Inside the fridge I saw the milk carton and pulled it out. While pouring myself a bowl of cereal I considered wishing Lucy back to life, but only for a second. After seeing what Papa had come back as I imeadiatly decided against it, beside the fact that Lucy was too dangerous to be around. I couldn't protect my family if she were around.
I remember the morning after I woke up a bit dazed and confused on the couch. It took me a few seconds to figure out why I was sleeping out of my bed. When it all came back to though it put me in a down mood. Honestly I wouldn't be sorry to forget about all of that. My stomach felt severely empty so I went to the kitchen to see what was left in the fridge. We always had more food now that Lucy was gone, between me and her we ate like elephants. Yuka always told us that, "Goodness Nana! You eat like an elephant!" or, "Nyu! Kouta how can she eat that much?" It was good when it was like that, back then.
Inside the fridge I saw the milk carton and pulled it out. While pouring myself a bowl of cereal I considered wishing Lucy back to life, but only for a second. After seeing what Papa had come back as I immediately decided against it, beside the fact that Lucy was too dangerous to be around. I couldn't protect my family if she were around.
I guess it was a bad decision not to bring her back after all.
Yuka groggily walked into the kitchen and sat down at the table, "Mmm good morning." She obviously wasn't awake yet.
"Good morning Yuka! Did you sleep well?"
"Yeah I slept like a log, but my head hurts though.." Yuka trailed off and started off into space, it looked like she was thinking hard about something. "hey.. Nana, " She brought her eyes to mine, "w-was yesterday, a nightmare?" Yuka wasn't asleep anymore, she was awake now.
I took a bite of my cereal and set the spoon down heavily, I couldn't lie to her. "No, Yuka yesterday was all real. I made it happen. I'm sorry you had to see that." My head hung low. I was ready for a slap, shouting something.
"Oh, " she barely smiled, "yeah it's ok Nana just be more careful next time. Everyone's 'it's ok' attitude seemed so fake, they were only pretending to forgive me for what I did. I hated it, it confused me, if they were angry or upset they should have just let it out! Letting it build up inside, that just makes it worse.
"Humph!" I snorted and headed up to Mayu's room, leaving Yuka most likely confused. I didn't care right then because it was still the weekend, Sunday actually. Making the best of this day and having some fun felt like the right thing to do, it would give me some time to forget about my second wish. I knocked on the door, "Mayu! Mayu it's me Nana are you awake?" I waited for her answer, Mayu grumbled and grunted behind the door. I heard her roll over in bed, and I sighed. She defiantly was not a morning person but what I had in mind would wake her up. "Mayu I'm going shopping today come with me!" In an instant the door was open and Mayu was rushing around getting her things together.
"Great idea, I want to go for cloths, that fine with you?" Mayu stopped in her hurry to pull the sleeve of her coat on, she grabbed her purse and stepped out of the room.
I couldn't believe it, she had done that so fast. "Yeah that's actually what I wanted to do." Before we left I stopped by my room for a change of clothes, and to get my money. When I walked in there he was, the Jeanie, sitting cross legged in the middle of my bed bouncing a ball innocently against the wall.
"So have you decided on your second wish?" Thump, the ball hit the wall and bounced back to his waiting hands. "It's best if you think of it soon. Very soon." Thump. He looked up for my answer, "Well? What's your wish?"
I ignored him and gathered my things. Why did he have to be so pushy? What was his rush to get back in the bottle? Besides, I hadn't figured out what I wanted yet. There were a million and two things to wish for, but the right one hadn't shown itself to me yet. "I dunno, maybe I'll figure it out while were shopping."
My Jeanie frowned. "Sooner than later girl." His voice stung like ice, he'd never spoken so coldly. Thump, the ball sounded again. It scared me so I backed away, raising my vectors in defense.
"Don't tell me what to do." I said flatly, then left my room slamming the door after me. Mayu gave me a look once I was downstairs but I let it go and we went to the mall in peace.
