I was dreaming. Or was I? I couldn't tell, it felt so real.
I was walking down a dungeon corridoor. It was Lowee's prison. As I reached a cell, I saw Blanc within the cell. The guy next to me opened the door, and I stepped in. Blanc looked at me, rage filling her face. "You son of a bitch." she hissed. I seemed to laugh, for no reason. "In time, you'll learn to respect me." I began to get out some chains. What was happening? I chained Blanc to the wall, binding her limbs. She was spread eagle, and I heard the zzzp next to me. Blanc's expression of anger slowly turned to horror as tears began to flow down her face. "No... please, no..." I laughed. "You can either die here and let your nation die with you, or you can agree to be enslaved for all eternity." I began to walk towards Blanc. She let out a final scream of terror as my vision turned to black.
"NO!"
I awoke in a cold sweat. I didn't sit up, I just rolled over onto my side. I saw Nepgear laying next to me. Wait. Is this even my bed? I got out of the bed and stumbled towards the bathroom, in total darkness. I heard Nepgear mumble, "Neptune... come back, it's cold...mmn..." I went towards the mirror. I felt for the light switch. Taking a deep breath, I flicked on the light. I didn't see myself in the mirror, instead I saw a half-naked Neptune. What the hell? I moved my hands. Neptune's hands moved in the same way. Needing to know, I put my hands on my chest. I felt the softness of it as the petite breasts moved against my touch. I looked down, and I saw that the mirror was not cursed. My eyes were not playing tricks on me. I had somehow switched bodies with Neptune. Turning around, I saw Nepgear, and her face was crossed with concern. "Are you okay?" I responded, "Yep." My voice came out as Neptune's childish one. Nepgear smiled. "Well, good. Why don't you get dressed?" I nodded. "Okay!" I waited for her to step out. "I'll be right ou-" I stopped and froze as Nepgear bent over to pick up Neptune's neatly folded outfit. My face went hot as I got a full view of Nepgear's ass. I shut the door. I heard Nepgear from behind the door. She cracked it open and handed me my outfit. I took it and laid it out onto the shelf. I took the blue striped undershirt first, slipping it on. I put on the thigh-high socks and slipped on my shoes. I took the white hoodie and put it on. Zipping it up with the N-crested zipper, I put the 2 D-pad hairclips in, and tied my shoes, folding the overlaying layer of fabric over the knot. I checked the mirror, adjusting the outfit as needed. Perfect. I stepped out of the bathroom, with Nepgear waiting for me. She grinned. "You look good." I nodded. Nepgear motioned towards the door. We both went out, and I instantly saw myself. So I really did switch bodies with Neptune.

I watched myself sit down on the couch. I sat down next to him. He looked at me and smiled. I waited for Nepgear to walk off. I then picked him up and walked to the storage closet. I went in and shut the door, pressing him against a wall. He blushed automatically. I looked into his eyes. "Did we switch bodies?" I whispered. He shrugged. "It's not like I would tell you if the previous protag's soul is stuck inside your original body. Wink." he said. I chuckled. "What I need you to know is-" I began. The closet door suddenly opened, and there stood Nepgear. I froze. Nepgear smiled awkwardly, and stepped back. "Oops. I seem to be interrupting..." She shut the door, and I heard her footsteps fade away. I looked towards Neptune. I hissed softly. "Do anything to tarnish my reputation, and I will stick a remote up my ass." She chuckled. "Why would that affect..." Her eyes went wide as she realized the truth. If I stuck a remote control up my ass right now, it would affect Neptune's original body, not mine. She looked up at me. "Okay, okay. I won't do anything dumb." she whispered, fear spiking my original voice. I grinned. "Good."

