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Sarah?

​Sarah I do not know what made us switch that night. Sgoth was in no danger at all. She'd just been watching this marvellous view and was on her way to bed. Her body was exhausted, and so I walked to her bed and shut my eyes to sleep. It felt awkward to be in her body this time, like she had lost all will to be alive. Wait a minute? Was she dead? No, she could not be dead. When we wake up, everything will be just fine. I woke up the next day, still in her body! I sat up. What the hell was going on?! I held my hair, Sgoth's hair, in lumps squeezed. "Aarrgh that hurt!" That sounded an awful lot like Sgoth. "Sgoth, is that you?" That sounded a whole lot like her too. Wait a second. Am I talking? "I'm talking!" Just then, somebody came rushing in. "Miss Cain?" It was Cooper. He was frantic. I looked at him and it felt like one of the most important moments of my life. I grinned, and before I could think any better I shouted, "Cooper,...

The Lights

​Pandora was the embodiment of human life in harmony. It was like the meeting place of every race and ethnicity. As we drove to the Manor, I could not help but be in awe. We were in the Northern fifth, one that had once been part of Europe. The posh side. Of course that was what Cooper had organised. It was typical of him. I could not care less about that though. I just watched the world from the back of the black car we were in. Tinted windows just made me feel like a prisoner, but oh well, that was the least of my problems. I sighed as I lifted my elbow onto  the side rest and rested my cheek in my hand. Still I looked outside. "Alright Miss Cain?" I turned to Cooper who had lifted his head from his laptop for the first time since we got in the car. He sat across from me. The light from the laptop lit his face. His eyes, a pale grey, looked tired. Results of the flight I guessed. His hair never looked anything short of perfect, pitch black and shiny in the most adorable cur...