During the final period, you meet in an empty classroom so you can work on your painting. One other boy walked in, who takes out his math book and he started working on his homework assignments. It’s William, one of your best friends.
You emptied out your bookbag so you could gather all your art supplies when the metal box dropped out of the bag and landed with a loud crash on the concrete floor. This startled William, who looked down and stood up. He walked over and picked up the box.
“Hey! What’s this?” he asked as he opened the box.
“Hey! That’s mine! Give that back!” you order him immediately.
William only had a moment to examine the wand when you snatched it away from him.
“Ohh… It’s cool! Gosh, it looks like a magician’s wand or something!” he remarked. “You should try it out!” he smiled at you.
“Don’t be silly! I just got it and I haven’t tried it yet!” you grumble as you hold on to the box.
“Aww… Maybe your wand can make me a little bigger and grow my muscles? That would help me win some more wrestling matches!” William sighed. “If I don’t score more points soon then I’m off the team.”
William bowed his head and gave you a sad look.
“I’m gonna have to try out for some other sport, like tennis or something. I suck at wrestling!”
“Look, Willy. I don’t even know if this thing works. But I can try it out, just to make you happy!” you say to him as you sit down on your chair while the short, skinny kid remained standing before you.
You remove the wand out of the box, and you hold it in front of you, with the tip pointed at Willy. In your mind you imagine William growing a few inches taller while gaining enough muscle to look like an up-and-coming gymnast. Your thumb taps the silver button on the side of the dark blue wand and a faint, aqua blue beam of light emits from the tip of the wand, completely engulfing Willy’s body!
“Ohhhh….” Willy moans softly as you witness his body change before your very eyes!
Within a few seconds, Willy’s arms thicken with pure muscle, with big biceps and triceps filling in his shirt sleeves. His chest widens as large pectorals stretch the t-shirt almost to a breaking point. His shoulders widen considerably while you notice powerful abdominal muscles form beneath the bulging pecs. Large, wide quads grow on his legs, quickly filling out his shorts and you notice how his calves bulge with muscle on the back of his lower legs. Suddenly, Willy looks like a kid who has spent years working out vigorously in the gym!
When the light beam faded from the tip of the wand, Willy opened his eyes and he looked down, carefully examining his bigger, beefed-up physique.
“Whoa! Holy shit! What… What happened?” he uttered. “What did you DO to me?”
As he moved his arms around and flexed, you just stood there, dumbfounded, as you realized for the first time that the wand was REAL! It really worked!
“Oh man! I can’t believe I did that! I mean… LOOK at you! I did it! I made you grow all big and buff! It worked! This thing really works! This is freaking crazy!” you gasp, looking down at the wand in your hands.
“DUDE! You know what this means, right? You can do ANYTHING with this thing!” Willy says to you. “You can change ANYBODY!”
“Okay… I gotta think about this. Who are we gonna use this on? Who or what are we gonna change, next?” you smile.
“Go home and make a list!” Willy suggests to you.
You grab the wand, and you place it in the box. You pack your things, and you wait for the last bell to ring. Every time you glance over at William, your mind begins to fill up with tons of ideas. You could buff up your little sister Julie, or grow the scrawny kid next door, your parents, your cousin, the skinny, smaller guys on the soccer team, the nerds at school, and a bunch of other people who come to mind!
“If anyone asks you how you got so big, tell them you’ve been lifting weights like crazy!” you tell Willy.
Then, you hop on the bike and go home as fast as possible. You feel so excited, that you can’t wait to get home!