Ever read 3P's profile? Best ever. I love how she came up with different looks for different ages, 14-17. So, I decided to do the same thing. As I did so with my 16 and 17 year old self I thought- what if- SPOILERS- happened? So, I came up with this story and started it at 3:47 AM in the morning before my excitement for the story dissipated overnight. Without further ado, "The Strange Switch!" Episode One! Same GMAD members as from my other story, "Who Ate the Last Cookie?". Let the fun begin, the mysteries unravel and chaos ensue!


Normal GMAD meeting. Much less a 'meeting' and more of a hangout. Zilla and Litwick were talking together, Ace, Dream and Wish were talking together and Phoenix, 3P and Lantern were talking together. The TV was on. They were surprised Lantern's room had a TV.

Phoenix and 3P were trying desperately to explain something to Lantern.

"So.. what your saying is.. signing the contract to work in a Industrial Anvil Factory is bad idea? Why is that again?"

3P said, "Because one could land on your head, cartoon style and you could loose your memory or die or something along those lines!"

"And I suspect the salary is criminally small." Phoenix added.

"Why are we even talking about this?" Lantern pointed out.

Phoenix face palmed. "You were the one who brought it up."

"I was?"

3P sighed. "Yes, yes you were."

Lantern laughed nervously and scratched the back of her neck.

Lantern got up to see what Dream, Ace and Wish were doing. They were playing some sort of game, it seemed. Chess/poker/checkers/war. Yikes.

"I WIN!" Dream said, putting down a card.

"What? But I moved my queen to the right place!" Wish said, extremely confused.

"What're playing?" Lantern asked curiously.

"Chess!" said Wish.

"Poker!" answered Dream.

"Checkers!" Ace exclaimed.

All three looked at each other, blinked before realizing they all were playing different games.

Lantern left them to see what Zilla and Litwick were discussing. But before she could get close enough to them and say something she staggered. It felt like she was a glass of orange juice, and she'd been flipped upside down and emptied into a sink. She felt like an invisible force was draining her energy.

Her hands started to shake and a feeling of dread filled her gut despite the feeling sucking out her consciousness.

She looked down and saw her form was beginning to fade. She started to call out to the others but her throat was abnormally dry.

Suddenly a shaft of greenish light like the Northern Lights filled the space around her alerting the others and Dream dropped her cards. "Lantern?"

"I'm not controlling this dimension travel!" Lantern yelled as loud as she could with her slowly echoing away voice.

Wish got up. "You didn't-"

"I didn't cause this one! It's a rift! I can't control it!" she was slowly beginning to fade out of existence.

Phoenix ran over to her. "LAN-"

"I didn't cause IITTAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!" With a cry of agony she stumbled backwards and then disappeared into thin air.

For a moment the GMAD members just stood their shocked, until Ace stated the obvious. "She's.. gone.."

Phoenix regained her senses. "She can travel on her own! I'm sure she'll be back soon." This reassured everyone for awhile...

One minute.

"Where is she?" Dream asked no on in particular.

Two minutes.

"I have no idea." Wish said after a long silence.

Three minutes.

"What is she possibly doing in that other dimension?" 3P said loudly.

Suddenly shafts of light like the ones that had appeared three minutes ago when Lantern disappeared- reappeared and a spark of hope entered the GMAD members.

A body began to form through the light, before the light zapped out of existence, leaving the new person to stagger before standing up straight. The GMAD members held back gasps.

It was Lantern- yet- it wasn't.

It looked a lot like Lantern but the black markings under her eyes now covered parts of her cheeks and her freckles were slightly faded. This version wore a black-and-red striped sleeveless shirt. She wore tons of bracelets and watches up and down her arms stopping at her wrists. She wore several belts- all overlapping each other- around her waist and the area above and below it. The belts held daggers, sword and hand held machines. But when she stepped forward they didn't move, didn't make any noise. She wore green jeans that were wider at the bottom and almost covered up black sneakers.

And she was much, much taller, like she was 17 years old. And the air around her still held her normal friendliness. But it was also cold and dangerous. A humongous sword was strapped to her back, the Jack O Lantern gone, revealing a slick and wide black, deadly looking blade.

No one made a move, hands slowly crept to weapons. The tension was so thick you would've needed a chainsaw to cut through it.

Lantern- they weren't even sure if it was Lantern, she looked older-'s eyes darted from each person to person quickly. Analyzing them.

When… Older Lantern talked, her voice was smooth and steady without and hint of hesitation or joking around. Scary. For Lantern anyway.

"Hello, then."

Suddenly Ace broke the silence and asked, "Who are you?"

"Hm… Ace? Is that you? You look a lot younger. Is this-" she paused, raising an eyebrow. She pinched the bridge of her nose. "I'm in the past." She swore under her breath.

The GMAD members were still standing exactly were they were. She looked like Lantern, she kinda felt like Lantern, but she didn't act like Lantern. Was this- was this Lantern from the future?

Lantern pretended not to notice their confusion. "That's the last time I let anyone else control the Time Machine 09 besides me. Well, I guess I should explain. Hi, it's me Lantern, but I'm from the future."


DUN DUN DUN! Next chapter will be ASAP! Thought of this and knew I couldn't put it to rest! Sorry if the chap was short! Until next time!