Several years ago I wrote my Monkey Gods trilogy of stories, each of
which dealt with a different monkey figurine which granted wishes with
a different catch. This is a series of vignettes about those same
monkey idols which I wrote as a serial on my Yahoo group.
Tales of the Monkey Gods By Morpheus
The chirping of a bird filled the air, abruptly breaking the silence
which had ruled the room. The little parakeet frantically bounced
around its cage as though sensing that something powerful and momentous
was about to occur.
On the other side of the dorm room, 19 year old college student
Michelle sat and stared in thoughtful silence at the strange object
sitting on her desk. It was a small marble figurine of a monkey
sitting in the lotus position. The figurine looked silly, but Michelle
was well aware that it was far more than it first appeared.
"Let's see," Michelle spoke, making her first noise in half an hour.
Michelle quickly glanced to her noisy parakeet, wishing it would be
quiet. It was hard thinking with it making such a racket and at the
moment she needed her thoughts to be clear. She couldn't make any
mistakes at all with this once in a lifetime opportunity.
It was hard to believe that Michelle had found this marble monkey just
a few hours ago in the most unlikely of places. It had been under the
wheel of her tire and she hadn't even known it was there until she'd
backed out of her parking space and had gone right over it...feeling
the bump as she did so. Of course she'd immediately gotten out of her
car to see what she'd run over and...and there it was. It hadn't even
been broken or damaged at all by her running over it, though that was
hardly the most amazing thing about the figurine.
When Michelle had picked up the marble monkey it had actually spoken to
her...or at least somehow put words directly into her mind. It hadn't
said anything at all since, but she wasn't about to forget what it had
told her. It had told her that she could make three wishes, then it
would grant two of them to her and one to the next wisher.
Once Michelle had gotten over her initial shock and disbelief she'd
spent the last half hour thinking about what she could possibly wish
for...and how she could word the wishes. After all, everyone heard
about monkey paw wishes...ones that were twisted in ways you didn't
intend.
"But not for me," she said, sure that her wishes would work out the way
she intended them. Even if the monkey told her she'd only get two of
them.
Michelle took a deep breath, then began to carefully recite her wishes,
trying to be specific so that they wouldn't come back to bite her. She
felt extremely nervous as she finished, but also incredibly excited.
The moment Michelle finished making her third wish she felt a strange
tingling rush through her entire body. Every hair on her body, no
matter how fine, all stood up at once as thought caught in a massive
surge of static electricity.
Suddenly Michelle felt a surge of new information flooding into her
mind. She gasped in shock though she already knew what this was. This
one of her three wishes being granted. Now she knew everything she
would need in order to earn straight A's in all of her classes for the
rest of the year.
Then Michelle noticed something glittering from the corner of her eye
and turned to see gold and diamonds spread out all over the floor.
There was a pile of jewelry, an exact and perfect copy of each piece of
jewelry in her favorite jewelry store. Nothing was stolen from them,
so there was no crime and she could keep the pieces she wanted and sell
the rest for enough money to last her a long time. The jewelry might
be more difficult to use than just cash, but it was also less likely to
be called counterfeit and get her in trouble.
As delighted as Michelle was by this new knowledge and wealth, she was
also disappointed by which of her three wishes the monkey had chosen
not to grant. The truth was, that one could have been the most useful
of them all.
It was then that Michelle suddenly realized that the magic wasn't done
with her quite yet. She could feel a tingling along her skin and had
just noticed that her body was starting to change. Her clothes were
starting to become loose as well.
"What the...?" Michelle gasped in shock, confused by what was happening
to her body. "This isn't what I wished for..." She felt a frantic
panic as she looked at herself, as she saw how she was changing. This
certainly wasn't her third wish. "What's happening to me?"
When Michelle finished changing mere seconds later, she immediately
turned to the marble monkey to demand answers. But to her further
surprise the monkey figurine was no longer sitting on her desk where
she'd left it. She quickly looked around but saw no sign of where it
could have possibly gone.
"Oh no," Michelle gasped in horror as she looked over her transformed
body, "oh no..." Then she took one more look at the empty spot which
had previously been occupied by that marble monkey and screamed.
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The sound of birds filled the air as two crows cawed back and forth,
almost seeming to compete for which could be the loudest. Unfortunately
neither one seemed to be near their limit or appeared as though they
would submit anytime soon.
Sixteen year old Cal scowled as he walked past the obnoxious birds,
wishing they'd be quiet for once. It seemed that there were almost
always a couple of birds creating a racket from the same tree nearly
every day when he walked home from school.
"Maybe I should ask for a BB gun for Christmas," he mused, thinking
about how much fun it would be to quiet the crows for once.
As it was, there was almost no way Cal would be able to hear his cell
phone ring if anyone called him. Specifically, Cal was waiting for his
friend Dave to call with plans to sneak out after dark so they could TP
a tree in the yard of Dave's asshole neighbor.
"That's gonna be fun," Cal grinned mischieviously, remembering the way
that neighbor had refused to let them get a football that had
accidentally ended up on his roof during a game of catch.
Cal continued thinking about the plans he and Dave had...thinking that
perhaps they should fork the yard too. He'd never done that before but
he'd heard it was a great prank.
Just then Cal noticed a small object on the sidewalk just a few yards
ahead of him. His first thought was that it was just a rock, but when
he got close enough to kick it out of his way he realized that it was
something else. Cal bent over and saw that it was actually some sort
of white rock or ceramic figurine made to look like a monkey.
"Some kind of cheap trinket," Cal muttered, thinking of all the little
decorations his mom had all over the house or the junk that was usually
sold at garage sales for just a quarter.
At first Cal was just going to leave the monkey figurine where he'd
found it and keep walking but then he got curious. Maybe it was one of
those collectible knick knacks that looked just like the cheap ones,
but were for some unexplainable reason a lot more expensive. It might
even make a decent birthday present for his mom since she liked that
kind of thing.
Cal picked up the monkey figurine and held it up for a closer look, not
being any more impressed than he was with his first look. Now he could
see some faint dark streaks through the white stone and the fact that
it had two green gems for eyes. Probably cheap plastic, Cal thought
absently. It still looked like cheap junk to him.
But then Cal suddenly heard words...more in his head than with his
ears. "You may make three wishes," the voice told him inside his head,
seeming somehow to actually be coming from the monkey. "Two of these
wishes shall be granted to thee and one shall be granted to the next
wisher."
"What the hell?" Cal gasped in surprise, dropping the monkey to the
ground where it bounced once off the sidewalk before landing in the
grass beside it.
Cal just stood there for a moment, staring down at the figurine in
disbelief, sure that he must have imagined this. However he knew that
he hadn't. He really had heard it talking to him in his mind.
