Disclaimer - Don't own south park or any of the characters, just bored and wanted to write something fun.

Authors note – Oh my god i'm so sorry! It's taken me almost two weeks to finish this chapter I am so sorry! I kept getting distracted and then I finally went back to work this week. But I haven't given up on this story there will be new chaps more often...hopefully.

Chapter 17

In Stan's living room...

Stan and Kyle stood in the doorway staring at the girl in front of them. She seemed so ordinary but even Kyle had to admit she was beautiful. Maybe it was her simple honest appearance that made her seem that way, as opposed to her inhuman perfection she had possessed before. Stan was sure the girl in front of him was his girlfriend but he still couldn't believe it. Wendy stared back him a light blush on her face. Her dark hair in a shoulder length bob, her usual purple eyes had changed to an emerald green.

"Y-you uh...you look good..." Stan said stumbling over his words. Wendy scowled and jumped out of the chair she'd been sitting in. Butters holding a pair of scissors stepped back and Kenny was snickering to himself. Wendy walked over to her boyfriend, she looked to Kyle.

"Kyle, can you release my boyfriend to me please?" Kyle just blinked and let Stan out of the headlock who proceeded to stand up straight. Wendy looked him In the eyes and smiled for a split second before sucker punching him in the stomach as hard as she could. "I look good?! Boy I look damn fine!" Wendy laughed ecstatically, she wasn't used to feeling emotions so intensely she usually just pushed them away before.

"Ouch, dude that looked like it hurt." Kyle commented backing away from the girl he was now sure was crazy. Wendy pulled Stan up off the floor he flinched thinking she was about to strike him again but kissed him deep instead. Kyle watched as his friend melted into his girlfriend, he felt a pang of sadness thinking of Clyde's smile. Maybe they could have been like that? He shook his head, it wasn't the time to be depressed. Butters and Kenny were smiling as they watched the couple embrace. Wendy looked up at Stan then.

"Happy birthday Stan." He smiled and went back in for another kiss. Kyle smiled and walked over to Mrs. Sharon who was resting on the couch, she seemed very pale.

"Mr. Randy, is Mrs. Sharon sick?" Randy turned from his conversation with the elder Marsh to regard Kyle.

"Oh she's just tired from a very exhausting spell, she'd been preparing for it for almost ten years and still it almost wasn't enough." Kyle turned to look at Wendy then thinking maybe that was what had started the change. Wendy saw his look and smiled and nodded. She broke away from her boyfriend and turned to regard the two boys who were just joining them.

About twenty minutes later...

"So in summary, Mrs. Marsh sealed my powers as a goddess I'm no more than an ordinary girl now!" Wendy seemed like she was about to start bouncing off the walls.

"She also has a bit of a weakness for sugary food now..." Butters said smiling sheepishly as he tossed Wendy another of the chocolates she'd been snacking on all day.

"I might have a sugar high right now." She said as she ate the candy and rocked back and forth enjoying it. Stan's face seemed like a mask to Kyle, he was trying to read his expression but couldn't tell what he was looking at. Mrs. Marsh woke up then and smiled at her son when he noticed.

"Hey mom, how are you feeling?" He asked as he went to her and helped her sit up.

"I'm fine, tired but I'll recover." She looked to Wendy who was chatting Butters ear off at this point. He seemed to have been elected as her new "girlfriend" and was asking if he wanted to go shopping sometime and get massages. She seemed to want to do all these ordinary things she must have been refusing to enjoy before. She smiled admiring her handy work. She was the only one who could see the ten different seals she'd placed on the girl. They glowed on her body like tattoos to Sharon's eyes. Each one suppressed a certain aspect of Wendy's divinity. As long as the seals remained in place she would remain a normal girl. "So how are you feeling Wendy? Is it everything you hoped for?" Wendy turned and practically flew across the room to hug Mrs. Sharon.

"Yes! Oh yes! I've forgotten a lot of what I knew about people's true natures as well! I can look at someone and see what they appear to be not who they truly are hidden beneath!" Sharon listened to the girl ramble about how all her power seemed to be gone. She hadn't anticipated Wendy forgetting the things she'd learned with her gods eyes but she supposed it might have something with never having learned it the normal way.

