by Louder

LuAnne waved to her ~friends~ as they left the ice cream shoppe. She had to adjust the car seat for her shorter frame. Once on the road, she pulled the rear view mirror around to see her reflection and then started fussing with her hair and worrying about a zit that she thought might be starting. Sara wasn't happy about her mother's lack of attention to her driving.

'Ohmigod! That's ~him~!' LuAnne exclaimed

'That's who?' Sara asked.

'Mark..... he's sooooooo hot!'

'I thought Mark was Debbi's boyfriend?' Sara asked

'Well ya.... but they're gonna date other people now and besides I'm just gonna, like, talk to him or something.'

Sara decided she had better wish her mother back in a more suitable form before she caused any trouble. Meanwhile, Kyle was still protesting that it was his turn to use the magic coin. Sara had trouble concentrating on her next wish with his bickering.

'You gotta give me a turn!!!' he cried.

'I will... later. Not now!'

'You promised!' he said.

'I never promised anything! You wait your turn!' Sara ordered as she considered 'wishing' him to be quiet.

'Girls are no fun!' he declared. 'You're all just mean and don't know how to play fair!'

'~Whatever~.... Turd!' she replied.

'I wish mommy wasn't a cheerleader anymore' she said upon deciding on her next wish. The coin warmed but she didn't see any changes. From her backseat vantage point Sara saw her mother's head remain in about the same position and her hair not change at all. Nothing seemed to change at all. Had she been able to see in the front seat she would have noticed LuAnne's cheerleading outfit going through a change. The skirt morphed into shorts and her top changed into a T-shirt. It was only when she bypassed Mark and continued on that Sara realized ~something~ had happened.

'I thought you were going to stop and talk to that boy?' Sara asked.

'Mark? He's a jock. They go for cheerleaders and 'high society' types. He'd never go for me...' she replied sounding very meek.

'I wanna use the magic coin..... It's my turn!' Kyle again started arguing.

'Do you promise to give it right back?' Sara asked him.

'Uh huh!!' he answered.

'Cross your heart?' she asked.

'OK' he answered as he made a motion crossing his heart.

Sara reluctantly handed him the coin. 'So what are ya gonna wish for?' she asked.

'I dunno...' he replied.

'You don't know? All that complaining and you don't know what you're gonna, like, wish for now that your sister shared it with you?' LuAnne added as they pulled into a parking place. 'You two should play nice. Boys are so silly....'

'Are not!' he protested.

'Uh huh' Sara added to the debate 'That's why mommy spends more time with me! .... Cuz we're girls and we're smarter!'

Kyle didn't look happy. Slowly, his expression changed. 'I wish mommy was a boy my age so we can be pals!' He said with a wicked grin.

'I don't think that's a good wish!' Sara said worriedly.

It was too late. A little blonde haired boy popped his head over the seat. He still resembled LuAnne but was decidedly male and only about 7 years old. He was sporting a missing tooth.

'What's your name?' Sara asked not knowing how to address her/him.

'Dumb ol girl! You know my name!' he/she answered as he/she climbed over the seat. The oversized shoes and shorts easily fell off but his/her large T-shirt hung to his/her knees.

'OK....Ummmm LuAnne?' Sara said hesitantly.

'You're funny.... NOT! Call me Louis or you'll be in BIG trouble!' LuAnne, now Louis ordered.

'Hey Louie.... Let's go play on the monkey bars!' Kyle offered.

'No!' Sara yelled 'Give me the coin back...You promised!'

'I know.....' Kyle replied 'but I didn't say ~WHEN~ I'd give it back'

With that remark, the two ~boys~ stuck out their tongues in unison and ran toward the monkey bars laughing the whole way!

Sara walked dejectedly behind them and watched as they roughed around on the bars and later in the dirt. Sara thought about Kyle's wish. Not only had he wished for LuAnne to be a boy but he had wished for him to be his ~pal~. Because of that they were seemingly inseperable!

'C'mon...give me the coin back...' Sara again pleaded after waiting for what seemed like forever.

'You mean this one?' Kyle said as he held the coin up.

'Yes.... Please....' Sara answered.

