As Ty stared at the small stream before him, one object caught his eye. There, in the stream, he saw something
beautiful. He saw a nice, light brown, shining rock. He leaned over to pick it up with his right hand and
smiled as he rescued the rock out of the running stream of water. The rock was very smooth and shining. It was
beautiful! Ty just smiled. He wanted his friend to be like this rock: to be strong, solid, and beautiful.
Then, it dawned on him. He didn’t need a living creature to change into a friend. He could just take this rock
and change that! He could create a whole new friend out of rock! Ty turned to his right and set the rock down
next to him and pondered what kind of a friend he wanted the rock to be.
“I want you to be my best friend! I want you to be human… You must be a boy! Umm… You need to be sixteen years
old, with black hair and blue eyes! And… You need to be strong! So Dustin won’t bother me! You need to be six
feet tall, with big muscles… and you need to look a little like me, but with short spikey hair! And you need
to speak English and you gotta be a student in my class at school, okay? And, you have to always be totally
loyal to me and me alone!” Ty wished out loud.
Suddenly, the little brown rock began to grow before Ty’s very own eyes, much to his delight. The rock grew
longer than wider, as it stretched out to about six feet in length and it became about two feet in width and
about a foot deep. Then, the details started forming within the outer properties of the rock. On one end, the
boy’s feet began to form, as the toes, the toe nails, and the ankles began to take shape. The legs started to
form as well, side by side, as the rock began to split into two separate parts. The two parts, which became
the two separate legs, began to morph out of rock, as they came together at the groin followed upwards by the
torso. Furthermore, the legs were now being molded to contain the calves below the knees and the mighty quads
above the knees. The muscles were well defined and large, just as Ty had wished.
Next, the bottom part of the stone torso began to take shape. This was the middle part of the stone. The
ridges of the abdominals began to carve, and the large pectorals began to form out from the top part. The
mighty arms formed along the sides of the torso, forming the bulging biceps and triceps, followed by the palms
and the fingers, completing the hands. Lastly, the other end of the rock morphed into a round figure, which
slowly transformed into what now became the head. The front of the head was completely round, but the nose
began to stick out from the center, with the eyes on top and the mouth on the bottom. Two ears formed on the
sides as well, as the face was nearly complete. The top part formed a short layer of dark spikey hair, just as
Ty had wished.
The final touches appeared in stone as the boy had almost completely formed. He was six feet tall and he was
about 16 years old and very muscular. Finally, the stone transformed into human flesh as life was breathed
into the stone figure. The heart started beating and real blood started flowing through the veins. Stone
turned to cells and flesh and organs as the boy of stone had now completely become human, and a living being!
He was alive!
The tall, muscular boy opened his eyes and looked up, staring at Ty in the face. He let out a soft moan as he
used his strong, muscular arms to lift himself up and off the ground. When he saw Ty, he immediately knew who
Ty was: his creator!
“Daddy?” the boy mumbled.
“Whoa! Awesome! I created you! I created my own friend out of rock!” Ty cheered. “I made you out of a rock! I
should give you a name! Your name should be… Rocky! ROCKY!”
“Thanks, daddy!” the big, muscular boy said, as he embraced Ty in a powerful hug. Rocky was six inches taller
than Ty, so he completely covered Ty from head to toe when he hugged him.
“Whoa… You’re strong!” Ty said, as Rocky let him go.
“Uh… Thanks, dad…” the big boy replied with a grin.
“You need some clothes! I wish you wore a pair of shorts, a t-shirt and some sneakers!” Ty said out loud.
Instantly, Rocky was standing there wearing a t-shirt with tennis shoes and a pair of shorts. He was even
wearing athletic socks to match the shoes!
“How do we get out of the woods?” Ty asked Rocky.
“This way, dad!” the boy said, pointing in the right direction.
Then Ty followed Rocky to the edge of the forest, where Ty then led Rocky to his house. This was Ty’s best day
ever. He had just created for himself a new friend out of a rock, and it was a friend for life!