If I hadn’t experienced it myself, I never would have believed that what happened between my cousin and me was possible. It wasn’t remotely close to any other sexual experience I had ever had or even thought about. I definitely never looked at sex the same after that.
Author’snote: This is my 12th story, and it’s my first attempt at writing pure fantasy. I invite you to take a break from “reality” and suspend your disbelief for 20 minutes or so. Anything is possible when there aren’t any rules. I had fun writing it, and I hope you enjoy reading it.
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I was planning a drive from Dallas to Miami to meet some friends and celebrate my 21st birthday. Since it was on my way, I thought it would be nice to stop and see my Uncle Billy and cousin Cindy, who live just outside of Baton Rouge. I planned to arrive at their place around noon, stay two nights, and then continue on my way to Miami afterwards.
My uncle is a bit eccentric and somewhat of a family outcast due to his occasional comments about the occult and the supernatural. As unusual as it was, I always thought it just made him more interesting to talk to, and he always seemed to have some fantastical stories to tell. He and his wife divorced a few years ago, and there were rumors that his unusual “hobbies” may have had something to do with it, but no one knew for sure.
My cousin Cindy recently turned 18, and I hadn’t seen her in about five years. We had always gotten along great in the past, so I was looking forward to catching up with her.
When I arrived in the Baton Rouge area, I had a little trouble finding their place. It was a few turns off the main highway and then about a half mile down an unmarked dirt road in the middle of nowhere. The navigation app wasn’t working very well in that area, but I eventually got there.
I carried my bag up to the front porch, rang the doorbell, and waited a minute until I heard someone walking towards the door. As it opened, Cindy was standing there in cutoff shorts and a midriff top. I was a bit taken aback by what I saw because Cindy looked absolutely nothing like how I remembered her. Five years ago, she was a bit tomboyish with an almost shapeless figure. Now, however, she had developed into a very attractive young woman, with curvy hips, a skinny waist, and full, perky breasts.
We hugged each other as I said, “Wow, you sure have grown up. You look amazing.”
She replied, “Thanks, so do you. Come in. Come in… We don’t get many visitors, so I’m really glad you stopped by to see us.”
As we walked down the hall, Cindy said, “I do have some bad news, though. My dad unexpectedly had to go out of town for tonight and won’t be back until tomorrow evening, so, unfortunately, it’s just me for now.”
“Well, that’s too bad,” I said. “I was looking forward to hearing some of his stories. But it’ll still be great to catch up with you.”
After I got settled in, we sat in the living room and talked about old times and what we had been up to for the last 5 years.
At that point, I innocently asked, “So, what about your dad? What’s he been doing?”
Cindy replied, “Oh, I think you know. He’s still a little bit ‘out there.’ He keeps telling me about these magic potions and things he’s working on, but I pretty much just ignore him.”
“Magic potions?” I inquisitively asked. “What do you mean?”
“Oh, I don’t know,” Cindy replied. “He’s got this laboratory or something down in the basement where he spends a lot of time. I don’t even go down there because I don’t really want to know what kind of crazy stuff he’s doing. It all seems pretty harmless, and it keeps him busy, so, as long as he doesn’t blow up the house, I’m just like, whatever.”
Not really having any other plans for the rest of the day, I asked, “Can we go down there? I’m getting kind of curious what it looks like.”
Cindy replied, “I suppose so, but I think you’re going to be disappointed.”
“That’s Ok. Let’s go anyway,” I said. “Who knows, it might be fun.”
So, Cindy led us down the stairs, and when we reached the bottom, we didn’t see anything unusual at first. However, there was a closed door to a separate room, so we decided to see what was behind it.
When Cindy opened the door and turned on the light, we were both pretty shocked by what was in front of us. There were several benches with all kinds of beakers, flasks, test tubes, Bunsen burners, and stuff that looked like a high school chemistry lab. There were also shelves full of binders and several glass-door cabinets with dozens of different-sized vials in them.
We just looked at each other with surprise and said, “Whoa.”
Out of curiosity, I took one of the binders off the shelf and paged through it. The contents of each page looked like recipes for various concoctions, with all kinds of ingredients I didn’t recognize, like “Wabbala Bark,” and “Scilico Root.” I assumed these were things that came from the nearby swamps that only the locals knew about, or maybe they were things that Uncle Billy just completely made up.