'OK, here ya go!' Kyle said as he flipped it to Louie. Soon, Sara was running between the two ~boys~ trying to intercept the coin as they tossed it back and forth. Even though she was older she couldn't catch it as they threw it over her head. Finally, she decided to use her bigger size to her advantage and tackled a surprised Louis before he could grab the coin. They both scrambled for the coin but she won the battle for it. She wanted to wish Louis away immediately but saw that a crowd of onlookers had gathered around. She figured they wouldn't notice the change but decided to make her wish without the spectators around....just in case. So far every wish seemed to alter reality just enough so that, unless you knew what was happening, the changes went unnoticed.

She stuck the coin in her pocket and grabbed the hands of the two ~boys~ and hauled them back to the car.

Once back at the car she was ready to make her wish when a policeman tapped her on the shoulder.

I Wish...Part 3

by Louder

The policeman looked at the three children. 'Is this your parent's car?' he asked Sara.

'Uh huh' she replied.

'Where are your parents? The car really shouldn't be parked here' he said as he motioned toward a nearby fire hydrant.

'Ummmm Mommy isn't quite herself right now... but I'll tell her as soon as she gets back.'

That answer didn't seem to satisfy the policeman. 'Are all of you kids related?'

Sare reached in her pocket and grabbed the coin before answering 'Ya.... we're all related and I ~wish~ you'd leave us alone.'

The policeman's radio suddenly cackled and he answered the call. Soon after he turned to the kids 'I've got to go. Just make sure you tell your mother not to park so close to hydrants'

'OK....' Sara answered.

'Ha! You almost got in trouble!' Louis told her. 'You're pretty lucky he didn't 'rest ya!'

Sara didn't much like Louis. And with Louis and Kyle teamed up, the two were pretty hard for her to bear. She held the coin tight and said 'I wish mommy was a girl again!'

'HEY!' Kyle yelled 'You can't do that! You're gonna ruin my wish!'

'You couldn't leave mommy likle that. We had to get her back to normal!' she said as she turned to see her mother again..... Unfortunately, she was greeted by a small 7 year old blonde girl now swallowed even more by the T-shirt that she wore.

It took Sara some thought to figure out what had went wrong. She finally realized that she hadn't wished for her mother to be normal or big again.... only for her to be a girl again. And that is exactly what the wish did. It turned 7 year old Louis into 7 year old LuAnne!

'~Now~ look at what you've done!' Kyle complained.

'Me? Like it's my fault? It's your fault!' Sara shot back.

'You're just a dumb girl and you messed everything up. Me and Louis were like brothers!' Kyle angrily replied 'One of these days you won't be bigger than me and then I'll get what ~I~ want!'

Suddenly, Sara realized that all the wishes had left her as the oldest. This didn't seem like such a bad thing. In fact she kind of liked the idea! Without much thought she readied her next wish.

'I wish I was 10 years older and you two thought you were my little brother and sister!'

The coin warmed as it again went to work. Sara started growing. At first her body got skinnier as she got taller. Then her curves began filling in. Her hair thickened. Her features matured and her clothes ripped and her shoes flew apart. She was a bit embarassed by the situation. Her top began to barely cover her breasts. They felt very strange to her. When the magic had stopped she had a 19 year old body.

Meanwhile, LuAnne and Kyle were in an argument about which one was taller.

Sara wanted to wish for some clothes that fit but wasn't sure how to dress her 19 year old body. She finally just wished for a T-shirt and shorts that fit. She never even considered a bra.

'He's bein' mean!' LuAnne complained to Sara.

'Nuh uh! She started it!' Kyled said.

Sara's face broke into a smile. She liked being grown up and she figured her ~big~ brother or even her ~mother~ wasn't going to be a problem for her anymore. They were more interested in bickering with each other than trying to tell ~her~ what to do. Just like a little brother and sister.

Sara started to speak but had to first clear her throat after hearing her new and deeper voice. She then continued:

'Now, you two be good! I wish you both would learn to mind me!' she said with a sly grin as she felt the coin begin to warm....

by louder

Sara liked her new 'power'. The children would now obey her so they weren't a bother anymore. A couple of older boys passed by and whistled at Sara. She especially ~liked~ that. She was glad that they liked the way she looked. It still felt strange to see the world from her new vantage point but she was getting used to it. She had an 18 year old body but she still an 8 year old mind and thought process.

