As soon as he felt the tingle in his body, he knew that the medallion finally worked; he's not going to be stuck as his 9 year old self after all. However, the feeling of relief soon died down as Sean started shrinking into his clothes again. "This can't be happening again!" Sean cries as he finds out too late that the medallion touched another shirt from the Goodwill pile, which was his shirt from when he was a little kid. The shrinking finally ends seconds later with Sean not wanting to see how he changed, but forced himself to anyway. He was still himself, but now can't be any older than 5. He wasn't as upset at the transformation as he was frustrated; he would have to spend the next 12 hours even younger than he was supposed to be. He was, however, upset that he was now all alone, which made him feel small and vulnerable again.
After spending the rest of the day as a 5 year old, Sean starts getting tired by 8 pm, around 4 hours before the 12 hour period was up. He tried staying up for as long as he could, but his younger body just didn't have the energy anymore. He fell asleep on the living room couch around 20 minutes later. He woke up the next morning, still 5 years old and still alone. He remembered that his mother & sister are returning tomorrow, so he started looking for any piece of clothing that he wore more recently. He searched the pile to find...