Max had been staying after school to help kids with their math, but as he adjusted his glasses to look at a problem, he noticed things were very different. The student he was tutoring was gone, and he was in a different part of the school. He soon looked down and surmised that he must have swapped bodies with one of the girls on the swimteam, or so he figured from the outfit he wore and the boobs now hanging from his chest.
Theo leaned over his old body that was now unconscious on the floor. It was weird seeing his daughter’s face on his body, and he imagined his face on her body looked equally strange. She had been upset at him, because she had just turned 18 and he refused to extend her curfew. She thought she’d teach him a lesson by switching bodies with him, but Theo managed to break the spell before it was complete, resulting in the swap being only partial. They each ended up retaining their own faces. He hoped that his daughter had a way to reverse this! She would be in even BIGGER trouble if she didn’t!
When Gerald found the gun, he knew he should have known better than to point it at himself. He knew it wasn’t safe, but he felt compelled to do so for some reason. After zapping himself with the strange forked end of the gun, he felt weird. His placed his hand on his head, not yet able to place what had happened. He would soon discover had changed and morphed his body into that of the previous user, a beautiful woman. Soon Gerald would leave the gun somewhere, picked up by another person, and it would turn that person into Gerald. The continuous cycle...
Throughout his youth, Danny had been made fun of for being fat. He had tried numerous times to lose weight with no success. As a grown man, he simply felt fat and ugly. However, he was finally going to do something about it. He had bought a very expensive spell from the internet, and followed a very beautiful woman for a month, keeping track of her schedule. He also made sure to grab a piece of her hair to enact the spell. After casting it, he was so happy--he had stolen her body! He had stolen her life! He felt a euphoria that made him dizzy. He needed to sit down, but as he went to sit in one a chair, it broke beneath his weight. Even though he was now a gorgeous and skinny woman, his psychological past just made him feel like a fatty, no matter what his new outer shell looked like.
Maggie and Derek tried to run from the glowing white light as fast as they could. They had seen it coming down the street and heard screams as it slowly passed. They ran and ran, finally making it underground to the subway, but it followed right down. Before they could escape, it hit them. The strange light soon overcame them, and it did what it did. The pair found as the light passed, it had swapped their bodies. Derek, now in Maggie’s body, understood why everyone was screaming! He felt boobs now hanging from his chest and felt a bit like screaming himself. Maggie, in Derek’s body, wasn’t feeling any better.
Mario wasn’t sure how he had swapped bodies with his ex-girlfriend, but he was thinking that this might be an interesting way to get some revenge on her for dumping him. He’d go out in her skimpiest outfit and make out with the ugliest, nerdiest dude he could find. It’d gross, but it would be worth it to humiliate her! He bit on his finger and smiled thinking about it. Of course, he hadn’t planned on his ex being one step ahead of him. She was already out on the town in his body wearing a tutu.
Ben shifted uncomfortably in his seat. In the wake of the Great Shift, he still insisted in going on the air, despite shifting into the body of his co-host, Nancy. Meanwhile, Nancy was adjusting well to being in Ben’s body. She had always felt like she was in his shadow on the show, but in the wake of this national tragedy, she was finally taking the lead in reporting. The news network considered themselves lucky that their two lead anchors had shifted bodies; they were able to report the bodyswapping event first while other networks had to deal with their reporters being shifted into the bodies of children or into bodies miles away. They remained on the air for hours, but Ben wanted nothing more than to shake off Nancy’s heels and change into some pants.
The five boys had always been troublemakers in school. It did not surprise the teachers when they disappeared on the school trip, but it didn’t make any of them worry any less. A frantic search was started. But where had the boys gone? They had gotten lost and stumbled across a strange mansion. The old man inside said he would allow them to stay the night, and also told the police that he would call their parents or school as soon as possible. The boys told the man not to rush--they were enjoying their time with no authority figures around. They even had some plans to steal some of the man’s stuff and ducking out before morning. Of course, the old man had plans of his own. Before long, the boys all found themselves tied up in the basement. Each one was face-to-face with an Asian woman screaming something in a language none of them understood. The women were members of an all-girl Japanese punk band on tour, who had also gotten lost the night before. The man came down and hooked up a machine to the first boy facing the first woman. He did this down the line, and each time the machine would do the same thing--swap the bodies of the two subjects. The man had swapped the Japanese women’s bodies around the night before, so none of them were shocked that he now put them inside the bodies of the school boys, but the boys were completely surprised to find themselves in the bodies of the Japanese women. The old man smiled as the bodies of the school boys now screamed in Japanese. When he called the school, the teachers were puzzled by the fact that the ‘boys’ now seemed to not understand a word of English, resulting in years of counseling. Meanwhile, the boys in the bodies of the Japanese band enjoyed the thought of being on the road and free from authority. They decided to pick up the tour where the women left off, and try not to let anyone know who they really were...ever.
