Jeannie-VS-Samantha
Written and re-edited by Ra'Ay'Mond
Part one.
(Twinkle-Twinkle little nose.)
This fan fiction was inspired by a TV guide write-in contest asking who was more powerful: Jeannie from 'I Dream of Jeannie.' Or, Samantha from 'Bewitched.' At the end of this story I will tell you my 'first' choice, and I will tell you what one of the write-in voters said to change my mind.
Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie are both owned by Sony home entertainment. I am making no profit from this work. However, I, like many of the other viewers of both shows always wondered who would win in a magical battle royal between these two 60's television icons.
Enjoy.
I would like to think 'Christine the RebelWriter' for her ' greased-lighting beta reading.
Part one.
The heels of Samantha Steven's shoes clicked with a lighting fast rhythmic beat that would make any Salsa bandleaders heart proud.
She was on a mission. She had to find the largest toy bunny rabbit that she could.
Her husband Darrin Stevens was given an all-expenses paid vacation to Disney World, in lovely Orlando Florida. It was his reward from his employers at Mac Mann & Tate for winning over a multi-million dollar advertising contract.
This will keep the firm busy for several years. Also, with nearly endless opportunities for contract renewal, it will help to ensure the firms survival into the next century.
They decided to drive to Orlando, to see as much of the nation as possible on the way. Darrin would more than likely be too busy within the next few years to do anything like this again. So, it was now or never.
They took a detour and stopped off at a motel, to have a day of rest at Cocoa Beach, before going on to Disney World.
That's when it happened. Their son Adam said his first word.
They were sitting around the motel room, trying to teach him to talk, when he said his first word, "Momma."
After that, the rest of the family took part in the usual celebratory screaming, jumping up & down and calling the extended family with the good news. Darrin's, not Samantha's.
They then continued the speaking lessons.
After some more on the spot tutoring, he said his second and third words: "Da da," and then "Ta-Be-Ha"
They were sure he meant Tabitha, his older sister's name. Either way, he made a new best friend out of his big sister because of his efforts.
Then he said his fourth word, "Rabbit."
After several minutes of trying to convince Darrin that it did not mean that Adam was going to pull a rabbit, or anything else for that matter out of a hat. Samantha decided then and there to wake up a little early the next morning and buy her genius son the biggest rabbit toy that she could find.
After waking up early the next morning, Samantha dressed in her white sundress, with the sunflower print. A wide brim sun hat, with a sunflower on it. She then slipped into her white toe-less sandals, with a sunflower on each foot. Last but not least, she chose her matching giant Mommy-purse, with what else, a giant sunflower on the front. She knew that it looked corny, but she told herself, 'this is how people on vacation in Florida are supposed to dress'.
She then quietly wakes Darrin up to watch the sleeping children, and lovingly kisses her three favorite people on Earth goodbye before leaving their motel room. Once she arrives at the front desk, she grins at the sleepy clerk and says, "Hello sir. Would you happen to know where the nearest toy store around here is located"?
The clerk returns her grin as he looks up and down. He quickly notices all of the flowers that she is wearing and inwardly smiles as he thinks to himself tourists. He points toward the downtown area of the city and replies, "there is a large department store about ten minutes down the highway. They should have just about anything that a t…" He stops short of calling her a tourist and instead says, parent would want for their child".
After a short drive in the family car, Samantha arrives at the department store about twenty minutes after it has opened. She goes up to the first store employee that she sees and asks where the children's toy department is. She is informed that it is on the second floor, next to the home decorations department.
Samantha takes the escalator to the second floor and picks up a Puss and boots doll for Tabitha. If you are going to buy a gift for one, you have a buy one for the other, she thinks to herself.
Once upstairs, She is informed by a young woman that works in the children's toy department that they do indeed stock large toy rabbits. However, they only had one left. And another woman had just asked for it.
The young store clerk then points toward another blonde woman who is walking toward the large toy rabbit, about to pick it up from the shelf, "As a matter of fact, there she is."
Samantha's heart skips a beat.
She unconsciously bites her lower lip as she thinks to herself, one of the first words that my son ever said was rabbit. He must have seen one on television, or in a book that we read to him before bedtime. Adam wants…No, Adam has earned that rabbit. And I'm going to get it for him! Even if I have to 'Kind-of'' break a promise that I made to Darrin.
Samantha coolly narrows her eyes into cat-like slits as she watches the other woman pick-up the toy, and examines it, as if she expects to find something wrong. She then thinks to herself, after-all, I am not the one who will gain from this, our son will!
Her forehead creases with tension as she realizes she is about to fail her son by letting this…woman, who probable throws so many toys at her child, to make up for a lack of good parenting skills, just walk-off with her child's toy! She thinks, I'll confess to Darrin about using my powers to get the toy…later. She was sure he wouldn't mind this one time.
Samantha takes a deep breath, and finally relaxes as she comes to a decision. She even smiles as she thinks to herself, besides, it's always easier to beg for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission.
This will be a simple spell. I will freeze every mortal on this floor. No! In the entire store, just in case. Especially the mortal women who was about to steal my son's rabbit. I will then take the toy, put one of the other smaller rabbit toys in the other woman's hand. Walk over to a checkout counter, pay for the toys, un-freeze the mortals and go back to the motel with my sons reward.
Samantha takes in a deep breath, concentrates, and twitches her nose.
At first, everyone around her is walking and talking. Then suddenly, they all stop in their tracks.
The department store floor is suddenly so quiet that it sounds like she is in an empty room. People are just… standing still, as if they were all statues.
Except for the blonde woman who the now frozen young store clerk is still pointing at.
The blonde-haired woman suddenly stops examining the giant toy rabbit. She looked to her left and right at the exact moment that the mortals were frozen in their tracks.
She then turns and looks directly at Samantha. And with a slightly confused grin, and a sparkle in her big blue eyes and she asks, "Excuse me, but why have you frozen these people like this? And when do you think that you will un-freeze them?
However, before Samantha can respond, the blonde woman continues, "I can tell you from past experiences that if you keep them too long like that, they will have leg cramps whenever you do un-freeze them"
The woman then just slightly tilts her head, and innocently smiles at Samantha while waiting for an answer.
The only thing that Samantha can think to herself is, that's just great! The first time in years I use my powers in public, it has to be in the presence of another witch. And one who is trying to steal my son's giant toy rabbit, no less!
End of part one.
Part two will arrive shortly.
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