I opened the closet door and stepped out. Neptune stepped out next, looking pretty happy. I walked into the living room. Rom and Ram were sitting on the couch. Nepgear sat on the chair. Histoire rested on the coffee table, reclining on her book while drinking out of a very small glass that was made for her. I then noticed something. "Hey, Rom. Wasn't there a white stripe on your gray skirt yesterday?" I asked. The high pitched voice I was sending out was throwing me and the readers for a loop. Wait, readers? Rom looked away. Ram spoke up. "We have two gray skirts each. We ordered a second pair a year ago, but they didn't have a white stripe. So, whenever the first striped skirt gets dirty, we have to wear the plain ones until the first one comes out of the wash." I nodded. "Nice." I then realized. "Hey, we should really get you two back to-"

"NO! YOU CAN'T!" Ram blurted. Histoire shot Ram a surprised look. "No?" she repeated slowly. Ram was pale. "The Red Army has overrun Lowee." Gasps filled the room. Nepgear spoke up, "Overrun?" Histoire spoke up next. "You two. This better not be a joke, or we will be having a little chat." She turned on the television and pulled up the Shares report. Lowee's shares had dropped down to dangerous levels. The Red Nation's shares had gone up just as much as Lowee's had dropped. Histoire said softly, "My God." I spoke up. "If what you say is true, we need to act fast." I looked towards the door. IF was walking in with my team. "IF!" She looked at me, and nodded. "Yes?" I came up with an order and gave it. "Tell the admiral to mobilize the fleet. Contact our allies for backup. Lowee's been compromised." IF nodded. "Right away, Madam Goddess." she said respectfully. She walked off, talking excitedly into the radio. I looked towards Nepgear. "We will head out immediately." She nodded. "Of course." she replied. As I walked to the elevator, I heard Neptune whispering to me in my original voice. "When you transform, squeeze your buttocks and scream in your mind. Hard Drive Divinity. And just snap your fingers for your jet fighter form." I nodded to her as I stepped into the elevator with Nepgear and the original protag, whatever that meant. As we reached the balcony, I clenched my buttocks and screamed in my mind, Hard Drive Divinity.

At once, heat spread over my entire body as I began transformation. My chest began to rapidly expand as my outfit vanished, leaving me bare. My hair grew rapidly, twisting itself into wicked braids. A leotard began to form, covering my body with latex. My upper thighs were left bare as boots and gloves appeared on my body. A sword appeared in my right hand. As I finished transformation, the heat vanished, and I stood on the balcony, all suited up. I looked towards the ocean. Nepgear had transformed as well, and she looked at me. "Shall we?" I nodded. "We shall." Snapping my fingers, I switched into my jet fighter form. Nepgear climbed into the cockpit, and I began to fly towards Lowee. Fusion Drive. I screamed this in my mind just to test. Suddenly I jumped forward by a lot. I heard a startled shriek from Nepgear. I stopped. We were suddenly close to Lowee. The city had indeed been overrun. A huge red dreadnought floated over the HQ building, with it's escorts floating around it. We landed in a nearby forest, surveying the environment. Killachines had been deployed around the city, particularly in the forest area. We had to make our way to the city fast. I scanned the dreadnought. I realized that all of the red ships had Threat Annihilation Systems. These were developed by Bethesda, designed to take out so many bad guys at once. The only disadvantage was that if a certain chip in the dreadnought's console was swapped for a fake, there was the danger that the system would corrupt, and that the system would turn on it's master. I needed my body back.

Then I heard a helicopter touch down next to us. The rest of my recon team, including Neptune, stepped out. After that, the helicopter took off and began to fly away. Bad move. The helicopter exploded all of a sudden as it got shredded by machine gun fire. I sighed. Deactivate. Shifting back into my human form, I stretched. I felt a nudge. It was Broccoli. She handed me a cup of pudding. "You didn't finish this last night, nyu." I took it in my hands. I looked at Neptune. Acting quickly, I took a spoon. I scooped a little bit with the spoon, then popped into my mouth. The pudding tasted a lot better then when I ate it in my original body for some reason. I took another spoonful, then popped it into Neptune's mouth. Soon, I began to get drowsy. Neptune collapsed onto the ground. I gave Broccoli the cup back as I fell over as well, conking out.