There were also cryptic, one-word titles at the top of each page, like “Sleep.” “Love.” “Truth.” “Invisible.” “Forget.” And many others. There weren’t really any other details, other than “Activation Time,” “Duration,” and “Side Effects,” so it was hard to say exactly what Uncle Billy believed they were supposed to do, if anything.
I put the binder back on the shelf and looked in the cabinet, where I found a bunch of vials with labels that matched the titles in the binders.
I said to Cindy, “Wow. Don’t take this the wrong way, but this is crazy... And you didn’t know about any of this? I’m sure none of this stuff does anything, but it’s a heck of a lot of effort for nothing.”
Cindy replied, “Yeah, I’m sure, too. But, like I said, at least it keeps him busy.”
After a minute, Cindy asked, “Hey, you want to have some fun…? Let’s randomly pick a page out of a binder and try whatever it is.”
I joked and said, “Yeah, wouldn’t it be funny if we actually turned invisible or something?”
As I was talking, Cindy had already pulled down a binder and opened it to a random page. The title on the page read, “Switch. Activation Time: 15 minutes. Duration: 24 hours. Side Effects: Sleepiness. Dreams.”
She asked, “Do you think this does what it says?”
I replied, “You mean like switch yourself with another person? No way.”
“What if it does?” Cindy asked. “I mean, wouldn’t it be funny if you and I switched bodies…? I’ve always wondered what it would feel like to be a guy. Haven’t you ever wondered what it would feel like to be a girl?”
I said, “Come on, Cindy. You don’t actually believe any of this nonsense, do you? This is crazy talk. There’s no way it does anything. It’s all just made-up in your dad’s head.”
Cindy replied, somewhat indignantly, “Well, if you really believe that, then I dare you to try it.”
I laughed and said, “Ok, no problem. Let me see if I can find it in the cabinet.”
After a couple of minutes of searching, I found two small vials of colorless liquid. One was labeled “Switch – Person 1,” and the other was labeled “Switch – Person 2.”
I took the cap off and lightly sniffed the vial. It had absolutely no odor. I then dabbed just a small drop on my finger and touched it to my tongue. It had absolutely no taste. I laughed and said to Cindy, “I’m pretty sure it’s just water.”
Feeling confident there was no danger, I handed the “Person 2” vial to Cindy and sarcastically said, “On three, we’ll both drink it, and wait while nothing happens, Ok?”
“Ready? One, two, three…,” I counted. And with that, we each swallowed the contents of the small vials.
We stood there and waited for several minutes while, not surprisingly, absolutely nothing happened. I was going to make a joke about it to Cindy when, after a few more minutes, I started feeling a little dizzy, and then my vision became a little blurred. I asked Cindy if she was feeling anything, and she said she was feeling dizzy, too, and couldn’t see clearly.
We both sat down while the mysterious elixir took whatever effect it was having. As my vision faded, it looked to me like Cindy had passed out, and then everything suddenly went blank as I blacked out, too.
I had no idea how long I was out, but as I started coming to, my vision was very blurry, and my head was spinning. I was really disoriented and couldn’t really focus on anything for a minute as I rubbed my eyes and tried to steady myself.
As hazy as everything was, I could at least see the outline of Cindy still sitting in the chair across from me. But as my vision slowly became clearer, I was shocked beyond belief when I realized it wasn’t Cindy I was looking at, it was me!
My initial thought was that I was just hallucinating, but as I rubbed my hands over my face, I didn’t feel any stubble; instead, I felt smooth skin. My hands quickly moved down to my chest, where, instead of firm muscle, I felt the unmistakable softness of a woman’s breasts.
Holy shit, I thought! This can’t be!
As Cindy regained her wits, I could see her having the same panicked reaction as I was.
We looked at each other in absolute disbelief. It was like looking in a mirror, but it was real. She was me, and I was her!
I wasn’t prepared to hear the first words come out of my mouth in Cindy’s voice when I anxiously asked her, “What do we do now? What if we don’t switch back?”
It was just as confusing when Cindy replied to me in my voice, “I don’t know…. This is so crazy. I guess, let’s go upstairs and try to figure this out.”
