“Julia!”

Julia Williams heard her Mom calling to her as she came in the door “Yeah Mom” she replied as she stopped in the kitchen. She heard her Mom coming towards her.

“Honey…I was hoping you could do me a favor tonight” Pam Williams told her daughter.

Julia rolled her eyes already suspecting what was coming her way.

“Lisa needs me to go with her and we were hoping you could watch Violet tonight” Pam told her with a pleading look in her eyes.

Julia sighed, trapped. She didn’t have anything going on but was really hoping to just relax and do some homework in peace instead of watching her 5 year old neighbor. “Yeah, I mean, I guess I can” she replied with a shrug.

“Oh Thank you honey!” her Mom told her “You have no idea how much we both appreciate it…I’ll text Lisa and tell her she can bring Violet over”

“Oh…well, at least I get to watch her here” Julia said kicking off her sandals. It was a hot day and she was just wearing short shorts and a black tank top. Her long blonde hair was pulled back in a loose ponytail and she wore no makeup on her face. The 17 year old had just 2 weeks left to go before graduation and finals were coming up fast so she wanted to get in as much studying as possible. She was hoping she could put on a few movies to occupy Violet tonight.

Next door, Lisa Taylor’s phone went off and she pumped her fist. “Yes” she said to herself. Lisa was a single Mom and had a date lined up but she hadn’t met the guy in person yet so she had asked Pam to come along and just hang out at the bar as her back up. But that also meant that she’d need a sitter for her daughter Violet.

Violet Taylor was 5 and was currently wearing a long flowing yellow gown. Violet was convinced that she was actually Belle from Beauty and the Beast. She had brown hair and brown eyes just like Belle and she loved books so she knew it was true.

“Aren’t you hot Violet? Why don’t you put on some shorts honey?” Lisa said when she found her daughter.

“I’m not hot Mommy, Princesses don’t get hot” Violet answered.

“Sure they do” Lisa replied. “Look at Ariel”

“No Mommy…I’m Belle and I’m not hot” Violet answered.

“Okay honey” Lisa said as she got down on her knees on the ground with her. “But I do want you to pack up some clothes and toys; Mommy needs to go out tonight so you’re going to go next door and play with Julia for a little bit okay”

Violet popped up some “Yea…I like Julia…she plays Princess with me”

“I’m sure Julia loves to play Princess with you…she was probably a really good Princess when she was your age” Lisa said.

Violet’s eyes went wide “She was a Princess 2 weeks ago!”

Lisa was momentarily confused before she realized what Violet was talking about “Yes she was!”

Prom had been two weeks earlier and Violet had watched mesmerized as Julia and her date got their pictures taken in the front yard.

“She had a black dress though…Julia should be like Cinderella or Rapunzel with her blonde hair and wear a dress like them” Violet added.

“Well you can tell her that when you see her” Lisa chuckled as she got up to go get ready. “So I want you to pack up your bag…toys…a movie or two and a change of clothes”

“But I don’t want to change my clothes” Violet protested.

“It’s just in case you spill something” Lisa said exasperated. “You might need different clothes in case of an emergency”

Julia padded through the house barefoot; her long toes painted bright orange and her fingers painted blue for her school colors. She came to a stop seeing her Mom dressed up “I never knew being a wingman required that much preparation” she laughed.

“Ha ha…very funny honey” Pam said slipping on a pair of heels which still didn’t bring her up to her daughter’s height of 5’9”. “I’m hoping we’re not going to be out too late”

“Yeah, I hope not either” Julia replied.

“They should be over any time now…I think she said she was meeting this guy at 7” Pam said looking out the window. “Oh here they come and it looks like you’re going to be watching royalty tonight”

Julia looked over her Mom’s shoulder and saw the little girl walking across the driveway holding the hem of her dress up so she wouldn’t step on it “Oh…yeah I guess I will” she laughed “That is so cute!”

Julia rushed over and flung the door open smiling “Violet!” she yelled out.

Violet heard her name, looked up and smiled wide before she took off running up to the door and into the house “Hey Julia!” she yelled as she came up.

