The Cult of Dwindle [Long Story]

[ShrunkenBonnie]

Hi Everyone (again),
I used to be here about a decade ago; mostly lurking but as I started writing I decided this would be the best place to share my work. Life intervened in the time since (pregnant twice lol). But while I was resting I started formulating a long story from one of my favorite little SW art pieces by MasterMini over on DeviantArt entitled "Dwindle". But this is going to be a long story: I think 5 chapters and I posted Chapter 1 below in a reply to this starting post. I hope everyone enjoys it.

For me, I really liked writing it and I already have "plans" for Chapters 2 & 3; we'll see if motherhood slows me down much. I do welcome all feedback and critiques. I also don't know how this story will end. After 5 Chapters, I feel the plot will get repetitive and it's probably better to end it on a high note then let it overstay its welcome. So I'd love to hear what folks think an interesting climax would be.

But that's it. Enjoy the story!

[ShrunkenBonnie]

All characters depicted in this story are at least 18 years old or older.

Prologue
Every town has its local legends and superstitions. And in every one of these towns the local youths fall into one of three categories: those that don't believe in it, those that believe in it and heed warnings to avoid it, and those that want to tempt fate.

In the suburb of Forest Park, there is one of these legends about a local magical cult. The cult drew their power from several gold medallions they crafted and then lost, some say deliberately, to entrap local residents whose curiosity got the better of them. But these medallions have ended up in the possession of local residents who display them as a point of civic pride; they are traded and sold at local sales and in local shops and in other cases passed down between family and friends. No one knows how many there or where the next one will turn up. But if you manage to get a hold of one, you keep it.

Stories abound of residents who have tried to engage with the local legend by holding the medallion and saying a single magic word: dwindle. But stories of those who played with it are passed down from generation to generation with parents telling their children of friends who played and the fates they met. Are these true or lies meant to keep children safe?

Few know for certain.

Danielle Mueller (18F), Dani to her friends is your typical American teenager. She graduated Valedictorian from her local high school and had a full scholarship to her State Flagship University in the Fall. She stands about 5'3" (162 cm) and weighs about 115 lbs (52 kg). She has hazel eyes and shoulder-length, wavy brown hair that she rarely ties back. Her skin is clear and while she is not a fitness nut, she sports small curves and B-cup breasts. She is curious about her town and often rushes in without thinking, relying on her brains to always figure it out.

Siobhan Smith (18F) is Dani's best friend since Kindergarten. Siobhan is the tallest of the group nearly 6 feet tall (180 cm) and is athletically built weighing 140 lbs (63 kg) of toned muscle. From her first growth spurt in Middle School, the local coaches and her parents have pushed her to play basketball. And while she used to enjoy the game, the constant pressure has finally gotten to her and she has given up on the game, foregoing a scholarship to attend school with Dani, much to everyone's chagrin. Siobhan is typically Irish American in many ways: long, curly red hair, milky white skin, and heavy freckles that have yet to fade away. She is tall and thin with small A-cup breasts and not much of a butt. She is loud and always up for an adventure and can't wait to leave Forest Park for college.

Rosalinda "Rosie" Contreras (18F) is the nerd of the group. Despite her very Catholic parents' best efforts, she prefers gamer t-shirts and baggy jeans to the more feminine clothing she was expected to wear. Quinceañera aside, she's never worn a dress or make-up in her life. The only piece of jewelry is a small gold Crucifix her Abuela gave her, which she does not believe in God, she cherishes the trinket and what it means to her family. She is an introvert and likes her games and online communities over loud social events. However, she wishes she had a different body: at 5 feet tall (152 cm) and 130 lbs (59 kg) she is a typical curvy Latina: DD breasts, bubble butt, long black hair that she ties back tightly. She prefers her thick-rimmed glasses because she feels they make people take her seriously. She plans to attend art school in the Fall.

Mariko or Mary Fujita (18f) comes from a 1st generation immigrant family. She often felt ostracized from the community because of her heritage but among the four, she feels like she fits. At 5'2" (158 cm) and 105 lbs (48 kg) she is the smallest of the group. She is quiet and reserved. She keeps her short black hair neatly combed and often wears formal slacks and a neatly pressed blouse to school. She is looking forward to leaving for school in the Fall
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Chapter 1: Dwindle
The Muellers' were going away for the weekend. As they bid farewell to their daughter Danielle, a text message went out. It was two simple words, "they're gone". It was a signal to the others that the house would be free all weekend. Dani, as she preferred to be called, quickly unlocked the balcony door to her bedroom so her friends could easily enter. Not that her parents would care; Dani inviting friends over, even to spend the night while they were gone wasn't a big deal.

But this night was different, and Dani wanted to ensure none of them would be disturbed. Seniors were let our early and their school was done for the summer. Graduation was in two weeks. And then it was a countdown to university. Dani, her best friend Siobhan, and their friend Mariko or Mary were slated to begin college in the Fall; they even secured a rare triplet dorm room. Their other friend, Rosalinda, or Rosie as she preferred, would not be joining them. Rosie had chosen to attend art school, much to her parents’ chagrin but a full scholarship muted any objections. This was one last chance to do something together that would further cement their bonds of friendship.

Dani went to her dresser and pulled out a small box she had hidden in there as Rosie walked in. The awkward Latina nerd brought her laptop in addition to her night bag and had to squeeze through the patio door. Dropping her backpack, she sat at Dani's desk and pulled up her laptop.

"I don't know about this, Dani," she began pulling up some saved browser tabs and PDF pages. "I can't find too much about this online and my Abuela warned me about black magic like this. 'Beware the bruja' she always said." She pushed her glasses up her nose as she continued to pull up her research.

"Relax, Rosie," said Dani putting the box on the desk. "It will all be fine." From the box she pulled out a simple gold medallion. It didn't look like much, more like a simple gold coin with worn away markings on it. The markings appeared to be in some foreign language, save for one, prominent word: DWINDLE.

Rosie took the medallion from Dani's hand. "I have been scouring the web, the dark web, every corner of Reddit, chat forum, and even the damn library since we bought this thing at that estate sale. Do you know how badly book dust messes with my allergies?"

"I appreciate your work, Rosie..."

"You should! But the bottom line is, as urban legends go, there's not much on this one." She put it down on the desk.

"Not much on which one?" asked Siobhan as she and Mary entered the room and dropped their bags. Siobhan was wearing her typical summer outfit: workout clothes and a tanktop. Mary, dressed more formally, had on a simple blue sundress.

"Your folks okay with you spending the night?" asked Dani.

"Of course!" said Siobhan. "I just told them yours were out of town and you were going to be alone and wanted company. Toughest part was convincing them we're not 5 anymore and you didn't want to come to our house. You know how mom is..."

"Same." said Mary. "I promised no parties or drinking. Just movies and snacks."

"Well dang! And here I went to all this trouble to secure the good stuff for us tonight," smirked Dani.

"What? You didn't say we would be drinking. My mom would flip her shit if..." yelled Rosie in a panic.

"Relax, she's kidding" chided Mary. "What were you saying earlier?"

Slowly calming down, Rosie began, "I was saying that there is very little information about what this medallion is or does. Just that it is know as the 'Cult of Dwindle' and folks who have messed with it are never seen or heard from again."

"Maybe Bigfoot took them?" joked Siobhan.

"Not funny," snapped Rosie.

At this point, Dani began moving around the room, making sure you put her hands around each of her friends' shoulders like a politician pleading their case. "Look girls, we've paid our dues to this town," began Dani. "We've all done our best for it and never did anything that stepped out of line. Never took risks. I mean, Siobhan, you led us to back-to-back state basketball championships..."

"Yeah, and I hated every moment of it," snapped Siobhan.

"Mary, you haven't so much gotten a random tardy or detention for as long as I've known you."

Mary smirked and nodded her head to the left.

"And Rosie, despite all your... internet hobbies..."

"Games." said Rosie.

"Yes, despite all your games... and illegal downloads, you've always kept your nose clean and helped people."

"Says you Miss Class President and Valedictorian" laughed Mary.

"Regardless," said Dani, holding up one finger, "we only have one summer... this summer before we mostly head off on diverging paths. What stories do we have to reminisce about when we're all middle age and successful?"

The other three girls exchanged glances, knowing that Dani was right. They hadn't done anything daring together. And the local legend about the Dwindle medallions might be their last chance.

"Okay, but let’s be cautious," said Mary. "Rosie, do you have any information about this legend from online? Even rumors will do."

Rosie turned back to her laptop as the others gathered around her at the desk. "Well, best I got was a post on this subreddit from someone claiming that in 1985 she and her boyfriend tried it."

"And?" asked Siobhan.

"Aaaaand, that's it. Zilch. Nada."

Dani gave a smirk of concern and squished her face indicating she was frustrated with a lack of information. "Well, what does the exhibit in town say?"

"Hold the medallion and say the word "dwindle" to activate it," said Rosie. "We've all heard the stories."

"And then what happens?" asked Mary.

