Bold = Authors Note/Place
'Italic' = Thoughts
Normal Italic = Emphasis/Talking on Device
Underlined = POV Change
(Y/n) = Your Name
(M/n) = Middle Name
(L/n) = Last Name
(N/n) = Nick Name
(E/c) = Eye Color
(S/k) = Skin Color
(H/c) = Hair Color
(H/l) = hair length
(F/c) = Favorite Color(s)
(F/s/a) = Favorite Stuffed Animal
(S/a/n) = Stuffed Animal's Name ^^
(F/o) = Favorite Outfit
(F/b) = Favorite Band (or artist)
(F/s) = Favorite Song
(M/n) = Mom's Name
(F/n) = Fake Name
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Your POV
We got up and I saw the bald headed man behind Din. He jumped on the table of knives in front of them, sending them all towards us. Out of new instinct, I grabbed the table behind Din and put it up, shielding us. "Maybe we should go for a run instead!"
We bolted towards the kitchen, but the big guy came out holding a streak knife. "Bon appetite!"
We turned around to be met with the little guy holding a serving tray. "Surprise!"
I turned around and kicked the big guy but his knife went to the little guy instead. I smacked it out of his hand, grabbed the huge tray, and kicked the guy away. I put it at the top of the stairs and turned back to Din.
"Hop on."
He saw the bald guy coming and hopped on behind me, holding onto my shoulders. We started sliding down the stairs when Din leaned forward.
"Who were those men?" He asked.
"Uh, gangsters. Probably out to kidnap us for a ransom." We got out the front door and saw that a parade was going on. I grabbed Din's hand and dragged him around the corner into an alley. As Din was "preparing to fight", I grabbed the teapot from my pocket and went to the dumpster.
"Long, I need help." I whispered.
"No!"
"Come on, please?" I begged. He groaned and turned into a huge dragon puppet.
"(F/n)?" I heard Din say.
I looked up and dragged along out of the garbage. "Look what I found!" I nervously laughed. We put him on and went out of the alley and into the parade.
"I think we lost them." I said.
"Good. So, when exactly were you going to apologize, (F/n)?" Din asked.
I turned to him. "I.." I turned back around at the sound of drums. "Huh?"
The drummers moved out of the way to reveal the three men in the other dragon puppet.
Time skip after fight😅
After landing in the alley, Din and I busted out laughing.
"I'm fine as well, thank you for asking." Long said.
Din got up and turned the other way, thinking about what happened. Suddenly, my suit top disappeared and was replaced with a normal white shirt. I gasped and turned to Long.
"What happened?" I asked.
"Time's up, (Y/n)." He answered.
"What happened? Well, we jumped off a building. We almost died." Din started to say as my hair went out of the fancy hairdo.
"Your 24 hours are over." Long said.
"We beat up some gangsters." Din added.
My suit pants disappeared and were replaced with my casual sweatpants. "No!"
"Okay, that was mostly you. But seriously, you've gotta teach me some of that kung fu." He turned around and went to punch the air, but I turned around and caught his fist instead.
"Sorry. Reflexes."
Din looked down and saw that I had regular clothes on. He took his fist out of my hand and took a step back. "Wait, what happened to your suit?"
I looked to Long just to see that he wasn't a puppet anymore. "Look, Din." I looked to him. "There's something I need to tell you."
Long went up behind Din. "(Y/n), you have one more wish. You don't have to do this."
I sighed. "My real name isn't (F/n). It's-"
"(Y/n)." I looked up to Din. "You're (Y/n)."
"I'm sorry."
"But... why did you lie?"
"I wasn't planning to, I just... I was worried if you found out it was, well, me, that everything would end."
He looked around. "So... you still live around here? In that same old shikumen?"
"Yeah."
"I told you this wouldn't end well." Long said as he came up beside me.
"Wait. I remember this alley. We used to take a shortcut through here on the way home from school." Din said as he started to walk out of the alley. I looked to Long and then followed Din.
"And Mrs. Chu would sell those roasted yams." He laughed as he saw the old lady. "Hey, look at that! It's Mrs. Chu!" We ran up to her. "Hi, Mrs. Chu. It's Din Song. Do you remember-"
"One buck, two yams. No bargaining!" She said.
"Well, some things never change." Din smiled.
I pulled out a dollar and handed it to her. She gave us two yams and told us to move, so we left. We found the moms doing yoga and Din laughed.
