Despite the size of the line, Nat and Rei were surprised to see it move relatively quickly. After only waiting for 10 minutes the recently regressed friends made their way to a waiting Santa.
Santa smiled, beckoning the two girls forward as he now listened to their Christmas lists. ""Now what can Santa get you for Christmas?"
Nat knew what she wanted, Ezekiel Kane to vanish from the world and her family to be safe. Not wanting to alarm the man, she decided to keep it simple, asking for the typical gifts a young child would request. "I want a doll and a pretty dress and OH a pony!"
Santa chuckled, Nat realizing he had probably heard this request at least a hundred times today. With a promise to see what he could do, Santa now asked the girls to smile for a picture. Nat and Rei smiled wide, momentarily blinded by the flash before hopping off of Santa's lap. Hitting the ground, Rei immediately ran off, leaving Nat to wave goodbye. As she now exited the area, Nat paused as she looked for Rei.
"There you are," Rei exclaimed.
Nat glanced over towards Rei's voice, immediately having to crane her neck upwards. Rei had taken the moment to return to her proper age, Nat now finding herself little more than half sized to her girlfriend. "Hey what gives," she whined.
Rei smirked, approaching the cashier as she now paid for the photo of Santa. "Hope the girls weren't too much trouble,"she smirked. "I know this one can be a bit of a handful." Nat frowned, not appreciating Rei's attempt at humor.
"She was a perfect darling," the cashier replied. "It's so sweet of her and her friend to get their pictures together." As Rei now happily paid for the photo package the cashier gave Nat a candy cane. At least the candy was a conciliation prize for Rei's lighthearted jokes. As the pair now walked away, Nat glanced up her girlfriend. "So youbgonna chamge me back now?"
"I don't know," Rei mused. "I mean you look so cute like this. Maybe I could watch little Nat for awhile?"
"Rei," Nat grumbled, the girls face forming into an adorable pout. Rei chuckled, squeeze her girlfriends cheeks. The Asian teen had almost forgotten how adorable Nat had been as a child with her fire red hair and plethora of freckles. Still, keeping her a child for too long would definitely make the dhamphir grumpy. "Okay okay," she sighed. "I'll change you back. But, you gotta admit you were freaking adorable as a kid."
"Fine," Nat groaned. "But can you hurry it up please? Its weirding me out being so much shorter than you." Rei laughed, quickly glancing around before activating her ring.
Nat breathed a sigh of relief as the magic flowed over her. Slowly but surely she could feel herself growing older. A gentle pulling washing over the teen as her height increased. Soon she was back in double digits, a smile of relief washing across herself as she began tobrelive puberty. Soon enough she found herself eye level with Rei before growing a bit taller. As the magic subsided, Nat looked herself over, appreciating her waifish teenage body.
"Never thought ibwouldbsay my boobs were big," Nat mumbled as she cupped her small B cup breasts.
"Well you never saw yourself go boobless before either," Rei laughed. "Guess it puts things into perspective if you start
yo-yoing your age." Nat nodded in agreement, body image issues could be put into perspective if you went from teen to child and back in a short time. "Hey can you change my clothes back too," Nat asked, motioning to her childish Christmas dress that had grown with her.
"Whats wrong with the dress its cute."
"Yeah when I was 7," Nat countered. "Now I look weird. Really don't want to feel like a dork walking around Rei." Rei smiled, nodding to her girlfriend. She wished Nat was a bit more confident in her appearance, she looked cute in her holiday dress. Nat though had always been a bit shy and the colorful dress would cause her to draw more attention to herself than she wanted.
Nat sighed in relief, watching her dress begin to morph back into her usual wear. The bright red colors muting, the dress shifting and becoming a pair of jeans and a sweater while her Mary Janes transformed back into a pair of sneakers. "Thanks," Nat sighed in relief.
"No problem," Rei grinned. "But seriously I don't understand why you don't like dressing up. You're beautiful Nat, very always thought so. You should flaunt it girl!"
"Another time," Nat said quickly, not wanting to have this discussion again. "So, now that we got our photos with Santa what do you feel like doing?"