Disclaimer: I don't own them, but I wish I did.
I wonder if Sunrise wouldn't mind handing over a least one Gundam
pilot to me. Can I have Heero? Oh well, I know the
answer to that question, and it is "Fat Chance."
Oh well, a girl can dream can't she. How come it is so easy
to write stories about dreams coming true, but it is so hard for
them to happen in real life? Does anyone know the answer?
Whoa! Starting to get too deep. This is a comedy,
so nothing too deep is allowed. Ha ha. Anyway, I hope
you like the next chapter of my story. Enjoy! Oops.
Sorry. One more thing before I shut up. I wrote an
additional disclaimer at the end of this chapter. I didn't
want to spoil anything that happens before you get to read it.
So I put those disclaimers at the bottom. Okey Doky.
Alrighty then. Buh-bye for now.
Twas three o'clock in the morning and all through the house, not
a creature was stirring not even a Gundam pilot. Everyone
was all snug in the beds, while visions of only God knows what
danced through their heads. Suddenly there came a slight
clatter. For upon a dresser top in a room where four unsuspecting
souls slept, rested a silver moon amulet. It was given to
a young woman as a birthday gift, and now it began to awaken.
It started to glow in the moonlight shining through the balcony
glass door. The image of a dragon rose from the amulet and
floated in the air. It came to a stop in between the two
beds. A light escaped from its eyes. One green light
landed on the bed to the right, where Duo and Hilde slept, and
a second light went to the right where Heero and Relena slept.
A long eerie smoke extended to both sides of the room and traveled
over each person. The smoke formed into arms. Then
a dragon's claw slightly passed over Duo's head to Hilde's then
back to Duo, and the other claw passed over Heero's head to Relena's
then back to Heero. When it was finished the claw disappeared,
and the smoke began to travel back into the dragon. Then
the voices of Relena and Hilde could be faintly heard.
"Relena, do you ever wonder what it would be like to be in
their shoes Seeing how the other half lives even if it is only
for a day or two."
"Oh all right. Yes! Maybe sometimes it would
be nice to have a different role in life How about you, do you
ever wish to trade places with Duo?"
"Silly question. Why would I have asked you,
if I never thought about it before?"
Suddenly the green light coming from the dragon's eyes got brighter
and it said, "Your wish has been granted. For two days
you all will experience how your other half lives."(A.N.
Imagine the voice of the Eternal Dragon on DBZ) Then the dragon
drifted back toward the dresser. It settled back into the
amulet and returned to its slumber. The amulet on top of
the dresser became quiet and all was returned to normal.
Well, almost all.
A couple hours later about 7:00am.
Dorothy opened her eyes to the sunlight coming into the room.
'Man, I love the morning. It holds the promise of a bright
new day,' she thought as she sat up. She looked over to
her left. He was still asleep. 'Oh, he is so cute.
He looks so innocent with his eyes closed.' She leaned over
and kissed his forehead, then started to get out of bed.
"And just where do you think you are going young lady."
He asked just before he grabbed her around the waist, pulled her
back down on the bed, and situated his body on top of hers.
"Oh, I was just going downstairs. I thought I would
cook breakfast for everyone."
"But what if I don't want you to get out of bed yet."
"Well, Mister I guess you will just have to get used to disappointment."
She said with a smile on her face. He gave her an innocent
look. "Oh no. Don't you go giving me that puppy
looks of yours."
"But I like giving you my puppy look." and he added
a pouty lip just for emphasis.
"That is because it usually gets you what you want."
She shot back at him sarcastically. He continued to give
her 'his' look. "Oh, you don't fight fair."
"I know." He said with a smirk. Then he
began tickling her.
"Trowa! Stop!"
"Why? You are cute, when you laugh."
"Because...ha ha...I don't *snork* like...ha ha... being
tickled."
"Say the magic word."
"Pl... ha ha... Plee... ha... Please Trowa... ha ha ha...
let me up. Pl... ha ha...Please."
"Ok. But only because you asked sooo nicely."
He got off of her and laid on his back. Then he put his
arms behind his head and stared at the ceiling.
"Oh, no you don't. You little shit you aren't getting
away with it that easily." She sat on top of him straddling
his hips. She got a mischievous smile on her face then began
tickling him under his arms.
"Oh, no you... ha ha... don't you little vixen."
Then he turned the tables on her. Now he was straddling
her hips with her arms pinned under his knees.
"Trowa...ha ha ha... I'm... ha *snork* I'm sorry... ha ha
ha ha... stop...ha ha... please." He stopped ticking
her, but he kept her pinned down.
