Bryan doubled over in pain and felt himself compacting into a much more miniaturized version of his former self.
As the pain subsided he was able to stand up and felt his clothes draped on him like a sheet. His pants fell off and his t-shirt draped down over him causing him to pick up the edge to keep from tripping over the edge.
He wasn't just short he was incredibly small. He was looking up at the end table next to his gaming system realizing that his phone was up there. He had to call someone for help but he couldn't reach it at this size.
Grabbing onto the upholstery on the chair he had been sitting on he was able to pull himself up to the seat and then climb up onto the arm of the chair and hop over to the table.
He had to rub his arm on the screen to wake up the phone and then was able to get into the contacts. He tried to call his dad but his voice sounded like a bug buzzing and his dad thought it was a joke and hung up on him.
He thought about texting someone and he contacted Barry his friend from the Football team. Asking him to come help him.
Now Barry was busy at practice and it took some time to get the message but when he did he was heading home with some of his team mates and he asked them to drop him off at Bryan's.
As they all stepped through the door the earthquake struck each one of them and soon there were half a dozen little men. Not one over 18 inches.
They tried to get to a mirror and look at themselves but what they saw seemed to be the image of the classical gnomes. Their hips and legs were wide and sturdy. Their heads were large and bulbous and their arms were shorter in proportion to their height.
Bryan and Barry were fairly normal with wide hips but the center Rupert had been rather rotund before the change and he was a rolly polly gnome. Easily twice as big round as he was tall.
Frank was a tall man and he was the tallest of the bunch but that didn't hinder his pear shaped look.
It seemed as though they were smooth on their bodies but each one was rapidly growing a beard. If they hadn't been involved in the experience they might have found it amusing to see the transformation into Disney like characters.
Their voices were easily recognized by each other, having raised several octaves but the outside would would never be able to understand them.
When Bryan's dad came home the earthquake hit one more time and he was changed into the oldest of the gnomes. Producing a beard that he would have tripped on if he hadn't thrown it over his shoulder.
Pondering the implications the group sat there when from out of a mist appeared a strange man.