Hey, I just had a thought. Do you think that we can use basketball as an excuse to speed up my change in appearance? I'd like to look better as soon a...s I can.Very well, Master. That should work. I will speed up your rate of change. If you start to get too much notice as a result of your change in appearance, we can slow things back down.Thanks, Genie. You are a real friend!The next day, Billy stopped by Coach Hanson's office to tell him the news. "Great, Billy. Come to the gym after your last. "Hi Kendal." Their mom said that the whole accent thing was just a phase, but Maddie wasn't so certain, and as much as she hated to admit it, it actually kinda suited her.They went to grab dinner in the cafeteria, with Kendal complaining about the quality of the food the entire time, before heading back to Maddie's room to relax.Eventually, however, eight o'clock drew near, and Maddie found herself getting up and beginning to make her way downstairs."Where are you going Maddie?" Don't worry. It was his height and small stature that mattered now as he scrambled over fallen furniture and avoided his pursuers. I could see him through the dirty, cracked windows of the department store but I couldn’t hear him pant, curse, or scream. Well, he couldn’t really do the last as that would only attract them.I was hiding. And while I felt a pang of sorrow for what might befall the boy, he was not my immediate concern. He was not my flesh and blood. He could die but not my little brother. He felt an immediate attraction to her.When he first saw her, she was shopping at the same market he goes too. She was alone and always appeared to be lonely. However, she did smile in greeting every time they came close to one another.The following week he decided when he had the chance; he would stop and talk to her. He did and introduced himself, "Hello, my name is Roger." Hello, Roger my name is Margaret, nice to meet you."Nothing else was said that week, but as the days passed, their.