Sara figured that they should get home. The ~children~ were bickering over something else by this point. Sara giggled as she ordered them into the car and watched as they immediately followed her orders. They grumbled a little bit as they got in the car but were otherwise well-behaved.

Her next problem was figuring out how to drive. She stared at the gear shift selector for a while. As she tried to figure out the workings of the car a young mother pushing a stroller came by. All of a sudden Sara thought about how much fun it would be to have a baby..... or two. She looked in the mirror at the two kids in back and considered making another wish. She decided that it wasn't the right time.... at least not yet! She again focused her attention on the young mother pushing the stroller. That young mother had now met up with a second mother who was also pushing a stroller and had a five year old boy walking along with her . They took a seat on a nearby bench.

Sara figured she could have a little fun with the situation before she headed for home. 'I wish the two mommy's were younger!'

She sat back and watched as the two women grew younger. At first the changes were slow but soon they became obvious as the two women reapproached their early twenties. They had both firmed up and their hair had regained a youthful lustre. Their clothing looked a bit large but not overly so. Neither seemed to notice but the little boy did. He pointed and tried to ask them what had happened but they only humored him and continued talking.

Sara figured a little more wouldn't hurt.... 'I wish they were even younger!' she said.

The little boy watched in fascination as the two young women began to grow even younger. Their hair lightened and any traces of fat on their bodies disappeared. Their clothes seemed to grow larger as they shrank inside them. Once the magic had stopped the two young mothers had been transformed into teens. They looked more like babysitters than parents. They kept right on talking although the subject was changed to clothes and boys rather than their financial problems that they had been discussing earlier.

The little boy tried to get their attention but they seemed to ignore him.

Meanwhile, Kyle and LuAnne had grown restless. 'When we gonna leave?' Kyle asked.

'Yeah.... I'm thirsty and my legs hurt!' LuAnne whined.

'You kids BE QUIET!' Sara ordered.

Both kids quieted. Sara looked back at the two teens sitting on the bench. 'I wish they were the same age as the little boy so they could be playmates!' She finally said.

Immediately, the two teenagers began changing. Their arms receded into their blouses and their legs retreated into their pant legs. Their shoes remained on the ground as their feet shrank out of them. Their clothing piled around them. When it was finished, two 5 year old girls sat on the bench giggling. This time when the little boy tried to get their attention they listened. They didn't know what kind of game he was talking about as he tried to explain their 'gettin' littler'' but they were anxious to play anyway. In moments, they were on the ground playing in the dirt. They all seemed to be having a great time as they ran around and rolled in the grass.

Finally, Sara decided she had better 'fix' things. 'I wish the two mothers were back to normal'

Sara watched as the two little girls quickly began to grow. She had to laugh at the scene as two grown women, one with a skinned up knee, suddenly found themsleves rolling in the grass and didn't know why. They were both barefoot, their hair was down, and both were wearing only their grass stained blouses. Neither one said anything as they gathered up their discarded clothing. Neither one knew what to say! The little boy was laughing at them and begging them to 'do it again'.

With that situation resolved, Sara was now ready to again attempt figuring out how to drive. 'I wish I knew how to drive this thing!' she said.

And with those words, all the knowledge she could ever need to drive her mother's car came flowing into her head.

Just as she began backing out the cell phone began ringing. From the 'caller ID' she could see it was her grandmother calling!

by Louder

Sara looked worriedly at the phone. There was no way she could answer it with her 18 year old voice. And she couldn't put her mother on the line either. Even Kyle's voice was too changed to be convincing.

'You gonna answer that?' LuAnne asked.

'Ummmmm Yeah Ummmmm in a minute' Sara replied hoping the ringing would stop before she picked it up.

'I wanna answer it!' Kyle declared as he reached for the phone.

'NO!' Sara said just before he grabbed it out of the seat.

'I wish the phone would stop ringing' she said quietly. It suddenly stopped!

Sara breathed a sigh of relief. She wasn't ready to return everyone to normal just yet. If she'd picked up the phone she would have had no choice and likely would have been in big trouble.

----

Back at her grandmother's house:

'I don't know, John, it just disconnected' Carol said.

'Damn cell phones are worthless when you really need them!' John growled.

