As Ty lay on his bed, the strange transformation which happened to Dustin, his older stepbrother, replayed in his mind over and over again. Ty thought back to the weird episode, and wondered what he did to cause Dustin to suddenly regress back three years, from age sixteen to thirteen. When he realized that all he did was make a silent wish, he wondered if there was anything else he could wish for?
Ty reached over and picked up his glasses and placed them over his nose. He stood up and walked over to the bathroom, which was located between his bedroom and Dustin's. He quietly overheard Dustin walking around in his room with the door closed, before entering the bathroom and closing and locking the door behind him. Then, he removed his t-shirt as he studied his reflection in the mirror on the wall, which hung behind the bathroom sink.
Ty was about 5 foot 4 inches tall; he was skinny with no muscle at all, with short, blond hair and blue eyes. He had small hands and feet, and his stomach was flat as well. In all, he seemed like an average teenager, and nothing special. He had just turned fifteen years old that morning, but he looked like he could still pass for a thirteen or a fourteen year-old.
He hated the fact that he was so short and skinny. Now that he managed to change Dustin's age with a simple wish, he wondered if he could maybe change himself the same way. What would he wish for? Would it work on himself, or could he only change other people? The only way to find out was to try it first. He loved the idea of growing a few inches taller, so he decided to play it safe and just wish for that first.
"I wish my legs would grow two inches longer right now!" he whispered to himself, while standing alone in the bathroom and watching his reflection in the mirror.
Then it happened. There was a slight, odd tingling sensation in his legs. Suddenly, he felt his thighs grow longer, pushing his waist further away from the ground, and making him taller in the process! The growth only lasted a few seconds, and it felt very good. It felt like there was a soft, smoothing, prickling sensation in both of Ty's legs as he slowly grew taller. Ty's jaw just dropped open as he realized that, once the growth spurt had stopped, that he was indeed standing exactly two inches taller than before, at 5 foot 6 inches tall, just as he had wished!
"It worked... It really, really worked!" Ty cheered, as he put his shirt on and walked out of the room and back into his own bedroom. "I'm actually taller! Sweet!"
He wondered what else he could do, when there was a knock at the bedroom door...