Switched

Day 2: Heart to Heart

"Blaze? Blaze, wake up!"

Blaze swatted away the hands of her best friend as she sluggishly opened her eyes. "Silver?" She sat up. "What?"

Silver was sitting in front of her, Elise beside him. "It's morning." He rubbed his arm, where a gold ring was now around his wrist. "I think we switched sometime overnight."

Blaze looked down to see that she was no longer dressed in Knuckles' athletic wear, and was instead clad with the jacket and bandana of the Blue Blur. "I guess you're right." She glanced at the dark clothes covering Silver. "So, you're-"

"Shadow, yeah." He angled his head towards the other girl. "Elise here got your powers." Sure enough, the other girl was adorned with Blaze's purple coat.

"And it looks like I'm Sonic," Blaze said, standing. The other two followed suit.

Elise shyly raised a hand. "I think I've managed to sense an emerald. We can continue the way we were going yesterday."

Silver turned to Blaze, a glint of excitement in his eyes. "And since the two of us have super speed, we'll be able to cover a lot more ground."

"Sounds good." She made her way over to Elise. "May I?"

"Oh! Sure," Elise said as Blaze scooped her into her arms.

Silver and Blaze lined up in the direction they had been traveling the day before. "Ready?" she asked.

"Ready!" Silver said, a grin on his face.

Together, the three sped off through the jungle.

"Oh man," Tails said, spinning with delight, "This outfit's so cool! I gotta wear rompers more often!" When he had woken up in the morning, he had been wearing the variation of Amy's dress that had previously been on Shadow. Unlike the other boy, however, he had been rather happy with the development.

Walking beside him, Sonic scoffed. "You feel cool?" He gestured down to the futuristic bodysuit he now wore. "I can lift things with my hands!" He held his hands out and pumped them back and forth. "Pew pew!"

"I'm glad you two are enjoying this," Shadow said, crossing his arms. He did not share his friends' enthusiasm, seemingly due to the set of powers he had been shackled with. He had gained the power of Princess Elise, complete with opera-length gloves, puffy sleeves, and a cape.

Sonic smirked. "Don't worry. I didn't forget about you, Shadow." He gave an exaggerated curtsy. "You're very pretty."

Shadow continued walking. "I fucking hate you," he muttered, "I hate this." He held his hands out. "What even are my abilities? Getting captured 18 times?"

Tails turned around. "That's not very nice, Shadow," he said seriously.

Sonic, on the other hand, chuckled. "That was good. But Elise said she's been learning magic, so I bet that transferred to you."

Shadow stopped walking to examine his hands, Sonic and Tails continuing ahead. Sonic was just about to turn around and tell him to hurry up when the boy in question said:

"That would be helpful if I had any fucking clue how it worked."

For the second day in a row, Rouge found herself in the arms of Knuckles. However, rather than being carried through the dense jungle of the island, they were high above it, propelled by the two red tails Knuckles had gained overnight. Keeping pace with him was Amy, sporting Rouge's own outfit and wings.

"I don't think it's very fair that you have to carry me again," Rouge said.

Knuckles smirked a bit at that. "It's not my fault that the powers you've gotten haven't come with a mode of transportation and mine do." He looked down at her. "What, are you complaining?"