"Why does it have to be Thursday?" Rachael groaned that morning, "At least my powers are under control." She walked over to a mirror and looked at her uneasy reflection. Something told her that this was going to be a crazy day.
Meanwhile, Ryan had set an alarm the night before so they wouldn't be late again. As the alarm went off, he pressed its off button a little too hard. When he opened his eyes and looked over at where his alarm should have been, he saw only the metal parts scattered across his side table.
"Oh, great." He muttered, sitting up in the bed, "Yesterday, I could float; today I break stuff." What else could there be in store for him? As he got out of bed, he hardly noticed the strange feeling of ease that followed.
After hearing an alarm coming from her brother's room, Sharpay had decided to get up out of bed. She looked around as she walked across her room. She had a fabulous room, fabulous possessions, fabulous meals, and she was, after all, fabulous. But what more could a fabulous girl want? 'More!' Sharpay thought.
It had been more than surprising to her that she hadn't been attempting to hack her head off or bury herself alive after that last depressing conversation. She'd half expected herself to become even more depressed, but was rather glad she wasn't.
Sure, she still felt a bit upset most of the time, but there wasn't anything possible worse than what had happened in the last few days. When she passed by her full body mirror, she couldn't help, but catch a glimpse of pink that wasn't normally there. As she walked back over to it and stared at her reflection, she realized what it was. She screamed as the realization set in. She was pink!
Something inside Sharpay's panic struck mind told her to stress out. She screamed again even louder, if that was at all possible. "Ryan!" she called as the urge to split her wrists started to fill her mind, "Hurry!" If he didn't show up soon, she would possible be dead.
Before she could stop herself, she ran over to her desk and grabbed her metal brush. Then, she threw it at her mirror. As it shattered, she heard footsteps heading towards her door. She grabbed a piece of broken glass from the floor and was about to press it to her skin before Ryan darted into the room and grabbed her wrists.
She dropped the glass and looked around at everyone in the room. Rachael looked half terrified and half angry, while Cloe was calm and collected. It was then that Sharpay realized that Ryan's grip was tightening on her wrists.
"Ow!" Sharpay exclaimed a bit angrily as she attempted to pull her hands away. Ryan finally let go and Sharpay rubbed her wrists to soothe the pain. "What happened to you?" Ryan asked her, "And why were you going to split your wrists?"
"I'm pink!" she snapped back at him rather harshly. "Well, you always said pink was your color! And now it is!" Rachael laughed hysterically. "Rachael, are you all right?" Cloe asked concerned. "What's it to you?" Rachael snapped back abruptly.
"That's the quickest mood swing I've ever seen." Ryan stated shocked. "I'm so sorry." Rachael sobbed, "I didn't mean to yell. I don't know what's wrong with me." "Rachael, I think we need to talk to Zac." Cloe said.
"Ooh, are we going to see my boyfriend?" Rachael stated cheerfully. "Boy friend?" Ryan asked. "Yeah, since last night." Rachael responded happily, "If we weren't cousins, I'd totally date you though, Ryan." "Rachael!" Sharpay screamed. "What? It's true!" Rachael screamed back, "Just look how cute he is! He's got the perfect…" "Rachael, stop it!" Ryan cut her off a bit grossed out. Cloe stared at Rachael in a way that, if looks could kill, she'd be dead. Rachael got the message and blushed immediately.
"I'm so sorry, Ryan." She stated more than a bit embarrassed, "Sorry, Cloe. I didn't mean for it to come out that way." "Lets get Zac out and ask him what's going on before Rachael attempts to do something else in relation to Ryan." Sharpay stated as she walked out of the room with the others hot on her trail.
They never seemed to leave her alone. It was almost like they didn't trust her. Then again, she didn't exactly trust herself with a spoon.
"What is going on?" Sharpay demanded after Zac popped out of the lamp. "Hey, cutie!" Rachael squealed at the sight of the genie. "Ah, the side effects of the powers." Zac stated in amusement. "So, you're saying this is normal?" Cloe asked with ease.
"Normally, the first stage is the beginning powers." Zac answered, "They usually fit the personality of the person. This stage has the side effects. Nothing serious." "Nothing serious?" Sharpay screamed, "I'm Pink! That's not serious?"
"It could be worse." Zac told her. "Yeah, Sharpay." Rachael said with a giggle, "Things could be much worse. You could be puking through your ears!" "Rachael, who have you been sleeping with and what have you been drinking?" Ryan asked her with concern. "Zac." Rachael sighed with a giggle.
"For which question?" Cloe asked her, then shook her head as she realized she didn't want to find out, "It's one thing to have side effects, but another to flirt with a genie and your cousin." "Right, but she has mood swings and half the things that come out of her mouth are accidental." Zac explained.
"So, you mean she's an airhead for the day?" Sharpay stated flatly. "Yes." Zac answered. "And I turned pink?" Sharpay stated rather bluntly. "Yes." Zac confirmed, "The color changing side effect is extremely rare and usually means the person has an important destiny to be fulfilled."
"Plus, you could always pass it off as eating too many strawberries." Cloe suggested, "It happened to me once when I was really young. Which is weird because I was born blue and I was fed too many orange baby foods so I turned orange."
"Wow, that must have been interesting for you." Sharpay said without any care for what she was saying. "I guess." Cloe said with a sigh. "So, what about me?' Ryan asked, feeling only slightly excluded, "I woke up this morning and broke my toothbrush and my alarm clock."
"You must have The Strength. It usually comes after the floating ability." Zac explained. "Or it could have something to do with his urge to punch Troy yesterday." Sharpay stated grudgingly. She had completely known it would happen. After all, Ryan did have to put up with her every day.
"Only in defense of my reputation." Ryan stated, "Besides, any of you would have done the same if it had happened to you." "We know, Ryan." Cloe confirmed and put her arm around his shoulders. He put his arm around her waist and gave a kiss on the cheek. She giggled and Sharpay rolled her eyes.
"Zac, how long does this phase last?" Sharpay asked. "Not too long." He responded as Rachael walked over to him. "Just how long is that?" Sharpay questioned, watching Rachael grab Zac's arm and rest her head on it. "It depends. Sometimes a day or a week." Zac responded. Everyone stared at Zac with shock.
(A/N) Can you tell that something bad is about to happen? Hopefully, you can. If not, I'm a horrible writer. I have a very low self-esteem about this story already, so please R&R and I might change my mind. What do you think will happen next? You might want to look back at some of the other chapters to reread all the 'forgotten' information. It's not forgotten to me. Nothing is forgotten. I never for… Wait…what was I saying? Oh, yeah…I forgot. R&R!