CopypastedUpdate: 3/2/2026. This current version is a rough second draft. This story will be edited as needed. Content Warnings: Transphobia, trans erasure. Saturday, February 7th 2026
Waking up alone again in her king size bed to the sounds of an 80s pylist that she and her girlfriend made over the previous year and a half., Ashleigh McFarlin grumbly gets up out of bed to grab herself some cold leftover pizza from a local pizza pce the night before while she logs on to Consensus to catch up as she caffeinates with a pin white mug of coffee and vanil cream as Swing Out Sister’s Breakout continues to py.
She reads from a few servers, many of them trans or queer, others with her fandoms, and a server she’s in that started as an AIM chat nearly a quarter century back, then IRC and finally Consensus when that ptform started back in 2011. She giggled at a few memes, gnces at tv and movie updates from one of her servers, looks at a few selfies of women much prettier than she, giving it hearts because it's the least she can do. She doesn’t think she’s ugly, far from it. In fact, she knows she’s hot, pretty, sexy and gorgeous. It doesn’t matter if she happens be both trans and quite curvy. She just feels ugly sometimes.
While watching an old episode of Doctor Who with the Seventh Doctor and a rapping ringmaster, she hears a cat tapping her dish. So she gets up from her seat to feed Emoria, her girlfriend Annie's pet orange tabby a mixture of wet and dry cat food that Annie taught Ash how to make, using a old faded Imperial margarine tub as a mixing bowl.
"Morning Emoria, Usually other cats need to get their pet human's attention in the morning, but I'm not your pet am I?”
She meows at Ashleigh with a very bnk and unimpressed look on her face.
As Ashleigh cleans the mixing tub and puts the silicone can cover on the cat food lid, Emoria finishes her mid-morning meal and stares at Ashleigh again unimpressedly and then she starts to lick her fur.
”Yeah figures as such, Annie will be home from work soon enough."
As if on cue a very tired full-figured lightly tanned trans woman with long jet bck hair enters the house and Emoria runs up and meows as if she was telling Annie all about her night and morning.
"HiAshIsTheCoffeeFresh" as she tiredly pours herself a mug with a cartoon fox on it which says “I’m in your house drinking your coffee and on your computer” in front of a computer.
With the sound of purring and some light snoring the day passes uneventfully as Annie slept through the day in the dark bedroom with the full bckout curtains drawn and Ashleigh taking a long nap after a day on GreenTree taking with other trans women in various threads and posts. After Annie gets up from her sleep, Ashleigh and Annie go to and order a rge pickup order from the local Taco Time of soft tacos and crisp burritos for both herself and Annie to st the weekend,As they exit the Taco Time, they inspect the bag to be sure they got everything and Annie says ”You got the spicy ranch?" Ashleigh immediately holds it up
"You are such a doll" Ashleigh replies “
Takes one to know one, doll"
Annie passes the time watching youtube videos of items getting power-washed and cleaned after eating her burrito and tater fries, when at around 5:30 Annie phone rings
With a concerned face, Annie immediately says "Work just called, they need me to go in tonight”
"No, I had a night pnned for us" Ash says disappointed "I know, I know, I'll make it up tomorrow" Ann replies "I wish they gave you normal hours"
"I do too."
As she gets ready for another overnight shift, Annie takes a couple of crisp burritos for her break meal and leaves for work.
Ash spends the night watching old game show and anime reruns on a couple of FAST channels on the Skyrider Primo tv app.
As the night turns long, she ends up falling asleep on the couch with Emoria between her legs. Outside a light storm of a purple vortex spiral erupts in the sky, however it is extremely unstable and is flickering in and out. With a bright fsh the house……is still there.An older neighbor in his te fifties, witnesses the vortex and light storm and says “Okay, they’re making the gummies too strong now”
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Ashleigh and Emoria sleep right through it. A scant twenty minutes, Ashleigh awakes suddenly from a freaky progesterone dream involving pickles and cookies and to take a tinkle.
"Okay, weird dream, but my bdder’s compining. Oh, Annie’s working. Something’s off though, it’s not light out this early nor this warm. It’s also unusually quiet, way way too quiet”
A meow is then uttered. “Oh, sorry Emoria, must have woke you up too. I’m going to step outside and see what's going on. Then I’m going to make you an early breakfast" Ash steps outside and instead of seeing a neighborhood, she sees trees upon trees and a babbling brook.
"This is weird, I must be having a progesterone dream yered on top of another one or something”
A bit in a distance, a young, handsome looking fellow who was walking over with basic fishing gear over to the brook when he notices a house that wasn't there before. He sees Ash walks out of the house
"Madam, Madam, thou looks distressed"
"Oh, hi, do you know where I am?”