“Why hello Miss Belle” Julia said putting her hands on her hips. “That is an impressive look!”

“Thank you Julia” Violet blushed.

“You’re beautiful” Julia said crouching down. “Are we going to play Princess tonight?”

Violet nodded “I saw you in your Princess dress” she said shyly.

Julia looked up confused.

“She means your Prom dress” Lisa explained. “She saw you getting your picture taken for Prom out on the front lawn”

“Yeah…I guess you could say that was my Princess dress” Julia laughed. “I had dresses like yours when I was little”

“I think I still have your Cinderella Halloween costume from when you were about her age up in the attic” Pam casually mentioned as she walked by putting in her earrings.

“We should go see if we can find it” Julia said.

“Yea!” Violet exclaimed. “Then we can really play!”

Lisa promised not to be out too late before the two of them left.

“Can we really go up and see if you can find your old Cinderella dress?” Violet asked.

“Sure” Julia said resigned to the fact. “Let’s go”

They made their way up the stairs to the last door at the end of the hallway. Julia opened it and flicked on the light as she felt the warmth pour out from the stairs. “It’s always so hot up here” she said.

“Well then let’s find it fast” Violet replied.

Julia led the way. Boxes and boxes of Christmas decorations first greeted them followed by some old furniture and piles of old books. There were old dressers and lamps in the way of where Julia thought it might be hidden.

She moved them aside beginning to feel sweat breaking out across her forehead and the back of her neck. A cardboard box with Sharpie writing on the top that said ‘Julia’s clothes’ was pulled out and opened.

“Oh I remember my kitty shirt! I loved that shirt!” Julia said taking out a worn white shirt with a few stains on it. She dug down deeper “Ah-Hah!”

Violet’s eyes lit up as she pulled out the blue dress. Julia handed it over while mumbling to herself “And…here…yes!” She brought out a pair of light blue gloves, a light blue headband and a pair of clear slippers all in the size of a very small girl.

“Wow!” Violet said clutching the dress.

“Woo…I’m burning up kiddo…let’s get back downstairs” Julia said as she slid the box back with her foot.

Violet led the way, Julia shut off the light carrying all the accessories and shut the door behind them. “I think I was actually only 4 when I was Cinderella for Halloween” she said as they returned to the 1^st floor.

Violet sat down on the floor as Julia took a seat perched on the edge of the couch. “Now we can really play Princess! I can be Belle and you can be Cinderella!”

Hah! If only…I don’t think I can fit into my outfit anymore but I can pretend to” Julia said. “Here…come here a sec” she said getting up.

Julia went to the mirror and began to redo her hair. She lifted it up and fluffed it out tying it up more on top as she got the blue headband around her hair “I can definitely do my hair up like her”

“That’s awesome!” Violet said. She stood next to her babysitter only barely coming up past her hip looking up as she did her hair.

Julia put the gloves on. There were no fingers, just a loop of elastic to put around her middle fingers to keep them on and while she remembered them going up almost to her shoulders when she was little, this time she only got them to her elbows.

Violet was just giggling non-stop as Julia played up for her. She looked down to the ground as she used her foot to set the slippers upright. They had two thick plastic straps over the top and about a half inch chunky heel on them. Julia managed to get three toes in them and got the odd sensation of the strap going between her third and fourth toes. Her foot dwarfed the shoe and she felt the back of it hitting the middle of her foot.

“Ha Ha…maybe not” Julia said as she picked up the dress. She held it in front of her. The bottom hem came to her waist “I can wear it like a shirt” she said sizing up the arm holes. She shoved her arms through and tugged it back “More like a smock I guess”

Julia was well endowed and the sight of full breasts coming up against the child’s size garment looked fairly ridiculous. She tried to puff if out some but to no avail.

“You look silly Julia!” Violet said laughing and giggling the whole time.

As she looked down smiling, Julia’s breath caught in her chest. She reached for her throat as her eyes widened. Her bright blue eyes were watering slightly and her mouth dropped open as the oddest feeling she had ever known crashed over her.