"So you don't remember anything you learned with your eyes?" Kyle asked curious. He wasn't entirely sure what the extent of Wendy's vision had been, but she had mentioned she had never actually read a book because the information contained inside would flow into her mind if she set eyes on it. Wendy thought for a moment before shaking her head.

"Not really, I guess the things I learned with my power were sealed along with the powers themselves. I'm just a normal girl!" She jumped around as Kyle shook his head.

"As normal as a girl who use to be a god and is still very capable of magic can be." She shot him a glare then and back up a bit.

"Don't ruin this for me Kyle! I'm still mad about you stealing mine and Stan's date night. And you hogged him all day!" She was getting angry as she approached Kyle with each word. Butters was trying to calm her down but she had completely tuned him out.

"How about Karaoke?" Kenny said still on his own side of the room. Wendy stopped still and everyone turned to look at him. "Wendy you like to sing right? And you've never gone before." Wendy whirled around suddenly far more interested in Kenny's idea than her anger at Kyle. He mouthed thank you to his blond friend who just nodded. Wendy and Butters were already discussing what songs to sing.

"Guess the birthday boy doesn't get a say in his plans huh?" Kyle whispered to his friend who rolled his eyes before smiling.

"Eh it's OK dude, today has already been perfect. Nothing could ruin it. Besides karaoke doesn't sound too bad." He got and joined in the conversation while Kyle just let his mind wander until he was looking out the window. He felt a cold sweat suddenly and very paranoid that they were being watched. He shivered and tried to shake off the feeling but it wouldn't go away.

Across the street in the shadow of the houses...

A young man watched them through the window with dark eyes. He smiled cruelly, even from here he could hear them. He couldn't help but view Stan's statement as a challenge, nothing could ruin it? He would see about that. He watched as the friends all said good bye to the parents and hustled out the door and down the street in the direction of the karaoke hut. He slowly followed them, hiding in the shadow of the houses. He was being far more careless than he normally would, but if what they said was true then the goddess would no longer be any threat to him. "Tonight should be lots of fun." He said to himself as he crept closer, he was debating if he should attack them before they got there or wait till they were having fun. He settled on the latter, the further the further the fall to desperation the more painful it would be for them.

Back with Stan's group...

They had reached the karaoke hut and were filing into their own room. It was small, but there was enough room for about five or six people. Stan had brought his gift from his parents, so far unopened. They had told him to just take it with him and open it with his friends. His father had to carry his mother up t her bed just before they left, she seemed very exhausted. Casting a spell on a god though seemed like it would do that to a person. "So who's going to go first?" Stan asked as they all sat down and got comfortable. Butters spoke up first.

"Well why don't we open your presents first? It is your birthday." Kyle shot him a look that Stan didn't quite catch. But he figured he knew what it was when everyone except Kyle pulled out a gift for him. His friend looked around face red.

"I-I'm sorry dude, I forgot..." Kyle said letting his head hang. Stan laughed at him shaking his head.

"Dude you spent the last week hanging out with me and put up with all the issues that come with that. Plus you cut school with me today and saved my life last night. You're pretty much exempt from ever giving me a present." Stan said smiling, Kyle was just more embarrassed though as Kenny gave him a perverted smile, while Butters and Wendy just 'awwwed'.

"OK Stanley! My present is up first!" Wendy said hopping up and walking over to him. She pulled a long package out of her purse. It was some sort of clothing judging by the shape and the flexibility Stan thought to himself. He wasn't much of a clothes person so he prepared himself to fake liking it. When he opened the package though he realized he wouldn't have to fake it. He pulled his new jacket from the wrapping. He ran his fingers along the leather, it was a moto jacket with a high collar, he'd been looking at getting a jacket like this for a long time. Wendy was practically bouncing in her seat as Stan drooled over the jacket.

"Wendy, this is amazing! Thank you!" He pulled her into a hug setting the jacket aside.

"And it's enchanted with the same spells as your usual hunter clothes so you can even wear it on the job if you want." She said as they pulled apart. She had custom made it with her magic a few weeks earlier so she hadn't put too much effort into it honestly.

