Jon pulled the stone out of his pocket and quickly said "I wish I had the ability to stop time." Maybe if he could take the man's flutes, he could beat him.
The stone glowed, presumably having granted his wish, but Jon felt no different. He tried to concentrate on freezing time, but nothing happened. Jon's former family members began pounding on the door.
Worried that the man had somehow prevented his wishes from working, Jon said "I wish I knew if my last wish worked." The stone gave him the knowledge that his wish did work, and he could now freeze time. He just didn't know how...
The pounding on the door continued, and Jon heard wood splintering. He heard a voice outside yell "Move aside, let me handle this! I just need you to stop him!"
Jon was frantic. He needed to use his ability. He wished again "I wish I knew how to use my ability to freeze time." As he began to understand, his dresser and door blasted apart, splinters flying everywhere.
Jon froze time.
The wood splinters stopped in midair, and his family members were stopped as well. However, there was a green glow around the man, who asked Jon "What did you do?" Jon's ability had obviously not affected him.
Jon was again uncertain, and the man began to play his flute. Blue light flashed, but nothing happened. The man looked worried. "Who are you?" he yelled.
Jon took this opportunity to charge at the man. He only needed to take the flutes. The man was stunned. He didn't understand what was happening, and why he couldn't affect this boy.
Jon tackled him, knocking him over. His blue flute fell out of his hands, skittering over to the wall. Jon quickly got up, still grasping his stone, but the man grabbed his leg. Jon fell, his stone slipping out of his hands and sliding to the end of the hall. Jon kicked the man off him and ran after it, but the man was quickly on his feet, and pulled Jon back. Jon was knocked against the wall. The man ran after Jon's stone and picked it up.
"Yes!" he exclaimed. "I have your stone! You can't use magic against me now."
But, Jon noticed the man's flute lying next to him. He picked it up, but was not sure how it worked.
Jon had no idea what he should do, but had to make a decision.
He decided to...
