Mary Elise groggily reached for her alarm clock. Although she had taken a weeks vacation to see her friends she had forgotten to turn her alarm off. Stretching Mary slowly got out of bed. "Wow I feel great," she said softly. "I feel so energetic, haven't felt like this college."
Mary exited her room and peaked into the spare bedroom. Claudia and Mika had shared a bed and were still blissfully sleeping. Mary could only smile, it had been too long since she had seen her friends. As she made her way into the kitchen Mary was surprised how loose her sweatshorts felt. She continually had to adjust them as they slipped down her hips. Mary paused and examined her sleep wear. The tank top she wore was also a little loose as tHe straps kept sliding offher slender shoulder. "That's weird," she thought. "Haven't started any new diets I hope I'm not coming down with anything." Passing a mirror in her living room Mary paused.
Approaching the mirror Mary quickly glanced over her appearance. "No that's impossible!" She exclaimed shaking her head. "How....how did this happen."
Mary gazed slack jawed at the 18 year old girl in the mirror. Mary was a slender teen with bright red hair, fair skin and radiant blue eyes. As she looked herself over she could see that the curves of her twenties had been wiped away. Hefting her breasts Mary was shocked at how perky they were. "Oh my god I'm a teen," she screamed. Placing her hands over her mouth Mary now attempted to calm herself down. Thinking back she now wondered how this happened. As she was thinking she saw the ring on her finger. Mary couldn't believe it, it actually was a ring of age. As she studied the ring and thought about the possibilities she heard a pair of screams from the spare bedroom. Sprinting to the bedroom Mary now saw a teenage Asian girl and a teenage blonde frantically pointing at each other as they examined their bodies. "Mika, Claudia is that you?" She asked.
Claudia and Mika turned to face a teenage Mary with looks of shock. "Mary what happened to us," Mika said as she examine her body. "How did we end up back in high school." Mary shrugged as she glanced at the ring on her finger. "Are we dreaming," Claudia asked pinching herself. "People don't just get younger over night. How did this happen....how do we change back."
As Mary was about to answer her phone began to ring. Grasping her loose shorts Mary padded into the kitchen and answered her phone. "Hello," she asked. The voice on the other end was frantic and sounded like a teenage girl. "Oh god Mary is that you," the voice cried. "It's Sammy, something's happened to me and Tricia were getting younger. Don't ask us how but were 18 again."
Mary paused as she listened. Somehow the ring had made her and her friends high school students again. "Yeah the same thing happened to me, Claudia and Mika," she said. "Maybe you should come over here with Tricia so we can figure this out."
"Mary you don't understand," Samantha said. "I've been up for a couple of hours now. When I woke up to see jake off to work I looked like a college student. Now I look like a high school kid, we're still getting younger and something tells me the same thing is happening to you and the others."
An icy feeling filled Mary as she ran her hand along her young body. Being 18 again was one thing but what if it didn't stop, what if they became too young. "You and Tricia get over here right now," she said. "We'll figure this out."
Samantha stated she would be over in 20 minutes with Tricia in tow before hanging up. As Mary stood in the kitchen she looked at the ring on her finger. Mary realized she had the ability to make people younger but did she have the power to stop it or make them older? Mary thought about these things and also about something else, maybe it could be fun to be children again. If Mary could control the power maybe they could be children again for a day. What would it be like to be 13 or 12 again. Maybe become 8 or 7 or even 6 years old again. Mary smiled impishly as she thought about the fun she was about to have.