Perfect Relationship (Part 2)

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Sam quickly realized he made a foolish mistake by removing the notecard from the book so quickly. It talked about the spell on “this page,” but with the card removed, he had no clue what page that could be. The book seemed to be written in a strange language. He could pronounce things phonetically, but he had no idea what he would be saying. He realized that meant he was stuck as Evelyn -- which honestly wasn’t the worst thing ever -- but it wasn’t what he would have ever wanted.

He best guess of how to move forward was to go through the book page by page to learn how to cast each spell and figure out what each one of them did. It seemed like a big task, but the idea that he was going to learn actual magic seemed sort of exciting at the same time...

Perfect Relationship

When he turned 40, Sam began to worry that he was never going to be in a fulfilling relationship. But then he met Evelyn. They hit it off instantly. She was around his age, seemed to be interested in a lot of the same things, and was easy to be around. After a few weeks of dating, he went back to her place. He fell asleep with Evelyn in his arms, believing he had finally found the perfect relationship.

However, that wonderful illusion was shattered the next morning when he awoke. For starters, he awoke alone. Instead of Evelyn in his arms there was a book. A notecard was placed inside, which he immediately removed to read.

“I’m sorry, Sam,” The note read, “I stole your body and left you with mine. I know it wasn’t fair, but I couldn’t stand being a woman for another day. Don’t worry though. This book is full of magic spells, and the one on this page will allow you to swap bodies with anyone -- just like I did with you.”

Sam was trying to grasp what this note was even telling him. Swapping bodies? But that meant...

He rushed to the mirror shocked to see Evelyn’s reflection looking back at him. She had, in fact, taken his body, and he was now her! It seemed impossible, yet he couldn’t deny what he was seeing. She must’ve woken up in the middle of the night, gotten dressed, and cast the spell. Now he was now her, and she had run off with his body!

Bug Fix (Part 5)

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Over the course of the week, Jason really began to relax in his new body. He mostly stopped checking the website at all about the ETA of when he could return. In fact, he only went back to confirm the extent of the bug. It seemed bad enough that the company had no idea who was really who, and were depending on the honor system in order to get people back to their original bodies.

Of course, by the time he was able to get back, Jason no longer cared to. He decided he was going to keep this woman’s body as his own. And he loved wearing all sorts of revealing outfits to show it off. His favorite was hitting up the nearby beach in a skimpy bikini. He hoped that the bug destroyed any records and any possible proof of who he really was. He hoped enough people didn’t want to go back to their own lives either to further confuse who he could really be. For whatever reason, the woman didn’t seem to be demanding her own life back either, so maybe it all just worked out perfectly fine for everyone...

Bug Fix (Part 4)

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For the first days, Jason did little more than refresh the website to see when he could return to his own body. But he began to get a little bored. He thought about going out, but he didn’t want to be seen with this body . Even though no one would know who he really was, he just wasn’t comfortable.

But maybe he could kill two birds with one stone? He opened up the closet and opted to try on some skirts and dresses. Modeling a few of the looks killed a bit of time, and with each one he tried on, he got a little more comfortable. As he looked at himself in a cute little green dress, he stopped thinking about checking the website even if it was just for a little bit...

Bug Fix (Part 3)

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When Jason finally got a call back from customer service, they weren’t much help. They simply recognized the problem, said he wasn’t the only one affected, and told him to check the website for updates. Even the info on the site was sparse at first. For the first few days, the bug was mentioned with no ETA of when people could use the service again to be restored to their own bodies. Two days passed, and Jason finally got an estimate -- it was over a week! He couldn’t believe he was going to be stuck int his woman’s body for that long! It felt like it was going to be forever! He only wanted to download himself into someone else’s body for a few hours at most, and now he was going to stuck as someone he didn’t even pick for over a week!

Bug Fix (Part 2)

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Next, Jason called up the customer service department to report the problem of being downloaded into the wrong body. He figured he wasn’t the only one with a problem when the automated message said that wait times were up to three hours. He selected the option to leave his number in order to get a call back. In the interim, he had to wait with a body he hadn’t wanted.

He opened the woman’s closet and drawers and luckily found some sweats that looked comfortable. They were a much better option to spend the time in compared to the frilly dress he had been wearing when he was first swapped. Getting undressed and dressed again made him a little uncomfortable, so he tried to do it as quick as possible without really taking too much time peaking as his new attractive body.

