"Okay, Sa'Raia," Jon said, picking up the bottle and the rock, "I wish you'd transport us back to my room in my house."
"Oh yes, my master," the new genie gushed, hopping to her feet, "Immediately!" Sa'Raia gestured, and suddenly found they were back in Jon's bedroom.
"Very good," Jon said approvingly.
"It is my humble pleasure, master," the genie said, bowing in obesceince. "Your every desire is my command."
That made Jon smile and think back to what they had done only minutes before, when she was still human. "That sounds good, but for right now, tell me - can you affetc the rock itself?"
She looked puzzled. "In what way?"
"Can you enchant it so that no one can pick it up or use it without my permission?"
"Oh. Yes master, that would not be working against it magically, merely physically."
"OK, then I so wish. And the same goes for your bottle."
"It shall be as you command," she said with a gesture.
"Great. Now, please go back into your bottle until later."
"I eagerly await your command, oh glorious master," Sa'Ria said as she dissolved into a column of smoke and re-entered her bottle.
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"Tell me something," Jon said, tossing his backpack in the corner. "What do you know about Sarah McMillan?"
"Who?" Karyn asked, putting her pack next to Jon's.
"Sarah McMillan - the spoiled rich brat with all the boys wrapped around her finger that you've hated since 3rd grade?"
Karyn shook her head. "I'm sorry, Jon, I have no idea who you're talking about. I don't know anyone named Sarah."
"Well, up until last night you did."
"What do you - oh my God! Jon, you didn't -"
"No! Well, yes, but not like that." Jon then explained what had happened the night before (discreetly leaving out certain parts that he knew would make Karyn lose her cool).
"So in other words..." Karyn said.
Jon stood up and got an ornate bottle that Karyn had never seen before. "Genie," he said, "You can come out now."
Instantly, a stream of smoke the color of Pepto-Bismol issued from the bottle. Within moments, it had formed itself into a huge-breasted woman, apparently in her early twenties, dressed in flimsy silk and satin.
"Greetings, most magnificent master," she said, bowing low, "This obedient one stands ready to serve you."
"Wow!" Karyn said.
Sa'Raia turned and saw Karyn and said...
