NOTE: This is a revised version of the same chapter with the same title.
Alex loved having friends over at his house. His family had just moved there just three months earlier, and the found this house attractive because it had a small pool as well as a round hot tub sunk in the back yard. Alex was looking forward to having friends over, especially since he’d been so busy with summer studies and home projects. Nobody had had any time to come over, and he was just thrilled that Ric and Josh could be there just when his mother had to go out of town to visit her sister.
Alex’s dad had a great job working for the State, and he was looking forward to spending some great quality time with his son while his wife was gone. Ric and Josh had already come outside, and Alex was still busy getting changed into his Speedo. Josh had just told him about the Book of Transformations, and Ric had cast his spell on Sean, who is Alex’s father.
Sean was 35, and incredibly tall and muscular. He stood a full 6'5", weighed 280, and was essentially all muscle. He had sandy blonde hair, beaming blue eyes and a golden tan that seemed only further accentuate his chiseled physique. Sean was very proud of his height and good looks, and was worried that his 5'2", 13-year-old son Alex wouldn't grow anywhere near as tall or muscular as Sean was.
He was sitting in the lounge chair, which was on the concrete floor just near the edge of the spa, when he started to go through his first growth spurt.
He suddenly felt uncomfortable, he was becoming dizzy and he began to feel slightly aroused. Alex was just coming through the glass sliding door of the kitchen. He picked up on the fact that his dad wasn’t feeling too well, so he walked up to him.
“Dad? Are you alright? You look like you’re sick or something…” he wondered, as he stood next to his dad, who was still sitting in the chair.
“I’m feeling a little woozy…” he said, as he grabbed hold of the edge of the chair so he could push himself up on his feet. As soon as he was standing, he began to change! His face became younger and smoother. His skin also appeared smoother and he suddenly had a little less hair on his chest. His stomach and legs became slightly larger, as did his arms. He became dizzy and he immediately sat back down on the chair.
“Dad? What’s going on? You look different! Dad? Say something?” Alex asked him, as he started to get a bit concerned. Sean closed his eyes tight and opened them again. He did that a few times in a row, until he finally turned his head towards Alex.
“I feel alright, now! I felt like I was having some kind of head rush or …something. I’m all right. In fact, I feel great! Come on, Alex. Let’s go into the pool!” Sean said, as he got up and dove straight into the deep end of the pool. Alex felt relieved for the moment, and figured that perhaps his dad has been working too hard and the fatigue was just now beginning to show.
Sean was now in his early twenties, having grown a few years younger. Sean noticed that he was stronger and faster, and he felt rejuvenated, in a way. He swam three laps around the pool before he got out again. As soon as he got out, he sat down on the lounge chair again, while the others continued to swim in the shallow end of the pool. Ric knew what was going on, so did Josh, but Alex was never even thought about the youth spell and did not catch on that his Dad was already a few years younger.
About ten minutes had passed, when Sean was overcome by the same dizziness. He felt an incredible head rush, as his body began to grow younger once more. His hair on his chest disappeared into a small patch in the middle and his body became thinner. His torso was not as wide as before, but he had the appearance of being a little more muscular. His legs and arms were just as long, but they had lost a lot of hair. When the arousing sensation had passed, Sean stood up again, realizing that he had lost a lot of weight. Alex got out of the pool and walked towards Sean, just as Sean got up from the chair. Sean now looked like he did when he was eighteen years old!
“Hey dad, mind if I get some cokes to drink for me and the guys?” Alex asked…then he got a really good look at Sean, “Hey! You look different! You look… younger!” Alex said, as his mouth dropped wide open. He remembered what Ric had said before and now began to understand what was happening to his father.
“Sure, Alex! Get me a beer too, okay? I think I’m going to relax in the hot tub!” Sean said, now acting like an eighteen year-old who just wanted to enjoy the bubbling hot water in the spa. He walked down the steps of the circular hot tub, which was only a few feet from the pool.
Moments later, Alex came out of the kitchen and was carrying several plastic cups and one large 2-liter bottle of coke. He poured the soda in each of the cups, and called on Ric and Josh to get some as well. When Ric and Josh got out of the pool, they also noticed that Sean was acting different and looking younger at the same time.
Alex gave his dad the can of beer, “Thanks, Sport!” Sean said as he ruffled his son’s hair….a son that was more like a younger brother. As he stood up, Ric and Josh got a full view of the teen. Eighteen year old Sean looked at the boys and his son with their jaws wide open, while Sean was clearly only now 18 he still was somehow incredibly jacked with bulging muscles that would make any man envious.
“Your dad looks a lot younger now, do you see that?” Ric whispered to Alex.
“What’s going to happen next? Is he gonna continue to grow younger like that?” Alex wondered out loud.
“We’ll have to wait and see! I really don’t know when he’s gonna stop growing younger! Just keep an eye on him!”
Ric, Josh and Alex jumped back into the pool. Josh decided to float around in the pool while laying flat on a raft, while Ric and Alex decided to play volleyball in the pool. While they spent almost half an hour playing and swimming in the pool, nobody even paid any attention to Sean, who sat in the hot tub all by himself. The water jets were spraying streams of water into the hot tub, allowing the water to bubble forcefully. Sean enjoyed it so much, that he dozed off, not knowing that he was about to grow younger again!
Sean’s body began to shrink a little as the young adult now slipped out of his teens. He was now 8 inches shorter and very skinny! His voice had changed again, and cracked. His hair on his chest, arms and legs had disappeared, and he had very little muscle on his body. In fact, he had no muscles on his body as his bulging biceps, perky pecs, bulky shoulders, chiseled abs, thunderous highs and shredded calves had melted away leaving him with the small and scrawny frame of the boy he was at 12.
When he finally awakened, Sean was confused. As he stood up in the hot tub , he couldn't help noticing that the hot tub somehow seemed larger -- longer and wider -- and the water several inches deeper than it should be. As soon as he stood up and began to walk out of the hot tub, he noticed that his swimsuit was much baggier and almost fell off. He was about to walk back into the house when Alex got out of the pool and walked towards him.
“Hey, dad? Oh no… OH MY GOD!” Alex shouted, while placing his hand before his mouth, with his eyes open wide in astonishment. His father was now a scrawny, 12 year-old kid! Not only that, but Alex noticed that he was actually even three inches taller than his father!
“Hey Alex… HOLY CRAP! I SOUND LIKE A KID AGAIN!” Sean shouted. Ric and Josh immediately stopped swimming and climbed out of the pool in order to join Alex. Within moments, there were now four teenage boys staring at each other, and the adult had disappeared!
“Dad! YOU’RE A KID! YOU LOOK LIKE ME!” Alex shouted in disbelief, while looking down at his father, who was now slightly shorter than he was.
Suddenly, the expression on Sean’s face changed, “Wh..wh...what's...ha...happ...ened to ever..ry..thing?" Sean sputtered, now totally confused, feeling a growing terror arise in his gut.
Sean stopped dead in his tracks and looked up to see the three huge teens looming above him. Terrified, he then turned around and bolted into the huge yard, looking for a place to hide. He soon sighted the bushes.
At his former size, the bushes had been an annoyance, since the once-huge Sean had to bend over to trim them. Now, however, they were well above his head. Sean tried to make a bee-line for the bushes, but before he could reach them, Ric caught up with him.
Ric grabbed hold of the tiny man's scrawny shoulders, immediately immobilizing him. "Hold it right there, shorty," Ric said, but Sean still struggled to get away.
Ric then easily hoisted tiny Sean up and looked him in the eye. "Stop it, NOW...or you're going to be sorry," Ric said with a wicked smile