Surreal. That could be the only way to describe what was happening to Lisa at the moment. Lisa was quite familiar with magic and magical age changing at this point. Over the years she had experienced every age between 4 and 40 and loved every minute of it. Something about reliving her youth always made Lisa happy, she was a kid at heart after all. Still being reduced to infancy (and sitting nude in a puddle of her own clothes) was a shock.
“You okay mommy?”
Lisa focused her infantile eyes as she gazed at her daughter. “I’m a little cold,” she responded back, still amazed she was able to not only talk with Lynne but understand her. “Kind of sitting here naked.”
“Sorry,” Lynne answered. “Here maybe this will help.”
Lisa’s eyes grew wide as she watched her clothes begin to shift and change around her. She watched as the puddle of clothing transformed into a onesie like Lynne’s complete with diaper. As an added bonus Lynne transformed the pillows the baby Lisa was propped against into a chair very similar to her daughters. “Wow,” Lisa breathed.
“Is that okay,” Lynne asked, giving her mother an apprehensive look.
Although Lisa had difficulty nodding her infantile head she tried to smile, showing off her toothless mouth. “Yeah it’s very nice,” she said. “But seriously, a diaper!?! Why?”
“Doesn’t everyone wear diapers,” the baby asked. Lisa giggled with infantile mirth as she looked at her daughter. “No baby only when we’re little like you,” Lisa paused as she looked herself over. “Well like us I suppose.”
Lisa and Lynne now gazed at one another, unsure of what to say. As Lisa gazed at the young child she was amazed how similar the two looked, especially at this age. “So Lynne,” she asked. “How do you like your new home.”
“I lobpve it mommy,” Lynne said, giving her mother a small grin. “You and daddy have been so nice and the two big girls are both very nice too.”
“Yeah Katie and Gloria are both very excited to finally meet you,” Lisa said. “Those are your big sisters. They know magic too, they can’t wAit til your a little older to teach you.” Lynne paused as she seemed to process this information before looking at her mom. “I like having sisters,” she said. “They both seem very nice but who was the baby with them?”
“That’s Katie’s daughter Morgan,” Lisa said. “She’s your niece?”
Lynne furrowed her brow as she looked at Lisa. “What’s a niece?”
“Well,” Lisa started. “When your sister has a child, that child is your niece. Your her aunt now, which means your kind of like her mom. You look out for her and make sure she does well and stays safe.”
“Oh,” Lynne said. “I like the sound of that, but the baby Morgan was really loud and talked really quickly when we met. She asked a whole bunch of questions when I was born. I kind of told her to be quiet then she started crying.”
Lisa laughed with infantile glee as she listened to her daughter. It seemed that even at this young age Lynne was a bit of a livewire if she was telling off her own niece only moments after being born. “I guess she was just excited to see you,” Lisa laughed. “She’s still just a baby, I’m sure she didn’t mean to upset you. Still, try not to make her cry okay? Katie is very protective of her.”
“Okay mommy I’ll be nice,” Lynne said. “Just tell my sister to tell Morgan to not talk so quickly. She kind of made my head hurt.”
“I promise Lynne when I grow up again I’ll talk to your sister,” Lisa said. “Which reminds me, when am I growing back up?”
“Soon mommy,” Lynne said. “Why don’t tell me you don’t want to talk? I was really looking forward to this.”
“No I love this,” Lisa said quickly. “It’s just..never been this young. Well, not since I was this young the first time. I’ve been younger before, this is just.....I don’t know...really, just surreal. I didn’t think we would talk like this for a long time.”
“I’m glad your happy mom,” Lynne smiled. “I promise I’ll try to make you happy all the time.”
Lisa chortled as she looked at her daughter. A part of Lisa would always be happy to have Lynne in her life, she was her first born daughter as well as the youngest of the three daughters she had legal custody of. She understood though that as Lynne got older the two would inevitably bump heads, especially when she hit her teenage years. For now Lisa would humor the girl, she would learn as she got older that trying to make your mom happy all the time was impossible. Lisa would always love the girl but she was sure this magical child would drive her crazy from time to time.
“You already have Lynne,” Lisa smiled. “No matter what happens I am always gong to be happy to have you in my life.”
As the two red headed infants smiled at one another, Lisa wondered when she would return to adulthood.