I was in my familiar city. It was summer when I first used my ability. When I was fifteen years old, I saw a younger man hovering around me. I didn't know he was a ghost. He was floating around wildly, but he noticed that I was watching him. So he stood in front of me, swaying his right hand as I addressed him as to what he was doing. Startled that he had been discovered, he fell backward. "You can see me." Of course, he had seemed a little strange to me. A man who can levitate, and in my room at that. "Who are you?", I wanted to know from him. He quickly got up and sat next to me. He explained to me that I must not tell anyone that he existed. I didn't ask why at first, because I could have answered my question myself. At first he introduced himself. He is James Hermen and was a young student. He further explained to me that he has the ability to jump into other bodies. And then he had been found and experimented on before he died. It was all happening too fast for me. "Isn't that physically impossible?", I had asked him, and he had swung his head around. "Your spirit leaves your body and slips into another body you know or don't know. It doesn't make any difference. Well, almost." I looked at him in confusion. What does that mean now? "You can only wake up in a body of the opposite sex." Oh no. I can only be the opposite sex? I had to live with that. I had no choice. "You are the other person and have this identity. I assume that you have the ability." In the case that I possess it, I should act like that person, don't make a drama out of it. He also told me not to be afraid. Whenever I am outside, he jumps in and will keep my body. "And what happens to the other person?", I wondered. He looked at me. This one is floating in the air. For this person, it will seem like a dream until you give him his place again. In that case, my everyday life should still be the same.
The first time I used my powers was when I fell asleep one normal evening. I suddenly opened my eyes and turned on my sides. That's when I realized I wasn't lying in my bed. I stood up straight and was now standing in the pitch dark. I knew neither where I was nor who I was. I looked for a mirror. Until I found one, it took forever. And there I saw myself. As James explained to me, he had also been right. I looked at her, her long hair falling down and her eyes. She was nice, but could hardly be considered fun. "Sleep tight," I said to her, in a high-pitched voice. I lay back in her bed and fell asleep.
The next morning, I woke up. This time in my bed. James was hovering around me. "So how was it?" he wanted to know from me. Nothing in particular. He just laughed and said it will be. I thought I knew how something like that could happen. He if I can relax and concentrate, then I can jump around. It seemed to me like an infinite journey that only I can join. Relaxed I was not. Well now I had to learn it. How else could I learn it? Something new, dangerous was coming my way. I didn't want to end up like James and yet I could have fun with it. We will see.
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