“I wish you could come to the dance with me Chloe…I’m so nervous” Olivia Warren said to her older sister.
“You’ll be fine Liv…besides…what would I do around a bunch of 13-year-old boys?” Chloe replied “That’s basically illegal haha!” the 21-year-old laughed. “And not like I can sneak in as a chaperone; that’s a job for your teachers”
“You know what I mean Chloe. I really want to dance with Dylan and I hope he asks me” Olivia said.
“You’ll be lucky if any of the guys leave their friends. That’s what I remember about middle school dances; the guys all sitting around with each other talking and well, being stupid and all the girls dancing. Most boys at that age have no idea what to do with a girl…they usually can’t even talk to them” Chloe said sitting back in her chair, her long legs stretched out in front of her.
“You’re probably right” Liv pouted.
“But hey, you never know, he could be different and actually be mature for his age but I’m just warning you; don’t get your hopes up” Chloe said going back to texting her friends on her phone.
“Can you at least help me get ready. I want to put on a little bit of make-up and I was hoping you could braid my hair” Liv asked.
“Sure short stuff! I’d be happy to” Chloe said not even looking up from her phone.
Liv smiled and headed off towards her room. It took a moment but then Chloe began to smile, she just remembered something.
“Should I…?” she asked herself, only pausing for a brief second before she began to smile and nod “Oh yeah…definitely haha…I am so doing it! Liv will love it and what could it hurt?”
Chloe got up from her chair. The 5’5” blonde haired blue eyed young woman stretched, rising up on her tip toes, moving her arms around her as she popped her neck. She smoothed out her tank top and tugged on her tight denim shorts.
Chloe was a very pretty college senior, never in need for a date. She loved to tease her little sister; 8 years difference in their age never made it a fair fight and for all of her mocking, she knew Liv looked up to her.
Chloe went to the basement and began to search “I thought I last saw it back on the shelves…” she said to herself as she began to root through a few boxes “Liv has never heard the story…Grandma died when she was only 3 and I had only heard the story a year or so before that…”
Chloe’s heart leapt when she ran her hands over something very cold and smooth. She grabbed it and pulled it out, smiling wide, bouncing a bit “Found it!” she laughed.
She held the smooth, flat black stone to her chest and did a little dance “Wait until I show Live what this thing can do haha”
Chloe thought back on the day her Grandma showed her what the rock could do. It was the most magical experience of her entire life. She had promised her that she would never abuse it or use it too often or even tell anyone outside of the family what it could do. “Olivia is old enough to see now” Chloe thought. “I was younger than her”
She clutched the stone to her chest and went back upstairs.
She made her way down to her sister’s room. Olivia was wearing a long blue and white stripped sleeveless dress and combing out her hair.
“Oh hey Chloe!” Liv said “Do you think my white sandals will go with this dress?”
“Yes I do” Chloe said smiling.
Olivia turned. She was 5’3”, a few inches shorter than her big sister and at 13, she was a late bloomer, rather flat and still rail thin. As opposed to her sister, she had dark brown hair and brown eyes, taking after their Dad where Chloe favored their Mom. “What are you so happy about? Why are you smiling like that?”
“Because I have a surprise for you. One that you won’t believe until you see it with your own eyes” Chloe said.
Liv looked confused, her brow furrowed as Chloe opened her hand “It’s a rock”
“Yes it is” Chloe said still smiling “It’s actually a magic rock though”
“Magic rock.” Olivia frowned and gave her sister a deadpan look “You’ve lost it”
“See…I knew this would be your reaction” Chloe said. “You were too young but Grandma showed me how to use this. It is; without a doubt, the most amazing thing you’ll ever see”
Chloe put on the black stone on Liv’s dresser “It’s actually really easy to use. The bad thing is, that it only lasts a short time. The window is only 8 hours…”
“You’re not making any sense Chloe” Liv said.
“I will okay…you have to let me finish” Chloe said. “So…this stone has the ability to take years away from you and hold onto them for you”
“Wait what?” Liv said.
“Yep! I know it sounds absolutely crazy but Grandma showed me this by turning herself from 70 to 20. She was gorgeous and young and full of life and energy! It was the best day ever. But then, after 8 hours she had to touch it again and take back her years. The stone can only hold them for a short period of time” Chloe said.
