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Leo grinned wickedly as he looked down at himself. It had only been a few seconds since he had taken the potion and his pants were already in danger of falling off his hips. His grin only widened as he looked down at the maze of blocks and books that now formed several tunnels through his living room.

“This is going to be great.” Leo had the apartment to himself this weekend. His roommate was visiting family. So he had decided to do a little experiment… Following a recipe he had found online he had made an honest to goodness shrinking potion. He had a pet mouse called Star that he loved dearly, and he always thought it’d be fun if he could shrink down and play with her. He wasn’t surprised to find the potion on the internet… And he wasn’t surprised to find people swearing it was real in the comments. He was surprised it was working! He hadn’t expected much… But it could easily be made by combining a few different sodas, some salt and a sprig of mint. Why not make it? And now it was actually working! Leo was getting smaller!

He quickly bolted to his room as the shrinking continued, dropping his pants in the process. His t-shirt hung loosely to his scrawny shoulders. He was already down to half his size and had to act fast! If Star was still stuck in her cage atop his dresser he wouldn’t get to play with her much at all! Opening the door was awkward with the handle above him, and he had to push a chair over to reach into the cage. Star seemed a little confused by his appearance, and the fact his hands were so much smaller now; but she didn’t resist him as he scooped her up and jumped down from the chair. As he bolted back from the living room he nearly tripped over the tail of his own shirt. It was getting too difficult to move in.

“Would have been nice if the potion could have shrunk my clothes…” Leo shrugged and quickly sat Star on the ground outside the maze he had built. He then let his shirt fall completely off his body leaving him naked except for the mop of brown hair atop his head. “Well, at least I’m home alone so no one will see.” The living room was massive at this point, he was down to a quarter his starting size and Star now looked like she was the size of a big dog. He quickly ran up and rubbed behind her ears affectionately.

“Squeak!?” It was clear the mouse had no idea what was going on or why Leo was so small.

“It’s okay! Shhh!” Leo rubbed her. “I don’t know how long this lasts, so let’s just have fun while we can!” He was hoping he would wind up small enough to ride Star like a horse. Then the two of them could run through the maze he built together! It was far from the first time he had turned the living room into a maze for her, she knew what to do! But this time, he’d be right down there with her.

Soon, Leon was just as small as Star when she sat on her haunches. Then he was 3/4ths her size.

“Perfect!” Leo grabbed two handful of Star’s fur and pulled himself up onto her back. The mouse twitched an ear nervously, this was a new experience and she had no idea what to make of it. “Relax! Just gonna do the maze like normal!” Leo let out a laugh. “This is going to be the best-“ Then he paused as he realized Star was still getting comparatively bigger than him. After a few seconds he was too small to straddle her like a horse and had to pull his legs up onto her back.

“Ugh, too small…” He groaned. “I didn’t know it’d be this strong. Whatever it’s fine.” Even if it wasn’t quite how he pictured it in his head, he could still ride Star through the maze! And it would still be great! “Just go for it! There’s a treat in the maze! Go find it!”

This was enough to get Star going and she scampered along the carpet between walls of stacked books while sniffing at the air trying to find the treat. Leo shouted encouragements to her while petting one of her ears with both hands! But as he did he kept finding it harder to reach her ears, and so he kept climbing further up her back in neck. After about a minute of this he realized he was now atop her head, and only slightly smaller than it.

“Well… At least it’s a good view…” He muttered trying to stay upbeat. He really wished he had known he’d get this small. He laid flat on the mouse’s head and clung to her fur to stay on. Meanwhile, Star climbed up a staircase of old magazines to get inside a tunnel made of cardboard tubes. This was everything Leo had hoped it would be.

Except for the fact he was still shrinking. Leo’s hands grew too small to hang onto the strands of fur he had grabbed, and he tumbled downward landing on the mouse’s snoot directly between her eyes. The mouse let out a slightly scared squeak, which shook the ground beneath Leo’s feet threatening to dislodge him.

“It’s fine! It’s fine!” Leo tried to assure her and patted her. He wasn’t sure if she could feel it. “But just… Focus on the treat, I’m… I’m going to just hang out here till the potion wears off.” He was trying to put on a brave face, but he was getting frightened now. This was far smaller than he planned to be! He sat on Star’s muzzle and backed up as much as he could until his back pressed against a pink wall of flesh with giant white strands coming out of it. Those were her individual hairs, and each one was now as thick as his head. And they were getting bigger.

“Oh come on!” Leo whined. Why was he getting so small!? He wanted to play with his mouse, not get lost on her body! He wasn’t sure if Star could even register him anymore. He was just so small. He just kept trying to keep his back against the wall, trying to avoid getting lost. If he fell somewhere and landed among the carpet who knew what would happen.

His only basis for how small he was getting now were the giant strands of hair. Each individual strand was now as thick as he was tall! And then they were twice as big! Then five times as big! Then ten times... And then unrecognizable.

Leo kept trying to back into the wall… But it felt squishy… And suddenly he backed straight through it, being squeezed between what felt like two giant bubbles. He blinked, realizing that they molecules. He was so small he could walk between individual molecules!

And he wasn’t the only one here. There were… Strange creatures floating around as well. They looked sort of like the unholy offspring of a fish and gelatin. Leo took a few steps forward, and accidentally stepped on one of them. It was springy beneath his bare feet. He let out a yelp and tumbled over. He landed atop all fours atop whatever the microscopic creature was and tried to steady himself. The creature was getting bigger, because of course he was still shrinking. By the time he had climbed back to his feet it was bigger than him, and it began to move. The movement knocked him down on his bottom again as the creature began to fly through the air at high speeds. He grabbed onto two hair-like protrusions from its body and held on for dear life. It was so fast, and he was getting so small. The hair was soon big enough for him to climb up and wrap his entire body around like the trunk of a thin tree.

He couldn’t believe this. He just wanted to play and ride around on Star. Now he was stuck being flown around by some single cell organism that lived on her body. This was not what he wanted. He really hoped the potion wore off soon.

Come to think of it, did the potion wear off? He hadn’t checked.

Leon gulped, and hung onto the microscopic organism. All he could do now was cling for his life and hope he somehow got big again.

The End