"Yeah, new decade, same sweatpants." I said and we laughed.
"Hey, (Y/n), what do you think about a little race? Three, two, one, go!" Din said. Before I had time to comprehend it, Din was already running away. I followed him upstairs and found him looking at our old height chart. I walked up next to him.
"So, your old apartment has to be right around the corner." Din said as he ran ahead. I followed after him and saw that he was introducing himself to mom.
"I'm sorry, do I know you?" She asked.
"Hey, Mom. So, uh, surprise! Remember Din from when we were kids?"
"Din? What are you doing here?" Mom asked.
"Just visiting and old friend." Din smiled.
"Where are my manners? Come in!"
Time skip
I went up to the window and opened the curtain a little more. "Come in." I said to Long. I then went over and put the dishes in the sink.
Another time skip
After talking with Din on the roof, and going over our old promise, Din got a call on his phone. After talking, he hung up and looked to me sadly.
"(Y/n), I had a really wonderful time tonight, but I have to go."
"Why do you look so sad? It's not like I'm not gonna see you for another... ten years."
"(Y/n), the truth is, I have this whole other life now. You know? A career. A future that my dad worked really hard for, and certain expectations I have to meet."
I was sad before I went straight faced. "Let me guess, I don't meet those expectations?"
"No, that's... you don't understand. I'm just trying to be realistic." We stood there for a moment before Din left. I stood on the roof, facing the billboard.
"Good news, Long. You can finally be rid of me. I'm ready for my third wish." I said as I brought out the teapot.
"You are?" I heard him say from behind me.
"Make me rich. Piles of gold. However you do it."
"But-"
"Look, I thought it wouldn't matter. That he wouldn't care. But that was stupid." I turned back around. "So give me the pile of gold, and I can have some of that good life, and people will treat me with a little respect. Heck, I'm sure everyone will want to be my friend then."
"(Y/n)... are you sure?" That set me off. I turned around and marched towards him.
"Am I sure?! You've been telling me to make this wish since the moment we met! Well, you were right, okay? I was wrong! So there you go, that's my wish!" I set the teapot on him and stepped back. "Just grant it, and you can go back to your spirit world, and your big parade up in the sky while I'm stuck here!"
I put my arms out and closed my eyes. "Just grant the wish, Long." I whispered.
He used his powers, so I opened my eyes just to see that we were in the middle of nowhere.
"(Y/n), I'll grant your wish. But first, there's something I need to show you." We went up this hill to an old structure.
"What is this place?" I asked nervously.
Long looked at me before slamming the top of his tail to the ground. Magic formed over everything, recreating and old castle structure.
"This was my home." Long said as a little golden boy walked through me. "I was born into royalty. I learned from a young age that gold is power. So I set my sights on expanding my fortune and let nothing stand in my way." His older version walked around while his subjects worked on things for him.
"My subjects were loyal and worked tirelessly year after year." A golden woman appeared. "My daughters were married to the finest families to expand the kingdom's glory. And my son, I sent off to win treasure." An arrow went through my chest and I turned around to see a teenager on a cot. "He came home a hero. Soon, I had more gold, more land, and more monuments than any lord who had come before me." Long looked down sadly. "And yet..." he looked over to his old self dying. "As I laid on my deathbed, I awaited the parade of loyal subjects and living family, but there was none. With my last breath, I cursed all who had forgotten me."
Clouds appeared along with a huge gate. "I arrived at the gates to the spirit world and awaited a great procession to welcome me." A huge god stopped Past Long.
"I demand you open this gate!" He yelled.
"Instead, the gods transformed me into a Wish Dragon." Long was shown getting transformed and sucked into the teapot. "Not as a reward, but as a punishment. I was imprisoned in the teapot and sent down to Earth to serve ten masters and learn the true meaning of life."
The teapot landed in my hands and I looked up to Long, who was looking into the distance sadly.
"And to be honest, all these years, all these masters, I have been failing." He looked down before turning to look at me with a gentle smile. "Until I met you. I don't know the meaning of life. But the things you care about, your friends, your family, they're worth more that anything I ever possessed. And no amount of gold can ever buy that." He put his tail on my shoulder like a hand of reassurance and teleported us back. "It's your wish, (Y/n). Just make sure it's what you really want."
It was quiet for a moment before the door behind me burst open. I turned around to see-
"Mr. Song? What are you doing here?"
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