When she finally caught her breath, she looked up at him.
He had a look of triumph on his face.
"You are cruel. You know that." She told
him.
He smiled an almost genuine smile. "I know."
"All playfulness aside. I do need to get up before
someone finds out our little secret."
They have been officially a couple for about three months.
She knew there was something special about him ever since he and
Quatre had shown true concern for her on Libra. She knew
at that moment that she needed to rethink her life. Quatre
had been right. She did hate war. War only caused
heartache and loneliness. And Trowa's words affected her
even more, when he said, "How sad. A girl who can't
cry." He was right, too. Back then she would
not cry. She hid all her emotions behind a mask. She
only showed feeling toward the beauty of war. After Libra
she did not see him again for a long time. She used the
time to rethink her life and made a lot of changes. The
next time she saw Trowa was when his circus came to the colony
she was staying on this past summer. She decided to see
it, since she had not been to the circus in years. The last
time she went was when she was a little girl. Her dad took
her. She decided to go because she wanted a carefree day
to remember how life was before the war with the colonies.
She saw him perform with a redheaded girl, who threw knives at
him. He never moved a muscle, and she never hit him.
Dorothy was captivated by their performance. After the show,
Dorothy decided to go talk to him.
"Hello Trowa Barton. Remember me?"
"Yes. How can I forget? Dorothy Catalonia."
"Hum...Well, I just wanted to let you know I enjoyed your
performance, and to apologize to you for my actions during the
war."
"Thank you and there is no need to apologize. Everyone
fought for what they believed in. I'm just sorry we were
on opposite sides."
"That's true. Oh, I also want to say thank you."
"For what." He got a quizzical look on his face,
which he quickly covered up.
"For helping me see I was wrong, which led me to a different
outlook on life."
"Your welcome, but I thought Quatre did most of the work."
"He did do a lot. I saw him not too long ago and we
got to talk."
"Oh."
"Well, I need to leave. It was nice talking to you
Trowa. I guess I will see you around." She then
winked at him and left.
They saw each other a few more times during the summer, while
his circus was still on the colony. They gradually grew
closer to each other. They began to realize how much they
shared in common. Both of them hid behind a mask to protect
their feelings from the world. Trowa always hid behind a
stoic face, while Dorothy always hid behind a tough facade.
Once this realization came to them, they knew it was alright to
show their feeling to each other. As so it came to be that
alone in one another presence they gave the gift of their true
feelings to each other. No one except Trowa's sister, Catharine,
knew their secret, and she promised not to tell. They just
did not think all their friends were ready to know the truth.
It was a shock for the two of them to discover they had feelings
for one another. Everyone else will probably fall over into
a coma (1).
"You're right. This is not the way for everyone to
find out." Trowa said.
"Then let me up silly so I can get out of your bed and go
downstairs before anyone else wakes up." He reluctantly
rolled off of her to let herleave. Dorothy got up and slowly
walked to the door. Before she opened the door, she turned
around to face Trowa. "I guess I will see you around."
She said then winked at him and walked out the door.
Trowa snickered at her last remark remembering the last time she
said that to him. "Oh Dorothy, how far we have come
since then."
Half an hour later in the kitchen:
Dorothy was cooking eggs, bacon, and hashbrowns on the stove,
while Catharine was putting the biscuits she made in the oven,
and Trowa was setting the table. Quatre walked in and saw
only three others besides himself were awake. Catharine
saw him come in and gave a big smile. When he smiled back,
she winked at him, which caused the cute blonde to blush.
Both Dorothy and Trowa noticed their exchange. Dorothy smirked
and made a mental note. 'Oh, this could prove to be interesting.
I'll have to get Hilde in on this one, too.'
"Wow! It sure smells good in here. I am surprised
Duo's nose and stomach have not led him in here yet."
Quatre said, breaking the silence in the room.
"He will come here soon enough. The smell just hasn't
reached their room yet." Dorothy replied.
"I guess you are right. I just hope the rest of us
will have enough to eat once Duo gets down here." Quatre
said with a smirk.
"Don't worry I came prepared. He won't get more than
the rest of us."
"Miss. Bloom!" Quatre screeched, when he saw she
had a knife in each hand.
"Oh, don't worry so much Quatre. She is only going to use
those to scare him. Aren't you sis?" Trowa said
to ease Quatre.
"Of course. What did you think I'd use them for?"
Catharine answered with an innocent look, which caused all four
of them to laugh.
