Wish Ring

Chapter 1

It was just another day for two college-age room-mates. What made it a special day instead was that there was a small piece of jewelry in an unmarked brown box at the foot of the door. How it got there was a mystery and will likely always remain so.

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Liam opened the door and looked down, seeing the simple package. "What's this?" he asked, picking it up.

"Huh. 'Current Resident.' I guess that means us," he said as he stepped back inside and closed the front door behind him.

Liam's roommate, Dan, took a gulp from a can of coke as he lounged in front of the TV, a comic book in one hand while a movie played on the TV. "What's up?" he asked, not looking up.

"We got a package." Liam smiled as he started undoing the wrapping. The brown paper came lose easily to reveal a wooden, hinged box. Opening it, Liam found a small ring set with a green jewel.

"Oh, weird." He took out a card from the box and started reading. "'To whomever wears the ring: your most extravagant fantasies shall become reality. All that is required of you is to say 'I wish' and then utter your desire aloud. Once wished, wishes cannot be undone for the period of one lunar month. Until that time, all that you have stated will remain the way it is.'" Frowning, Liam flipped the card over but didn't find any more text. "Okay, that's weird."

"Sounds like a prank to me," Dan said. He looked up and said, "If there's hidden cameras or microphones around: ha-ha, very funny!"

Liam laughed and shrugged. "It does seem like a prank, but the ring is pretty cool." Taking it out, he tried it on. It seemed too small at first, but it was almost as if it enlarged as he pushed it onto his finger. "There we go," he said, smiling. "Not bad, right?"

Dan snorted. "You look kinda gay, dude."

"Man, whatever. You're just jealous that I got some free swag." Liam threw the package away and then plopped down on the couch. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers rolled on, and he helped himself to some snacks. "Ohhh, man, nostalgia trip. Remember when we saw this in high school?"

"I preferred the first one," Dan said. "Arwen FTW."

"Nooo kidding." Liam smiled and leaned against the arm of the couch. "Man, sometimes I wish that we were still teenagers. Things were a lot more fun back then, and there was so much less to worry about." Liam felt a subtle sensation, something like a tingle, but ignored it and continued watching television. He had no way of seeing it, but the back wall had just changed to remove all of the posters that both he and Dan had put there. It was the only warning there was before the whole room started stretching like taffy.

"What the hell!?" Liam said, shooting to his feet. When he did, he felt strange and off-balance, as though his center of gravity had changed. Even his chest felt off. As Liam watched and the world around regained its shape and stability, he found himself in a room he didn't recognize. The only thing that he could really tell was that it was a girl's room.. Not just any girl's room, either, but a girly girl's room, with pinks and satins and stuffed animals everywhere. When he looked to his right, he saw a gorgeous Asian girl of maybe 14. "Who the hell are you!?" he said, springing backward.

Springing at her, the Asian girl slapped Liam girlishly. "Who am I? What do you think just wished, jackass?"

Liam stopped and blinked. "Oh, god. Oh, god, oh, god, oh, god, the ring works!" She held it up, and it was on her finger, which had become rather dainty and cute. "I gotta see this." There's a mirror on the back of the door of the room, and she rushed to it. As she looked on, she gasped, transfixed by the red-headed beauty with crystal-blue doe eyes. Her figure was full and feminine, much better proportioned than a girl her age had any right to be.

"Take it off before you do anything else!" Dan said.

Snapping out of her trance, Liam tore the ring off her finger and threw it to the ground.

"Don't just throw the thing around!" Dan said, picking it up. "We can't lose it either."

"Okay, okay, you're right." Liam fanned herself and then frowned at the girly gesture. "What should we do, then? Why did we wind up as girls?"

"Don't you know anything about wishes? You leave any opening in your wish, it'll pervert it."

Liam thought it over and groaned. "Oh, crap, and remember all that stuff I said about 'sooo much less to worry about it?'" She widened her eyes as a thought occurred to her. "What if that was combined in? I mean, we look like we're rich, and rich girls basically get everything they want, right?"

Looking down at herself, Dan frowned. "Rich and sexy girls. Don't forget that."

Liam looked at herself then Dan. What would normally be pretty great for him was not so great this time: they both had the bodies of seventeen-year-olds, but their youthful faces seem to ind

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