“It worked! Miles, it worked!” She said as she hugged the imposter.
“Yeah… It’s pretty weird though. I feel so… different.” He managed to say with a new voice that matched his fit body.
Miles was a pretty big dude. He must have felt really odd to have that frame. It was quite humorous to see him look at his new body with such curiosity though. Everything was new to Miles, just like how everytime I shift, it is new for me.
We took Miles back into his room to let him rest up. We tried to see if he acquired my power by having him touch the same hairs on his dad’s comb. Even though he transformed into his buddy, he didn’t have my power.
I ended up transforming Miles back into his normal self. Luckily, this time he didn’t vomit or anything.
He seemed to be sad about losing his new body, but also relieved that he was back to his normal self. I told him that in order for this to happen again, he would need to pose as me while I became him. He agreed since he seemed excited about shapeshifting again. I warned him of the addictive nature of the power, but luckily he didn’t have any control over it anyway. Soon after, he fell asleep and for some reason, I almost had the urge to kiss him goodnight since I was still disguised as their father.
“So, your power does work on others.” Ashley said solemnly in the hallway.
“I guess so, but it doesn’t seem like they take it very well.” I said, referencing how quickly Miles became ill. “That happened to me you know. The first time I shapeshifted I felt sick.”
“Really? I wonder why.”
“Guess the body just doesn’t take rearranging its DNA in all of its cells too well. Now that I think about it, it doesn’t sound very pleasant.”
“But you don’t feel that way anymore? You can shift without feeling anything?” She asked.
“Yeah. I guess my body is just used to it.”
A few seconds passed and Ashley’s expression once again changed.
“Well, I guess our plan was a success. Not only do you get to come on vacation with me, but we are slowly uncovering things about you.” She said optimistically, changing the subject.
“Yup, I will get to be your older brother and boss your around.” I joked.
We laughed a little bit and said our farewells. I was looking forward to this weekend now that our plan worked out. But now two people knew about my ability, and frankly one of them I don’t trust completely. Miles seemed to be alright with finding out about my power, but what’s to stop him from exposing me? Shapeshifting him into whoever he wants? And what if Ashley asks for me to change her now that she knows I have the power to do that? All of these thoughts haunted me that night. I didn’t know what my future held, but I knew I had to keep it a secret.