She shivered from head to toe, shaking all over.

Violet laughed even harder thinking Julia was being silly for her.

Julia stood perfectly still. She held her breath for a moment before she was overwhelmed by an odd feeling. She looked around, her head moving left and right, her chin down. She felt strange, her eyes kept adjusting and shifting up but it was a feeling in her stomach that felt like she was riding on an elevator that disturbed her. “What’s going on?” she asked in a shaky voice “I don’t feel right”

Violet had bent over while she was laughing. She stood back up and came up to Julia’s armpits. She furrowed her brow in confusion as the Cinderella dress now came past Julia’s waist and halfway down her thighs. She looked down at Julia’s feet and saw them still way bigger than the slippers but they looked like they were moving; they looked like they were shrinking down and fitting on top of them better and better.

Julia’s stomach fluttered away like mad. The room was swirling and spinning on her, she could barely focus her eyes; everything looked like it was getting larger around her including her clothes.

Her clothes felt loose. Her shorts shifted and drooped, her tank top felt huge on her and she could feel the cheap silk like material against her arms and shoulders.

Julia curled her toes and shifted her feet; suddenly, all of her toes slipped under the straps. It was a tight fit but Julia knew that something was wrong. She could feel the back of the shoe pressing into the bottom of her foot still but instead of being in the middle, it was now pressing against the middle of her heel.

Julia’s legs were losing length and mass, getting skinnier and shorter. Her shorts shifted again as her hips and ass began to shrink up and pull inward. Her arms were also getting shorter and skinnier too.

Her headband, which had been tied tight felt loose and started to slide down as her arms folded and pressed up against the Cinderella dress not hitting nearly enough resistance in her chest.

Julia gasped as her bra lifted up freely and her tank top moved all around.

Violet’s brown eyes widened as she watched her babysitter shrinking and changing her looks right before her eyes; it was magic. Julia was looking more and more like a little kid closer to her age “But that’s impossible!” Violet thought yet her eyes were showing her something different.

Julia looked out and saw that Violet was almost the same size as her. She was still taller, but not by much “What the…?! Eek!” she screamed out hearing how high her voice sounded.

She caught sight of her hands and arms. The sleeve gloves were loose and could have easily been pulled up over her upper arms like they were supposed to be worn. Her fingers looked small and pudgy, her nails, still painted blue, looked absolutely tiny.

Julia’s mouth opened in an expression of shock and confusion. Her looks had already changed dramatically and were still going. Her chin had rounded, her jaw and softened, her lips had thinned, her eyes had narrowed, her nose and ears and both shrunk down and her cheeks puffed out round and chubby. Her teeth had continuously shrank and shifted; first they had gone crooked as she reversed back through the years she had worn braces before holes opened up. Those holes had then regenerated baby teeth which were all that were in her mouth currently. Julia no longer had any adult or even missing teeth.

She saw the look of shock on Violet’s face as she came down to her height. Her feet shifted once more and fit into the clear slippers. Her adult sized shorts and panties simply fell off her short pudgy legs and her bra and tank top hung on her like a flowing dress in addition to her Cinderella dress which now came halfway down her shins.

Julia’s chest had gone flat. She had felt her breasts getting smaller and lighter on her chest as she had regressed. From full and pendulous, they had risen up to pert to petite to cone like to slightly swollen to nothing.

Her belly popped out in childlike form underneath it all. Her face was now the round face of a preschooler and not the mature visage of a young woman 2 weeks away from her graduation day. If there was a graduation in her future, it was one from preschool.

Her hair was almost white and super thin as she shrank down an inch shorter and a year younger than Violet.

“What?! Oh My Gosh Violet!” Julia said excitedly. “What happened to me!? I’m littler than you now!”

“I know! You came down to play with me!” Violet said happily “Now we really can play Princesses!”

“No! I’m not supposed to be this little Violet! I’m supposed to be your babysitter silly!” Julia said.

“Not anymore…now we can play together!” Violet said.

