Becky leaned back in her chair and crossed her arms, “I wish…” she started making sure to choose her words carefully, “I wish I was super intelligent, I don’t want to be a nerd, I still want to be me, just super intelligent”.
“But you’re in a very prestigious fraternity” Dave said with a hint of confusion, “Surely you must be pretty smart already?” he asked.
“Thank you” Becky replied, blushing slightly, “I guess I am rather intelligent but it’s not enough, I want more, I want to know everything!” she added throwing her hands up into a somewhat maniacal posture.
“Fair enough” answered Dave as he stealthily placed his hand in his pocket, grasping the bone and silently making the wish. A few moments later Becky started to look around her confused.
“Something feels odd” she said, running a hand through her hair, “My head feels larger” she added.
“What’s happening to your hair?” Dave asked, as he saw it recede into her head. Becky turned to the nearby mirror.
“Oh my god! My hair is disappearing!” she cried as it reached half its former length, “Does my head look bigger to you?” she asked, lightly placing her hands on either side of her skull.
“It does seem to be swelling slightly at the top” you reply, as Becky’s hair continues to sink back into her skull, after a few minutes her hair has completely disappeared, leaving perfectly smooth skin. It’s now perfectly clear that her skull is growing; big veins are starting to become visible as her brains swells with new information.
“Yes, I can feel it” Becky pants as she places a hand on her swelling brain, “I can feel all the knowledge seep into my brain” she added, as more veins appeared. Her brain swelled and swelled, constantly growing bigger, all the while more and more veins appeared popping out of her smooth skin, soon the individual bumps and lumps of her brain were becoming visible, as her brain stretched out beyond her ears, she looked more alien than human now but judging from her smile she didn’t seem to care, “I’m so unbelievably intelligent!” she hushed to her self as her growth appeared to slow. Her new brain had grown nearly as wide as her shoulders and had lengthened her head by a good 12” every crevice of her brain could be seen as could a whole network of veins, making her skin bumpy.
“You certainly look very intelligent” Dave replied, thinking of a way to get away, Becky turned to you and smiled.
“Thank you for giving me this gift” she said knowingly.
“What do you mean?” Dave asked, trying to feign his innocence, “I didn’t do anything”.
“Oh come now Dave” Becky retorted slowing waving her finger at him, “You forget, I now know everything” she added, “I know you have a wishbone in your pocket, I know that you used it to give me my wish” she continues as Dave saw a patch on the side of her enlarged head pulse, he felt the bone start to lift out of his pocket. Dave tightened his grip on it trying to keep it safe, “Don’t fight me Dave” Becky said calmly as her pulsing quickened, Dave fought to keep the bone in his pocket, but Becky was too strong and she forced Dave’s hand out of his pocket along with the bone. Becky reached her hand out and patiently waited for Dave to get tiered of fighting and let the bone go
“Please, you don’t want to do this!” Dave pleaded, using every ounce of strength to keep a hold of the bone, Becky just smiled at him with a hint of evilness, “You don’t care about the bone” Dave stated, feeling it pulse in his hand.
“That won’t work on me now, well unless I want it to, I’m much too powerful for it” Becky stated, as Dave could feel the bone start to slip from his fingers, he dug deep and redoubled his efforts, he wasn’t going to let his bone go without a fight! |