They all thought it would be fun. A bracelet to that claimed to be able to switch two people's minds and souls and put them in each other's bodies. The young canine girl had switched with her boyfriend Ashley, and her lover's best friend had switched with Mikaela, her best friend. At first they had simply been fascinated by their new bodies and accompanying reflections. Ashley had kissed her boyfriend, excited by the prospect of being the male in their relationship. Now that he wore her body, he allowed his girlfriend to do as he wished.

The four friends enjoyed a night in a form vastly different from their own, each taking their liberties as they might with a new body, though anything beyond groping was off limits. It wasn't long before the four got drunk, and Ashley and Mikaela passed out on the bed.

The next morning, Ashley stirred to the unusual sensation of a morning wood. He let Mikaela sleep while he turned on the news and felt his heart rise into his chest.

"Good Morning, Local Viewers. Last night, at approximately midnight, an 18 wheeler struck a passenger vehicle at the intersection of Fifth and Maple. The passengers, a young elephant and a saluki, have been killed." Ashley felt sick. He fell forward and vomited onto the floor. There was her body, on the news, battered and broken. She was dead, no question about it. The same was true for her boyfriend's best friend. They were trapped in their new bodies and new lives forever.

"It can't be true." He looked at his hand and back at the news. "My body's dead. I'm stuck like this." The bent wreckage of the body swap bracelet sealed their fate. Ashley looked at Mikaela, who still slept in his new body. He touched her webbed hand. "Better get used to that body, girl. You're stuck in it now," he whispered. For now, he would let the new platypus sleep. For at least a few more hours, he could live under the illusion that he could return to his body.

Art by Rhia