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Chapter 12 by fantaghiro
What's next?
questioning himself?
James’s pulse quickened as he caught sight of his reflection in the glass pane of the back door, the pink hem swaying around his thighs. A rush of heat ran up his neck. He was flustered—his own behavior didn’t make sense. This wasn’t him, wasn’t what he’d planned, and yet…
Instead of panic, something brighter hummed inside him. He should have been worried—should have torn the clothes off, should have demanded an explanation from himself—but that concern simply wouldn’t come. What replaced it was far more dangerous: a giddy thrill, a sense of release that made him feel almost dizzy.
It was like stepping into sunlight after years of shadow, every thought whispering that he was "back where he belonged". He twirled a lock of hair around his finger, bracelets chiming as he did, and the soft jingle made his lips twitch into a smile.
If he was honest with himself, a part of him didn’t want to think too hard about any of it. The questions—Why am I doing this? Why do I feel like this?—faded before they could fully form, drowned out by a voice that was both strange and familiar:
I’m alive. I’m young. I’m beautiful. I’m rich. Why shouldn’t I be happy?
The words weren’t his, not entirely, but they settled into him with the weight of truth. They felt right. They made him laugh softly, a bubbling sound that startled him and yet felt completely natural. Each time he tried to summon the unease he thought he should feel, it slipped away, replaced by a dangerous kind of contentment—like the click of a puzzle piece falling exactly where it was always meant to be.
What's next?
The Ultimate Transplant
Someone you know is given a new body & life
PLEASE ADD CHAPTERS! A close friend or family member is horribly injured in an accident. As they lay dying in the emergency room, another patient dies of a brain aneurysm. Both of them are organ donors, so a surgeon decides it's the perfect opportunity for him to try an experimental surgery. He transplants the victim's higher brain (the cerebellum) to the donor's body in an attempt to 'save' a life. Amazingly it works. But the surgery was not approved so the hospital convinces the families to keep quiet, arguing that revealing this operation to the public would bring never-ending media attention to all involved. That means that the patient will have to publicly assume the identity of the donor. What will this mean to your friends and family? Who else will you tell? Although you will spend a lot of time and effort giving support, how will all this alter your relationship to the patient? And how will he or she adapt to a complete change of body and identity? Many transformation stories focus on the change or victim, so I thought it would be interesting to instead have the POV be someone who sees the change from the outside. Writers feel free to explore a change in age, gender, class or ethnicity - and the repercussions that change would have on the main character (and others). This is from my writing.com story with thanks and credit to other contributors, especially Wassel, Wordsmitty, and Enigma. Please see the original at https://www.writing.com/main/interactive-story/item_id/1886863-The-Ultimate-Transplant for the original authors' posts. Also you should check out Wassel's version at https://www.writing.com/main/interactive-story/item_id/1974478-The-Transplant ).
Updated on Jun 24, 2026
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Created on Jan 19, 2021
by fantaghiro
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