Staring at himself in the mirror, Anthony finished buttoning up his nice, rental tuxedo, before giving himself a nod in the mirror. “Looking good, looking good,” he mumbled to himself, trying to brush down some of the brown hair on the back of his head that was sticking up.
The young man’s heart was racing in his chest and with good reason. Today was his wedding day, and he’d be spending the rest of his life with his beautiful bride-to-be, Yasmin.
Anthony and Yasmin had been together for five years now, and today was the big day. Despite his best friends constantly pestering him to see if he needed any help, Anthony insisted on getting ready alone. He found it the most relaxing, though he’d be lying if he didn’t admit to having an ulterior motive.
As an early wedding gift, Anthony’s twin sister Brittney had gifted the couple their own shrink ray. The couple had tested it out a few times, but hadn’t really done anything too exciting or adventurous. Anthony felt very confident about how to use the device and he knew exactly where it was. Yasmin had mentioned to him wanting to take a few pictures with some of her bridesmaids using the device, which meant it was in her dressing room.
After texting Brittney to make sure Yasmin wasn’t in the room, Anthony took his opportunity. He didn’t give Brittney any more details on why he wanted to know, and crept out his room and down the hallway towards the bridal suite.
The couple were getting married at a luxurious reception hall, with plenty of room for a party area and several suites for the wedding parties to get changed in. Anthony insisted his groomsmen get ready in a suite and leave him alone. He knew there was a temptation he would not be able to resist.
Knocking quietly, Anthony peaked his head into Yasmin’s sweet when he did not hear an answer. “Babe, you in here?” he asked casually, knowing the answer. Seeing the room was completely empty, he entered and quietly shut the door behind him.
Anthony knew exactly where to look to find the device. Yasmin’s purse was in a corner of the room, partially hidden beneath her jacket. As he started to rifle through his fiancées purse, he found the device he was looking for.
Taking several deep breaths to keep his hands from shaking too much, Anthony gripped the device tightly in his hand. He was trying to figure out how to make this work, as he did not want the device to shrink with him, but also needed it to end up back inside Yasmin’s purse. If the shrink ray was either out of place or gone, Yasmin would definitely suspect something.
Briefly considering asking his best man, Danny, to shrink him down, Anthony shook his head and decided against it. He didn’t want to make this any more weird, and he was already trying and failing to convince himself this was a good idea.
“Well fuck, I think that’ll work,” he mumbled, trying to position himself in just the right way. Crouched partially over the purse but still on an angle, Anthony held his breath and fired the shrink ray, aimed right at himself. He pulled the trigger, and was struck with a vaguely familiar shrinking sensation he had only experienced recently.
Anthony dwindled down until he was a quarter inch tall. Miraculously, his plan worked like a charm. He released his grip on the shrink ray immediately after pulling the trigger, allowing the shrink ray to fall back into the open purse. Anthony meanwhile, managed to slide down the side of the purse, ticking and rolling as he hit the floor.
A sense of awe took over Anthony as he began to walk around the floor of the bridal suite. Then his stomach dropped as he realized his mistake. “Fuck, I need to find a way to grow back!” he shouted aloud to himself in frustration.
It was true, Anthony had come up with a great plan for shrinking himself down, but did not have a plan in motion for how he would return to normal size. He froze in the middle of the floor, now starting to seriously regret his decision. After racking his brain, he decided his only option would be to somehow get Yasmin’s attention when she returned.
Anthony would not have to wait long. Turning around startled, Anthony observed the massive door to the bridal suite opening, and three women resembling absolute goddesses walked in. His jaw dropped seeing these women walk into the room. His beautiful bride-to-be, Yasmin walked in, accompanied by her maid of honor, Sabrina, and Anthony's sister, Brittney.
“ANYONE ELSE JOINING US?” Brittney asked, shutting the door behind her.
“NOPE, NO ONE ELSE WAS COMFORTABLE ENOUGH,” Yasmin said with a laugh that sent chills down Anthony’s spine.
The tiny man was stunned at the sheer beauty of the giantess behind him. Yasmin was of middle eastern descent, and looked beautiful as her dark brown hair and olive complexion were highlighted by the pure, white wedding dress.