That day we went on the biggest shopping spree. I spent all my saved up money, that I had earned not the rest of what Papa had given me, on food and clothes. Mayu and I were going to be the two most fashionable girls in town. We stopped at all the big brand stores and for all the styles; punk, preppy, Goth, mod, Boho, everything. Honestly until that day I hadn't known that shopping could be so invigorating! It cleared my mind completely, and Mayu hadn't mentioned last nights episode once. Around noon after we had eaten in the food court Mayu stopped outside the mall's nail salon.
"Nana I want to get my nails done, will you come with me?" She spoke happily. I had never know her to have had a manicure but I had seen Yuka get one before so I agreed to go in with her. We walked inside and I sat down while Mayu was lead to a station by a beautician.
"Oh Panaru! It's good to see you!" Panaru was a classmate of ours, and as it turned out was seated right next to Mayu getting her nails done as well.
"Wow can you believe how weird this is? Running in to you at the same time?" They started talking and I stopped listening. It's not that I didn't like Panaru or anything, really I barely knew her, truthfully I was jealous. She was able to get both her hands and feet done and I would never be able to. Sure my arms and legs looked real, but they would never grow, my nails wouldn't either. So if I chipped something off, it would always look like that. I could get them done, but it just wasn't the same. I started to get infuriated.
'Why did she have to cut everything off! She tried to kill me in the cruelest of ways, so that if I made it through I'd still be a freak. Like my horns don't get enough stares! I always have to wear hats and ribbons! Halloween is the only day I didn't have to worry about being a diclonus.' I stood up and left the parlor, Mayu and Panaru didn't notice with all their happy chatting.
Once outside back in the mall I called for him, "JEANIE! Jeanie I have a wish!" People turned their heads as they walked by but I paid them no heed. MY Jeanie appeared behind me with an evil smirk on his face. He look very satisfied with me.
"Ah, you see girl this makes me very happy. Very happy indeed. What is it you wish for? A new fur coat, and enemies painful demise? Wish anything and I'll grant it." He bowed, the smirk never leaving his face.
"I'm going to be very specific this time, so their won't be any mistakes." I said, "I wish that Lucy had never cut my limbs off and that my body was back to normal, all my limbs re-attached. Grow able, cut able, alive the whole nine yards. I want limbs again, so I can have a normal healthy body." There I had said it, my wish was a little long winded but I had to make sure nothing came back wrong. Jeanie raised an eye brow and looked around.
"Ahh." He said finally then raised his arms above his head. I felt a pulse in the air and my fake limbs popped off. If it hadn't been for my vectors I would have been sent crashing to the floor. In the link of any eye though I had limbs again, nice ones too! They were fit and slightly muscular, the nails were even done on the hands too! I smiled before I heard a blood chilling scream. People started running from the parlor.
"Call a hospital! Call a hospital! A bomb went off hurry call for help!" One of the beauticians ran out crying and screaming, she was covered in blood. It dripped down her face and soaked her hands. From were I was standing she looked like the lady that had been making up Mayu.
"Mayu!" I called and ran into the chaos. I had to make sure nothing had happened to my best friend. After running in so quickly I slipped on someone's blood and fell forwards. My new arms caught me though before I could hit the floor.
"Nana! Nana did y-you do this! NANA! Please did a diclonus do this?" I looked up to see Mayu cradling a disfigured Panaru. All of her limbs were torn off and missing. I realized then where they had gone. Looked at me in absolute fear. Yes I had done this. unintentionally but I had done it.
"Mayu I'm sorry! I wished for my arms and legs back! I'm sorry I didn't mean for this to happen! Please forgive me Mayu!" I reached out to touch my best friend but she jerked back away from me, clinging tightly to the dead girl.
"You killed her Nana! YOU KILLED HER!" Mayu cried and whipped a bottle of nail polish behind be. I heard it hit something and turned to see what it was.
My Jeanie grunted and flung the object back at Mayu. "NO! Don't!" I blocked the missile and sent it crashing into a wall. "You bastard you killed Panaru! I won't forgive you!" My vectors shot out to attack him, he too went flying into a wall.
"Nana make him go away! All he ever does is evil! He's cursed believe me make him go away!" Mayu screamed.
I nodded and looked up to make my third wish only to find the Jeanie gone. I would banish him later then. I had to tear Mayu away from the corpse, with her crying the entire time.
I decided that day that magic was very bad.
