Chapter 9

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~Sofe

Admiia grabbed a blanket and gave it to Dizzy. "When did Evie say she'd be back?"

"15 minutes." Dizzy said with tears still in her eyes. She wrapped the blanket around herself just like Evie had instructed her before she left.

Admiia then sat down on the sofa next to her. "Wanna talk to me about it?"

Dizzy just shrugged her shoulders, "Not much to talk about. Just someone hates me and likes to hurt me."

"You know, I've felt kinda like you have before."

Dizzy looked at her friend. "What? But you're a genie. Why would anyone hate you?"

Admiia sighed. "Well, nobody hated me, but I did feel like I shouldn't exist." She took a breath. "I don't know when I was born on where I came from. All I knew was that I was a genie, and I had the power to grant wishes. The time I was released from my lamp, I was ecstatic. I couldn't wait to help someone with my powers, but the man who found me wasn't interested in happiness. He wanted power, power beyond anyone else in the world."

"Like Jafar?" Dizzy asked.

"Yeah, but my Master was worse. He wanted rule over the world and everything in it. When I first saw him, he was the first person I had ever met, so I couldn't see the evil inside him, but then he asked for his first wish, to become the ruler of the entire earth. I didn't think much of it at the time, until I saw the way he ruled, with evil and malice, hurting those who stood in his way."

"Admiia?" Dizzy looked at her friend with sad eyes.

"Then, after a few years of living in my lamp, he summoned me again. He then wished for his second wish, for me to destroy a village that had rebelled against him."

Dizzy gasped.

"I told him I couldn't kill anyone, but he told me to burn the village to the ground, and I couldn't say no to that. I did as he commanded."

Dizzy's mouth hung open as Admiia could feel the tears fall from her eyes. "He then sent me back to the lamp, were I sat for a thousand years, feeling guilty and saddened about what I had done."

"Admiia," Dizzy said in a quiet voice. "It wasn't your fault."

"I tried telling myself that, but every time I did, something told me it was. The only thing that made me feel even the slightest bit better was seeing that those people from the village survived and rallied together with others to over throw him."

"But, what stopped him from using his third wish?" Dizzy asked.

Admiia shrugged. "No one knows." Then she smiled. "But there is a bright side to all of this. I realized once I saw how the world was prospering outside of my little lamp, that whatever that man would have wished for, it wasn't going to stop everyone else from stopping him. And I knew that there was someone out there who would find me and let me grant one wish that actually mattered. So, I just waited for that day."

Dizzy smiled.

"What I'm trying to say, Dizzy, is that no matter what others do to you, there's a reason you're here, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise."

Dizzy outstretched her arms and wrapped Admiia in a hug. "Thanks, Admiia."

Admiia smiled. "No, thank you."

"Dizzy! Can you open the door? My hands are full!" Evie yelled from outside the door.

"Yeah! Just a moment!" Dizzy yelled back.

"Guess that's my cue." Admiia smiled. "See ya later."

"See ya later, Admiia."

And with that, she disappeared.

Dizzy jumped up and grabbed the door. There Evie stood with two gallons of ice cream and a ton of movies. "Who's ready for the best girl's night ever?" she said.

"Definitely me!" Dizzy smiled.

"Evie smiled as she walked into Dizzy's room. "You feeling better?"

Dizzy nodded, "Yeah."

Evie set the stuff down on the table. "Good."

I just had a little pep talk…