It was a chilly night in the town of Cuyawayne, as the sky was cloudy and the crickets were chirping. Unlike most people who were partying to celebrate the new year in town, Daniel was busy binge-watching a new show that he found on Netflix at his apartment. He didn’t have any plans to celebrate the new year since he didn’t look forward to it. “Ugh, just going to be another year of going to classes while getting cancelled for literally nothing. This world barely makes any sense anymore and I feel like I can’t keep up with it anymore.” The anxious college student then shut off the TV after finishing a season of his newly discovered show before going to his nearby bathroom and later went to bed, since he thought celebrating the new year wasn’t as special to him.
“I hope this year would be different. I really want to go back to a simpler time.” As he was sleeping, a mystical glow of light that zoomed through the earth’s atmosphere changed him (along with the rest of the world) into a pudgy toddler that wore diapers. He didn’t notice it immediately as he is a heavy sleeper. Just hours later as he woke up in the morning and opened his eyes, he noticed that his bedroom had transformed into a full fledged nursery. “What the hell happened to my room?!” He thought before looking that his bed had been replaced with a crib that was now piled with some stuffed animals and other toys. He also got a changing table that is stocked with several packs of diapers.
He then looked at what was below him and saw a soft blanket covering his lower body. As he removed the blanket, he noticed that he looked much smaller with his pudgy tummy along with having a diaper wrapped around his waist. “Holy shit, I’m a baby?!” He was shocked as he noticed his voice was also more high pitched than usual. “What the hell were in those brownies?”
Suddenly, he heard of what appeared to be his smartphone ringing below his crib. He tried to find a way out of his crib, as it was currently closed shut. Moments later, he found a latch that lowered down the front, as he managed to crawl out of it and tried finding his smartphone. He panicked before he found out that his smartphone was apparently under his crib the whole time.
“Huh, I guess it slipped while I was sleeping.”
Daniel picked up his phone and saw that it was his friend Nicole, who was studying to be a child psychologist, who called him just seconds ago. He redialed the number, hoping that she would call him again. “Danny, is that you?” Nicole asked who also had a high pitched voice. “Yeah, what’s going on? And why does your voice sound like a baby?” Daniel wondered. “Well, you probably haven’t noticed until now, but the whole world has turned into babies.” Daniel was shocked with the news.
Usually whenever he knows about certain changes, he doesn’t really like them. However, he felt like the whole world being populated by babies was a huge relief from his anxiety. He cheered for a while as Nicole felt how joyful he felt in a surprising manner. “Thank you so much, Nicole. You don’t know how excited I am to not have the pressure of being a big boy anymore.” Daniel giggled as he said that sentence. “Okay, I’m glad to hear that. Call me when you need any help though. Alright?” Daniel was eager to say yes before he hung up and started a new day.