Rosie spun around in the chair and shrugged, adjusting her glasses.

"Well, maybe we can be the first to figure that out?" asked Dani.

"Or just another casualty," said Rosie closing her laptop and standing up.

"Well, let's take a vote. We do this together or we don't do it at all." said Dani. "I say, let's do it. Siobhan?"

"I'm in"

"Mary?" asked Dani.

"Me too."

"So, that's three to one, Rosie."

Rosie groaned, "I fucking hate your peer pressure! I'm in."

"Perfect. Let's get settled and then get started."

"One thing before I forget..." began Rosie. "I did find one thing."

"Take your ADHD meds please!" snorted Siobhan.

"That's insulting, but that reminds me," Rosie reached into her pocket and popped two pills without water. "The one thing I found: whatever happens, lasts for 12 hours. So, when we say that word, we gotta make sure we will be safe for 12 hours. After that, it ends."

"Then that means we want to start no later than.... 8?" said Dani.

"Sounds like a plan," said Mary.
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At 8pm they gathered in Dani's room. Siobhan Closed the door and made sure it was secure.

The four stood in a circle. Dani held up the medallion. Gripped between her thumb and finger she held her arm out. Mary was the first to tentatively reach out, holding onto one corner of the medallion. She smiled a bit of relief and a lot of fear. Siobhan grabbed it next, nodding confidently at her friends that she was ready.

Rosie held back for a second. A couple of deep breaths and some frantic pacing back and forth to confer her resolve. She reached out and grabbed her corner with such force that she almost pulled the medallion from everyone else's grip.

"Easy there, tiger!" joked Dani.

"S-sorry," stammered Rosie.

"Now what?" asked Mary.

"Well on the count of three we say the word together. Ready?" said Dani. "One... two...th..."

"Wait," interjected Rosie. "Are we gonna go on three so 'one, two, word' or is it gonna be 'one, two, three, word'?"

"I assumed it was after three," said Siobhan.

"No, you always go on three," said Mary.

"That's not the way it is..." said Siobhan.

"Okay... Rosie, which way do you want to do it?" asked a frustrated Dani.

Rosie felt the pangs of peer pressure and six eyes on her. She didn't want to do this and she hated how all three of them put this on her. Like their friendship hinged on doing this ritual and that was on her shoulders. "Okay. Okay. We... uh... we uh... we go after three, okay?"

"Here we go," began Dani. "One."

The tension built in the room with each syllable. The seconds felt like ages.

"Two."

There was a surge of energy, like something in the universe was stirring waiting for the signal to be release. One word. All hearts were racing as Dani's mouth reset to say the last number in the countdown. They could feel the sweat begin to build. The stress. The panic that was about to happen when...

"Three".

The word was like an eruption in their minds. This was it. Simultaneously, all four closed their eyes, squeezing the medallion just a bit tighter. Dani's voice was the first to utter the start of the sound, the "d sound". With their eyes closed they limited their senses to just what they could hear; all other stimuli were gone. By the time Dani got to "dwi-" the others began to respond as well. Rosie, surprisingly was the loudest and second fastest, making the "d-sound". But they all said it together.

"Dwindle".

Opening their eyes, they saw each other. Dani was the first to smile and let out the start of a laugh. This put Rosie at ease, and she smiled. Mary began to giggle as did Siobhan. They looked ridiculous still holding the medallion between them.

Nothing had happened.

However, their moment of levity was short-lived. A sudden energy surge seemed to emanate from the coin, like a jolt of electricity that went into each of their hands. They felt it travel up their arms and seemingly up their shoulders and into their necks before settling in their brains, jarring their heads. They all shrieked simultaneously, dropping the medallion to the floor.

"What the fuck was that!" said Rosie as she shook her hand and recoiled it against her chest.

"Fuck... I-I don't know." said a visibly shaken Dani as she rubbed her head.

One by one the girls calmed down, the rational part of their brains telling them the static electricity was just a coincidence. The tingling they felt after the shock was nothing more than their minds giving it more weight than it needed.

Mary was the first to notice something. As she stood there smiling and giggling with her friends, she felt a subtle tingle wash over her whole body. She suddenly felt lighter and airier under her blue dress. A tickling around her upper thighs caught her attention, like something was sliding. A rush of cool air into her crotch signaled that something was off. She looked down and saw her underwear gently side down her knees and pool around her ankles.

“Jesus, Mary. What the fuck?” asked Dani.

“I-I-I don’t know. They just kinda fell down.” As she reached down to pull them up, her dress felt looser, and it bunched around her chest, giving an almost unobstructed view at her cleavage. Struggled to pull them up around her hips and they just slid back down again. When she looked up, she noticed some odd things about her friends.

Dani’s bra strap, normally tight around her shoulders, now slid down her arm and out from under her sleeve. Reflexively, she pushed it back up, but it slid back down.

Meanwhile, Rosie’s glasses looked a little too big for her face and she kept pushing them back up. And Siobhan’s normally form-fitting athletic wear seemed to bunch and pool on her body.

“D-do you all feel any different?” Mary asked tentatively ignoring now her fallen undergarments.

A wave of tingling rushed over all four girls as they looked around at each other. But they all felt the same thing: their clothing seemed looser, airier and their bodies felt a little heavy, like they were carrying more weight than they should. Slight waves of dizziness caused the room to seem to spin. Those with jeans on, Dani and Rosie, kept tugging at their belted waists pulling them back up as they slid down a little. But as Siobhan’s clothing loosened, a connection began to form in their brains between the word they used, the medallion, and what they were feeling right now.

“Girls….” Dani began, “I think I figured out what was supposed to happen when we said ‘dwindle’…”. On cue she let go of her jeans and they crumpled around her ankles, belt still tight. She spread her arms like wings, letting her shirt drape across her body. It now came down to her hips, her red cotton briefs still clinging to her body.

“Are we… getting smaller?” asked Siobhan struggling with her left hand to hold up her pants while keeping her right across her chest to keep her tank top in place.

“We are! We’re shrinking!” exclaimed Dani.

In the seconds after Dani uttered that word… shrinking… it hit all four of them like a ton of bricks. Looking around they saw their clothes getting looser and falling to the ground; the room spun and grew around them. The initial shock was meant with equal parts bewilderment and fear.

They could feel it in their innermost self: the tingling radiating through their bodies; the night breeze from the open window reaching areas of their skin formerly covered by warm clothing; and a feeling of dizziness as they watched things in the room grow. Every logical part of their brains told them this was impossible, but they could not deny their own senses. The medallion was real, and it was having an effect on them. This must be what others experienced: the medallion shrunk them, and they were too embarrassed to tell. Or they thought no one would believe them. Or worse: they never returned from the experience.

That last thought was particularly alarming.

“NO!” screamed Rosie who was holding onto every piece of clothing around her. “I don’t want to be tiny! This can’t be real. Make it stop!” she almost sobbed.

“I-I don’t think we can,” said Mary as she held up her arm to curiously admire her bracelet which now hung loosely on her wrist and slide up her arm. “Wow.”

“Wow? Fucking Wow?! That’s what you got?” cried Rosie, now fighting a losing battle against her dwindling frame and oversized clothing and glasses. “You don’t even know how small we’re gonna get!”

“Isn’t that great? It’s an adventure.” giggle Dani as she inspected her own body. She gripped her underwear through the fabric of her oversized shirt and shimmied her hips side to side, pulling them up just a little bit.

“Fuck no!” cried Rosie as her jeans hit the floor around her ankles. Her normally baggy gamer shirt now hung down to her knees. “This can’t be happening. This can’t be real! Ay dios mio!”

As the girls continued to dwindle, they were aware of every sensation. As clothing fell away, it was like being reborn: soft skin exposed to the world by some unseen force. Clothing, the very essence of “civilized society” being rendered useless. It was freedom from society. It was exposing your most intimate and vulnerable self to the world. That was the experience of Dwindle.

Siobhan managed to balance her own clothing for a moment and extended an arm to touch Rosie’s shoulder. “It will be okay. We’re together. We got you!”

“Yeah, at least we’ll all be small together” Dani said smiling.

“That d-doesn’t make me feel better, Dan,” said Rosie as she ran her fingers through her hair and looked down at her feet. By this point, her bra was becoming a bit too cumbersome and it was throwing her balance off.

“Well, look. We can’t do anything about it so we might as well enjoy the ride, right?” said Dani triumphantly.

Rosie just glared at Dani; her glasses almost too big for her head at this point.

“I mean, try this,” said Dani smiling. With a quick jerk of her left shoulder she freed her left breast from behind her bra and it burst forth through the neckline of her shirt, hanging out for all to see. “Ta-da!” she proclaimed.

Mary and Siobhan just giggled while Rosie looked utterly disgusted. “What is wrong with you, Dani?” she said.

“I’m having fun. I mean, in a few moments it won’t matter. Victoria’s Secret is gonna be out for all of us.” Dani laughed.

