Her clothes felt like they were far too large for her, and some reason that she couldn't explain she felt, weaker than she'd been. Not that she was weak, but she felt like her muscles weren't as developed. On top of that, it seemed like her feet didn't reach the floor anymore from the pillar she was still sitting on.
Kat opened her eyes, and she saw that she still had her clothes on but that they certainly didn't fit her anymore. In fact, it looked like that time she'd tried her mother's clothes on when she was a child. She jumped to her feet, practically tripping over her shorts as they slid down around her ankles. Her shirt draped around her like an oversized dress as she struggled to keep it from sliding off her body.
She felt faint as she found her breath coming in short panting bursts. Her heart was pounding loudly in her ears, and she could feel her entire body trembling at the same time. Her body felt different in ways she couldn't really describe. It was a strange sensation like everything had skewed and grown around her.
She backed away from the pillar, crossing her arms to hold the shirt in place as she reached to pull up her shorts and panties. She stopped as she caught sight of her arms; they seemed thinner than she remembered. Letting her shorts fall, she moved to peer down her shirt and almost fainted. Her nipples had shrunk, looking just like a child's, and if she thought her chest was flat before, well now... now she didn't know what to think.
"What is happening to me?" she whispered to herself, her voice sounding strange in her ears, almost like a child's.
"Kat?! What happened to you?"
She turned, seeing the shocked look on Nathan's face, and she knew she didn't imagine her changes. That confirmed it.
"I, I don't know." She said in her younger sounding voice as she tried to keep herself under control.
Nathan looked at his little sister, trying to make sense of it all, "How could you get younger? Why did you change? Honestly, Kat, you look like you're 10!"
"I guess..." she started to explain, once again feeling that fuzzy mind she'd felt before. Rational thought was impossible, and trying to make any explanation would've just caused her to stutter in any case. She tapped her foot nervously as Nathan looked her over from head to toe, taking in every detail.
"But this doesn't make any sense. Why would you change? I've never heard of this happening before. For you to change this drastically, well, it just seems impossible. The only explanation is that maybe the temple is magical in some way. Maybe it got you, warping you in some weird way."
"Maybe, but if that were true, why aren't you changing?"
"Probably because I'm not a girl," he quickly answered. He glanced around the room, "After all, everything here seems dedicated to women, so maybe that's why it's affected you and not me. Though..."
"What is it?" she asked.
"Maybe it's more than just the temple, though. Maybe it's something in the temple," His eyes darted to the statue, "Maybe... maybe these statues have something to do with it, though I don't know how that could even be possible."
Her brother's words seemed to make sense to Kat, "You mean that maybe the goddesses really can influence us through the statues?"
"Yeah, maybe." He answered, another note of wonder on his face.
Kat growled in frustration, "Seriously! You need to focus! We need to figure out what happened to me!" She growled, fully frustrated with herself at how much easier it seemed to want to believe in something clearly impossible.
Her brother continued to study her, his eyes taking in every detail. Suddenly he began to blush and quickly turned away, "Hey, um, Kat, your shirt."
Kat glanced down at her body and immediately felt her face go red, she'd been so focused on Nathan that she'd forgotten how big her shirt was on her new body, and it had slipped down just enough to expose one of her prepubescent nipples. She quickly pulled the shirt back up turned away from Nathan.
After a moment of silence, Kat turned back to look at her brother, "Do you think it was the goddesses that did this to me?"
"I, I'm not sure, I really don't know," Nathan stammered as he turned back to face her, "This is well outside my area of expertise. I've never heard of anything like this outside some of the more obscure texts from this civilization's history."
"So you have heard of this happening?" Kat shot, feeling her voice beginning to rise in intensity, though it just made her sound like a child throwing a tantrum.
"I, I mean, I've read about it, though it was never really documented well," Nathan began, looking at the ground sheepishly, "The texts I've found were all really vague, mentioning things like girls who were blessed to be young forever so that they could serve the goddesses purposes. Like being pregnant forever, or, or things like that."
Kat couldn't believe what she was hearing, "So you're telling me that I'm like one of those girls who was forced to serve the goddesses or whatever?"
"I, I don't know," he said, as he continued to frown at nothing, "It's hard to say. This is totally different, it's just like nothing I've ever heard of, and if these ancients do not document it, then there's no way to know.
"Look, the only thing we can do is figure out how to reverse this," he turned and put a hand on her shoulder, "We'll figure out how to get you back to normal."
Kat sighed, feeling defeated as she looked down at her new body, "Alright. I, um, I guess we better figure out what to do next."
Nathan stood silently, his eyes examining every inch of Kat's body, and she suddenly felt very self-conscious. She squeezed herself tighter, doing her best to hide her chest, though she was aware of the feeling of the cool air tickling her uncovered groin. She felt her face going red as she realized the only thing keeping her from exposing herself was her oversized shirt.
"So, um, we should probably start by doing some research at my lab," he said, shifting nervously, however, "Though, we'll have to figure out what to do about you. No one is going to believe you're Kat. Honestly, if I hadn't seen you change with my own eyes, I probably wouldn't believe it."
Kat looked over at her brother, "You're right; this is way beyond anything I can explain. I mean, what are mom and dad going to think?"
"Yeah, don't worry, we'll..." Kat felt her brother's hand slide around her shoulder, pulling her into a gentle hug, "This is really weird for me too," he said, as he pulled her close, his voice sounding almost sad and concerned.
"But it's going to be fine; we'll get you back to normal," he said, his voice sounding very sure of that fact.
Kat felt a tear trickle down her cheek as she leaned into her brother's warm embrace. He was the same way he'd always been, and it helped her feel better about everything, even if she sounded like a kid afraid of a thunderstorm.
"Thanks, Nathan," she said, feeling a warmth in her chest that had nothing to do with the blush on her face.
Nathan nodded, "Come on, we should probably start heading back. We can think of what to say to mom and dad on the way home."
He released her and reached down to pick up her pack. He hesitated as he noticed her shorts and panties lying on the ground. He bit his lip and shook his head, then picked them up and shoved them into the pack.
"I'll carry your pack for you," He said, as he started striding past her, "You just focus on keeping yourself covered. Unfortunately, we don't have many clothing options all the way out here in the middle of the forest."
Kat looked back at the statues on the pedestal for a brief moment as she wondered if she should bring them along for him to study. Her brother seemed to have completely forgotten about them with her current predicament. Though, after what happened, she wasn't sure she should touch them.
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