Chapter 1
I used to explain everything to them.
It sounds ridiculous, when I put it like that. But it's true - before I made any changes, before I even started exploring their minds, I'd freeze everything, walk up to them, and explain exactly what I was going to do with them.
Using...well, words. Ridiculous, right?
Nowadays, it's much simpler. I walk up to them, and with a single touch, they *know*. They know exactly who I am, what I can do, what I'm capable of changing, and exactly what I'm going to do to them.
It takes far less time, but it sometimes feels like I've lost something in the process.
When I first saw Sophie, I knew precisely what her path was going to be. And so when I walked up and touched her forehead, I showed her. What she was going to do, what her life was going to become...and then I offered the wish.
One wish before, one wish after. That's how I've always done it, and that's how I'll always do it. It just feels fair to me - like they have a fighting chance. And I stay true to my word, too. Some day, maybe I'll find someone who words the wish perfectly, who makes a request so watertight that there's nothing I can do, forcing me to move on, find someone else's life to ruin.
Not Sophie, however.
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I first saw Sophie outside the school. By chance, hard as it is to believe. I don't really spend a lot of time outside schools - I prefer my women fuller, older, more experienced. But I was walking past when I noticed her. Long red hair, full breasts - if it wasn't for the uniform, I would have thought she was a teacher.
And so I walked right up to her - no one around me noticed, but I didn't change Sophie. Not yet. She didn't look panicked, which was good - I suppose she thought a man of my age couldn't pose a threat. I touched her on the forehead, and she *knew*.
"So what is it?" I asked, unable to stop myself from being aroused by the look of panic in her eyes. "What's the wish?"
"Nothing under the panties," she mumbled. "I don't take them off, and we never go under."
That was a new one. Clever, too - if she'd said "no sex", "no penetration," or "no touching"...well, those are all common wishes, and I'd worked out the loopholes a long time ago. The panties?
I had to give her credit for being interesting.
"Of course," I said, and in the time it took Sophie to blink, I was gone. At least, as far as Sophie was concerned I was.
At this point, I could go on my way and just meet up with her again in a few days, weeks, months...whenever I liked. There's something undeniably erotic about hearing what happened from their point of view, but nothing beats experiencing it for myself. And so I followed her home that day - no one would be able to see me, of course, but I would have the best possible vantage point to see the havoc I'd wreaked in the young woman's life.
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It began as soon as her step-brother Eli got home. The two of them were there alone, and Sophie immediately began to follow the instructions I'd so firmly implanted into her mind.
"Hey bro," she said with a smile. "How's life?"
"Not bad," he replied, eyeing her slightly suspiciously. A quick trip into his mind told me that they had been close up until a few years ago, when Sophie had decided it was 'uncool' to spend much time with her kid brother, and since then she'd started to keep some distance.
*Not any more,* I thought with a wicked chuckle.
"Come here," she said suddenly, gesturing to herself.
"What?"
"Come here! I want to give my little brother a hug."
"Sure thing," he said sarcastically, picking up his game controller again. "Go and hug yourself, weirdo."
"I mean it," she said. "I want a hug."
"Well I want a million bucks."
"Eli," she said, her tone suddenly deadly serious. "Come and give me a hug, okay?"
Surprised by Sophie's insistence, Eli turned to face her.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm *fine*," she said earnestly. "I just need a hug. Please?"
Clearly worried for his sister, Eli put his controller down and crossed the room. He awkwardly wrapped his arms around his sister, and when she pulled his body against hers, reciprocated by tightening the hug.
They stood there for an uncomfortably long time. I was loving every second of it - the look of total fear on Sophie's face, as she knew what she had to do next...the obvious confusion at the top of Eli's mind. Finally, he broke the silence.
"What happened, Sophie?"
"Happened?" she said, pulling back and looking him straight in the eyes. "Nothing happened."
Her arms were still on his shoulders, and his on her waist. I hadn't made any changes to Eli, and I didn't intend to - whatever happened next, I wanted to be entirely of his own volition. It's just the way I do things - I try not to change people with offering them the wish.
It's always so interesting seeing what people will do without my direct influence. Of course, I've been doing this for a while: I had a pretty good idea of how things were going to go, and Eli didn't disappoint.
His eyes widened in shock when Sophie started leaning in, but he didn't pull away. Her lips met his, and after a few stunned seconds, he began to kiss her back.
"Eli..." Sophie said in a soft moan, when she finally drew back. "Oh, god..."
"Oh, god!" Eli echoed. "What the hell, sis?"
I could read exactly what he was going through - his confusion had mixed with arousal and turned to panic. He slapped Sophie's arms away from his body, and took a step back, staring at her in total shock.
"What the fuck was that??"
"Please," his sister implored, "I just...I just want to please you."
She couldn't have chosen a more perplexing set of words if she'd been trying, and her follow-up only served to baffle Eli further.
"I won't be happy unless I please you."
"Sophie, you're my sister!"