“Well in that case,” began Siobhan, “might as well answer a question most folks have for us Irish girls.” With that word, she let go of her pants and they fell to the floor. She had not worn any underwear. Before all of them was Siobhan’s bush: bright red and neatly trimmed. “Guess you could say the carpet matches the drapes?”

“Wait, I can do one better,” said Mary giggling. With one move, she relaxed her shoulders and both her breasts popped out through her dress’ neckline. “Two are always better than one, eh Dani?”

While the other three laughed and giggled, Rosie felt increasingly uncomfortable. While she was not a prude, she was the most conservative of her friends and all that Catholic guilt at seeing exposed naked bodies was putting her on the defensive. Not only was she shrinking through some black magic that she knew they shouldn’t have played with, but no one knew what would happen next. But Rosie shrieked when she felt the tickle of her own panties sliding down her legs to the floor.

“Rosie you, foxy little slut!” chided Dani. At that moment everyone saw what Rosie had been wearing. Ms. Catholic girl was not wearing conservative briefs but black, lace panties. The kind you only wore when you wanted someone to see them.

“Dani, you weren’t kidding when you said Victoria’s Secret is gonna be out!” exclaimed Siobhan.

As the others laughed and made light, Rosie felt alone. She went to bend over to pick up her panties but when she bent over, her glasses finally gave way and hit the floor. As she bent over, her breasts, now too small for her DD bra, sprang forth through her t-shirt’s neckline.

“Great tits, Rose,” quipped Mary with a smile.

“It’s not funny!” screamed Rosie almost in tears. “We’re fucking getting smaller and you three are just making fun of me! Well, I’m afraid and I don’t want this. I want to be big again.”

“And you will, Rosie,” said Mary reaching for her. “You said it yourself. This only lasts 12 hours.”

“Yeah, sorry for giving you such a hard time. We were just trying to have fun,” said Dani.

“Well,” Rosie began, “at least you all know now I have the best tits of the group!”

“That’s the spirit!” said Siobhan. “But my ass is still the best,” she said turning around.

“Ow ow howwwwwl!” exclaimed Dani. “There’s a full moon out tonight my little ladies!”

They all laughed.

As they looked around, they realized that they barely were the height of Dani’s bed; only Siobhan’s head was above the mattress; the rest struggled to see above it. As the tingles-and jokes-continued, all four felt a heaviness build and their legs seem to grow weaker. As their frames dwindled, they lost muscle mass and the fabric of what little clothing they had left began to weigh them down.

Dani groaned, “ugh… I didn’t expect this part,” she said as she felt herself fall to her knees in her clothing.

“Shit!” said Rosie as she lost her balance and fell onto her hands and knees, her t-shirt falling around her. “God, this is getting heavy!”

Mary lost her balance and fell onto her back. “I-I can’t get up” she groaned, her dress now pinning her to the floor. From this position she felt her body moving, contracting. The other girls watched as her feet were pulled up into her dress completely.

“I guess this is almost done,” said Siobhan, the last one standing. Her skinny, athletic frame did not hold onto her tank top as well as the others and it fell off, pooling in a pool around her knees with the rest of her clothing. She was completely naked and still shrinking.

“Doesn’t make me… feel… any better,” groaned Rosie as the weight of her shirt overtook her and she fell onto her belly, her naked ass now exposed behind her. As she tried to position herself, she ended up in a downward-facing dog-type pose, her head and torso under her shirt, her ass raised high in the air.

“I take it back,” said Siobhan glancing at her friend. “Your ass is better than mine.”

“Yeah, I have to agree,” quipped Dani as her shirt fell to the floor, allowing her to stand back up. She too was now fully exposed “You’re just a Waxing Gibbous and Rosie is the full moon!”

“Ha ha very funny,” Rosie snarked, her tiny voice slightly muffled under the fabric.

“Hey, don’t knock it til’ you tried it!” said Siobhan giving her ass a playful spank. “Hey, Mary, you okay over there?”

By this point, Mary had been full enveloped inside her own dress. The only evidence that she was there was a small blob moving under the fabric and the muffled sounds of her saying, “yeah, I’m good.”

Dani looked down and realized she was quickly approaching her own clothing. Soon, she too would disappear into a pile of fabric. Across the room, maybe 2 feet away, Siobhan was barely above the rim of her athletic tank top, the wire frame allowing it to hold shape despite having no body around it. But from Dani’s perspective, she looked 20 feet away! She waved playfully as her head vanished beneath her shirt.

Siobhan’s body tingled as she shrank further, finally falling behind her top which now stood like a barrier in front of her. “Well, next time I wear cloth” she joked. Reaching for the top, she began to climb, using the wire structures to support her tiny body.

Rosie had also disappeared into her shirt at this point and begin to crawl around in the dark surrounded by fabric looking for a way out. All the while, she too continued to shrink, her body tingling. The fabric around her felt too heavy and seemed to create a dark labyrinth from which she had to find light. “Fuck,” she mumbled, her body still tingling. “If I don’t get out of here soon, I might be too small to escape!”

Meanwhile Mary found herself sliding into her dress. The feeling of being pulled across the fabric without any control excited her. When her eyes were pulled past her collar and she disappeared into darkness, she giggled. She didn’t move, choosing to relish the feelings of the shrinking. The loss of power and strength as the fabric held her down added to the delight.

And Dani continued to dwindle too. When she disappeared past her collar, the shirt gave way, collapsing around her and forcing her backdown. She fell face first into her own panties. Instantly, the smell of her own crotch was all around her. “Oh god, fuck! Is that me?” she semi-gagged as she continued to shrink. Her collapsed clothing seemed to pin her there for a moment as she struggled to get free.

Just as quickly as it began, the shrinking ended leaving all four girls a mere 3 inches tall. In the room, lay four piles of clothes that look like their owners were raptured right out of them. The only signs of life were four, tiny muffled voices struggling to get out. Small blobs moved around under the fabric. The pains of their labor were not unlike being born. Soon they would all emerge from the wombs that were their clothes and greet a new world as tiny new women.

Siobhan was the first to emerge. Climbing over her athletic top, she shivered a little and rubbed her arms. It wasn’t cold outside, but it felt cold. She looked around and mouthed “wow” seeing an alien world that still looked familiar. She was naked as the day she was born and yet she felt alive.

Scanning the room, she saw Rosie as a small mound of fabric under her black shirt bobbing and moving around. She ran over to her friend and was about to tap her when she realized there was a problem: which end was front? Gritting her lips she guessed and tapped three times at what she thought/hoped was Rosie’s head.

Rosie screeched at the surprise.

“Hey, chill, it’s me, Siobhan”.

“Dammit, don’t scare me like that. And don’t poke my ass!”

“Sorry. Need a hand?”

“Oh, no. I am just trapped in my shirt.”

Siobhan scanned the landscape that was her friend’s shirt; from her perspective it looked like a giant event tent. “Here, just back up this way towards my voice. I think this is your sleeve.”

Rosie moved in the direction of Siobhan’s voice and footsteps. She emerged through her sleeve like a breech birth. From this angle, Siobhan got a full view of Rosie’s backside as it emerged.

“No. Fucking. Jokes. Got it” said Rosie as she pulled her head back up.

Siobhan tried to stifle a giggle but couldn’t contain her smile from their previous interaction, “Of course…”

“I saw that,” Rosie said seeing her friend trying not to laugh. “Now let’s move it and find the others.” She gave Siobhan a smack on her behind.

“What was that for?”

“For smirking”.

Both girls trekked across the room towards Mary’s dress. Underneath the fabric they could see a silhouette of the tiny girl laying on her back covered by fabric.

“Mary, you there?” asked Rosie.

“Yeeaaah,” came a muffled response.

Both girls worked together to peel back the neck of the dress, uncovering Mary. She smiled at them and sat up, running her hands through her hair. Both Siobhan and Rosie gave a perplexed look as if they both said, “did she….?” but they didn’t finish the thought.

“Oh, that was wonderful,” said Mary jumping up, her breasts bouncing in front of her friends. “I have never felt so alive!”

“Go-good for you?” said Siobhan perplexed.

“This is incredible. We must be so small. The world looks so weird from down here.”

Their interaction was cut short from Dani bursting forth through the collapsed top of her shirt, gasping for air. The three ran over to her.

“Dani, are you okay?” asked Mary as she helped her to her feet.

Rosie was on her other side assisting Mary in helping Dani up when she sniffled. “Uh, Dani… is that, uh… you?”

“Yeah, it’s me. I ended up face down in my own crotch and got a face full of myself.”

“Ewww,” said Siobhan. “Sorry, I-“

“Actually, don’t be,” said Dani with a smirk. “Something about it feels… free. Wild. Daring.”

The other girls nodded confused.

“Gimme a hug, ladies!”

As she went in for a group hug, the other three playfully screeched and tried to pull away but Dani was too quick and they soon all embraced, born anew on this night thanks to the power of Dwindle.

“God, Dani, you need a shower!” said Mary.

“Or at least a douche,” joked Siobhan.