'Well, it rang a long time and no one picked up anyway. Maybe LuAnne will get the message I left for her on her machine.'

'~Maybe~' John said disgustedly 'I should have told you about the coin. I didn't figure you'd believe it though. And I sure as hell never thought you'd give it away!'

'Well, I'm still not so sure I believe it, but I never should have given something away without asking. I figured it was just worthless junk'

'Junk? All of my things are collectibles. Most of them are rumored to have certain powers or abilities. Now, I know most of that is bunk but it just so happens some it could be true! This coin is one of the ones that work!'

'Work? Honestly, John.... you're not starting to believe that stuff are you? All those books are starting to go to your head in the wrong way!'

'Take a look at our house. How could ~we~ live in a house like this?' John asked her.

Carol shrugged. 'Well, we ~did~ win the lottery!'

'We played one damn time in 20 years and WON.... doesn't that seem a bit ~strange~?'

'I just figured we were due for some luck....'

'Luck? Well, when was the last time either one of us was sick? We've been pretty ~lucky~ there too, huh? Pretty lucky with the weather on our vacations, too. Car ever break down lately? Pretty darned lucky, huh? And pretty lucky that the court lost any record of your speeding a ticket a while back.... and REALLY lucky that.... well, you get the point!'

Carol looked dumbfounded. She had to admit that they HAD had a really good run of luck. 'Could it be more than luck?' she wondered.

'So, that coin brings luck?' she asked 'Is Sara going to have good luck?'

'No! It brings wishes! The story goes that Merlin himself cast a spell on that coin. And now and 8 year old has it! If she figures it out or loses it.... or heaven forbid...accidentally wishes for something terrible.... *shakes head* We just need to get it back! Let's split up. You head straight to thier house and I'll check places that they might've stopped'

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Sara found driving fun. It was like playing a video game but not nearly so hard. As she pulled up at a stop light she noticed an elderly couple in the car beside her. They were easily in their 70s and likely almost 80. Both had grey hair and looked frail. The old woman's shoulders slumped noticably while the man's posture was only slightly better. Sara giggled as she said 'I wish they were younger'

The coin worked it magic. The old couple began to sit up straight and their hair began to darken. Their skin begin to tighten and take on a healthier look. Finally, their ages had been cut in half. They were both now in their 30's. When Sara saw that they were no longer getting younger she developed a curious expression on her face. 'They're still ~old~?!?!' she mumbled. 'I wanted them to be young again!

'I wish they were young like those kids' she said motioning to a group of teens waiting to cross the street.

The couple began growing younger. Much younger! His hairline filled in where it had been thin. Her hair lightened and got curlier. The remaining lines on their faces disappeared. Their height shrank as they re-entered teendom. A few light freckles appeared around the bridge of her nose. Her curly hair cascaded around her shoulders.

*HONK*

Sara heard a car horn and looked away from the two teens. The light had turned to green! She sighed and slowly pulled away.

*HONK* Honk* *HONK*

She looked back in her mirror to see that these honks weren't for her but rather for the two teens in the 20 year old 4 door car. She could see the 16 year old boy kissing the 15 year old girl while both were totally oblivious to the traffic around them.

She thought about wishing them back to normal but decided against it.

'When ya gonna let me have my turn again with the magic coin?' Kyle asked.

'You'll have to wait' Sara told him figuring he'll probably never get a turn!

'What magic coin?' LuAnne asked.

'Sara's got a magic wishin' coin!' Kyle explained.

'Oooooooh I wanna play with it too!' LuAnne exclaimed.

  The two 'children' were suddenly occupied with thoughts of what they could wish for with
  Sara's 'wishing coin'.

  'You're too little to be playin' with something like this!' Sara told them.

  'Awwwwww c'mon!' LuAnne complained 'We'll only wish for good stuff!'

  'I don't think it's a good idea' Sara replied wanting to keep the coin for herself. She liked being
  big and she liked the idea that her brother and mother were now younger than her and didn't
  know any better.

  'But I just wanna use it for a little bit.... Pleassssssssssse! Pretty please!' LuAnne whined.

  'Why? Pleassssssssse.... Pleassssssssse...... Just one wish! C'mon....
  Pleasssssssssssssse!' LuAnne's whining continued.

