Tuesday, 2 April 2019

Lawndale and Sandi Griffin's Genie - Chapter 1 Part 4


Jean! People can see!” Sandi shouted.

Exactly!” Jean said with a mischievous laugh.

Why iis Sannndi floaaating?” Tiffany asked in the background.

Sandi then breathed deeply, and started producing lightning around her fingers. “Your feeble powers are no match for mine, Sandi,” Jean said.

Oohf!” Sandi exclaimed, grabbing at the emerald. “I wish that you would let me down!” she said.

“As you wish!” Jean said, she didn’t really want Sandi to reveal her own powers, ‘though I am sure that most didn’t notice,’ she thought. She granted the wish. Sandi fell down, though landing gracefully.

“I thought you said that Jean wasn’t a genie!” Andrea Hecuba said.

“As what just happened shows, yes. Like, I would have admitted it without that happening, but what are you doing here?” Sandi asked.

“I was reading here. I usually read here. No one notices the Goth Chick!” Andrea said.

“Indeed, your outfit is worse than that of that girl who lives with Quinn!” Sandi said.

“That is certainly true,” Quinn said in the background.

“Tell me about it!” Stacy said.

“Thaaat jaacket aand thooose boots look soo wrooong!” Tiffany said.

“Most of the ‘popular’ people in the school now know, Sandi!” Jean said.

‘And who knows who Andrea could tell, certainly most of the unpopular students,’ Sandi thought. “You want me to make a wish?” She asked.

“Make one, or there will be more mischievousness,” Jean said.

‘Oh the irony, my own trickery turned against me,’ Sandi thought. “I wish that an extra floor would appear on the top of the Science Block!”

“As you wish. You keep wishing big though,” Jean said. She granted the wish. With the usual wish related sounds, and an additional sound similar to that of Autobots (or Decepticons) changing shape, the Lawndale High science block gained an additional floor...

One of the other students ran off to find Torii and Brooke...

Most of the other students began running around in a panic. Sandi facepalmed, as Quinn, Tiffany and Andrea looked at the situation impassively and Stacy fainted. Jean and Elias wondered if the situation was out of control...


It was halfway through recess, and the news was spreading through the student population of Lawndale High, although invariably Chinese Whispers took its toll on the accuracy of the message.


Daniela Gray found Torii and Brooke, in a girl’s bathroom near the assembly hall. “Here you are!” she said.

“What is happening, Daniela?” Torii asked.

“Sandi was lying! Jean is a genie. She made Sandi float in the air...” Daniela said.

“Are you sure?” Brooke asked.

“Yes!” Daniela said.

“How do I know that it isn’t you that is lying?” Brooke asked.

“Come and see for yourself!” Daniela said. Brooke reluctantly followed Daniela and Torii back to where Sandi and Jean were.


“How did the Science Block get an extra floor?” the head Science teacher Janet Barch asked as she exited the library.

“There is a genie in the school. That is the source of the trouble,” Andrea said. She wanted an adult to know, regardless of the consequences.

“I suppose, that is one explanation, what with the computers and all,” Ms Barch said. Andrea had already heard about the computers.

“Yeah,” Andrea said.

“I bet it was a male who wished that!” Ms Barch exclaimed.

“Actually, it was Sandi Griffin,” Andrea said.

“Maybe...” Ms. Barch said, wondering.


Inside the library, Ted was talking to Mrs. Danielson.

“It is Jean, isn’t it?” Mrs. Danielson said.

“Yes, Elias talked to her, then Sandi and Jean herself confirmed it. So what happens now?” Ted asked.

“I don’t know. This is completely outside our experience. I hope that Sandi has the wisdom not to abuse the power that the genie is giving her,” Mrs. Danielson said.

“Me too,” Ted said.


Outside the library, Daniela, Torii and Brooke arrived on the scene. Most of the previously panicking students had dispersed. Quinn was helping Stacy to calm down. Tiffany was looking around clueless. Andrea and Ms. Barch were still conversing. Sandi and Elias were sitting near each other with ponderous looks on their faces. Jean was standing between them, waiting...
‘Why is it that Sandi gets the genie?’ Brooke thought to herself. ‘She is the President of the Fashion Club. She won’t let me in the Fashion Club. I should be in the Fashion Club!” She then decided to grab the emerald off Sandi!

“Give me that emerald, Sandi Griffin!” she shouted, and charged...





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