Chapter 23: The Body Swap III (Aqua & Terra)
Sure Aqua had heard from Roxas and Ventus that they had swapped bodies. It was such a silly thing that they were trying to pull. They were twins after all it was something that could be easily done. Though saying that Demyx and Zexion swapped bodies was just more absurd. There was just no way that could happen.
At least that was what Aqua thought until she woke up in Terra's body.
Aside from the initial freak out coming with swapping with a body of the opposite gender, Terra was also a good bit taller than her and now her entire perspective was thrown off. There was the height and weight mass of Terra that came as a surprise… as well as other things but Aqua tried her hardest not to think about that. She was also pretty thankful that Terra was polite enough to wear a sleep shirt and pajama pants.
"Okay breath in," Aqua told herself. "If you are here you are either dreaming… but no, it feels too real for a dream. So that means… Terra!"
Stumbling out of the bedroom Aqua made her way down the hall to where her own bedroom was. She still was having trouble with realizing Terra's size, she was used to being so graceful and light on her feet. But she knew she couldn't just stop and figure out the best way to balance herself. There was no time to just waste at a time like this.
Once she got to her bedroom door she knocked on it, perhaps a little harder than she probably should have. She thought to shout, to speak and say s9mething, but she was afraid of what would happen. Would her voice still sound like her own or would she speak but with Terra's voice? The second half seemed the more likely but honestly she wasn't excited to find out.
Eventually after knocking again she heard her own voice coming from within the room. She held her breath as she listened in, trying not to let the fact she was basically hearing herself fake up freak her out.
"I'm awake…" her voice came softly. Suddenly there was a loud gasp and a scream. Aqua knew for a fact Terra had to have been awake now and she saw no point in waiting any longer. It was her room… and her body anyways.
Grabbing the door she turned the knob and swung it open to find herself sitting on the bed with wide eyes. "A-Aqua…?"
Aqua nodded to Terra, still baffled at the idea that they even could have swapped bodies. Though she could see her own face was filled with red. No doubt Terra was feeling completely confused and embarrassed being in the other's body.
"I swear I didn't do anything Aqua!"
"I didn't say you did!" Aqua replied, trying her hardest to block out the fact that the voice that came out was Terra's.
"Then what happened?" Terra asked, trying his best to stay perfectly still. His eyes were locked on Aqua, or himself in this case, and he was refusing to look down at the body that his mind was now occupying. At least he was trying to be respectful, Aqua was thankful for that. SHe knew that Terra would never try to do anything that would upset her.
"I... I don't know. None of this is making any sense…" Aqua said as she walked in to sit down in the chair that was in her room.
"We haven't done anything or gone anywhere that would cause this right?"
"Not that I remember… but didn't Ven and Roxas say that they swapped bodies as well?"
Aqua nodded. "Yeah, but I didn't believe them. Not even when they said Demyx and Zexion swapped, but I suppose they could have been telling the truth now…"
"So… we go and talk to them then? Or call them here?"
Well… last I heard Roxas and Ven were still over at Zexion's house, so I assume the best course of action."
Terra breathed in slowly. "So… we should uh… g-get dressed… right?"
Under normal circumstances it would have been rather cute to see Terra so embarrassed and flustered, but it was coming from her body… her voice. It sounded like she was the one acting like that though both knew full well that it wasn't the case.
"We can't just go in our pajamas, Terra. I will not let you leave this room until you've um you know gotten proper clothes on."
"But you really just want me to… well you know," Terra quickly cast his eyes down but made sure to look right back at Aqua.
"I know! I know! This is just the best circumstances… but how about this, just thrown on some clothes over it. No changing out of anything, and I'll do the same."
"Right, that sounds like a good plan," Terra said as he slowly made an attempt to move out of the bed. "But then what will we do?"
"We will head to Zexion's. It's where the others are anyways. If they have also been dealing with this then maybe we can help them further."
"Okay, but um Aqua… what if we have to… you know… use the bathroom?"
"I don't know!" Aqua panicked, making Terra's voice crack slightly. "We'll just figure it out as we go! But let's not waste any more time okay?"
After the two struggled to not be embarrassed as they put on clothes, they headed out as fast as they could. Zexion's house was not too far thankfully but it still felt like it was eons away. They had opted to walk anyways since driving would only be more complicated with the swap. It took longer that way but it really was the safe option to do.
When they got there Zexion was the one to answer the door but he already had too far of a goofy grin to really be him. "Demyx?" Aqua asked, still trying not to be weirded out how deep Terra's voice sounded as she spoke.
"Whoa! How did you know?! Did Roxas or Ven tell you guys?"
"Um yes actually," Aqua started. "You see… the thing is… Terra and I…"
"Omg! You guys swapped too?" Demyx laughed how he normally would, but it came off really strange sounding like Zexion. "This just gets better and better."
"I really don't see how this is better," Terra huffed.
Demyx was trying his hardest to keep himself together now. "Sorry sorry, it's just so funny. Just trying to imagine and well you know…"
"A little less laughing and a bit more helping would be nice," Terra grumbled.
Demyx nodded and let them into the house, leading them down to where the others were. Of course Roxas and Ventus laughed as well once they saw the situation Aqua and Terra were in. It also didn't help that they had just thrown on sweat clothes rather than a normal outfit, so they looked even more ridiculous than the rest.
Still the only one serious out of the four was Zexion, who was caught off guard though by it. "Even more puzzling… I seriously do not understand what could be the cause behind this. But I think I am close to cracking the case on how to reverse it."
"Really? What do you have?" Aqua asked.
"I'm trying to form a device that could properly switch our consciences back to our original bodies, but I need to tweak it a bit before anything. Until then we are going to be here like this…" he pointed to himself, or in this case Demyx's body. "For a little while longer."
Aqua and Terra both sighed in unison. Aqua was then the next to speak. "I feel that this will go on much longer than we would have wished…"
