"Excuse me, but what are you doing here?" a woman suddenly asked Athena.
She turned towards the woman, unsure how to respond. "I ... I don't know."
"This locker room is only for the girls. Wait ... are you wearing one of their leotards?" The woman's demeanor changed. "What the hell are you up to? You like trying on little girl's outfits?"
"Little girls? Where am I?"
"Like you don't know. This is Uptown Ballet Studio."
Athena had never been there before, but she had heard of it. It was a ballet school for girls, ages 7 to 12. But why was Athena there? "Sorry, I didn't mean to make trouble." She looked around for her own clothing and found it in a pile nearby. She gathered it up and rushed out of the locker room.
"Hey, come back with that leotard! It's not yours!" the woman yelled.
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Zoe and Stephanie (now fully dressed in what she got from Zoe's closet) stopped and looked at each other. Was that ... Zelda that they heard? They left Zoe's bedroom and rushed to the bedroom belonging to Mikey, Zoe's younger brother. Inside the room, they found Zelda, their cybergoth friend, wearing Mikey's clothing.
"It happened again!" Zoe said. "What is going on around here?"
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Completely unaware of what was happening, Mikey was downstairs watching cartoons on TV. He did notice how it seemed like he was the only one around, but he just figured that his mom was getting ready for work, while Jon and Zoe had already headed to school. He was so wrapped up in his TV program that he didn't even notice his mom leaving the house in her bathrobe, or Zoe leaving and coming back, or Stephanie and Zelda just walking in, as if the door were unlocked. He didn't even hear Zelda's outburst. What he did notice, though, was his sudden disinterest in the cartoon he was watching. That was strange, because he was really getting into it. He felt like he needed to be somewhere else. That it was really important. So, he ended up leaving the house, not even putting any day-time clothing on. He was wearing just a T-shirt and pajama bottoms.
Technically, Mikey was in a trance, but because he was the one who made the wish to cause all of this, he was aware of himself walking to another house nearby. He would also notice all changes happening not just to himself, but to others too. Well, people he knew, anyway.