“Yeah right” Olivia scoffed “Pfft…why are you wasting my time…I just want you to do my hair”
“Look Liv…I’m saying that I can use this; turn myself into a 13-year-old for the night, and go with you to your dance!”
Liv just stared at her sister “You expect me to believe this…you’ve lost your mind sis”
“Fine. I’ll prove it to you” Chloe said.
Chloe squared her shoulders and put her chin up looking across to her sister as she placed her right fingers atop the smooth black stone and in a clear voice said only “8 years”
The stone grew darker, the black intensified and Chloe shivered as she removed her hand. An uncertain smile came across her lips, she looked nervous Olivia thought. “Are you okay Chloe?”
Chloe nodded “Whoo…it feels like…like I just got all nervous, you know like, that feeling, like when your teacher says it’s pop quiz time…my stomach is all fluttery” she fanned herself and bounced on the balls of her feet full of nervous energy.
“Whoo…is it warm in here? I’m warm…I’m…” Chloe paused and looked around. Something was off. She saw Olivia’s eyes widen and her jaw drop, a look of shock and wonder now on her face “What?” she asked “Is it working?”
Liv gave a very slight nod, blinked and then yelled “You’re shrinking!”
“I’m what!” Chloe yelled. She twisted her neck and head all around before stopping and focusing on her sister who was standing perfectly still in front of her. She had always been shorter than her, being her little sister who was still growing, Chloe was used to looking down at Liv but now, she was looking directly across at her.
Olivia took a very cautious step forward.
“We look like we’re the same height now Liv” Chloe laughed. Then with a quite flutter and jolt downward, she dropped another inch and was now shorter than her little sister. “Oh my God! It looks like I spoke too soon! You’re taller than me by a little bit”
“Like by an inch!” Olivia added “I had no idea! I thought you were pulling a joke on me…how are you doing this Chloe?”
“I told you it’s magic” she said. As she spoke, her voice began to change. It pitched just slightly higher but began to sound more nasally in tone; younger. She was talking faster “This feels so cool! I’m tingling all over LivLiv! Haha…I just made that up…you cool with that name…I mean if you’re not and you think it’ll embarrass you when we’re with your friends tonight I won’t call you that”
“Yeah, please don’t” Olivia said watching in wonder as her sister’s body began to change.
In her tank top, her arms began to slim down, her shoulders narrowed and rolled forward as she slouched more. The left strap slid down “Oops!” she grabbed at it and brought it back up but her top was very loose now. “Ah!” she let out rather breathlessly.
Chloe slapped at her chest “Where are they haha?! Where are my tits haha?! I’m tiny!!!!” She looked over to Olivia “AAAHHHHH!!!” She was laughing as she put both her hands on her much flatter chest and easily squeezed both in her hands “Daaannnngggg…I didn’t think about this part. Kinda forgot what my body actually looked like at 13 ya know!”
“Yeah sis…you honestly still look like you’ve got a little bit more than me but, yeah, you’re nowhere near where you were a couple of minutes ago”
Chloe shrugged “They’ll be back haha! I’m not worried cause, this is, like, only for tonight”
“Yeah…that’s what you said” Liv replied watching her sister’s hips slim down and lose a lot of curve.
“I wonder what it’ll feel like to grow back? Like, BOOM! Instant run through puberty back to 21” Chloe said “I bet it feels even better than this!”
“Oh yeah…I just realized something…you just gave up your ability to drink at a bar” Olivia laughed. “You were so happy to be turning 21 a few months ago”
Chloe looked annoyed “Well, ya, but, um, it’s like, no big deal Liv, I’ll be back to 21 by like, midnight and…Oh!”
Chloe stopped talking as her shorts slipped and she grabbed the waistband as they slipped down.
“Looks like your ass decided to join your boobs and take a vacation day BIG sis!” Olivia teased.
Chloe struggled with her loose clothes. Grabbing her shorts made her tank top straps slip again and sit across her upper arms “I guess I’m gonna hafta borrow some of your clothes huh Liv”
“Yeah…it looks like it” Olivia responded.
