Okay so warning for mild panic attacks, bad language (p*ssy, no childrens allowed here) and body dysmorphia and dysphoria! All of these triggers are mildly covered throughout the fic so if you are upset by these do look after yourself and don't read! I'll be back with some fluffier fics tomorrow!
Also the Aphrodite cabin totally has any trans!campers backs with binders and clothing for any kid who needs it, gods bless.
I'm slowly starting to catch up with all the missed days so be expecting 2 chapters a day until we're up to date!
Thanks for reading and have a great day! Fez.
It was the god's fault.
It always was, wasn't it?
In an event that was getting more and more regular for Will, he woke up alongside Nico after a night of innocent kissing and maybe some cuddling. He recognised the inside of the Hades cabin, of the TV that was displaying a Netflix screen from where they were catching up on Orange Is The New Black, of the warmth next to him and Nico's little snuffling snores.
He rolled over to be closer to Nico and froze in horror.
He did not recognise the girl sleeping next to him.
He pushed himself up, trying to distance himself from the strange girl. Nico was going to kill him, what had even happened?
As he moved, a lock of long blonde hair fell into his eyes. As he pushed it back, he was hit with the realisation that his hair wasn't this long, not even in his secret surfer phase where he grew his hair long in a mullet. He looked down at himself and realised his chest was much larger than usual.
Will recognised the beginnings of an anxiety attack better than anyone, and tried to breathe deeply to stave off the panic.
It did not work.
"Will, what's the matter?" The girl's voice was soft and sleepy. She reached out for him and Will moved back quickly. Her eyes opened fully, and then wider as she stared at Will.
"Who are-" The girl started and if Will wasn't completely freaking out he may have recognised her eyes as the same hue as Nico's, or that her hair was as wild and as messy as his boyfriend's or her skin was sprinkled with freckles in all the places that Nico had. She seemed to change her mind halfway through her sentence and lowered her hand. "Hey, hey, focus on me. Just breathe. You're okay, you're safe."
Her voice is gentle and Will can't help but relax, her breath eventually evening out. The girl continued talking gently until Will didn't think she was going to cave in on herself.
"Who are you?" she asked as soon as she could and the girl's face scrunched up in confusion.
"Nico. Who are you?" She squinted at him a little more, and realisation spread across her face. "Will?"
Will was starting to piece what had happened together. "Why are we girls?" She asked, falling back onto the bed and covering her face. Her hair was tickling her nose and she brushed it away impatiently. She didn't want to be reminded that she had the wrong parts again.
"Girls are cool." Nico said and he… she? Shifted closer to rest her chin on her shoulder.
Will smiled. Piper was pretty thorough in her 'The World Has Changed From The 40s' updates with Nico. "Yes but it's not normal."
Nico shifted around until she was on her front, his face buried in the cushions. A moment later she was rolling over again with horror in her eyes. "It hurts to lie on my front." She said in a shocked kind of way. "They hurt."
Will couldn't help but chuckle a little, pulling Nico a little closer. "Don't lie on your front?" she offered.
Nico snorted, her hair falling in her eyes. "Thanks Nurse Solace. Any idea about how we ended up like this?"
Will shrugged. "The Gods?" she guessed.
Nico groaned. "Of course it's the fucking Gods." Will gave her a nudge but agreed.
"Saying that sort of stuff is why we're here." She said and Nico stuck her tongue out.
"What do we do now? There's no way I'm going out there like this." She picked at the collar of her baggy T-shirt. She was only wearing boxers underneath which were suspiciously loose but Nico was not ready to look yet.
Nico shifted over to her bedside table, and looked through the drawers until she came out with two hair ties that she often used for her own hair when she was training. She offered one to Will who took it in mild confusion.
"How do I do this?" She asked and Nico rolled her eyes gently but sat behind Will and twisted her new long hair up in a bun. She pressed a kiss to the nape of Will's neck when she was done, and Will turned her head to smile at her… girlfriend fondly.
"So do we wait for it to pass?" Will asked, glad her hair was out of her way. Nico lay down beside her, playing with a coil of hair that was already falling down from her own bun.
"I guess someone will come to try and find us and help us?" She suggested and Will nodded, still unsure of how to feel about everything.
As if on cue, there was a knock at the door.
"Uh, hey Will and Nico? You've missed breakfast and Will apparently you have a shift at the infirmary?"
Nico had never been more glad to hear Percy Jackson's voice.
"Percy!" She leapt to her feet and opened the door just a crack so she could peer up at Percy. She didn't need the Hero of Olympus to see her half-naked in the room with Will.
"Who are you? Where's Nico and Will?" Percy tried to open the door more, a suspicious look on his face. Nico pressed against it with all of her strength to stop him from coming in.
