Thursday, May 10, 2018

The Traveling Stone Part 5



My life had changed so much over this past week. I started this week as a lonely guy that
had little to look forward to for the future as I worked a dead end job and I hadn’t had a
girlfriend in years. That all changed when I found a stone that inexplicably glowed whenever
I touched it. The mystical object intrigued me so I grabbed it and continued on with my day.


My day went by uneventfully as usual and I finished up my shift then headed home with the
stone in hand. Throughout my drive home I toyed with the stone and wondered what caused
its glow. While I sat there at a very long lasting red light I began to get annoyed. This is until I
angrily said “God I wish I didn’t have to deal with red lights” and just like that the light
switched to green. This in and of itself wasn’t terribly interesting afterall correlation doesn't
equal causation. What perplexed me though was that my whole ride home and then my entire
trip back to work the next day were completely devoid of red light stops. After my ride home
the next day which also netted no stops I grabbed the stone off of my coffee table and stared
inquisitively at it. I thought to myself that I must be going insane believing that a stone
magically fixed my mundane daily annoyance. Regardless I decided to make another wish to
satiate my curiosity.


I wished simply that I had a steak dinner and much to my delight a beautiful ribeye with a side
of mashed potatoes appeared before me. I was so shocked that I almost didn’t eat it but who
am I to pass up magical steak. While eating the best meal I’ve had in quite some time I thought
about what else I should wish for. Knowing that I had used two wishes already I knew that
wishing to know more about the stone was a risky wish as it would be a waste in the event that
it was my last so I had to make a wish as if it was my last.


Being as clichéd as humanly possible I decided that my potentially last wish would be for
money so that if nothing else I could live the rest of my life in luxury. So that is what I did, I
wished for a million dollars a month for the rest of my days and I was content if the stone
vanished or became useless. To both my surprise and delight the stone continued glowing in my
hand and I knew that I was free to make more wishes. I quickly used this freedom to wish for
more knowledge of what this stone was.


My mind soon flooded with an expansive history of rulers and common people. Their wishes
ranged from broad to small and complex to simple. This stone had been around for centuries and
throughout its time here it had caused both the birth and fall of nations. I was intrigued by its
history to say the least but before I got caught up in the past I decided that along with my wealth I
wanted my youth back. I wished that I was a teenager again and suddenly I felt revitalized. I found
my way to a mirror and looked at the younger me in awe, I knew that my wish would come true
but that didn’t change the shock that ensued.


After making that wish I spent most of my time making my life better by improving my grades and
avoiding people that reminded me too much of people who had gotten me into trouble in my
former youth. I spent my first month back getting my footing and by the time I got my first report
card I had made a few friends and one really close friend. I was a little surprised just how much
like me this kid was he was actually living my old life in essence. Because of that we became
quick friends and spent a lot of time together. After a while I started to feel sad for my friend as
his similarity to the old me meant that he very well had a mediocre life ahead of him. He noticed
this and tried cheering me up. Seeing as there was no use in being sad about things I can’t
control I did just that and stopped worrying. Life went on and stayed friends throughout high
school and we had done everything together all the way through junior year.


Junior year was where things started getting hard for my friend. Unlike me he hadn’t taken all of
these classes before and therefore had trouble with his classes. This in combination with his
sadness over not having a girlfriend despite trying to be likable drove him into a bit of a
depression. I hated seeing him like this as it reminded me all too much of my former life and
also because I loved him like a brother. I had used the stone over the years for various different
things but I had never used it to help anyone else. That would change now as I wished that my
friend had a girlfriend that loved him as much as I did. As it turned out I should’ve worded my
wish differently as I became his girlfriend rather than just some random girl. Before I could wish
myself back I got a text from my now boyfriend saying simply that he missed me. Upon receiving
that text my heart skipped a beat and I instantly realized that as per my wish I loved him. Maybe
as a man I loved him as more that a brother but regardless I now truly loved my friend.


I took a few moments to think of my response but I felt that what I wanted to say needed to be said
with more that text. As such I recorded myself playfully biting my finger before saying that I wanted
him. He took my hint and within twenty minutes he was knocking on my door and making out with
me. Before too long we were on my bed and we were making love, we were not fucking, he was very
gentle and careful to make sure that I was comfortable. By the end of the night we were both
exhausted and I never wanted to go back to being a man. The next morning I wished to be unaffected
by the stone’s magic just as the most recent owners had and discarded it on my way to school with
the love of my life.

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