"Three wishes." He licked his lips, then bent down and carefully
picked the monkey up again. There were no chips or signs of damage
from his dropping it onto the sidewalk. "What do you mean about
granting two of them...?" However there was no response or indication
that this was anything other than a normal inanimate trinket.
Cal licked his lips, tempted to make his wishes right away, but knowing
it might be better to at least think about it a bit more, so he could
be sure about what he wanted. Well, there was one wish he already knew
he was going to make for sure, but that still left two others.
"I can't believe this," Cal muttered as he clutched the monkey figurine
tight in his hand and hurried home, with all thoughts of his prank with
Dave or even the annoying crows forgotten.
As soon as Cal got home he rushed into his bedroom and locked the door
behind him. When he was sure he wouldn't be interrupted by his parents
or his older brother Greg he sat down on his bed and examined the
monkey figurine in more detail.
"Hello," Cal introduced himself to the monkey, "my name is Cal..." He
felt foolish for talking to an inanimate object like that. Then he had
an idea. "Are you some kind of genie in there?" However there was
still no response.
After a minute of trying in vain to get the monkey to talk again, Cal
was beginning to doubt himself. Maybe he had imagined the thing with
the voice in his head. Then again, it certainly wouldn't hurt to make
his wishes anyway.
Cal started with the obvious wish, the one he'd known he'd make the
moment he'd heard the offer of wishes. "I wish my uncle Peter didn't
have cancer anymore."
There was no sign that the monkey had heard or acknowledged this first
wish, nor did Cal really expect any. It had proven itself to be very
good at looking like an ordinary carved rock.
"I wish," Cal started with a grin, "I wish I was tall and had big
muscles like a body builder."
Cal chuckled in delight as he imagined being tall and muscular. He'd
be the envy of all the guys and would have all the girls throwing
themselves at him. And of course, no one would EVER mess with him
again.
Then for his third wish, Cal already knew what he wanted. "I wish my
dad would buy me a car..." As soon as the words left Cal's mouth he
realized that he hadn't worded it quite right and could do even better.
"I mean a Porsche. I wish I had a Porsche."
The monkey figurine grew warm in Cal's hand...then it was suddenly
gone. There was no flash of light...no puff of smoke...not even a
single sound to indicate it was gone. It second it was held tightly in
his grip and the next it was no longer there.
"What the hell?" Cal gasped in surprise, staring at his empty hand in
confusion. "Where'd it go?"
For several seconds Cal just sat there, staring at his hand with a
growing feeling of disappointment. This had seemed to anticlimactic.
He'd expected more after making his wish. He'd expected some big flash
of light or puff of smoke as his wishes were all granted...or maybe
even a big thunderous voice in his head saying 'GRANTED', but there was
nothing. There was no sign his wishes had been granted or even that
the monkey had ever been there in the first place.
"Damn," Cal scowled, feeling as though he'd just been cheated. He
looked down at himself and snorted in disgust, "Where are all my
muscles?" He shook his head. "That stupid thing cheated me."
Cal spent the next half hour in his room, sure that he must have been
the victim of some practical joke. Maybe someone was video taping him
to catch him making a fool of himself by actually falling for it and
making three wishes, but when he looked around his room there was no
camera. Of course any practical joker could have expected him to have
made his wishes right there out on the sidewalk. If that was the case
he'd at least kept them from recording him actually making the wishes.
Once Cal had calmed down, he decided to go get an after school snack.
He left his room and headed straight for the kitchen, hoping they still
had some Oreo's left in the cupboard.
Just as Cal reached the kitchen though and was about to search the
cupboard, he heard his dad's voice, "Hey Calvin. How was school
today?"
Cal turned to look at his dad who'd just come home from work. "All
right," he said with a shrug.
"Good," his dad responded with a nod, obviously not too interested in
the details, but wanting to be polite.
"You know," Cal's dad mused, "I got to thinking that you're sixteen
now..." He shook his head. "It's amazing how fast time goes by..."
"Yeah." Cal forced a smile, not wanting to hear another talk about no
matter how old he got he'd always remain a little boy in his dad's
eyes.
"Well," his dad grinned, "I think it's time you got your own car." He
winked at Cal. "Maybe having your own car will motivate you to finish
that drivers test and get your license."
"What?" Cal gasped, staring at his dad in amazement. "You're serious?"
"Of course," his dad grinned. "We'll go out looking for a used car for
you on Saturday. How does that sound?"
Cal gulped, feeling almost dizzy. Before this his dad had always told
him that if he wanted a car he could get a job and save up for it on
his own. This was a complete turnaround and Cal could only think of
one place it could have come from.
"How about a Porsche?" Cal asked eagerly.
"Sure," his dad responded, making Cal grin in delight until he added,
"Once you make enough to buy it yourself. If I could afford a Porsche
don't you think I'd be driving one myself?"
Cal felt nearly dizzy as he returned to his room, his delight about the
wishes having returned. It looked like his wishes were actually being
granted...even if the monkey didn't accept the change he'd tried making
to his last wish.
But as happy as Cal was at having one of his wishes granted, he still
wondered about the other two. Fortunately a few hours later he had
more good news when he overheard his parents talking.
"I just got off the phone with my brother Peter," Cal overheard his dad
saying, "he said that he just suddenly started feeling great...that all
the aches and dizziness just went away." There was a note of relief in
his dad's voice as he continued, "He says he hasn't felt this good
since before he got sick."
Cal grinned to himself when he overheard this, feeling quite pleased
that he'd made that wish. It looked like his uncle Peter no longer had
cancer...even if he didn't know it himself yet.
Cal was delighted that two of his wishes had indeed been granted so
far, but there was still no sign of him growing taller or more
muscular. Maybe that wish would be granted by him suddenly having a
growth spurt and growing over the next year or two so no one would
think anything strange about it...such as if he suddenly changed all at
once.
"That would be all right too," Cal sighed, knowing that he'd rather
grow all at once rather than waiting for it, but as long as he got what
he wanted it would be worth it.
However Cal began thinking about what the monkey had actually told him
when it said he could make three wishes. Now that he thought about it
he remembered that after it had said he could make three wishes it said
something about granting two wishes. Cal hadn't really been paying
much attention to that part at the time, having been too focused on a
weird voice in his head saying he could make three wishes.
"Maybe that means it's only going to grant two of my wishes," Cal mused
to himself, feeling disappointed. He'd really wanted to get big and
muscular. "But at least it fixed uncle Peter..." For that he was very
grateful.
