"What are you thinking about?" Zelda asked as they walked to the bus stop.
"Nothing much," Zack said shrugging his shoulders. "Just thinking about what I could do with this power."
"What stuff were you thinking about changing?" Zelda asked looking curiously at her new brother.
"Well I think I'll change a couple of the teachers to be more interesting," Zack said shrugging.
"Mr. Morton does need to be livened up a bit," Zelda said nodding. "He makes bloody battles sound boring and gives us pop quizzes all the time."
"How do you know about Mr. Morton?" Zack asked utterly perplexed.
"I used my power to give me knowledge that I would need to go to school genius," Zelda said rolling her eyes.
"We can give ourselves knowledge?" Zack asked.
"Of course we can," Zelda said.
"Then we don't have to go to school," Zack said.
"True but where's the fun in just giving yourself the knowledge?" Zelda asked.
"You gave yourself knowledge," Zack said.
"I only gave myself the knowledge needed to be attending school," Zelda said. "I know my classes and teachers, who likes me and who doesn't, who I have for friends, and what I've learned in school so far."
"You still have your knowledge from when you were Rick," Zack said.
"I suppressed my schooling from when I was Rick," Zelda said. "It wouldn't be fair to everyone else if I didn't. I can't stop you from giving yourself knowledge but I want to say something before you do. The fun is in the journey. Think of a trip to am amusement park. Sure it's fun when you get there but if you just went there without the travel in between you just might miss out on seeing something beautiful or interesting. That's part of what makes a trip so enjoyable. In fact I'm thinking of making myself a baby again so I can have the experience of growing up as a girl instead of just gaining the knowledge of it."
"You would really want to be a baby again?" Zack asked.
"I think I might," Zelda said. "No more talking about that since I see Melissa and Jen at the bus stop." She waved and shouted, "Hi Jen, hi Melissa."
"Hi Zelda," they shouted back as they waved. Once Zack and Zelda were closer Melissa asked, "Have you heard the news?"
"What news?" Zelda asked cocking her head a bit.
"The whole cheer squad got caught smoking last night at Christina's house," Jen said barely able to stop from jumping up and down on the spot. "They were also drinking and Mike slipped something into Rose's drink."
"So now they have to hold auditions for new cheerleaders," Melissa gushed. "Jen and I are going to try out. How about you? Will you try out with us?"
"Well I don't think I can fit it into my busy schedule," Zelda said looking thoughtful.
"You don't even have a schedule," Jen said giggling.
"Well then I think I can fit it in," Zelda said then giggled.
"I'll never understand girls," Zack said shaking his head.
"Will you try out for it Zack?" Melissa asked.
"No way," Zack said shaking his head and putting his hands up as if to stop the girls. "Cheerleading is for girls."
"There are boys that do cheerleading," Zelda said. "In fact when cheerleading first started it was the boys who did it."
"We could dress him up like a girl," Jen said. "We would need to find a wig in his hair color though until his grew out."
"You don't find anything unusual about my hair color?" Zack asked.
"Well only your hair is naturally that color," Melissa said with a smile. "The rest of us have to dye our hair for green hair day."
"Oh no that's today," Jen moaned. "Cheerleaders are expected to have green hair today and if we don't have green hair then no one will think we're serious about being cheerleaders."
"How did we manage to forget that today was green hair day?" Melissa moaned.
"I've got it covered," Zelda said smiling. Quite suddenly the girls had green hair though it was obvious that it was dyed.
Melissa and Jen looked at Zelda with wide eyes then at themselves with the same wide eyes. Finally Jen asked, "What happened?"
Zack looked at Zelda and said, "And you were telling me not to talk about our power then you go and show it off to them."
"They're my best friends," Zelda said looking hurt. "I know they can keep quiet about it and if they can't I can always make it so we had dyed our hair last night."
"Wait a minute what power?" Melissa asked.
Zack sighed and said, "I don't know if we should tell you."
"Oh we can tell them," Zelda said pushing Zack a bit.
"But you said not to talk about our power then you said you had it when they mentioned forgetting to dye their hair," Zack said rolling his eyes.
"Ok so maybe I forgot myself there," Zelda admitted, "but they have wanted to be cheerleaders for a long time. I wanted to give them a chance at being cheerleaders. And before you ask I didn't cause the whole team to be caught smoking. They did that on their own."
"Will you two stop fighting and tell us what you mean by your power?" Melissa asked looking a bit annoyed.
"Well we have the power to change things," Zelda said before Zack could say anything. "I know you two can keep it a secret."
"Of course we can," Jen said obviously offended by they thought she and Melissa couldn't keep a secret.
"Can you really change anything?" Melissa asked with wide eyes.
"Pretty much," Zack said shrugging.
"Then you can make that bitch Samantha into a real bitch," Melissa said with a mischievous grin.
Zelda grinned also and said, "We can do that. We'll wait until we get to school though so we can watch it." She then looked at Zack and said, "You should make yourself a girl."
"What!?" Zack asked stunned. "I don't want to be a girl."
"You wouldn't have to stay a girl," Zelda said smiling. "You would be able to change back when you want. Just give it a try for today."
"I bet you'd make a cute girl," Jen said with a twinkle in her eyes. "If you do become a girl for today I'll be your girlfriend."
Zack had always been interested in going out with Jen but had never mustered the courage to ask her out and here she was offering if he would be a girl for a day. He had heard that she was bi so that was something to consider. She would probably be his girlfriend if he still was a girl after today or chose to be a girl again at some point. He could almost see the hope in her eyes of having a boyfriend and girlfriend in one person. Was he willing to become a girl for a day to have her as a girlfriend though?