Meanwhile, the smell of bacon finally reached the nostrils of
one, Duo Maxwell. *sniff sniff* 'I smell something good.
Must be time to wake up.' He opened his eyes and sat up.
He stretched then leaned over to kiss Hilde good morning.
He stopped cold, when he was about an inch from her face, because
he realized it was not Hilde's face. It was his. 'I'm
about to kiss myself good morning. That don't make much
sense.' He closed his eyes thinking it could be a hallucination.
He reopened his eyes to see the same thing. 'This has got
to be a bad dream.' He pinched his arm. "Ouch."
'Ok, not a dream. Now what.' He then reached his arm
behind his head. He began to panic. His braid, it
was gone. 'This can't be happening.'
"NNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!" He screamed.
Three heads immediately popped up becoming fully awake.
Duo's outburst caused Heero to jump out of bed. He was in
his fighting position ready to do battle. It was when he
jumped out of bed that Relena saw her own self do the action.
She immediately panicked. Hilde began to panic herself.
She was looking at herself leaning over her. Heero stood
there totally confused for a moment. Then he turned around
to see his own self still in bed looking at him with a panic stricken
face. Suddenly, the most horrifying scream came from the
body staring at him.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Heero looked down to see he was wearing a light blue night gown.
Realization came to him and he also screamed.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
On the other side of the room, Duo and Hilde were screaming too.
Duo was also yelling, "What the hell happened?"
Suddenly, the bedroom door slammed opened and in rushed Wufei
sword drawn and ready. "I'll smite all injustices!"
He stopped mid stride, when he noticed Heero, Relena, Duo, and
Hilde starring at one another and screaming. "What
the hell is the big idea? You bakas could wake the dead
with those squeals. I thought something terrible happened
in here, and all I see is four people yelping like a bunch of
banshees. Relena and Hilde areexcused. They're women.
Duo, I'm not surprised, but Heero I'm shocked."
Just then Quatre, Trowa, Dorothy, and Catharine ran in because
they heard the screaming from downstairs.
"What happened? Is something wrong? We heard
screaming from the kitchen." Quatre asked in a frenzy
because he was worried sick about his friends.
"No nothing physically dangerous has occurred, when I came
in they were just starring and screaming at each and other, and
I haven't yet found out why."
"But that don't make much sense. No one just stares
at someone and screams for no apparent reason. Guys, what
is wrong?" Quatre asked, now looking really concerned.
"HeismeIamheHeisme." Hilde tried to stammer out,
but she was talking so fast and panicky only three other people
knew what she was trying to say.
"Duo, you baka stop babbling like a woman and just spit it
out." Wufei said now getting more irritated.
He had no idea that it was Hilde babbling.
"Calm down Wufei. He is obviously distraught over something.
Duo, are you alright? You look very pale." Quatre
asked.
Hilde finally managed to take a few breaths to calm down and said,
"Yeah, I'm fine. I just got startled that's all."
"But you're fine now."
"Yeah, he's fine. Hilde played a practical joke on
him in his sleep, which startled all of us." Heero
said and then glared at the other three warning them not to say
otherwise.
"Miss. Relena, if what you say is true, why was Heero screaming
too. I'm sorry. I just don't see him as being easy
to startle."
Relena was about to panic because she was suppose to be Heero,
and how could she explain a good reason why the perfect soldier
would panic over something as simple as a practical joke.
Then an idea came to her. She performed her best Heero death
glare and said, "I don't have to answer. So I was screaming
end of discussion." Then she crossed her arms over
her chest to further demonstrate his 'I'm not in the mood to put
up with any shit at the moment' look.
"Fine. I was just trying to figure what could have
caused so much noise, but it you don't want to tell us that is
your prerogative. Now if you will excuse me, I have more
important things to tend to, like breakfast."
Duo's eyes perked up at the mention of food. "So, what
is for breakfast? I'm starving."
"I guess you will just have to come down to find out for
yourself won't you." Dorothy said then stormed out
of the bedroom. Trowa followed right behind her, and Wufei
left also.
"Smells like bacon to me. I love bacon."
Duo said starting to get excited.
"Hilde, you better watch it. You've been around Duo
too much because you are starting to develop his appetite."
Catharine said trying not to laugh.
Duo trying to cover up his slip said, "Oh, I have always
liked to eat, but I don't have near his appetite."
Catharine and Quatre laughed at his remark then Quatre said, "Come
on Cathy let's go back downstairs, so they can change and come
down themselves."
"Alright. Oh and Rellie love that night gown it looks
great on you." Catharine said.
