Chapter Six- Phase Two Begins

Monday arrived and Atticus' mind was completely female. He felt excited at the realization. He was one step closer to being a girl. His voice hadn't changed one bit, but he wasn't too concerned about that and was more focused on his classes on dueling schoolmates.

His friendship with his guy friends had gotten colder while the one with the girls was comfortable and warmer than when he had been girl-crazy. He figured his guy friends would thaw toward once he changed completely. I have no doubt about that. They might try to flirt with me, but I'll be interested in Zane's actions. Hmm, the idea of guys flirting with me sounds amusing, but I suspect it'll get annoying at times.

The cold looks from his friends seemed positively frozen as he got lunch. He wore a look of complete hurt and felt like crying about it. He blinked the tears away as he sat down. He listened to the gossip with half an ear as he ate and kept looking across the way at his friends.

"Atticus? You okay?" a girl asked.

He put down his juice. "Not really. I wish my friends over there weren't so cold to me."

"They'll come around. They can't give you the cold shoulder forever."

"You have a point." He smiled at her. "Thanks, Lauren." Atticus suddenly blinked: His voice had just gone up.

Lauren's mouth dropped. "Wow, Atticus. Your voice sounds so…beautiful."

"It did, didn't it?" he asked and blinked as his voice had returned to normal.

"It did. Just imagine how it will be when you become an adult woman."

"Yeah, but let's focus on the immediate future at this point."

My voice has started to change, he thought as afternoon classes began. It'll likely go up and down as it tried to go up and stay there. I'll likely be embarrassed at its ups and downs and will get surprised looks as I talk, at least at first. You know, I might even be amused by their reactions.

He was sitting in Crowler's Spells class, listening to him lecture about Field Spells and the different strategies one could use them for. "Atticus Rhodes, please choose a field spell and describe its effects."

Atticus stood. "Gaia Power," he answered. "It affects the entire field and all Earth attribute monster gain 500 attack points, however they lose 400 defense points." His voice rose and fell as he answered. There was dead silence as Atticus sat, well aware of why the room was quiet and felt his cheeks grow hot for a moment. The silence was broken when Crowler called on another student.

Zane looked at Atticus who sat below him. He seemed completely unconcerned about the fact that his voice had gone up and down just now. Something tells me that it changed earlier today, at least once, which explains why he's not embarrassed and if he is, then I cannot see it from where I'm sitting. Zane smiled slightly as he recalled the sounds he had heard. His female voice sounds lovely and I look forward to seeing his complete change.

"Chancellor, could you send some female uniforms to me?"

"Of course I can. But I thought the body would change last?"

"It will. My mind's all female and my voice is starting to change. It went up a couple of times today."

"Ah. I'll send those uniforms up as soon as possible."

"Thanks, Chancellor." Atticus left the office, feeling good that he thought about asking for the uniforms. He wasn't sure when he would officially change gender, but he wanted to make sure he had the right uniform when he needed it.

Sheppard sent Atticus' request through before bringing up said boy's student profile. He had re-activated it when Jaden and Alexis had found him while he believed he was the Shadow Rider called Night Shroud. He clicked on the sex line and changed male to female before deleting the profile picture. He would need Atticus to provide a picture of his female form when he changed. He said his voice is starting to change. I wonder who's witnessed that and how they reacted to hearing it.

Atticus was quiet through dinner and nodded when asked if he was all right. He was re-living the day from lunch to his trip to Sheppard's office. He enjoyed the points when he spoke with a higher voice and looked forward to when he would speak with the higher tone permanently. It wasn't hard to request the uniforms as he would need them. He knew he would have to wear male socks and shoes in order to buy new socks and shoes for his uniform. He was still quiet as he and Alexis returned to their room. He wondered how long his voice would rise and fall before staying female. It'll be weird to see a guy thinking and sounding female just as it'll be weird being that guy. You know, now that I'm changing gender, I won't have to move out of this room. I can keep rooming with my sister.

"Atti, you okay?" Alexis asked as she brushed her hair. "You've been rather quiet tonight."

"I'm fine, Lexi," he answered in a high voice. "I was thinking about today," he continued in his normal voice.

Alexis gasped, the brush falling from her hand to the dresser top as she turned to face him. "Your voice is changing! You sounded beautiful."

Atticus grinned slightly. "Lauren said the same thing at lunch. My Spells class heard the change too and the silence afterwards was funny. I also asked Chancellor Sheppard to send me female uniforms."

Alexis listened to her brother speak female and then male, noting that the female voice was speaking more than the male- barely. That's how it's going to be. Atticus will be my sister soon. I think he's now excited at becoming a girl considering he had been resistant to it when we first learned of it. Hmm, he said his voice changed in Spells class. That's a class he has with Zane. I wonder what he thought of Atti's female voice.

Alexis hung around the outside of the cafeteria the next morning, waiting for Zane to come out. She had a good idea of how she was going to say her words. The older boy soon exited the cafeteria. "Zane, can we talk?" she asked.

"Of course." They left the blue campus and headed for the school. "What did you want to talk about?"

"I heard about what happened in your Spells class yesterday."

"Yes. It was a bit of a shock and a surprise."

"I heard it last night. It sounded beautiful to me."

"I too found it lovely. I am interested to see how Atticus will look as a girl."

"I think everyone is. I only hope that his friends accept him again when that happens."

"Yes. It seems my words had no impact on them."

The pair lapsed into silence, Alexis' thoughts on Atticus, Zane, and Jaden. It was clear that girls loved her brother and he made it clear that he was aware of it. But then he found the necklace. The moment he put it on, the jewel turned pink, and began to influence his thoughts. He was now a boy-crazy guy with a female mind, a changing voice, and a crush on Zane that she was sure was becoming love.

Zane had been as happy as she was when Atticus came back. The two of them started Duel Academy at the same time and became best friends. Both found that the two of them had younger siblings who were the same age. The two were also excellent duelists. Zane admitted interest in seeing Atticus' female form and Alexis was sure that Zane would fall for it as he kept tabs on Atticus as of late.

She herself liked Jaden. She hadn't told anyone, leading people to think she liked Zane. The only one who suspected her interest in Jaden was Bastion while Atticus was aware of her interest. Bastion hasn't mentioned his suspicions since the tag duel. He clearly is going to let me tell him when I'm ready. Heh, Bastion is such a gentleman.