Eighteen-year-old Nicholas Hammerstein is at the cusp of finishing high school in his hometown of Los Alamos, NM. He has a seemingly ideal life and is blessed with loving parents, a cute baby sister, and great friends. Nicholas is a gifted student and martial artist who has dreams of leaving for college at the end of his senior year. But, living in a world of Emergent humans, he will soon find his life turned upside down as his life and the fate of a kingdom hang in the balance. His future and theirs will be determined by how he navigates the drastic changes in his body and the magical and superpowered Mergent population he joins.

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The Legal Stuff: Emerald Princess © 2016-2023 By Sofia Hammerstein
 
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2016-2023 By Sofia Hammerstein. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission.
 
 

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Chapter 20: Making Friends

“SOFIA ELIZABETH!” HANNAH scolded me. I looked up at her and saw her smirking.

“What?” I said, “She was so upset I was worried she would have an accident.”

Camille and the other girls sitting at the table laughed hysterically, and a few other tables erupted in applause. “So, how much trouble am I going to get in?” I asked Camille once I was in my tall chair.

“From the school? Nothing. That’s a harmless prank around here.” She giggled.

“And from that girl?”

“Well, that girl is known as Streaked,” she smirked. “I think you could say you’re on her bad side,” Camille said.

Another girl down on the end, “Yeah, you might be careful as I know she’ll be looking for revenge.”

I laughed, “What’s she going to do? Diaper me? Embarrass me?”

“I don’t know, but I would watch yourself. Streaked has a bad temper, and she can move ridiculously fast!” Camille told me. She then started giggling, “But that was totally awesome!”

We ate dinner together and enjoyed laughing about the bully. I discovered her real name was Gemma, and I couldn’t blame her for wanting to go by her code name. At the end of dinner, I asked, “What now?”

“Well, we were thinking about watching a movie?” Camille suggested. “Assuming you’re allowed to be awake that late?”

I stuck my tongue out at her, “I don’t have the sleep pattern of a baby,” I informed her.

“Careful, a little birdy will get that tongue,” she smiled back at me and then shoved the dangling pacifier back in my mouth.

I turned red and glared. Camille just laughed at me. Hannah let me walk beside them on my own legs as we returned to Trident. For me, it was almost a jog, though, to keep up with my tiny legs! “We’re going to go to the common room to watch the movie,” Camille told us.

“We’ll be right there; we just need to take care of something.”

“Oh, does Sofia need a change? Can I do it?” She practically pleaded.

Hannah looked at me as if, ‘It’s up to you.’

‘Say yes,’ Caireen told me.

‘Why?’

‘Be a good girl and say yes; I’ll make it worth your while later,’ she bribed.

I sighed and nodded at Hannah, who handed me over to Camille. She followed Hannah carrying me to our room. Once Hannah was sure Camille knew where everything was, she said, “I’m going to the bathroom really quick; I’ll be right back.”

I was suddenly alone without a family member… or pseudo-family member for the first time in several weeks. I couldn’t deny I was nervous. Camille smiled at me and said, “Can I treat you like my little sister?”

“How old is she?”

“She just turned three… I think Mom was planning on potty training her this month.” She said, almost sad she was missing something.

I sighed, “Sure.”

She squealed, and I then endured two minutes of her playing with me and singing silly songs as she settled me onto the changing table. She had me giggling when she got around to pulling the snaps apart on my romper. Camille gently wiped me and changed my very-soaked diaper. She seemed to have as much fun changing me as Lily did with her dolls. Before long, she surprised me by pulling my romper over my head.

“What are you doing?” I asked nervously.

“Well, we’re going to watch a movie, and then I figure it’ll be time for bed, right?”

I grimaced but nodded.

“Well then, shouldn’t you get your jammies on?”

“Fine,” I said, rolling my eyes.

She looked through the drawers of my dresser and oohed and ahhed non-stop before deciding on a one-piece blanket sleeper with a picture of Merida on it. She unzipped it all the way to the foot and dressed me mostly lying down before having me sit up. By the time she was finished, I was red with embarrassment, but I said, “Thanks.”

