The virus was first discovered in Viet Nam. It attacked the body cells, all of the body cells, even teeth. The virus entered the cell and destroyed it while reproducing itself, but it also released an M-RNA which caused the cell to regrow, but at 10% of its original size. The victim slowly lost weight and height as the disease progressed, then accelerated and the victim began to noticeably shrink. For most victims, this occurred over a one-to-two-month period. As the virus could not attack the miniature cells to reproduce, it would die off, leaving the victim an average of 5 to 6 inches tall. The virus also only infected people with strong French DNA which explained why only Vietnamese people who ancestors went back to the time the French colonized Viet Nam in the 1940's and 1950's.
Simone, the only child of French immigrants, had just completed college and had been accepted into Law School of Harvard. Then, she noticed she was losing weight, then her height. She realized she had contracted the virus. At first, she was stubborn in maintaining her normal life. When she fell under the four-foot mark, she sold her car and started taking public transit. School didn't start for a few months, so she struggled on, hoping a cure would be found by then.
A girl who lived in the apartment next to hers named Tracie, befriended her. She would take Simone shopping for food and to children's clothing stores, then toy stores that sold clothes for the larger sized dolls. She would cook for her, wash her dishes and help clean her apartment. Simone felt grateful that she had a friend to help out when she needed one that wouldn't take advantage of her illness.
Simone finally dropped to 23 inches tall. Tracie moved her into her apartment and cancelled the lease on Simone's apartment. She also took all of Simone's clothing, which was her size, Simone's jewelry and all her other belongings that were of value. She told Simone it was to keep them safe until she could be cured. Simone understood and thanked her. Often the situation became overwhelming and with no hope for a cure in sight in the near future, Simone would often break down and Tracie would hold like a child, comforting her as she wept. Simone often would sleep with Tracie, cuddled up to her like a child would sleep with a teddy bear.
The number of victims, while small in comparison to the population of noninfected people, became a burden on the world's governments. A declaration was signed by all nations, stripping the victims of the virus of their civil rights once they became too small to care for themselves. Noninfected family members, friends and even total strangers were permitted to "adopt" them and register them as their property, similar to licensing dogs or cats. Simone was now a foot tall, and Tracie didn't hesitate to have her registered as her property. She purchased a dollhouse, one that had non-opening doors and steel screens on the windows for Simone to live in. The only way in or out of the dollhouse was by opening the roof, which was too heavy for Simone. Tracie had purchased a selection of doll clothes a few weeks ago and picked out cute outfits for Simone to wear and Tracie began to wear Simone's old clothes and jewelry which were far too expensive to her to buy on her salary as a waitress.
Tracie would fill a bowl of warm soapy water for Simone to bath in each night, but one night she filled a fancy teacup for her to bath in. Instead of giving Simone privacy as she usually did, Tracie began to use her finger to wash Simone's back, then gradually began to wash all of her body. After her bath, Tracie took Simone to her bedroom where she used her as a sex toy, rubbing her on her nipples, licking and sucking on her body and inserting her into her pussy while she masturbated. Simone finally realized that this was Tracie's plan all along, but now it was too late. She was "owned" by Tracie and even if she could complain to someone, it would do no good. As a "tiny", which the virus's victims were now called, her owner was permitted to do whatever she desired to do with her.
Most nights, Simone still took her nightly bath in a bowl on the kitchen counter, but whenever she saw Tracie getting the teacup out of the cupboard, she knew it was going to be a long night for her.
