Freak in the Bottle

Freak in the Bottle Chapter 4

I opened my eyes only to see the same thing I saw when Casey made the wish on the island. “Thank you so much Jason!!!!!!” Casey exclaimed after she finally stopped crying.    

                “What are you talking about?” I asked “I didn’t do anything! I just got us there and back!” Casey laughed.

                “I know,” she said “but I am just so happy that you were just there!!” I laughed. She kept smiling and cheering all night. When the clock struck 11, Jackie sent us all to bed. She was probably happier than Casey, if that was even possible. I finally felt like she wasn’t mad about letting me stay. Either way, we all went to bed. Well, Jackie went to bed; Casey and I went to our rooms and spent half the night talking. “I can’t believe I got the part!!!” she would say “I wonder how the movie will turn out!” This went on for about two hours until Jackie heard us and told us to go to sleep. Casey sighed and said “Good night, Jason” and put her head down on her pillow and immediately fell asleep.        

                “Good night, Casey” I said quietly. Then, I turned into my puff of blue smoke and went back into my bottle.

                When I woke up the next morning, I listened. When I didn’t hear Casey yelling at me, or making a ton of noise as she was doing her morning routine, I panicked. I got out of my bottle and started looking all over the room. “Casey!!!!” I yelled “Where are you?! This isn’t funny!! Don’t do this!!!” After I turned her room upside down looking for her, and magically turned it right side up again, I flashed myself downstairs to the dining room. “Casey?” I called. Then it dawned on me, I should ask Jackie, but she wasn’t at the dining room table eating breakfast like she normally was at this time. “Jackie!!!!” I screamed, “Where are you!?” Now I was worried. I kept looking through the whole house tearing up each and every room, and then magically fixing it again. I was almost ready to lose hope when I went to Casey’s classroom and found a note on the board. I grabbed the note and was relieved once I read it.

Dear Jason,

You are probably doing exactly what I was doing this morning when I woke up. You have obviously noticed that Casey is missing, and now I am too. I went to look for Casey at one of her favorite spots, the river over by the hill. When you get this note, please flash over there, I will be waiting, hopefully with Casey. Thank you so much!!!

Jacqueline Van Horn.

I immediately dropped the note and flashed to the location mentioned on the note. When I was at the river, Jackie was standing there crying. “Please tell me those are tears of joy!” I pleaded. She didn’t even look up at me. “What did you find?” I asked hopefully. Jackie didn’t say anything, but she handed me a piece of paper. I took the paper out of her hand and looked at it. It was another note! But this one was much worse than the other note.

Dear Jason,

It is I the Blue Djinn!! You didn’t expect to ever see me again did you? I have your new master. She doesn't seem very happy with you after I told her the REAL story between us!!  I will give you until the winter solstice to come here and get her. When you come, however, I will be expecting a few things. Bring me the mother of this girl, bring me a lock of hair from Medusa, and bring yourself! I will be waiting.

Yours Truly,

The Blue Djinn

I couldn’t believe it! The very reason I was a genie had captured Casey and was going to do the same thing to her. I wanted to just curl up into a ball and cry, but we needed to get going. “C’mon, Jackie” I said “Let’s go find us a Djinn!”