The AKEA aPoD

Keegan slumped over the handlebar of his shopping trolley sighing.  He hated shopping for mundane day-to-day items, but he had to do it now that he'd moved out of his parents' house to go to uni.  He supposed that it wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't for the fact that the only shop in the area was the fast-growing multi-purpose AKEA, everyone else in the local town having gone bust shortly after the AKEA store had opened there.  It wasn't that AKEA was obviously evil or anything like that; it just gave him the creeps being in there.

So far he'd bought some new sheets for his bed, shelving and had arranged for a wardrobe to be delivered on the weekend.  He still had a few things to buy, but had decided to check out the electronics section to see if he could find anything with which to treat himself to.  Idly he rolled the trolley up and down the aisles, but so far, nothing had caught his attention.  Suddenly, the trolley veered to the side and as he scrambled to prevent himself falling over, he cursed his luck at having gotten one with a dodgy wheel.  He glanced up to see what display he'd almost crashed into and was pleasantly surprised to find that it was actually something decent.

BRAND NEW aPod

Read the display, and he shrugged, deciding that it must be the AKEA version of an iPod.  Reading on he saw

ONLY $99.99

"Bloody hell," he exclaimed "That's cheep if it is like an iPod."  He was sure that there was some sort of catch, but reading the tech specs below the poster he saw that it was not only as good as a top of the range iPod, but it actually outperformed one.  Smiling to himself with joy, he grabbed one and dropped the box in his trolley, before heading off to finish his shopping whistling an upbeat tune.

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Dumping the shopping bags in the corner of his room, Keegan decided that it was too late to bother unpacking, so decided to settle down and see if he could get his latest toy working.  After a quick flick through the instruction manual, he decided that setting it up seamed straight-forward enough and decided to have a go at it.  Within half an hour, everything was working and he was ready to start listening to it.  Popping in the earphones he suddenly realised something.

"Fool," he said, slapping his forehead "You didn't buy any songs to put on it."  Grabbing the manual he decided to see if there was a way to put some tracks off his favourite CDs onto it but was dismayed to find that he'd need a computer, and his hadn't been set up yet.  As he read on, he was pleased to find that each aPod came pre-loaded with a random selection of songs and shrugging, decided to give them a go.  As they were a random selection, and because it was getting late, he decided that he wouldn't bother checking what songs he'd been given, and instead he'd just hit play and go with whatever came up.

The first song started and he lay down on his bed, arms behind his head and eyes closed.  As the music beat and pulsed he felt himself growing sleepy and let out a contented sigh.  The lyrics began, but he was already too far into sleep to consciously register what they were.  As he slept, his fingers beat to the rhythm of the song and he began to sing along with it without realising it.  As he was chanting a spell, his body started to shift and change along with the song.

<Beautiful, Beatiful Girl> chanted the song and Keegan in tandem, and as they did so his pelvis swayed up and down and side-to-side.   <I'm such a beautiful girl> they sang, and with a crack, his hips widened, his ass grew and his manhood shrank.   <All the guy love my long smooth legs> Keegan intoned in time with the aPod, and as if hearing what he, or rather she now said, the hairs on her legs receded and the skin grew soft while her feet grew dainty.  On went the song; when it sang that she liked to cuddle up with her chosen guy, her arms followed the direction set by her feet; when she crooned about how great her cleavage was, breasts erupted from her previously flat chest; she sang how she liked her lips when she pouted and they grew plumper; she stroked her hair, regaling the empty room with how it was like spun gold and the short hairs grew, cascading around her body.  On the song went, and so did the changes.  The song reached its final and Keegan sat up, still in her trance like sate and with the aPod cried out <I'm such a beautiful Girl!> before slumping back onto her bed, fully asleep.

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Keegan groaned as she sat up.  Her head ached and she couldn't remember what had happened last night.  She vaguely recalled coming home and putting on her aPod, but couldn't remember anything after hitting 'play'.  She pushed her hair out of her face and glanced around the room, eyes half closed.  Pausing, she blinked, and ran her fingers through her hair – for a moment she could have sworn that she'd just had to brush it out of her face, something that she'd never had to do before (well, except for one or two 'special' circumstances).  As her fingers pulled though her hair she realised that she hadn't been mistaken and she let out a high pitched squeal of horror as she realised what it meant.

Quickly she dashed to the bathroom and looking in the mirror her worst fears were confirmed.  Staring back at her was a girl (a fairly cute one she had to admit to herself, but her as a girl none-the-less).  Her mind raced trying to figure out what had happened.  Had someone played a trick on her?  No, it couldn't be – none of her friends were anywhere near her new college.  Had there been an accident in her lab?  No, not that either – her lab was back home and she hadn't brought anything with her that could cause this.  Then it hit her – it must have been the aPod.  She'd heard funny things about AKEA, but had dismissed them as tall tales.  A friend of hers had told her about a weird experience with some sheets he'd bought at AKEA, but she'd just dismissed it as a joke.  Fearful, she went back into the bedroom and grabbed the instruction booklet for the aPod.

