Thought of as a blue light that switches random traits with people, it is some times thought of as a trouble making sprite that flies around the world mucking with peoples lives. Although no one truly knows how it works and what caused it to happen. All the people who are effected by it know that it changes one or more things about themselves, whether it be mental or physical, changing ages or genders, shrinking or growing body parts, even switching accessories like piercings, tattoos and plastic surgery. Some peoples lives are ruined and others are improved by these changes, relationships are broken others however are improved.
My story starts with Michael, an 18 year old University student, who has yet to be effected by the wave. He has heard storied from his fellow student about what the wave is and how it has effected peoples lives in the past but nothing has happened like it for the past 20 year, and when it did only a minority of people is certain countries were effected by it. For example his mother had been effected by this wave, Aki use to be a 60 year old Asian woman, but when the wave hit her ethnicity was switched with a British man and her age was switched with a 30 year old. His farther Edward, on the other hand use to be a 5' tall 35 year old man who was nearing obese, but his height was switched with a 6'5" tall bodybuilder who lived across the street to him and his weight was switched with a fitness fanatic.
When the wave was over everyone went outside to see what state people were in, and that's when Edward and Aki met, they lived 3 doors away from each other and had only spoken briefly. After 2 years had passed they were married, a few months later Michael was born and it is 18 years later he is walking back to his dorm after a night out, thinking about what he'd heard earlier that day.
What happens to him or someone else and how the Trait Switch Wave starts again is up to you....
(Please add chapters however you like, the trait swapper doesn't even have to be a wave it can be whatever you want, use your imagination.)