Dion twirled the, what he now knew to be, Amulet of Zulo in his hands as his mind wandered over what he had just read. His sister's plans for him, how she had changed him into a girl and had caused this week of misery for her...him...whatever. He also read about how she had planned to transform him into an animal or something. He shuddered at the thought, and swore revenge on her for even thinking such a thing. Maybe she should spend a few weeks as a dog...or a cat...or some other type of farm animal.
But first things first, he now had a way to change back.
The problem was that he didn't have any article of boy's clothing left to change back too. And it would be weird to try and convince her mother to go to the Wal-Mart in town to try and get a boy's shirt or something. Not to mention that there would be the risk that Holly would look for the Amulet as soon as she got home from her appointment. No. Dion had to find a way to act and fast. Steeling himself to the notion, he went downstairs to the laundry room. There was a bag of mis-matched clothes that his family had been collecting for a church clothing drive. Something in there would have to do. After fishing around in the bag he found a practically new pair of jeans with a hole in the knee, a discarded pair certainly. He quickly headed back to his room with the clothing, disregarding the fact that the jeans were far too large for him. Stripping off his clothes, he took a deep breath and held the jeans and then touched the Amulet to his skin just as he was instructed to, silently saying a prayer that this would work. At first he didn't feel anything happen, but then....