We hurriedly ran up the stairs, but I felt so different even just moving my body. I could feel my new breasts slightly bouncing up and down with each step. It was so foreign, and so simple, and yet strangely erotic.
We went back to the living room and sat down in a state of utter confusion. It was so bizarre seeing myself sitting across from me, and at the same time, I was starting to feel a strange sense of excitement about the new sensations I was having from being in a woman’s body.
Cindy spoke first and said, “Well, if this stuff really works like it’s supposed to, it seems like we’re going to be like this for 24 hours. I don’t know exactly what to do, but I have kind of a crazy idea if you’re up for it.”
“What do you mean?” I asked.
Cindy replied, “Well, I wasn’t really joking before when I said I’ve always wondered what it would feel like to be a guy... But when I said that, I guess I was really talking about sex.”
My interest piqued as I suddenly realized what she was suggesting.
I feigned naivety when I asked her, “So, what exactly are you thinking?”
She replied, “Well, you already know what you look like naked, and I already know what I look like naked, so why don’t we start by getting naked? After all, we won’t be seeing anything we haven’t already seen.”
The logic in what she was saying seemed both completely flawed and remarkably sensible at the same time, but nothing made sense right now, so I just said, “Ok,” and started taking my clothes off.
Cindy got undressed very quickly, and after she removed her boxers, she just stood there staring at her cock in wonderment. She let out a little squeal of delight as, moments later, it began slowly growing in size.
There was unbridled excitement in her voice as she cried out, “Oh my God. Oh my God. I didn’t even do anything, and I’m getting an erection... It feels so amazing.”
At the same time, I had taken off my shorts, panties, and top, but I was really struggling with my bra. I had taken plenty of bras off other girls, but I had never taken one off myself. It might as well have been a Rubik’s Cube that I was trying to solve.
Cindy laughed at my struggles, and she said, “Come over here and let me help you with that.”
After my bra was finally off, I looked down at my naked body and couldn’t help but run my hands over it. It felt so familiar, yet so different. I was getting even more excited as I felt a warm tingling sensation growing between my thighs. I slid my hand downwards to touch my smooth, bare pussy, and a little shiver ran up my spine when I felt the slippery wetness.
Cindy was watching me explore my new body and asked, “So what do you think about being a girl?”
I waited a moment and then replied, “You have an amazing body. It feels so good to touch it… The feelings I’m having are so different from anything I’ve ever felt before.”
Cindy replied, “I know what you mean. It’s so different and so exciting for me, too.”
I looked at her standing in front of me and said, “You’ve got quite an erection there. Why don’t you go ahead and stroke it to see what it feels like?”
Cindy smiled and said, “Oh, that’s right, I forgot I can do that.”
I watched as she started slowly stroking her cock. The smile on her face got bigger and bigger as she enjoyed the strange but exciting feel of her own cock in her own hand.
I continued lightly fingering my pussy, and when I accidentally brushed my finger over my clit, it felt like a surge of electricity running through me. It was so thrilling and so different from anything I had ever felt in my own body.
As we watched each other explore and pleasure our new bodies, out of nowhere, Cindy said, “I want to know what it feels like to get a blowjob…. If you do that for me, I’ll show you what it feels like to have your pussy licked.”
Even though I had never even thought about sucking another guy’s cock before, it seemed like a fair trade. And it didn’t feel as wrong when I thought about it as if I would just be sucking my own cock. I didn’t know exactly what to do, but I figured I knew how I liked to get a blowjob, so I would just try to do that to Cindy.
I told Cindy to sit down on the sofa, and then I got between her knees. It was so surreal to be staring at my own cock, but it was also strangely exciting thinking about what it would feel like in my mouth.
I started by taking her cock in my hand and slowly stroking it. As many times as I had had this same cock in my own hand, this felt wonderfully different. I moved in closer and licked her shaft from bottom to top and got my first taste of precum. I was surprised by how much I liked the salty sweetness on my tongue.
Cindy was completely transfixed as I slowly slid my mouth over her cock and ran my lips up and down her shaft. I tried to take as much of her length as I could before backing off. Every time I got to the head of her cock, she moaned loudly as I swirled my tongue around it.
I was surprised how much I enjoyed doing it, and it felt like it was just making my pussy wetter and wetter. I didn’t know exactly what I was doing, but my hand naturally gravitated downward as I started fingering my pussy while I slowly and deliberately sucked her cock.