  Sara shook her head at her mother's childish behavior. She didn't have much patience for
  LuAnne's whining and it quickly got on her nerves as she continued driving toward home.

  'You know you're being awfully whiny? You should learn to be a 'little lady' and not so
  ummmmm bratty' Sara said in an increasingly frustrated voice.

  'Pleassssssssse' LuAnne again whined as she drummed her feet against tha back of the
  driver's seat.

  'The way you're acting makes me wish Louis was back. At least he wasn't whiny.' Sara said
  without thinking as she pulled into her driveway.

  Suddenly Kyle exclaimed 'COOL!'

  Sara glanced in the rear view mirror to see what Kyle was excited about. There she saw
  LuAnne had again been transformed into Louis!

  'Ohhhhh..... Fudge! I didn't mean to ~really~ wish for Louis!'' Sara groaned upon seeing 'him'
  smiling his mischievious grin.

  'But we didn't finish having fun before. We're like pals!' Kyle argued 'I like having a brother
  instead of sisters!'

  Sara was still amazed at how well the wishing coin worked its magic. Kyle no longer thought
  of LuAnne as his mother. She was now his sister. He seemed not to think anything strange
  about now having two sisters nor did he remember that it was his mother that HE had turned
  into Louis in the first place. He still remembered Louis from before but the inconsistent details
  seemed to be erased from his mind.

  Louis, on the other hand, was a bit confused about the conversation. 'What're you two talkin'
  'bout?' he asked.

  'None of your business!' Sara barked. She didn't like Louis at all. 'I wish you were a girl again!'

  'HEY! No fair!' Kyle yelled but it was too late. Louis was again LuAnne. 'OK, let's get inside
  you two.'

  With that the 3 exited the vehicle and went inside the house.

  LuAnne was still not happy about not getting a turn using the coin. She didn't seem to
  remember being Louis and was whispering her displeasure to her 'brother' 'She's bein' awful
  mean. It's not fair I don't get a turn with the 'wishin' coin! We got as much right to it as her.
  She's just a big bully!'

  Kyle seemed to agree but didn't know what they could do..... Sara was so much bigger than
  them!

  Sara's first thought upon entering the house was to head to her mother's room. She wanted to
  see herself in the full length mirror. It wasn't long before she was lost in her new body and it's
  abilities to 'wear' clothing from her mother's closet. She experimented with high heels,
  wobbling around the room and giggling. All the while she was in the bedroom LuAnne and
  Kyle were plotting on getting the 'wishin' coin.

  They could hear Sara giggling. Finally, LuAnne suggested that she could sneak up there and
  see if Sara had seperated herself from the coin. LuAnn tip-toed to the room and peeked in.
  Sara was setting at her mother's makeup table wearing an expensive gown and applying
  makeup.... albeit rather clumsily. LuAnne scanned the room and saw the coin on the bed.
  She stealthy walked to the bed and grabbed the coin and slipped out unnoticed.

  'Did you get it?' Kyle asked upon seeing his 'sister' return.

  'Yip!' LuAnne exclaimed barely able to conceal her excitement as she held up the coin.

  'Whatya gonna wish for? To be my brother?' Kyle asked hopefully.

  'Yuck! Why would I wanna do that?' LuAnne replied.

  'I dunno.... just an idea' Kyle dejectedly answered. 'What're you gonna wish for then?'

  'I'm think 'bout teachin' Sara a lesson and makin' her our little sister!' she said.

  'YEAH! That'd be COOL! Then she'd have to do what we tell her!' Kyle said.

  LuAnne's face broke into a sly grin 'I wish Sara was our little sister and just a 'first grader''

  The two laughed and then Kyle said 'Huh uh... a Kindergarten baby!'

  LuAnne giggled 'Ooooooh hehehehe OK, I wish Sara was our little sister and that she was a
  kindergartener'

  -----

  Sara never noticed herself changing. The elegant gown that had been only slightly large on
  her seemed to be growing. Her over-done makeup looked even more over used. She had to
  scoot the seat closer to reach the makeup table. Her high heels slipped off. Freckles
  sprouted on her face. She had to strectch to reach things on the back of the table. Her hair
  shortened and thinned. Finally, a five year old who looked to be playing dress up was left
  sitting on the seat staring into the mirror. She thought the lipstick made her look pretty...so
  she applied even more!