Lewis was impressed with his latest invention. He had made a machine that could swap two brains, and now he just needed some test subjects. He placed his dog, Bud, in a pod and asked his girlfriend to come over to be his other test subject. He had to lie to get her into the other pod. After activating the machine and opening the doors, he could tell by the bodies’ reactions that the machine had worked. His girlfriend’s body was walking around on all fours, licking his face, and his dog’s body growled at him. Lewis decided it wouldn’t be time to swap them back just yet. Besides, wasn’t this every man’s dream? A sexy woman girlfriend with the loyalty and obedience of man’s best friend? Lewis decided it might be fun to take Bud in his girlfriend’s body to the beach. The first pain was getting Bud dressed, but he did finally get the bikini on. Once at the beach, Lewis found it impossible to control Bud. The dog inside the body of a woman would run after frisbees, just all around, and even hump other dogs. Apparently, Bud not only didn’t realize that he was human now; he didn’t realize that he was a woman either.
Earlier in the day, the two astronauts had been studying a strange moonrock that they had found when it stated to glow. Exploding in burst of light, the rock swapped the bodies of the two astronauts, leaving Captain Mitch Connors inside the body of Head Scientist Marlena Davis and visa versa. After various methods of research, Marlena determined the swap wasn’t going to wear off, so the two put on their spacesuits to go and look for another moonrock that would hopefully swap them back. Both were nervous, but it was being in someone else’s body that truly caused the anxious fidgeting that both were engaging in.
Butch didn’t quite know what to do when the Great Shift hit. He went from his big burly biker body to a bikini clad babe. Almost in a haze, he swiped a jacket and riding gloves from an abandoned store, hotwired a hog, and just drove. He dodged around the chaotic traffic of the city before escaping the mountains. He loved riding, and it made him feel like himself again. Though after stopping at a scenic spot and looking down, it sunk in that he really wasn’t himself anymore.
“Wipe that damn smile off your face, Jim,” William scolded, “Our wives stole our bodies for the day forcing us to dress in their clothes, do their chores, and you seem to be enjoying it! I’m feeling miserable being in Kayla’s body. Her breasts are bouncing uncomfortably, her heels are pinching my feet, and your stupid smiling face is just sort of rubbing it in.”
Garret rubbed his temples. He had been experiencing massive headaches since using the bodyswapping machine. Of course, the headaches were a minor side effect considering the super model’s body that he got out of the swap. He’d just pop some aspirin to get over it...
A frustrated Darren stopped searching the dumpster and adjusted the clothes he was wearing. He had picked out the sexy outfit to try and show off his girlfriend’s body--he always felt that she never did it enough--but now he was feeling awkward. Maybe it was her period making him feel like this. Did women always feel like this around this time of the month? No wonder they always complained about them! He felt moody, achey, and annoyed; plus, with having no luck finding the Medallion in the dumpster, he got depressed with the realization that this would be his body forever now...
“So how does it feel?” Quinn asked his friend Jeff.
“You mean being a woman?” Jeff paused and laughed while looking down to his feet, “It’s weird, you know? It’s not as different as you would expect. Most of the time it’s all the same, but there are just little moments when you notice the changes...like putting on a bra in the morning or going to the bathroom. When I volunteered for the experiment to switch bodies with someone, I never expected it to be a woman. I totally didn’t expect for my body to reject her brain either. She died, and now I’m stuck as her. More than anything, I think that’s what I feel.” Jeff’s tone became somber, “I feel guilty. I feel bad. That’s really what it feels like to be someone else, I think.”
It had been two weeks since Neil’s body had been stolen by Jenny. He had finally tracked her down. He knew that his old body was somewhere in the crowd of people he was now looking at, but he began to have second thoughts about his plan. He knew that he had a sure-fire way to force her to switch bodies back, but part of him had actually enjoyed being in Jenny’s body for the past few weeks. Ultimately, he walked away content with his new life in Jenny’s body.
“Alright, Karen, it’s been well over twelve hours now. Plus, I’ve been looking all over the house for that damned Medallion of Zulu. I think it’s about time that you told me where you hid it so that I can get out of the body of this blonde bimbo!” Ryan exclaimed to his girlfriend while turning back from the cabinet he was searching in.