And now it was just a boring waiting game.

Bug Fix (Part 1)

Jason had followed the instructions exactly. He installed the software on his computer, plugged in the external device and placed it on his head. Then he ran the program that should’ve swapped him into his selected body. But when he went to the mirror, he realized his brain had been downloaded into the wrong body. He was someone else completely! There must have been a mix-up or a crossed wire! He didn’t want to be a woman at all! He needed to figure out how to sort this out. He was amazed by body swapping technology, but he had so far never experienced such a strange error. There had to be a fix!

Blur

After the bright light blinded Todd for a minute, he blinked several times in order to restore his vision. Things were blurry and objects were leaving visual trails behind them. He was sure he just needed a minute to focus, but things felt weird. He rubbed his eyes hoping it would help, but as he did he swore their was something weird about his fingernails. With his vision still being off, it was hard to keep them still enough to properly see them, but he was pretty sure these fingers weren’t his.

In fact, as his vision slowly cleared, he became very aware that his entire body was not his own. Judging from reactions of a few people nearby, he could tell he probably wasn’t the only one. However, he had to admit that his own situation was quite extreme. He had completely changed genders! He was now a woman! Judging from what he could see, he had quite an attractive body that was dressed rather provocatively. The whole thing raised so many questions, but right now he didn’t have a lot of answers.

Truth

Kevin often considered revealing the truth about who he really was. He thought about telling people that he wasn’t the wealthy heiress he appeared to be, but he knew it would mean giving up her riches, her private jet, her luxurious lifestyle. It did seem like a fair tradeoff; for a working class average guy to pretend to be a fashionable woman in exchange for having the world at his fingertips. He decided to keep the secret a little longer.

Honeymoon (Part 4)

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Ted yelled at Laura nonstop, and the argument continued when the couple returned to their room.

“What the hell, Laura?! What the hell?” Ted demanded.

“You told me to have fun and enjoy myself!” Laura retorted.

“But cheating on me?”

“Technically, YOU’RE cheating on ME. At least as far as anyone who saw it is concerned.”

“Not if we never swap back.”

The room became silent. They both had hope, but it was suddenly a real possibility that swapping back might never happen. In fact, Ted didn’t even want to now. He wanted to stay in Laura’s body, keep her life, and never see his own body ever again.

“I want a divorce, Laura.” Ted stated, “And I know what that may mean, but frankly I don’t care. I’d rather stay stuck in your body for the rest of my life instead of being stuck for the rest of my life with you as my spouse.”

Honeymoon (Part 3)

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The next few days weren’t easy, but Ted tried his best. He wore many of Laura’s favorite outfits, he went down to the beach or pool often. Laura seemed a bit more sullen. She often refused to leave the room; she mostly laid in bed lamenting. Ted would try to comfort her, but he really wanted her to get out. If they were stuck like this, she was going to have to adapt. There were many times Ted left the room without her, hoping it would encourage her.

On one of these instances, Ted had an awkward encounter where a guy flirting with him. The guy was pretty aggressive, but Ted manages to ward off his advances. Afterward, Ted couldn’t imagine feeling more vulnerable or disgusted. But then the next time he was out, as he wandered about the resort, his heart sank even lower than he ever could have imagined.

He saw Laura in his body. It would’ve made him so happy to see her out and about under most circumstances. However, he spied her making out with another guest. His head was spinning, and he thought he was imagining things. But when he stormed closer, he knew he wasn’t. He demanded answers.

Honeymoon (Part 2)

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For the rest of the day, Ted and Laura were too in shock to speak. It wasn’t until the next morning when Ted got up early and left a note for Laura to meet him by the shed at the resort where the rubber rafts, surf boards, and snorkel equipment were kept. She arrived hours later with a frown.

But Ted was smiling, “We have to look on the bright side.”

“Bright side?” Laura grumbled.

“What couples get a chance like this? We literally get to see life from behind the eyes of the person we love the most. If I’m not myself, there’s no other person I’d rather be but you. I love you, Laura. Let’s have fun like this. Let’s enjoy ourselves.”

Honeymoon (Part 1)

Ted and Laura were enjoying their honeymoon in paradise. After several days of just lounging on the beach, the couple decided to go for a hike. The scenery was gorgeous with plants neither had seen before in their life. They ventured along narrow paths for hours. Deep in the exotic wilderness, a strange light began to glow that soon enveloped them both. The light completely decimated all the trees and wildlife around them. Ted immediately became worried if Laura was alright. He looked around but didn’t see her. He only saw...himself?

