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Original story by Annabelle Raven
Characters from TV series “Malcolm in the Middle”
Created by Linwood Boomer
Based on the Episode “If Boys Were Girls”
Lois Wilkerson had her hands full raising four sons, and it was getting to her.
Her sons Malcolm, Dewey, and Reese were all behaving badly; Dewey the youngest kept bugging her to buy him the newest X-Box game, while Malcolm (2nd youngest) and Reese (2nd oldest) were constantly fighting and bickering. To make matters worse, Frances, oldest son of Lois and her husband Hal, was such a delinquent, that he had been sent to military school years before, and now worked in a series of deadbeat jobs while fooling around with loose women.
Lois was at her wits end. Her husband Hal was quite bumbling and nebbish and didn’t provide the boys with a strong male role model.
All these years of suffering in a male dominated household drove Lois off the deep end — she grew to hate the male of the species for being so shallow, aggressive, brutal, and uncultivated.
On this day, Lois was attempting to get her three youngest sons new school clothes — Hal was off trying to deal with his very hairy back, that made him itch. Lois was quite stressed,
Lois knew that she would be bickering with the boys in the department store, and being grossed out while they wolfed down giant chili cheeseburgers in the food court at the mall.
Lois saw a young mother and her daughters going out of a boutique. The girls had bags from various stores and could see that they had bought some dresses, lingerie, and shoes. The girls were laughing and the mother had a big smile on her face.
Lois sighed. “Just once,” she spoke to herself, “instead of sons, I wish I had daughters.”
Suddenly, the new ring on her finger that Hal had gotten from some stranger at a flea market — it was opaque with nice shape, even though it wasn’t her birthstone — started glowing and then subsided.
“Huh? What the hell was that?” she mumbled, as she toyed with taking the ring off, but it was now a stunning 14 karat diamond.
Suddenly, a very cute but somewhat familiar girl approached Lois. “Mom! Come look at the pretty dress Renee and Mallory picked out for me!”
Renee? Mallory? Lois knew those were names she had selected for her sons if they had been born daughters — and somehow she knew that this little girl was really Dewey — or rather Daisy!
“Trust me sis,” Renee (the former Reese) said, “this color matches your hair and eyes so well.
Lois gasped. As a boy, Reese never cared what he looked like, and now he — she — was giving fashion advice? And she was gushing as she was picking various clothing items — girls' clothes — from the racks!
“Let’s ask Mom what she thinks — she always has a great eye for color,” Mallory (who used to be Malcolm) asked.
Well this was a change — Malcolm was an extremely bright boy who often had little patience for his mom’s demands for the household. In contrast, Mallory seemed to look to her mother with adoring eyes.
“You… you’d look great honey, um, listen, I’m kind of hungry, so why don’t we head over to the food court I know you are all dying for one of those burgers.”
“BURGERS?” the three girls chortled in digest. “You know I have to lose a few pounds so I can get into my prom dress,” Renee said, “so nothing but a salad for me.”
“Me too!” Daisy said. “I’m going to be as pretty as both my sisters!
Lois had to hold back the tears. Somehow a miracle had happened. Her unruly sons were now three perfect daughters!
The four gals spent the rest of the day going from store to store, and came home with a car full of bags! Lois decided to have the girls make dinner and do some chores, while she took a nap.
Lois was shaken awake by her returning husband Hal. “Lois, where are the boys? And who are these girls doing chores and making dinner? And why the hell are there bags full of girls' clothes in the living room.”
Lois grinned. “We don’t have boys anymore Hal. Those are our beautiful daughters — and I don’t know why it’s happened — I think it has to do with this ring you gave me.”
Hal gulped. He remembered when he got the ring at the flea market. He swore as if the ring was calling out to him — he knew his family would think he was crazy if he told them that at the time — but now it must really have been magic. For once, he thought fast on his feet.
“Darling, I know you’re tired from a long day of shopping. I’ll help the girls make dinner.” Hal said with a shy smile. Lois closed and her eyes and mouthed a thank you. She was looking forward to Hal being the only man in the household.
An hour later, Lois was awoken when she heard a woman’s voice say “Hello handsome. Time to wake up.” Lois opened her eyes to see an attractive middle aged woman — wearing one of her sweater and slack sets — who looked very familiar — and had her magic ring on! Could it be?
“It’s me, Hal — but you can call me Helene. And your new name is Lyle!”
What Lois feared most stared back at her when she looked at her own body. Now she had a broad chest, and it was hairy! Ewww!
“I’ve always wanted to be a woman, Lyle; you know I wasn’t a very manly man. But I didn’t want to let my boys down. But now, I have four beautiful daughters, say hello to Fay.”
“Hi Daddy!” Lois’s former son Frances chirped. She was now a glamorous blonde with a figure to kill for.
“But why do I have to be the man?” Lyle cried. “I wanted an all girl household!”
Lyle ended up running away from the family. He moved to Las Vegas to try his hand as a drag queen showgirl — albeit not a very good one. He was just too hairy! The other girls loved being girls and lived happily ever after!
Epilogue:
Renee and Mallory never fought constantly the way Reese and Malcolm did. The sisters shared everything including clothes, makeup, and often went on double dates together. Boys thought the sisters were the two hottest girls on campus!
Big sister Fay was still a wild child. She became a top exotic dancer at the gentleman’s club across town.
Little sister Daisy wasn’t into robots and bikes the way Dewey had been. She was the ultimate girly-girl who wore pink, played with dolls, and wanted to grow up to be just as happy and pretty her sisters — and her new mom!
