The two women stared up at the colossal birthday girl. Elisa’s mouth gaped open as she took in the gigantic world around her.
“S-S-Sara?” she stuttered, slowly stepping back away.
Katy had adapted to her little situation and called out to her daughter.
“Sara! Elisa accidentally drank the bad juice and it made her shrink too. I need you to-”
Sara giggled excitedly, getting on all fours to see the two small women better.
“Two dollies! Two dollies! This is the Best Birthday EVER!!!”
Elisa barely had time to react before being scooped up in the girl’s massive hand, her arms pinned to her side as she squeaked in fear. Katy threw her arms up a moment before Sara’s other hand wrapped around her own midsection, and both women found themselves hoisted into the air. The excited girl held them close to her face.
“We’re going to have so much more fun! We’ll play, and dress up, and have a tea party…”
Katy could see Elisa struggling in the five year old’s strong grip. She looked up at the little girl and said, “This was an accident! I’m not here to be played with like a…”
“...but first, Elisa needs some clothes,” Sara interrupted, not even listening to the doll-sized woman in her hand. “You can’t go to a party without clothes.”
Elisa’s tone changed and became much more firm.
“Sara,” she said in the loudest voice she could muster, even though all her efforts only amounted to a small squeak. “No. No playing. You have to help us get big again.”
The tone in Elisa’s voice, despite being small, made Sara hesitate a little. Her expression noticeably dropped, and Katy felt that same pang of guilt that she had felt earlier. Sara looked at Elisa, almost embarrassed...before turning her gaze to Katy, her eyes probing her mother for confirmation. The little girl’s lip quivered just a bit as she began to realize that her birthday gift was actually just a mistake.
Katy took a deep breath.
“You should get Elisa something to wear...you can’t be naked at a tea party.”
Elisa’s eyes widened for a moment before her face soured. She glared at Katy with anger.
“Katy, no...you’ve got to…”
“YAAAAAY!” she was again cut off by the excitable child who practically hopped in place, bouncing the little women up and down in her hands. Sara bounded over to the doll house and set Katy down on the upper level. Letting Elisa go, she turned to grab a few doll outfits. The little nanny wasted no time bolting for it, sprinting at top speed toward the open door of the playroom. Sara turned around and, seeing her new doll running away, giggled and stood up to chase. Elisa, given her size, was run down within seconds. The tiny woman was again hoisted into the air, her tiny legs flailing as she squeaked and screamed.
“Naughty Elisa!” Sara said, giggling. “You need to get dressed.”
“Sara, no. I’m not wearing any of those clothes. I’m not a doll. I’m your nanny. You set me down this instant and help me grow big again.”
Sara paused a moment, staring at the woman.
“NOW!” Elisa squeaked at her.
Something seemed to change, just ever so slightly in Sara’s countenance. Her eyes narrowed, and she said very sternly at the doll-sized woman in her fist, “You’re being bad.”
The next few moments happened quite quickly. Katy watched as Elisa was flipped over in Sara’s palm, and the next moment the little girl flicked her finger against the doll woman’s bottom. Elisa cried out in surprise and shock when the impact came.
“Are you going to be good now?” Sara asked, a stern look still on her face, voice as innocent as ever.
“S-Sara, stop this...no, this isn’t…”
Sara flicked her behind once more and the doll woman wailed again.
“Are you going to be good?”
Elisa nodded her head, tears coming from her eyes. “Yes, I’ll be good.”
Sara smiled and hugged her dolly close.
“See, it doesn’t hurt so bad, and you learned to be better.”
As Sara carried Elisa over to the dollhouse, she caught her gaze for just a moment before the small nanny looked away with embarrassment. Not just over having been punished by a giant child...but because Katy had just figured something out. Sara, no matter how upset she got with Katy, had never sought to “punish” her...because Katy had never done such a thing to Sara. Given her daughter’s sudden interaction with Elisa, and the strange words that came out of her mouth, Katy could only conclude one thing: Elisa had probably spanked Sara on occasion, without either of them telling her. Katy felt hurt that Elisa had never broached the subject with her. In all honesty, though, if the nanny hadn’t been currently only 5 inches tall and at the receiving end of such treatment...Katy may have felt more upset. For now, though, she just wanted to get through the day and get big again.
Elisa didn’t try to run again, rubbing her bottom and sniffling as Sara selected a pretty orange and black dress with a short skirt for her, pulling the outfit down over the small nanny’s frame. It hung a little loose given that Elisa was a bit too small for it, but overall her conversion from adult to doll now seemed to be complete.
Sara giggled as she busied herself in the playroom. From Katy’s high vantage point, she could see that her daughter was setting up a doll sized table on her activity table: complete with chairs, cups, plates, and a large teapot in the middle. Elisa sat on the ground, looking dejected as the five year old approached, picking up the two women once again.
“Time for tea, dollies!” she giggled as she carried the women over to the table. She set them down: Katy in her ruffly pink dress and Elisa looking like a half-sized halloween Barbie. If both women hadn’t been so emotionally drained at the moment, they might have laughed at the absurdity.
“Sit!”
The women wasted no time obeying, taking their seats. Sara proceeded immediately to pretend to fill their little teacups, giggling with excitement as she played tea party with real guests for the first time. Katy grabbed her teacup and blushed. It was a little too big for her, which only served to drive home how tiny she was yet again. And it was even worse for Elisa, who sat one significant inch shorter. Still, they tried to smile at each other and carry on a conversation, while sipping imaginary tea and commenting on how good it tasted. It couldn’t have been 15 minutes later that Sara yawned deeply and her eyes seemed to droop just a bit.
Katy set her oversized teacup down.
“Sara, I think it’s time for nap?”
Sara pouted a little. “But I’m not tired….” she whined.
Katy stood from her chair, her ruffly dress pressing against her legs as she walked to the edge of the table.
“Yes you are, little girl. You know you need to have your nap so you can have energy later.”
Sara started to complain, when an idea seemed to crawl across her face.
“You come with me?” she asked.
Katy hesitated a moment, glancing back at Elisa, before nodding. Sara smiled and reached forward, grabbing the two doll women and heading out into the hall. Yawning, she went to her room and crawled into bed, her two little dollies still gripped in her hands. She snuggled under the covers before planting a big wet kiss on both Katy’s and Elisa’s faces.
“Nite nite,” Sara said, closing her eyes and pressing her head to the pillow.
The two shrunken women sat there, clutched in her fists as they waited, praying that when this giant child fell asleep they could finally get away and try to fix this disaster.