Anthony in just as much awe of the two giant women flanking his bride. His sister Brittney was taller than Yasmin, while Sabrina was the shortest of the three. They both were matching navy blue dresses, with Brittney’s showing off way too much cleavage for Anthony’s comfort level.
“Shit, gotta move,” he said to himself, scampering towards the wall which he thought would offer him more safety, hearing the giant woman laughing amongst themselves in the background.
“So have you used it yet?” Brittney said, clearly excited about the gift she had given the soon to be newlyweds.
“Just a few times testing it out, ready for pictures?” Yasmin asked, stomping past the tiny body of Anthony on the ground, causing the ground to shake. Anthony noticed she was barefoot, and the thought of being obliterated under her foot caused him to shutter.
“I’m psyched! I’ve never shrunk before!” Sabrina chimed in.
“Well no shit, you can’t get any shorter!” Yasmin teased, causing all three women to laugh and Sabrina to flash her a one-fingered salute.
“Fuck off! You know we really need to shrink Brittney, after all,” Sabrina said, motioning towards the tallest of the three women.
“What?? Why me?” she said, sounding a bit defensive.
“Well you bought it for one, and you’re already the tallest,” Sabrina reasoned.
“Hmmmm, she’s got a good point,” Yasmin shrugged, pointing the device at Brittney. Before her taller friend could protest, Yasmin pulled the trigger, cutting Brittney down to size. More specifically, cutting Brittney down to the size Anthony had left it set to, a quarter inch tall.
“MINE!” Sabrina laughed, stepping forward and reaching down to pluck up the tiny woman, who was frantically trying to scurry away from her on the floor.
“Not so fast….” Yasmin said, before aiming the shrink ray at Sabrina and pulling the trigger. Instantly, Sabrina seemed to vanish from sight, now proportional to the miniscule body of Brittney down on the floor.
“THERE WE GO, THAT’S BETTER,” the enormous bride say, shaking the ground once more as she stomped over towards her two miniaturized bridesmaids. Reaching down delicately, she plucked them up in her grasp. She brought her two tinies over to a nearby table and gently placed them on top of it.
“ALRIGHT GIRLS, LETS GET SOME CUTE PICS!” the literal bridezilla said, not realizing her voice was rattling Brittney and Sabrina. She lowered her head down and puckered her lips in an exaggerated kissing pose. Brittney saw the opportunity and raced towards Yasmin. She leaned up against Yasmin’s lips, pressing her body against them and planting a tiny kiss on them. Sabrina had backed up and snapped some photos, far enough away where she could see Yasmin’s entire face.
After snapping a few cute pics, Brittney and Sabrina switched places. Sabrina reluctantly agreed to let Yasmin open her mouth where she climbed onto the massive tongue, pretending to fear for her life. It didn’t take much acting, as Sabrina was legitimately terrified she'd tumble backwards and be swallowed. Every time Yasmin had to close her mouth to swallow her saliva, Sabrina’s life flashed before her eyes. Finally she had been through enough, crawling out of the dark cave and collapsing on the table, breathing heavily.
“You alright,” Brittney said, rushing over to her fellow shrunken bridesmaid.
The tiny woman was almost shaking on her hands and knees. She seemed out of breath and jumped slightly as Brittney put her hand on her shoulder. “Yeah, yeah I’m fine,” Sabrina responded, trying to control her breathing. “I just need a second.”
While this was going on atop the table, Anthony had worked up the courage to start to travel across the room towards Yasmin’s giant feet. He partially distracted himself, trying to think of an excuse for why he was miniaturized. He was thinking of some dumb excuses like that he picked it up accidentally and was hoping that would work.
“ALRIGHT LADIES, LET'S GROW YOU BOTH BACK,” Yasmin said cheerfully, picking them both up and placing them on the floor by her feet.
Anthony froze. Both his sister and Yasmin’s best friend were right in front of him on the ground, luckily facing the other direction. He was wondering if he should shout and get their attention, when suddenly the body of his sister expanded in front of him incredibly rapidly.
He was stunned. Yasmin had given no warning, just fired the shrink ray at Brittney, reversing the effects. Where the quarter inch woman had been standing was now a monstrous bare foot, incredibly large for a woman at normal size, with a French tip manicure suited for a wedding.
“Whoa, my head,” Brittney said after growing back so suddenly starting to take a step back.
