playfully, "And pink cigars too, cause they always pass those out when it's a girls."

Meka looked at Dolly, rather taken aback, "Pink cigars?"

Dolly and Dr. X laughed, "We'll explain over dinner," Dolly added and then pinched Meka's bum and winked, making them both hungry for the dessert yet to come, "We'll show you the Lewinski technique!" <Giggle>

The End

  

  

  

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