Sarah would immediately take a deep breath and then sigh it out, she decided that maybe she can’t wish herself directly to be older... but maybe if she wished herself to her birthday it would at least be neutral so she wouldn’t lose a full year if she screwed up? She didn’t know until she tried, which she did in a moment muttering to herself
“I wish it was my birthday”
The world began to mesh around her again and in an instant she felt her surroundings change again. Instead of being in her bedroom she was now at a table with her parents and Alexis, clearly having a birthday party as she sat in front of a cake with the candles lit. Immediately though, her heart sunk as she saw the amount of candles, she was now 5! She had now not even entered kindergarten, and was 3 bad wishes away from diapers! The now graduated preschooler would find herself unable to process this for long though, as a cake awaited her and she needed to blow out the candles regardless of her feelings on this further regression.
With a long blow, the 5 year old blew out her candles to the applause of her friend and family. She wasn’t happy about this but at least the cake would help her calm down, she really needed to stop making wishes... but it seemed that as she tried she kept falling into more... this was irritating to the girl, especially as she heard her parents tell her to ‘make a wish’, to which she would...