  -----

  'I wonder if it worked?' LuAnne asked.

  'I bet it did. I always worked before!' Kyle replied.

  LuAnne giggled some more.

  'What?' Kyle asked.

  'We oughta wish to be teenagers so we can drive and stuff!'LuAnne told him.

  'COOL!' Kyle exclaimed 'Sara will really have to listen to us if we teenagers and all grown up
  and stuff!'

  'Yeah..... Bein' a teenager would be cool! OK, here we go. 'I wish me and Kyle looked like
  teenagers instead of kids! Like 16 year olds.'

  The two began to change. Both grew taller, especially LuAnne at first. The T-shirt that she
  wore begin to reveal more and more of her thighs. Kyles clothing got tighter and tighter and
  then started straining its seams. Finally, Kyle's height passed her. Her T-shirt began to fill
  out.

  When the process stopped both LuAnne and Kyle could only stare at each other.

  'Wow..... we're big' LuAnne said as she stared at Kyle's lanky body and torn clothing and
  then her own longer legs and arms.

  'Yeah....and you got boobies!' Kyle said as he pointed at the two protrusions from LuAnne's
  T-shirt.

  '~Cool~' she said as she put her hands under them.

  Both of them now looked 16 but they still retained their 7 year old minds. LuAnne had only
  wished for them to ~look~ 16.

  They were still examing themselves when the door flew open. It was Carol, Kyle and Sara's
  grandmother. 'What the hell.....' she said as she saw the two half dressed teens.

  'LuAnne? Is that you?' she said as she began to recognize the teenage girl. 'Did you wish for
  this?'

  'Uh huh....... cool huh?' she answered hopefully.

  Carol studied the two teens. 'Uhhhh Kyle?.... '

  'What?'

  'Why don't you go into the kitchen so I can talk to your mother'

  Kyle and LuAnne looked at each other with confused looks after hearing what Carol had just
  said..... 'His mother? But only his sister was here.' he thought.

  'You want me to go to?' LuAnne asked.

  'No.. I want to talk to ~you~' Carol told her wondering why she didn't understand that from
  before.

  Kyle shrugged and walked away.

  'I don't know what you were thinking wishing Kyle to be older and you younger but.....'

  'Huh uh.... we both wished to older! What are you talking about?'

  'Huh? You're son is older and.....'

  'Son? You mean my brother?'

  'OK..... I'm confused.....' Carol answered hoping for an explanation.

  'Me and Kyle wished to not look like little kids anymore 'cuz Sara was bein' mean to us! We
  used the 'wishin' coin and it did it! We'll change back after while. We're just playin...' she said
  as she suddenly felt like they might be getting into trouble.

  Carol was even more confused. Brother? Little kids...~anymore~? It finally dawned on her that
  Sara must figure into this and that Kyle and LuAnne weren't totally aware. 'We're going to
  have to fix this....'

  'SARA?!?' Carol yelled.

  'Can't we stay big just for today?' LuAnne pleaded.

  'Let me talk to Sara and we'll see if we can't get you ~big~ for even longer than that!' Carol
  told LuAnne as she awaited Sara's reply.

  Carol heard some shuffling and turned to see 5 year old Sara waddling in oversized high heels
  and a gown, face painted with makeup, walking into the room.

  'I'm pwayin' dress up, gramma!' she said happily.

  'Alright... Whoever has that coin had better give it to me now so I can wish everything back to
  normal!'

  Kyle looked at LuAnne who was grasping the coin. 'We don't wanna wish back yet' he
  pleaded.

  'I don't care what you ~want~! THIS needs to be fixed!' Carol yelled as her anger and
  frustraton grew.

  'I think she gettin' mad' Kyle told LuAnne.

  'I wish you weren't mad at us' LuAnne said.

  Carol's expression changed. 'I'm not mad at you but I'm worried.' She replied in a friendlier
  tone of voice. 'We need to get everything back to normal'

  'Maybe you can just have a wish too?' LuAnne said 'I'll wish somethin' for you too and we can
  stay this way for a while?'

  'No honey, we should just get everything back to how it was before. I just worry about you and
  everything. I worry so much right now, that's all.' Carol told LuAnne.