Julia’s mind swam. She fought, trying to figure out what had happened to her, how to reverse it and how to think like a 17 year old but it was very hard.

Her mind began to drift as she watched Violet rush around and get things ready to play with. Toys that came out of Violet’s bag looked like they’d be so much fun to play with that those thoughts began to override her other thoughts.

Violet was skipping around happily and Julia was jealous of her. She took her dress off just so she could get her big girl clothes off “Why am I wearing these dumb old big things anyway anymore?”

She hopped into the Cinderella dress with vigor

“Haha now you’re ready!” Violet clapped.

“Just one game okay then I got to get back to being a teenager so we don’t get in trouble” Julia said.

“Why would we get in trouble?” Violet asked.

“Somebody’s supposed to be in charge…there’s no adults around now so if our Mommy’s come home, they’ll be mad and we’ll be in trouble” Julia said.

“Oh” Violet answered with a shrug “They’re not gonna be home till later”

“I still think I should be big again before they get back” Julia replied as she began to play with the dolls and the tea set Violet had brought over. She sat down on the ground and put her legs out straight in front of her. Her toes were tiny and the orange nail polish was barely there on her miniscule nails as they barely peaked above the bottom of her dress.

“We have a lot of time” Violet said as she poured out their tea.

They played together for an hour bouncing from game to game, running around with boundless energy just being a couple of little kids.

“I’m having fun. I’m happy we could play together tonight” Julia said.

“This is better than when you were big” Violet told her.

Julia giggled.

“Wait right here! I gotta pee!” Violet yelled hopping up and running up the stairs to the bathroom.

Julia had two dolls in her hands and she went right about playing with them giggling and dancing them around on the carpet.

Violet ran at top speed to make in time “If I had an accident, Mommy would be mad” She washed her hands unable to see herself in the mirror; she barely was tall enough to reach the towel to dry her hands off.

Violet exited the bathroom and went skipping down the hall a few steps before she stopped dead in her tracks. Her eyes widened, a smile spread across her lips and her hands came up close to her chest as she began to bounce up and down in excitement.

Violet was standing in the doorway to Julia’s room and there, hanging on a hanger on the closet door, was Julia’s Prom dress “Her Princess dress” Violet said in awe. Black and low cut with sparkles and a full cut out for her left leg “It’s so beautiful” she said in wonder as she walked into the room and stood before it with her mouth hanging open.

She looked around the room to see if Julia or anyone else was looking. She spied a pair of strappy black high heel shoes across the room and she saw the headpiece Julia had worn on her dresser as she had already decided to put on the dress, she might as well put on those as well.

Violet pulled Julia’s desk chair over and stood on it to get the dress down. As she laid it out on the bed, she realized just how big it actually was “I’ll never fit in it…but maybe I can just see how it feels…I’ll crawl into it as much as I can” she decided.

She took off her Belle gown for the first time in forever. She had on just her underwear as she grabbed the shoes and headpiece to bring them closer.

She put the headpiece on top of her head and started to work on the shoes. They were huge on her little feet so she put her feet flat in them and buckled the straps loosely around them.

Violet could barely stand she was pitched so far forward in the gargantuan women’s size 9 4” heels but she managed to stay upright enough to slither into Julia’s Prom dress.

She grabbed handfuls of fabric to keep it up as it hung on her little body like she was wearing a full bedsheet.

Violet laughed once, then hiccupped as her breath caught in her throat and the oddest feeling she had ever felt crashed over her tiny body.

Her stomach lifted up full of butterflies as it flipped over and over again and again. Her brown eyes began to water as a dull ache settled into the back of her head. The room began to swim and Violet was having a hard time focusing her eyes.

Violet closed her eyes and tensed up every muscle in her body. Her hands were balled into fists and even her toes were curled up as both began to grow larger.

Violet’s feet began to spread out and grow longer. Her toes lengthened and widened as her heels popped out and the sides widened and thickened. The straps, which were nowhere near touching the tops of her feet, now came into contact as her feet filled up the shoes.

