Elyssia the Lost Paradise

Lost Paradise Part 10: What happened?

I don't know how long I was out for, but I finally awoken from blacking out. I slowly picked myself up and groaned. I felt sore all over, except my body felt smaller and lighter. I placed my hand on my forehead and my skin felt softer. I felt my hair as well and it felt smoother too, longer in fact. I looked around realizing the time machine was blown up and everything still looked the same.

I looked over my shoulder and saw...myself laying on the floor? Am I dreaming, or did I die and I'm just a ghost now looking at my dead body? I observed my body some more, but my body looked unharmed. I shrugged thinking it was a dream and got up. As I stepped down, I heard my shoes click on the floor. My shoes wouldn't do that.

I tried to look down at my shoes, but my view was obstructed by two strange lumps on my chest. Wait a second...two lumps on my chest, making my chest feel a little bit heavier than before, body is smaller, skin and hair feels smoother, and wearing heels? Am I a girl??

"Uh...g-guys...wake up please...?" I said in a higher pitched quivered voice. My voice sounded like Volta's! "Ngh...did my machine work?" sounded another voice. I looked to my right and it was Ervin slowly rising up, rubbing his head. Wait, Ervin wasn't the one who created the machine, it was Meredith!

"Uhm...no it did not. I believe it altered our bodies and swapped us around though..." I replied to technically Meredith. Meredith's face in Ervin's body suddenly went into shock. "NO WAY! It couldn't have! I...I must be dreaming! Everyone! If you can hear me from my dream, wake me up! Help me!" she cried out.

She suddenly got up panicking and running in circles. She then bashed open the glass door to the emergency fire hose and turned it on. It sprayed everyone including me, knocking her onto her back. "Pfftah! Pah! What happened? Why are we all wet?" my body said. I wonder who took my body.

"What the...huh? Whoa! I'm Kinetta! Dude, okay this has to be some sort of joke right?" Meredith's body got up and shook it's head. "Well, if we were sprayed with water, we'd get up from the dream already. Now did we? No, so it's not a dream." Meredith's body said. "Oh crap I'm Meredith...uh, who's who?" it asked.

"I'm Meredith!" she called out waving her hand. -Ervin's body

"I'm Alan." -Kinetta's body

"I'm Volta." -Meredith's body

"Uhh...I'm Ervin!" -Alan's body

Then they all turned to me. Well isn't this awkwardly embarrassing? I started to blush. "Yep, I'm Kinetta...in Volta's body..." Alan started to snicker. Meredith started laughing out loud. Volta then placed her hand over her mouth and started giggling. Ervin just stared taking in all of the information slowly. How come Meredith and I are the odd ones in the opposite gendered bodies? Well...like brother like sister, eh?

"Ahahah, real funny guys." I mumbled sarcastically. "Hahah! Yeah, even though I'm in a...uh, how old are you Ervin?"

"Twelve."

"Yeah, a twelve year old boy's body, that's really funny! Hahahahah! I mean, I mean because you're in your girl's body-"

"Shut up..." I interrupted her and turned away. "Well I certainly don't mind being in this body." said Volta. "Okay, you better NOT mistreat that body, girl!" Meredith demanded. "Alright, alright I won't." Volta replied nonchalantly. When Meredith turned away from her, Volta then smirked and stuck her tongue out at her.

"Okay, we need to know what went wrong with this 'time machine' you created, Meredith." I said. Her mouth wrinkled to the right and tilted her eyes up. "Hmm, I'm pretty sure I put in all of the right parts...hang on, let me check!" She trotted over to the machine and bent over in a feminine manner. Wow, that's really awkward seeing a little boy do that...

 "Hmm...Aha! I see what was wrong!" Meredith exclaimed. "Well, what was it?" Ervin asked. Meredith turned around with a concerned face and said, "I put the wrong formula." We all fell to the floor as she said that. "I knew something was going to go wrong..." I mumbled.

Volta shook her head in disappointment. I'm pretty sure everyone wanted to abjure this fact, but what happened is real. "Oh crap! I just remembered something!" Alan said, breaking the silence. We all turned our heads to him. "I had to serve at a rich people's party at 6 o' clock!" "What family?" I asked him. "Uh, well, hm...your's actually."

"Oh yeah, I forgot my parents were having a party today with all of my relatives from around the world...well shit, 'scuse my french, but we're kind of screwed."

"Hmm, how so? It is two right now, the party doesn't start in four hours." Ervin pointed out. "Well...do any of you know how to serve at a fancy-pants party?" I asked. "That's when you teach us, Vol-er uh, Kinetta! Sorry..." Great...I have to teach these people how to serve properly...except Alan and Volta. "Well let's start with the basics then!" I said as I rubbed my hands together. This was going to be rather interesting and...fun heheheh...

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So much for fun; it was frustrating! At least we're good to go now, though. We were standing by the third living room where my parents were preparing things for the party. I nodded at Alan to have him play his part. He nodded back and we walked together up to my parents. "Why hello there, mother and father!" Alan said in a formal manner. Too polite and formal...I thought to myself.

"Oh, hi there, son!" Garren replied in an awkward manner. "We are ready to help set up for the party!" Alan said, bowing. Myra turned around while still holding up a few decorations to the wall as Garren presses them onto the wall. "Why are you so nice so suddenly?" she asked with suspicion. "You seem...like a different person."

"Oh, he's just practicing how to be extra polite when the relatives come!" I quickly bumped in with a lie and wrapped my arms around his arm. Ugh, this is very odd knowing I'm wrapping my arms around another guy in a "lovey-dovey" way...

I quickly looked up at Alan and winked at him to play along with it. He shuddered a bit with his discomfort of the idea that it's actually another guy holding onto him and winking at him, but he got the idea. Meredith and Volta started to snicker a little in the back.

"Yeah, sorry it seems so awkward, but I have never met the relatives before. How would they react if I acted like myself? And how would they look at you two if they saw how I am?" Alan lied.

Garren nodded in agreement and said, "I guess so...well anyways, I want you and Alan to help serve drinks and appetizers to our guests. And for you ladies and young boy, you help take off and hang up our guests' coats. Then once that is finished for you ladies, you're off duty until further notice. Alright?"

Oh well gee, we practiced all that for nothing? Then again, I get the feeling it'll help us a lot in the future. "Yes sir!" Ervin and Alan said bowing down. Volta and I curtsied and followed the "boys" out of the living room. Didn't think I'd ever need to curtsy in my entire life...

We changed into our waiter and french maid outfits for the party. Great, I knew my mom would want the girls in a french maid dress. It was 5:58 pm, we stood by the front door waiting to open and greet the relatives. The sound of chatter penetrated through the doors and made Ervin and I feel a bit nervous.

I leaned over to Volta and said, "I know you're laughing at me wearing a french maid outfit...but if I were not in your body and you were in here, then I'd say you look gorgeous in this." She giggled a bit and then smiled. "I know, it'd be funnier if you, yourself was wearing a french maid outfit in a guy's body! But thank you very much, heheh." Volta said back.

The bell rang signaling it was the sixth hour. Alan and Ervin opened the doors and Volta and I curtsied then greeted with a smile, "Welcome to the Malzaheimer's manor!"

-Chapter End-