Tommy quickly pulls Eric into his bedroom, shutting the door loudly behind him.
His bedroom is the picturesque image of what a 14 year old boy's room should look like. The floor was covered with discarded clothing and random junk. There was a window on the opposite side of the room with Tommy's bed sitting up against the wall next to it. To the right was Tommy's dresser, whose draws were partially opened and overflown with loose clothing. On top was more of Tommy's knick-knacks surrounding a bowl sized fish-tank that was home to a single goldfish. Tommy's sliding mirror closet resided on the left size of the room, along with a large telescope and and a TV set. The walls were a shade of light blue with a yellow trimming across the top.
"Hold on one sec! let me get it!" Tommy eagerly ran into his closet.
Eric wondered curiously what it could possibly be. It had to be something amazing to get Tommy so excited like this.
As he walked out, an object in his right hand immediately caught my attention. It was red and almost looked like a cheap plastic ray-gun toy.
"Don't tell me you brought me here just to show me a squirt gun..." Eric spoke under his breath.
Tommy gave him the stink eye for a moment "NO..."
"Have you ever heard of a shrink ray?"
"A 'shrink' ray? REALLY Tommy?"
"Hmph, fine! You don't believe me! Here look!"
The young teen quickly pointed the gun at his 6ft tall telescope.
*BZZZZZZZZZZT*
A green laser left the small gun and hit the telescope with a bright flash.
When Eric opened his eyes again, the telescope was no longer there. Instead, a small inch-tall telescope figurine was now planted on the carpet's surface.
"No waaaayy" Eric was in total disbelief. Did he really just see that happen? Is Tommy REALLY in the possession of an ACTUAL shrink ray? Before Eric could turn to the shorter teen, another flash momentarily blinded him. As if nothing happened at all, the telescope was back to it's original state. Slowly turning his head, completely stupefied, Eric faced his friend who seems to have been the cause of it's re-sizing as well.
"Still think shrink rays aren't real??" The boy smirked.
"Where did you GET that thing?"
"Found it in my dad's lab" Tommy huffed proudly
"So...uh.. what do you want to use it for?" All the possibilities played in the older teen's head like movie titles.
Tommy stopped trying to act cool for a moment. "Weeelll..." His eyes rolled a little.
"How would you feel about testing it out....kinda like a test subject?"
"W-what? Test subject!?? Me? Why?"
"Aw common dude, you can't tell me you haven't ever wanted to be super tiny??"
"...not really." Eric replied dryly.
"Ugh... just think about it like this. You'll be the first person to ever explore a world that only bugs have seen!!"
"The first huh...? Are you sure it would be safe?" Eric was still not entirely convinced.
"Of course!" Deep down, Tommy had no idea what the consequences might be. He just secretly always wanted to be in the presence of a tiny person.
"Where would I shrink myself? The older teen looked at the carpet under his feet.
"What if I fall through the carpet fibers or something??"
"Hmmm... good point" Tommy spoke out-loud. That was when his eyes spotted a sheet of paper on his desk
"HERE!" He said as he dropped the sheet onto the carpet below. "Stand on this!".
"Uh.....okay?" The 15 year old awkwardly stepped on the small sheet, causing it to easily crumple under his weight. His feet were clearly too large to be standing on it.
"Alright..looks good." Tommy said as he reached for the laser.
"ARE YOU SURE this is going to be okay?" Eric made one final plea.
Tommy sighed nonchalantly "Just trust me dude. You'll be fine, I'll make sure nothing happens to you" He spoke with a playful smirk.
With that, Tommy aimed the device up at his best-friend and pulled the trigger.
Eric looked on nervously as the world around him distanced its-self further and further away. The small sheet of of paper under him started to crinkle as his feet took up less and less space. By the time he was a half-foot tall, the sheet was like a large carpet to him. The smaller he became the vaster the sheet appeared; The white surface was slowly becoming a foot-ball field sized landscape. The crinkles in the paper that his feet had previously caused now looked like mountainous cliffs.
"H-how small is he going to make me??" Eric began feeling nervous as his insignificant size only dwindled smaller and smaller.
The teen had trouble determining how tiny he was by the time the shrinking had ended. He could only estimate that he was roughly the size of a crumb. The 15 year old had not fully prepared himself for when Tommy roughly grabbed the sheet and began lifting it. The g-force combined with air pressure instantly knocked Eric down to his knees. It was like experiencing the pressure of being on a spaceship during lift-off. The world around the paper seemed to blur like the outside of a vertical merry-go-round
That was when it hit him. The thick unmistakable scent of maple syrup accompanied by a massive hurricane wind-like gust. The force was so powerful that it sent him tumbling backwards two or three times. Readjusting himself, the micro size teen looked up in absolute astonishment. The sky had been replaced by Tommy's unspeakably gargantuan face. Every small detail of his skin was clearly visible as his once smaller friend breathed down on him winds that could have easily rivaled great storms.
"WOOOOAAHHHHHH!!! I CAN BARELY EEEEVEEEENN SEEEEE YOOOOOOOU" Eric covered his ears in pain. The immensity of the voice caused his ears to ring. Normally Tommy's voice had always had a higher pitch than Eric's, but from his new perspective it was like listening to a foghorn. The tiny teen waved his arms frantically, trying to signal the massive teen not to speak again, only praying that he would pick up on his tiny movements. To Eric's relief, it seems Tommy had noticed his friend's discomfort as stopped himself from making another word.
Even though the shock of everything was somewhat terrifying, Eric started to wonder if this might actually end up being fun. I mean, how many people can say they've experienced this before?
Eric tried to imagine what thrilling adventures the two could possibly have at this size.
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