Cal had a hard time containing his excitement and keeping himself from
blurting out to his dad that uncle Peter was not only feeling better,
but was completely cured of cancer. He was well aware of the fact that
his parents wouldn't believe his claims or any claims that he'd found a
magic monkey figurine that granted wishes. Besides he didn't want any
extra attention from his parents when he still had other plans for the
night.
Cal went to bed at his normal time though he was careful not to go to
sleep. He waited for a good hour after going to bed before quietly
climbing out from under his covers and getting dressed again. A quick
look at his clock revealed that he was right on schedule.
"I wonder if I should tell Dave about the wishes," Cal mused to
himself, imagining his friend's reaction. Unfortunately he decided
Dave would call him nuts and wouldn't believe it. "At least I can tell
him my dads buying me a car. That should impress him."
A minute later Cal climbed out his window and got away from his house
under the cover of darkness. He made his way as fast as he could to
Dave's house, wishing that he already had his car so it would be faster
or at least that he hadn't decided last year that he was too grown up
to keep riding a bicycle.
When Cal reached Dave's house his friend was already waiting for him
outside. Dave gestured for Cal to be quiet then held up a roll of
toilet paper to show that he was prepared for their practical joke.
"About time you got here," Dave whispered to Cal, looking annoyed.
Cal shrugged, "Sue me."
Then Cal paused, staring at Dave with a frown. Cal wasn't sure why,
but he felt something strange when he looked at Dave. It was almost
like he could feel Dave with his mind and all he had to do was reach
out and touch him.
"Are you ready?" Dave asked, breaking Cal out of his strange thoughts.
"Yeah," Cal scowled, feeling embarrassed at what he'd been thinking.
Cal shook his head to clear it of such weird ideas and instead turned
his attention to the task at hand. He followed Dave next door where
the two boys began to toss the roll of toilet paper over the trees and
brushes in the neighbor's yard, leaving long trails of toilet paper
behind when they did so.
"It's like playing catch," Cal called out to Dave, thinking about the
game of catch with football which had started this feud with the
neighbor to begin with. He threw the roll of toilet paper to Dave or
at least what was left of it.
Just then the front door opened and the neighbor stepped out,
demanding, "Who's there?"
Each of the boys immediately dove for cover with Dave jumping over the
fence into his own yard, while Cal was left behind to hide behind a
large toilet paper covered shrub.
"Who's there?" the neighbor demanded again, this time more angrily as
he saw his yard. "What the hell did you do to my yard...?"
Cal gulped, afraid that the neighbor would see and recognize him. The
last thing he wanted to do was explain this to his parents. He glanced
around the bush and saw Dave's neighbor still standing at his doorway,
a grumpy middle-aged man who had to be in his late forties.
"No," Cal gasped, suddenly realizing that he could somehow feel this
man...the same way he'd left Dave earlier. Cal could feel the man's
presence in his mind...could almost touch it.
Then Cal suddenly began to feel a strange tingling over his entire
body. It happened so fast that Cal had no idea what was going on, only
that his body seemed to be changing. Mere seconds after this tingling
started it stopped, but he was left with an entirely different
sensation...one of being in a strangers body.
Cal could barely see himself as he hid in the darkness behind the bush,
but he could feel that his body was changed. He gasped in shock and
staggered out from the bush and into the light provided by the yard
light. He was barely even aware of the man standing in the front door
as all his attention went down to his own body.
"What the hell?" Cal gasped in shock.
The first thing that Cal saw when he looked down was a pair of large
bulges pushing out from the front of his chest, straining his shirt to
nearly the bursting point. It wasn't even the shirt he was wearing
minutes ago, but some silky red blouse. But that seemed appropriate
because as he looked down the rest of his clothes had changed as well.
Instead of his pants he was wearing a knee length skirt. And instead
of his tennis shoes he was wearing a pair of black women's shoes with a
slight heel.
"Oh God," Cal winced in horror, feeling extremely confused.
Cal immediately knew that not only had his clothes changed, but so had
his body. From what little he saw he actually had a body to go with
the clothes...with sexy looking ladies legs and a generous pair of
breasts.
He shook his head in disbelief and felt long hair tickling his
shoulders.
Before Cal could make any sense at all about what was happening to him,
Dave's neighbor called out, "Catherine? Is that you?" He sounded
completely shocked, but not nearly as shocked as Cal felt.
Cal stared at the man feeling almost as horrified at being seen like
this as he did for being like this. There was a look of recognition,
shock, and disbelief on the man's face as he stared at Cal...looking
almost as though he'd just seen a ghost.
And at that moment Cal suddenly realized that he could not only feel
the man now...but could feel them somehow being connected. He was
somehow connected to the man who took several hesitant steps towards
him.
Cal immediately turned and started to run in the opposite direction
Dave had. He ran away from the man's yard while calls of, "Catherine,"
followed behind him. His pursuer seemed too shocked to actually follow
him far so Cal quickly lost him.
"Oh God," Cal exclaimed, hearing a woman's voice instead of his own.
Cal closed his eyes, fully aware of the strange feeling and balance of
his body. He could even feel himself still being connected to that man
somehow. He winced and mentally pulled himself away, feeling that
mental connection snapping and the man's presence vanishing from his
mind entirely.
Then Cal suddenly felt it again, the same tingling sensation which had
hit him earlier when he'd so unexpectedly been transformed. The wave
of transformation rushed over him again and like before had passed
entirely in mere seconds. When those seconds were over though, Cal was
back to his own body and shape once more.
"That was impossible," Cal whispered, patting his chest which had
become flat once again. He looked over himself, seeing that his
clothes were back to normal and there was nothing to indicate he had
ever gone through such a change. It was almost as though it had all
been in his mind...though he was sure it hadn't been. It had been no
more a figment of his imagination than the monkey's offer of wishes.
"That monkey thing did this to me..." He was sure of it, but he had no
idea of how or why. "I didn't wish for anything like that."
Cal shook his head again, then realized that he'd entirely forgotten
about Dave. Of course Dave had escaped the wrath of his neighbor when
he'd gotten back to his own yard before even being seen. He'd left Cal
behind to face the risk of being caught alone.
For a brief moment Cal was tempted to go back to Dave's place and let
his friend know that he'd escaped being caught...even if not saying
how. He didn't think Dave would believe him on that, but then he
decided that it could wait for tomorrow.
"Man it's been a weird day," Cal sighed as he started walking home.
First there was that magic wish granting monkey figurine and then
turning into a chick which had fortunately worn off after only a few
minutes. He just couldn't figure out why it had happened in the first
place since he hadn't wished for anything of the sort.
