Subject: Transfiguration

Task: Write a Body Swap AU

Weekly Drabble: Remus/James

Jewel Month: Moonstone - Necklace: Soulmate AU

Word Count: 558

A Universal Mistake?

"Are you ready?" James asked, nervously glancing at his watch.

"Ready as I'll ever be," Remus replied, picking at a loose thread on his cardigan. "And you? Ready to swap bodies with your soulmate?"

"I think so, but it'll be weird sitting down to relieve myself," James laughed. "I've not done that in years. But I suppose it'll be worse for my girl having to stand."

"Do you think our soulmates will like each other?" Remus asked, worried that their plan to put them in the same place may go awry. "What if they don't? What if, when the time comes, they force us to choose between them and our friendship?"

"That'll never happen," James replied confidently. "Two people as awesome as us will have equally awesome soulmates."

Remus nodded his head. "Five seconds, four, three, two, one…"

~o~o~o~

James' eyes fluttered open. He took in his surroundings as he climbed to his feet. Something was wrong though; everything looked the same as it had moments ago. Had the universe decided he was undeserving of a soulmate? Well, if that was the case, at least he would be able to get the inside scoop on Remus' soulmate.

He looked down at the man still on the ground and reached down to help him up to his feet. But as he rolled over and his eyes fluttered open, James took a step back, shaking his head

"No, no, no," he muttered as he watched himself clamber to his feet. "This has to be a mistake. I'm into girls. Sexy girls in cardigans."

"The universe makes no mistakes," Remus answered, "but even I have to wonder why it chose us to be soulmates. I've never thought of you in that way except for…"

"Except for what?" James asked, furrowing his eyebrows, wondering what Remus wasn't telling him.

"Don't judge me," Remus said, putting his hands into his pockets, "but back in school, I once had a dream about us."

"Oh really?" James asked, waggling his eyebrows. "Care to elaborate?"

"Not really," Remus answered, blushing, "but maybe one day."

"So what now? James asked. "Do we hold hands? Kiss?"

"How about we go on a date and take it from there?" Remus suggested. "Maybe you'll find you like sexy guys in cardigans too."

"Well, you can pull off a cardigan like no other man I've ever met," James admitted, looking at his reflection mirror on the wall as Remus blushed once again. "You know, I look good when I blush," he commented, turning back to face Remus. "I can't wait to see what you look like when I make you blush in your own body."

"It wouldn't be difficult," Remus admitted.

"Is it strange that I have this overwhelming desire to kiss you… even though you're in my body?" James asked, closing the distance between himself and Remus.

"No, because I feel the same," Remus said as James leant in to kiss him gently on the lips.

Their lips stayed connected for a few moments, barely moving against one another as they relished in the intense connection.

"Well, that was a surreal experience," James laughed as they separated.

"Yeah," Remus replied, feeling a little breathless.

"Let's wait until we're back in our own bodies before doing that again though," James suggested. "And trust me, we will be doing it a lot more."