Chapter One: The weirdest morning in James' life

One morning in the summer holidays 1977 James woke up and felt very weird. After a few seconds he also realized that he was not in his own bedroom. He was somewhere he never had been before. And he could see everything clearly.

I never sleep with my glasses on, so why can I now see like I would have them on?

He touched his face to check but there were no glasses. His face also felt quite odd. After a few moments someone knocked on the door and called: "Lily, it's time for breakfast! Come down or all the pancakes will be gone!"

Lily? What is going on here … Who was this? And why did she called me Lily?

Of course he knew Lily very well, after all he tried to convince her to go on a date with him for the last couple of years. And she always refused and called him a stupid idiot.

He smiled and pushed the blankets away. When he saw now his body he screamed in panic. He was wearing a sleeping dress and very clearly a girl.

A few moments later someone knocked at the door and the same voice as before asked now worriedly: "What's up my love?"

James had no idea what he could answer. His head was empty and so he kept silence. After a few seconds someone opened the door and came to his bed. "Lily, are you alright?" He looked up and saw a woman, maybe in her thirty's. She sat down next to him and asked now again: "Lily, are you alright?"

James shook his head and stood up. He saw a mirror to his left and went to it. In the reflection he saw Lily Evans. The girl he always asked for a date and which always said that she would go out with anyone except with him.

How can I be her? This doesn't make a shard of sense. Help!

The woman which had to be Lilys mother came now around the bed to him and hugged her.

"Have you slept unwell sweetie?"

He opened his mouth and said: "I am not sure… Am I really Lily Evans?"

The woman behind her looked at her with a weird face, he could see her expression in the reflection.

"Of course… That's weird question! Who else could you be?"

Hmm… Yeah who else? But why am I inside Lily?

He tried to say that something odd must had happen, but he couldn't say this words. He just couldn't. He tried to say "I am not really Lily! I am James!" But again he couldn't. After a few attempts Lily's mother said: "You seem to be very tiered my love, do you want to sleep more and I save some pancakes for you?"

James shook his head and said: "I'm fine!"

Lily's mother looked at him through the mirror for a few moments, then she nodded. "Okay, then come down and forget whatever you dreamed. Today is a wonderful day full of sunshine and no clouds at all."

He nodded and so Lily's mum left the room.

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So I am now in Lily's body. But I can't tell anyone that I am not truly Lily. Hmm… This might become interesting.