"I don't understand" I said tears streaming down my face. "Her mother told me about a dream she had that Thomas came back. Only he was an eight year old girl. That's where I got the idea to make him an eight year old girl."
"It is strange that she had that dream" Larry said. "The dead can appear in dreams but they usually appear as themselves. I can not explain why she appeared as she did."
I continued to look at Tina and thought about all the trouble that the cursed medallion had caused in my life. Was it worth it to keep it? I decided that I didn't want the trouble so I said "Take the cursed medallion. I don't want it. It caused me nothing but grief when it was changing me. It will only cause me grief if I use it again. Also I can't use it to change back to my old self. If I can't do that then I don't want to use it on myself."
"If that is your wish" Larry said as he reached into Tina's coffin and took the medallion from around her neck. As he put it in his pocket he said "I am truly sorry for your loss. It's never easy to lose someone."
Larry turned to leave but I suddenly said "Her finger moved!"
Larry turned back around, put his hand on my should, knelt down so he could look me in the eye and said "I know that this is hard for you. You got your hopes up so high that your mind is seeing things that aren't there. I've already told you that the magic doesn't work like that."
"But the medallion has a crack in it" I said. "The magic is broken so maybe it can bring Tina back."
"It doesn't work like that" Larry said. "In fact I'm surprised that she changed as fast as she did."
"But I know I saw her finger move!" I said.
"I know you want her to wake up but she won't" Larry said as he hugged me.
I was just starting to accept that my mind was playing tricks on me when I heard "Ashley? What's going on?"
Both Larry and me turned to see Tina sitting up in her coffin. Glancing at Larry I saw the look of total shock on his face. "This is impossible!" Larry said. "The magic doesn't work like this!"
"She's awake!" I said just about jumping with joy.
Suddenly I heard Tina's mom shout "TINA! YOU'RE ALIVE!" She ran up and embraced her.
"Why did you call me Tina Mom?" Tina asked.
"Because it's your name silly" Tina's mom said.
"My name is Thomas Mom" Tina said. "You know that."
"That fall you took must have done something to you" Tina's mom said. "But it doesn't matter right now. What matters is that you're alive. It's a miracle."
"I didn't fall, I was shot" Tina said.
"You fell down a well and drowned" Tina's mom said. "I'm going to go tell everyone the good news." With that said she let go of Tina and left.
"What's going on Ashley?" Tina asked. "Why did my mom call me Tina?"
"Look at yourself" Larry said.
Tina looked down and then said "I'm wearing a fucking dress! Why am I wearing a fucking dress!?!"
"I found the medallion and used it to change you into an eight year old girl" I said. "Your mom had a dream that you came back as an eight year old girl. So I changed you into an eight year old girl."
"Why did you change me?" Tina asked.
"Well our friendship wasn't what it was before my change" I said. "Now it can be like that again."
"If you two girls will excuse me, I need to find out how this could come about" Larry said. "I'll come back and tell you what I find."
"What are you talking about Larry?" Tina said.
"I'm not really Larry" Larry said. "The magic I have allows me to seem like someone else. I'm actually a member of the Order of Zulo. It is our mission to collect the medallions but we can only keep them for a lunar month. Then we take them out and put them into circulation again. Now I must go. I will tell you what I find out about this." With that Larry turned around and left.
Tina looked at me and said "So I'm a girl like you now."
"That's right" I said.
"Well what happens now?" Tina asked.