Mrs. Clark, Rachel’s mom found the door slightly opened as she pushed through it with arms full of groceries. She’d gone into work early, before even Rachel was up and gotten off early so she could go shopping to make Rachel’s favorite meal for dinner. She figured that Rachel hadn’t gone anywhere as to why the door was open and her car was still in the drive, but when she called out, she got no response. Partially blinded by the bags of food stuffs, she made her way to the kitchen and about half way in she tripped over something on the floor and almost spilled the groceries. She put the bags of food on the table and turned to see the bundle of clothes and shoes she tripped over loosely sprawled out over her nicely tiled floor. She was instantly upset.
“Why are kids today so lazy?” She fumed. She went to pick up the clothes and noticed that the clothes were too small for Rachel to wear. She picked up the brand named sneakers and socks. Then, she saw a student ID tangled around a small T-shirt when she picked it up. The ID showed a pretty 12 year old brunette. She recognized the girl without having to read the name on the tag. Mikaela, she thought. She knew the girl and her family well. Lisa was best friends with her daughter. But it was odd that Mikaela would be here because she didn’t really hang out with them. What was odder still was when Mrs. Clark picked up Mikaela’s jeans a small pair of underpants slipped out and fell to the floor! Mrs. Clark sighed and tentatively picked those up as well. She folded each article and put them to one side. She’d found Mikaela’s small training bra when she folded the shirt. Once done, she continued with the other two she found. The second belonging to Lisa. And finally the third belonging to Rachel. In each bundle she’d found the girl’s personal under things and figured they’d gone swimming. That would make sense, but why undress in the kitchen! It didn’t matter, she figured. She would have to have a talk with them about etiquette. She started to clear the table and put away the groceries and found the present box. The box was empty and she wondered what was in it. She looked at the wrapper, but it meant nothing to her. Maybe it was a new swimsuit. It was big enough to hold several swimsuits. She put the box with Rachel’s clothes in the front room and next to her own gift for her.
Mrs. Clark had finished dinner hours ago. Her husband had come home and still no sign of Rachel. She called everyone she knew and discovered that Lisa and Mikaela were missing also. They called the cops and even thought they gave their best effort, no one ever found any clue of what happened to the girls! Rachel had made a simple wish, to be just a little younger. Instead, she and two others were regressed into a microscopic puddle of protein. Guess someone screwed that one up!