Relena cleared her throat in an effort to remind Heero that was
a comment he was suppose to respond to, but before he could reply
Hilde spoke up. "Thanks. It's mine. I'm
glad you like it."
Catharine and Quatre looked at her like she had lost her mind.
The looks on their faces made Hilde realize her mistake.
She slapped herself on the forehead. 'Damn it. I'm suppose
to be Duo.' "Uh. I mean it is a gown I bought Hilde
a while back. I'm glad you like it."
"Oh. Ok. For a minute there Duo you had me worried."
Quatre said.
"Oh, you know me. I have to stick my foot in my mouth
at least once a day." She said trying to cover up her
mistake.
Quatre chuckled and shook his head as he followed Catharine out
the door. Once the door was closed, "Excuse me.
I do not stick my foot in my mouth." Duo said defensively.
"Yes, you do, so drop it." Heero said.
"Ok fine, but I want to know something. How the hell
did this happen?!"
"Hell if I know. I go to bed and I'm me. Then
I wake up and now I'm you."
A light bulb went off in Relena's head from Hilde saying, 'and
now I'm you.' It reminded her of her and Hilde's conversation
on the balcony. She gasped, jumped out of bed, and ran toward
the dresser on the other side of the room.
"Relena, what's the matter?" Heero asked.
She picked up the amulet and stared at it. Heero walked
over to her. "Relena, what is it?"
"I think this is all my fault." she finally managed
to say.
"WHAT?!" Three voices said at once.
"Well, I didn't believe the sales lady at the antique shop,
when she warned me. I mean how could a rational person like
myself possibly believe something so ridiculous about a simple
antique. I did not believe it could have powers."
She spoke on the verge of going hysterical.
"Relena, what are you talking about?" Hilde asked
now starting to really get worried.
Relena took a moment to calm herself then said, "Well, I
thought the woman who sold me the amulet was only telling me those
stories to make your gift a more convincing buy. I did not
believe a word she said. She just was not making logical
sense. And since I really wanted to buy you the amulet,
and didn't pay much attention to her. As far as I was concerned,
the amulet was a beautiful antique that would make the perfect
birthday gift for you. So I just let her prattle on about
how it was a magical amulet that could make your wildest dreams
come true. I thought she meant like a good luck charm, but
this is all beyond anything I could have imagined would
happen. Besides why would she sell it, if it were magical?
Wouldn't she want her dreams to come true?"
"She probably had similar encounter with it" Heero said
beaming with sarcasm.
"Nevertheless, you must be able to remember some of her babbling?
Is there something that might help us fix this mess?"
"Not much." She thought for a second. "Oh!
She did say something about it only working on nights of a full
moon."
"And last night we did have a full moon. Remember you
and me were looking at it on the balcony. It was when we
were talking about the amulet and switching places."
Hilde began excitedly then faltered when she realized why she
was in Duo's body and vice versa.
"Yes Hilde, me and you unknowingly actually made a wish under
the full moon last night, while you were wearing the amulet."
Duo and Heero looked at each other then at the Relena and Hilde.
"Please tell you remember the exact wish, so we can try to
get ourselves back to normal." Duo asked with a pleading
look on his face.
"Actually, we had a pretty long discussion last night, but
neither one of us actually said 'I wish'." Hilde replied.
"Hilde babe, it would be good, if you could remember
anything. Just try to remember the part where you two talked
about switching places."
"Besides, this is not a genie in a bottle we are dealing
with. You probably did not have to say 'I wish.' If
you recall, Relena said the sales lady told her it makes your
wildest dreams come true." Heero said.
"Wow! Hilde I'm flattered. I didn't think you
ever dreamed about being me." Duo said with a pleased expression,
despite the fact he was still nervous about the whole situation.
The only answer he got was everyone rolling their eyes at him.
"Let's just try to stick to fixing our problem at the moment
you baka." Heero chided Duo.
"Ok, Sheesh. I was just trying to lighten the mood a little."
Hilde was tapping her forehead with her finger, while she was
concentrating to remember her and Relena's conversation.
(A.N. She tapped her forehead kind of like Winnie the Pooh.
You know "Think. Think"). "Well, let's see.
Oh! I remember. I asked Relena if she ever wondered
what it would be like in ya'll shoes. And she thought I
meant being able to read your mind. Well, she thought I
was nuts because she said your mind was to complicated."
Hilde said as she gestured toward Heero. "But that
is not what I meant. So I asked her if she ever wondered
what the world would be like through the eyes of a certain
Gundam pilot. You know, seeing how the other half lives
even if it is only for a day or two."
