Thinking about the science fair, Jay Duncan, and her mother, Kyla muttered "I wish my mom was proud of me." Suddenly, the stone began to glow, causing her to look away as if there were something in her eye. When she looked back, the glow from the stone was already fading.
She dropped the stone on the table, then ran into the living room, which was where her mom was headed, after their short conversation.
"Mom! Did you see ..." Kyla began to say, but then stopped dead in her tracks.
Her mother looked up from the living room chair. "Yes, honey?"
"That stone...It...never mind," she said. "Maybe...we should go see a movie after school." Maybe she was working too hard.
She headed back into the kitchen to finish her breakfast, and suddenly caught sight of herself in the stainless steel finish of the family refrigerator. Her glasses were gone, her complexion was clear, and her hair was out of its ponytail and...She looked like one of the popular girls at school...or her mom, who had either been such a girl.
How had this happened? That stone! Kyla suddenly realized. It glowed and this happened. Was it magic? Kyla didn't believe in magic. But what other explanation was there?
But where did it go? It had been on the table, and now it was gone.
