Mindy Gets Her Wish

By

Eric Franklin © 2010

(Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of I Dream of Jeannie; they belong to their creators. This story is written purely for entertainment and not for profitable purposes. I do, however, own all original characters and the plot. If you would like to use the characters I have created, please ask first.)

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Mindy never thought she would use so much magic in one day like that training session. Even if she ended up with a Master like Roger at some point, there would never be that much blinking involved. Still, Mindy was very happy with herself, and so was Mirrilla. In fact, the elemental djinni was so impressed with Mindy's ability to impart magic into objects and even Anthony's house that she let her try making an animal magical. Mindy blinked it up, choosing a magically-tame female white tiger. She had also created people up to that point, but as she had learned with the power of telepathy, they always had simple-minded or one-track thoughts. It took much more planning and added thought to create a believable human like say, Tony Millionaire, than it did for animals. Mindy excelled at doing that as well, thus Mirrilla's suspicions about her actual level of power.

"That is a beautiful tiger, Mindy, and she is so friendly!" she said, scratching her behind the ears. She had a throaty purr, deep enough for Mindy to hear four feet away. Then again, she had wanted a tiger exactly like that and her blink had not failed her yet.

"Thank you, Mirrilla. She is that, is she not?" Mindy reached over to scratch her blinked-up pet, getting the tiger to move her way until she was back on her pillows and an affectionate tiger was almost in her lap. She had to scratch with both hands to keep her happy, but it was worth it. She hoped her Master would let her keep her. She may just have to put some restrictions on her powers or some such, once they found out if she could do that at all.

"Let us see now if you can impart more intelligence in her, first, Mindy, and then we will proceed to giving her limited powers. You might want to include the language of English as well, so your Master can communicate with her."

"All right," she said, and had to stop scratching her tiger's ears. Of course, that was not something the tiger wanted to happen, so she pawed at Mindy's arms, patting them like a housecat would for attention. Mindy gave a quick blink at her, though, freezing her in place. She had learned about that power and that it had nothing to do with actual freezing; it only meant the person or animal was frozen in time. Mindy had excelled at that, too, easily blinking whole crowds of people 'frozen' and then making them all forget she had done it. For every power Mindy had tried that day, the advanced tasks had all been as effortless to her as the simple blinks. There was more to her inherent ability than mere obsession with a television show about a djinni.

Mindy folded her arms up once more, settling perfectly on the amount of intelligence and language skills to give her tiger, and then she blinked it so. Another blink unfroze her pet and she settled back on the pillows next to Mindy, not so affectionate, but not ignoring her, either. Now she just had to test that blink's effectiveness.

"All right, I know I did not name you, but I want you to get up and sit over next to Mirrilla, okay?" she said in soft tones. She thought it looked like the tiger 'nodded' to her before she got up and sat next to Mirrilla, letting the other djinni scratch her ears once more. That was not enough of a test, however, so Mindy gave her another command.

"Very good! Now, let me see," she said, looking around the room. She blinked at one corner and produced a kind of den made from more pillows and piles of carpets. She looked back to her tiger and pointed at the pile. "Go over there and make yourself comfortable until I call for you." The tiger got up, though slower, like she really did not want to leave them and moped over to the 'den' to settle down, her head propped up on a pile of carpets to stare back at Mindy, and looking hurt. It almost broke her heart to see that while Mirrilla giggled.

"I think you have done very well, Mindy! She has personality now, understands everything you say and obeys your commands. It is not quite enough intelligence to use magic powers, but it is a start. Now, make her smart enough to use her own powers, even if she does not have any yet. Oh wait! Give her a name by blink first."

"Yes, I should have done that when I blinked her up," Mindy agreed and thought of the perfect name just before she blinked it into her tiger. Nothing happened, but Mindy was not yet done. She folded her arms up for the nod and blink, imparting enough intelligence to understand magic, how to use it, and when it was and was not appropriate. Mindy dropped her arms and called to her soon-to-be magical pet.

"Come here Zahra! I need you over here now." The tiger's ears perked up, her eyes became brighter and she leapt over the piles, bounding over in seconds. Her mass did not come to a good stop and ended up bowling over Mindy. They ended up in a happy, giggling pile, making Mirrilla laugh, too.

