Feeling the Power

Originally posted on July 19, 2013.

A few years ago, Opie found that he had a very odd power. He could push his spirit out of his own body and into another person. This would push that soul out and a bit of body swapping often between several people would result. But his aim was terrible, and it would often take hours to get everyone back in their rightful body. As a result, he rarely used this power. In fact, he hadn’t even planned on using this power today. It sort of went off by pure accident. His neighbor Angela was babysitting, and he was just getting so frustrated from all the crying. Suddenly, his spirit shot out his body and through the wall into Angela’s body. He saw Angela’s spirit enter the baby, and the baby’s spirit whisked away through the wall. As Opie started feeling up his new body, he could see Angela looking up from the baby’s body with anger. And it dawned on Opie. This was the first time he had no real need to swap back. Angela in the baby’s body couldn’t speak yet, and his own body with the baby inside was also unable to talk. He could simply just stay as Angela, and that seemed like a good deal to him.