Violet opened her eyes, her fingernails digging into the palms of her hands as her hands and arms began to grow. Her legs lifted her up higher and higher as her back and chest began to spread out.

“What in the…what’s happening to me?!” she said as the dress began to flutter and surprisingly, fit her expanding and maturing body.

She grew tall enough that she could see her reflection in the mirror. One minute she was below the line and the next, her face and head were visible and climbing higher and higher on the glass. Her shoulders and chest started to come into view.

The view and look of her face was already different “I look older!” she realized as her facial features began to sharpen and define.

Her legs were long and super skinny but the dress was steadily lifting up until the bottom of it came off the floor. Two small bumps appeared on the front of her chest.

“What’s taking her so long?” Julia asked herself “I wonder if she needs help” She got up off her knees and went to the stairs. She climbed them, giggling at how gargantuan each one felt to her now with her short stubby legs. “Violet?” she called out when she reached the top.

Violet gasped when she heard her name. She spun towards the door as she heard a little girl scream.

Julia got to the door of her room and screamed at the top of her lungs in her high pitched little girls’ squeal at seeing Violet growing bigger and filling up her dress.

Violet was getting bigger but she wasn’t beyond 13 years old when Julia’s scream scared her into her own scream.

Violet recognized that her voice was lower than Julia’s and that she was already much taller than her former babysitter.

Violet’s left leg popped out, exposed from the slit just as it began to round and gain a curve to it. Her hips began to spread outward and her rear began to plump.

The small bumps on her chest popped out into cone shaped breasts for just a brief moment before they began to round and grow larger, filling into the cups built into the dress.

Violet adjusted the top of her dress to keep herself covered. Her shoulders spread out and now the small straps were able to keep the dress up on its own.

Julia watched in wonder and awe as Violet’s face and body matured. Her chin and jaw strengthened, her nose and ears grew out as her cheeks defined. Her lips plumped and her teeth shifted into a straight set of full white adult teeth.

Her eyebrows thickened and lengthened, her eyelashes thickened as her eyes widened and set out further on her face.

Her light and thin brown hair darkened and thickened as well sprouting out and growing down over her shoulders and back.

Her toes finally settled in at the end of her heels like she had picked them out; they were her size now. Her fingers popped out long and elegant with strong clear nails at the end of each finger.

Julia cautiously walked up to Violet “Why are you big now Violet?” she asked. She barely came up to Violet’s hip.

Violet had to look way down into Julia’s big blue eyes “I was big…not you…why are you the big one now?”

Violet’s hair fell forward as she leaned forward and she brushed it back out of her face “Um…I don’t know” she admitted.

“Why are you wearing my pretty dress?” Julia asked.

“Well, it is a very pretty dress. I was coming back from the bathroom and I thought I’d just play for a second to see what it felt like so I put it on and then…” she shrugged, her large pert breasts bounced “…the next thing I know; here I am…all grown up”

“So I got little and you got big” Julia said.

“Yeah…I guess so” Violet said. “At least our Moms won’t be mad when they get home”

“Oh… I think they might be” Julia replied.

“Why? You said earlier that there should be a big person around…an adult. And now I am” Violet replied.

“Yeah…you’re right” Julia answered. “But I’m supposed to be the big one right”

“We’ll see” Violet replied.

Julia turned and ran down the stairs. Violet’s heart was still beating fast and it felt like it was in her throat. She took off the heels and the headpiece and set them aside before she went downstairs still in her Prom dress.

Julia was running by the little chairs and table where they had their tea party set up when her foot caught the corner and the teapot filled with water spilled on her. “Aw man!” she exclaimed “I’m all wet!”

“Oh…let’s get you changed out of that” Violet said as she went to the backpack on the floor. There was an extra pair of underwear, a pair of pink cotton shorts and a white t-shirt with a kitten on it.

“I love kitties!” Julia yelled when she saw the shirt. She quickly popped off the Cinderella gown, kicked off her slippers, pulled the ball gown glove sleeves off her arms and even whipped off the hairband.

