Sarah was already excited at the discovery she had just made. This robot was pretty great looking! But what could the robot do…? Was it just a doll? Or maybe it was much more advanced? Dying from curiosity, Sarah grabbed the robot, which wasn’t that heavy surprisingly, and dragged it to her bedroom. It was hard, trying to not make a huge mess or get caught by her mom. Sarah noticed how dusty it was too, so she “borrowed” a sponge from the kitchen. Inside the bedroom, Sarah started cleaning up the intriguing yet beautiful robot. While doing so, she noticed something else. An On/Off switch was very well hidden on the robot’s neck. After cleaning the robot and putting it on her bed, she flipped the power switch. Not surprisingly, nothing happened at first. Maybe it was just broken…
The robot’s eyes suddenly opened. Sarah made a tiny jump of surprise and the robot was now very alive. It looked at her. “H-Huh…” Sarah got nervous. The robot’s face looked extremely human-like, minus the entirely white skin and the red cheeks.
“Hello friend,” A slightly metallic-sounding voice of a young girl said. “My name is Eleanor.”
Sarah was already impressed. “Hi…?” Her voice said, embarrassed. “I’m Sarah.”
“Nice to meet you, Sarah” Eleanor said.
Woah. The robot recognized her name!
“You’ve freed me!” Eleanor said happily, forming a heart with her long fingers. “Thank you. I see that you’ve cleaned me as well, right?”
“I did.”
Eleanor clapped her hands. “That’s so kind!” She smiled. “Since you’ve released me from this cage, what can I do for you?”
Sarah now looked confused. “What do you mean?”
“You’ve done my wish of being free, now I can do one of your wishes. What do you wish for most?”
It took some time for Sarah to understand what Eleanor meant. “I-I don’t know…”
Eleanor approached Sarah. “Everybody wants at least one thing. Small or big, you know?” She put her hand on Sarah’s shoulder.
Sarah did want something. Sarah did want a big thing. “Okay… Well” she started to get very nervous to confess her problem. “I-I keep getting bullied at school… B-Because of how I look like. So… I want… I wish to… I wish to be beautiful…?”
Eleanor got excited. “That’s wonderful! I understand your problem, I’ll make sure to make it right.” Her smile grew bigger.
“Really? T-Thank you.”
“It’ll take a few month, though. This is a rather big and important wish.”
“I understand, you don’t want to mess it up?”
Eleanor shrugged. “I guess but it’s mainly that I’ll need a lot of preparation to make you a beautiful girl.”
“I see.” Sarah grinned.
“Just give me one day first to get ready. And, most importantly, keep me secret.”
Sarah nodded. “Will do.”
As she was about to go to sleep, Sarah noticed Eleanor on the corner of the room. She was looking at her. “What are you doing?”
“I’m resting.” Eleanor said.
Sarah blinked. “Okay then. Goodnight, I suppose?”
“Goodnight, sweet Sarah.” Eleanor smiled.
“You seem in a better mood.” Abby told Sarah as she got to her locker.
“Well, something good happened”
Abby looked intrigued. “What thing?”
Sarah remembered what Eleanor said. Keep her identity secret. “Oh, nothing big but, it was pretty cool.”
“Huh, alright then. Glad to see you in a better mood though, that’s what matters.” Abby smiled.
“Eh, thanks.”
In some kind of perfect (or the opposite of perfect) timing, Nate noticed Sarah. “Hey, Mrs. Mix-and-match!”
Instead of feeling insulted, Sarah made a tiny laugh.
“What the heck are you laughing at?”
“Oh, nothing.” Sarah said. “Just a small thought.” Just wait and see. Jackass.
When Sarah got back to her bedroom, Eleanor greeted her. “Welcome back, Sarah.”
“How are you, Eleanor?” Sarah asked, which was weird because it was almost like talking to an actual person.
“I’m very good, thank you for asking.” Said Eleanor with a gentle smile. “I’ve made you something.”
Sarah put her backpack near her laptop. “What is it?” That’s when she noticed a small box that Eleanor was holding with both hands. Sarah approached.
“Open it.”
Still a bit confused, Sarah grabbed the small box and opened it carefully. It was a necklace. A large, cartoonish silver heart pendant dangling from a chunky silver chain. “Oh, that’ really kind.” She said. “Thank you, Eleanor.”
“It’s not just a simple gift. This will be the key for your beautiful wish.”
Sarah looked intrigued. “What do you mean?”
“You have to promise me to never, ever take it off. Okay?”
Feeling sympathy, Sarah nodded. “I promise. It’s beautiful.”
“And it will make you beautiful too.” Eleanor started. “Because of how big your wish is, it can only be completed section by section, which means that it’ll take a while before it is fully done. This necklace will be your most precious belonging from now on. It will allow you to become more and more beautiful slowly but surely.”
Sarah didn’t really believe what Eleanor was saying, but the robot seemed kind and she was feeling better. Plus, the necklace was indeed pretty. “Noted. Thanks.” She said, putting on the necklace.
“It looks good on you.” Eleanor said, approaching Sarah. “Now, this is important. In order for the necklace to work, you have to let me sing you to sleep.”
Sarah stared at her. “Huh, right now?”
“Yes.” Eleanor said while nodding.
“Can I have a shower first? I don’t mind sleeping early.”
“Yes.” Eleanor said while nodding.
Huh, that’s a bit creepy. “Okay, be right back!” She said, not rally convinced with what Eleanor explained.
After Sarah took her shower and put on her pajamas, she got to her bed. Eleanor sat down next to her, almost like a mother reading a bed-time story to her little child. “Rest well.”
Sarah nodded, then Eleanor started singing.
Go to sleep, go to sleep,
Go to sleep, my sweet Sarah,
When you wake, when you wake,
All your dreams will come true.