"Well, it's all over now," Cal grinned, thinking of both his
forthcoming new car and his uncle Peter's good health. He might have
been turned into a girl for a few minutes...a few very scary minutes,,
but now he was back to normal and that was a small price to pay for the
two wishes he had been granted. "I don't think I'll ever have a day
this weird again..."
However a faint voice whispered in the back of Cal's mind that it might
be a good idea to knock on wood because you never know what the future
might hold.
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Cal yawned as he trudged along the sidewalk on the way to school,
regretting that he'd stayed out so late the night before. He sighed,
wishing that he and Dave had decided to wait until the weekend to play
their practical joke on Dave's neighbor.
Cal tried not to think much about the events of the night before, but
he couldn't help it. It wasn't the staying out late on a school night
which bothered him the most...though it certainly left him tired at the
moment. It was the weird change he'd gone through when he looked at
Dave's neighbor.
"I'm lucky I didn't get caught," he told himself grimly, realizing the
irony of the fact that his inexplicable transformation into a girl had
probably saved him from being caught...or at least recognized. "I'm
just glad it wore off."
With a shake of his head Cal tried turning his thoughts to something a
little nicer...like the car his dad was going to buy him. He smiled at
that, thinking it would be nice not having to walk to school anymore.
Of course, he still had to get his license and he doubted his dad would
pay for gas or insurance which would mean getting a job as well. That
would be a pain, but a small price to pay for the call.
"And I still never got to tell Dave about the car either," he muttered
to himself. Of course, he'd just have to rectify that today in school.
When Cal arrived at school a short time later he was startled to
suddenly realize that he could sense another presence... No, he could
feel several people around him just the way he'd been able to feel Dave
and the neighbor with just his mind.
"Oh shit," Cal gulped as he realized that the weirdness that had
happened last night wasn't really over.
Cal quickly walked through the crowed of other students, trying to
ignore this strange awareness. All he had to do was look at a boy in
his way and he became aware of the other boys presence. In fact he
felt almost as though he could reach out and touch them with his mind
though he was very careful not to do that, since he remembered what
happened last night when he'd done that with Dave's neighbor.
Once Cal reached his classroom and took a seat he let out a sigh of
relief. He could still feel some of the people around him, especially
the boy sitting directly in front of him, but he didn't feel nearly as
overwhelmed.
Cal scowled in annoyance, confused by this strange awareness he was
having of other people and disliking that feeling of confusion. He was
tempted to mentally touch one of these people...like the boy sitting in
front of him in order to explore this awareness and contact. However
he remembered what happened when he'd mentally connected to Dave's
neighbor the night before and shuddered, not wanting a repeat of that.
As Cal sat through class, he finally noticed that it was only the boys
he was feeling like this. When he stared at another boy in class he
could feel their presence more strongly, but when he stared at a
girl... nothing. For some reason it was only the boys he was sensing
near him that way.
"This makes no sense," Cal muttered to himself, unable to understand
why this was happening to him. He had no doubt that it was caused by
that strange white monkey figurine that had granted his wishes
yesterday, but this was certainly not anything that he'd wished. All
he could figure was that maybe it had something to do with what the
monkey had told him...after he'd gotten so stunned by the fact that it
actually was talking and offering wishes that he'd stopped paying
attention to what else it was saying. "I wish I'd listened more..."
Cal was impatient for class to end, looking forward to the next class,
which he shared with Dave. He wasn't sure if he wanted to talk to Dave
about all this weirdness yet, but he definitely wanted to talk to him
about last night and what had happened. Cal wanted to give Dave some
shit for running off and leaving him behind like that...and maybe make
sure Dave hadn't gotten caught sneaking back into his house.
The moment the bell rang announcing the end of the class Cal was
already rushing out the door, but seconds later, when he was in the
hall surrounded by students...surrounded by boys whom he could sense
the presence of in his head, he wished he'd stayed behind.
"Damn," Cal cursed in annoyance. It wasn't as though this was painful,
but it was far too strange sensing other people like this...especially
boys. It seemed sort of gay to feel guys like this, especially when he
thought about the way he'd turned into a girl for a few minutes last
night.
Cal went to the nearest bathroom, relieved to feel the people fade
away. Their presence only seemed to remain in his mind as long as he
was fairly close to them. There was only one other boy in the bathroom
at that moment, so Cal didn't feel quite so crowded as he did in the
hall or even in class.
Still Cal sat down in the stall and closed the door just so he could
feel as though he had some real privacy. He could still feel the other
boy who was washing his hands at the sink though now that he was out of
sight his presence was starting to fade from Cal's mind.
Then on an impulse Cal mentally reached out to see if he could still
feel the boy. He made mental contact and an instant later felt the
strange tingling rush through his body exactly as it had last night.
"Oh no," Cal gasped, then immediately clamped a hand over his mouth in
the hopes that he hadn't been heard. It had been the voice of a girl.
Cal remained frozen in shock, relieved when he heard the other boy
leaving the bathroom. However he could still feel the boys presence
and the link that now connected them even though the boy had gone
beyond what seemed to be Cal's normal range.
"At least he's gone," Cal muttered, looking down at his hands and
seeing that they were indeed girl hands with long manicured nails and
everything. However the skin color was quite a bit more tan than he
was used to seeing.
Cal was about to mentally break the link with the other boy, since that
had worked to change him back to normal last night, but he couldn't
help but feeling curious. Since he was sure he could change back like
he did last night just by breaking the link with the other boy, he no
longer felt quite as worried. That left room for his curiosity about
how he'd changed.
Cal looked down at himself and saw that he was indeed wearing girl
clothes again, but not the same ones as last night. His chest didn't
feel quite as big either, though the two lumps did stick out more than
he was comfortable with.
"I can't believe I'm doing this," Cal muttered.
Cal carefully stepped out from the bathroom stall, silently praying
that no other boys came in right now. After all he really didn't want
to explain why he was in the boys bathroom while looking like a girl.
However he had to know what he looked like.
Cal looked into the mirror and saw a very beautiful Asian girl staring
back at him. He was surprised at that and the fact that he was bustier
than any Asian girl he'd ever actually seen before. He even had long
black hair which went halfway down his back.
"Damn," Cal gasped in amazement, feeling a swirl of mixed emotions
ranging from shock to curiosity.
But just then the door began to open again. Cal responded by
immediately going back into the stall before the newcomer could
actually enter and see him. At the same time he had severed the link
with the other boy and almost instantly felt himself turning back to
normal.
As soon as Cal had finished changing back to normal he let out a sigh
of relief. He quickly looked himself over just to double check that he
was indeed back to normal, then he flushed the toilet for cover and
came out of the stall.
"Back to normal...again," Cal muttered quietly to himself as he looked
at his reflection in the mirror. He let out a sigh of relief and then
left the bathroom and hurried to class.
