Re-Entering the Cave

And so we were married, and she often reminded me that before we had met, she was male. This was her special button that she loved to press, and she often teased me by pretending she would reveal that fact in public. She liked that I was embarrassed, but I would not have minded too terribly her telling other people. Eventually, she did have my child, who we named Llorena. But the world changes, and people change, and even love changes.

After Llorena, Samantha and I drew apart. Soon we were divorced, and she settled into her new life with a new husband. He did not know her past, and sometimes, when she felt she really needed to feel appreciated, she would sneak out and visit me. We would often relive some of our old times, and she still felt she owed me the occasional sexual congress. Besides, as she would often tell me, sometimes she needed someone who knew just what a boy like her needed-- and after all, I was under her control. I do think her son may also have been mine-- the time lines all add up perfectly, but he is officially her second husband’s child.

I had got a job working as a store manager, for a while, just overseeing employees. But I began to dislike having all that power, making those decisions. So, after making sure I had enough money to provide for my daughter, and a little extra for my possible son, I decided to retire to academia. There, I started to study the old stories, the old mythology, and especially the gnomes. But the gnomes are done with me, now, instead preferring to return to their vigil, in their little tumbling way, so many of them in every house of the world.

It was as I attempted to research them I accidentally bumped into another book. It told the stories of men and women who had the ability to change sex. It told of a secret cave-- somewhere in the world, which I will not divulge the location of-- that would allow whoever entered it to change their gender, and set their biological clock back so they were younger.

After reading the book and discovering where the cave was, I telephone Samantha.

“Hi babe,” said. I told her what I had found.

“How do you like being a woman?” I asked, “as opposed to being male?”

“I have enjoyed it so much more--” I needed to hear no more. With that recommendation, I decided to set off. As of three months ago, when I first emerged, I have lived my life as I always dreamed. I have now taken the name Tetty Shauna Wooton, and I live with Samantha, who has taken me back as her lover. We are not, however, exclusive, and I believe that any day now, as I have gotten back in touch with both Robert and Roman, who each claim they love me, one of them will father my first child.