So I've probably hurried this chapter a bit more than perhaps I should have. My writing skills leave a lot to be desired but I'm going to keep going and see where this leads me. I promise there will be some fun later on, but for now you'll have to bear with me as I do some character and plot development. Please read and review, I need all the feedback and help I can get.

Will stared, as the others all did, at the scene before them. True there was nothing particularly wrong with the site before her, it was her usual group of friends, but the main oddity was that in the group, was herself. Her first assumption had been that it was an astral drop, but she'd not made one. Looking down at herself however, the real problem came to light. The Chinese style dress and long hair was beautiful, and something she'd commented on when Hay Lin had been wearing it earlier, but she'd not been expecting to wear it herself. A look of horror slowly swept across the faces of her friends as one by one they all picked up on the problem. She'd hoped to God it wasn't all of them but she feared, from the looks of things, she was wrong.

Irma let out a loud squeal, bringing the attention to herself. "What am I doing over there and what am I wearing?" she shouted pointing over to where Cornelia stood.

"You're wearing exactly what you were wearing before you left." Cornelia replied, crossing her eyes and acting very strong and stern. She suddenly felt something odd, and looking down clearly saw something she didn't like. The look of horror on her face said it all, and she lifted her hands up, bringing them to rest on her assets in a quite unladylike fashion. A stray hair fell into her eyes and she grabbed a hold of it suddenly, now looking more shocked than she had done before.

"Oh my GOD!" Every word was punctuated by a breath. "Why am I Cornelia!" The rest of the group now had worked out what was going on.

"Why am I Taranee?" Taranee said as she too was surprised by her appearance.

"Why am I a boy?" Matt added to the chorus.

"Why am I a girl!" Will's body cried.

"Would everyone just get a Grip" The real Will shouted in Hay Lin's voice. Perhaps because the normally timid and calm Hay Lin was suddenly being very forceful, every one shut up and turned towards her. Not knowing what to say she stuttered for a moment. "Look its clear we've all swapped bodies, so I think the first thing we need to do is not Panic!" She looked hard at the entire group, particularly Cornelia, who appeared transfixed by her hair. "And Secondly we need to work out who is who." The rest of them all nodded as they each looked at each other in turn.

There was a long pause where everyone waited for someone else to start before they finally Will finally broke the ice. "I'm Will." She announced to the surprise of the rest of the group. "Who's Hay Lin?"

"I'm over here." Taranee piped up drawing attention from everyone.

"I'm Taranee" Caleb added, with an audible gasp from the remainder. 'That was going to be difficult' Will thought to herself.

"I'm Caleb." Cornelia stood proud, the stance the rebel leader normally took, looking very out of place on her feminine body.

"I'm Cornelia." Irma grunted as she pulled a lock of hair in front of her eyes then brushed it back disapprovingly. They all could probably have guessed that one without it being said.

"I'm Irma." Matt's body chirped in, shooting Irma's original body an equally as dirty look.

And that just left…

"I'm Matt." Will's body added rounding off the introductions. She looked almost distraught with panic as she stood gripping her body. "You have to do something. I don't want to be a girl. I've got a concert next week!" She almost seemed to be crying, and it was difficult for Will, knowing that her boyfriend was stuck in her body. At least Cornelia and Caleb had a dialogue going.

"We'll figure this out, now let's just think." Will sat down, not used to the shape of the skirt Hay Lin was wearing, and began to ponder. "First things first we need to figure out how to turn back."

"You're sure right about that." Caleb added in Cornelia's voice. "No way I'm wearing flowery dresses from now on."

"You better not look at me naked!" the real Cornelia shouted.

"Why would I want to?" Caleb spat back.

"Hey! Would you two shut up? I can to pee standing up now." Irma added disapprovingly to the argument.

"I have to pee sitting down." Matt whimpered.

"Would you all be quite for a second?" Taranee shouted. With Caleb's voice it had much more power than she had intended. "We don't know how long we're going to be stuck like this and fighting with the only people who can help you isn't going to solve anything" The voice carried the same logic and reasoning that Taranee was known for, lending weight to her words. "I don't like it either but we're going to have to get used to it for now. Maybe the oracle will know what to do."

Will nodded in agreement and reached for the heart of Kandrakar, she was shocked when she couldn't find it, and her hands darted all over herself hoping she hadn't lost it. It was then she realized that Matt still had it around her old neck. He met her gaze and waited for a moment, before realizing what she was waiting for, and handed over the heart without hesitation.

"Ok. Here goes." Will said holding the heart. It glowed briefly for a second, in the way it usually did, however the bright flash that normally accompanied a portal never arrived. Instead the group were met with Silence. Confused, Will tried again to the same effect. Over and over she tried but the heart wasn't working.

"Maybe Matt has to do it. He does have your body." Hay Lin added again. Will didn't really want to hand the heart over, Matt looking like he would do anything else at that exact moment, but reluctantly she passed it over to him.

Matt gazed at the heart, the glow now brighter in his hand, suggesting that indeed it responded to him now. "What do I do?" He asked through a wavering voice.

"Just hold it up and imagine a portal." Will instructed. Matt did so, holding the crystal at arm's length and scrunching up his eyes. He gripped the heart tightly but after holding his breath and willing it with all his might he gave up, releasing his breath with a large sigh.

"I'm sorry, I just don't know how."

"So we're stuck like this? We can't even go to Meridian or Kandrakar?" Cornelia summed up in anger. "That's just great! This is all your fault Miss, let's go fight for Meridian some more." She pointed briefly at Matt before realizing her mistake and instead turning her finger of blame at Hay Lin's body, and Will.

"Quite Corny, this isn't anyone's fault except those damn harpies." Irma shouted defending Will, she slapped Cornelia's finger away with perhaps more force than she realized she now had.

"Look, we've got time before any of our parents expect us home. Let's stick around and try and figure out a way to get this fixed okay." Contributed Hay Lin.

"Yeah. I don't want to have to learn how to use a bra." Caleb remark with contempt. This was going to be difficult, and they all knew it.

Will had finally had enough "This is getting too confusing. Hay Lin? Can you grab us some labels so we can write down our names? We'll stay down here as long as it takes to fix this."