"Thou art neareth the town of Phidelphia, Thy name is Zachary Stiles"
"What old-timey speech, My name is Ashleigh McFarlin"
"Old-timey? Thou speak strange english"
"Okay, never thought I ask this, "What is today's date?"
"September 3rd in the year of our lord, 1752, no, September 14th.”
As Ashleigh faints out of the dispced house with Zachary catching her and leading her onto her sofa with Zach pcing a bnket on her, half a multiverse away, Ashleigh wakes up in her couch, feeds Emoria the exact same meal on the morning of February 8th 2026.
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Alia looks at his data screen and has only one thing to say
”Oh no. Oh no no no no no. I fucked up my first warp assignment for school! There are two versions of this house. I need to get Jexia, she’ll know what to do. Alia runs across the academy to get to the library where Jexia is reading about a version of California that a former student a few decades prior have pced Ronald Reagan’s brain into Gavin Newsom’s body.
“Jexia! Jexia! Jeeeeeeeex!!!!!!” Alia screams
“What is it, Alia?!” Jexia asks
“Can you help me take a look at my project, I think I made a mistake in the capturing process!” Alia replies
“What did you do, Alia?” Jexia thinks to herself
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Unaware of what has happened during the night, Ashleigh from universe designation Gagarin-11961-BFA34DE42 opens the fridge, grabs a can of wet cat food and a bag of dry food, pces them in the same old margarine tub and mixes and proceeds to feed Emoria as Come on Eileen pys over her speakers.
Annie’s red Subaru Forester drives up to the driveway. Annie runs out of the car, leaving her phone and purse inside and runs across the yard. Annie enters through front door and shuts it as quickly as it opened as she rushes into the kitchen while Ashleigh pces a can cover on the cat food can as she also takes out a frozen pop tart from the freezer.
"Ash, are you okay?!"
"Annie, you're home already? What do you mean am I okay, did something happen?"
"There was a strange purple energy vortex surrounding this house this morning!!”
"What purple vortex?" Annie responds
"Don't tell me you slept right through it"
"Ann, if there was something like that, Emoria would have screeched and scratched, waking me up"
"Check the neighborhood blog, Ash" Annie says as she pulls it up on her iPhone.
“Unidentified purple energy envelops house in Pleasant Valley neighborhood" reads the headline and Ashleigh quietly repeats
" A spiral of purple energy was seen around 12:30 this morning surrounding a residence on 4th and Elm, skim skim skim skim...Other than spooked pets, there have been no injuries or damage to property" Annie reads to Ashleigh “Authorities are likely to procim it ball lightning”
"Okay, I would have definitely noticed that, wonder what that was about" Ashleigh says to Annie.
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About 273 and a half years in the "past" in the universe that will eventually be designated Longshore-11961-154ABDF4C
Ashleigh awakens from her fainting spell with licks from Emoria as she meows for food as Come on Eileen begins to py.
"There music pying from thy sphere" Zachary says to Ashleigh, pointing at a HomePod mini.
"Okay, not a progesterone dream, wait, how is there power in 1752" as the icemaker dispenses ice into the freezer container with a loud drop.
"...and for that matter plumbing” Ashleigh says, relieved that she can still use her bidet and still have baths and showers.
"Pray tell, this thou 'electrical fluid'?" Zach says in a slight quizzical tone.
"If I understand you correctly, this is electricity" Ashleigh responds
Ashleigh then continues "None of this should be working if i'm correct that I have been ISOTed to a different point in time”
"ISOTed?" Zach responds
"Let's get you up to speed. My name is Ashleigh McFarlin, I am a woman living in or rather once lived, oh how can I expin it, Ah!”
Ashleigh first runs out of the house and sees that instead of being on her yard, there is a bit of a clearing of dirt, branches and more dirt. When she inspects the house, she see impossibly clean cuts of her plumbing and the power, phone and fiber lines running to the house.
Ashleigh then reenters the house and walks over to her space saving rotating bookshelf and talks with herself "Hmmm, 'Kimmy', 'Magica Riot', 'Aftertaste', '30 Super Sentai Encyclopedia', ‘Simpsons World the Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1-20’, ’The Complete Directory of Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows', Ah here it is, a old world ats!”
Returning to the table and Zachary who has moved from a chair to the sofa with the bnkets still on the sofa and Emoria moving to sit on his p which Ashleigh noted with a thought to herself that Emoria only likes to sit on women's ps.
Ashleigh opens to the two page United States map near the middle of the rge book.
"So this is where we're at, I think" as she points to the Phidelphia area
"Yea" Zach replies
"Okay, so this where I'm from" Ashleigh moves her finger to the left portion of the map circling her finger around the Puget Sound area
"Pleasant Valley is roughly in the area that says 'Lakewood'" Ashleigh tells Zach who is looking with a rapt curiosity at this strangely dressed woman who is only in shorts and a fnnel shirt.
