"I finally found it," I said, looking up at the structure in front of me. I had spent the last 12 years searching for this pace ever since I found a letter from my father. At first, I thought it was a joke but later wrote that thought off as a joke. 

"TWELVE YEARS NOT GONE TO WASTE! hAHAHA!" I couldn't contain my excitement and let out a crazed laugh. After a couple minutes of laughing, I took in a deep breath to calm myself down and turned around. Darkness. I'm not sure how long it took me to walk in this deep, but I'm sure it was no more than 10 hours. 10 hours of strange fucking creatures coming at you.

"Seems like dad was right.." I sighed. My father had always said that mythical beings were real and that they hardly interact with regular humans. I always thought he was missing a couple of screws in the head, but now those missing person cases make a lot more sense. I turned back and looked at the strange structure in front of me. I knew my father well enough to realize when he was joking and when he was not. This is something he was serious about.

The word "structure" probably wasn't the best way to put it since it's nothing more than two bottles standing upon a white floating disk. Yes, Floating. I also thought I saw it wrong, but a couple swipes at the bottom, and I knew that it was real. The floating disk only reinforced my thought that things were more than they seem, but now's not the time for that. My father said that the disc should be black, but the one in front of me is white. Must be his old age getting to him. I thought. My dad was 95 yrs old the last time I saw him. He still looks like he's in his 50s, which I find really weird, I had asked him how he does that, and he said that it comes from the family. I'm fucking 24, and I only look 3 ages younger. The whole "runs in the family" shit, seems dumb but he said that after I find the bottles, I'd probably look even younger than him if we were at the same age. Of course, that sent me on my quest to find the bottles, like who wouldn't want to be younger and better looking? 

I shook my head and cleared out any thoughts, dad always taught me the importance of being focused. The two bottles were my goals, and now I had reached my goals. The bottles felt cold when I went to pick them up, I opened them up with my mouth and poured them both in my mouth. It tasted like nothing. I'm not sure how nothing would taste like, but if it had a taste, then whatever was in these bottles were what it would taste like.

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I remember dad telling me that the bottles might take 10 mins to kick in, but he also said that he wasn't sure and that he only has limited information on it. I yawned and sat up against the cavern walls, it wasn't comfortable at all. Still, somehow, I found it very pleasing and drifted off to sleep.

When I woke up, I found that I could see much brighter in the dark and that my body ached in all sorts of places, but I quickly disregarded that since I didn't have the most relaxing place to rest. The only thing going through my mind was that perhaps the vial must have worked, but it still doesn't explain my ability to see in the dark, though. I tried to stand up, but my legs wobbled, and I quickly fell to my knees.

"Fuck, if I knew that was a side effect, I would've drunk it at home." I cursed. I then notice that the pitch of my voice was noticeably different.

"No way…." I gasped 

I've read enough novels to know where this went. I placed one of my hands down my pants and slowly made way towards where my son was supposed to me. After seconds of failing to find my son, I mustered up the courage. I hoped I didn't have a daughter either and ended up as some androgynous being. That hope shattered as I came across the feeling of my new femininity.

"Someone took my sword but left its sheath." I melancholy said. I then remember that my father had told me to take the ones on the black disk.

"Perhaps I took the wrong one?" I sighed. The moment I stood up, I heard popping noises from my body and I did a couple stretches to ease my muscles and avoid any fatal injuries to them. My newly added weight in the front might be annoying in day to day life, but I'll probably get used to it since it doesn't feel that heavy to me. My body had gotten really flexible and much stronger than my previous body. I could do 200 reps of sit-ups and push-ups without feeling tired. It's not that good of a test, but considering where I'm at, it is all I could do to check out my limits. Oh and somehow the place where I got the vial, disappeared. When I was testing out my body, I had checked up on the area and saw that the cave had ended there. I took that as a sign to leave and sprinted out of the cave. It only took me 10 mins to do what initially took me 10 hours (Rest not included). 

If my looks are as high as I feel, I definiately don't mind the trade.