Chloe looked down. Her thighs were slimming down to much straighter and coltish legs. Her calves thinned as well. Her feet remained the same size, making them look actually bigger at the ends of her skinnier legs.
“Oh…” Chloe said jumping slightly as she saw her black toenail polish flash and change to a more garish and childish sky blue color. Her fingernails were done in the exact same color “I didn’t expect that”
Olivia focused on her sister’s face as it became more immature. The more angular curves she had developed as she went through her teens reversed. Her cheeks lost their bite and rounded off bringing her chin and jaw with them into a more moon like round face. Her lips thinned, her nose shrank down smaller and her eyes appeared larger as her forehead smoothed and lifted and her eyebrows lightened and narrowed.
A few freckles reappeared across her cheeks and the bridge of her nose just before her eyes bugged and she pursed her lips in horror “Mmmmpfh!” she managed as her hands clamped on her mouth.
Chloe’s cheeks turned bright red as she felt it; metal clamping down on each tooth, one after the other in rapid succession. Anchors and springs on the back that rubbed the insides of her cheeks, wires appeared out of thin air behind her lips, tightening down.
Chloe had her braces back.
Liv began to laugh. She pointed.
“Shut up!” Chloe said in a lisp. She worked her jaw, trying to adjust.
“You didn’t plan on that…I can tell!” Olivia said.
“I said shut up…and no…I didn’t think it would be this complete to be honest” Chloe admitted “I didn’t think it would give me braces!”
“Again haha!” Olivia added.
“Again” Chloe agreed. She shook her head. Her blonde hair had lengthened and straightened as she aged down.
“I can’t believe what I’m seeing” Olivia said coming up close “You’re right; I didn’t believe it until I saw it” she poked at her sister’s cheek and ran a strand of her hair through her fingers “But you really did go back…you’re really 13”
“I am…I told you it’s amazing!” Chloe said, putting her foot down in emphasis and putting her hands on her hips.
“It didn’t miss a single detail Chloe”
“I know right?!” she looked around “I need to get changed”
“Haha…I think you already changed Chloe” Olivia said smiling.
“Clothes dummy…I need to change into some of your clothes” Chloe said shuffling toward her sister’s closet.
Chloe started going through dresses and skirts “Don’t you think you should start out with a better fitting base level?” Liv said heading to her dresser and coming out with underwear and a small bra.
“Yeah…I guess you’re right” Chloe replied changing on the spot.
Olivia sat down on the edge of her bed while her sister dug through her limited choices “You know, I just thought of something”
“What’s that” Chloe said as she picked out a black dress and put it on over her head. It swished down to her ankles and she flexed out onto the outsides of the sides of her feet while playing with the shoulder straps.
“Well…my birthday is in February…yours is in April…does that mean that technically, I’m older than you?” Olivia asked.
Chloe spun around, bright red spreading on her cheeks. Olivia began to laugh “I guess I’m right huh? 13-year-old you would have been born April 29th, 2007 and I had MY birthday on February 4th, 2007”
“No! We…I wouldn’t…” Chloe stammered.
“Why would your birthday change?” Olivia asked.
“Whatever…”
“You just made yourself younger than me…Little Sis!” Olivia said.
“Shut up!” Chloe said “I can walk over there and touch that stone and change myself right back if you’re going to be a jerk about it!”
“Oh settle down, I was just teasing you a bit. Do you know how much I’ve wanted to get a chance to call you my little sister! I thought I’d have to grow taller than you and get you on that!” Olivia said.
“It’s not something I’ve ever really thought about” Chloe said.
“Of course you wouldn’t think about that. I’ll admit I’ve had fantasies like this. Somehow you get turned into a little kid and I become the older sister”
Chloe waved a hand “That’s stupid”
“That’s what I thought but look at us…never thought this would be like this until you showed me” Liv said “I hadn’t thought about stuff like that in years. It was more something I thought about when I was like 5 or 6 and watching Disney stuff”
“Whatever…do you want me to braid your hair or not?” Chloe changed the subject.
Olivia couldn’t stop smiling as she looked in the mirror in front of her. Little Chloe was standing on a step stool as she sat on the edge of her bed, concentrating as she braided up her hair “I can’t believe this is happening” Olivia thought.