“I thought she was a douche,” retorted Rosie.

“Ha-ha, Rosie,” said Dani.

“Now what?” said Rosie. “Not much we can do at this size in this room.”

“We can explore together” said Dani. “There are places and angles I’ve never seen and it will all be different.”

“But we’re naked,” said Rosie.

“Who cares?” said Dani. It’s a warm night and we’re the only ones here. Look…” she sat down and spread her legs wide. “See, no secrets anymore. And my carpet matches the drapes too!”

Siobhan stuck her tongue out at her friend.

“So, what? You showed us yours, so you want to see ours now?” asked Rosie.

“I think it’s only fair,” said Mary as she sat down and opened her legs followed by Siobhan.

“Who am I to argue at this point,” sighed Rosie. The curvy Latina sat down and exposed herself like the rest.

“Who had ‘Rosie gets a Brazilian’ on their lifetime BINGO card?” laughed Dani.

“What?” said Rosie indignantly. “It helps me keep it clean and I like how it feels!”

“No one is judging you, love” said Siobhan.

“So, shall we be off?” asked Mary.

“Let’s go!” said Dani.

They started to make their way towards the bed, laughing and joking the whole way, their tiny, naked bodies exposed to the night air. As they joked about their bodies, they felt a growing sense of power and pride for the first time in their lives. There was no judgement or pressure here; just four friends bonding together. a wave of euphoria began to wash over them. Their jokes began to fade as their minds fogged in a bright light of new adventures courtesy of Dwindle.
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As the light touched her eyes, Dani began to stir. The first thing she was aware of was the hard floor beneath her carpet; she had fallen asleep on it. As she slowly opened her eyes, a blurry image began to come into focus, the sunlight from the window illuminating its shape, color and texture. She blinked twice to bring it into focus. It was a soft object, round and fuzzy in Dani's barely awake mind. Her eyes flickered a little in the morning light, finally bringing it into full focus.

Dani found herself staring at Rosie's naked ass.

Immediately her heart started pounding as memories came flooding back. Her eyes darted around, taking in the sight of her naked friend before her. Her head was level with Rosie's behind; the rest of Rosie extended upward. Both girls had fallen asleep on the floor in the space between the foot of the bed and the wall.

Dani quickly picked herself up on her arms, bending herself at her waist wtih her hips and legs still on the ground. She saw that she was naked as well. Towards Rosie's head, on the other side of the bed, four piles of clothes lay on the floor where they dropped the previous night. Rosie was still fast sleep on her left side; her right hand seemingly covering her breast in some apparent attempt at modesty.

Dani looked behind her on the other side of the room and saw Mary and Siobhan. Siobhan was asleep on her back, stretched out, legs slightly spread, arms at her side, head tilted to the right. She was naked as well, her milky skin illuminated from sunlight streaming through the window. Dani didn't need to imagine anything as she had a direct view of everything the tall girl had. Mary slept to her right, their faces close, but Mary in more of a fetal position on her left side, her legs folded up, giving an unobstructed view of her crotch.

Dani quickly looked at her hands, turning them over to inspect. It appears she had returned to her normal height. "Oh my god," she muttered under her breath, "we really did it."

"Guys! Guys! Wake-up. We're back!" said Dani as she flipped onto her butt and sat up, bending her legs to rest her arms.

Immediately, the other three girls began to stir.

"Shit!" gasped Rosie as she shot up and grabbed for the blanket on the bed to try and cover up.

A slapping sound came from the other side of the room as Siobhan quickly closed her legs and sat up on her elbows. Mary slowly rose to her side, her arm covering her chest.

"Relax, Rosie," said Dani, "you got nothing to be ashamed of..."

"Says you!" snapped Rosie as she wrapped her body in a bed sheet and made her way to the clothes, fumbling through sets of panties before settling on a pair and trying to put them on under the bedding.

"Well, you might have to be ashamed if you try to wear that pair. Those are mine," said Dani with a smirk.

"Shit... fuck... damn you," Rosie said.

"Did that really happen last night?" asked Mary?

"I think so," said Siobhan. "D-does anyone remember what exactly happened?"

"Who the fuck cares," exclaimed Rosie as she struggled to put on socks.

"I do," said Mary defiantly.

"Me too," echoed Dani. "Does anyone remember anything about last night?"

Siobhan rubbed her eyes and sat up, crossing her legs. Yawning she said, "I don't remember much after we...."

"You mean after we shrank" Mary interjected.

"Yeah, that," Siobhan said kind of embarrassed.

"It's okay to say it, Siob," said Dani. "We shrunk last night". The way she said it had a sense of foreboding to it and Dani was sure to emphasize the key words in her statements. "We all shrunk last night... right out of clothes and spent the night as tiny naked people together!"

"STOP IT!" screamed Rosie who by now had managed to put back on her panties and bra before sitting on the other side of the bed.

Sensing her friend was distressed, Siobhan got up, walked over to her. Sitting on the bed, she attempted to embrace her friend.

"S-stop," Rosie said, pushing her friend away. "Y-you're still naked... and I'm... I don't know what... how the hell did I let you talk me into this Dani?"

Dani stood up and put her hands on her hips akimbo. "Rosie, after last night there isn’t any part of us we haven’t seen” she said smirking. “Nothing is different now. We’re still friends and you’re still safe here with us.”

Rosie took a deep breath to calm herself. She picked up her glasses from the floor and put them on. “I’m sorry… I just… it was a lot to take in.”

At this point Mary, finally stood up and walked over to the bed. "I think the bigger issue is our collective loss of memory. Does anyone know what happened last night after we... um... got small."

"Shrunk, Mary, after we shrunk" interjected Dani.

"Yes... sh-shrunk" stammered Mary. The word seemed to be something taboo that only Dani felt comfortable admitting to.

"Well, I don't remember shit," said Rosie, finally calming down. At this point, she allowed Siobhan to put her arm around her shoulders. “I remember our little show-and-tell and Dani coming out smelling like crotch…”

“Hey now smart-ass,” said Dani.

Rosie stuck her tongue out at here. “But other than that I can’t remember much else.”

"Me either," admitted Siobhan.

"Nothing" said Mary. "Dani?"

"Well, I remember all that and maybe walking around a bit," said Dani as she grabbed her bathrobe from the door. "But that's about it."

"Don't you find it odd that no one remembers anything about being sm..." Mary trailed off as Dani gave her a look.

"If we don't say it, it will always be scary, Mar," said Dani.

Taking a deep breath, Mary restarted, "don't you find it odd that no one remembers anything about after the shrinking?"

Dani paused and tried to remember the night before. Something. Anything but she couldn't. It was a fog.

"What's the point of having this experience if we can't remember it?" asked Siobhan.

"I'll tell you what it is, it is the mal de ojo my abuela warned me about," said Rosie. "We were messing with things we were not meant to!"

"I too find it odd that we just seemed to have passed out on the floor without memory of everything else last night," said Mary.

"Well, we're going to have to do more research before we do this again," said Dani.

"Again?" asked a shocked Rosie.

"Yes, again. F-for science." said Dani confidently.

"I don't know, Dan," began Siobhan standing up. "Rosie may be on to something here. We may be messing with something we don't understand."

"That's why further research is needed," said Dani as she tossed Mary her shirt from the floor. "We didn't do our homework this time. Next time will be different!"

"I-I don't think there should be a next time," said Mary as she pulled her dress over her head and got up in search of her underwear.

"Me either," said Siobhan.

"See? Three against one" declared Rosie. "We're not gonna do this again."

"Alright," began a dejected Dani. "If that's how you all feel then we won't."

Rosie got up and found the medallion on the floor. Holding it up she declared, "we gotta get rid of this thing today so we're not tempted ever again and no one else ever does this again."

As she held up the medallion, all four seemed hypnotized by it. They say when addict makes a decision to quit cold turkey, they feel this pit of longing in their stomach, like they are giving up something... precious. That same feeling of FOMO or loss began to creep into all four girls' minds. It was a subtle whisper at first, "just one more time" it said. The whisper was so quiet their conscious minds didn't even notice it. But it kept whispering the stronger their minds became resolved to getting rid of the medallion and it built like a small itch in the precious few seconds after Rosie held it up. No one noticed how it suggested to them, "just once more... it can't hurt".

"I-I wanna do it again," Rosie suddenly said. The force knew those who were the most afraid were the weakest.

The other three looked shocked at her.

"Me too," said Mary.

"Yeah, me too," said Siobhan.

Dani grinned. "Well then, girls. Looks like we got another date with Dwindle soon. And this time, we're gonna figure out a way to really remember what happened. Get dressed. Breakfast downstairs and we plan for another night"

As she walked past Rosie towards the bathroom, Dani gave her a playful smack on her rear. She then closed the door.

"Is she, like okay?" asked Mary.

"I don't know," said Siobhan. "I've known her a long time and she seems... different after last night."

"Different how?" asked Rosie still blushing from the butt smack.