He stood silent and dumbstruck for several minutes until he realized he wasn’t actually looking at himself. It was his body sure, but it was Laura; it had to be. And that meant...

When he looked at himself he knew what he would see. He was wearing Laura’s jean shorts, her white top, and her hiking boots. He was inside of her body and she was inside of his. Considering the nature of the surrounding forest, he supposed he was lucky to be alive, but this was really weird. The two spoke no words as they returned on the narrow path back to the resort.

Spying

Don was starting to wonder if his plan was brilliant or stupid. He had been dating Cindy ever since he got to college. He was a football player and she was a cheerleader. It seemed like a match made in heaven, but recently he began to suspect she was cheating on him. He needed to spy on her, but he needed to do it without being noticed. When he overheard a nerdy girl on campus talk about an invention she was making, he saw an opportunity.

He approached her and said he overheard her talk about the body swapper she had made. He offered to help test it on one condition. And so Don swapped bodies with the nerdy girl. She got to successfully test her invention, and he got to spy on Cindy unnoticed. This had gone on several days now, but so far Don had no solid evidence. The closest he came was pretending to read a book while spying Cindy at the library with another guy. It turned out they were just study partners for an assignment, but could there be more? Don wasn’t sure he wanted to swap back until he knew for sure...

Slouch

Miles slumped down into the chair. He knew he was inside the body of a supermodel, but he was still slouching. He awkwardly adjusted himself, because he was afraid he was flashing anyone who happened to look in his direction. Wearing a dress was just very weird. The heels on his feet prevented him from putting them flat on the floor as well. He wanted to reach down to undo them and take them off, but once again he felt like he may expose himself to the world. He couldn’t believe he ended up in this body! It all seemed much too unbelievable, yet the news reports were all saying he wasn’t alone. Everyone had been affected by something called “The Great Shift.” ‘Yeah,’ He thought, ‘But not everyone is now a hot model!’

Lucky

Daniel had been affected much like the rest of the world. He found himself in a woman’s body, but he tried his best to keep a cool head. He assessed the situation fairly calmly. He was young, attractive, and in shape; being a different gender wasn’t the biggest deal. But after a few weeks, he felt like his body was getting fat. It was a no brainer to start going to the gym. But a few more weeks went by, and he was still gaining weight. He complained about this to the other people in the locker room.

Another woman looked as Daniel as he showed off his body.

“You’re not getting fat; you’re pregnant.” The woman explained.

“I’m WHAT!?” Daniel said shocked.

“Have you gotten a period since the Shift?”

“Ew, gross! No! I thought I was just lucky.”

“Well, your body probably ‘got lucky’ just before the Shift, because you are positively pregnant.”

Daniel’s jaw dropped. Being a woman he could handle, but being a mother? The shock of the Shift finally set in for him...

Buying Online

Alex could remember being young and buying stuff off the internet. You often didn’t know quite what to expect. Things didn’t look like the picture or something might be larger or smaller than it appeared in the pictures. When body swapping technology started to be offered online, it was kind of like that.

So when Alex agreed on his first online swap, he was a little apprehensive. He knew he might not quite get the image he saw on the screen. Still, he was excited enough about the idea of being a woman that he didn’t hesitate. When the program took effect, he was zapped into the body of a woman in a different part of the world.

Much to his surprise, he actually looked almost exactly like her picture...from the waist up. The only awkward thing was how big her hips and butt were! She must have taken her pictures from a certain angle...or maybe he didn’t even ever see a full body shot. This was something he would have to remember next time. This swap was just for this weekend...as an experiment. But he wanted to try something longer. Though he certainly wasn’t unhappy with this body, he was still aiming for the perfect picture in his head...

5AM

“And where exactly have you been all night?” A frustrated Kylie asked her boyfriend as he stumbled in at 5am.

“Drinkin’ with friend,” Jack slurred, “Did you know your body cannot seem to handle liquor? I passed out on Mark’s couch after like two beers!”

“Come on, Jack! You know that! I don’t know how long we are going to have our bodies swapped, but you need to take better care of my body as long as you have it!”

“Me? What about you? You prance around the apartment in your old clothes! I’m sure those tights and jean shorts are crushing my balls right now!”