Just as Eleanor finished singing, Sarah fell asleep.
Surprisingly to herself, Sarah woke up in a great mood. Not in a I-Am-Gonna-Have-Another-Trash-Day like usual, she was legitimately happy to wake up. In fact, she felt great. Breathing the soft air in her room, getting out of bed and looking at her… H-Hands?!
Her hands changed! Her fingers were longer and prettier, her once big arms were now thin and longer. Her skin was also softer to touch, it felt amazing! Her elbows were also soften compared to the rough touch they had before. Sarah immediately went to look at herself in the mirror. Her hands were definitely beautiful. “Holy… Damn…” She kept gasping.
“What do you think?” Eleanor asked, accidently making Sarah jump in surprise.
“I-It’s unbelievable! Thank you, Eleanor!” She said before hugging the elegant robot tightly.
“Slow down, you don’t want to break me, right?”
“Okay, okay.” Sarah calmed down from the excitement. “So… Hands first?”
“As I’ve said, the more time passes, the more beautiful you’ll get. Section by section.”
“I see that but it’s a bit strange to start with the hands.” Sarah said. “I thought it would be from bottom to top or the opposite.”
Eleanor giggled. “We never know.”
Sarah also giggled. “Not gonna lie… I didn’t really expect it to work…” She notices Eleanor being slightly sad, so she added “I mean, work this well.”
“It’s always a shock the first time but, eventually, you’ll get used to it.” Eleanor now seemed joyful.
Sarah looked at the clock. “Oh shoot, I have to go to school!”
“Then go, little butterfly.” Eleanor said, which was both adorable and a bit disturbing. Sure, Eleanor was kind, pretty cute and all… But she’s a robot. It just felt a little bit weird.
Sarah put on some new clothes (more specifically a T-Shirt) and she got to school. Abby noticed that Sarah was feeling happy, which made her happy in return. “Good mood?” Abby asked.
“Great mood!”
“Good for you then.” Abby made a small smile. It was great seeing her best friend happy again.
But that doesn’t mean that the bullying stopped. Nate sticked again, calling her with that awful name again. Sarah ignored him, before Emma approached her locker and noticed Sarah’s hands.
“Hey, those look very pretty.” She smiled.
At first, Sarah thought that it was weird for someone to be… Eh, attracted to hands…? But that’s when Sarah noticed a little detail she skipped: Eleanor seemed to have polished her nails. They were a glossy lavender color. “Oh, thanks.”
“Did you do them yourself?” Emma asked, definitely into fashion. She was always a bit obsessed by it.
“Oh, well my mom helped me a little.” Don’t mention Eleanor.
“Well, she did a great job.” Emma admitted. “I have to go right now, the principal called me.
Abby and Sarah looked at her. “You?” Abby asked. “You’re a good student with good grades, what’s the problem?”
“Oh, it’s not really about me. My father called, saying one of his employees didn’t show up today. He’s waiting for me at the principal’s office.”
Sarah looked curious. “That’s… A bit odd though, right?”
“Well, dad just wants to make sure that I’m here and safe. His employees never, ever just decide to not go at work.” Emma said. “Kind of suspicious.”
Abby thought it was also suspicious. “Hopping the reason will be discovered”
“Yeah. See ya.” Emma said before closing her locker.
A few seconds after, Sarah turned to face Abby. “…What just happened?”
Abby shrugged. “Absolutely no clue.”
Sarah also noticed that Nate had stopped talking crap about her. In fact, he wasn’t there anymore. “Well… Let’s just do our classes, I guess?”
“How was your day?” Eleanor asked, enthusiastic, when Sarah came back to her bedroom.
“Honestly… It was odd.”
“Oh.” Eleanor sounded slightly disappointed.
“Huh, not because of what you did! In fact, one of the girls that didn’t really care about me complimented my hands!”
Eleanor clapped her hands. “That’s wonderful!”
“It’s just… Some weird stuff that I’ve heard. None of my concern though.” Sarah said before sitting on her bed. “I’m feeling ready.”
“Oh, this early?”
“Well… I’m a little tired and very curious.”
Eleanor sat down like before. “As you wish. But remember what I said about the necklace-”
“Never, ever take it off. Got it.” Sarah smiled. “My situation did get a bit better. That annoying prick didn’t have a chance to bully me this time.”
“Who’s this “prick”?”
“Some nobody called Nate.” Sarah said in disgust. “He just wants to be popular and mock people who are inferior to him… Like me.” While this wasn’t a confirmed fact, Sarah was pretty certain now that this was who he was.
“Ouch, what a mean boy.”
Sarah sighed. “I just wished he wasn’t there anymore.”
Eleanor nodded. “One day.”
“So, should we start?”
Eleanor looked at her, confused.
“The whole beauty thingy.”
“Oh! Sorry, it slipped off my mind.”
Sarah giggled. “Sorry, I’m just excited.
Eleanor approached her. “I know. Okay, we can do it early just this one time.”
“I’m fine with that.” Sarah smiled.
When her alarm turned on, Sarah opened her very tired eyes. Despite having slept much earlier than usual, she was extremely tired. Sweating a little too, but she hadn’t made a nightmare. Removing her bedsheets and standing up, Sarah felt odd. It seemed the room shrunk a little… She got to the mirror and notices a few things. Her tired eyes, her dirty pajamas and her height- I got TALLER?!
Sarah looked at her legs. They were slimmer and much longer! Her skin also matched with her arms from the previous day. Eleanor really does a fantastic job, it’s incredible!
“Holy… Holy Sh-“
“So?”
“GAH!” Sarah jumped by surprised. “Gosh, stop doing that!” She laughed. “It’s great!”
“I’m glad you like it!”
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