Sailor Moon: Body Swap.

by

B&M.   


       "I suppose that you have a way to gather more human souls to feed
the Negatree, dear brother," Anne said to her brother Alan as they both
sat under the tree that kept them both alive.
       "Indeed I do, my dear sister," he answered, "and not even that
meddling tramp, Sailor Moon, will be able to stop us this time."
         He then shuffled a deck of cards, cut them a few times, and
spread them on a nearby table. Anne then picked one in the middle as Alan
picked up his magic flute and began playing an errie tune from it.
      There was a blinding flash, and there stood in place of the card was
an ominous looking figure completely covered in a black hood and robe
except for his two bony hands.
      "Meet our new cardian, Reaper," said Alan proudly of his new evil
creation. "He has the power to siphon off the life- forces of all living
things and transfer them to others, including the Negatree. And if those
Sailor bimbos dare to try and stop him, he will make their souls into
plant food as well."
       The next morning found the alarm clock going off at 7:00 a.m. in
Serena's bedroom. She quickly woke up, got dressed, ate a quick breakfast,
and dotted out the door as fast as she could. 
       In her rush, she accidentally woke up her cat, Luna, who then ran
after her as she tried to catch up with her to tell her something, but it
was no use. Serena was going to be early for school today for once if it
was the last thing she did.
      She did make it to the school half an hour early, but she found the
building empty and the doors locked.
      Luna then finally caught up with her and said after catching her
breath,
"The school is closed, Serena. It's Saturday."
      "Now she tells me!" muttered Serena when suddenly she heard people
screaming. Curious, she and Luna went down the block to discover the
Reaper trying to drain countless innocent people of their souls.
      "It's a cardian!" shouted Luna. "We'll need our old friend to deal
with him. It's time to summon Sailor Moon."
      Serena agreed. She held out her magic brooch and shouted, "Moon
crystal power!" But before she was able to transform, the Reaper tried to
drain her soul.
      There was a blinding flash followed by a colorful explosion which
quickly knocked out both Serena and Luna, and it drove the Reaper away in
a panic.
      About a hour later, they both woke up, and they found themselves
surrounded by their friends Amy Anderson, Raye Hino, Lita, Mina, Serena's
beau Darien, and Luna's mate Artemis who asked, "Are you girls all right?"
       "I'm fine, Artemis,"  answered Luna as she held up her paws to lick
them, but she soon saw to her horror that instead of paws, she had two
hands. Serena's hands.
       "I think we might have a slight problem here," said Luna with her
own voice coming out of Serena's mouth. Everyone just stared at her in
total shock except the still dazed Serena who was just coming to in Luna's
body.
       Serena finally came to her senses, and she saw everybody looking at
her with strange expressions on their faces. "What?" she asked, "I didn't
get bruised, did I?"
       Darien said nothing, but he did point to a nearby mirror. Serena
took just one look at her reflection in it, and she immediately bust into
tears> "I'm a cat!" she wailed.
       "Crying won't help us, Serena," said Luna. "We have to think. The
power of the brooch must have caused the Reaper's powers to transfer our
souls into each other instead of him."
       Artemis began to think as he had a big stupid smile on his face.
"Well, Serena," he said, "as long as you're inside Luna, what do you say
we..."
       Darien, Serena, Luna, and Mina kept him from completing his
sentence by shouting together, "Don't get any ideas!"
       "Well, it was worth a try," Artemis said as a gave out a sheepish
grin that made him look like a Cheshire cat.
      "I'm afraid that you two will have to pretend to be each other
until we find a way to change you back," Raye said to them. "Serena, do
you think that you can walk on four legs?"
       "Are you kidding? " Artemis asked. "She can't take ten steps on two
legs without tripping, let alone four."
        After lots of practice and tripping, however, Serena did manage to
walk on all fours and pass herself off as a cat. To her own surprise, she
did adjust to life as a feline; however, she did dread baths when she used
to love them before, and there was the problem of being chased by an
occasional dog.
       Luna had to adjust to life as a human as well, and she managed to
pass herself off as Serena quite nicely until the day a mouse ran loose in
the classroom. The other girls panicked while Luna pounced on the mouse and
ate it much to the Sailor Scouts' embarrassment.
      This new way of living went on for two months with nobody suspecting
a thing until one day when Serena was watching Ramona 1/2 on television. She
heard Shampoo complain about being a woman in a cat's body, and she was
only able to sigh and reply, "Yes, I know the feeling."
      Suddenly, Luna burst in and shouted, "Serena, the Reaper is back!
The Sailor Scouts are out fighting him now, and they could defeat him, but
they need Sailor Moon!"
      "How can I become Sailor Moon when I'm in your body?" asked Serena.
      " Maybe if you transform, it could cause us to switch back to
normal," Luna replied without much optimism in her voice as she took the
magic brooch out of her pocket. "Keep your fingers crossed!"
       "I would if I still had any. MOON CRYSTAL POWER!"
       In a blinding flash, the teenage girl's presence was replaced by
the heroic figure of Sailor Moon, princess of the Moon and champion of
justice.
      Serena and Luna were both shocked, however, to see themselves still
in each other's bodies.
      There was no time to figure out another plan. Luna had to go and
fight the cardian herself as Sailor Moon. She then rushed to the scene of
battle with Serena close at her heels.
      They both arrived not a moment too soon. The Sailor Scouts all
fought valiantly, but they still took a terrible beating from the Reaper.
      "Stop this at once! I am Sailor Moon, and in the name of the Moon, I
will punish you!" announced Luna as she tried to sound more like Serena
than Serena.
      The Reaper obviously wasn't impressed. He held out his hand, and he
attempted to drain Luna's soul, but she quickly jumped out of the way.
      Luna was very surprised by her human form's great agility. She
wondered how Serena can eat so much junk food and yet keep her body in
such great shape.
       The Reaper was about to try again when a mysterious man dressed in
Arab robes suddenly appeared out of the sky.
       "It's the Moonlight Knight!" Serena shouted with joy as he threw
down a white rose that gave out a blinding flash when it landed on the
ground.
       An instant later, both the Moonlight Knight and his rose were gone,
and Serena and Luna were left just standing there in their own bodies.
      Being back to normal gave Serena a new sense of confidence. "Okay,
Luna!" she said. "I'll take over from here. You go find someplace safe." 
      "Oh, sure," Luna said jokingly. "Fight him now that I wore him down
for you."
      "And don't think that I don't appreciate it," she replied as she
took out her magic scepter and shouted "Moon scepter elimination!" as the
Reaper disintegrated into a huge pile of moondust that quickly blew away
in the wind.
     One hour later, Anne and Alan were yelling loud enough to wake up the
whole city as they blamed each other for another failed scheme.
     The next morning, Serena and Luna were home discussing how great it
was to be themselves again as Luna gave herself a manicure and painted her
claws and Serena began to sharpen her fingernails on the sofa.

                                                           THE END.

     Dedicated to Tiddles and Newton, wherever they are.