It had been two days since Joanne had been left in charge of her sisters and so far
things were going well. Her youngest sister, Chloe was no trouble at all if anything
she was the opposite. She loved to help Jo around the house.
Sophie on the other hand was a constant pain for Jo. The promise of a sleepover had
Sophie behaving for now but as the weekend loomed closer Jo worried what it held in
store.
Friday night arrived with little fuss. Chloe was playing quietly in her room while
Sophie and her two friends Katie and Lucy giggled noisily in the living room.
"OK girls" Joanne said as she popped her head through the door, "It's getting kind of
late now, could you keep the noise down please?"
Sophie huffed aggressively, "Go away Jo! It's a sleepover! We're aloud to laugh!"
"Yeah I know soph, but it's Chloe's bedtime now and I'd appreciate it if you could
just be a little quieter"
"Whatever" Sophie grumbled under her breath as she turned her back to her sister.
Joanne sighed as she made her way upstairs to put Chloe to bed. "Come On' sis" she said
softly, "Bedtime".
"Oh not yet, can't I just finish playing?" Chloe popped out her bottom lip cutely.
"Sorry baby, bedtime is bedtime now come her and brush your tee..."
A loud bang followed by the load giggling of teenage girls interrupted Jo. It had come
from the attic! "God Dammit!" she said to herself.
"what are they doing Jo?" asked Chloe.
"Nothing sweetheart, now you go and clean your teeth like a good girl while I go and
speak to your naughty sister OK?" Chloe nodded and made her way to the bathroom.
Stepping out into the hallway Jo scowled at the open stairway into the loft. She stormed
up and into the attic. The 3 girls were huddled around an open old trunk.
"What the hell are you doing up here!?" Joanne shouted. The girls spun round, startled.
"Is that dad's old trunk?" She sneered.
"What's your problem!?" Sophie screamed in a way only a teenager can.
"I'll tell you what my problem is!" Replied Joanne. She saw that Sophie was playing with
something. "You shouldn't be messing around with dad's stuff now give it here!" she snatched
at the object but Sophie didn't let go. They jostled with it until Sophie let go sending
Joanne to the floor. Upon impact the small devise they had been fighting over bussed loudly
into action. A blinking light emanated from it, blinding the girls. As the light dissipated
Jo looked up at the standing girls, There mouths gawped open in identical expressions.
"What are you looking at?" she grumbled as she pulled herself to her feet.
"Oh my god!" she gasped clutching at her mouth in horror. She was still looking up at them!
In fact she stood slightly lower than knee level to them!
"what... what's happened to me?!" she gasped for air "I'm... I'm..." She was speechless.
"Your tiny!" Sophie declared.
Looking around desperately Jo saw the device a few feet from her. "Quick!" she screamed
"Gimme that thing"
In an instant Sophie had it in her hands. It was a small metal box with buttons spread
across one side like a dice. Brushing her hand over the buttons She read out the embossed
writing. "Look this button Say's Big and this one says small" she noticed a small dial
on the top.
"oh thank god" Jo sighed, relieved. "Set the dial higher and press the big button!" she
pointed, "Quickly Dammit!"
Sophie looked down at her shrunken sister "Or..." she dragged out.
"Or What Sophie!" Jo screamed with rage "You make me big again NOW!"
Calmly Sophie gave the device to Katie and knelt down "Know what sis" she grinned "I don't
think your in charge anymore...."