"The Transformation of Miss Abernathy"
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James Thompson sat hunched at a table in the dimly lit school library, his small body feeling even smaller amidst the towering bookshelves. His tear-streaked face was pressed against the worn leather cover of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', which had been his sanctuary throughout this harrowing ordeal. His blond hair fell in messy waves over his forehead, and his blue eyes, normally bright, now shimmered with tears. He was just seven years old, 3'9" in height, and in his favorite Spider-Man t-shirt and gym shorts, he looked even younger and more vulnerable.
His supposed crime? A misunderstanding involving a broken window, which Miss Mildred Abernathy, the 55-year veteran librarian of St. Augustine’s Elementary School, had unjustly attributed to James. Miss Abernathy, or “Miss Abernathy” as the students called her, was an intimidating figure. Standing at 5'6", she had a sturdy build, and her stern posture made her appear even taller. Her gray hair was styled in an old-fashioned bun, held together by bobby pins that could probably double as lockpicks. Her gray-blue eyes, shielded behind cat-eye horn-rimmed glasses with elegant gold inlay, could pierce through any trickery or excuse. Every year on September 13, she reluctantly celebrated her birthday; she was born in 1945, making her 78 years old— 58 years older than James' 20-year-old mother.
Miss Abernathy wore a knee-length skirt and a matching jacket. The jacket was buttoned up to her neck where a white lace collar peeked out. Around her neck dangled a chain with a locket that seemed older than the school itself, and on her wrists clinked old-fashioned charm bracelets and a thick wedding band. Her nails were painted a severe shade of crimson, a stark contrast to her sensible brown platform sandals that clicked ominously against the linoleum floor. The sandals appeared older than James could fathom, certainly not pink or playful.
James fingered the soft stuffed rabbit his mother had given him. It had belonged to her when she was young, a cherished memento. His fingers gripped it tightly. The comfort it provided was the only solace he had while waiting for Miss Abernathy to allow him to leave.
"Mr. Thompson," Miss Abernathy’s voice rang out, stern and unforgiving, as she stood up and clicked her way over to him. "What is this?" she questioned, plucking the rabbit from James' grasp and marching back to her desk.
"Please, Miss Abernathy, I need my rabbit back," James sobbed, his eyes filling with desperate tears. "It’s from my mommy!"
Miss Abernathy turned, her stern face unmoved. "No, young man. You are in detention, and this—" she held up the rabbit, "—is contraband. I’ll be stepping out for a moment, and I expect you to behave yourself until I return."
James’ heart pounded as the heavy library door swung shut behind her. He watched the door for a moment, making sure she was gone, before his eyes darted to her desk. Summoning all his courage, he crept toward it.
Reaching the desk, he gingerly opened the drawer. Among the clutter, his rabbit lay, simple and soft, but oh so necessary. That's when he noticed Miss Abernathy's discarded items: her platform sandals, now slightly ajar and revealing her surprisingly dainty yet aged feet, and her glasses and jewelry laid to the side.
"Ew, gross! Old lady shoes!" James muttered, his tongue sticking out in disgust as he nudged the sandals aside. However, as he grabbed the rabbit and tried to close the drawer, he stumbled, his shoes and socks flying off. Suddenly, he found himself momentarily standing in Miss Abernathy's old platform sandals.
"Ew, gross! Girly shoes! Old lady shoes!" he cried, kicking them off with a shudder. But as he pulled away, his feet began to tingle and crack, aging before his eyes. Crimson polish, identical to Miss Abernathy’s, adorned his toenails.
"No, no, no, no, no! Mommy! Oh no, I don't wanna be a girl! I don't wanna be my meanie teacher!" he wailed, desperately trying to scrape the polish off, but it was futile.
The transformation continued, moving up his legs, turning them slender and frail, covered with fine wrinkles. His chest and torso morphed next, his gym shirt and Spider-Man t-shirt distorting as they changed into an old-fashioned blouse and buttoned-up jacket. His arms lengthened, wither, bore the same maturity and age as Miss Abernathy's, while his fingers grew long, nails now painted the same severe crimson.
Stumbling to a mirror, James watched his horrified reflection as his face aged and feminized, his blond hair turning gray and tying itself into a tight bun. His eyes dulled slightly and adopted the same sternness he had always feared. His memories started to change too, slipping away like sand through fingers. He tried to cling to his innocence, to remember his mother’s face and his childhood joys, but he couldn't resist the creeping tide of Miss Abernathy's life overtaking his own.
Blinking in confusion, the woman in the mirror adjusted her glasses and muttered, "What was I doing again? Oh come on, Mildred, you're 78 years old, and you've been a teacher at this school for 55 years." She shook her head, chastising herself before walking to her desk.
Noticing her discarded jewelry, she replaced each piece with the reverence of donning armor. She slipped her wedding ring back on her aged finger with a sense of calm finality, adjusted her glasses with practiced precision, and secured her sandals, the sensation of tightening and adjusting them familiar and routine.
