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I grabbed my blanket and tossed it up. It fell on me and groaned. I was bored. Nothing had happened today but training. Nothing exciting. I pulled the blanket off of me and sat it on my bed. I guess the only non-boring thing to do was go bother the rest of the people on board.
I walked out of my room and saw Lance and Keith fighting. I went the opposite direction since I wanted to stay out of it, no matter how bored I was. I turned one of the corners and saw Pidge messing with chemicals. Looks interesting.
“Hey Pidge!” I said. She turned towards me and smiled.
“Hey (y/n)! You bored?” she guessed. I nodded and looked down. “Well, then you can help me with something! I’ve been trying to work on a chemical that freshens old food. I thought it might be good to try.” She grabbed a purple liquid and poured it into a bottle.
“You think you can do it?” I asked looking at the container.
“Yeah, if everything goes right.” she smiled. I watched the bubbles in the bottle sizzle.
“Seems like things are okay at the moment.” I said, continuing to stare. Pidge added another liquid and the mixture turned a dark gray and then and blue. It bubbled more.
“That’s weird.” Pidge mumbled. I turned to her.
“What’s wrong?” I asked. Something always goes wrong during experiments.
“It should be purple.” she stated. I looked at the mixture and held it above my eyes, examining it. I sat it back down carefully and looked at Pidge who seemed to be in thought.
“Why don’t we test it?” I asked. Pidge nodded and went to go grab a week old Colrah. Gosh, those were like vegetables that I hated. Pidge grabbed the bottle and began to examine it a bit before pouring it. She lifted the bottle down to the food and then, something caused her to fling forward, getting the mixture on me. Smoke filled the air around me and I couldn’t see.
I looked down at myself and saw tiny hands. TINY HANDS! I looked at the rest of myself and saw that I was still in my clothes but they were as small as me. My eyes widened and I looked down again. The smoke cleared and Pidge stood there, towering over me.
“(y/n)... you are adorable…” she said looking at me. I looked up at her and saw Lance right behind her. HE DID THIS!
“How old do I look?” I asked. My voice was higher than usual. Lance bent down and patted my head.
“Five or six maybe.” Pidge said. My eyes widened. I felt myself get lifted up. Lance was holding me.
“PUT ME DOWN!” I yelled. He chuckled and looked at Pidge.
“This is the best thing you have ever done! She is so cute and small!” he said hugging me as I tried to push away.
“LANCE! ONCE THIS IS FIXED, I’M GONNA KILL YOU!” I screamed. He only laughed at this and squeezed me more.
“I guess I should start finding a reverse mixture.” Pidge said.
“YES! YOU SHOULD!” I yelled again. Lance grinned at me.
“I guess that means I get to take care of you.” he said with a smirk. I screamed and tried to pry myself out of his arms.
“PIDGE! DO SOMETHING!” I yelled. Pidge looked at me and sighed.
“Wish I could, but Lance is taller than me so I can’t reach you. I’ll have to work fast. At least you won’t be bored.”” Pidge said walking away from us. I felt my little heart break inside. I wanted to cry a little.
“Aww, Pidge you hurt her feelings!” Lance said, noticing my eyes well up.
“She is just having little kid emotions, it will go away once we reverse this.” Pidge said moving somethings aside.
“Shouldn’t we tell the others?” I asked.
“Yeah, that way they don’t think you are some lost strange child aboard the ship.” Pidge answered. I looked at Lance, who was still going crazy over me.
“Can you put me down?” I asked. Lance shook his head.
“Nope!” he said, popping the ‘p’. “I’m getting every minute I can of this!” he began to walk towards the door and turned the corner. I bounced with every step.
We made it to the training room where Keith was getting his by the training bot. He turned towards us and looked confused.
“End training.” he said. He ran up to us and looked at me confused.
“Where the heck did you get a child Lance?!” he said.
“It’s (y/n)! Isn’t she adorable?!” Lance said happily. Keith stared at me and picked me up out of Lance’s arms.