As I continued pleasuring her, I thought about how much I liked to cum in a girl’s mouth when I was getting a blowjob, so I decided I wanted Cindy to know how amazing that felt, too.
I continued to suck and stroke her cock and gently squeeze her balls as I could feel her getting closer and closer to climax. As her excitement grew, she impulsively started fucking my mouth with her cock. She had never before felt what she was feeling now and had no control over her body.
I kept my lips tightly wrapped around her cock as she cried out in my voice, “Oh my God, Kyle. Oh myGod. Ohhhhh, Ohhhhh, Ohhhhh. Ohhhhh, yeeeessssss!”
I could feel her body tighten as she climaxed and repeatedly pulsed wave after wave of cum into my mouth. Moments later, after her muscles relaxed and I felt the last pulse, I let her cock slip from my lips, and she watched in fascination as I swallowed every drop of her cum.
Once she caught her breath, she said, “Oh my God…, now I know why guys always want to cum in a girl’s mouth. That was so unbelievable!”
I smiled back at her and just said, “I know, right?”
Cindy looked me in the eyes and said, “Ok, now it’s my turn to show you what a girl likes.”
I eagerly switched places with her as I spread my legs to let her in. She started by lightly tracing her finger over my slippery, wet pussy. Then she leaned forward, and I couldn’t resist squeezing my breasts as I felt her slowly run her tongue up and down my pussy and over my clit.
I moaned in pleasure as she inserted a finger into me and slowly slid it in and out while she licked and sucked my clit. My hips started involuntarily moving up and down as my body pleaded for her to go faster, but she knew I would have a more powerful orgasm if she kept moving slowly.
I squirmed and moaned as my body felt things I had never felt before. It was still so strange to hear Cindy’s voice come out of my mouth as I was overcome by an incredibly intense orgasm, “Oh, Cindy. Oh, Cindy. Holy shit, that feels soooo good. Yes, keep doing that. Ohhhhhhh, yesssss!”
Once I recovered, all I could say was, “That was so incredible. I’ve never sucked a girl’s clit like you just did, but I will definitely do it from now on, now that I know how good it feels. I had no idea…”
After our amazing encounter, Cindy sat down on the sofa next to me, and we both just remained there quietly for a couple of minutes.
She looked down at the unfamiliarity of her masculine body, and then over at me, and said in disbelief, “I still can’t believe this is real... I guess my dad isn’t so crazy after all.”
I replied, “I know. It’s so wild... I hope you don’t mind me saying this, but you have a really nice body, and I really like being in it.”
We both laughed when Cindy said, “Same. But I still can’t get used to hearing your voice when I talk and hearing my voice when you talk.”
After a few more minutes, we decided to get dressed and have something to eat. I can’t even begin to explain how odd it felt slipping on a pair of panties and putting on a bra, as well as the rest of Cindy’s clothes, but, obviously, neither one of us could wear our own clothes.
After we finished dinner, we were both feeling extremely tired and wanted nothing more than to go to bed. At that point, we both remembered that one of the side effects written in the binder was “Sleepiness,” so it all, strangely, made sense.
I headed for the guest room, but I didn’t have any clothes I could sleep in, so I decided to just sleep naked. After I got in bed, I fell asleep almost immediately, and I slept more soundly than I ever had before. However, even in my state of deep sleep, I remember having several vividly erotic dreams where I was involved in all sorts of sexual situations, and, strangely, I was the girl in every one of them.
When I awoke in the morning, I felt completely rested, but I was also unbelievably horny. I didn’t know if my sexually excited condition was because of the dreams, or the elixir, or a combination of the two, but I needed satisfaction, and I needed it now.
If I were still in my own body, I would definitely know what to do, but I had no experience with the confusion and uncertainty of being in a girl's body.
Natural urges took control, though, as my hands, almost on their own, moved towards my breasts; the beautiful, perfect breasts of an 18-year-old girl. My hands were filled with their wonderful soft firmness as I lightly squeezed them and teased my erect nipples. I could have spent the whole day just fondling their magnificence. God, I loved having tits!