Standing up, she spotted the rabbit she had confiscated earlier and marched over, bending to pick it up. "I confiscated this from that Thompson boy, and he took it back without permission," she grumbled. "His mother will be getting a letter from me to correct this disgraceful behavior at once. Nobody disobeys Miss Abernathy and gets away with it."
No memory of James lingered; in her mind, there was only Miss Abernathy, ever vigilant and ever strict.
This story was generated by user manemansteve with assistance by one of OpenAI’s large-scale language-generation model; prompts used to help generate the story are shown below.
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Prompt: long and thoroughly story about 7 year old James stuck at school because he's been punished by one of his older female teachers whose in charge of the library as well against the wishes of his 20 year old mom. Include the teachers full name being an old school name, what she goes by to the students being old school, how long she's been a teacher at the school, age being 35+ years older than his mom, birthday, birth year being 35+ years before his mom, height, weight, hair color and style being an old fashioned style with a detailed description, eye color and have her wear cat eye horn brimmed glasses with a description of the glasses, and have her wear an old fashioned 2 piece teacher outfit of an knee length skirt and another piece with a description of the outfit and have her be wearing platform sandals with a description of the sandals being old looking and not pink with her nails painted with a description of the polish and have her be wearing old fashioned jewelry with a description of the jewelry and a wedding ring with a description of the ring. Have the boy be in a sorta detention due to something that wasn't his fault she believes was and have him be wearing a normal outfit of his own with a description of the outfit and a description of his hair color and eye color and height and birthday and birth year and have him be holding something that makes him feel better and more comfortable that he was holding cause he was in detention and include the item and what it was and who it was from. Have the teacher spot the item standing up and thumping over to the boy and taking his item and walking back over to behind her desk in the library and putting it in her drawer. Have the boy beg for it back and have it be in quoted text with tears in his eyes. Have the teacher say no and have it be in quoted text speaking like a strict old woman. Have her tell the boy she's going somewhere and will be right back and have it be in quoted text warning the boy to behave himself. Have the boy take this opportunity to get his item back walking worriedly closer to the teacher's desk. Have him go around to her side of the desk opening the drawer and seeing his item. Have him notice she kicked off her platform sandals and took off her glasses and her jewelry and her wedding ring getting grossed out at how old lady all her things looked. Have him grab his item closing the drawer when he somehow managed to bump into or trip over something causing his shoes and socks to fly off leaving his feet bare and have him stumble into the platform sandals momentarily kicking them off immediately and going ew gross girly shoes old lady shoes and have it be in quoted text sticking his tongue out in disgust. Have his feet suddenly start tingling and cracking and aging feminizing getting slightly wrinkled as toenail polish with the color included and mentioned formed on his toenails matching his mean teacher's with detailed descriptions of his feet changing. Have him say no no no no no no mommy oh no i don't wanna be a girl i don't wanna be my meanie teacher and have it be in quoted text tears in his eyes frantically trying to scrape off the nail polish. Have his legs transform next feminizing and becoming old woman like with detailed descriptions of his legs changing. Have his torso and chest change next feminizing and maturing with detailed descriptions of his torso and chest changing. Have his arms and hands and fingers change next with detailed descriptions of his arms and hands and fingers maturing and feminizing as his fingernails slightly longer and with the same colored polish as his toes had. Have him stumble to a mirror watching his head and hair and face mature and feminize with detailed descriptions of his whole face changing into his mean teacher's. Have his outfit slowly change into the old fashioned 2 piece outfit with a detailed description of it forming. Have his memories start changing scaring him again and have him try to hold onto his innocence or at least hope to be a nicer teacher but have it be in vain as he slowly only remembered being the mean old teacher she always was. Have the woman blink in confusion as she looked at herself in the mirror. Have her say what was i doing again oh come on ______ you're __ years old you've been a teacher at this school for __ years and have it be in quoted text filling in the blanks and going on and lecturing herself for being confused. Have her go back to her desk spotting her jewelry and her wedding ring and her glasses and her platform sandals having no memory of who she used to be. Have her start by putting her jewelry on piece by piece slowly with detailed descriptions of her doing so. Have her then slip her wedding ring on her finger with a detailed description of her doing so. Have her grab her glasses putting them on with a detailed description of her doing so. Have her grab her platform sandals sitting down and have her put the first sandal on with a detailed description of her doing so and adjusting it and tightening it. Have her do the same with the second sandal with a detailed description of her doing so and adjusting it and tightening it. Have her then stand up looking around the library before spotting the item she confiscated earlier and thumping over to it again. Have her bend down picking it up. Have her say i confiscated this from that _____ _____ and he took it back without my permission and snooped through my desk his mom will be getting a ______ from me to ______ this ______ behavior at once nobody disobeys _______ ______ and gets away with it and have it be in quoted text filling in the blanks having no memory of who she used to be.
