Standing up you stretch and feel your bulging muscles move under your tight skin, it felt wonderful. You doubted even bodybuilders got to relish that feeling as their growth takes years, not seconds, so they would grow accustomed to it. Unsure of what to do, you decide to hide the small bag of gems in one pocket and the wishing stone in another. As your hand slipped into your pocket to release the stone you felt something already in it. You release the stone and pull out the object to observe it.
Looking down you find a stylish cell phone, turning it on you find it is password protected and after several failed attempts, are met with a 15 minute lockout warning... "Awesome" you think to yourself, knowing that you are a wish away from having an awesome new cell phone. Though you begged for one last Christmas, your parents told you you cant have one until you can have a job to pay for the data and minutes you would use. Having been 14, that was a few years off.
Replacing the phone, you noticed a tightness in your back pocket as your hand and the phone entered the front pocket. Reaching back there you pulled out a wallet. looking through it you found three hundred dollars, a credit or debit card, and a drivers license. Looking at your drivers license closely, it had your parent's address as well as an updated birthday making you 22. The photo was of a man who vaguely resembled you, something between your dad, brother, and your uncle on your mom's side. This inspired you to be brave and go back to the main party, seeing the license, reality was probably updated so that your brother didn't currently exist and you were always 22 in their minds.
You walked over to your family's picnic site. Seeing your dad talking to a group of the men from the neighborhood and your mom making a swath of sandwiches you decided to address your mom. "Hey mom, how's it going?"
"Fine, Honey, would you like a OH!" She looked up and saw you, clearly reality had not been changed, at least not in people's minds...
"Oh, jeez, You sound almost JUST like my son Doug. You gave me a start!"
You thought quick on your feet, "Yeah, he invited me to this local picnic, I was just talking to him but then he disappeared. Do you know where he went?"
"Yes, he is right over..." she looked toward the empty field, bare except for 12 sets of discarded shirts, socks, shoes, and shorts. "Hmm, where did my son's go? Well, you're welcome to wait for him, he should be back soon. He's usually good about letting me know what he's up to before wandering off."
Without thinking you reach in your pocket and grab the stone... not being recognized means that you, your brother, and his 11 friends will all be considered missing shortly. You stupidly alerted your parents to the absence and admitted to being the most recent, not missing person, to talk to him... Ugh, how to fix this???