  LuAnne thought for a moment before speaking '....I wish you'd go back to not worryin' so
  much!'

  Carol started changing. Her matronly features were quickly replaced by a more youthful look.
  Her hair color returned and her eyes brightened. Her skin smoothed and her complexion
  improved. When it was over an 18 year old Carol stood in place of the grandmotherly figure
  from moments ago. An 18 year old who figured she had the world in front of her and knew all
  she needed to know. An 18 year old who had began to grow confident in her looks. An 18
  year old who barely had a serious worry in the world.

  'Uh oh' Kyle said 'I think you wished her back too far!'

  Carol didn't mind being 18 at all but she still wanted the rest of them to return to normal. 'I still
  think that you, like, need to change back.... ya know?' she replied as she pulled the hemline
  of her dress up higher and seemed to be contempating how she'd look in a shorter skirt.

  'Just wish that she didn't know nothin' 'bout the wishin' coin' Kyle offered.

  'I wish she didn't know nothin' 'bout the wishin' coin or have anything to do with it anymore!'
  LuAnne said, taking her 'brother's' suggestion.

  Suddenly, Carol's expression changed to one of surprise. She was young again! She didn't
  know how but her youth and looks were back! 'LuAnne, you're young too!? How?' She asked
  but didn't even wait for an answer as she dragged LuAnne to a mirror to 'see' their new
  teenaged bodies.

  'Look at us... Look at US! This is, like, soooo groovy!' She exclaimed. '...I gotta get out of
  these close she said as she kicked off her shoes and opened LuAnne's closet.

  She began tearing through LuAnne's clothing. Since it was for the middle-aged LuAnne, Carol
  didn't really find what she was looking for.....but she figured some scissors would help.
  LuAnne didn't undertand what she was so excited over as she kept talking about showing off
  her body 'like those tiny things on TV' and how she must be 'losing it'. It didn't take long
  before Carol had chopped up a pair of old jeans into short shorts and was cutting up a sweat
  shirt into a pseudo halter top.

  -----

  Meanwhile, Carol's husband John, arrived at the house.

by louder

John rushed into the house and looked around the room hoping to see his wife had retieved the special coin. No such luck! Instead he saw a teenaged boy and a small girl playing dress-up.

'Ohmigod! What's went on here?' he asked.

'Nothin', grampa' Sara replied.

'Kyle? Is that you?' John wondered aloud.

'Uh huh....' Kyle said while nodding his head to indicate 'yes'.

'Where's your mother and grandmother?'

Kyle didn't answer. He was busy trying to think up a story...any story!

'Mommy and Grammy are out back' Sara said as she motioned towards the sliding glass door.

John saw two teenaged girls relaxing in the sun.

'Damnit! Does she know what happened to her?'

'Which one?' Kyle asked.

'Your grandmother!' John snapped.

'Nuh huh...' Kyle mumbled.

'But your mother knows?' John then asked.

'Uhhhhh No...not mommy either.... I guess' Kyle answered sounding a bit confused.

Kyle wished he had the magic coin. Unfortunately for him LuAnne had it! He could see that his grandfather was getting very angry!

'OK, so you know what the coin can do. So who has the coin now?'

'LuAnne's got it' Kyle replied.

John peered out at the two teenaged girls. He was afraid to even imagine what a teenaged girl might wish for! 'OK, tell me what is going on here.... and I mean ALL of it!'

Kyle reluctantly spoke up. 'Gramma gave Sara the wishin' coin and we figured it out. She wanted to hog it though! I had all kinds of good things to try but she messed it all up so when LuAnne and me got it we wished for her to be a kindergartener and then we wished to look older.'

'Older? But your mother looks younger.' John said.

'She does? Only me and LuAnne used it' Kyle told him.

'Yes....so? LuAnne is your mother' John replied.

'Nuh huh.... LuAnne is my sister!' Kyle asserted.

'What?!!!?' John shouted.

'Uhhhhhh I kinda wished that Kyle and Mommy thought they were my brother and sister' Sara said hoping to not get into trouble.

Kyle and John both turned to face little Sara. 'What?' they both chorused.

'I'm sorry....' she said remorsefully.

'And so LuAnne has the coin now?' he asked.

'Uh huh' Kyle answered.

