The EXCHANGE

Chapter 8

I watched as they fight for a few minutes, I eat my apples and drink the broth when a black suited guard comes in. "Alright, the doctors want all the toddlers to use the restroom so they can see the waste they are excreting." Momma hand me a sippy cup as the sweet juice runs down my throat, I realized that this was Happy Juice I had been pouring out into the sink at school. "Honey drink up so we can go home." I sadly sucked it down and let it affect me. However, the doctors started notice that the students started to act like children. "Doctor what are you doing we check all the children." "They are acting differently they even act more scared than before around us and cling to their parents." They looked at me who momma went to get a toilet set up for. The nurse and the doctor rounded the table. "I thought I only gave them the soup and apples." I hand them my cup. "Sweetie what did your mommy pack you to drink?"

I opened my mouth and started to sing to the stupid juice commercial. "Happy Juice?" they took out my cup as momma comes back in. "Okay are you ready to go potty?" I nod as we walk out. They seemed to have found the thing they were looking for when we returned. Momma helps me lay down for a nap only to be taken to the commander of this program. "Mr. President, we brought the girl who helped us figure out why the adults were acting like children and why she went from adult to little girl in five minutes. I see the president who was looking over all the children and the families. "Have we found a way to return them?" "Sir, there is no way to return them to their age they once were. We did find that this juice is what makes them act like children." I noticed that the police division here sent their military to invade. Momma looked pleased. "We ask you all to return the children to their parent and for you to enter your ships and return to earth we know that you are not skilled in our technology yet and it would be a lost cause.

I was taken to a room where I was under lock down the Governments returned to earth and Momma seemed pleased. The paper talked about how Earth was threating to come when they were ready. They ignore the news as a knock comes on the door, "Oh Principal Huntsman, what brings you into our home today?" I look over to the man who had bear ears and sat down. "We need to talk about your daughter entering into kindergarten next year." I look at the man whose dark skin reminded me of dark chocolate. "Is this her?" My parents nod and hand me over to him, "Hmm...Zander was telling us that these kids were different from the other." I did an odd series of test for him only for him to keep marking the clipboard. "Well once she goes through Preschool, she will enter the all-girls class like you asked which is filled with other girl students like her, but we have been thinking about mixing the students in elementary so that it's not such a shock."

Daddy seemed angry by that, "No my princess must take the girls only classes." The principal looks over, "You are not the only father to become upset that their daughter would be in a co-ed class." I sit under the table, "I already have a plan for this problem, and they have to enter the co-ed class in the fifth grade that way they are ready for working and studying with normal students. They went on and on he finally left as mommy cleans the house with me following her every move. Momma stopped and looked through the kitchen, "Oh sweetie we're all out of your food and happy juice." She writes on a slip of paper the items we need as she gets me dress when I'm done, she takes me out of the house and go shopping.

We gather up random items into the basket and she stops by the candy aisle, where it's filled Halloween candy. I was in heaven as I looked over all the bags; I was such a chocoholic when I still lived on earth. I haven't had chocolate in forever! I grab the first bag of chocolate and hand it over to momma. "Sweetie do you like bricks?" that must be the name of the chocolate here. She puts three bags in the basket as she walks us over to the check out. We finish as the omega type took our things to the apartment while she took me to the second floor. It was like a mall filled with stores and restaurants. I am pulled into a store that read: Pinks; Dolls and Gowns.

I see a woman talking to a customer as I see where momma buys all my clothes, and there next to the woman was Jill who noticed me right away. "Esther!" she rushed over and grabbed me as I was shocked the two women talking stopped as one woman was embarrassed and another who was holding an infant came over to us. "Victoria: I see you brought your daughter today." Momma looked at her, "What was that Becca? You are the only girl in our class who married last, can hardly afford the clothes here, and has only one child which was adopted." Momma was on fire; the woman who was embarrassed walked over. "Luna: I'm sorry my customer is being rude, but would you like to look at our selections today?"

Momma looked back at the woman. "Faith; let us look over the costumes you've set up for the earth festival." Faith or Jill's momma ran out all her customers and brought over all the costumes for children my age. "This year we have quite the selection of earth movie characters." I tried on many weird costumes until momma picked out a familiar white and checkered blue dress. "Oh, my goodness; look how cute this is." I was put in the dress as Faith put the famous red glitter shoes on. "She's so cute I'm sure we could make our own version and this little one would make the cutest actress ever." Momma and Faith talked as the dress was rang up. Jill put me in the spring line of clothes. "Alright sweetie let's go." I was changed back and taken back to the apartment.

We find everyone eating junk food and watching what I guess is sports. "Hi, honey; we returned and are now ready to set up for the Halloween ball." I was excited they must have a huge party. "Fine let's go to the party room." I am left with Butch as he and the others watch the game. I am board as they yell at the screen. I go grab my dress up things and start putting them on my brothers. I hand them each a plastic tea cup as I host a tea party. By time the game finished they noticed I dressed them in crowns, feather boas, and bead necklaces.

Butch and the others look at me, "Esther you have yet again surprised me." I smile as the door opens as momma and daddy walked into the house. They laugh as they look over my creation. "Alright kids: tomorrow is Halloween and we need to set up the house for the occasion." She sets me in a gated off toddler pen while everyone works to put up the decorations. I was given a Halloween coloring sheet. Once they finished everyone talked about how tomorrow they would be dressing up and talking about the goodies.