The numb
Fitzgerald's house, Tuesday 03:30 p.m.
"Dear, I'm worried!" said the big moose-antlered peanut-guy.
"What's wrong Patrick?" asked Mrs. Fitzgerald.
"Don't you see our daughter Penny is acting strangely lately?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, she's keeping that form for days without change!"
"Is that a problem?"
"No, I just wonder why she's still a doe, you know that she changes her aspect depending by her emotion….."
"It means that she's no longer unstable!"
"Do you think that she fully mastered her powers?"
"Perhaps!"
Patrick recalled the last time when he saw her daughter has a "fairy" form.
"Remember the day before she turned into a doe?"
"Oh yes, it was a bad day for her!"
"Right, she was kicked from the cheerleaders. When she went back home she was so upset! After dinner she went out and I was worried for her: I was sure she was going to do something nasty!"
"Yes but…"
"She came back home with a new aspect. She said she was going to the forest to vent her anger when, suddenly, she met a deer. That animal fascinated her so much that she got a great idea, so she tried hard and she tuned into a deer with arms and legs. They kicked her from the cheerleaders due her awkward look, but with her new appearance, she would be reinstate!"
"In fact, she has been reinstated in the cheerleaders this morning. The coach said that was one of the greatest performance he ever saw!" said Patrick's wife.
"Yes, our daughter is stable and pretty now. She's pretty changed, still…."
Patrick quitted the conversation and climbed up the stairs.
Sandy was doing her homework when Patrick knocked at her door.
"May I disturb?"
"No dad, please come in!" answered the doe turning her head.
They looked at each other for a second that seemed an eternity.
"Is your present ready?" asked the moose-antlered peanut.
"Gift what present?"
"You know, for the birthday!"
Sandy had no idea of what birthday Penny's father was talking about, but she couldn't stay quiet or her coverage would be wasted. She tried to guess.
"Oh yes, the present for my sis's birthday!"
"….exactly!"
Sandy took a sigh of relief.
"So what are you going to write on her birthday card?"
The question sounded silly to Sandy.
"Well…..Happy birthday lil Fitzgerald!"
"That's it? Just lil Fitzgerald?"
The situational was getting awkward.
"Yes, why?"
"I think you should write your sis's name inside the birthday card!"
"Oh, sure, why not?"
"You know your sis's name?"
Sandy nodded.
"Then what is her name?"
Sandy realized it was a trap. She took Penny's place without knowing her sis's name. Her father must have suspected the mistaken identity. What she was supposed to do? Seconds passed and Patrick's suspect was getting higher.
"So you don't know your sis's name? That's strange: you always know!"
Sandy had to find an explanation.
"Well, looks like I lost some memory. It must be a side effect of my new transformation!"
The theory looked credible but Patrick looked not completely convicted.
"I'll leave you to your duties!" said Patrick leaving the room.
"Yes, daddy, come back anytime!"
Patrick turned to his wife; she was still sitting on the couch.
"So?" asked when her husband sat on the couch with her.
Patrick took some courage to give the sentence.
"I think my suspicions were correct!"