Sitting down on her bed, she noticed that the sheets had changed, and looking down at herself she was horrified to see that see was now wearing girl's pyjamas instead of the tee-shirt and jeans she'd been wearing the night before.  Briefly she wondered what else had changed, but decided the best way out of it would be to read the manual and see what went wrong.  Flicking though the book she came across a chapter titled 'Altering the world of music, altering the world of YOU.'

The chapter told her that one of the latest features of this new model of aPod was its ability to alter reality.  As well as being able to buy regular songs like you could for an iPod, you could also purchase special songs that changed the listener to match the content of the song.  As a special bonus all the preloaded songs on her aPod were of the reality altering type.  A smile crossed her lips and she thought to herself that it could be fun to try out each one and see if she liked any.

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<All the guys love a Bimbo, a Bimbo, a Bimbo just like meeeee!> sang Keegan and the aPod together.  As Keegan's mind slipped toward the unconscious state where the aPod worked its magic, she cursed herself for hitting random instead of checking what songs were on there first.  As the aPod took over, her body shifted to match.  Her normal-sized breasts erupted into melons, and her blonde hair changed hue to a blonde cultivated from expensive hair dye and styling products.  Her ass grew bigger and her lips even more plump.  Make-up spread over her face and her clothes altered so that they now looked like a skimpy cheerleader's outfit.  As the song wound down, her singing faded to mumbles and she fell back onto the bead asleep.

About an hour later she woke up and looked around her room.

"Like why was I asleep?" she asked in a voice devoid of any intelligence "And like...why am I sleeping in my clothes.  I am so like going to kill my friends for leaving me like this."   She stood up and immediately sat back down as a head ache washed over her.  "Wow, I'm like..so hung over." She giggled.  Grabbing her cell phone, which had turned bright pink to match her new life she dialled her friend.

"Oh hi Kelly," came the equally airheaded voice "That was such a fun party last night..."

Several hours later, Keegan, now Kelly, hung up and pouted, not knowing what to do.  Looking around her room, she saw her metallic pink aPod sitting on her bedside table and decided to listen to some music to see if that'd calm her hang over.  Starting it up she scrolled through the woe-fully short list of songs and snorted in disgust – with the exception of one or two, they were all rubbish.

"OMG!" she shouted "These song are like so lame.  How do I, like, get rid of them?"  Turning the aPod in her hands, she saw a reset button and pushed it.  A bright light shone out of the screen and suddenly she got a sharp electric shock from the device, causing her to drop it.  She stared in shock, her slow-witted brain still trying to comprehend what had happened when without warning a pain like being kicked in the gut doubled her over.

As she crouched down holding her stomach, a sharp pain lanced into her groin and for some reason she could feel her panties growing tight in the area between her legs.  Her legs themselves thickened, gaining some muscle, and hairs pushed out of the roughening skin.  There was a loud crack, and her hips went inward as her ass grew smaller.  As her shoulders broadened, her breasts deflated and her hair shortened.  Rapidly her, or as it now was, his, face gained masculinity to match his body.  Gasping for air, he fell to his knees and passed out for a split second.

Getting his breathing under control, Keegan pushed himself into a sitting position.  Sighing, he collapsed against the wall and thanked his luck that the nightmare of bimbo-hood was over.  Gathering his composure, he looked down and asked the empty room "Umm, why am I still in a cheerleader's outfit?"  A quick glance at the aPod answered his question – the battery was flat, so he guessed that it must have run out mid transformation.  Part of him wondered if he was completely back, but he was glad at least his mind had reverted before the change stopped.

He looked at the aPod and wondered what he should do.  On the one hand, he'd almost gotten stuck as a bimbo, but on the other, part of him had liked the transformation and wanted to know what the other preloaded songs had in store for him.  Swallowing his pride, he plugged in the charger and waited for the battery to recharge.

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By the time the aPod had recharged it was getting late, and Keegan decided that he'd listen to it as he slept, so like the first time it'd be a surprise when he woke up the next morning.  As he lay down on his bed, he hit the 'next song' icon and noticed that the title was 'Unleash the Beast Within.'  'Cool' he thought 'Must mean I'll become a werewolf or the like.  Hey, maybe I'll even turn into the fursona I'm making.'  Closing his eyes, he settled down, drifting off to sleep and beginning to sing.

As he sang, his toes clicked as the bones reformed, and there was a cracking as his ears moved to the top of his head, becoming triangular.  Orange fur sprouted from his ears and on his hands and feet, which also grew pads and claws.  There was a tearing as his tail ripped its way through his shorts and he let out a purr of contentment, upsetting the beat of the song.   <Tiger-guys and Cat-girls> the song had run, but his purr had covered up the 'Tiger-guy' part in his rendition.  The spell upset, his hips began to swell as once more the aPod took his man-hood.  As her face softened and her hair grew past her shoulders, her breasts blossomed out.  The torn pyjamas reformed into a one-piece leotard, and as the song faded away, it left a girl that could have passed as a playboy bunny.  If playboy bunnies wore cat ears and tails instead of bunny ears and tails that is.