As I continued eagerly kneading my breasts, I could feel that now familiar warm tingling growing between my thighs. I hastily threw the sheet off me and moved my hand to that magical place that was mine to pleasure. The slippery wetness of my pussy ached for the touch of my finger, and just as I was getting completely lost in the moment, I was startled by a soft knock on the door.
In a reflex response, I quickly pulled the sheet back over me to cover my naked body, and I could hear Cindy softly say, “Kyle, are you awake?”
I responded in a broken voice, “Yes…, come on in.”
When Cindy entered the room, I was shocked and surprised that she was completely naked. My eyes were immediately drawn to her fully erect cock that was pointing straight up to the ceiling with a serious case of morning wood.
As she briefly looked down at her rigid cock, she said, “I had some really crazy dreams last night, and then I woke up like this.”
“It felt like my cock was hard all night,” she continued, “and I couldn’t stop touching it.”
We both laughed when I replied, “Welcome to my world.”
Cindy paused for a moment and then said, “I was thinking…, we might only have a few more hours like this, and there’s something else I really want to try, so I just wanted to see what you’d say.”
“What is it?” I asked.
“Well,” Cindy replied, “I’d really like to know what it feels like for a guy when he has sex… Not the kind of sex we had last night, but more like real sex. Do you know what I mean?”
I replied, “Yes, I know exactly what you mean. I had dreams like that last night, too, and it was so weird because I was always the girl in every one of them... I’m a little embarrassed to admit it, but I woke up feeling so horny that I was touching myself when you knocked on the door. I mean, I know it’s your body, but I really want to get fucked right now.”
Cindy excitedly asked, “Oh my God, so you really want to do it? I was really hoping you’d say that. I was thinking about it when I was still in bed, and I know this is new for both of us, but, if it’s ok with you, I really want to try fucking you from behind.”
As I listened to Cindy talk, I don’t know if it was the female hormones coursing through my veins, or what, but I wanted her cock so bad that it almost hurt. As I threw the sheet off to expose my naked body, I said, “I don’t really care how we do it, I just want to feel your hard cock inside me.”
I didn’t hesitate any further as I got on my hands and knees, and Cindy positioned herself behind me. I told her, “Take your cock in your hand and rub it up and down my pussy before you put it in.”
Cindy followed my command as we both started moaning in the pleasure of the new sensations we were each feeling.
A few moments later, I pleaded with her, “I’m ready for your cock. Put it in me slowly. I want to feel every inch of it.”
Cindy eagerly started penetrating my pussy and tried her best not to rush.
As the head of her cock parted my slippery lips, it reminded me of how good it felt when she inserted her finger in my pussy last night. But this was so different. It was so much more fulfilling; so much more stimulating, so much more complete. It was hard to interpret the intense pleasure I was experiencing as her cock slowly slid into me, inch by inch, wonderfully stretching out my tight, young pussy, until her hips pushed up against my ass.
Cindy started slowly fucking me, but she was understandably somewhat clumsy and was struggling to find a rhythm with her new body. As inexperienced as she was, her cock still felt incredible sliding in and out of me, but I wanted to try something different.
I turned over my shoulder and said to Cindy, “Let me get on top.”
Cindy eagerly rolled over on her back and let me take control as I got on top of her. It felt unexpectedly natural when I reached down and guided her cock back into my pussy. I started slowly rising up and down on her cock, and it felt indescribably satisfying to have her deep inside me. I reached up with both hands and obsessively kneaded my breasts as I continued slowly riding her cock.
After a couple of minutes of this ecstasy, as I leaned back, I could feel the sensations and pleasure of her cock in my pussy increase to new heights. I continued to lean back even further while fucking her cock, when a jolt of electricity suddenly raced through every nerve in my body. I could only think that her cock must have found my G-spot, but I didn’t even care why it happened; I just wanted the magical feeling to continue.
I could feel my body trembling as I started thrusting even harder on Cindy’s cock. I was getting close to climaxing, and I could tell she was, too. All of a sudden, her body tightened, and she cried out loudly as an intense, prolonged orgasm overwhelmed her.
The sensation of her thick cock pulsing inside me over and over again as she filled my pussy with her cum was so exhilarating. My heart was racing, and my body shivered from head to toe as I followed right behind her with my own mind-blowing orgasm. I can’t even describe the intensity of what I felt, but it was unlike anything I had ever experienced before in my own body.