"Me next!" Butters said jumping up and bring a small box wrapped in hello kitty wrapping paper over to him. Stan carefully unwrapped the box, which felt as though it was almost empty. When he finally opened it there was a necklace, make that two necklaces inside. He held them up. They were made of some kind of metal, probably silver from the look of it. They were small rectangular piece of metal, about two inches long, they both had Japanese characters engraved on both sides. Despite being a major otaku he'd never actually learned how to read Japanese so he wasn't sure what they said. Butters saw his confusion and stepped in with an explanation. "On this side, they say courage. And on the other they say destiny." Stan put on on smiling, he was always a sucker for symbolism like that. Then he held up the other towards Butters.

"But why two if they say the same thing?" He asked confused. Butters took the second necklace from him and walked over to Kyle. He unfastened it and put it around the red heads neck.

"Well it was also a gift for Kyle. You two need courage to do what you do, and I think that maybe it's destiny that you ended up side by side as hunters. Really cheesy I know, but you two have always been inseparable in everything except for this, and now even that isn't stopping you." Stan was really appreciating this one now and the thoughts that went behind it. But Butters wasn't finished apparently. "And not to be outdone by Wendy, they are also enchanted. They are connect the same way you and Kyle are. Though honestly I haven't been able to figure out what they do!" He laughed scratching the back of his head. "The way I put the spell on them they won't work for anyone but you guys, and I used a really complex set of spells...and a little something else." He said mumbling the last part but no one seemed to hear him. Kyle was admiring his necklace and it felt strange to him, it felt warm and strong to him. Stan was similarly examining his own, it felt calming and protective. They smiled at each other as they moved onto the last present.

"Well lets see what my parents got me then..." He was hoping his mother was behind this one. Whenever his dad got him something it was either really stupid or really inappropriate. When he opened the small box he saw that it was indeed his mother who had gotten him the present. It was a single wrist band. It was meant for his left wrist Stan knew.

"Uhhh what is it?" Kenny asked looking at it, he couldn't see anything special about it and neither could anyone else all voicing their questions.

"It's something I asked my mother to work on for me. My ability to use magic being virtually non existent I am completely helpless when I'm unarmed. And unlike Kyle and Butters I can't store things in a pocket dimension to be pulled forth with a thought, and I don't have special god powers like Kenny or Wendy so now I have this." He said slipping the wrist band on and standing up. He stood as though he were about to draw a sword. There was a bright glow in his left hand that seemed as though it were curled around something. The Light extended back behind stand like the sheath of a sword and his right hand disappeared into the light for a moment before pulling forth the hilt of a sword. And with one small movement drew his sword. It was his katana that he always used. Butters and Kenny clapped while Wendy and Kyle seemed to be more interested in how the wristband worked. They hadn't sensed any magic coming from it even when Stan had utilized it.

"How does it work?" Wendy asked him. He just shrugged, he didn't really know how any magic worked if he was honest. He had never really studied it since it would do him no good anyway.

"Definitely have to ask Mrs. Sharon about that one." Kyle said more to himself than anyone else. He hadn't been taught how to put objects in pocket dimensions yet, he only had been taught simple manipulation of fire or wind or moving an object around with his mind. But he could tell from all the magical objects Stan had received there was so much more that magic could do.

"Time to sing!" Wendy said switching back into her new high school girl mode. She jumped up and grabbed the microphone first.

"What are you gonna sing Wendy?" Butters asked looking through an album of the available tracks. She thought for a moment, but nothing came to mind.

"Pick for me?" She asked, but from the wicked smile Butters gave a moment later she instantly regretted it. Butters tapped several keys on the machine evil smile still on his face. Kenny and Kyle were laughing and Stan was putting his sword back into It's new magical sheath. He nearly choked when the song came on. It didn't fit Wendy at all. It was 'You spin me right round' by dead or alive. They all watched as she turned red and attempted to keep up with the lyrics, it wasn't hard because of the tempo of the song but it was still ridiculous for a high school girl to be singing this song. Stan was biting his lips trying not to laugh. Kenny and Butters were in tears and Kyle was just staring at Butters thinking, no way are you picking my song. When her song was finally over she looked stunned and just flopped down into her seat head back staring at the ceiling blankly. Butters jumped up then.