“BRITT STOP!” Yasmin yelled, grabbing her friend's hand to try and prevent her from moving. “Sabrina is still right down there!”
Down on the floor Sabrina was lucky to have not been obliterated under the giant bridesmaids rapidly expanding foot. She had just managed to sprint backwards, barely avoiding being crushed by the giant, approaching toes.
“Grow me back, just please fucking grow me back,” she muttered, laying face first on the ground before pulling herself up to her feet. She started to dust herself off, though when she looked up, she froze in shock.
“Anthony?” the tiny woman said, staring forward and seeing her best friend’s future husband standing there in his tux, the same puny size as her.
“Hey you alright!” he said, slowly starting to approach her. “Looks like you barely avoided Brittney.”
“Yeah, your sisters feet are fucking huge!” Sabrina said, trying to force a laugh. “What’re you doing?”
Anthony started to sweat hearing that question and his heart raced. “Oh I uhhh…..I shrunk myself down to surprise Yasmin,” he dubbed, internally cursing at himself as he spoke.
“Awww, that’s so sweet, maybe I’ll mention that in my speech later,” Sabrina laughed.
“Yeah, I’m not so sure about that,” Anthony said, realizing how terrible of an idea this was turning out to be. “I’m thinking about it now and I don’t think she’d….”
“EWWWW, THERE'S A DARK FUCKING BUG RIGHT BY SABRINA,” Brittney’s voice boomed, causing both Sabrina and Anthony to look in panic. They both were staring up at the disgusted faces of Brittney and Yasmin, glaring down at them.
“GROSS, GET SABRINA OUT OF THERE BEFORE IT ATTACKS HER,” Yasmin said dismissively. “I DON’T NEED MY MAID OF HONOR GETTING EATEN BY A BUG ON MY WEDDING DAY!”
“CAN DO!” Brittney said, reaching down and picking up the shrunken body of Sabrina, before roaring and dropping her over by the side of her foot.
Sabrina squirmed and protested the entire time, shouting up at the giants not to do anything and this was actually Anthony. Her cries went unheard.
“What should we do with it?” Yasmin said, glancing up at her towering bridesmaid. Brittney did not give an immediate answer. Her eyes were laser focused on the tiny insect, which was now scurrying off in the other direction.
Anthony was in a total panic mode. He couldn’t think of anything else to do but run like hell in the other direction. At this moment, he didn’t care about growing back, he just wanted to survive.
Yasmin’s eyes widened as she saw Brittney lean forward. The groom’s sister leaned forward, and proceeded to spit directly over the bug.
Anthony didn’t know what hit him. The tiny guy was making little progress, when a cold, sticky wave hit him. He was thrown head over heels, and left laying on his back, flailing around on the floor. He hadn’t realized his own sister was who spat on him.
“Damn, look at you girl,” Yasmin said, impressed by her friend's accuracy. “Got him with a bullseye.”
“Thanks, but I think he should be all yours,” she said. She could tell that Yasmin was in agreement with her, as she scrunched her toes in anticipation and stepped over towards the tiny creature.
After Anthony had finished spitting out the foul liquid and wiping it from his eyes, he was left with a horrifying visual. Towering above him dressed in her white dress was his beloved Yasmin, although he was nothing to her now. The giant woman lifted her bare foot high into the air above the shrunken man.
“No Yaz don’t! It’s me!” Anthony screamed, tears streaking down his face.
He had no chance to say anything else. The barefoot came down hard, with Yasmin’s full weight behind it. Anthony’s body became nothing but a red splatter in her foot.
“Hah got him!” Yasmin said, grinding her bare foot into the ground.
“I’ll say, you nailed him,” Brittney laughed.
“What can I say, gotta make sure my girls are nice and safe,” Yasmin laughed. “Where’s Sabrina?”
“Oh yeah, she’s around here somewhere,” Brittney mumbled, rotating her foot and spinning around.
She didn’t realize the ball of her foot was now directly above Sabrina. “Britt stop!” the tiny woman screamed, throwing her hands in the air in a futile gesture.
She stood no chance against the well-manicured food, as the ball slammed down onto her. Brittney froze, eyes wide. Yasmin was also staring at her, her jaw agape.
“Uhhh, I think I just found her,” she whispered, neither of them knowing what to do next.