The Stone of Wishes

Here is my story I had to write for english- what do you guys think? :)

The Stone of Wishes

Lydia was walking on the white cracked sidewalk as the cool fall breeze caressed her cheek. Her auburn hair kept blowing in her face, reminding her that she needed to get more bobby pins. At this time though, her main concerns were not on bobby pins, but on the eventful day she had at school. She let out a soft sigh and a sniffle. She lost her two best friends.

The situation had started off small, but seemed to escalate until it got to the breaking point-and that was today. Her friends seemed to push her away little by little, and at this point it had become very apparent and felt like that is needed to be addressed. The result was Lydia deciding that she needed some new friends. Friends that did not make her feel like the friendship was a competition. She was so done with it.

She walked up the old weathered brick steps that led into her front door. She tossed her backpack aside, and made her way up the stairs toward her room. She was stomping inadvertently, and heard a shout from her mom. “Are you okay Lydia? How was your day?” Lydia quickly let out “It was fine.” before the tears would appear. Her attempts were unsuccessful as the first warm tear rolled down her cheek a few feet in front her door. She flung herself onto her bed and started to sob. She could not believe how her friends had turned out. She did everything with them. Laughed, cried, and did everything she could to help them when they needed her. Everything had been great until the friendship started to turn.

She finally sat up and wiped away the tears. A newly found anger struck her suddenly. Why would her friends do this to her? She did everything she could to be a great friends, and they could not do the same. She needed to find some new friends fast. Show them who could be easily replaced!

Walking to school the next day was hard. She was gazing at the sidewalk and she slowly went along and saw something gleaming from the fresh wet grass next to her. She slowly approached what looked like a stone, and picked it up. It was pretty small, and had different red and orange hues swirled through out it. It had a glossy finish, and something engraved on it. She peered closer at it to try and decipher the etchings. It seemed to be in a different language. Her curiosity consumed her. She quickly pocketed the son and started to jog. If she did not hurry, she would be late to school.

After slamming her locker door, she headed to homeroom and took a seat. The stone had intrigued her so much that she forgot about her friends. She took out the stone and tried to figure out what the etchings had said.

“Whats that you got there Lydia?” asked Macy.

Macy was one of the smartest girls in the grade. Lydia knew if anyone could read what was on the stone, it would be her.

“A weird stone I found on the way to school. There is writing on there that I can’t understand! Do you think you could give it a shot?”

“I think so,” Macy replied, “Let me see it.”

Lydia handed her the stone as her excitement grew.

“It’s Latin.” she said matter o’ factly. “It says, ‘Thou who shall change fate, be forewarned, you have three wishes, choose wisely, or your life will be mourned.”

Macy handed back to Lydia who was puzzled by what was on the rock.

“Is that really what is says?” she asked.

“I only read what it said, and trust me, I’m getting and 100 in Latin class!” Macy said smugly, and the returned to the book she was reading.

Lydia rolled the stone between her hands for a minute, and wondered what the message had meant. “It is probably just some nonsense.” she sighed, and placed the stone back into her pocket. After all, it was a pretty cool looking stone. Lydia pulled out her own book and started to read until the bell had sounded.

The day had actually turned out fine until lunchtime. Her old friends sat down at their usual table, and gave her a look as she walked by. Lydia was overwhelmed by the surrounding tables full of kids with their ‘clicks’, and not one table looked very inviting. Everyone was settled, and she felt like a fish out of water. She decided to sit with a table full of girls.

“Can I sit here?” she asked nervously.

“Well,” replied a girl with red hair to whom Lydia could not remember her name, “It’s already really crowded here, sorry.”

It was very obvious that they did not want her to sit there. She tuned and sighed. It seemed like she would never be able to find new friends. ‘I wish that people wanted me to sit at their table.’ she thought. Walking away to the library to have lunch alone, she was paused by a shout.

“Hey Lydia, do you want to sit with us?” It was Trish from her bio class.

“No way, she wanted to sit with us, we made room!” yelled the girl with red hair.

“She probably wants to sit with us, not you guys!” yelled another girl.

There seemed to be an uproar of people volunteering and telling her to sit at their table. She was shocked. Suddenly her heart skipped a beat. She remembered the stone, and what it had said. Everything clicked in her mind. It had appeared that her wish had come true. She had no idea what to do. People were urging her on to sit at their table. She was cared to pick a table, and upset the others.

“Thanks a bunch guys, but I think I will eat lunch alone.” she said, and quickly made her way to the library.

“But,” said Trisha.

“Look, you scared her off!” said another.

Now they were fighting over who had made her go away. Lydia ran to the library to escape the madness and regroup. She placed down her lunch tray and took the stone out of her pocket. It was strongly pretty warm. Shaking with disbelief, she realized the power in her hand.

“I could wish for anything!” she said softly to herself. She had no idea what to wish for next.

She paced around for a few minutes and came up with nothing.

“I wish I knew what to wish for!” she cried in frustration. She immediately regretted it as soon as she said it. She wasted her second wish. On the bright side, she did suddenly think of what to wish for! ‘I wish that I was famous.’ she thought hard. She figured that nothing could go wrong. She would have tons of friends, and so what if she lost a friend or two, she would have plenty more! Little did she know that her wish did come true, but not in the way she expected…

10 years later…

Her wish did not happen as quick as the others, but it did come true. From that day on, Lydia’s personality changed. As she got older, her behavior got worse and worse. Her grades slipped, and she even had to earn some time in juvie. She got out, and got married. In the end of the marriage she decided to kill her husband gruesomely just for the life insurance money. After she was put to trial, it was decided that she was put to death. Her name was in newspapers, on the news, everywhere! She was famous, but not in the way she had hoped. After 15 years she made her last wish, she was put to death. She learned how the stone had granted her wish a few weeks before her execution, and was angry with herself for the stupid choice she had made. The stone’s prediction had come true. Her final wish, that would never be granted was this: ‘I wish that I was careful or what I wished for.’

The lever was pulled, and that was the end to Lydia. The stone had been taken along with the rest of her belongings and was put in evidence. It played in peace, safe from others until one day a officer came upon it, was very curious.

To Be Continued…