"She's just never been this... blunt?" said Siobhan puzzled.

At this point Mary flipped around and began to crawl off the bed. Still only wearing a shirt, her backside was exposed for all to see.

"Well, I guess..." Rosie trailed off. Her eyes caught a full view of Mary.

"Like what you see?" giggled Mary as she stood up and began to dress.

"That too," said Siobhan perplexed.

All four girls had been close, but for Siobhan, this level of openness was something new. And because it came right after their experience with the medallion, she couldn’t shake the fact that it was all related. Still, she too felt at ease around her friends and their bodies. Like something was slowly stripping inhibitions and humanity from all of them.

But she brushed it off and got dressed and headed down with the rest.

[DocRick]

Cute story. I think it should continue with the girls getting themselves into some trouble while "dwindled".

[ShrunkenBonnie]

Thanks! Stay tuned for sure. I got some ideas for mid-story trouble that you might like. But still working on final conclusion and a satisfying ending.

[Doll_size_girl]

I won't lie, I thought as soon as I saw the title that it might have been related to Sarah Dwindles First Ordeal from Huzz. I wish to god there were more of that story.

After looking though it isn't, will still be nice to see what comes of this story though. :3

[ShrunkenBonnie]

At long last, I have completed Chapter 2 of my story. It is posted below. I envisioned this chapter as a kind of segue that begins opening up the story to the bigger picture of the Cult of Dwindle. It should help set the stage for what I want to do in Chapter 3. Please read, hopefully enjoy, and I'll take any feedback you want to offer.

Happy Holidays!

Bonnie
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Chapter 2: Prom
All characters depicted in this story are at least 18 years old or older.
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Graduation and Prom were done differently at Forest Park High School. Commencement was during the afternoon. Students and family gathered in the school’s gym for the full pomp and circumstance of the event; Dani gave her Valedictorian speech; students shook hands and received their diplomas; and hats were tossed in celebration.

Prom immediately followed. The schoolboard chartered busses for those who wanted to depart directly from commencement; other students went home to change. The school and town went all-out: booking a five-star hotel downtown in the city to host the party. Busses would then be chartered back at the end of the night for those that needed it. Other events would be held the following morning: breakfasts, brunches, tours around the city, etc. Many students opted to book a night or two in the hotel.

For Dani, Siobhan, Rosie, and Mary, they packed up immediately after the ceremony and headed downtown on the bus. With them, they carried their respective prom clothes and night bags. They didn’t have dates; they didn’t want them or need them. They went as a group, four peers, bonded by a lifetime of friendship. Around their necks, a testament to that bond: the medallion; the one they used a week before to dwindle, shrinking to 3 inches tall and exploring Dani’s room from a new perspective. The experience had left them changed; it helped forge a more intimate bond among them. To commemorate this, they split the medallion into four pieces, and each wore a piece on a chain as a symbol of their friendship.

“Reservation for Mueller,” said Dani as she strolled up to the counter.

“Let’s see,” began the woman behind the desk. She was an older woman, maybe mid-to-late thirties, mid-length dirty-blonde hair pulled neatly back in a ponytail. She was curvy as most women her age were with slight hints of crows-feet beginning to show. “Ah here we are. I see we have you for two nights, Queen suite, two beds. Are you with the Prom?”

“Yes, we are!”

“Wonderful, wonderful. Well welcome to you all. How many keys will you need?”

“Four.”

“I’ll just get that for you… oh my, that is a lovely necklace. Where did you get that?”

“Oh this?” Dani said touching her fragment of the medallion. “It’s something my friends and I made,” she said gesturing back to the other three waiting. “It’s kind of our little thing,” she smirked, knowing their secret and the significance of the word “little” in this context. No one else needed to know.

"That is just so cute. Now I’ll just need a signature here and you all will be set. Room 616. Elevators are over there. 6th floor. Exit and turn left. And if you need anything, just call down and ask for 'Lillian'. Have a great night you all!”

“Thank you!”

The four departed for their room. Upon entering, there was a flurry of activity. They threw their bags down and broke open their respective kits to get ready. There was little shyness at this point; after being shrunk and naked the previous week, no one worried about modesty. Clothes were shed and prom attire was put on followed by necessary make-up and hair.

Rosie had managed to convince her mother to let her wear a tuxedo. Her blazer was white with black lapels and double-breasted with structured shoulders. Under it, she wore a white blouse and bright red skinny tie; and black slacks with black dress flats to complete the look.

Dani went with a more traditional prom dress. Hers was navy blue gown with intricate beadwork and sequins and a plunging V-neck with shoulder straps. It tapered to a full, floor-length skirt with a high slit on one side.

Siobhan had to get creative, but she chose a forest green gown with a fitted silhouette and a dramatic, high slit on one side. The main part of the dress was lacey with a sheer illusion and long sleeves with embellishments.

Mary chose a deep purple ball gown with intricate details. The bodice was sheer with delicate lace and floral applied work, providing texture and a hint of sparkle. She was able to get away with spaghetti straps and a voluminous skirt with layers of tulle and floral embellishments making her look more like a fairytale.

Dancing, dinner, photos, and a night of celebration followed. The four enjoyed their time together at the event. And before long it was time to head out. After prolonged goodbyes they arrived back at their room.

“Hey, what’s this?” said Siobhan walking into the room. In the center on the table, they found an ice bucket with two bottles of champagne and four glasses. A note read “compliments of the staff”.

“Uh… do they know we’re not 21?” asked Rosie.

“Who cares. It’s free champagne!” exclaimed Dani grabbing a bottle and beginning to uncork it.

POP!

“I’ll take some,” said Mary holding up a glass.

“Me too!” said Siobhan.

“Rosie, you in?” asked Dani. “We’re not going anywhere this evening. You won’t get in trouble.”

Thinking about it for a second, Rosie declared, “sure, why not. It’s prom after all!”

“There we go!” exclaimed Dani as she poured four glasses. “I’d like to propose a toast. To four of the best friends a girl could ask for. Here’s to tonight, tomorrow, and the rest of our lives!”

Glasses clanked.

“And here’s to more little adventures,” smirked Siobhan taking a sip.

“We’re gonna do that again, aren’t we?” said Roise.

“Yeah, we promised we would,” began Mary. “Tonight is as good a night as ever, right?”

“But maybe not right away. We got all night to party,” said Dani. “Who’s up for a game or two first while we enjoy this bubbly?”
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As the night progressed in the room and the champagne bottles emptied, the four friends continued their games until Dani spoke up, "alright ladies," she said holding up her glass in one hand and her phone in the other, "time to knock this party up a notch!"

"I don't think we have to worry about that here," laughed Mary. "Now Ashley Hinson on the other hand..."

Siobhan did a spit take. "Get the fuck out."

"No, it's true. She was in the ladies' room complaining how she had to get her dress 'let out' last week and how hard it was to slip into it," said Mary taking a sip of champagne.

"I'm pretty sure daddy will pay to help solve that little issue for her," quipped Dani.

"But her mom is one of those ladies. You know, Catholic," snarked Mary making air quotes on the last word.

"And what's so wrong with being Catholic?" asked Rosie, visibly flustered.

"Absolutely nothing," said Mary calmly taking a sip. "As long as your practice what you preach... and Mrs. Hinson is a demon."

All laughed, knowing exactly what Mary was alluding to.

"Ok, ok, ok," said Dani calling the party back to order. "I just switched the game to adult mode. Things are about to get hawt in here!" With that, Dani pressed the button on her screen; the program randomly shuffled through the other three players before Siobhan's phone pinged. "Looks like you're up, babe!"

Smiling, Siobhan stared at her options for a second before pressing the 'truth' option. Some lights and icons flashed on the screen in a countdown until a prompt appeared on her screen. Siobhan began to read, "who in this room would you... oh my god!" she burst out laughing unable to finish the prompt.

"What? Tell us!" demanded Dani.

"Ummm," Siobhan began blushing while she stifled a giggle. "who in this room... oh god... in this room would you want to watch have sex the most?"

Siobhan, blushed and giggled as she buried her face in her hands. The other four laughed hysterically. Looking around the room at her friends she smirked as she said, "Rosie."

Rosie was visibly uncomfortable while the other three laughed. "Why me?" she exclaimed, her voice cracking with trepidation.

"Yeah, why her?" said Mary, edging her friend on.

"I mean, you've seen that ass, how could I not?"

At this point everyone, even Rosie, burst out laughing; Siobhan had managed to break the tension she felt. Feeling the rush, Rosie got up and knelt on the bed, her back to her friends. "You mean something like this?" she said as she began mimic the cowgirl position, letting her ass rise up and down on an imaginary cock that wasn't there.

All four howled with laughter and applauded their friend. Maybe it was the champagne or maybe it was the atmosphere but getting Rosie to open up – finally – was a major accomplishment.

As she returned to her seat, Rosie smirked a grin of accomplishment. For the first time in a while, she felt powerful. She didn't feel like the shy girl her friends usually thought she was.