She picked me up and hugged me; I couldn’t deny that it felt good. “Can I babysit you occasionally?” I looked at her and noticed she was almost teary-eyed, “I really miss my sister.”

“What’s her name?”

“Cassidy.” She said.

I nodded, “Maybe you’ll be in some of the same classes as me if Hannah isn’t. I know you’re more likely to be since you are a magic user too?”

She squealed and said, “Yay!!!” She bounced me for a moment and then said, “So do you have a doll or a bear you want to take to the movies?”

I pointed at Emie, and she picked her out of my crib and held her out to me. “She’s pretty!” Camille cooed. “I love her dress. Do you have jammies for her that you want to change her into, though, so she can join the party?”

I wanted to get annoyed with her, but part of me knew she was absolutely correct - Emie needed pajamas to join in! I looked down at myself and then pictured the same on Emie. A moment later, she was wearing an exact copy of my pajamas.

“Aww!” Camille said. “You two look so cute together!!!”

She was walking around the room holding me when Hannah finally came back from the bathroom. I noticed a problem a moment later. “Umm, Hannah…”

“What?”

“You’re… ummm…”

“You’re leaking,” Camille said with a little bit of shock.

Hannah burst into tears suddenly, and I found myself jumping at her to hug her. Camille was there a second later. “It’s okay, Hannah,” she soothed alongside me.

A few moments later, she said, “How can I show my face?”

“Sofia isn’t yours, right?”

Hannah shook her head, “I’m still a virgin. When I emerged, my EFP locked into being a mother for her, though.”

“So, you lactate?”

Hannah simply nodded.

“Do you need to pump now?”

“Or…” I said.

Hannah looked at me like, ‘Do you want her to know?’

“Or…?” Camille asked.

“I guess I need to nurse,” I said simply. “Hannah, how are you building up so much milk, though?” I groaned as she carried me to the rocking chair.

“I don’t know? I guess I’ll ask the doctor tomorrow. Are you sure you want to do this right now? I mean, you just had a meal. I could pump now and…?”

“Just feed me already; you know my appetite never stops.”

I could tell Hannah must have been uncomfortable because it didn’t take her long to bare her breast to me and push my head towards it. Then, as I nursed, it was quiet for a moment before Camille asked, “What’s it feel like?”

I could almost feel Hannah smile above me, “Well, for one, it’s a relief to get it out. They just feel... full... They’re kind of too firm? Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to take more than a couple hours it seems,” she sighed.

“No, how about…?”

Hannah breathed deeply and said, “It’s probably the most amazing feeling you could ever feel. Sofia feels like my baby, and it’s amazing to know that she’s getting part of what she needs from me!” She paused and patted my back a bit. “It also feels good in a weird way as she nurses...” I could practically feel her skin turn red as she blushed then.

“Don’t worry, I won’t tell the others about this,” Camille assured her.

Hannah sighed, “I’m not sure I’ll be able to hide it from them. Everyone obviously is all too close to keep it a total secret since I know there’s no way I will avoid leaks. So if anyone asks, I’m just pumping it, and they’re taking it to study, okay?”

“Sounds good to me.”

Camille got quiet for a while, and after I was switched to Hannah’s other breast, she burped me, and Hannah asked, “So you sleepy yet?”

I shook my head, “Nursing doesn’t make me as sleepy here as it does in Caireen’s world.”

“Well, I guess let’s go watch this movie.”

I nodded, and Hannah handed me off to Camille. “You want to take her on out there? I need to change my bra and top.”

“Why not just change into your jammies like Sofia?” She suggested sweetly.

“I’ll go change, too,” she added. “You want to stay here or come with me?” She asked.

I looked at Hannah.

“It’s okay; you can trust her.” I found myself snuggling into her grip and said, “Okay.”

Camille shoved Emie into my grip, pushed a pacifier in my mouth, and carried me down the hallway to her room. Camille sat me down on her bed and quickly stripped and changed her clothes into pajamas. It was odd seeing a naked girl like her. As a former boy, I should have felt something, but all I noted was jealousy over her size and having a mature body that didn’t need diapers! ‘I wonder if I would feel anything for a naked guy now…?’

‘I don’t think so,’ Caireen said. ‘You’re a baby.’

