Courtney swore as she recognized her own handwriting and knew what she'd pulled before reading the slip. Jane settled herself in Courtney's lap; Hito peered over Courtney's shoulder and laughed. "'Ginny.' Your little sister? Good job!"
"Do you have something of hers?" asked Julia. Courtney nodded nervously.
"I think I have one of her scrunchies in my backp--" Before she could finish, Hito had already bounded over to Courtney's backpack and gleaned the contents for Ginny's scrunchy. She twirled it around on her finger and then tossed it to Courtney.
Apprehensive, Courtney touched the scrunchy to the medallion and felt a shock run through her body. Her blonde locks darkened to a brown and straightened. Her clothes billowed around her and her too-big shoes dropped to the floor. She squeaked as her chest, her pride and joy, flattened out to become level with her torso. Jane leaped away to avoid a falling shirt and bra. A small metal ball dislodged itself from Courtney's stomach, no longer having a hole to fit in. And still she was getting smaller.
Courtney finally stopped shrinking at a little over four feet. She clutched at her jeans, now far too large for her.
Hito smirked. "Hi Ginny, is your sister around?"
Courtney's lip quivered and she blinked a few times. She sniffled and a few wet tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Ohh, Courtney, I didn't mean to make you cry!" Hito threw her arms around the young girl (she had to get on her knees for this) and patted her head. Courtney hugged her back and her jeans fell to the floor. Pamela giggled despite herself.
After a few minutes, Courtney had calmed down and had even begun to smile again. Hito thought it was time to get the party on track and said, "Okay, since Courtney put that last one in too...Pamela, you seemed to think it was funny, why don't you go?"
Pamela wasn't laughting anymore.
