Stephen started browsing the website for the elementary school his sister attended. He found the perfect target: a boy in her fourth grade class named Peter.
Stephen hit "Enhance" and watched the change in the photo. Young Peter's head straightened up as his shoulders grew slightly broader. His smile became less shy and his hair formed slight blond undertones and was cut back off his ears.
Stephen was impressed, but figured this kid could use some more. So he hit the button again. Now Peter was beaming with confidence, his shoulders broadened a little more, his hair became a short dirty blond, and his skin even looked a little tan. His young face had also become more handsome, and oddly, somewhat more mature.
Stephen got excited and hit the button once more. Now he was truly impressed by the changes overtaking this formerly wimpy kid. Peter's confident smile had become a cocky smirk, and his shoulders were extraordinarily broad for a 10-year-old boy. His hair was completely golden blond and was cut in a minor fade. His skin was well-tanned, and judging from his handsome face Stephen would have thought Peter was 12 or 13, not 9 or 10.
Stephen looked at a class picture that he had seen before. In it, his sister looked like she had after their mom enhanced them, with a curvy figure and long, beautiful brown hair. And where wimpy Peter had once been now stood a much taller boy with the face that Stephen had created. He had quite the body too, with muscles that made him look like a young bodybuilder.
Suddenly, Stephen heard the doorbell ring. He made his way to the door and opened it. To his surprise, there stood the new Peter, dressed quite nicely and with a slightly nervous look.
“Hi, I’m Peter,” he said in a surprisingly deep voice. “Jess invited me to dinner. Is she here?”
Just then Jess came to the door. “Hi, Peter!” she exclaimed. And then, to Stephen’s shock, she kissed Peter full on the lips.
After a moment she led him in. “Meet my family,” she told him.
Stephen just stood there as Peter introduced himself to the family. Enhancing one boy had had such tremendous consequences? What could something bigger do?