17-year-old Rick examined the strange ring he found on the ground. It was gold, but it seemed to have a purple glint to it's shine.
"It's weird looking, but it's sort of cool," he said, trying it on. Then he walked upstairs to his bedroom, past his 5-year old sister Melanie's bedroom to his own. Then he did what all teenagers do: Look at porn.
Thanks to lax rules, a lot of the camgirl site on the internet let you watch without an account if you just click "I'm 18." Which was good enough for Rick. He loved to get off on the 18-19 year old section, girls just a few years older than him. One in particular, a redhead names Sasha was gorgeous and looked even younger than 18 with nice curves but a babyface. He was getting close when...
"Rick! Dinner time!" his 43-year-old mother, Renee, shouted. "Now!"
Rick sighed. He hated being technically a kid. "I wish time would just speed up a bit, he mumbled to himself."
He didn't notice the ring glow.
Rick, his sister and mom began to eat dinner downstairs, and talked a bit about their day. Rick was sort of lost in it, thinking of the cam model. He glanced over at his sister. Huh. That's funny. She looked a little bigger than he remembered. He glanced over at his mom, about to make a wiseass comment, when he noticed a few grey hairs in her curly, shoulder length hairstyle. Were they there this morning?
After dinner, he excused himself to go back to his room. He wanted to finish. (Thank god it was the summer, no homework). But to his dismay, the site was down. There was only an error message: "Due to the overwhelming signuup of new accounts, we are temporarily down. Thanks for your understanding." Rick had never seen that before.
He tried a few more times to click on Sasha's cam to no avail. "Welp, a cold shower it is," he said. Then he squinted. The screenshot Sasha's cam autofroze as avatar from her current session... her babyface didn't seem as babyish. "Guess I never noticed she's growing into her looks," he thought.
He headed to the bathroom and stripped for his shower. As the water warmed up he noticed in the mirror that he looked a little stronger than he remembered. "Guess all that swimming is paying off," he thought to himself, as he stepped into the shower.
Afterward, he headed back to his bedroom but bumped into Melanie on the way. He was taken aback. She looked at least 8!
"Wait, when did you get so tall?" he asked in shock.
"What are you talking about, dummy, I've been the same height since my fifth birthday last month," she replied.
"Come here," he said, and dragged her to the hall mirror. "What do you see? How old do you look?"
"Uh... 5? duh?" she asked, in the cadence of an 8-year-old.
Confused, he let her go. He felt strangely tired. He laid down and fell asleep....