Wait….HOW LONG? You’ve not paid attention to this story for 4 years? Ok. Let me catch you up.
Its easy to pinpoint where things started to get wonky, when I got that GOD DAMN wishing stone. Apparently things were worse than I knew but I didn’t know that at the time, at the time I was foolish and young and had never had a wishing stone before. Of course I showed it to Athena, she’s my best friend…was my best friend…was Athena….I sometimes wonder if Athena was herself again if she would still be anything like herself, but there isn’t really a way to know anymore.
What I didn’t know at the time was just how cursed the stone was, how I at one point had a brother who was now some else’s kid sister and a huge pain in the ass to be around Paige McMillian, of House McMillian. The stone had basically corrupted him into being her while also sucking all the good parts out of his best friend to the point where she’s basically a punchline that only she doesn’t get. Poor poor Karyn, so dumb. This was also the magic, I later found out…I found a lot of things out too late.
At least Paige seems happy, it’s easy to be happy when you have the world on a platter, you are attractive, loved, pampered, in control and basically worshiped by most people. I sometimes imagine my brother screaming behind that smile though, she can’t be happy. That isn’t allowed.
My first lesson in that came via Athena, who somehow managed to wish herself into becoming this Blond, attractive, powerful quarterback of the football team, actually the football team came later, but also naturally and with ease to him. Athena this gothic dark witch, who read books and burned incense and wore daring Victorian gothic dresses because she didn’t give a shit what you thought, just sort of crumbled in about a week into the body of Apollo as he now was. He was perfect, and Zoe knew that inside that admittedly attractive body, Athena must be hating every second of being Apollo, even as Apollo was enjoying it.
There was an upside to this though, it scared me off of making any more wishes. Don’t get me wrong, I wanted to, but I had a constant reminder of what could happen.
Oh and of course they dated. Paige and Apollo, at first it upset me to see, but they fit so well together that it also upset me when they would break up. They were like Barbie and Ken, sort of made for each other, it made more sense to see them together.
So how did I survive? How did I avoid the curse…how did I even learn one existed?
I read the back of Grandpa’s letter. See Jon never got passed the wishing part because he was so excited about it, but if she were to have read on…sorry I think of him as Paige even now…I don’t even know who Jon was, not nearly as well as I know Paige. Had he kept reading he would have learned that the stone is cursed, it’s essentially a messy bitch who loves drama. The longer you hold it in your hand the more likely something stupid was going to come out of your mouth in the form of a wish, with consequences.
Why give your grandkids something like this? I don’t know…maybe he loved us and just made a wish, or maybe he hated us.
I think I might be able to control it though. We are all in college now, and I’ve been training myself with it. Building up my will power. Holding it in my hand but ignoring the impulse to wish I was the most popular girl in the school, or that Apollo would notice me….or..or…I’m not there yet, but I think I can be soon, and I know exactly what I’m going to do with the stone. I’m going to put everyone back the way it was. I’m getting Jon and Athena back, just as soon as I figure out how, and even if I have to join Paige’s Sorority to do it.
Anyway….yeah. You should be caught up now. How do I look in this dress? I’m not used to dressing up like this. Do you think Paige will like it?