As the sunlight peaked in through the window, Kelly the Cat-girl stretched and yawned.

"Nya," she yawned "What a wonderful sleep."  She stopped mid stretch.  "Did I just say 'Nya'?" she asked herself.  Then she realised that her voice sounded softer than it should.  Cursing, she bounded into the bathroom to see if her suspicions were right.  As she expected, she had become a cat-girl.  Sighing, she wasn't sure whether or not she was glad that she was only a partial cat-girl rather than full on anthro, but at least she wasn't a bimbo again.  Admiring herself, she wondered if cat-girls were the norm in this reality, or if she was unique.  As if bidden, memories of this life sprang to mind, although fortunately in her opinion, they supplemented her 'old' memories rather than replaced them.  Her new memories told her that she was Kelly, and along with her friend Tobi, was a poster girl for TranzGene, a company specializing in transformation tech.  Like Tobi, she was a guy who'd offered to be a test subject for TranzGene and had wound up as an animal girl and had ended up liking the lifestyle of TranzGene poster girl so much, she'd decided not to change back.

She bounded back into her bedroom and eyed herself in the full length mirror.  She could see why the her of this reality had decided to stay as Kelly – she was quite sexy and her body was far better than her old male one.  Part of her wanted to stay like this, and it wasn't the part of her that was Kelly the Cat-girl.  Part of Keegan the Student genuinely did think this was kinda cool, but another part of him had misgivings, and besides, she still had one more song left to try out.  She stood staring at herself for a few minutes and sighed.  She might as well try out the last song.  She reasoned that she could always replay the cat-girl song if she wanted to come back, so there would be no harm in it.

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<Back to school, did this all once before> sang Keegan, back in his male body <Now I'm doing it all over.  To be the smart girl is all I want, yes sir, a geeky girl who knows the answers...>

Once more his body changed.  Yet again he lost his manhood and yet again he was becoming Kelly.  As the song reached its peak, a female version of Keegan lay on his bed, signing along to the tune, but now a new change kicked in, different from the ones before.  She began to shrink, and her female assets receded slightly.  Her long hair pulled back and bound itself in a plait. Her clothes shifted to match her new form.  Her shirt became a blouse, and a tie snaked around her collar out of nowhere.  The legs of her trousers joined together and the hem receded up her legs to form a knee-length skirt.

The thirteen-year-old school-girl sat up rubbing her eyes.  The memories of this new life flooded Keegan's mind, but like Kelly the Cat-girl's memories, Kelly the school-girl's memories did not replace his old ones.  Kelly got up, afraid that her mom would shout at her for creasing her uniform, but then shook her head.  She didn't have to worry, she had the aPod.  Being a school-girl wasn't something she wanted to experience all that badly, so she'd be changing back soon (maybe in a day or two she decided – just long enough to get a look in the girl's locker room).

A flashing on her aPod's screen caught her attention.  Picking it up she noticed that she'd just received an e-mail on it.  Opening it up she read:

Thank you for purchasing one of AKEA's brand new aPods.  We hope that you have enjoyed your use so far, however we regret to inform you that after careful deliberation we have decided to amend our free preload service by enforcing a limit on the number of uses of preloaded songs. As you have now reached this limit, you will no longer be able to listen to the preloaded songs on your aPod, however, you may purchase them for a small fee from our store along with a wide selection of other songs.  Further, the last song played has be set as your default reality.

As this item was purchased before the implementation of the new scheme, we have decided to credit your account with 500 aPoints with which you may buy more AKEA aPod items and accessories.

We apologise for any inconvenience this might cause.

The aPod slipped from Kelly's hands as she realised what it meant.  She was now stuck as a school-girl.  Swallowing she held back the tears brought on by a rush of hormones and collapsed onto her bed.  She didn't want this.  She just wanted to be a guy again.  She buried her head in her pillow and began to sob.  Just then, a vital fact filtered into her brain.  The message said that she had aPoints (whatever they were) with which she could buy songs for her aPod.

She rushed over to her laptop and booted it up, logging straight on to the AKEA site.  A quick browse brought her to the aPod section and she rubbed her hands as she spotted some songs that would work perfectly.  She clicked on 'buy', but a pop up filled the screen.  To her dismay, it stated that she was too young to buy reality changing songs and that they were limited to 18+.

Her shoulders slumped as she looked wistfully at the screen.  So she was stuck like this.  Sighing, she decided at least it wasn't the worst one she could have gotten stuck as.  Plus, was five years really all that long?  Hell, this could be quite the adventure if she let herself go with it.  As she thought about it more and more, the more she started to like it.  Now what to do with her aPoints?

She grinned as she came up with an idea.  If she was going to have the honour of being a school girl, then the least she could do was share it with her friends.  A quick look at the aPod section showed that the cheapest aPods all came with the school-girl song loaded.  All she had to do was find some people to give it to as a present.  Giggling to herself she logged onto DA to narrow down a list of friends to a suitable number.  'Five should do it,' she thought, 'Question is, which five would make the perfect girlfriends?'