Ashleigh notices how well Zach seems to be taking this
"You're taking this quite well" Ashleigh inquires"Thy father 'was a well-learned man" Zach answers, as Ashleigh gives a look that says in what we on the outside would know as the 'Sure Jan' look
As Ashleigh grabs a leftover crisp burrito from Friday to reheat in the microwave she decides to grab her ptop to catch up only to realize she can't because of the timewarp, but she takes it on a whirl because why the hell not, and to her surprise, it connects. As it connects, Zachary makes first a fascinated expression on his face, which was slowly followed by one of abject terror as one word comes to mind in his head: Witchery.
"Well, I can watch videos and read wiki still" Ashleigh says as it disconnects. Ashleigh looks up and sees it is now only her and Emoria in the house, Emoria meowing sadly for her pet human who will never come back as Zachary is seen through the window running away
"Never mind, did not take it well”
As Ashleigh looks out she realizes something
"I never expined what an ISOT is”
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*Ding!*
Alia looks over his work for the fifth time that day over a mug of coffee made of beans from the pnet Xelipica, the sixth that day.
"Where did I go wrong, I did everything right as I was instructed, let me check my history" Alia realizes his mistake.
"I forgot the two most important instructions...Severance and Disappearance"
"You created a split didn't you?" A female Charmraven suddenly says
"Yeah, it seems so, Jexia" Alia answers
"Your subject is a so-called transsexual woman from a random Earth, I look around and see so much literature from various Earths about transness.” Jexia says sitting next to Alia.
Jexia continues “Transness isn’t real you know, besides you’re a shapeshifter, you can turn into a woman any time”
Alia replies "There's something so primal and more rewarding about the way it's done on Earth, it seems more real"
“What do you mean, real. See it's that fascination that got you into this mess and possibly flunking from the academy, remember, none of that stuff is even possible” Jexia says
"I know, I know, but, you really don’t find it fascinating? Like at all? ”
“Okay, let’s entertain that delusion, I bet if you ask them, that they would rather shapeshift than... actually what do they do?" Jexia asks
"Oh you're interested in this now?"
"If only to entertain a sick curiosity" Jexia says as Alia winces
“I really don’t get it, Jex, you’re a very smart woman, but you let society dictate what you think?” Alia asks
“Why shouldn’t I?” Jexia answers
“Because, you’re one of the smartest charmravens I know and possibly on the colonies and the homeworld.”
“And it’s because I’m so smart, I should trust that society is made up of the best of us. Now can you tell me how these humans delude themselves into thinking their bodies could ever change?
"So there's some who take a pill under their tongue, patches or gel on their skin, an injection on their belly or thigh, or sometimes butt, some have a pellet impnt, many of them adding progesterone and that's just trans women”
“Disregarding the primitiveness of the method, not to mention that reatomizing rejuvenation chambers wouldn’t even work, why would they do that?” Jexia asks while taking a drink of her own coffee mug
“Because, if you actually look at these people, you might find something inspiring and so damn real” Alia answers
“Besides, they only live for 70-100 years"
“WHAT?!"
Jexia then spits out her drink in surprise
"That's it, that's all they get?! That can't be right can it?" Jexia asks incredulously
“That’s part of why I find them inspiring, they manage to fit so much into their short lives, some don't transition until near the end of their lifecycle"
“Oh, that’s a shame though, to be nearly done with your life and then falling for the delusion”
“One day, I hope to help you understand, you’re so smart, but you seem to ck empathy. How’s your project going, Jex?" Alia asks changing the subject
"Oh it's going fine, I took 2026 California from one world and pced it in the year 1850 in another, but I thought complete swap!"
"Oh, going big I see!"
"I needed the extra credit” Jexia says with a look of determination on her face and a idea brewing in her head.
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Annie Boles is a blessed woman.
She has an amazing girlfriend in Ashleigh, an lovely orange tabby, started to embrace her rge full figured body, years into her own transition. she's even liking her job...okay maybe not that part.
What has her feeling this way? her weekly injection of estrogen of course. Having been on injections for five years of her six years of hormone therapy really have filled out her features.
Also lifting Annie's mood is that she doesn't go to work the next few days and it's just her and Ashleigh and staying in the house.
After spending the morning and early afternoon in each other's embrace and trans bodies, They're sitting on the couch watching some old cheesy family sitcom from the 80s, but it's just a zy Sunday
"I love this, Ash. Just me and you, a quiet house, no work, and I get to snuggle my hot girlfriend" Annie says while a few meows are heard??"Oh, I didn't mean to exclude you, Emeowia" Annie says to Emoria using a cutesy nickname.
"Annie, I'm not that hot" Ashleigh says in a moment of doubt as she pokes at her soft thighs
"Stop that talk, yes you are!" Annie replies back
"I know, I know, but I can't feel it today, it feels like a part of me is missing"??"Babe, I know a part of you is missing, you had your orchi a few months ago, then I got you a big order of pork fried rice” Annie jokes ??Ashleigh giggles.