While Hal had been a failure as a father figure, Helene seemingly was born to be a great mother — and a beautiful woman. Despite Lyle/Lois’s departure, Helene was able to raise her girls, advance further in her job than ever before (mostly from her enhanced sense of style and dress) and was able to learn to love being a woman — including being pursued by the town’s most eligible bachelor.
Helene remarried this year in a lovely ceremony — all four of her beautiful daughters were bridesmaids!
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Annie
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Comments
Deeeelicious
Annie, I didn't think I'd like this story having visions of Malcolm In The Middle kind of thing. This story is delicious, and so far the best magical transformation short story I have read. Thank you for sharing.
With super love & big as the sky hugs
Barbara
"If I have to be this girl in me, Then I have the right to be."
"With confidence and forbearance, we will have the strength to move forward."
Love & hugs,
Barbara
"If I have to be this girl in me, Then I have the right to be."
Ewwww! Hairy!!
Hi Annabelle (spelled it right this time):
Poor Lois! I laughed really hard at this, and I'm sure it would've been even better if I'd seen more than 2 episodes of the show. Like Sasha's stories of cartoon shows I have no recollection of, I realise now I've been culturally deprived all these years only watching the absolute weirdest stuff I could find. Twin Peaks doesn't exactly make for pleasant fantasies! I like your silly fluff, and your wholesome and caring
(if statistically unlikely) transsexual families.
Hugs, Laika
What borders on pure insanity?
Canada and Mexico.
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For the four daughters, ...
... there was a happy beginning, not an ending, since they didn't exist before the end of the story. For Lois, changed against her will, a sad ending, (I can't decide whether I feel it was deserved or undeserved; Technically, she is responsible for the ENDING of her sons, but she never expected her spur of the moment wish to come true. However, when it did, she certainly didn't mourn the loss.) and, of course, an actual ENDING (definitely undeserved) for the boys, as it seems as if none of the four daughters (innocent and blameless) has any memory of ever having been anyone other than the girls they are. Only Hal/Helene has both a happy ending and beginning (definitely undeserved).
How come Lyle remained Lois mentally, while the four sons were changed both physically and mentally? (Had they been changed only physically, given your descriptions of them, I would imagine they would have been as freaked out as Lois was to become Lyle - probably more so.) Was this deliberately sadistic on the part of Hal/Helene?
"All the world really is a stage, darlings, so strut your stuff, have fun, and give the public a good show!" Miss Jezzi Belle at the end of each show
BE a lady!
I feel bad...
I feel bad for the four kids, completely changed against their will, but I'm happy the wife got hers, she totally deserved getting turned into a boy, maybe next time she'll learn not to force change on others, or should I say he. Wow, for such a short story, it felt like a roller coaster ride, it rode faster and faster, until it came to the stop and you just wished it were longer. Though, like Jezzi said, I wonder why the four boys didn't know? Do they really know, and are they really trapped inside their new bodies, while a second persona was created? Or are they erased entirely, in which case this would be murder. Boys get on my nerves sometimes too, but I just don't know how I'd feel about something like this happening to them. Oh well, thank goodness it's just a story I guess.
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A little background on this very FLUFFY story
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the TV Show
Wikipedia entry about "Malcolm in the Middle"
MITM was a pretty dark comedy where the protagonists were very flawed, self absorbed, and hilariously inadequate. Similar to "The Simpsons" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm", people identified with the characters like Malcolm, Hal and Lois, despite - and often times because of - their misdeeds, neurosis, and lack of cooth. It's a situation comedy!
Lois was a complete control freak - an absolute bitch , and Hal was pretty much the cliche henpecked hubby times 1000. The episode where I got the video capture image from and the plot of that episode dealt with the fantasy that Lois, who never had a daughter, just nasty boys - suddenly got her wish - and then before reality intervened, the girls had their own sordid issues. It never dealt with the idea of Hal as a woman either - that's my twist on it.
I will agree with everything you said Jezzi - if these were not lampoonish TV characters, it would be pretty cruel to turn boys to girls who had no desire to become that way. But these characters were written broadly (pardon the pun) because if there was any 'reality' in this TV series, everybody would be in mental therapy. It's a sitcom - and my fan fiction of sitcom I feel is a wicked plot that is pure fantasy FLUFF (there's that word again).
If you are looking for redemption of character please don't - although the idea that Hal would make a better woman I think is kind of a tribute to just how good a job the TV writers and the actor who played Hal did in making him look pathetically funny as a male role model.
So that's my err "formula" - I am interested in writing more stories with teeth, to make the experience more lifelike - but as Laika said, it's pretty unlikely that you would ever find a father who was at heart a transwoman who had sons that also were trans, and they got to reinvent themselves as girls - especially pretty airbrushed Hollywood starlets. But that's my FANTASY, and I like the pictures because I'm a captioneer at heart. I appreciate everyone's comments, but I may not be everyone's cup of tea. I can't expect everyone to go "wow" because I don't go "wow" at everything I see here or sister sites. And that's OK. Again, thank you for feedback, I truly enjoy hearing the aye and the nay, it makes me think of what else I can do. :)
Hugs, Annie
long shots
Me again. When I said statistically unlikely I didn't mean they couldn't be really powerful stories. One of the most engaging series I ever read on these sites was about a boy and a girl, best freinds and lifelong next-door neighbors, both turning out to be transsexual, falling in love, marrying young, going through all sorts of everyday adventures, totally compelling and believable characters despite the crazy long-shot odds of their circumstances................the fantastic Me & Sam stories by the fantastic & terribly missed Darla Raspberry.
What borders on pure insanity?
Canada and Mexico.
.