When Cal reached his second period class he saw that Dave was already
there and sitting in his normal seat. Cal slipped into his usual seat
beside Dave and the two gave each other a conspiratorial look, but
didn't say anything for a full minute.
"Did you get caught?" Dave asked in a worried tone.
Cal hesitated a moment, not sure if being caught as a girl, but not
being recognized as himself really counted as being caught. "No," he
whispered back, relieved by Dave's question. That he'd ask it only
meant that he hadn't been watching Cal during the strange
transformation.
"Me either," Dave responded in relief.
The two of them remained quiet for most of the class and only
occasionally joked in whispers about Dave's neighbor and his reaction
at finding the mess in his yard. Now that they both knew they'd gotten
away with it they could enjoy the success of the prank.
Cal looked at Dave several times and was briefly tempted to tell his
friend about the wish granting monkey and all the other strange things
that happened since. However each time he had to remind himself that
there was no way to prove it short of turning into a girl in front of
Dave and there was absolutely no way he was going to do something like
that. That was just WAY too embarrassing to share with anyone.
Cal spent the next several classes trying to ignore the strange new
awareness of other people near him though he couldn't resist
experimenting with this new awareness as well. He discovered that if
he concentrated on one boy he could stay aware of his presence even
after he'd gone out of Cal's normal range. And he could do that
without actually having to connect to them.
The more Cal thought about all this weirdness the more curious he
became. Why was he sensing boys like this? Why did he turn into a
girl whenever he mentally reached out and touched them? He had a lot
of questions and there seemed to be only one way to get answers. He
would have to experiment.
Cal waited until lunch time then went to one of the bathrooms and
locked himself into a stall. He took several deep breaths, hardly able
to believe he was actually going to do this willingly. Then he reached
out and mentally touched one of the other boys in the bathroom.
Cal closed his eyes and tried not to make a sound as his body changed
again. The transformation was extremely rapid and painless, finishing
completely in mere seconds. Only then did he open his eyes and look
down at his changed body.
It wasn't easy for Cal to keep from gasping loudly in response at his
transformation. He even bit his hand to keep from blurting out, "Holy
shit."
It was immediately obvious that he hadn't changed the same way as he
had a few hours ago or last night. For one thing, his new breasts were
enormous...maybe three times the size of earlier. It looked like he
had a pair of basketballs sticking out of his chest and they were heavy
enough that he had to grab the wall to keep from losing balance.
After cursing silently for nearly half a minute, Cal began looking over
the rest of his body. He was a very shapely and sexy looking girl with
obviously huge breasts and the body of a stripper. He even had the
long blonde hair and very skimpy clothing to go with the image.
"Damn," Cal muttered, tempted to take off his clothes and check out his
new body in more detail. However he was sure that a boys bathroom in
school was not the place for that kind of thing. He let go of his
connection to the other boy and quickly changed back to his own body.
"That was weird."
Cal waited a minute, took a deep breath, then mentally reached out and
connected with another boy who'd just come in. He bit back a gasp as
he transformed again, this time into a slender black woman. This form
lasted for less than a minute though, as he was curious to link to the
next boy and then the next.
By the time lunch was over Cal had turned into a dozen different girls,
but still had no idea what any of them really looked like, as he hadn't
been able to use the mirror. There was absolutely no way he was coming
out of the bathroom stall in the middle of lunch time when the bathroom
was at its busiest, so he'd had to make do with just quickly looking
down at himself.
Cal was still curious about his new abilities as he left to the
bathroom as his normal self in time to reach his next class, though he
was no longer afraid. After all, it might be extremely embarrassing to
turn into a girl, but he could also turn that off and go back to normal
anytime he wanted. He was starting to think of this less as a curse
and more a power.
"Like a super power," Cal chuckled to himself as he thought of it. It
was an embarrassing super power and not one that would make for a good
super hero,, but it was definitely some sort of weird super power.
During his next class Cal sat back and looked at each boy in the room,
wondering what kind of girl he'd been turned into if he connected to
each of them. He still had no idea why he was changing so differently
each time, but he knew it had something to do with the person he was
connected to.
Then Call looked at his teacher Mr. Bonner, immediately feeling his
presence as well. Cal frowned thoughtfully, wondering what would
happen if he connected to Mr. Bonner. Of course he had absolutely no
intention of doing this in class or anywhere else someone could see
him. However Cal realized that he could still satisfy his curiosity
anyway as well as test something else about his new powers.
"Excuse me," Cal raised his hand, "I've got to go to the bathroom..."
Then, before Mr. Bonner could really say anything, Cal hurried out of
the room.
Cal could still feel Mr. Bonner's presence when he reached the
bathroom, though not by much. Even though Cal had been concentrating
on Mr. Bonner in order to keep sensing him the teacher's presence had
still faded from Cal's awareness. He only hoped there was enough there
to connect to.
Cal quickly looked to make sure the bathroom was empty then muttered,
"Here goes nothing..." He stretched out with his mind to touch Mr.
Bonner's presence, finding that it was a lot harder than any of the
other times he'd done this. Of course Mr. Bonner was quite a bit
farther away too. Then Cal felt the connection form. "It's
working..."
The transformation rippled through Cal's body far faster than he could
possibly keep track of. As with every other time his body and clothes
had all finished changing all within mere seconds.
"I'll never get used to that," he exclaimed with a shake of his head,
feeling the long hair brushing his shoulders.
Then Cal turned his attention to the bathroom mirror to see what he'd
become this time. This was only the second time he'd been able to
actually see himself this way and he wasn't disappointed.
This time Cal had been transformed into a tall, sexy, and athletic
looking woman with long black hair. What really caught Cal's
attention this time was the way he was dressed. He had black stiletto
heeled boots that went up over his knees, a black bikini bottom, and a
black leather corset thing. Then there was the studded leather collar
around his neck, the matching studded leather wrist bands, and the
leather whip which was coiled up and hanging from a leather belt on his
wrist.
"Damn," Cal blinked in surprise, "Kinky..."
Some very naughty thoughts about what one would do with an outfit like
this quickly flew through Cal's mind. He was even tempted to take the
whip and try snapping it a few times in the air to get into the act
himself at least a little.
"But what if someone comes in?" Cal asked himself. He knew that it was
unlikely someone else would come in on him since it was the middle of
the class period, but it was still possible. "Damn."
With that Cal released his connection to Mr. Bonner and felt himself
quickly turn back to normal. He released a sigh of relief, still
curious about why he kept changing into different girls whenever he
connected to a different guy. None of his explanation gave any answers
only more questions.