John spun around and headed out to get the coin back from his now teenaged and likely confused daughter.

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'John? You like?' Carol said as she saw John make his appearence.

'Ummm yeah...you look great...but...' his voice quivered as he saw what a beauty his now young wife was.

'I'm young!!!!' she proclaimed as she twirled around showing off her teenaged body. 'I don't know how but I am!'

'I know how.... and so does LuAnne' John replied.

'She does?' Carol asked.

'I knew if that coin got in the wrong hands it could be trouble! It's not your fault though... I should have told you about it. Hell, you wouldn't have believed me anyway but at least you wouldn't have given it away. Now look what's happened' John looked in amazement at his teenaged wife and daughter who now appeared nearly the same age. But Carol at least maintained an 18 year old personality. LuAnne had been regressed to a child and then had only wished to ~look~ older....

'But we don't wanna change back yet!' LuAnne bellowed about ready to break into a tantrum. 'Noooooooo'

'Damnit! No backtalk!' John shot back suddenly sounding more like the father of a child rather than the father of an adult. 'You'll give me the coin back....NOW!'

'Noooooo Please...noooooooo' LuAnne sobbed 'I don't wanna yet....'

'John... Look at ~me~... this is great' Carol said as she ran her fingers through her silky hair.

'I can't be married to a teenager...and I don't want to be married to a teenager!' he fired back at her.

Suddenly, Carol broke into tears. 'You think I'm ugly!' she cried.

'Nooooooo don't wanna change back yet.....' LuAnne cried as she stomped her feet and pounded the concrete 'Pleassssssssse no!!!'

'Damnit, both of you hush up.... It's the spell messing with your minds. Just give me the coin, LuAnne!'

'Noooooooo huh-uh...Not yet! Pleassssssse' LuAnne whined.

'Am I too fat??? Is that it? I'm fat!' Carol sobbed.

John's head was spinning. 'Please women.... errrrr girls. Quit this whining! I found the coin and it's mine so just give it back to me'

'I wish you'd never found that dumb ol coin!' LuAnne said in disgust.

'NO!' John yelled

LuAnne's expression changed when she felt a warmth in her pocket.

Outside, John's car changed from a fancy new expensive model into a cheap older import model.

Bob, LuAnne's husband grumbled about John taking ~his~ parking place with John's 'junk' as he made his way into the house. Once inside he saw Kyle trying to figure out how his clothes had gotten ripped to tatters and 8yr old Sara laughing at Kyle all the while looking like she was playing dress-up in her mother's clothing. Bob didn't even ask them what they were doing, figuring he didn't want to know!

LuAnne walked in from out back wearing what was left of a pair of jeans that she hadn't worn in years. They were much too tight and she had cut them down into very short cut-offs. She also had on a cut up T-shirt that exposed far too much of her middle-aged tummy. Bob was about to ask her what was going on when he saw his mother-in-law come in wearing a similar outfit. In her case it even looked more ridiculous! She had cut up an old sweatshirt into a makeshift crop top and also had on micro shorts. Her white skin looked like it hadn't seen any sunshine in years and her stomach also wasn't fit for public display! Her grey hair completed the look. Bob could only laugh as he took in the sight of the two older women dressed like a couple of sun-loving teens.

John quickly escorted Carol past Bob an out to their car. He barely grumbled as he passed Bob. He didn't like Bob at all and wished his daughter had never married him.

John grinded on the starter as he tried to start his old car. 'It'll start' he said 'It always does'

'If you hadn't spent all of our money searching the world for all those ~trinkets~ maybe you could've afforded a new car' Carol nagged as she tried to cover her much too exposed flesh with her arms.

'Well, if I'd found the one I ~really~ wanted you wouldn't be complaining!' he told her as the car fired up 'We'd be on easy street right now.... And that damn Son-in-Law of ours would be out of the picture!!!'

'~Sure~' she answered sarcastically.

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Back inside Bob and LuAnne's home:

Even though LuAnne looked silly the way she was dressed right now..... and Bob had no idea why she was dressed as she was... he knew he loved his wife and always had.

He kissed her just as he always did when he got home from work and for some reason felt compelled to remind of her of something he had told her when he first proposed to her. 'I love you and nothing can ever keep us apart!' he told her.