"Come on, Mal. Please?" Evie asked.
"No. I'm not using magic to make your dress change colors," Mal answered.
"But I just wanna see what it would look like if it were a different color," Evie replied.
"Please?" she asked, giving puppy dog eyes.
Mal stared at her friend, trying her best not to give in. Evie didn't stop. Mal couldn't take it anymore.
"Fine!" she said. "I'll change the dress color."
She faced the mannequin wearing the dress Evie made. It was currently black, but that was about to change.
"Great! Let's start with blue," Evie said.
Mal recited a spell and with a swish of her hand, the dress turned blue. Evie stared at it for a few seconds.
"What about white?"
Mal sighed and magically changed the color to white. Evie requested a few more colors, making Mal change the color a lot, thinking in her head that Evie'd better make up her mind quick or else she's not gonna have a new dress at all. Mal cast one more spell on the dress, but the moment she did, a bright light and a bunch of sparks bounced off the dress and at Mal. She was unable to keep her balance and fell on the floor, covering her eyes.
"Mal!" Evie shouted, rushing to her side. "Are you okay?"
"I think so," Mal answered.
She opened her eyes, but couldn't see a thing and began to freak out, knowing what happened.
"Evie?! I think I've gone blind!" Mal exclaimed, her arms stretched out to touch something.
"What?" Evie asked, confused.
"That sparkly blast must've messed up my vision," Mal stated.
She tried to stand up, holding onto Evie, who felt guilty of causing her friend to go blind.
"I'm so sorry, Mal. I shouldn't have made you use magic on my dress in the first place," Evie apologized.
"It's fine. Can you take me to the nurse?" Mal asked. "Maybe there's a cure."
"Sure," Evie answered.
She held onto her blind friend and guided her out the door and to the nurse's office. When they got there, Evie stayed outside standing by the door, waiting for the checkup to be finished. Ben came walking by and saw Evie's worried face.
"Hi, Evie. What's wrong?" he asked.
"Mal's blind," Evie stated. "I made her cast a bunch of spells on a dress I made and one of them backfired and made her blind."
"What? Where is she?" Ben asked.
"In the nurse's office," Evie answered.
The next moment, Mal came out of the room with the nurse holding onto her to make sure she's going the right way.
"Mal!" Evie exclaimed. "Is she gonna be alright?" she asked the nurse.
"Yes. Her blindness is only temporary. She'll get her vision back in a few weeks. Until then, she'll need someone to take care of her," the nurse answered.
"I guess that means me," Evie stated.
"And me," Ben added.
"Ben?" Mal asked, facing the direction she heard his voice.
"Yeah. I'm here," Ben said, walking closer to Mal and embracing her in a hug.
"Evie told you?" Mal asked.
"Yeah," Ben answered. "Don't worry. You're gonna be fine. We'll be right by your side until you can see again."
"Thanks," Mal said.
"Now, come on. School's about to start," Ben said, leading Mal away with Evie following them.
They ran into Audrey, Doug, Chad, Lonnie, and Jane, and informed them of the spell mishap that made Mal blind and agreed to help her with every class. For the first period, Mal had Enchanted Forestry. Since Audrey and Jane also had that, they helped her with that and informed the teacher of her blindness. Then Ben, Chad, and Evie, who had had Dragon Anatomy with Mal, helped her out with that. Mal's friends all took turns helping her out with her classes. Mal and Evie were walking to the cafeteria, the blind one being led by the other so she wouldn't stray.
"I'm going to kill you! And then I'm going to clone you and kill all your clones!"
Evie saw Carlos running away from Jay, who seemed really angry. She stared at them, confused, not knowing she let go of Mal, who was still trying to walk without bumping into anything. Carlos was getting closer and closer to the blind girl. Until he bumped into her, causing both of them to fall on the ground.
"Mal!" Evie exclaimed worriedly. "Carlos!" she scolded.
"Sorry, Mal. I didn't see you there," Carlos apologized.
"It's fine," Mal replied.
Carlos stood up and offered his hand out to Mal, who didn't take it. He wondered why Mal was ignoring his offer to help her up. Instead, she waved her arms around her to find something to grab a hold of. Carlos looked at Evie with a confused face.
"She's blind, you dummy," Evie stated.
"Who's blind?" Jay asked, now with his friends.
"Mal. An accident with a spell made her temporarily blind," Evie answered.
"How can we help?" Carlos asked.
"You can start by helping me up," Mal answered, still sitting on the ground.
Carlos pulled her up from the ground right before she punched him in the stomach, originally aiming for his shoulder. Carlos groaned from the pain as he clutched his stomach. Evie and Jay laughed.
"That's for crashing into me," Mal stated.
"Punching me in the stomach?" Carlos asked, in pain.
"Oh, I punched you in the stomach? I was aiming for your shoulder," Mal replied.
"Why don't you try again?" Jay suggested.
"Jay!" Carlos shouted.
"I would love to, but I'm starving," Mal stated. "Evie?"
Evie took Mal's arm and led her to the cafeteria with the boys following them.
Wow. 40 chapters already? That's a lot, you guys. I'll need your opinion on something.
Should I
a) Continue this story and never stop?
b) Continue until I get to a certain number of one-shots?
c) Stop it once all the one-shots on my list are done? (That's five more)
or
d) Stop it right away?