"And that is why you never let someone pick a song for you. My turn!" He ran over to the machine and started punching in buttons. No one was surprised when he picked Adele's 'Set fire to the rain' all but one were surprised though when he started singing and was incredible. Kenny just leaned back and listened to his boyfriend sing with his eyes closed. Butters was always singing while he did house work so Kenny got to hear this everyday. Butters had quite a talent for it. His singing voice was a lot more manly than you would expect from someone of his slight build but it still had a bit of a feminine touch to it. It gave Kyle shivers, Stan couldn't help staring and Wendy had sat back up completely forgetting her prior embarrassment. He hit every high note and his voice never once cracked. When he finished he literally dropped the mic and strut back to his seat. Stan rolled his eyes, Butters obviously knew he was good, sometimes he was a lot cockier than his normal attitude would betray.

"Who's next? I wanna go last." Stan said looking between Kyle and Kenny. The second blond stood up and walked up to the front and started punching buttons.

"Guess I'll go now, let the two love birds go back to back." Kenny said shooting a smirk and Stan and Kyle. Wendy surprisingly just laughed and Kenny shot her a confused look. He had expected for her to get all moody and quiet. He'd have to ask her about that later. He shook his head as his song started to play. He'd chosen 'Novocaine' by Fall Out Boy. He couldn't hit high notes like Butters so he had to improvise at certain parts, but he loved this song he felt a strong connection with the lyrics not that he would ever admit that even to Butters. He was no where the singer his boyfriend was but he figured he was probably fairly talented. When he finished everyone clapped and that was good enough for him and he moved back to snuggle back into his seat with Butters. "Your turn Kyle."

"OK then...I'll pick this one then." The red head said as he began punching buttons. Stan realized he was staring at his friend as he bent over and quickly looked away right into Wendy's eyes. He expected to see her angry but she just smiled and blew a kiss at him. He smiled but he was curious inside how much had becoming normal changed her. But he was pulled from those thoughts as Kyle's song started to play. He almost laughed at what started playing it was 'Uptown Funk' by Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars. That was very like him Stan thought. Kyle was always into popular music like that. He tried not to snicker as his friend sang and began to bounce a little bit. Kyle was really getting into his song practically dancing as he sang. Like Kenny he was pretty good, not at Butters level but he could hit the high notes without his voice cracking. Stan was starting to get a little nervous he didn't really sing ever so he wasn't sure how he was gonna sound. Kyle's song ended and everyone clapped. "That was fun, we gotta do this more often!" Kyle said smiling as he sat down in his seat breathing hard.

"Sure why not..." Stan said semi-sarcastically as he stood up and went to the machine. He scrolled through the list. I have to find something I at least think I can sing, he thought to himself. No, not that one. Too difficult. Too girly. I've never even heard of some of these. Unfortunately Stan wouldn't get to pick his own song as his finger slipped and he accidentally selected 'Sugar' by Maroon 5. He knew the song but he was sure he couldn't sing it as he paled. This was going to be embarrassing. He turned around to face his friends and started to sing, he figured he'd improvise like Kenny, he couldn't hit all the high notes in this song. He could barely hear himself over his own heartbeat in his ears but he was pretty sure he was keeping the tempo steady and didn't sound too bad. He suddenly was very afraid he might be tone deaf. He reached up with his free hand and felt his necklace, he suddenly felt very calm and he glanced over at Kyle who was doing the same. He was feeling a lot more confident all of a sudden and decided to put more emphasis into his singing. He was pretty sure from the looks on his friends faces he wasn't half bad. When he finished he just stood there breathing hard looking around at his friends. They all clapped and smiled. For a moment he had never been happier until a much louder clapping came from the direction of the door. They all stopped and looked to see a 6th person stand in the room.

"Bravo! Bravo! You almost didn't sound like a complete fag there!" The young man said. Looking at him he had to be about their age. Medium length brown hair, brown eyes and a black very nicely tailored suit. He looked around the room at each of the faces now staring at him smiling. "What? No long time no see? No 'oh I missed you?"

"Who-" Stan started to ask but was cut off by a fist to his gut. He slammed back against the wall hard. He looked up but the young man was still standing where he had been though his left arm was now extended in Stan's direction. How did he hit me from that distance?

"Really, me hitting you from here is what surprises you? Oh come on now Stanley. Five years to the day of last time you saw me and you have no questions?" His smirk seemed incredibly vicious then and something about his face was suddenly wrong. He had appeared handsome before but no Stan could barely look. But he knew exactly what he was looking at, or rather who.

"Cartman..."

Authors note- Hope this chapter makes up for the long wait for an update! I'll be updating more often...hopefully from now on! XD