"Okay, Zahra, okay! That is enough!" Mindy said and blinked herself back to her pillows with Zahra laid down to her left. She loved doing the little teleports like that and hoped her Master would enjoy them, too. She did not yet know what his thoughts were about magic, only hoping that he liked it.

"Very good, Mindy. Now, remember how it felt to impart magic into that bracer," she said, pointing to the still magical and wish-granting diamond-studded gold bracer she had created. She would give that to someone other than her Master (she was his wish-granter), some lucky person that wanted a djinni yet was responsible enough to handle the magic in their lives. Mirrilla continued on in her instruction, bringing Mindy's thoughts back to the present. "Just do the same, only with the intent of the recipient being able to use the power like us and not having to wait for a wish. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Mirrilla. I know this will work!" she replied, bubbly with excitement at the prospect that she was powerful enough to turn people into Djinn. She turned enough to see Zahra while she folded her arms up and got her thoughts all together and right. Everything in her thoughts and magic felt perfect to her as she nodded her blink at Zahra, making her tiger vanish. It was not permanent, though, since it was almost just like when Mirrilla had turned Mindy into a djinni. Everyone just had to vanish first, so they could use their powers for the first time and blink themselves back to existence. It was no different with Zahra as she reappeared with an appearing sound similar to Mindy's, yet just different enough for other Djinn to tell the difference. At the same time, Mindy squealed her delight while Mirrilla moved over to hug her student. She was surprised it had worked, making her wonder about whether Mindy had elemental abilities just from what she had seen the young djinni accomplish that day.

"I am so proud of you, Mindy! I think we will have to find a human to change soon. Not today, though, as the day is almost over and you must be prepared to serve your Master when he comes home. I need to find out more about this development in your powers."

"I can wait. I am just so happy I was able to do this for Zahra! In fact, let me see what she can do," she said and addressed the tiger. "Zahra? I would like for you to find the biggest diamond in the world and bring it to me, but do not steal it if it belongs to someone. Do you understand?"

Neither Mindy nor Mirrilla were all that surprised when Zahra nodded 'yes' and blinked out, again with a sound similar to Mindy's. It was kind of weird to Mindy to see an animal act like a djinni, yet that was what she was. Zahra reappeared just seconds later, a diamond the size of her paw floating in the air before her. She almost looked like she was smiling, and that was probably the case, too. She was certainly intelligent enough at that point to understand such concepts. Mindy willed her magic to move the diamond closer to her in order to take it from the air and examine it. It was still in the rough, so she blinked it cleaned up, cut, faceted and polished. She grinned at having a diamond larger than her own fists, so she would present it as a gift to her Master that evening. If he wanted to sell it, he would be a multimillionaire overnight!

"Thank you, Zahra! You did that perfectly!" Mindy looked back to Mirrilla's grinning face with a big grin of her own. "Now I know I can turn a person into a djinni. I feel it at my very core."

"I am sure you do, Mindy. That is how it feels when you have imparted a living being with powers. I do believe you may very well be akin to an elemental djinni, but we will have to visit Hadji just to be sure. He can tell these things better than any of us. He can also tell us how it is possible at all. I am not supposed to be powerful enough to turn a human into an elemental djinni. I hope you do not mind taking a trip to Limbo? It can be disconcerting to those that have never been there."

"Well, so long as I can get back, I do not mind. I do not want to leave this life of magic so soon!"

"That will not happen, dear. I can transport anyone into Limbo and back again, even other Djinn. You will see," she explained, and Mindy did feel better about it.

"Okay, I believe you. You are a very powerful djinni, so I do not doubt you will make sure I return here. When should we go? I do not know what my Master's plans are for the rest of the weekend."

"When you find out, summon me again and we will go when you have no duties or pressing responsibilities." At that very moment, Mindy 'heard' her Master calling and blinked out, leaving Mirrilla, Zahra and the big diamond behind. The other djinni did not question it, having been in such situations herself and with other djinni friends called by their masters. She passed the time by testing Zahra's powers a little more.