“My clothes are a little tight on you, but it makes me feel better. Besides, you’re flaunting my body around in that short leather miniskirt!”

“I got it from your closet, Kylie! That seems like it should be fair game!”

Poster

Adam felt a little weird about hanging up a flyer with his own face. It wasn’t quite a “missing” poster, but it was pretty close. Ever since the Great Shift, he wondered what happened to his former body. In the six months since the event, everyone he knew had located their original body and knew something about the person currently inside of it. Everyone but Adam. He decided to hang the flyers in the hopes someone had seen his body, and that they’d contact him. He knew there was no reversing the effects of the Great Shift; he was just curious. Were they happy with his body? Could he help them in any way? He was certainly happy with his own new body. He never expected to one day wake up in the body of a beautiful woman, but that’s exactly what happened.

Crap Shoot (Part 2)

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After hanging up on the call with his boss, Martin smiled. He may have pretended to not enjoy swapping with a woman with the teleporters, but he actually preferred it! He always made sure to schedule plenty of time before and after meetings to explore the women’s bodies he teleported into. Today would be no exception!

With still a fair amount of time before the meeting, he was ready to get down to business beforehand. He ran his hand up his nylon clad leg and his grin got even bigger. He could tell this was one of the best bodies he’s gotten yet!

Crap Shoot

“Just wanted you to know I arrived safely this morning, and I’ll be at the meeting with the investors in a few hours,” Martin said into the phone.

His boss was on the other end, nervous as always.

Martin continued, addressing his boss’s concerns, “The teleporter worked fine. Yeah, I got another’s woman’s body this time. You know how the selection process goes for these last minute trips. It was either this or a guy who looked like a drug addict. And don’t worry, she’d completely presentable.”

Martin waited as his boss complained about the last female body he teleported into for a meeting, who didn’t own a single piece of respectable clothing. The body he got this time was nice with a good wardrobe appropriate for the meeting he had. But teleporting technology was kind of a crap shoot. Sure, you got there instantly, but you had to swap with someone who was in that physical location who also had an interest in being in your physical location. That being said, it sure made taking a meeting halfway across the country on short notice much easier.

Wasting No Time

Jason didn’t waste any time once he realized he was no longer in his own body. He unzipped the leather jacket that he now found he was wearing and reached a hand inside. An evil grin appeared on his face. This was everything he had always dreamed of; everything he had ever wanted. He wondered how it happened; how he suddenly became a woman. He didn’t really care. The answers would come in slowly over the next few hours. News about a “Great Shift” and how he wasn’t the only one in a new body. Everyone was going to be stuck in their new bodies, and Jason couldn’t have been happier to hear that.

Insistence

Gerald wondered how long Akira could keep her insistence up. It had been a month since the Great Shift swapped him into her body, yet she still arrived outside his door every day at 5am. She wanted to make sure she was there before she awoke. She would put a blindfold on him before allowing him to change into a swimsuit. He could take the blindfold off in order to shower, but then he had to put him back on as she helped him change into an outfit she selected. She would return at night to blindfold him again when he changed into pajamas.

Gerald couldn’t imagine how tired she must be at this point. He also didn’t want to tell her how silly she was being. What did she think he did when he was alone at home late at night? Did she not realize he regularly used the bathroom throughout the day? Why did these moments not concern her? Maybe the whole changing was just something she was clinging to, hoping the Great Shifts effects would just wear off or something. Gerald knew how foolish that hope was; he knew Akira’s body was his now for good, but he still let her keep her hopes alive...

Blackmail

Xander had drained every last dollar from his bank accounts and placed the money into a black bag. Then he arrived at the parking garage and made his way down to the basement. This was where the blackmailer told him to meet if he wanted his body back.

Of course Xander wanted his body back! He was confused when he found himself in the body of a woman, and the week he spent in this body was miserable. He had gotten a period; he had been hit on in the street. He just wanted to go back to being a guy again. No price was too great.

But in the garage he just waited. The blackmailer never came to collect, never offered further instructions. Xander realized something may have happened to his blackmailer, and he might never get his own body back!

Regrets (Part 2)

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Todd heard his cell phone ring several times, but he kept ignoring it. He was tired. After a late night at a bar, he still couldn’t believe he ended up hooking up with Brittany. It was still early; who could possibly be calling? While his cell phone was easy to silence, the land line he still owned was much more difficult to ignore. He finally grumbled as he picked it up.

