Wishes

Be careful how you wish for.

Chapter 1 by protoborg protoborg

John had always thought he was lucky but the day he found the lamp would be both the luckiest and the worst day of his life. He had been wondering the antiques district when he spotted the tiny shop tucked into a corner between two chain stores. The shop was an unassuming little affair with random curios and items in the windows. The area immediately behind the windows was hidden by a curtain. John thought about why he wanted to enter the little store, but couldn't really justify it. He entered anyway. The doorbell jingled as the door shut behind him. Looking toward the cash register near the front of the store, John gave a weak half wave as he walked toward the back of the store along one of the aisles. Nothing caught his attention at first. Nothing that is until he reached the back of the store. There among toasters and other random relics of a by-gone era sat what could only be called a genie's lamp.

Now, John was no fool. He knew damn well genies were not real but he also felt a strange urge to buy this lamp. It just needed a good polish and it could probably fetch double or more from some antiques dealer. John picked up the deceptively heavy lamp and carried it to the register to buy it. The little old man behind the counter looked like he hadn't ever been younger than at least 200 years old. John just chuckled lightly at the thought as he placed the lamp on the counter and awaited the final price. The little old man pressed a few buttons on the equal old cash register and announced the total price of the lamp.

"That will be $2, young man."

"This cannot be that cheap."

"Oh the price may be low, but I assure you this lamp is anything but cheap."

John looked puzzled for a moment at the owner's comment, but he brushed aside the thought as he handed the little old man two dollars from his wallet. The old man handed the lamp in a bag to John and winked as the young man left the store with a VERY confused look on his face. John hadn't even intended to go in the store, much less buy something there. Now he had lamp that likely would only be taking up space until he could get rid of it. Walking back to his car parked on the street nearby. Tossing the lamp into his car, he got in and started it. He drove home in a bit of a daze. He still couldn't understand how he had bought something so completely useless. Originally he had intended to sell the stupid thing, but no he had different ideas about it. Strangely, he didn't think he could part with the lamp. Getting home, John put the lamp down on the kitchen table and went about making himself a meal.

Sitting to eat his food, he contemplated what he could do with this ...thing. He figured the least of his problems was solved with a simple cleaning. Removing his clothes, he began to rub the lamp with his shirt. After just a few moments, smoke began to flow from the lamp. John had figured it was a genie's lamp, but hadn't thought genie's were real. As such, he hadn't thought anything would be coming out of the lamp. Yet, somehow here he was with what was clearly a genie forming in front of his eyes. It took mere seconds for the genie to form. It took seconds more to realize this genie was the sexiest being he had ever seen. The genie could only be described as...

What kind of genie is it?

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