Karen looked nervous, “That’s the bad news, Ryan. I lost the Medallion. You’re stuck in that woman’s body!”
The Great Shift not only spiraled the world into chaos, but it also separated many loved ones; mothers from sons, brother from sister, and husband from wife. Carlene had been looking for her husband, Bert, for months. Winter had hit, and she was bundled up to go shopping at the mall. She saw a pair of twinkling eyes from across the room. Neither said a word and even though they were both in new bodies, their unspoken love could be felt between them. They kissed knowing they found each other again.
Ethan checked his phone again. He was supposed to meet Marlena an hour ago to switch bodies back. She hadn’t called or texted to say that she’d be late. He was beginning to get worried. What if something happened to her, which would mean that something happened to his body! He had enjoyed his week in Marlena’s body, but he wanted to be himself again! He hoped that she would get here soon!
When Dave was visiting a tropical island, he got bitten by a glowing green spider. He hoped that he would get cool powers like Spiderman, but temporarily pushed aside that sort of daydreaming. However, his dreams were quickly granted when he found that he soon did, in fact, develop the power to shoot webs from his wrists. It was exciting at first, until he started growing additional arms! As if that wasn’t bad enough, his sex spontaneously changed as well. He forgot that the only spiders that actually made webs in the real world were all FEMALE!
Lloyd saw a woman standing on the edge of a bridge, seemingly ready to jump. He screamed up at her, telling her that he’d give her anything if she didn’t do it.
She yelled back asking, “Anything?”
“Yes, please!” Lloyd yelled as he felt woozy. He suddenly found himself clinging onto the side of the bridge’ss railing. Carefully, he climbed back over onto the pedestrian path. He was now in the woman’s body! He looked back down to the street below where he saw his old body running away.
Thomas had been swapped into the cab driver’s body for a few weeks now; the magic taxi had instituted the swap, and Thomas knew that saying the magic words “Have a nice day” would switch him out of the cab driver’s body and into the passenger getting out. He had been cruising around Wall Street for a fare in hopes of snagging a rich banker, but a fashionista pushed her way in front and she asked to get up to the Fashion District. He grunted, but figured he could just drop her off and try again, but as she exited he slipped up and accidentally mutter, “Have a nice day.” On auto-pilot, he felt himself getting out of the cab and giving the horrified driver a large tip. He screwed up big time!
Freshman Representative Mitch Nichols had been elected by his Republican district to be a hard line conservative in the House. He had been voting in favor of a bill to ban abortion after a heated debate when the Great Shift happened. Suddenly he found himself on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial inside the body of a woman. He could only sit there in bewilderment for a few minutes before searching through her bad. Inside was her wallet, keys, but there was also a recent medical report from a few days ago. Apparently, this young woman had just gotten pregnant! Mitch looked down at his new stomach; he wasn’t showing yet. A realization came over him. He quickly got up and started running to the Capitol Building. He had to change his vote! It was one thing when he was telling women what to do with their bodies, but now this bill directly affected HIM! And he didn’t want to go through the process of giving birth!
Lucian quickly evaded Jessica’s parents and made it back to his own house where he found Jessica in his body playing with the machine. He probably should’ve run diagnostics before attempting to switch the machine back on to swap himself and Jessica back to normal. it seems that the young girl had fiddled with something and the swap-back wasn’t quite successful. Lucian was still in Jessica’s body but had also progressed to his rightful age. And Jessica was still in his body, but also at her rightful age--looking like he did as a boy. On top of things, parts of the machine were fried. Lucian went out immediately to go look for replacements.
Michael sat down with the pair. Only the woman spoke with the man simply glaring at Michael while holding a cup of coffee. “We know who you really are, of course,” the woman said, “And maybe it’s time to tell you who I really am. I’m Keiko. The REAL Keiko. The woman who stole my body went on to steal yours.”
Michael could only continue eating with a shocked expression on his face.
Keiko continued, “I have spent three years tracking down my body and a reversal spell. The only catch is that everyone who has been swapped needs to be in the same place at the same time. I’ve already gotten Misty in my body to agree, but you need to trick the bitch in your body to meet us. She doesn’t know that you’ve swapped with Misty, so you should be able to trick her. Just get her to meet you at this address tomorrow at 3PM.”
Keiko slid a piece of paper to Michael, and he nodded. He was finally going to get his body back!