It took Violet’s breath away to see how immature Julia looked. Julia quickly got dressed in the clothes that were appropriate in size for her now that she was 4. Her arm got caught putting on the shirt so Violet had to help her pull her sleeve down. She smiled wide showing off her tiny baby teeth in a big grin before she started laughing.

“What’s so funny?” Violet asked.

“Why are you so dressed up?” Julia asked still giggling “Are you still playing Princess?”

“Oh, haha…I guess I’m playing by myself now” Violet answered with a shrug. She spied the clothes Julia had shrank out of lying on the floor so she gathered them up and put them on top of the couch.

Violet wasn’t sure what might happen once she put on Julia’s clothes now that Julia was wearing hers. She reached up and unzipped her dress, slipping out of it and revealing her fully adult, 18 year old body.

Julia laughed again.

“What now?” Violet said exasperated.

“Your boobies are all big and bouncy” Julia said giggling.

“Oh grow up” Violet teased.

“You did!” Julia said. “You grew up and I shrank down”

Violet sighed as she stepped into the panties and fastened the bra behind her back. It fit her just fine. She pulled on the short shorts showing off her long and curvy legs and put on the black tank. She saw a hair tie on the end table so she grabbed and quickly whipped her hair up into a loose ponytail “There” was all she said as she dropped her arms to her sides.

The changes started off small but spread all around them. A picture on the end table of Julia and her date at Prom turned into a picture of little Julia with a giraffe at the zoo. Toys began to sprout all around the room. Dollhouses and a farm set and stuffed animals appeared. Childish artwork popped into existence held by magnets to the refrigerator all with the name Julia age 4 scrawled on them.

Julia ran up the stairs but was overtaken by Violet who was taking them two at a time until they got to Julia’s room.

Both of them stopped in the door, staring gap jawed at the little girls room filled with butterfly décor where minutes earlier a Prom dress had hung.

They rushed back down to find that Violet’s Paw Patrol backpack was now a Michael Kors purse and the Prom dress had vanished.

They snuck out and crossed the driveway where a Toyota Corolla that had previously been Julia’s but was now in Violet’s drive. They entered the house that looked very different. No toys were to be seen and a picture of Violet and her Prom date sat in a frame on the ledge between the kitchen and the living room. They went to Violet’s room where they found the Prom dress hanging in her closet along with all the rest of her clothes. The 4” heels were there along with a collection of bras; her laptop sat in the corner next to a cap and gown she would be wearing at her high school graduation in 2 weeks.

“So…everything flipped” Julia said.

“Yeah…it looks like it” Violet said. They talked while they walked back to Julia’s house. Julia felt like she had to take 3 steps to every one of Violet’s.

“Just think; when we started out tonight, we were opposite. I was big and you were little” Julia said.

“Are you okay with this?” Violet asked “I don’t want you to be mad or anything because I really had no idea this was going to happen like this”

“I know” Julia said with her own shrug. “I was about to graduate high school and now I guess I have to start the whole thing over again” she said over exaggerating her words and gestures. “But I tried to remember stuff from school and I barely know my ABC’s so I guess I need to”

They had just gotten in when they saw lights pull into the drive. They both held their breath as their Moms came in “Hey HONEY!” Pam said getting down for a hug from Julia “Did you have a good time playing princesses with Violet?”

“Yes Mommy I did” Julia answered.

“So how was your date Mom?” Violet asked Lisa who even in heels wasn’t as tall as her 18 year old daughter.

“Awful…dude was a total creep” Lisa said.

“Oh well” was Violet’s short response.

“But…I did talk with the bartender and he was really cool so if you don’t mind; maybe you could watch Julia next week while I go out with him”

Violet sighed but knew she was trapped. “Yeah…I guess it can’t hurt”

“Yea! We can play Princess again” Julia replied bouncing up and down.

“This time, you can come over to our house” Lisa told Julia. “I think I still have her old Belle costume up in the attic from when she was about your age”

Julia just smiled as she looked at Violet “I can’t wait”