"I know how these work." Paula thought, holding the bulky camera precariously. "I just gotta hit this."
Paula then switched the controls for awareness, witching from "All unaware" to "User aware: future changes." Paula waited for the flash, but nothing happened. She felt tears start to well up. She wondered if her big brother was right after all. She shook her head, refusing to give up, and hit the button on top.
FLASH
She rubbed her eyes with a smile. "Yes, now I know how it works!" She laughed. Her laughter was cut short, however, as soon as she heard her own voice. Why did it sound differently? As her vision returned, she noticed she was high up! She was taller than her mommy was! She looked down and gasped.
"What are these thingies?" She asked, groping her new boobs. "I need a mirror!"
She ran over to the nearest mirror and her jaw dropped. What stared back at her was a teenaged girl! She looked like a college kid too. The girl had long, wavy blonde hair which cascaded past her open shoulders and her bright blue tank top. She had large breasts which were held precariously by the top, and her face was lit up with makeup. Paula was amazed.
"I- I'm a big girl!" She gasped. "I look like me still too, is this how I'll look when I'm older?" She squealed.
She moved her hands down her jeans, in total awe. "Wow, I'm so tall." She whispered just as she found her large ass. "Why is my butt big? That's gross." She said, sticking out her tongue. "Bleh! This tastes gross. Why would mommy and others wear this stuff?" She asked, wiping off the lipstick.
She finished off her study and ran back over to the camera. She picked it up and realized that she was now in possession of a magical camera which could change people.
"Wow, I can have super fun with this!" She thought. "But, why didn't we change before?" She wondered.
She examined the options, amazed at how easy it was to read everything now. She found the switch she flicked before, but didn't understand what awareness meant. She could read it, but she still had the mind of a 6 year old after all. She decided she had to go and rub her awesome new body in Emile's face.
She strut out, trying to walk like her mommy did when she went out for a fancy dinner. She walked up behind Emile who was working on a bike in their garage. She leaned against the wall, and coughed to get his attention.
"Ahem?" She announced.
"What do you want sis? I'm busy." He grumbled.
"Oh, this is super duper important." She giggled.
Emile sighed and spun around from his work. He looked at her with a blank expression before shrugging his shoulders.
"So? What's important? What are you making me do this time?"
"What?!" Paula gasped. "But, but look at me! I'm different! I'm a big girl, how are you not surprised?" She asked.
"Big girl?" Emile scoffed. "Paula stop screwing with me. Just because you're my older sister doesn't mean you can just do what you want." He grumbled getting back to work.
Paula was stunned. Why couldn't Emile see she changed? Why did he call her his big sister? She couldn't figure it out, until she turned to leave and spotted a framed family photo on the desk in the garage. In it, her Mommy was wearing a nice dress, with her arm around Emile who looked annoyed in a suit. To her left was her Daddy, but his arm was around Paula... but she was a big girl in the picture!
"That's what that awareness thingie meant!" She thought. "It must've made me the boss of the camera, and so only I can remember the changes... that's so cool!"
She turned her head with a sly grin. Emile was still working on his bike, not paying attention to Paula at all. Paula remembered all the times Emile was mean to her when she was little. She figured he could use a different kind of change. She didn't know if it could be used to not make people older, but she saw some stuff on the camera that looked like other things. She saw gender which she thought meant some word for girls or something.
"I hope you'll be a girl, or maybe a puppy doofus. This'll teach you!" She snickered.
"Huh, what'd you say Pa-"
FLASH