Annie continues "Babe, you know exactly how sexy and gorgeous you are, even more so now that post-orchi, you filled out a lot more in all the right pces, you know what it sounds like to me?"
"What does it sound like to you?" Ashleigh says as she snuggles Annie tighter on the couch??"It sounds like you're having a post sex dysphoric attack"
"That happens?"
"Many such cases”
“Do you know of any cure?
“Come into bed and let’s find out together” Annie purrs. “Bring those sexy thick thighs”
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"I miss Annie. I know, you do too, Em. Did you know that when she got you it was the night we met and also the night of our first date. Is this what happens to those people who go missing and never found, they just end up somewhere else in spacetime and no one knows. No that’s preposterous. Although I have to wonder now, considering”??"Stop it, Ash, you're spiraling, though this is a damn good reason to, especially with Annie a couple of centuries away. If at all, who knows what could have changed from just being here” Ash talks with herself as a knock is heard.
It's Zach with a apologetic look on his face.
“Hell, everything might have drastically changed from just meeting that guy”
"Surprised you came back after you went running away"
"I must admit to acting in a foolish way, 'twas witchcraft I seen. 'thy curiosity, brought me back, strange dy"
"Mmm, Well, Zachy boy, Welcome to the world of tomorrow!!!!”
"I must admit, this would satisfy my employer's scientific interests" Zach says as he enters the time-dispced house.
"Oh, a man of science?" Ash replies intrigued as she gathers two luer-lock needles, a syringe, two alcohol wipes, an estrogen vial and a band-aid from a drawer.
"Oh yes. He's- What are the instruments you're procuring?”
"Oh this? Time for my weekly injection of witches brew"
Zach's face goes immediately pale as he droops down the sofa to the floor in front of Emoria as she continues to lick her fur clean.
"Poor choice of words?"
"Witches b-b-b-brew?" Zach says with the energy of a man about to lose his lunch.
"This is medicine I need to take every week so that I can be myself” Ashleigh says as she wipes the top of her vial and the tip of the needleless syringe with a alcohol wipe.
"You have me at a loss of speech" Zach says as Ashleigh prepares the injection needle by equalizing the pressure of the vial and syringe needle by drawing the air inside and pushing it back out into the liquid to draw the liquid hope into the syringe tube
"Thou not worry about infection"
"All sterile" Ashleigh says as she uses a second alcohol wipe on her thigh then injects herself on the spot that was just wiped with 12mg of estradiol for the week and covering the poked spot with a cute girl power band-aid, then putting her sweatpants back up.
"The future, tell me more?"
"No, better idea, follow me. " Zach follows Ashleigh to her computer and she asks him to sit on the chair as Ashleigh pulls up Wikipedia as the one way internet returned earlier in the day
As Ashleigh and Zach spend the night reading about a now impossible future of another timeline as butterflies will fp away everything that would have happened without her presence in the past.
Zach's stomach begins to growl while reading about baseball and Ashleigh asks "Hey, wanna try this leftover pepperoni and bacon pizza?” Ashleigh says, starting the air fryer and putting a sheet of foil on the air fryer rack
After waiting a few minutes for the pan-style pizza slices to reheat
"This food is a sin" Zach says
"So it's that good"
"Yeah, It's tha......what the hell" Ashleigh begins to reply as the house begins to shimmer, Emoria jumping to her p and her speakers begin to py Come On Eileen with everything resetting to as it was when it was warped back as the pizza slices and the HRT supplies returned to their original positions.
"It reset.”
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**********"That wasn't supposed to happen, was it?" Alia asks Jexia as they looked over the sudden warp spike
“You're not just going to flunk, you might have started the process that unravels reality and expose us. I can’t be a part of this. You know I have to tell our superiors about this. ” Jexia fearfully answers.
I think I'm about to do something very ill-advised” Alia says to himself as he heads to the quantum translocation room to grab a translocation remote, activates the holographic keypad to enter the coordinates and opens up a purple portal.
As she sees Alia step and run out of the translocation room, Jexia realizes that something needs to be done and she looks at the view screen of the universe that Ashleigh have been duplicated from and looks at Annie bored in the supermarket waiting for a te night shopper to count her coins.
“Hmmm, two can py at this game” Jexia says to herself as she continues to look at the woman in the view screen.
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As Ashleigh and Zach try to get back to the wikipedia page they had before and as the 80s pylist continues on, there is a fsh of purpley light just outside and then a knock on the door
"What now?!" says Ashleigh as she opens the door.
"Hello, I'm Alia” Quarnaria introduces himself while looking like a scrawny guy with brown hair and a pin look to him.
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