Jon had been a little confused on the way home, to say the least. Brandon had developed a very keen interest in hair care and Karyn hadn't seemed to notice.
Then again, he thought, slowing his pace as he neared his home, he was the one who made the wish for something interesting, so of course he'd be the only one to notice things like that happening. Clearly, he needed his stone back so he could at least wish Karyn and Brandon were on the same page as him with whatever changes were happening. He felt a wave of calm pass over him as he walked up to the door of his house and absentmindedly knocked.
Inside, Mikey was quietly freaking out. For some reason only he seemed to notice Stacy Riley's alterations to Roger and Linda, as well has his own outfit. On top of this, the girl who'd been Roger hadn't even listened to his advice to talk to Stacy, just giving ever more immature stalling tactics.
Hearing the knock at the door, 'Roger', or whatever her name was now that she was transformed, nervously blurted out "I'll get it", seemingly pouncing at the excuse to ignore Mikey's instructions to criticize Stacy.
Jon kicked himself. Why had he knocked on the door to his own house? He had keys. But before he could even reach for them, the door swung open to reveal an older teenage girl and Mikey in Linda's old clothes. Whatever magic had messed with Brandon and Karyn had clearly done a number on this place.
"Finally, I thought you'd never show up. What are you wearing?" The older girl chastised Jon with a confused look.
Jon awkwardly searched for something to tell whoever this was to go away, when Mikey hurried over and grabbed Jon by the arm and pulled him to the kitchen.
"H-hey!" Regina said. She didn't even realize her mom and friend knew each other.
"Go talk to Stacy! I'm not going to tell you again, young lady!" Mikey said, in a sterner tone than he'd ever used before.
"Jon, please tell me you see something wrong with how I look."
Jon still needed to get to his room for the stone, but clearly he'd found someone else who noticed something weird was happening. He felt relief that he wasn't alone against this magic.
"Well, people are clearly changing, and up to now I'm the only one who noticed. Who is that girl who answered the door?" Jon asked, though some part of him was telling him to bolt for the stone in his room more than ever, he felt little urgency now that he saw some awareness to Stacy's weirdness.
"That was Roger. I was talking to him about Stacy's odd behavior and he suddenly undressed and became her."
Jon perked up at that "Stacy's here? Now?" He felt the urgency returning, before subsiding again. After all, he made the wish, knowing the truth of how things were was security enough for now. "Any idea why she turned you into a little boy, Miss Gibson?"
Mikey went cold. Stacy had gotten to Jon too, somehow. "Jon, I am a boy, I'm your brother!"
Jon went cold. Stacy had gotten to Miss Gibson's mind, too, just like Brandon and Karyn. He really was the only person who knew how things should be. Regina's mom actually thought she was supposed to be this preteen boy (couldn't she even see her own clothes?), and even was beginning to think they were blood related just because he was in their house.
"Listen, I know you're confused right now Miss Gibson, but I have something back in my room that'll fix all of this. I'll be right back." Jon dashed out of the kitchen, shaken that he'd seen Regina's mom forget who she was in real time, and stopped at the staircase. Jon kicked himself again. He'd almost run upstairs to a room in this house, as if he lived here. The stone was obviously still in his room next door.
Nervously, Jon left Regina's house to go to the Riley residence where he'd wished for something interesting to happen, apparently kicking off his sister Stacy's newfound abilities. It was a good thing he made the wish and could still remember all of this!
