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Chapter One: Chris, what have you done!

Stories are such powerful things. They make us laugh. They make us cry; to love and to hate; to question and wonder. Take us places we could never venture, or hit home, relating with us in everyway and fiber of our lives. Stories, such mysterious things; but sometimes, just sometimes, if there is enough belief in them; they can become real.

They say be careful what you wish for, for it might just be true. I for one would like to say that this is very much true. I wouldn't be in the situation that I am in if it wasn't for some silly wish. How the hell I get my self into these situations is beyond me, but none the less here I stand trying to save us all cause someone just had to go make a silly wish. But I am a head of myself, I should begin at the beginning, and then maybe you can start to understand.

I had just arrived at my friend's apartment for a little get together party. We were planning to spin all day hanging out watching Jim Hanson movies. I brought my all time favorite, 'The labyrinth' as well as 'Dark Crystal'. I knew as soon as Madison opened the door all hell was going to brake loose, that and my poor ears were about to loose some of their hearing for the next couple of hours. I was late, which wouldn't be a problem if it wasn't for the reason I was late. And boy, oh boy, I was going to get another good earful on the subject again.

You see it was Monday, my day off after a hellish weekend at where I worked. I had just got done doing three mandated doubles. Normally I wouldn't mind doing so many hours with little sleep; its something that you get use to doing in the health care world, but the second shift on Sunday was complete and udder hell. I don't know weather it was the full moon or what, but it wasn't pretty. I was so exhausted by the time I got home at 1 am on Monday that I went right to sleep and didn't get up till around 11.

I knocked on Madison's door, and hard a "Come in".

As I enter the apartment, everyone looks at me and says "YOU'RE LATE!" reminding me of the Naruto episode were Kakashi was late.

"Sorry, Sorry." I said, and then continued with, "Work was hell the past three days, and I didn't get home till 1 this morning."

"They made you stay over three times in a row." Madison states to me rather then ask. 'Fuck, hell's about to brake loose' I thought. It seemed the same thought was going through everyone else's mind, cause they all backed away and pretended to be busy with something.

"Yeah, but it's alright sis, I don't mind." I say trying to calm her down. From the look on her face, it was the wrong thing to say as everyone else saw it and went hiding instead of just keeping away from us.

"Alright! Alright!" She yells. "It is most certainly not alright! If they don't have you working 16 hours a day, they have you come in and work on your days off. I have never seen someone poll off 80 hours a week, maybe 64 or so, but never 80 plus hours! Girl, sister, Kayla, you need to find yourself a new job. Better yet, how about a new career that doesn't kill yeah."

"Imouto, I knew what I was getting myself into when I became a Nurse. My mother is a nurse and I was a CNA/CMA for a good few years. I knew the hell I was getting in too. Besides, I could easily say no to them when they ask me to come in or stay over; but I don't." I try explaining.

"Then why don't you say no?" I'm asked.

"Because as a nurse I have a duty to my patients, that and my own set of morals and ethics that I follow. I did not become a nurse just for the money like so many of my fellow peers did. I became a nurse to help those how are in need of help, to be the strength for those who need it, to give hope when it seems to be lost, to heal those who need to be healed, and to show them that someone does care." I pause and give her a look of pleading then add, "I don't see it as right or wrong about being forced or mandated to stay for another shift. It's not fair, that much is true, but life is not fair."

She looks at me, takes a deep breath, shakes her head and then said to me, "Kayla, you know, you're just way to nice."

"Yeah, I'm told that a lot." I reply half smiling knowing the argument was over for now. And with that we began our little get together movie fest, catching up on each other's lives and having a really good time. It was as if we young and carefree again, like we were back in high school.

The hours flew by and before any of us knew it, it was dark out. We had been watching my movie, 'The Labyrinth' when someone, can't remember who, noticed a shooting star running across the sky outside. So we all ran to go see it. I remember how beautiful it looked. Now I don't know about the others, except for Chris, but for some reason I couldn't phantom, I decided to make a wish on that star flying across the sky. I had wished that I was 15 again and knew then what I knew now.

So our friend Chris has never been the brightest crayon in the box, or the sharpest tool in the shed. And while he is a whole lot better and more mature now then back when we were teens, he still was quite the dull crayon. This brings us to the other wish I know, Chris's.

Chris being Chris decided to make a joke out of the situation, saying out loud for all to hear, "I wish we all could run the goblin king's labyrinth right now!"

Everyone laughed at him, but I was utterly terrified, of the words he spoke and voiced my fear, "Chris what have you done?"

"Kayla, I think you have worked way too many hours if you think what you are thinking." Dam states laughing at me, as did everyone else.

We were about to return to watching the movie when all of a sudden the power went out. It was creepy and scary to say the less, and what fear I was feeling had just reached new heights. Then all of a sudden out of the corner of my eye I saw something moving. Taking a closer look, I realize it was an owl. 'No, no, no, no!' I yelled in my head as I watched the owl fly through the window and into the room. Then there stood before us in all his glory, an exact replica of the man we just saw in the movie, the Goblin King.

"Chris" I some how managed to say not taking my eyes off of the cause of my fear.

"Yeah" he replies.

"What have you done." I say yet again.