"Alright," said Siobhan pushing the button, "let's see who's next."

Mary's phone pinged. She pressed "dare" and waited. When her prompt came up the others knew it was something good because of the look of utter shock on Mary's face.

Without saying a word, she put her glass down and got up and started looking around the room for something.

"What are you doing?" asked Rosie.

"I need something for this dare," said Mary.

"Yeah, and we'd like to know what it is," demanded Siobhan.

"Patience" scolded Mary. She spied the empty champagne bottle and brought it to her seat. She sat down and but it upright on her lap. She cleared her throat and read her dare aloud, "demonstrate your best oral sex move on the nearest appropriate object for 60 seconds."

"Fuck me!" laughed Dani.

"No, not you," smirked Mary.

The others laughed.

Mary wasted no time; she slowly lowered her mouth down onto the neck of the bottle and began to fellate the object as the prompt described. She closed her eyes and began to really get into it. She let herself slurp a little and moan as if she was sucking an actual penis right there. The others just looked on in awe through the whole ordeal.

When Mary's phone went off, without missing a beat, she turned her phone off, stopped, and came up with a brief exhale of breathlessness. "And that, my ladies, is the proper way to blow someone."

There was nothing but applause and laughter from the other three.

"Mary, you little slut," chided Siobhan.

"I beg your pardon," she quipped back, "but these skills are not just for anyone. I have standards."

"I have so many questions," said Dani in amazement.

"And I will not be answering any," smirked Mary as she put the bottle on the floor, picked up her glass and took a drink. Then she pressed the button to pass the game. Dani's phone pinged.

"Now, how the hell am I going to top that," Dani muttered to herself as she pressed truth. Her phone pinged. "Heh. Share a steamy secret about yourself with the group."

As the others waited, Dani began to think; for the first time she was struggling to come up with something good to say. It wasn't the champagne, she was literally at a loss for words and thoughts, at least for the moment. Pausing, she took a deep breath in, deciding to take the plunge and up the ante for the evening, "okay, you all want a steamy secret?"

"Yeeah," said Siobhan, urging her friend on.

Dani made her statement completely deadpan and serious. The words hit the other three unexpectedly, even coming from Dani.

"I'm wet," is all she said.

After a long, awkward silence that seemed to go on for hours but was merely maybe 60 seconds in length, Mary was the first to break the silence, "like, wet how...." she said trailing off.

"Wet-wet."

"Like that?" asked Rosie.

"Yep."

"How? Why?" said Mary.

"Well, watching Rosie on the bed and watching you with the bottle... turns out I really liked the show."

"No, I'm calling bullshit on that," interjected Siobhan. “No fucking way.”

“Do you want me to prove it?” asked Dani in a daring tone.

“Know what, yeah I fucking do,” said Siobhan calling her bluff. “You always do this. You say the most outrageous shit or do the thing that generates outrage just to get a rise and expect us all to be impressed…”

As Siobhan continued, Dani, exhaled a little, put her drink on the floor and adjusted her position on the chair. She hiked up her skirt revealing matching navy underwear; she opened her legs and there it was: a prominent dark spot right in the middle.

Siobhan went silent immediately.

“Satisfied?” Dani said.

“Ewww,” said Rosie. “That’s gross, dude.”

“What? It’s not like none of us have ever gotten wet before.”

“Yeah, but in the privacy of our own homes.”

“Well, I’m sorry to offend you,” Dani said readjusting her dress. “But it’s partially your fault, Rosie. Yours and Mary’s.”

“I take no responsibility for this,” said Mary as she took another drink.

“Well, you should. Your little show of skills was quite hot, and I couldn’t help myself. Guys pop boners all the time and no one bats and eye. And those are harder to hide.”

“So, like what, you get off watching us or something?” said Rosie.

“Look, I’m not anywhere near needing to finish or anything. It just got me a little… hot under the hood. It’ll pass.”

“Good, cause I gotta share a bed with you tonight,” quipped Siobhan breaking the tension.

“You should be so lucky,” smirked Dani, pushing her playfully. “Now back to the game.”

Dani pushed the pass button on her phone and Rosie’s phone buzzed. Feeling like there was too much sharing going on, she chose “dare”. “Oh god, no!” she laughed, burying her face in her palm.

“What? What did you get?” asked Mary.

Rosie gave an exasperated chuckle as she turned bright red and then read, “Send someone in the room a sexy text message.”

The other three erupted in laughter.

“Oh, c’mon you guys…” Rosie said reluctant to comply.

“You know the rules. You have to do it,” goaded Siobhan.

“And I know how to make this better,” said Dani holding up one finger. “The person you send it has to read it out loud for the group to hear.”

That elicited more laughter from the others and more embarrassment from Rosie.

“Do I have to?” whined Rosie.

“Yes, you absolutely do!” declared Mary.

“Fiiiiine, just give me a minute to think,” acquiesced Rosie as she pulled out her phone and hunched over the screen, trying to keep prying eyes away. The others could see her thumbs fly over the keypad as she began to type.

The room was silent as the other three looked on. They could hear the haptic sound of her keystrokes as they echoed through the room. Finally, Rosie looked up, a small smirk on her lips. “Done,” she declared. “You ready?”

“Yeah!” said Dani enthusiastically.

“I actually don’t think you are…” said Rosie, building the tension.

“Hit us with your best shot!” declared Mary.

Holding her phone up in her hand vertically, she flicked her wrist, her thumb hitting the send button. “Sent,” she calmly said.

Dani’s phone pinged. The other two simultaneously let out a teasing, “oooooooo!” while Rosie turned red again.

“Let’s see what we got here,” said Dani opening up the message. Immediately she burst out laughing and practically fell off the bed. Rosie just giggled and hid her head.

“What? What did she say?” begged Siobhan.

“Tell us already!” demanded Mary as she laughed.

“Okay, okay, okay. I need a second,” said Dani as she gathered her composure. With a deep breath that quelled her laughter she read, “I can’t get the sight of your sexy ass slowly coming into view as your clothes fell about you out of my head. The sight of your breast coming out of your shirt last week makes me want you even more. I can’t wait to dwindle with you again.”

The momentary laughter was interrupted by a sudden jolt of energy centered around each girl’s neck, right where their quarter of the medallion rested on the chains they made. It was a familiar sensation they had felt before.

“Did you all feel that?” said Mary confused.

The power of the medallion was activated by that word and the magic was beginning to affect the four girls.

“Shit! Guys, I’m sorry I didn’t think…” began Rosie in a panic.

“Fuck. I didn’t think this would happen yet,” said Dani. “I’m sorry, guys.”

“How were you supposed to know?” said Siobhan, standing up.

The fact is, they didn’t know. Or think. The last time they all held the medallion in their hands, and each said the word together. This time, the medallion, or a piece of it, merely touched their skin and Dani only said the word in passing. She wasn’t commanding the medallion to activate, just casually repeating the world. Apparently, that’s all it took.

“What are we going to do?” asked Rosie.

Thinking quickly Mary took charge. “Siobhan,” she began, “get the ‘do not disturb’ sign on the door while we can. Then lock it.”

“Got it,” said Siobhan getting up but already feeling her body begin to lose mass.

The four could feel their tailored clothing beginning to loosen as they were slowly losing inches in height. Clothing began to gain weight against their dwindling frames. Even Siobhan looked a little awkward as she headed off to secure the door, taking extra precautions so that no one could undo even the inside deadbolt.

“Thankfully we got the room for an extra day,” said Dani, standing up. Looking over at the clock it read “1:06 AM”. “Well, looks like we’re gonna miss the brunch. 12 hours stuck together in this hotel room.” Turning back to Rosie she chuckled, “looks like you’re gonna get your wish, babe!”

“Not what I had in mind for this evening,” said Rosie dejected.

“Well, at least we’re together and we learned an important lesson,” said Siobhan rejoining the group. “We can’t say… that word when any of us have the medallion in our physical possession.”

“Yeah, imagine if we just randomly said it out of context at the dance.” said Mary.

“New rule: the necklaces stay in a box unless we are actively going to use them. We can’t be holding them or even wearing them,” said Rosie.

“Good plan,” said Dani.

By now the power of the medallion had taken full effect and all four girls could feel their bodies getting smaller, just like before. Only this time, they knew what was happening. They looked around the room at each other. This time they could see the inches begin to melt away and their prom clothing continued getting looser on their frames. Even though they knew what was happening, there was still the instinctive urge to try to keep their clothing up.

Rosie’s tailored jacket began to collapse around her frame, the lapels buckling against her dwindling torso. Her blouse began to loosen around her neck; her tie, still neatly knotted, began to slouch off her neck. She felt her pants droop and hoisted them up around her waist as her pant legs began to pool around her ankles. She grimaced and groaned in annoyance as she tried to balance her glasses on her rapidly shrinking face while trying to hold up her pants. “Dang, I hate this part,” she moaned as her glasses slipped on her nose and her jacket collapsed.

