“Holly, are you here yet?” You were on the phone with your friend Holly on the other end. “The food’s gonna get cold soon.”
“I’m almost there.” She said, her breathing becoming a bit too loud for you. She must’ve been jogging her way here, something she tends to do lately on the weekdays even if was a bit painful to stretch afterwards. Hopefully she was close, otherwise you’d have to spend a good few minutes staring at the food before you.
“Then make you do get here or else I’m gonna eat all of our food in seconds.” You told her.
“You better not! I’ll be there soon.” Holly hung up and left you alone to try and resist the taste of food.
Today was supposed to be a casual hangout day between you and your old middle school friend, two people who had to endure both that and high school with nothing but their brains and questionable skills. It was really tough to handle mathematics and psychology, but you both made it through and were together for a long time. You wanted to celebrate your friendship with her at McDonalds which is where you were waiting for her.
Unfortunately, the food before you seemed too tempting not to eat. On the tray was a pack of twenty chicken nuggets, some ketchup cups, two Big Macs, and two drinks. You already got Holly’s Diet Coke drink prepared which left you to choose some weird drink you’ve been hearing so many people online talk about. You weren’t sure why but it was said to be tasty and addictive, and you were eager to try something like that. Too bad Holly wasn’t here yet so you couldn’t drink out of it yet.
Or can you?
“I’m sure one sip wouldn’t make much of a difference, right?” You said to yourself. You pulled the drink towards yourself, placed the straw inside and brought it to your lips. With a single sip, you tasted sweetness. The flavor was a mix of cherry, strawberry, and vanilla milkshake, several of your favorite flavors from other places. You immediately starting drinking more of it.
You didn’t get far however, you started to feel incredibly weird. You set the drink down and you felt a headache which you almost co fused for brain freeze for a second. “What is…happening to-“ You tried to say something, but your eyes became heavy. Just before you passed out, you thought you saw everything getting bigger and bigger.
After what felt like an eternity, you opened your eyes slowly. The headache was gone and you were lying down on something. You weren’t sure what, but you blinked a few times and tried to focus. Something was wrong, and your eyes went wide when you figured out what happened.
“No way…did I? Did I get shrunk?” You looked around in fright, everything was way bigger than you. You were probably smaller than an ant, or maybe you were that small? You didn’t know, you were just panicking for the time being and had no idea what you were going to do next.
Where were you currently?