Cal quickly returned to class and slipped back into his normal routine
of only half paying attention to what Mr. Bonner said. He was through
with his experimenting for now, though knew he'd go back to it sooner
or later in an attempt to answer his questions and satisfy his
curiosity.
Cal continued his normal routine for the rest of his classes, being
careful to ignore the mental presence's he could sense from each boy.
After all, he had no intention of accidentally turning into a girl
again in front of other people. That would be a humiliation he'd never
live down.
When the last bell of the day rang Cal immediately started towards the
school exit with Dave. "I can't wait to see the look on my neighbor's
face," Dave was going on, "I wonder if he'll ever figure out who did
it..."
"I hope not," Cal told him, "I don't want to get grounded for sneaking
out in the middle of the night and vandalizing someone's yard."
"Yeah," Dave shrugged with a broad grin, "but it'll be worth it.
That'll teach him to let me get my football next time..."
Cal just nodded, looking at Dave and sensing his friend's presence yet
again. Then he suddenly wondered what kind of a girl he might turn
into if he let himself get connected to Dave. Cal knew it was a stupid
idea...but he was still curious.
"Ah shit," Cal sighed, "I forgot something in my locker." He let out
another exaggerated sigh. "I guess I'll see you later then."
"I can come with you," Dave responded with a shrug.
"No," Cal quickly tried to discourage him, "you don't want to miss your
bus."
Dave just shrugged at that, obviously thinking about how it wasn't a
long walk, but how he just didn't feel like making it today. "Okay
then," he finally relented, "see you later..."
Once Cal had gotten rid of Dave, he hurried to the bathroom at the far
end of the school...the one he knew no one was likely to be in. At the
same time he was careful to keep feeling Dave's presence without
actually connecting to it. It was a difficult balance made even more
difficult by the fact that Dave was getting further and further away.
"Is there anyone in here?" Cal asked when he reached the bathroom and
looked inside. The moment he saw there was no one else there he
stretched out his mind to make the connection. It was difficult...even
more difficult than it had been with Mr. Bonner. Somehow though he was
able to do it and feel the mental connection form.
Cal held his breath as his body quickly transformed again, wondering
what he'd become this time. He knew he'd have that answer if not any
of the others in just a few seconds. When the transformation had
finished mere seconds later he let out the breath he'd been holding.
"Who am I now?" Cal mused, turning to look in the mirror. His eyes
went wide though as he immediately recognized the girl who looked back.
"Holy shit."
This time Cal had transformed into a very pretty brunette girl whom he
recognized as Brandy Collins from several of his classes. However he
didn't look exactly like Brandy. Instead he somehow looked like a
sexier version of her. After all her breasts were maybe B cup and he
was sure the ones he now had must be about a DD cup or something.
"I look so much like her," Cal whispered in amazement, "except
bigger..." He cupped his breasts, wondering what Brandy would think of
having boobs that big. Of course Dave would like them. He had a crush
on Brandy after all.
Suddenly Cal froze, realizing what he'd been thinking. He mentally
connected to Dave and he happened to turn into a sexier version of the
very girl Dave had a crush on. It couldn't be coincidence. Cal was
sure of that.
Cal quickly glanced to the door, afraid that someone might come in
again. He was about to release his connection to Dave so he could
change back and go home, but then he had another idea. How long could
he stay like this before he had to change back? Cal hesitated for a
moment, then he quickly stepped out of the bathroom door as he
currently was.
"Okay," Cal let out a sigh of relief when he saw that no one had seen a
girl coming out of the boy's bathroom. "Everyone is already gone..."
Still he couldn't help but feeling nervous and self-conscious. He was
almost sure someone would jump out and laugh at him for it, but when
Cal walked past several students and teachers in the hallway none of
them gave him a second look...except perhaps to stare at his chest
longer than was necessary.
Cal quickly left the school grounds and hurried home, still feeling
self-conscious by the fact that he looked like Brandy, but more
confident that no one could possibly recognize him. As far as anyone
else was concerned he was just another high school student walking home
after class.
Cal had to keep himself from running, not wanting to stand out any more
than a busty high school girl normally would. He passed the obnoxious
crows and then the spot where he'd found the monkey figurine. Soon
he'd be home.
"Damn these feel weird," Cal muttered to himself as he thought of the
way his breasts jiggled as he walked. He blushed at the thought and
wished he could take off his clothes for a better look. "Maybe I can
in just a bit..."
When Cal reached home just a few minutes later he realized another
problem. He certainly couldn't get into the house looking like he did
now. His dad wasn't home from work yet, but his mom should still be
home and Cal had no idea if his brother Greg was back home from school
or not.
"Damn," Cal sighed, wondering if he should just give this up and change
back to normal now, but after a moment to think about it he knew he
could still get into his bedroom without being seen by anyone.
Cal went around to the back of his house and entered through the back
door. He knew that his mom was probably in the kitchen or living room
and if Greg was home he'd be in his bedroom. Cal quietly made his way
to his own bedroom and let out a sigh of relief once he'd closed the
door behind him.
"Privacy at last," Cal sighed in relief.
Cal took a deep breath and then looked down at himself for the first
time since he'd been in the bathroom. It was still a shock seeing
himself like this, with big breasts and the rest of a girl's body to go
with them.
"Man this is weird," Call muttered, tempted to just let go of his
connection to Dave and go back to normal. However, his curiosity was
too strong to just ignore...especially after going through all this
effort so he could have the privacy to satisfy it.
After hesitating a moment Cal began to take his clothes off. They
weren't his familiar clothes so it was more awkward then normal, but he
managed quickly enough. Piece by piece his clothes came off and hit
the floor until he stood there naked, seeing for himself that his body
was indeed entirely female.
"This is so freaky," Cal said with a shake of his head.
Cal ran his hands over his breasts, stunned by just how sensitive his
nipples felt. This felt...good. Real good. Then without giving it
any conscious thought one of his hands slipped between his legs and
began to rub his new sex. It immediately sent a tingle of pleasure
through his entire body causing him to moan in response.
"Feels...good," he moaned, thinking that this was an understatement.
Cal continued to finger himself, moaning in pleasure as he did so. This
felt so much better than when he was a guy. He could hardly believe
it. He masturbated until he finally came in an orgasm which spread over
his every inch of his body. It was much more powerful than his normal
orgasm.
"Oh yeah," Cal purred to himself, suddenly thinking that girls could
cum lots of times. That meant he could keep going for as long as he
wanted. "I think I like this..."
Cal wondered what it would be like having sex with a girl for real...or
even what it would be like having sex AS a girl for real. For some
reason that thought seemed especially appealing. He could just imagine
trying this body out with a cute guy...like Dave. Dave was just so
cute...