Response: James Thompson sat hunched at a table in the dimly lit school library, his small body feeling even smaller amidst the towering bookshelves. His tear-streaked face was pressed against the worn leather cover of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', which had been his sanctuary throughout this harrowing ordeal. His blond hair fell in messy waves over his forehead, and his blue eyes, normally bright, now shimmered with tears. He was just seven years old, 3'9" in height, and in his favorite Spider-Man t-shirt and gym shorts, he looked even younger and more vulnerable. His supposed crime? A misunderstanding involving a broken window, which Miss Mildred Abernathy, the 55-year veteran librarian of St. Augustine’s Elementary School, had unjustly attributed to James. Miss Abernathy, or “Miss Abernathy” as the students called her, was an intimidating figure. Standing at 5'6", she had a sturdy build, and her stern posture made her appear even taller. Her gray hair was styled in an old-fashioned bun, held together by bobby pins that could probably double as lockpicks. Her gray-blue eyes, shielded behind cat-eye horn-rimmed glasses with elegant gold inlay, could pierce through any trickery or excuse. Every year on September 13, she reluctantly celebrated her birthday; she was born in 1945, making her 78 years old— 58 years older than James' 20-year-old mother. Miss Abernathy wore a knee-length skirt and a matching jacket. The jacket was buttoned up to her neck where a white lace collar peeked out. Around her neck dangled a chain with a locket that seemed older than the school itself, and on her wrists clinked old-fashioned charm bracelets and a thick wedding band. Her nails were painted a severe shade of crimson, a stark contrast to her sensible brown platform sandals that clicked ominously against the linoleum floor. The sandals appeared older than James could fathom, certainly not pink or playful. James fingered the soft stuffed rabbit his mother had given him. It had belonged to her when she was young, a cherished memento. His fingers gripped it tightly. The comfort it provided was the only solace he had while waiting for Miss Abernathy to allow him to leave. "Mr. Thompson," Miss Abernathy’s voice rang out, stern and unforgiving, as she stood up and clicked her way over to him. "What is this?" she questioned, plucking the rabbit from James' grasp and marching back to her desk. "Please, Miss Abernathy, I need my rabbit back," James sobbed, his eyes filling with desperate tears. "It’s from my mommy!" Miss Abernathy turned, her stern face unmoved. "No, young man. You are in detention, and this—" she held up the rabbit, "—is contraband. I’ll be stepping out for a moment, and I expect you to behave yourself until I return." James’ heart pounded as the heavy library door swung shut behind her. He watched the door for a moment, making sure she was gone, before his eyes darted to her desk. Summoning all his courage, he crept toward it. Reaching the desk, he gingerly opened the drawer. Among the clutter, his rabbit lay, simple and soft, but oh so necessary. That's when he noticed Miss Abernathy's discarded items: her platform sandals, now slightly ajar and revealing her surprisingly dainty yet aged feet, and her glasses and jewelry laid to the side. "Ew, gross! Old lady shoes!" James muttered, his tongue sticking out in disgust as he nudged the sandals aside. However, as he grabbed the rabbit and tried to close the drawer, he stumbled, his shoes and socks flying off. Suddenly, he found himself momentarily standing in Miss Abernathy's old platform sandals. "Ew, gross! Girly shoes! Old lady shoes!" he cried, kicking them off with a shudder. But as he pulled away, his feet began to tingle and crack, aging before his eyes. Crimson polish, identical to Miss Abernathy’s, adorned his toenails. "No, no, no, no, no! Mommy! Oh no, I don't wanna be a girl! I don't wanna be my meanie teacher!" he wailed, desperately trying to scrape the polish off, but it was futile. The transformation continued, moving up his legs, turning them slender and frail, covered with fine wrinkles. His chest and torso morphed next, his gym shirt and Spider-Man t-shirt distorting as they changed into an old-fashioned blouse and buttoned-up jacket. His arms lengthened, wither, bore the same maturity and age as Miss Abernathy's, while his fingers grew long, nails now painted the same severe crimson. Stumbling to a mirror, James watched his horrified reflection as his face aged and feminized, his blond hair turning gray and tying itself into a tight bun. His eyes dulled slightly and adopted the same sternness he had always feared. His memories started to change too, slipping away like sand through fingers. He tried to cling to his innocence, to remember his mother’s face and his childhood joys, but he couldn't resist the creeping tide of Miss Abernathy's life overtaking his own. Blinking in confusion, the woman in the mirror adjusted her glasses and muttered, "What was I doing again? Oh come on, Mildred, you're 78 years old, and you've been a teacher at this school for 55 years." She shook her head, chastising herself before walking to her desk. Noticing her discarded jewelry, she replaced each piece with the reverence of donning armor. She slipped her wedding ring back on her aged finger with a sense of calm finality, adjusted her glasses with practiced precision, and secured her sandals, the sensation of tightening and adjusting them familiar and routine. Standing up, she spotted the rabbit she had confiscated earlier and marched over, bending to pick it up. "I confiscated this from that Thompson boy, and he took it back without permission," she grumbled. "His mother will be getting a letter from me to correct this disgraceful behavior at once. Nobody disobeys Miss Abernathy and gets away with it." No memory of James lingered; in her mind, there was only Miss Abernathy, ever vigilant and ever strict.
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