Chapter 9: Whoever I Want / Anyone But Me

"It was so weird!" said Carla. She was recounting the events of her latest transformation to Lae.

"And now we know you're not limited to fiction or females," Lae commented. "Although, turning into people whenever you think about it could be problematic."

"But now that I know I have infinite possibilities, I can practice and learn to better control the powers," Carla pointed out.

Their speculation was interrupted by the angry sounds of Mark. "Hey, Carla! I'm extremely upset with you!"

"Hey, Dude, calm down," Lae said, trying to sooth the steaming adolescent.

"Shut up, fag, this doesn't concern you," Mark snapped back. "Ms. Simonson got fired because of you, Carla!"

"Oh good," Carla replied. "I'm glad to be rid of her. Maybe now I can enjoy art class again."

"Don't talk like that! What I had with her was real! And now she's gone!" Mark whined.

"Oh don't give me that crap," said Carla. "I've been inside your head. When I turn into someone, I get their memories and personality. You're crushing on Shana, sleeping with Ms. Simonson was just a perk to keep your grade up."

Mark looked at her with a speechless, unreadable expression. "That is ridiculously creepy! That's like a major invasion of privacy! You make me sick!" He stormed off.

"You are really gonna wanna control that power of yours," Lae cautioned. "You don't want to cause too much havoc. And imagine what will happen when people wanna know where your power comes from. Carla, what if they disect you?!"

Carla just laughed. "Seriously, I can literally be whoever I want, even if someone wanted to disect me, they wouldn't be able to find me. Heck, I could turn into the people who wanted to disect me!"

"Now Carla, don't let the power go to your head," Lae warned.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Carla asked, sounding irritated.

"Well, I know that you're happy about your powers, and I'm happy that you're happy, and it's good to practice the power, but if prefer it if you stayed as yourself for the majority of the time," Lae spoke slowly.

"Be myself? Be myself?!" Carla shouted. "Lae, you know I hate myself, I always have! How could you even suggest something like now that we know what I can do?!"

"Carla, listen to yourself," Lae said. "Do you at all realize how selfish you're being?"

"What does it matter? I don't like me, nobody else likes me, what reason do I even have to be myself?"

Lae cut her off sharply. "Carla, I like you! And you should know that by now. We've been friends for years. When I 'came out', all my so called 'friends' had a problem with it except you. You were the one I could turn to, and I was the one you could turn to. But our friendship isn't enough for you anymore. All you care about is losing yourself - leaving yourself behind in favor of someone else."

"Could you really blame me?" Carla asked. "Wouldn't you be someone else if you had the chance?"

"No, actually, I'm perfectly fine as myself." Lae responded.

"I'm sorry, I didn't realize you felt that way," Carla apologized.

"Well, no, there's no way you could have known," said Lae. "All we ever talk these days is you. It's all about you!" Lae turned away, face in hand. "I'm sorry, I need some time by myself."

End of Chapter 9

A/N: Would've written more, but I couldn't think of any way to wrap it up. BTW, I figured out part of the reason the chapters of this story are so short. I noticed that when I was writing a chapter of my BTR / Winx crossover story on my computer, I tend to use more complex diction, whereas on my phone or tablet, I tend to use more simplistic diction. Every chapter of this story has been written on either my phone or my tablet, which would at least partially explain the lack of length. One chapter left of this mini story! :)