TG fireworks

Edward and Ethan were both young and stupid, and as such the Fourth of July was a holiday that spoke to them, not for what it represented, but for the fireworks and blowing things up. So their mission for the last few weeks had been to score some for themselves.

It hadn’t been easy, they didn’t have jobs, which meant they didn’t have any money. So the only way they were going to get some fireworks was to steal them or check dumpsters behind fireworks stands every day.

Which is what they chose to do, only after getting caught trying to steal that is. The entire month of June they went and checked the dumpsters, diving through them and looking through the trash, but no luck.

Then they checked the first two days of July, but again the only thing they went home with was an awful aroma. Then in one last attempt the day before the fourth, they went to check the dumpsters again.

That’s when they struck gold. Inside one of the dumpsters was a small crate of fireworks. They pulled the crate out and inspected them. On the crate was a warning label, along with a big label with the word defective on it.

They ignored the label and pulled out the fireworks. They were all bright pink and had the letters TG on them. Ethan gave Edward a strange look. Neither had ever seen fireworks like them, but they both agreed a firework was a firework.

They filled their backpacks with them, tossed the crate back into the dumpster, and went home before anyone saw them. Ethan took the fireworks to his house and agreed to meet Edward at the local beach.

Edward was in charge of picking things up for them to blow up, things like fruits and boxes, really anything that could be fun. With a plan set in motion, both went home and to sleep, and dreamt of having fun the next night.

They met up at the beach around eight at night. There was a fireworks show going on at the beach, so they walked down the beach until they got to a spot with no houses or people and started to set up.

Edward pulled out a small watermelon and used a knife to cut a hole out of it large enough to fit one of the fireworks in. He then handed the watermelon to Ethan so he could stuff it and light the fuse. Once he does, both of them run backward and wait for the fireworks to go off.

But it didn’t go off. Even after waiting a few minutes. After five minutes both of them figured it wasn't going off and was safe to approach. They pulled out the firework and placed it back in his bag, then grabbed a new one to replace it.

Ethan was lighting it when the first firework for the main show went off, it was so loud because of how close they were that it startled Ethan and he dropped the firework that he had just lit. It fell right into his bag and lit the rest of the fireworks.

The bag of fireworks all went off at once, filling the air around Ethan and Edward with a thick pink smoke. The fog was so thick neither one could see, and both of them were struggling to breathe. Both of them crawled out of the fog, breathing in the smoke as they went.

Once both of them made it out, they rolled over onto their backs and tried to steady their breathing. Once they did they both sat up and watched the cloud of pink smoke fade away into the night sky. Ethan got up and was about to go check on Edward.

But she couldn't find her. Instead, only a short girl with long white hair in twin tails and yellowish eyes sat across from her catching her breath. Ethan had no idea when she got here, but clearly, the fireworks they were messing with hit her.

Ethan ran over to her and asked her if she was okay. The girl sat up and looked at Ethan, she then asked who she was. Ethan reached her hand down to help her up, then once she was on her feet Ethan introduced herself.

The white-haired girl looked at Ethan with a strange look on her face. The girl then started to look around the beach, as if she was looking for something or someone. Ethan then started to apologize for her and her friend's shenanigans.

The girl finally spoke, asking her if she was really Ethan. Ethan nodded. The girl then suddenly turned around and ran to the water. Ethan worried she’d hit her head too hard and chased after her. They both went into the water about ankle-deep.

The white-haired girl then just looked down into the water. She was silent for a few seconds before suddenly screaming that she had turned into a girl. Ethan was really starting to worry about the girl, but she then looked down at her reflection in the water.

Looking back at her was a girl with long black hair and green eyes. The girl had a soft and very cute face and a short dark red dress that made her breasts super noticeable. Ethan then reached up and grabbed her chest, sure enough, that was her reflection and that was her body.

Ethan looked at the other girl who was watching her. Ethan slowly raised her hand and pointed at the girl, she then asked if she was Edward. The girl nodded and then asked if she was Ethan. Once they were reacquainted the two of them ran out of the water and towards the bag of fireworks.

The bag was mostly turned to ashes since the lit fireworks flame had spread and set them all off setting the bag on fire as well. The only reason it hadn't completely burned the bag was because a stray wave had washed over it.

They picked through the ashes not knowing exactly what they hoped to find. Well, what they ended up finding was the label from one of the fireworks. It was soaked, and a bit burned, but it was intact enough to read.

They sat down on the beach and started to read over the label. There was a bunch of chemicals listed on it that they’d never heard of, and a long warning about ingesting the chemicals, the gist of which claimed to be able to change all kinds of matter, organic and nonorganic.

That explained why not only did they change their gender from male to female, but their clothes had also changed. Below the warning was a section on what to do if someone accidentally ingests the chemicals, but that's where it had gotten burnt, so they had no idea what they were supposed to do.

Edward then had a good idea. If they go back to the dumpster and find the crate, it might have the rest of the label on it. So both of them left the beach and got onto their bikes and started to make their way back to the dumpster.

It took a bit longer since both of them were smaller and weaker, but they arrived just before midnight and opened up the dumpster. Ethan was about to hop in when Edward stopped her. Edward told her it was empty.

Ethan looked inside and sure enough, it was empty, say for a couple of empty firework containers. Ethan removed her head from the dumpster and looked around the parking lot. The firework stand that had been set up here was gone.

So they couldn't even go inside with their heads held down and ask the owner if he knew how to reverse the effects. Both of them knew that they messed up badly, and the consequences might be that they were stuck as girls forever.

Ethan went and sat on the ground and looked up at the sky. She sat there looking up at the fireworks deep in through while Edward used her phone desperately looking for any information on the TG fireworks they had used.

After a few minutes, she sighed, put her phone away, and went and sat next to Ethan. Ethan looked over and asked if she had any luck looking it up. Edward nodded, saying the only thing she found was a recall warning on them.

There was either nothing else about them, or if there was a link that mentioned it, they didn’t work. Almost like someone was going through a lot of trouble to silence anything and anyone who talked about it. So it wasn’t likely they’d find anything.

Edward laid back and looked up at the sky. Ethan sighed and lay down next to her. Ethan then asked what they were supposed to do. Edward shrugged. She said she hoped the changes would go away in time, but if they didn’t they’d have to get used to being girls.

She then said she’d worry about it tomorrow, for now, she was going to enjoy the fireworks, and afterward, she was going home to try out this body. Ethan laughed and then called her a pervert. Edward laughed and shrugged again.

The two then watched the fireworks for another hour before saying goodbye to each other and heading home. A year later, both of them were still girls and still very young and stupid. Despite what happened last year, here they were on the same beach.

The same one where they turned into girls, with a bag of fireworks getting ready to use them to blow things up, but unlike last year they bought these fireworks themselves thanks to each of them getting jobs within the last year.

Because they bought them from a seller directly, they know they’re safe and not filled with mysterious chemicals. Edna lit the fuse and ran back to stand next to Etana. The two watched as the long fuse they used went up into the watermelon.

Seconds later they watched the watermelon explode with a ton of colors. The two of them jumped with joy and yelled out, and then Etana ran over and set up the next one. This continued until they ran out of fireworks. Then the two lay on the beach, hand in hand, and watched the fireworks fill the night sky. Thus ends another amazing Fourth of July.