"I'm Nico! There was an accident or something. I'm a girl and so is Will!" Nico hated how high-pitched his voice was.
Percy's eyes widened. "All girl?" he asked, a concerned look on his face. Nico nodded, wincing.
Percy nodded, now determined. His grip loosened on the door and Nico was able to not stand properly instead of leaning against it with all her bodyweight. "What can I do to help?"
Percy was annoying a lot of the time but he wasn't afraid to help his friends. Nico was pretty thankful to him right now but not enough to really vocalise it.
"The Aphrodite kids have clothes. Binders or bras or whatever. And maybe call Lou Ellen over, or the Stolls'. One of them must know what's going on." Will called from the bed, the duvet pulled over her legs. "And get someone to cover my shift,"
Percy nodded, and gave Nico a reassuring smile. "I'll be back in ten minutes. And here's breakfast, I saved you both some toast." He passed it through the gap in the door and Nico couldn't stop a grin.
"Thanks Percy."
With a 'No prob' the older boy was walking away in the direction of the Aphrodite cabin. Nico let out a long sigh and returned to the bed, biting into a slice of toast and offering Will one.
"This is messed up." Will mumble through a bite and Nico nodded, in full agreement.
XXX
"The good news is that this will only last a day." Lou Ellen said to a small assembled group of Chiron, Will and Nico, the Stolls, Piper and Lacey and Percy.
Nico groaned. "What's the bad news?" She asked, trying to take a deep breath. Her chest was being compressed by a bra which Lacey had insisted was her size but still felt far too tight. Thankfully she was wearing her own clothes otherwise, although she'd had to borrow a (new) pair of the Aphrodite cabin who had plenty of transition resources for campers who came to escape oppressive parents.
"It's only ten o clock." Nico huffed but felt she could manage with that being the only bad news. Will was beside her, holding her hand comfortingly. Will had chosen a binder, and looked semi-normal with her hair up.
"We don't know why this has happened, but as it's not a prank or some spell gone wrong we can only be sure that it will run it's course." Chiron said, calmly. "Did anything occur that might be a reason as to why this has happened?"
Will sent Nico a look and Nico knew she was thinking about when she'd called Zeus a pussy a day or so ago.
"No, nothing." She had also told Will 'what's he going to do? Smite me?' and 'See, Zeus is a pussy'
"Nothing I can think of." Will agreed, clearly thinking of the way Nico had goaded Zeus to punish them.
Chiron looked between them but nodded. "You can resume your normal camp activities. I'm sure no one will comment on your new appearances and tell me if they do." He gave them both a formal nod and left.
Everyone else went soon after, Lou Ellen giving them a sympathetic look while the Stoll's gave them a high-five. Percy ruffled Nico's hair in his brotherly way and only laughed when Nico batted his hands away.
"I'll catch up with you guys later. Call if you need anything." Nico nodded reluctantly and Percy gave Will fingerguns before he left them alone in their cabin.
Will groaned, massaging her ribs under the binder. "These are awful." She groaned and Nico nodded, going to flop on the bed. Will joined her not too long after, long limbs curling around her girlfriend.
"My shift at the infirmary was cancelled earlier so I don't have anywhere to be." She told Nico who hummed and tucked her face into her shoulder, trying to forget about what had happened in the past few hours. Then she had a great idea to pass the time until they were transformed into their proper bodies again.
"I can think of something we can do?" Nico gave a pointed look at Will's chest and dug her teeth into Will's neck just the slightest bit. Will laughed, cupping Nico's cheeks and pulling her up to kiss her properly.
"Well we should see how far this goes down." Will suggested and Nico gave her a wicked grin.
"Let's go then."
XXX
Much, much later that night when Nico had become rather more acquainted to her and Will's new bodies, and when they had ventured out to lunch and dinner with Percy watching their backs and making threatening faces at any campers who stared too long, Nico and Will were counting down the minutes to midnight when they assumed the curse would end.
Finally the clock hit 00:00 and Nico felt his body revert to normal with a dull pain and empty feeling that he was surprised he hadn't felt the first time around.
Will sighed deeply and ran his hands through his short hair. "Finally!" He exclaimed, unable to wait for when he could take the borrowed binder off.
Nico grinned back, feeling a lot more comfortable than before. "That was unpleasant."
Will leaned in for a kiss which Nico gladly returned. He could swear that Will tasted different than from his brief stint as a girl but he preferred this Will by far.
"Please never call Zeus a pussy again."
Nico knew Will was right but couldn't resist pushing it a bit more. "If all he can do is turn me into a girl, then he definitely is a pussy."a pussy."/p