“You know this time, it’s kinda fun,” said Mary. She had her arms crossed across her chest. Her spaghetti straps had slipped off her shoulders and the intricate bodice began to fold down. Looking down, she saw her skirt pool on the floor. Underneath, her panties began to slide, and she shifted her legs in a futile attempt to keep her thong underwear from swallowing her when she disappeared into her skirt.

“I guess, but I am seriously regretting the long sleeves,” said Siobhan holding up both her arms and showing how her sleeves now covered her hands. Her dress covered the most and had fit snugly around her frame, but as she shrank her sheet neckline drooped around her shoulders. As she attempted to pull her sleeves up, she felt her hands disappear deeper into her sleeves. She could feel the straps of her bra loosen; it became a losing battle as she felt her underwear reach her ankles and fall out of the slit on her skirt.

“We should have made a game out of that,” laughed Mary seeing Siobhan’s underwear hit the floor.

“What? First girl to lose her panties…?” groaned Siobhan.

“Or something like that,” giggled Rosie as she struggled to unbutton her jacket; but her rapidly shrinking body made it a moot point as it just fell to the floor, still buttoned, around her legs. She tried to take her glasses off but they just fell off her face and onto the floor.

“Easy for you to say, Rose,” Siobhan playfully retorted. “You’re wearing pants!”

“I mean… hey, uh… Dani, you, okay?” said Roise noticing her friend.

Dani seemed to be experiencing something different. Her plunging V-neck had completely fallen off her frame, leaving her topless. She braced herself against the dresser with her left arm; her right folded across her abdomen. She bit her lip and grimaced in discomfort as her shrinking progressed. “Y-yeah… I uh… oooh” she gasped.

“You sure you’re, okay?” asked Mary concerned.

“Yeah, I’m uh… f-fine,” she said squeezing her eyes tight and taking a deep breath. “I uh… I feel like, uh…”

“Like what? Tell us what’s wrong,” begged Rosie who let her pants fall around her ankles trying to reach her friend.

“N-ngh-nothing’s w-w-rong…. I uh- feel, ngh, ummm too good.” She gasped a little.

“Dani…” trailed off Siobhan, “are you… like…” recognizing the subtle signs her friend was giving off.

“Yep.” Dani managed to spout off. Looking back at her friends, she had a glazed look in her eyes that hinted at a different type of reaction.

“God, Dani! Are you about to…” trailed off May to a whisper, “cum?”

“Pretty close…” she stammered.

“Seriously?” said Rosie disgusted.

“Well, I didn’t exactly plan this,” she said angrily, her face flushed.

“Does shrinking like get you off or something?”

“I am…. not sure,” Dani managed to stammer out. “Maybe because I was already a little wet from before… maybe all those hormones are having a bigger effect since I’m like 3 feet tall now.”

“Are you gonna have to like, um… you know… finish?” asked Siobhan.

“Might have to. Sorry, girls.”

The other three looked around the room perplexed. This didn’t happen the last time. There was a pause of concern for their friend but their shrinking continued. Siobhan’s shoulders slipped out from her neckline and her dress fell, catching around her hips. Mary finally let go and her whole dress fell onto the floor, leaving her naked with her dress around her ankles. Rosie simply stood there in an over-sized blouse and loose tie that was now 5 sizes too big; the rest of her suit was in a pile on the floor.

Dani finally let go of the dresser that she used to steady herself and let her dress completely fall to the floor. She kneeled inside of it, disappearing under the fabric, giving herself a little solitude. She closed her eyes, and a small moan exhaled from her lips as she sought release.

Outside, her friends saw the pile of clothes begin to vibrate a little; inside Dani’s fingers began to massage her sweet spot. They could hear muffled phrases like “yes, oh yes” as Dani continued to shrink and masturbate. Now approaching under a foot tall, they were overcome with a mix of curiosity, concern, and disgust at what was happening in front of them.

“This isn’t right,” said Rosie as she knelt under the weight of her blouse and tie, knowing she’d soon disappear into her clothes. “I mean we’re like right here and she’s just doing that?”

“I mean, there’s nothing wrong with it,” said Mary, who was now just above the rim of her dress. “We all do it, I’m assuming”.

“Yeah, but not publicly like this,” said a worried Siobhan who now also stood naked among a pile of clothes on the floor. “Something about this process is like loosening morals.”

“Does that mean we’ll all like… do that?” asked Rosie, now under her shirt.

“I don’t know,” said Mary, “but something is up with this process.”

Dani, meanwhile, bit her lower lip inside her clothing. She didn’t care about anything else at this point; the fact she was shrinking wasn’t even in her mind. With one final press, she felt her body lurch and she moaned in sweet release.

“Heh, guess she’s done,” chucked Mary.

“I think we are too,” said Siobhan. “We better help get her out of there.”

The three tiny girls, now once again, 3 inches tall, scrambled across the hotel floor towards Dani. This time, the shock of their nakedness wasn’t as alarming; in fact, they didn’t even notice. As they ruffled through the fabric that was Dani’s prom dress, they called out to her.

“Dani, we’re right here… s-so I hope you’re done and semi-decent,” said Siobhan.

Dani’s face poked out from under the fabric. “What’d I miss?” she snarked, a sense of satisfaction across her face.

“Well, we’re 3 inches tall. Again,” said Rosie helping her to her feet.

“And naked,” chimed in Mary.

“I know, isn’t it great?” said Dani stretching out.

“Which part?” asked Rosie.

“I don’t know… all of it?”

“You really do enjoy this, don’t you?”

“Yeah, don’t you?”

There was a long pause among all of them. That question, while directed at Rosie, rang in their subconscious at this moment. While it was only the second time they had dwindled, there was something gnawing at their most primal and private selves. Something powerful and freeing.

“Yeah, I actually do,” Siobhan interjected breaking the ice. “It’s kinda fun. The whole shrinking and all.”

“It is a novel sensation. And it feels so freeing to shed clothing during the process,” said Mary.

They turned a looked at Rosie, waiting for her response. “C’mon Rosie, what about you?” asked Dani with a huge smile. “I mean, you were the one who texted me how much you enjoyed the reveal of my ass the first time…”

On the spot, Rosie blushed heavily. It was true that she did enjoy the sights more than the feeling of the whole dwindling process, but she surely couldn’t admit that? “Okay, okay, okay, but promise you won’t think it’s weird?”

“Weirder than shrinking to 3 inches tall? I think we can do that,” said Dani.

“I do like it, but not the actual process of me sh-shrinking. I, um… like watching you all shrink.”

There was a bit of silence until Siobhan broke it, “that’s awesome.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, no hate here,” said Mary.

“We love you for you,” said Dani giving Rosie a hug.

“Thanks guys. I thought you’d think I was weird or something. But can I make one request?”

“What’s that?”

“Can we like figure out a way to get on the beds? There is no way in hell I’m sleeping naked on a hotel floor.”

As the four girls looks around the room for a route to reach the beds, they were startled by a noise in the hallway. They froze as they heard the familiar computerized “beep” associated with a key card unlocking the door.

“What the fuck,” whispered Dani.

“Who the hell would have a key to our room?” said Mary in a panic.

The four tiny girls jumped back as the door began to open only to be stopped by the safety lock Siobhan had managed to throw before they shrank. The loud series of bangs of someone trying the door only to be stopped by the lock made them cower in fear and huddle closer together.

“Can they get in another way?” Mary whispered in a panic.

“No. That’s the only door to this room and I made sure to lock the bolt,” whispered Siobhan.

“And it looks like someone has been watching those YouTube clips for double rigging the bolt,” said Dani noticing that Siobhan had wrapped an additional layer across the it.

“Hey, can’t be too careful,” whispered Siobhan.

“B-but why would someone try to come in. And like right now?” asked Rosie.

“No idea. But whoever that was, they had a key that worked,” said Mary.

“What are we gonna do if they come back before we grow back?” asked Rosie.

“We’re pretty safe in here,” said Siobhan. “I think we can relax.”

“RELAX?” exclaimed Rosie. “We’re 3 inches tall, naked, and in a strange place. If that person manages to get in here, we’re…”

“…we’ll be okay,” soothed Dani. “They can’t get in through that door.”

“It does cause you to wonder; someone with a key. Our room. This moment?” asked Mary. “Is there any way someone could know about us… about this?”

“I don’t think so,” said Dani. “How could they?”

“Are there like cameras in this room?” asked Rosie looking around in a panic.

“No way we can check now. We’re too small to cover the room,” said Siobhan.

“We’ll have to check tomorrow morning for sure,” said Dani. “But for now, let’s get on the beds.”

The four girls move around the now-towering beds looking for any path up. They managed to use a nightstand as a base and climbed up high enough to get a hold of the bedding fabric. After that, it was a straight climb up the side of the bed, tiny hand bunching the sheets and blankets like a rope. Siobhan was the first to reach the top and she helped lift Dani up next. They both then helped Rosie make the final ascent, followed by Mary. They stood on the queen-sized bed and looked around at their suite.