After a moment, I collapsed on my back in complete exhaustion in the bed next to Cindy.
We both looked at each other in disbelief over what we had just experienced.
Between heavy breaths, Cindy said, “I’m soooo glad we did that… Now I finally know what a guy feels like when he fucks a girl. My orgasm was so amazing, and it was so different than anything I ever felt as a girl.”
I smiled and replied, “Me, too. I know my body couldn’t possibly have felt what I just did in your body. It was so unbelievable.”
We both laughed when I joked, “I have to say, in all honesty, you have the most amazing cock I’ve ever fucked.”
After we lay there for a few more minutes in complete satisfaction, Cindy asked, “So, what’s your favorite thing about being a girl?
I thought about it for a moment, as I looked down at my smooth and curvy womanly body, and replied, “Well, I can’t pick just one thing. The warm, tingling feeling in my pussy when I got excited was so incredible. And the feeling of your cock inside me felt better than anything I ever could have imagined. And your breasts; wow, I absolutely love your breasts. I honestly don’t know how you keep your hands off them…. How about you being a guy?”
Cindy replied, “Oh, that’s easy; I really love having a cock. There’s something so erotic about it just getting hard by itself, and there’s nothing you can really do to stop it once it starts. And I can play with it whenever I want. I guess it’s a lot like how you feel about having breasts; I don’t know how you keep your hands off it. It’s so much fun.”
As Cindy was talking, I noticed that I was starting to feel a little light-headed and, at first, I didn’t really think anything of it. But then my vision started to blur, and I quickly realized what was happening. I turned to Cindy and asked if she was feeling anything, and she said that it had just started for her, too.
Right before I completely blacked out, I said to Cindy, “Here we go... I guess I’ll see you again in a few minutes.”
Just like yesterday, when I started coming to, my vision was very blurry, and my head was spinning. Even though I knew what was happening, I was still really disoriented and couldn’t focus on anything for a minute as I rubbed my eyes.
As my vision cleared, I could see Cindy’s beautiful naked body lying next to me. I was seeing her from a different perspective this time, and I didn’t realize until now what an amazing body she had. I was happy to be back in my own body, but a part of me would always miss being in hers.
When Cindy’s eyes started to open, she smiled at me as she quickly realized that she was back in her own body.
After a minute, she said shyly, “I don’t know why, but it feels like I’ve never been naked in front of you before.”
I replied, “Well, I guess you haven’t. Sort of. But I don’t know. It’s kind of like time travel; it doesn’t really make any sense what just happened.”
“Would it be weird if we hugged?” she asked.
“I think it would be weird if we didn’t,” I replied.
With that, we rolled towards each other and embraced. The world felt familiar again as I held this beautiful, soft, naked young girl in my arms.
After we got cleaned up and dressed, we met back in the living room. While we waited for Cindy’s dad to return, I thought the conversation might be awkward, but it was surprisingly normal. Of course, we talked a lot more about what just happened, but we agreed that we would always keep it a secret between us. Besides, who would ever believe such a crazy story?
When we heard the front door open, we got up from the sofa, and I greeted Uncle Billy. I couldn’t help but feel a whole new level of respect for him now that I knew what he was capable of. At the same time, I didn’t feel like I could ever explain it to anyone else. Where would I even start, when I could never repeat what I had just experienced?
We all had a nice dinner together, and I wanted to get to bed early so I could leave first thing in the morning to continue my trip to Miami. Before I went to my room, Cindy and I had a moment alone to say goodbye.
I said, “When I decided to come visit you, I obviously never could have imagined anything like what happened. It still doesn’t seem real, but I’ll never forget it. I know there are things I will definitely do differently when I have sex with a girl from now on.”
Cindy replied, “I know what you mean. It’s all so crazy. It kind of makes me wonder what else my dad has down there, but I’m not sure I really want to know… Anyway, I hope it won’t be another 5 years before we see each other again.”
I smiled back at her and said, “Oh, I’ll make sure of that. I think it’s safe to say we’re a lot more than just cousins now.”
With that, we hugged each other and said goodnight.
I got up early and quietly left to head to Florida. I was still really looking forward to the rest of my trip, but it’s hard to imagine anything topping what just happened in Louisiana. Who knows, though, maybe I’ll stop there again on the way back.