After a moment of darkness and disorientation, Jeff, Joseph, Adam, and I materialized on a sandy tropical beach.
It was interesting that I could make wishes mentally. Then I remembered the exact words in my grandfather's note: "Use the words 'I wish' followed by whatever it is you want the stone to do." Saying a word was obviously one way of using it, but so was thinking a word. Idly, I wondered if writing or typing a wish would work as well.
Adam interrupted my musings. "Where are we?" he asked rather excitedly. Then I, like the others, looked around the area. We were on a warm, deserted, tropical island beach with no signs of civilization.
"Where are our clothes?" asked Joseph, only slightly less upset.
"The hell with that!" cried Jeff. "Where are my dick and balls?"
"You wanted to find out what it's like to have a girls' parts between your legs," I reminded Jeff. "This is your chance to find out."
"Yeah but " said Jeff, then he sat on a log and grew preoccupied checking himself out.
"Look," I explained to everyone, "you can see we're on a tropical island. It's warm and safe. No one is around. We were naked when we left the locker room, and that's why we arrived naked. I don't think you'll find any clothes here on the island but you're welcome to try. Think of this as a temporary adventure."
"How'd you do this?" asked Joseph.
"Yeah, and why are you carrying that stone around?" Adam insisted.
The stone, I decided, should stay secret. Also, I sure didn't want to lose it there on the island. As a result, I formulated another wish:
Stone, until I wish differently, I wish you were mounted in an amulet that hangs loosely around my neck, that no one else could see you or the amulet, that I can't lose you, that no one can take you from me, and that Joseph, Jeff, and Adam here will forget they ever saw you.
"What stone?" I asked Adam.
"I think I'm getting used to this," Jeff remarked. "It's weird but interesting. I think I gotta pee. How do I do that?"
"Squat with your knees wide apart and let go," I told him as if I knew. After all, I'd only had girl parts myself for a few hours, and during that time I hadn't felt the need. But I had seen my mom do it once when I was younger and the family was on a camping trip.
"Would you come with me?" Jeff asked.
