Wasup?

Be Careful What You Wish For

Chapter Twelve

Fang's POV

As soon as we were back in our lamp, Lupo was panicking. "What did you do to him? You didn't kill him, did you? Turn him into dust or just wisps of smoke?"

I sighed, twitching my fingers so that I changed into my regular genie garb. Lupo followed in suit, stomping as we went into the kitchen. I pulled myself up onto the counter, "He's not dead. He's perfectly fine. If anything, I added quite a bit of years to his schedule."

Her eyes widened, "You didn't."

I nodded and, as if they heard our conversation, two people puffed into the room-one being my sister and the other Zephyr. He was dressed in his own version of the genie uniform and was staring at us all very confused. "Can someone tell me what's going on?"

"Yeah," Artiglio growled, "Me too."

"Iggy wished for Zephyr to disappear, for him to leave the face of the earth. So I sent him to you. Doing so, Zephyr-"

"Call me Gazzy."

"Okay, Gazzy. Doing so, I had to turn you into a genie like Lupo and I are," I finished, tone casual.

Artiglio raised her hand, "And me."

"Genies?" Gazzy asked, eyes wide, "You have got to be shitting me. Oh, I know!

Someone threw something and it hit me in the head. Any second now, I'll be coming back to consciousness on the sidewalk."

Artiglio looked at him, her eyebrows scrunching together, "No, this is all real."

"Hard to take in, isn't it?" Max's voice asked behind me. I turned to see her standing next to Lupo who must have brought her in.

Gazzy looked at her, "Are you one, too?"

"No, I'm just their temporary master," Max smirked, looking at me.

I scoffed but didn't respond in any way, just looked back at my sister.

"It's late. You two should really get back to your lamp. Get to know each other." I paused, thinking about that, "Not too much, though."

My sister huffed and snapped her fingers, both her and Gazzy disappearing.

Max sighed, "That's lovely. What are his parents going to think?"

I grinned, "I took care of that. They are going to find a note from him saying he ran off with his one true love and would miss them greatly."

"And you don't think they're going to look for him," Max asked, throwing her hands in the air and glaring at me.

My natural reaction, I got defensive, "You think they're going to find him? Max, kids do this every day! His parents will get over it!"

"It's his parents! Do you seriously believe they'll get over it? I don't care what crap you've been through, but not everyone is okay with their kid disappearing!"

With that, I disappeared in my own wisp of black smoke.

(Two Hours Later)

"You okay?" Lupo asked from my bedroom door. I was lying on my stomach on my bed, watching the large fish tank I had sitting against the wall across from the foot of my bed. Both were large, bigger than my fist. One was pure white with black eyes and kept ramming into the tank walls and tipping over the underwater weeds I had set up. The other was black with white eyes and swam gracefully and calmly, but when he got angry he was worse than the white one.

Lupo sat on my bed next to me and began rubbing my bare back, "You know who those two remind me of?"

I rolled my eyes, "The two they were created after. You always ask the same question when I'm upset."

She chuckled, "You're always watching the same thing when you're upset."

Her voice was soothing, something people wouldn't think of to come from Lupo.

But I knew her better. She never wanted someone close to her to be upset. If she didn't know how to fix it, she got angry. But, if she knew how to, then she'd fix their problem in a heartbeat.

I didn't respond to her observation, making her sigh, "Why does the mention of parents aggravate you so? Is it because they are the reason you are in this position? Is it-"

"It's just been so long since I've seen them, Lupo. And I can't go visit them unless someone wishes it. And, besides, it's not their fault. It's no one's fault. We were just all chosen for this profession. Chosen to always help people, either to help them get to a better place, better state of mind, or to help the evil ones find their falling."

"If you want to visit them so bad, why not ask Max to wish to visit them? Isn't a regular thing for the girlfriend to meet the parents?"

I chuckled, "True, true. Though, I think I just ** her off."

"Eh, by the time she left she seemed to be over it. She doesn't seem like the one to hold a stupid grudge. Now, a grudge she thought would be worthwhile is another story."

(The Next Morning)

"Are you sure? This would be cutting your wishes in half. You'd only have one from Lupo now and two from me. I-"

Max put a hand over my mouth, "Are you trying to talk me out of it?"

I shook my head and she moved her hand. "Why did you say yes so quickly, anyway?"

She grinned, "I think it'd be fun to see your family have a get together. I mean, I've already met your sister. This should be interesting."

A/N: It's short and just an explainer/build up, but it is a chapter.

Oh, and say thanks to my new beta for this story: An- oh, wait, sorry, she changed her username *grumble, grumble.* It's now Inanna Ride.