‘So, I guess I’m never going to have sex?’

She remained silent, which probably meant a big fat no.

‘Being a baby sucks!’ I told her.

I could feel a mental hug from her, ‘You will find many more comforts in life, Sofia. Just be patient; you have a very long life ahead of you.’

Camille finished dressing into a cute footie pajama set of her own. She smiled at me briefly before frowning, “What’s wrong?”

I sighed, “Two weeks ago, I would have killed to have seen you like I just did?”

I saw Camille nod, “I’ve been there; I understand. I… changed a lot too.”

I grasped that she, too, used to be a boy then. “No, it’s worse than just not being turned on by you, Camille… I… Imagine you never would be turned on by anyone?”

With that, I saw a lightbulb go on in Camille’s head, and she quickly picked me up and hugged me. I didn’t cry, but I was sad about it. ‘At least Lily will eventually be able to give my parents the grandkids. I’ll never give them...’

“It’s okay, Sofia,” she said to me softly. “Come on, let’s get out to the movie and back to Hannah!”

I nodded, and she carried me down the hall while I held my doll too. On our floor, we had a large ‘common room’ with a gigantic flat-screen TV the size of the wall itself, bean bags, and other comfy-looking seating areas. “Wow, this is great!” I mentioned to Camille as she sat down on a couch next to another girl and shifted me to her lap.

“Yeah, this was all started by some of the students about ten years ago they said. Each group has a tradition of adding some other cool thing to the room before we move to the next floor in the next grade.” A new girl said that I hadn’t met.

I dropped my pacifier from my mouth, “Hi, I’m Sofia,” I said politely.

The girl looked at me and shook her head, “Bechtel gets stranger every day! I’m Volango,”

“Monkeys?”

She laughed, “That’s my code name; my actual name is Beth. I discovered I climb really well.”

“And she loves bananas!” Camille added, pointing at the one she was peeling.

Hannah came in right then and sat on another couch. I looked at her as if to ask if it was okay to be on someone else’s lap, and she nodded discreetly. She had her pajamas on, along with what I assumed was a new bra. I sighed, ‘I’m going to have to nurse like every other hour to keep her comfortable!’

‘I think she needs to use those pumps a couple times a day,’ Caireen told me, ‘I’ll explain later.’ So she said in answer to my unasked question.

Before I knew it, Esmie and Lizi had come to join us on our couch, and we started watching a movie. During the movie, I discovered more about some of the urban legends of the school. Each was unbelievable but too crazy not to be true in my mind! Let’s face it, putting a school of super-powered teenagers together and crazy is pretty normal!

At some point, the movie ended, and Hannah said, “We probably should go to bed… they said they’re going to test us tomorrow so we can start to figure out our class schedules.”

“Fun!” Lizi said.

I shook my head, “I just did this!” I groaned a bit.

“Bechtel has way better testing, though. So you probably have at least a couple more abilities than your other tests revealed.”

“Really?” I asked, kind of excited by that.

“Yeah. Plus, Hannah gets to figure out all the cool new things she can do!”

I laughed, “Yeah, other than big balls of energy, we don’t really know much about her abilities. Maybe you’ll have some sort of magical abilities too?”

Hannah picked me up off Camille’s lap and said, “Night, everyone!”

She couldn’t seem to help herself and grabbed my arm and said, “Wave’ bye-bye’ Sofia.”

I glared at her, and she just laughed.

Once we returned to our room, she said, “Would you mind nursing one more time?”

“Already? I guess...” I said, but I knew it was probably three hours since the last time.

“I know, this has to be a little obnoxious on you. I’m sorry, I can just do the pump…?”

I sighed, “Use the pump a time or two in the day… I’ll nurse at night and breakfast for certain each day?”

She nodded.

“Save the rest of it… I think we have a line of girls that want to ‘babysit’ me.”

She smiled, “I’ve had like eight girls offer! I’m not surprised, though; you are like the most adorable baby ever!”

Hannah settled into the rocker with me and sang a lullaby as she nursed me. I must have been more tired than I realized because she told me she had changed my wet diaper, and I didn’t even stir.

 
 

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