Jon stared at Karyn, now for the first time knowing her biggest secret. He had no idea that she used to be a man.
"What is it, Jon?" Karyn asked. "What did it do?"
He just kept on staring at her. How could she have been a man? He'd known her since elementary school! Hadn't he?
"Why are you staring at me? What did that wish do?" she asked, getting uncomfortable.
"I ... I know everyone's biggest secret."
"Then why are you staring at ..." Her eyes went wide.
"I had no idea that ..."
"Yeah, that look on your face says it all. Please. Don't tell anyone. That life is behind me now. Nobody would believe you anyway..."
"That's crazy! How could a man get turned into a teenage girl?" Jon asked in confusion.
"There was some kind of weird monster that appeared out of nowhere." She explained. "I walked into a public bathroom, years ago, and some pale white creature with horns and a skull shaped face said something about how my destiny had been changed." Karyn sighed, "Then I started shrinking along with my clothes, and before I knew it, I was a twelve year old girl, trying to pee in the men's bathroom. Obviously, that didn't work out too well, and my 'parents' were angry at me for doing something so embarrassing. None of us ever mentioned the incident again, for obvious reasons. A little while later, I had my first period, then my breasts started growing in, and the rest is history,"
"Karyn, I'm your best friend. You could have said something. You could have told me " Jon started.
"It doesn't matter now, this is my life now. I've gotten used to it. I've been a girl long enough that I don't care about changing back any more. Even if I did tell you, would you really have believed me? You'd probably think I was going crazy, not that I'd blame you," she said starting to sob, tears forming in her eyes with painful memories of the life she can never get back. "And the craziest part of it all is, Jon- after all this time, I think I'm actually starting to fall in love with you!" she finally exclaimed, crying, and embracing her friend.
Jon hugged his friend, petting her on the back to calm her down as she cried on his shoulder. He was still shocked to think there was a grown man trapped somewhere in the soft, cute body of his best friend from childhood. Now with the wishing stone, he had the power to undo some of that damage, and more importantly figure out how to deal with whatever caused it to happen. He would have a lot to think about
