It was just another average day, in another average field, having another average picnic with more average food while talking about more average happenings... or was it? In fact, we had never had a picnic before and the food was far from average. As for the conversations, calling them average would make Webster have to rethink their definition. The topics ranged from a random blade of grass to ninjas to the Easter bunny. Well, hearing all of this you can't tell me later that I didn't warn you of the insanity that was sure to ensue. After all, this is about how we got ourselves into this mess... although the best idea would be just to start at the beginning and work through the whole story... yes, that would probably be best because you see... this isn't exactly the first mess we've gotten into since that 'average' day.
Flashback (A very, very long flashback...)
"So..." I inquired calmly, "why exactly are we having a picnic again?"
"Because picnics are fun!" Alexis replied energetically.
"Right... so why are exactly are we having one here again?"
"Why," Alexis asked tentively, "you don't' like it here?" Her bottom lip quivered slightly and her eyes began to water...
"Um... erm... No, of course I like here! I just wanted to know how you chose such a... beautiful, random field in the middle of nowhere with no civilization in any direction for miles in the middle of Japan (wait a minute, how'd we get in Japan?!)," I said while fumbling to come up with an adequate excuse while still getting my answer.
"Oh!" Alexis cried happily, "why didn't you just say so to begin with. I liked this blade of grass so I thought here would be nice! Don't you think this grass is nice?"
For a second I considered checking to see if she was still partially sane but decided not to for fear she wasn't. Instead I just stared at the blade of grass she was holding out for me to examine. I glanced up to check her expression and was a bit relived at first when I saw a vibrant smile on her face... that was until I look a bit closer and realized that it was one of those 'you had better say you like it or I'll break your arm' kind of smiles. I swear I must have turned paler than a ghost.
"It's great!" I cried enthusiastically, "I can't believe you found such a wonderful piece of grass. That totally explains why we're out here in this... uh... totally awesome field..."
Alexis nodded approvingly and I let out the breath I had been holding. Maybe you could say I was being over dramatic about the situation but still, you do not want to get Alexis mad at you.
"So..." I mumbled, searching for a conversation topic in my head that would be slightly less life threatening, "are you excited about Christmas coming up?"
"Oh yeah! I can't wait! I just love the Easter bunny!" Alexis replied as she ate a slice of cake we had brought along.
I sweat dropped, "But the Easter bunny is part of... well, Easter and that isn't until April..."
I glanced over at Alexis after I didn't receive a reply. She looked completely devastated and was on the verge of tears. Oh no...
"Wait! Sorry, I just realized I had my holidays mixed up, you were totally right, " I said smiling. Mental note, buy a bunny suit to wear on Christmas...
"Oh okay," Alexis said calmly, "Anyway I also found this in the field, it looks like junk, it's obviously not as nice as the grass..."
I glanced up from my cake that I had started eating to look at the object that she was now holding. It looked like some sort of genie's lamp that you would see on Aladdin or something. The metal it was made out of looked old and was probably brass or something. I wondered for a moment if I could get rid of a bit of the dullness.
I held my hand out and Alexis gave me the lamp. Grabbing a handful of my T-shirt, I rubbed the lamp a bit. It seemed to help because the lamp suddenly seemed to be extremely shiny. Huh. Nope, it was glowing... now maybe I've just watched too many animes or have read too much manga but for some reason this really didn't surprise me all that much.
There was a sudden flash of light and I instinctively covered my eyes. When I opened them again there was some really weird guy in front of us wearing the stereotypical genie getup. I eyed him for a second and was about to ask him who he was when there was a completely random...
"HI!! I'm Alexis! Do you want some cake? I love cake, especially cake that has sugar in it! Do you like sugar? I love sugar! Are you a genie?! Oh hey!! Does that mean we get three wishes!! Why are you wearing such funny pants? Does you mother make you wear that? I feel bad for you!" finished Alexis in four seconds flat.
Apparently, this genie had never met somebody like Alexis because he sort of just stood there staring in shock at her, who was staring back at him expectantly. The genie shifted his weight nervously from foot to foot before finally deciding to speak.
"So what exactly was the question again...?"
Alexis blinked, shrugged, and then opened her mouth to begin repeating the 'question.'
"NO!" I cried lunging at Alexis and quickly covering her mouth... "She wants to know if we get wishes," I said quickly, deciding that this was the only actual important question in the massive speech."
"Obviously," the genie replied tartly, his attitude now changing since the initial shock that is Alexis had passed. "You get just three..." he said pausing, "And that isn't each, you get three all together. Now hurry up and make them. I don't have all day!"
I removed my hand from covering Alexis' mouth and instantly regretted that decision.
"WE WANT NINJA POWERS!! SUPER COOL NINJA POWERS!!"
I stared in horror at Alexis for a moment. That didn't take very long for her to decide, which left me to wonder if somehow she had suspected this and had already thought this out... However my thoughts were interrupted when the genie suddenly snapped his fingers.
"Done! Next wish," he said impatiently.
The first thing I decided to make a mental note of was that I didn't feel any different in the least. The second thing was that Alexis was about to speak again.
"Look Alexis," I cried suddenly, "it's the last piece of cake!"
"MINE!!" Scream Alexis as she pounced on the plate.
I sighed with relief and quickly began trying to decide what the other two wishes should be. Although... the whole ninja thing didn't seem to come true so maybe this was some elaborate prank... Then again, I had never had ninja powers before so I suppose it could be possible that I just didn't know what they felt like. Unfortunately, I had spent too much time in thought, which means I thought longer than a slice of cake can last.
"We want a way to travel dimensions!!" came the next strange request from the mind of Alexis.
"Fine, whatever," said the genie in boredom.
Yet again he snapped his fingers and suddenly sitting right in front of us was a creature that looked conspicuously like Mokona from Tsubasa. It looked up at me and smiled happily before bouncing up on top of my head. I ground my teeth for a moment to keep from losing my temper. The combination of two wishes gone within two minutes and a strange bunny creature on my head was testing my limits.
" 'K Amber!" Alexis said suddenly, "your turn!!"
I stared for a second before realizing that she was giving me the last wish. Since the other two wishes went to fun I figured that the final wish should at least be something logical.
"So Alexis... we're planning on going and traveling through dimensions?"
"Yup!" Alexis stated happily, "it'll be so much fun!"
"I see..." I muttered softly to myself, "Then I wish that we had a book that will tell us everything that we might need to know about anything."
"Yeah, yeah. Fine," the genie said as he snapped his fingers and a book appeared in my hands, "I decided to even be nice and make it travel sized for you. Now if you don't mind I'll be going... being a genie doesn't pay well and I 'm going to be late for my part-time job at Pizza Hut."
With that the genie disappeared, leaving us with a bunny thing and a small book that was barely bigger than my hand. For a second we just stared at the empty spot to which the genie had just moments before occupied. Then suddenly the realization of it all hit me. We were about to go and travel dimensions... and we had ninja powers!
