Jon thought about it, but he couldn't bring himself to transform Karyn into an animal or an inanimate object. She was his friend, and her friendship still meant too much to him to be downright mean to her. But he still had to do something to make sure she wouldn't spill the beans, and warn people.
Of course, to any objective observer of these proceedings, Jon was not thinking clearly. If he had decided not to transform Karyn, chances are people wouldn't believe her stories about a wishing stone until it was too late. But when someone gets power-hungry, as Jon has in this particular story branch, they tend to get paranoid. And at the moment, there was no one around to reason with Jon. He was still alone in his room, trying to decide what he was going to do about Karyn.
Then, it came to him. Guys were always nagging him about his best friend being a girl, and he didn't even have to read Karyn's mind (though he was sure he now could) to know that she was very uncomfortable sleeping due to her newly-expanded breasts. Karyn had been having little success in attracting boys who wanted to be more than friends, anyway.
So, using his power to defy the laws of physics, Jon travelled at super-speed to Karyn's house (he wasn't sure he was ready to risk teleporting yet). Soon, he was standing over Karyn's bed. Karyn was tossing and turning, trying desperately to sleep. She was not used to sleeping on her back.
She suddenly noticed Jon in the room with her, and gasped. "Jon! What are you doing here? Can't you see it's the middle of the night?"
"I came to help you, Karyn." said Jon. "I found a way to get rid of those breasts you accidentally wished for."
"Good." said Karyn. "I'm already sick and tired of them."
Jon thought about Karyn, and before she knew what was happening, her body began reshaping itself. She began to grow taller and more muscular. Her shoulders grew broader, as her face became masculine with a square jaw. Her long blonde hair retracted into her skull, becoming a short masculine hairstyle. Her large breasts shrank and flattened, as her figure reshaped into a masculine one.
Her nightgown tore and fell to the floor as all this happened. Hair began growing on her arms, legs, and chest. And there was now a prominent bulge in 'her' panties. She was now a he.
"What the..." Karyn gasped, in a new, male voice. "How did you..."
Jon smiled. "It was easy, Kevin." he replied. "I made a wish to have power. The power to defy the laws of physics, the laws of biology, the laws of science. I don't even need the wishing stone any more. In fact, the first thing I did with my new power was to destroy it."
The former Karyn just stood there, his jaw agape. This was too much to take in at once. So he just picked one thing to focus on. "Kevin?"
"Yes, that's going to be your name from now on." said Jon. "Here, let me do you a favor." He concentrated again, and the panties Karyn/Kevin was wearing transformed into a pair of men's boxer shorts. "There, now you look a lot more natural. I just transformed the rest of your clothes, too."
"But why?"
"Because I can't have anyone telling anyone about this yet. You'd best keep quiet about this or they'll put you in the nuthouse. I need to use my new powers to change the world, and I can't have you getting in the way."
"Jon, you're scaring me."
"Kevin, I want you to know that you'll still be my friend. Just go along with me on this, okay." Jon said. "Maybe one day I'll change you back. But now your name is Kevin. When I changed you, I altered everyone else's memories and all the official records. As far as they are concerned, you've always been Kevin. Who knows? After a while, you might not want to change back."
"Okay, I'm Kevin then." the new young man said. "But I still don't like this. What did that wish DO to you? Are you really going to take over the world?"
"I didn't say that. I said change the world." said Jon. "Kevin, trust me. I know what I'm doing. I could have easily made you forget who you used to be, too. But you're my best friend, and I didn't want to do that to you. I want you to be with me on this. Maybe you could suggest a few things I could do with my new powers. I'd like to start small and then work my way up to the big stuff."
"I don't know..." said Kevin. "Maybe..."
Kevin still had his concerns about Jon's new powers. But maybe if he went along with Jon, he could prevent Jon from doing anything too crazy. Jon needed someone to be the voice of reason. And Kevin was probably the only one who could do it.
"Okay." said Kevin after a pause. "I'm in."
"Good." said Jon. "Now, get some sleep, and we'll talk about this more in the morning." With that, Jon abruptly zoomed out of the room.
Kevin stood there for a while in his boxer shorts, realizing that he was going to be a guy for quite a long time, and wondered how long it would take for him to get used to it. He also began pondering what he and Jon might accomplish if they worked together on uses for Jon's powers.
Soon, however, Kevin was fast asleep. He slept considerably better the rest of the night. If he had dreams, he didn't remember them. The dreams couldn't have been any more bizarre than what had happened to him that night, anyway.