"What the...?" Cal gasped in shock as he suddenly realized the
direction his thoughts were taking him. He immediately cut his
connection to Dave and changed back to normal. Once he'd finished his
transformation, he shook his head, "What the hell was that?"
Cal nearly shook as he considered what he'd been thinking just a minute
earlier. He'd actually been thinking Dave was cute...even wondering
what it would be like having sex with him. The very thought nearly
turned his stomach.
"What was I thinking?" Cal shook his head in disbelief. "How could I
think that...?" Then it dawned on him. "The link... Because I was
linked to Dave..."
Whatever it was that changed Cal's body when he linked to someone, it
obviously changed his mind too. He hadn't noticed any odd thoughts
before this so maybe it was because he'd played with himself in that
body...or maybe it just took awhile.
Cal frowned, feeling almost as though he'd been violated with those
thoughts. He couldn't believe... It was obviously the strange magic
that was linking him to other people and changing his body though.
For a moment Cal silently promised himself that he'd never do this
again, that he'd never mentally connect to another person and transform
ever EVER again, but that quickly faded under more curiosity as he
wanted to better understand why this was happening to him. He was
already beginning to suspect something about why he turned into
different girls when he linked to different guys. Now he wanted to
know if she was right.
"But for that," Cal winced, "I've got to do it again..."
Cal scowled as he thought about doing this again, knowing he'd need
someone he knew better and might be able to predict. There was no way
he was going to Dave's house and trying to link to Dave again, even if
it wasn't a good walk away. Not after that. No, he needed someone
closer and where he could still have his privacy.
"Greg," Cal mused aloud, thinking of his brother in the next room over.
He'd be the ideal test subject. "Too bad I couldn't change him instead
of me..."
In spite of having made his decision Cal still waited another minute to
act. He took a deep breath and then went to knock on the door to
Greg's room.
"Have you seen my baseball hat?" Cal asked his brother the moment the
door came open.
"No," Greg snorted, "why don't you look in your own room." Then the
door slammed right in Cal's face. It was almost exactly the reaction
Cal had been expecting, but it had also given him what he needed.
Cal returned to his own room and locked the door behind him, muttering,
"Okay... I can do this..."
Thanks to having actually seen Greg he could now feel his brother's
presence just as he felt everyone else's. Now all Cal had to do was
mentally reach out and make contact.
The now familiar tingling sensation rushed over Cal quickly
transforming his body faster than he could really pay attention to.
The wave of changes rushed over him and finished it's work in mere
seconds, leaving him transformed once again into a girl...a fact he
immediately recognized from the new weight on his chest.
"I'm a girl again," Cal sighed unnecessarily before he actually looked
down at himself.
Cal's attention was immediately caught on the huge breasts he now
sported, though he tried to look past them to the clothes and other
details. This time he was wearing a pink and white uniform of some
sort. It took him a moment to recognize it as the uniform from the
diner across town that the family sometimes went to for dinner. However
he could tell that it was cut a bit differently with the skirt being
shorter than that of the diner uniforms and showing a lot more
cleavage.
"Weird," Cal mused, wishing he had a full length mirror to check
himself out in. He really wanted to see what he looked like, but didn't
dare cross the hall to get to the bathroom.
Then Cal remembered the shaving kit his uncle Peter had given him last
year for Christmas. He quickly pulled it out of the bottom drawer of
his dresser then took out the hand mirror which was inside. The mirror
wasn't very big, but it might do what he needed.
"Let's see," Cal said as he looked into the mirror, trying to get a
good look at his new face. It wasn't easy with a small mirror, but he
could see enough to make out the details. "Red hair, green eyes, and
big pouty lips with a ring through them..." Cal was startled as he
hadn't even noticed the stud through his nose or the ring through his
lip until he'd seen his reflection. And to his surprise, it was a
somewhat familiar reflection.
Cal set the mirror down and frowned thoughtfully, knowing the girl he
now looked like, but also knowing that she didn't look quite like this.
For one thing her breasts weren't quite this big and her skin had a few
freckles whereas his face seemed flawless. The girl he was thinking of
was indeed a waitress at the diner though.
"I look like a really sexy version of her though," Cal thought aloud,
remembering how when he'd linked to Dave and turned into Brandy Collins
he'd become a really sexy version of her and not an accurate one.
However, this did sort of confirm Cal's growing suspicions about how
this was working, or at least gave him more supporting evidence.
When Cal had been connected to Dave through this strange link he'd
transformed to look just like the girl Dave had a crush on...though
sexier. And after awhile he'd even started having some rather
disturbing thoughts about his friend to. And when he linked to Greg,
he turned into a sexier version of a waitress he'd seen his brother
really staring at whenever they went. He turned into a girl Greg had a
crush on.
"When I link to a guy I turn into the girl they have a crush on," Cal
stated, sure that this was the answer. "Or at least a sexier
version..."
Then there was also the matter of the way Cal had started thinking
while looking like Brandy. Obviously the magic that turned him into a
guys crush also affected his mind, though it hadn't happened for
awhile. Maybe the longer he stayed that way the more he'd start
thinking like that girl...or like how he was connected to wished they'd
think. After all Cal was pretty sure that the real Brandy wasn't
having those thoughts about Dave. She barely even noticed him.
"Oh God," Cal gasped, immediately dropping his connection to Greg.
There was absolutely no way he wanted to think about his own brother
like that. It had been bad enough thinking of Dave.
Cal scowled as he continued thinking about the mental changes. Maybe
it was simply that the longer he stayed that way the more he'd think
like the girl he looked like. Or maybe it was the orgasm which had
triggered it. Either way, he knew that he didn't dare stay as a girl
for very long anymore. And as good as it had felt to play with himself
as a girl he didn't dare ever do that again either.
"What happens if my mind changes too much and I don't want to go back?"
Cal whispered to himself, shuddering at the idea. He could become
trapped as some guys crush and actually like it. "No fucking way.
EVER." Cal shuddered at the thought.
Cal sat down on his bed and frowned as he thought about this. For some
strange reason that monkey had given him the weirdest super power ever
instead of the muscles he'd asked for. It was such an embarrassing
power...one he didn't dare ever tell anyone else about or use very
often. After all, the last thing he wanted was to start thinking about
some guy like that again.
"Just my luck," Cal sighed.
Cal remained in his room thinking about the strange events of the last
couple days and what this strange new power would mean for him. He
couldn't imagine using it too much knowing what he now knew about it's
risks, but he also knew himself and had little doubt that he'd become
curious about who he'd turn into with different guys.
Eventually though, Cal left his room to go find something to snack on
in the kitchen. While he was grabbing a cookie, he noticed his dad was
home from work and in a good mood.
