Karyn sighed as she sat on her bed. Her night, once she left Jen's house, had been relatively normal. The only difference, really, was that her parents had asked how 'the girls' were.
As she lied down on her bed, she thought back to what Jen and she had learned earlier. "Why can't the stone undo Ms. Holloway's magic?" she wondered aloud.
She sighed again. "Well, we have all weekend to think of something. And, if all else fails, we can always opt out of joining the squad. Maybe Ms. Holloway was lying, and she'll turn everyone back when that happens."
With that, Karyn turned off her light and drifted off to sleep.
Nadine couldn't shake her feeling of confusion as she entered her bed room to get ready for bed.
Her parents were different, just like herself. Her father apparently worked at McMillan industries, making far more money than he had been at his job from the old reality. Her mother still volunteered, but she seemed to...look down on the people that she was helping, and playing up the fact that she was taking time from her day to help them. "What would those poor souls do without the help of people like us?" she had said during dinner.
Nadine was relieved, though, that they all still said grace before eating. At least this black magic had not entirely corrupted them.
She got changed, and knelt at her bed to say her nightly prayer. She added, to her usual prayer routine, a request that God help undo the magic inflicted upon herself and all of the others touched by it.
Once she finished, she climbed into bed and fell asleep.
Delia's night had been much more awkward than either Karyn's or Nadine's. After seeing that her phone now contained a much higher number of contacts than her old one had, she then had to endure dinner with her parents. Both of them. For the first time that she could remember.
And, to make it worse, her parents only remembered this new reality, forcing Delia to pretend that she was feeling a bit under the weather to explain why she was so quiet and kept staring in wonder.
She had excused herself to her room once dinner was over, where she had spent the rest of the night. Her parents had, thankfully, left her alone.
"I don't understand. Why did he stay in this reality?"
Delia sighed, getting changed into pajamas and laying down. She decided to just sleep, and deal with this new world in the morning.
Trinity grumbled as she looked down at her phone again. She had a number of texts from Zoe and Athena. Far more than she had ever gotten as Trevor. Apparently she was now part of the concert outing that they had planned for the next day. She remembered them saying they were going to take a bus. Apparently, now that she was going, she was their ride.
"Not dealing with that tonight." she said, turning her phone off. She laid back on her bed, and thought about her evening. Other than the nicer stuff around the house, things were pretty normal. Her father was definitely more relaxed. Apparently McMillan helping with the finances really helped his business thrive.
But, Trinity couldn't shake the thought that it was too convenient that in this reality Mr. McMillan decided to help her father out. It was too convenient.
"Gonna have to look into that. Maybe Zelda can figure something out..." she said, yawning.
She had gotten very little sleep the night before, having decided to hang out with her friends rather than sleep in preparation for school. That, combined with the days events, left her very tired.
She laid back on her bed, and drifted off to sleep, vowing to get to the bottom of the McMillan's involvement in her life.
Jade sat at her computer, clicking another Facebook link, this time ending up at Delia Lettman's page. She yawned as she began skimming through the posts and links shared on the page. She had spent most of the night searching through the online information put up by those affected by the change, and had found quite a bit of information.
The only break she had taken was to eat dinner, which she did by herself. Her parents hadn't gotten home until about 9 PM. They had quickly said hellos, and explained that they were nearing the end of their current project.
After that, Jade continued her search. As she navigated through page after page, she finally drifted off to sleep at her keyboard.
Randi sighed as she sat on her bed. She had been questioned, extensively, by her mother about what was happening at school, if she was interested in any boys, and a myriad of other questions.
It had been exhausting dodging them all, and the only information she had to present at all was the outcome of the assembly, which her mother was thrilled about.
Randi's mother had never shown as much of an interest in her activities as she had this evening. Randi recalled how her mother had often lamented that she had wanted a daughter.
"Guess you've got one, now..." Randi said as she laid down on her bed. She sighed as she closed her eyes.
Jen stared at the stone, contemplating what she could do. According to what she learned, the stone lacked the power to undo Ms. Holloway's magic. That meant they were stuck. Any wishes to learn if there was a way to undo the magic were just as fruitless.
She sighed, returning the stone to the box that it had come to her in. She did, over the course of the night, make a few wishes to protect the stone. She was now the only one capable of opening the box that it was in, and the box could only be lifted by her, or someone she trusted completely. She had already seen her life altered, apparently permanently, due to a foolish wish of her own. She was not going to allow someone else to damage her further.
She sat down and sighed. "There must be a way..." she said to herself. She knew that, if it came to it, she could live her life like this. Ms. Holloway's magic made her more accepting of the change than she felt she should have been. But, that didn't mean that she wanted to stay this way.
Most of all, she didn't like that Ms. Holloway used her power so...brazenly on people. And if it came to it, Jen wouldn't hesitate to use the stone on her to make sure it never happens again. She was hesitant to use the stone too quickly, though. Who knew what she was capable of?
Jen lied back on her bed, sighing again. She had the whole weekend to figure out a plan for how to deal with this situation, and the day had tired her out. She closed her eyes, trying to drift to sleep and forget her troubles.
"Grandpa, I wish you were still here..." she said. "I could really use your advice."