“HEY!” Lance yelled. Keith held me close.
“I don’t trust you with little (y/n).” he said. Lance’s face grew angry. Oh no… They are going to fight… over me….
“I don’t think you should worry! I have plenty of younger siblings I took care of on Earth. You had none!” Lance shouted.
“Well at least I’m more carefull! You brought a child into the training room! What happens if something were to happen?” Keith yelled back. I felt his gripped over me get tighter.
The two began to argue louder and louder till the door behind Lance opened to show Shiro. He looked annoyed.
“Can you two please…” he looked at me and walked up to Keith.
“Where…? Who…?” he began to ask.
“It’s (y/n). I think Lance had something to do with it.” Keith glared at Lance who looked a bit nervous. He did cause it. Shiro turned towards Lance.
“What happened?” Shiro asked.
“Erm, well I was walking away from Hunk when I saw (y/n) and Pidge doing something. I decide to see what they were up to but I tripped and push Pidge, making her fling something towards (y/n) causing her to turn small.” Lance said. Shiro looked at me.
“Pretty much what happened.” I said. Shiro’s face turned a bit red and picked me up out of Keith’s arms.
“How long will it last?” Shiro asked.
“Pidge doesn’t know. She is trying to figure out how to reverse it.” Lance said. Shiro stared at me.
“I’ll inform the princess. She might know. In the meantime, check on Pidge and see how the process is going.” Shiro ordered.
“Wait, you’re gonna take (y/n)?” Lance asked.
“Yes, because you and Keith are going to check on Pidge TOGETHER. Punishment for yelling at eachother.” Shiro said. He held me to his chest and walked the room, leaving Keith and Lance groaning.
“So, you have all your memories and such?” Shiro asked.
“Yep, I just got the body of a little kid.” I answered. It felt weird in Shiro’s arms but comfy. Could’ve been the way he held me or that he wasn’t as clingy as Lance and Keith.
We made it to the deck were Allura, Hunk, and Coran were.
“Shiro! WHO IS THAT?!” Allura asked loudly.
“It’s (y/n). She had an accident in the lab with Pidge and I wanted to know if you could help change her back.” Shiro asked. Hunk ran up to Shiro and stared at me.
“Aww! She is so cute!” Hunk exclaimed.
“Hmmm, I might be able to. I suggested that you just keep her with someone at all times.” Allura suggested. Coran walked towards us.
“We have a little kid room with toys.” he suggested.
“I’m not mentally a kid.” I said. Allura clasped her hands over her mouth and squealed. I puffed my cheeks out in frustration. Everyone in the room said aww but Shiro and I.
“I guess I should go help Pidge. Coran, Hunk, can you finish up here?” Allura asked. They nodded and started to work again as Allura started to walk by.
“I suggest that you two find something to do while passing the time. Hopefully the situation doesn’t get worse.” Allura said. She walked out of the deck and Shiro and I met eyes.
“What do you think she means, ‘if it gets worse?’” I asked. Shiro shrugged his shoulders.
“I think she means that you will turn back into your little self mentally too.” he suggested. That was a scary thought. He put me down grabbed my hand, having me follow him. Finally on my own two legs. We walked down the hallways to my room where we sat there for a bit talking.
“Boorrreeedddd.” I yawned. Oh no, little age means little energy. Shiro smirked.
“I think (y/n) needs some sleep.” he said.
“Nooo! I can’t sleep. What happens if something happens? Like the formula gets done and I’m still asleep, or something like that?” I whined. I was acting like the child I was.
“If it does get done, we will wake you up. Just get some sleep and everything will run faster.” Shiro smiled. I puffed my cheeks and blew out air.
“Fine.” I said. I grabbed my blanket and flung it over me. Closing my eyes, I started to feel even sleepier than before. I felt something touch my cheek. I wanted to open my eyes to see what it was, but they wouldn’t open.
“Goodnight (y/n). Everything will be back to normal soon.” Shiro said. I drifted off soon after.