"Guess what," Cal's dad grinned at him, "I just got done talking to
Peter..."
"Yeah?" Cal asked eagerly, remembering his wish from yesterday. He
almost felt embarrassed that he'd gotten so caught up in these strange
transformations that he'd almost forgotten uncle Peter entirely.
"He just got back from the doctor," Cal's dad continued, "and they say
he's gone into a complete remission... They can't even find a trace of
the cancer anymore..."
"That's great," Cal grinned, feeling thankful that at least that wish
of his had worked out right. He'd always liked uncle Peter and had
been horrified to see his favorite uncle just slowly wasting away.
"I'm glad he's going to be all right..."
"Yeah," Cal's dad grinned, "they don't have any idea how it happened so
I'd have to call this one a miracle."
"I say we go out and celebrate," Cal's mom exclaimed. "Let's go out
for dinner... We can invite Peter and his girlfriend along too..."
"Great idea," Cal's dad exclaimed, then turned to Cal, "Maybe on the
way back we can stop at the car dealership so you can start thinking
about what you'd like."
Cal just grinned at that, feeling almost dizzy with excitement. His
uncle Peter was all right and he was going to get his new car. He even
got some weird super power, though he didn't know how that had
happened. Because of all that, he almost didn't even mind the fact that
his wish about getting big and muscular wasn't granted...though it
still would have been nice too.
"Go get your brother," Cal's mom told him, gesturing for him to hurry.
"I want to tell him the good news."
"Okay," Cal reluctantly agreed, knowing what kind of response he'd get
when he knocked on his brother's door.
Just as Cal turned to walk away, he realized that he could sense his
dad's presence the same way he'd felt everyone else's. It's just that
every time he was with his dad he'd been too distracted to really pay
attention to that.
"Ugh," Cal shuddered as he went to the bedroom, being very careful not
to connect with his dad. "There are some things," he muttered to
himself, "there are some things I really don't want to know."
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Michelle sat in the public library, staring intently at the computer in
front of her. She'd been doing a lot of searching online and believed
she'd finally found it. Or at least she was sure she'd found a good
start.
"Finally," Michelle muttered to herself, writing the address onto her
note book so she wouldn't lose it. Then Michelle got up and began to
leave.
But before Michelle could reach the exit she found her way blocked by a
giant of a woman. Or at least the woman looked like a giant compared to
Michelle. Unfortunately Michelle was well aware of the fact that this
woman...this librarian was only about the same height as what Michelle
used to have.
"Hello dear," the librarian smiled down gently at Michelle, "are your
parents around?"
Michelle grimaced and instinctively looked down at herself, wincing at
the 9 year old body she now possessed. She hated to be reminded of the
fact that the marble monkey had turned her into a little girl, but it
happened almost constantly.
"My mom's outside waiting for me," Michelle lied, giving a fake smile
and then hurrying out of the library.
Once Michelle was outside she let out a sigh of relief then began to
curse that horrible marble monkey which had done this to her. She
certainly hadn't asked for this...hadn't asked for it to turn her into
a little girl again.
"Damn," Michelle spat out vehemently.
Of course Michelle knew what had happened. The monkey had granted her
one of the wishes made by the previous wisher...just as it had told her
it would. And it wasn't too hard to guess that whomever had used it
before her had wished to be ten years younger.
"Ten fucking years," Michelle shook her head in disbelief. "I should
be glad they didn't wish to be twenty years younger..." However she
didn't feel very grateful for that good fortune.
Michelle closed her eyes and took several deep breaths to calm down,
thinking about her situation when she did. It had been weeks since
she'd made her wishes and had been regressed back to childhood. And if
it hadn't been for all the jewelry she'd wished for she would have
really been in trouble. Fortunately she'd been able to sell and trade
enough of it to get by...even if she couldn't get what it was actually
worth.
"Everyone wants to cheat the little girl," she winced.
And as bad as this was...what made it worse was the knowledge that her
last wish...the one that the monkey didn't grant her...that one would
taken care of this problem. Or at least it would have made it so she
wouldn't have to worry about being stuck as a little girl.
"Why couldn't it have granted me that one instead of the knowledge to
pass my classes?" Michelle moaned to herself. Having the knowledge to
be a straight A college student didn't do much for her now that she
looked like a kid, but her other wish... "I wish I could turn into the
dream girl of any guy I wanted to...and that I can turn back to normal
at will."
Michelle remembered that wish very clearly since she'd been thinking of
all the guys she could seduce once it had been granted, but now that
was not an option. And ironically, it would have been even more useful
now since it would have turned her to a more appropriate age.
"Damn," she muttered again, cursing her bad luck. "And any girl who
finds that stupid thing next sure is going to be lucky..." She shook
her head. "That monkey sure has a nasty sense of humor...giving me
that wish, but taking away the one that would have made it bearable..."
But then Michelle took a deep breath, knowing that she wasn't about to
just sit back and accept the fate the marble monkey had given her. She
wasn't going to just accept being a little girl and waiting another ten
years to get her age back. She was going to do something about it.
"With this." Michelle looked at the notebook.
She'd spent the last few weeks not only trying to survive as a little
girl in a grown up world...but also trying to find clues about the
monkey figurine and where it had appeared next. And after all her
searching she'd found it. She'd found a picture of the monkey as an
item that was to be sold at auction in just a few days.
"All I have to do is get there," Michelle muttered to herself as she
started for the bus station, deciding that she didn't want to think
about the other problems until she had to. After all, who'd let a 9
year old girl into an auction to actually bid? "I'll worry about that
later."
Michelle felt a surge of hope as she thought about getting her hands on
the monkey again. This time she'd make all three of her wishes ones
that would fix this. And if it wouldn't let her wish again, she'd
simply use the jewelry to pay someone else to make the wishes for her.
It would work. It would have to.
However, one thing did have Michelle worried. When she saw a picture
online of all the items to be sold at the auction, the monkey had
looked almost exactly the same...with one small difference. In the
picture the monkey looked black instead of white...as though made out
of obsidian instead of marble, but still, it was her only chance.
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Denise stood back with her hands on her hips and surveying her living
room, wanting to make sure it was perfect. She frowned slightly, then
adjusted one of the pillows on the couch until she was satisfied. Only
then did she decide that it passed inspection.
"Not bad," Denise mused, feeling rather proud of herself. Even her ex
husband Bill wouldn't have been able to find anything wrong with it and
he used to love finding things to 'fix' or 'improve'. In fact that was
one of the reasons why he was her 'ex'.
Denise frowned slightly at the thought of Bill, wondering why he kept
slipping into her thought