Despite how successful she was and how much she'd grown up thanks to the ring, Katie still felt like a child at heart. She didn't want to be an orphan again, that was for sure, but she couldn't help but want to have a childhood again. With the ring she could do that, and be her own boss, plus use the ring for some fun.
As she jogged, Katie rounded about an elementary school. She didnt remember this was her old school, but seeing some of the kids on the playground she felt a strange pang. She didn't know these used to be her friends, and that they no longer remembered her. "What I wouldn't give to be a kid again, to grow up but have a somewhat normal childhood." She thought. "But then I'd have to take orders just like a kid."
Then she got an idea. "Or maybe not, I could just be my own mother, that might be kinda cool." Katie stopped at the front of the school, and a plan came into motion. She went back home and started to make some arrangements. The next morning she got up bright and early, feeling giddy. It was now time to put her plan into motion."
"I wish I was a little girl again, but that my life as it is as an adult wouldn't change. I'd still have my house, my clothes and money. I'd still keep my job as an athlete when I was a grown up, but could live a double life as a child. I want to be..."