“Todd, is that you?” A voice on the other end asked. It seemed familiar, but he couldn’t quite place it.

“Yeah, this is...” Todd paused, feeling like his voice sounded strange, “This is Todd.” He repeated it, but something still sounded off.

“You’re not going to believe this, but it’s Brittany.” This seemed strange to Todd as it certainly sounded like a guy on the other end of the phone. She spoke quickly about finding herself in his body, how they must have swapped. Todd wasn’t following at first; he was just too tired. But as he slowly woke up, the realization that he now had Brittany’s body instead of his own was dawning on him. He screamed into the phone, cutting Brittany off mid-sentence.

Regrets

Waking up the next morning, Brittany immediately regretted her one night stand with Todd. Decided against waking him, she got ready as quietly as she could. She put her dress on from the night before in the dark; it felt tight and awkward, but she chalked that up to her confused feelings about going home with Todd. She was still exhausted and just wanted to get home. The world was blurry as she got onto the bus back to her own apartment; she fell asleep in her seat. She was so worried and tired that she hadn’t even noticed her body -- she had somehow swapped with Todd while they both slept. It was his manly body that she had managed to squeeze into her dress. It was his body she now had as she slept on the bus. She wouldn’t even notice until just before arriving home...

Dat Ass Doe

Craig had been a little embarrassed by the body he ended up with in the Great Shift. He had been texting with his friends and family to let them know he was okay, but he hadn’t left his home for the most part.

Finally, his friend Michael texted to ask for a photo, which (after some convincing) Craig responded with a selfie.

“U a chick now, bro!?” Michael replied.

Craig sent back a simple, “Yeah.”

“Dat ass doe,” Michael sent back before pausing briefly to also send, “I’d hit it.”

Craig wanted to throw his phone into the wall in frustration except Michael sent a third text first, “Or I would hit it if I wasn’t a chick now too. And my booty is even bigger!”

Monday

Brad sighed when he arrived to work on Monday. He was sure it was going to be another long, boring week. However, just as he started to break into some reports he had to take care of, the image on his screen changed. In fact, his entire desk seemed to have changed. But it wasn’t his desk that was the problem, it was his body! He was an entirely different person, a woman! An announcement soon came over the office’s emergency system. The building was in lockdown mode; no one would be allowed in or out. An group of anti-government had claimed responsibility for the body swapping. They were saying that if people were someone different every day, the government wouldn’t be able to track them, enforcing laws would be meaningless as you couldn’t guarantee you had the right person, and so on. This building was just the beginning. Next time it might be a whole town or county. Brad just sighed as he thought about the inconvenience, made his way back to his desk, and continued to work. By the end of the day, they had brought in outside security to scan everyone on their way out. Brad wasn’t sure quite what they were looking for, or even if they could be sure of guilt if they found someone with something they wanted, but he was happy to finally be able to leave work -- even if he was going to have to go home with this woman’s body instead of his own.

Claw Machine

It had been a number of years since Andre and Elle used the Medallion of Zulu to swap bodies. A short time after the swap, the medallion went missing, and they ended up stuck in each other’s bodies. Over the years, Andre had quite gotten used to being in Elle’s body. He enjoyed being a spunky, outgoing woman in the world. There were certainly days he missed his old life, but he tried not to dwell on it.

But one night at a carnival, a claw machine caught his eye -- or, more specifically, a particular item in the claw machine. There it was once more, the Medallion of Zulu. He could pour quarter after quarter into the machine in order to get it. He could track down Elle (he had lost touch with her through the years). He could get his own body back. He certainly considered it for a while as he leaned on the glass of the machine and looked down. Ultimately, he decided to just keep going. Let someone else find the medallion and have some adventures with it. He was happy being Elle; going back to his old life would just make things chaotic and weird again...

New Instincts

Dennis had been stuck in Olivia’s body for a week now, and he was beginning to get weirded out by how much of her knowledge he was picking up without even realizing it. He had instinctively put heels on walking outside as of a few days ago, and only just recently noticed he had no trouble walking. Her morning beauty routine was basically on auto-pilot for him now, so much so that he could remember the products when he ran out. If he picked up too many of her feminine mannerisms and knowledge, would he have to retrain himself to be a man when he got his own body back? He started to worry about this until he got distracted after seeing some really cute lip gloss that he just had to get...