Chloe pinned her own straight hair back in a quick clip with barrettes. She put on just a light layer of makeup and did her sister’s a bit more dramatically with darker lipstick.
Chloe found a pair of black ballet slippers in the back of her own closet and decide to wear those with her outfit seeing as they were more age appropriate than the rest of her shoes.
“I’m your cousin tonight okay…I’m in town and you’re taking me along because your Mom said you had to” Chloe said as they walked around the block to where the Middle School was located.
There was already a crowd and Olivia found her friends. She introduced her sister as Zoe, her cousin from out of town.
“She looks like your sister” her friend Alyssa noted.
“Well, our Moms are sisters so…yeah” Chloe said defensively. She realized she was the shortest one in the group.
The music started and no one went forward to dance, everyone just stood around talking with their friends. Finally, a few circles of girls went out dancing but no guys at all.
Part of Chloe really wanted to go out and dance but another part of her thought she should just hang back and not make a spectacle of herself. More and more girls went out and she couldn’t hold her juvenile self back any longer.
She was getting into it, her head and hair swaying when Olivia tapped her on the shoulder “That’s Dylan” she nodded towards a tall skinny boy in a bright blue button down shirt walking past.
He had gel in his hair to get it to stand up and he glanced their way.
“Ohmygosh he’s cute!” Chloe gushed before realizing it.
“I know right! I told you!” Olivia said, yearning in her voice. “Ohmygosh he’s looking over here!”
Chloe smiled at her sister “Go talk to him”
“I can’t! I’m too embarrassed!”
“Trust me. He’s more nervous than you are” Chloe said.
She turned back to dancing after giving Olivia a playful shove in Dylan’s direction.
Olivia was numb walking his way “I can’t believe I’m doing this” she thought until the moment she was right in front of him “Hi Dylan…are you having fun?” she said nervously.
Dylan Evans nodded his head “Yeah…it’s not bad in here”
“So um…” Olivia started to say when Dylan asked “Who’s the blonde you’re with; I’ve never seen her around here before”
Olivia’s stomach sank like a stone. Dylan was staring at her sister, totally infatuated.
“Oh. That’s my cousin” she answered curtly folding her arms. “She’s from out of town so don’t get too attached. She’s leaving tonight, right after this as a matter of fact”
Dylan barely heard anything after the first few words “Thanks Liv…do you mind if I introduce myself to her?”
Olivia’s mouth dropped and Dylan was already walking away.
Chloe was dancing when she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned and looked up into a pair of dreamy blue eyes. “Hi…I’m Dylan Evans”
Chloe stopped dead in her tracks “Hi Dylan! Nice to meet you! I’m Zoe”
“Nice to meet you Zoe I saw you and didn’t know who you were”
“I’m from out of town”
“Yeah your cousin said that. I was hoping that maybe, we could, um dance a bit and get to know each other before you go” Dylan was turning red.
Chloe looked for her sister but didn’t see her “Sure” she replied.
Two hours later…
“So I’ve got your number. I’ll text you when I get home” Chloe said as Dylan was getting picked up.
“Great. I hope we can stay in touch even if you don’t live here. Text, Instagram, FaceTime…whatever” Dylan said.
Chloe put up her hand in a quick little wave.
She realized she was alone “Well that didn’t work out like I had planned. Liv is so pissed at me” she said as she began to walk home.
She saw the light on in her sister’s room as she neared the house. Chloe took a deep breath and went in “Liv!” she called out from the end of the hall.
No response so she went down to Olivia’s room and pushed open the door.
“Hey” was all she could say upon seeing Olivia sitting in her desk chair in a pair of sleep shorts and a tank top. Her arms folded and a really pissed look on her face.
“I am so sorry. I know that was NOT how I had planned this but remember, you were the one who asked me to go with you” Chloe said.
“You ruined my life! You know that! You showed up and now Dylan loves you and he’ll never even look at me ever again, even if you don’t actually exist!” Olivia said standing up.
“I can’t help it! I don’t control him…he came up to me!” Chloe said.
“I can’t believe I lost my first potential boyfriend to my sister! How is that even possible? My sister who is 8 years older than me just stole a 13-year-old boy away from me!”
“I’m sorry” Chloe said.
“Get out” Liv replied and Chloe slunk out.