Heero was trying his best to listen to Hilde's rambling, but she
was talking she fast he could hardly keep up. "So you're
saying you asked Relena if she ever wondered about being a Gundam
pilot." He interrupted Hilde trying to keep his thoughts
and her story in order.
"No, I asked her if she wanted to be you."
Heero looked at Relena, and she turned a bright shade of red.
"Anyway, as I was saying. Finally, after I drew it
out of her, she told me the truth. She said yes it would
be nice to have a different role in life."
"Yeah, but don't forget you made the same wish. I asked
you, if you ever wanted to trade places with Duo. You said
yes because you would get to fly a cool Gundam, be stronger, and
legally walk into the men's locker room." Relena said,
and still she could not say the last reason without a smile.
"So that's what you two were saying about the men's locker
room at Preventer Headquarters. I hate catching the end
of conversations, and it has been bothering me to figure that
part out." Duo said.
Hilde got a mischievous look in her eye and started rubbing her
hands together. "That reminds me. Preventer base,
here I come. Hehe." Then she walked toward the
door.
"Oh, no you don't. You get your Uh my butt back here
now." Duo said right before he grabbed Hilde, and pulled
her back to where she was.
"Ah come on Duo I was only kidding. Sheesh can't you
take a joke."
"Not when it concerns you seeing a bunch of half dressed
or maybe even naked men."
"Damn."
"Will you two behave? We have something more important
at the moment to deal with." Heero said then he looked
over at Relena. "Now, was that the extent of your conversation?"
"Yeah, that was pretty much it."
"My guess is since Hilde specified for only a day or two
everything should return to normal at the end of two days."
Heero said.
"That's a pretty big assumption, Heero buddy. And you
know what they say about assuming." Duo said.
"Yeah well, it's all we got."
"But what if at the end of two days nothing happens?"
"I don't know, but until then I think it would be wise not
to tell the others our situation."
"Why not?" Hilde asked.
"Because do you honestly think they will believe us.
They will probably either think we have lost our minds, or they
will think it is part of some elaborate joke. Think about
it. Would you believe this possible, if it did not happen
to you?" Heero reasoned.
"No, I wouldn't." Hilde answered him.
"Heero, how are we supposed to hide this? It is not
easy pretending to be you, ya know."
"But Relena. You should have seen yourself. You
pulled off a damn good death glare, plus you managed to tick Dorothy
off. It was a greatest impression of Heero, if I'd ever
seen one." Hilde said.
"Yeah, but that was one time. We have to pretend
to be each other for two days. How are we going to pull
that off? One or more of us is bound to slip up."
"You are probably right, Relena, but we will just have to
do our best." Duo said.
"I guess you're right." Relena sighed.
"Oh, lighten up. Think of it as an adventure.
We can have fun with this. How often does an opportunity
like this arise?" Hilde said cheerfully trying to lighten
the mood.
Heero glared at Hilde then and Relena. "Just don't
get any ideas."
Hilde gave an innocent look. "Who us? Never!
We'll be good" She held up her hand.
"Scout's honor."
"Hey that's my line."
"But I'm you now, aren't I?"
"Uh?"
"Ha ha."
Heero rolled his eyes. "This is going to be a long
weekend."
(1) I'm sorry, if mentioning the word coma offends anyone.
I was just trying to think of a condition that could be the next
step to happen after suffering from severe shock. Coma was
the only thing I could think of. Hey, I'm not a med student,
ok. I know it is a serious subject that shouldn't be taken
lightly that is why I felt I should apologize in case someone
did get offended. Gomen.
Ok, that is the end of Chapter 2. I guess I should mention
that the first few lines of this chapter were similar to the poem,
"Twas the Night Before Christmas." No, I do not
claim ownership to the poem, but the owner is now many years deceased,
and I did not think he would mind. I guess I should also
mention that I got the idea of the characters switching bodies
from other fanfics, movies, books, etc. However, the story
and the situations I put the characters in are all my own ideas,
so don't say I copied off of anymore. Because this is my
story and my imagination. Mine. Do you hearme?
MINE! Sorry, I got carried away. I hope everyone liked it.
I'm sorry to all you QWxDC fans. I kind of liked the idea
of Trowa and Dorothy for this fic. To all you Quatre fans
out there, don't fret. Quatre is not going to be forgotten
in this fic. No sir. I have my plans for Mr. Winner,
but you all won't find them out until a later chapter. Well,
I'm going to say good-bye for now. Please Review.
Chapter 3 is on the way. Buh-bye!