Marie snickered at my comment, and even from the back seat, I could see, thanks to a mirror that she was using to refresh her makeup, that Marie had a delighted grin. She didn't say anything, but I could tell she would had, if Linda wasn't in the car.. Linda was more responsible. She asked, "What do you mean, sweetie?"
I paused, even though I was close to full on panic. "My clothes are different" I said.
"What? Did you put on a pale pink skirt instead of a pink one?" Marie mocked. I was stunned; did it mean she couldn't see that I had changed? Linda wasn't too impressed.
"Marie! Don't mock your cousin! You was once her age" Linda scolded. Somehow I was able to not laugh at the bitter irony of her comments, though thanks to the fact she was still driving, she couldn't see my face. "Are you okay, Anna? Its your concussion flaring up? I knew it! How can Zoe be so irresponsible? Sweetie, i know you love your ballet, but why don't go shopping instead? I have to anyway to get my favorite niece something nice for dinner..."
I smirked slightly since somethings never change. Linda was still dotting towards me, and Zoe the unfavorite, but I didn't want to be dotted upon as a girl. Especially as a seemingly overwhelmingly girly one. "I.. " I started to say, but I felt a wave of dizziness wash over me. I closed my eyes momentarily, and quickly wished I had kept them closed. I was now smaller, younger, maybe 10 or 11 considering I had kept my petite size. I was still in my now resized leotard, and through it, I could see I had lost nearly all the maturity i once had. I was even seated in a pink booster seat, tightly secured. I felt sick, knowing I was Marie's true age, but instead, I unsurprisingly gave an ear piercing scream.
"Did baby get scared?" Marie mocked, but her comment was lost as Linda had pulled over, and had opened my door to check on me. I was starting to hyperventilate, panicked at my sudden loss of age and the fact i felt like I would have to give some reason why I had lost three years. However, Linda seemed to be completely oblivious to my changes.
"Hey! Anna, its okay" Linda soothed.
"No..." I gasped. How could she not was all these changes, mainly mine? It had to be the stone, though whether it was the original wishes that was slowly molding me into being Anna or whether mom... err Zoe... I didn't know. Regardless, I was still panicked. Somehow, Linda calmed me down.
"I know you love doing ballet..." Linda started again.
I could see were this was going. "I big spider crawled over me" I lied.
"I see... I still think you should skip your class." I could tell she wasn't fully buying it, and even in this even newer reality, i was still hit in the head earlier in the day.
"I'm fine. I'm sure Marie would love to watch me" I said, immediately regretting it, even though I knew it would drive my new cousin crazy. I didn't want to do ballet. Did I?