“It’s only a little after 9” she thought as she headed to her room. “I’ll give her some time before I go back up and get the stone. I’ve still got a few more hours like this”
As soon as she got to her room, she changed clothes finding a pair of lounge pants with drawstrings that she cinched tight before rolling up the cuffs of her pants and adding an old, smaller t-shirt she found in the back of a drawer.
She took out her phone and began to text Dylan.
He replied immediately. After just a few texts, they began to talk on discord, then, they moved up to video chatting. Time just slipped away as they went over all the things they liked.
Olivia got up and paced her floor. Muffled through the walls she could hear her sister talking. As it got closer and closer to midnight, she got angrier “I wish she’d just get her ass down here and take this stupid rock and change back” she said staring at it.
At 11:58, Olivia couldn’t take it any longer, she got up and went to her dresser. She went for the rock and as her hand approached it, its color darkened, it was so dark, void of color and even the small nuances she had noticed earlier on it.
An overpowering thought came over her “What if I touch the stone?”
She stood perfectly still hearing her sister’s stupid giggling through the vents and walls. Olivia’s throat tightened up just thinking about it.
“It probably won’t even do anything. Chloe never said anything about transferring years, just storing them…” she glanced at her alarm clock 11:59.
12:00
The stone returned to its usual boring self.
10 minutes passed, then another before Olivia heard soft footsteps coming down the hall towards her room. “You can come in” she called out.
Chloe slowly opened the door “Hey…”
“You’re late” Olivia said pointing to the clock which read 12:21
“I, um…” Chloe squirmed and ran her hand over the back of her neck blushing.
“You got busy talking and sucking up to Dylan and didn’t realize what time it was, well, nothing has happened so you need to just go ahead and touch the stone, get your years back and get out” Olivia said curtly.
Chloe walked up to the dresser, it was higher up than she remembered. She undid the knot on her drawstrings to loosen them up in anticipation; the t-shirt was ancient and in bad shape so she didn’t care if it ripped or not.
Her hand hovered over the smooth black stone “I’m sorry. I know this didn’t turn out like either one of us had hoped or planned but I really don’t want you to be mad at me”
Olivia just stared.
Chloe sighed and put her right fingers down on the stone.
Nothing happened.
Chloe had closed her eyes. Now, they popped open and she stared a bit confused. She pressed her fingers down harder.
“Do you have to say something?” Olivia asked standing up.
“No…I mean Grandma didn’t say anything. She just put her hand back on it and she got older again. She told me you only had to tell it in the beginning how many years you wanted taken off” Chloe said putting her hand down harder. She switched hands and tried her left.
Olivia got up close, leaning over and peering down at it. As her hand approached, its color darkened.
Olivia touched the stone.
Immediately a warm pulsation rushed through her body and she jumped.
Chloe looked shocked but Olivia was even more stunned.
Warmth rode all through her body; her stomach began to flutter. Her immediate fear was that she was about to turn into a 5-year-old but that thought was immediately swept away as she felt her tank top grow tight across her bust.
Olivia threw her shoulders back, startled “Whoa!” she said as her breasts began to grow larger and rounder, lifting her shirt up at the bottom.
“What the fu…” Chloe took a staggering step backwards “Holy shit!”
“I…what…Chloe?!” Olivia said in a shaky voice and pleading eyes looking over at her sister.
“But how did you…? Grandma never said anything about…” Chloe said looking at the clock. She heard her Grandma’s voice in her head “Don’t let it go past 8 hours…it expires after exactly 8 hours”
“How could I be so stupid?” Chloe said as her stomach dropped and she went numb.
She looked over as her sister grimaced slightly. Olivia’s shoulders and back were filling out; her upper arms grew thicker and they both traced down to Liv’s hands as her fingers grew larger and longer.
Olivia’s barely teenaged body was maturing rapidly. A small, subtle change would quickly blossom into a more dramatic one. Her thighs began to thicken, her hips widened, her ass began to grow larger and rounder, all together, they gave her body impressive curves.
Olivia had tucked inward as she felt her body begin to change; now, she straightened as she began to grow taller. Her legs lengthened, her torso stretched, her spine straightening her up. What began as being an inch taller than Chloe soon increased.