“So, how are we gonna do this?” asked Mary. “There isn’t enough room on one bed for all four of us especially once we start re-growing.”

“I figured two of us would take this one and the other two would take that one,” said Siobhan gesturing to the adjacent bed. “We can pretty easily hop over using the bedside table in the middle.”

“Ok, so who’s bunking with who then?” asked Dani.

“I assumed it would be you and Siobhan and me and Rosie,” said Mary.

“Yeah, but that was before assuming we were normal sized. And clothed,” said Rosie.

“What, you don’t like naked spooning?” laughed Dani.

“Doesn’t bother me,” smirked Mary.

“There will be no spooning on our bed tonight,” said Rosie firmly.

“Suit yourself,” smiled Mary.

“But you’ll be missing out,” said Siobhan throwing her arms around Dani’s shoulders from behind.

“Careful there. We don’t want to give these ladies the wrong impression,” said Dani smiling.

“You already gave us enough of an impression a few minutes ago,” said Mary sitting down with her knees bent to one side.

Siobhan chuckled as she let go and sat down. Rosie blushed but laughed. Dani looked less than amused.

“Hey, I’m sorry. But a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do sometimes,” Dani said sitting down and crossing her legs.

“It was really more than we were expecting. And nothing like that happened the last time,” said Siobhan.

“I wouldn’t say that,” said Mary. “The first time we dwindled, I definitely felt a little… warmer down there. I didn’t need to get off like Dani had to, but it was a very pleasant feeling. When I got home the next day and was thinking about it, it came back so then I just… you know,” she said pointing to her crotch.

“Gross,” said Rosie.

“It’s not gross,” said Mary.

“Look, I get you’re Catholic Rosie and masturbation is a sin. But half of all people masturbate, and the other half are liars,” smirked Siobhan.

“I-it’s not that. It’s just…” stammered Rosie on the defensive, “…things are confusing to me, that’s all. And I don’t mean to be so prudish but I-I- just don’t know anymore.”

“Hey, no worries,” said Dani putting her arm on her shoulders. “Look, no one expected to be 3 inches tall…”

“…and naked,” chirped in Siobhan.

“…yeah and that. So, none of this is makes sense. But I gotta believe this medallion and the whole being shrunk together has strengthened our bonds as friends in ways no one could have ever thought before.”

“I guess you’re right. And hey, it gives me an excuse to see your naked butts!”

All four howled with laughter.

“That’s the spirit!” exclaimed Siobhan.

“Since we’re on the subject,” began Dani, “yes it felt great, yes I’d do it again, and yes I’d be totally fine with you doing it as well when we dwindle again.”

“That’s all nice, but we still don’t know what caused it,” said Mary.

“Well, time to experiment,” said Dani. “I was wet before as I admitted, so get yourselves to that point, dwindle, and see what happens?”

“Maybe it would best to do that individually when we’re all alone and report back?” asked Rosie sheepishly.

“No way. Too dangerous,” said Dani. “When we dwindle, we have to stick together. Safety first.”

“You sure it’s about safety and not you being perverted and wanting to see us naked,” laughed Siobhan.

“I mean, that’s perk,” winked Dani.

Rosie rolled her eyes.

As they sat and talked on the bed the hours began to tick away. They lost track of all time—and memory.
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Siobhan was the first to stir the next morning. Reaching over for the clock it read “2:36 PM”. Behind her, she felt a weight and a warmth. Dani had fallen asleep, her arm draped over Siobhan; the two friends snuggled tightly together. Looking around, Siobhan noticed they were back to normal from the previous night.

“Good morning,” Dani whispered in a yawn.

“You mean, ‘good afternoon’” smiled Siobhan. “It’s after two already.”

“But I’m not ready to be up yet,” Dani said playfully, grabbing her friend around the waist and holding her down.

“Dan, c’mon, you’ll wake the others…”

“W-what’s going on?” yawned Mary.

Rosie then shot up. “What time is it?” She noticed the clock. “Shit, we’ve been asleep all day!”

“Anyone remember anything from last night?” asked Mary.

All three shook their heads.

“Another night; more amnesia,” sighed Mary.

The four just stared at each other for a moment trying to process what had happened again. They had shrunk. Spent the last 12 hours as 3-inch-tall people. And couldn’t remember much. Now they woke up again, back to normal, but still completely nude.

“What’s the last thing you all remember?” asked Siobhan.

“I remember us sitting on the bed here,” began Dani moving herself around out from behind Siobhan on their bed. “We were chatting about masturbation and then….” She trailed off her mind a blank.

“Exactly!” said Rosie. “I don’t remember much after that either.”

“Wait, what do you mean by ‘much’” said Mary turning her head to look at Rosie.

“I mean, I can remember some flashes of things. They felt like dreams…”

“Okay that’s a start. Tell us what you remember. Any little bit might jog one of our memories,” said Siobhan.

Thinking hard Rosie began to reminisce. “I remember laughing about it. Dani made some comment about watching us…”

Dani threw Rosie a sly wink.

“And then I…” Rosie paused and trailed off for a second. “I remember dancing. We were dancing on the bed to some random music.”

Dani found her phone at the foot of the bed. When she hit the screen, the battery was low, but the last app opened was her music playlist and several songs were played last night. “Looks like we had a dance party here for sure.”

“I do remember that now,” began Mary. “I think I was grinding on Rosie to ‘Get Low’…” Rosie froze as everyone looked at her. Her memory was clearly jogged at this point. “I think you danced back too!”

“Did I do anything?” asked Dani.

“You and Siobhan tried to one up us, I think,” said Mary.

“Holy shit! I remember that now!” laughed Siobhan. “I think we were damn good.”

“Explains why my calves hurt more,” said Dani stretching her legs out in bed.

“That’s… um… not all,” stammered Rosie. “I think you two kissed.”

The room went silent as images flooded back.

“We did!” exclaimed Siobhan.

“Yeah, we did,” laughed Dani, clearly blushing and looking away.

“And I’m pretty sure I kissed you, Rosie,” said Mary.

Clearly flustered that this point Rosie only managed to ask, “is-is that all we did?”

“All I can remember,” said Mary.

“Yeah, me too,” said Dani.

“Ditto,” said Siobhan.

“Excuse me, I gotta pee!” said Dani leaping out of bed and heading for the restroom.

“I think we should probably start the day before people wonder where we disappeared to,” said Mary. “What should we tell them?”

The toilet flushed and Dani came out of the restroom. “Overslept. Just had a little too much fun last night and slept in.”

“You know folks are gonna talk,” said Rosie. “You know what they might infer…”

“Fuck’em. Let’em!” said Dani. “I don’t care what they think. We were together. We had fun. End of story.”

“And speaking of last night… I think we might need to sweep this room for cameras,” said Siobhan. “That attempted entry still has me worried.”

“Yeah let’s do that,” said Mary getting up and starting to look around.

“Don’t you think we should get dressed first?” asked Rosie.

“At this point they’ve already seen everything. I’d rather get the cameras—if there are any—now rather than wait.”

As the girls scoured the room looking for anything strange, what they didn’t know was that the events from last night pushed them deeper into the world of magic that powered the dwindle medallion than they could imagine. While they had only shrunk now twice, the power was beginning to hook them; flashes of loose inhibitions and discussions of experimentation were only some of the signs of the magic working deeper into their minds, addicting them to the power of dwindle.

And soon they would discover just why this former urban legend was rarely spoken about around town.

[harokas]

This is great! Amazing premise, really hot shrinking! Can't wait to read more

[McShrinker]

lovely addition, thanks for sharing

[MarauderTDL]

Okay, so I've got to ask...it's been almost four months since the last installation. MORE! MORE! MORE!

See! Even a 'Legend' of the writing community can appreciate good writing.

[ShrunkenBonnie]

Sorry for the long delay. Life intervened for a bit (nothing horrible) so Chapter 3 is a bit delayed. However, I can say, I made the decision to go from 5 chapters to 6. I decided there needs to be some sort of "bridge" that shows how they all get sucked in more so Chapter 3 is going to be comprised of 3-4 vignettes of them exploring Dwindle on their own despite promising not to. I have ideas for two of the characters that work, but I'm trying to find something for the other two that can be short and not just turn into porn.

So stay tuned and apologies for the delay.

[harokas]

Sorry for the long delay. Life intervened for a bit (nothing horrible) so Chapter 3 is a bit delayed. However, I can say, I made the decision to go from 5 chapters to 6. I decided there needs to be some sort of "bridge" that shows how they all get sucked in more so Chapter 3 is going to be comprised of 3-4 vignettes of them exploring Dwindle on their own despite promising not to. I have ideas for two of the characters that work, but I'm trying to find something for the other two that can be short and not just turn into porn.

So stay tuned and apologies for the delay.

Cheers for the update! Take as long as you need, I'm super excited!

[ShrunkenBonnie]

Appreciate it! I wish I could write more (or just be active in the SW community more) but two under 4 is crazy right now. Thank you for understanding.