Sara fidgets at the straps of her bag as she stands outside her new school, her family having moved over the summer due to her Dad getting a promotion which required them to move to the other side of the country, so it was her first day. A big day for most people, even when they didn't suffer from her 'condition'.
While it made her sound like a Disney character Sara had been cursed before she was even born, by the crazy old lady who lived in her mom's hometown. The fact the old crone died before they learned what it would do to her (she died when Sara was 3, her 1st incident was at age 5), meant it was rather difficult to figure out if there was any way to break the curse, or even reverse it any faster than the current method, which is a good night's sleep (technically 6+ hours of calm or relaxation works too, but it depends on how small she is at the time really), not always the best method of dealing with her curse.
What is her 'curse' The woman cursed her to be a 'real shrinking violet' which meant she would shrink whenever she was nervous, shedding centimetres, inches, and even feet for as long as she was in this state until she reaches an end height of 5 inches, remaining so for several hours before slowly growing back. Yeah, kind of a shitty thing to happen to a child, she's just glad it didn't also feed off other emotions, as fear and embarrassment usually went hand in hand with her nerves whenever she shrunk, especially when it was serious enough that her clothes were unwearable.
Still, she had to do this, had to go to school and just live her life, putting on a serious face (which her mom thought made her look extra adorable as it had a cute little pout and everything) she hugs her Mom and is lead into the main building for registration, before being directed by the nice lady in the school office to where her classroom was.
The teacher was waiting outside, a woman with midnight black hair and lightly tanned skin, green eyes, and a kind smile, there to give Sara a proper introduction when she entered the class. Serious face/cute pout ready, Sara followed her into the classroom, how bad could it be?
1) Sara survives the first day, only losing a few inches throughout the day
2) She does fine, until lunch, when another student notices she's shorter than when she came in and asks her about it, causing her to panic and shrink before their eyes
3) Yeah this was never going to work, Sara panics under the eyes of the other students and her new teacher, dropping a foot in a matter of moments right there in front of the whole class
4)??? (my brain is drawing a blank right now, sorry. AKA free option)  indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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