Chloe’s jaw dropped but her chin lifted, keeping her eyes locked on her little sister’s face as it rose higher.
Olivia the late bloomer, was blossoming.
The first inch lifted her higher, the second took her to Chloe’s old height, the third inch made her the taller sister and the fourth inch solidified it without a doubt.
At 5’7”, Olivia looked down 5 inches at her little sister Chloe.
Olivia reset her feet to adjust and shift her newfound height and curves; her center of gravity had shifted. As she did, her feet widened to stabilize her. She lifted and wiggled her toes playfully as they too widened and grew, changing shape as she increased 2 sizes and her childish pink nail polish darkened to a shade of deep purple.
Olivia’s face started to tingle. It began in her lips which plumped and filled out. Her teeth behind them straightened, widened and whitened as they grew stronger.
The tingling spread outward; her cheeks became longer and sleeker, her chin and jaw became more defined and refined. Her brown eyes intensified as her lashes thickened. She blinked rapidly as her nose grew out to better fit her more mature face.
Her forehead shifted, her eyebrows thickened but also sculpted themselves with care. Her hair took on a newfound sheen as it thickened, grew and restyled itself into a hairstyle much more befitting a college senior as opposed to a middle schooler.
Olivia squirmed; her clothes had tightened on her curvaceous body and were pinching in several spots but, they would not simply give up and rip. Her stomach visibly rose and fell, her abdominal muscles on full display in the now skintight tank top. Her breathing was fast but was beginning to slow down and deepen as the warm feeling that had spread all over her body began to fade.
Liv wiped her brow, she could feel the beads of sweat as they had formed up. She shivered and shook all over as she could tell the process had finished its work.
“Luh…Liv?” Chloe said in a trembling voice. Her bottom lip quivered and tears formed in the corners of her eyes as the realization of what had just happened between the two of them truly hit home.
“Yeah” Olivia spoke barely above a whisper. She stepped backwards; her hands pressed her chest, her stomach, her thighs, they grabbed her firm ass, moved to her ample hips and then went to her face where they moved about, pressing her cheeks, running down to her chin and then through her hair.
A smile began to form out of the shocked look on her face. She was coming to terms with her, and her sister’s, new reality.
“How did I get to be 21?” she asked. Her voice deeper and more confident than before even though she was speaking softly and cautiously “How did your 8 years pass to me?’
Chloe began to cry and through her sobs managed to say “It…was…too late…it…was…my fault…for…for not wuh…watching to see what time it…was! And now…now! You…you’re now MY big sister…and…and I’m stu…stuck like this…have to…having to grow back…up…again!”
“I wondered what would happen…you said about the 8-hour limit. Your chance must expire at 8 hours and then the stored years can pass to someone else” Olivia rationed out.
Chloe nodded. She looked around Olivia’s room and sat down on the edge of her bed. Olivia grabbed the tissue box and handed it to her and Chloe wiped her eyes and blew her nose. She swung her tiny feet back and forth, dangling them above the ground as the cuffs worked their way undone, slowly covering up her feet.
Things began to change around them. With a little pop here and there, things changed. The O above the twin bed became a C. The backpack sitting at the foot of the bed changed colors from Olivia’s favorite colors to Chloe’s as the picture and name on the Student I.D. changed as well.
Down the hall, similar changes were occurring. Chloe’s University I.D. changed to show Olivia Warren’s name and picture and the major changed from Nursing to Education. The birthday also changed to February 4th, 1999.
April 29th, 2007 locked in as Chloe’s birthday on her ID badge.
Subtle changes in décor and clothing took place reflecting their fashion choices. Phone cases, phone types, social media accounts and friends’ lists…
“So” Chloe said.
Olivia raised her perfectly sculpted brows “So what?”
“So what do we do now?” Chloe asked.
“Well, little sister…I’m guessing you’re going to try and get back on your phone with Dylan while I go back to my room” Olivia replied.
“You wouldn’t happen to want to maybe put 8 of your years on the stone and let it expire would you?” Chloe asked, her heart nearly beating out of her chest in nervousness. 
“Oh, you have so much to learn little sis…” Olivia said. She walked over and picked up the stone “I don’t have any intention of using this again” she added as she left her little sister’s room whistling.