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Fiona was muttering curse words under her breath until the old man made his way in the conversation. ''Oh shut up you, we're not kids!'' The girl growled at the old man, snapping her knuckles and getting ready to hit anybody.

Yep, that was what happened. It REALLY wasn't the perfect day anymore.. So.. that was what she felt of weird when she left the cafe! She felt like the perfect day would go wrong. Wait, how do you even feel that?..

Skylar felt very awkward in all the chaos and stood silently. His eyes were bouncing from one person to the next and his lip was being pinned down by his teeth. He was obviously nervous and could feel the tension, it was very uncomfortable. He felt really inadequate. Everybody else had some strength to rely on. He had his fists and that was it.

"Everybody calm down.. Please," he said, his voice in a tone that reflected anxiety. He wanted the chaos to die down before something crazy happened. This old man was just trying to be friendly and everybody was being rude. "No thanks, but again, thank you for the offer. It's nice to know people are willing to look out for us."

"Well, I believe you six may be able to help me, and possibly the entire world."The man said. "And hows that?"Jackie asked, folding her arms across her chest. "You one of those door-to-door salesmen with some 'world changing' device or something stupid like that?"Roxie asked, glancing over at the man as she shrunk back down to human form. "Oh, no. I do not wish to sell any of anything. I simply ask that you all look into this."The man asked, pulling some sort of container from his robe.

When someone tells you to look at something, despite any bad feelings you may have, you are going y o be compelled to look. Going agsinst his instinct for a fraction of a second was enough to entrance him. His eyes flicked to the container,and his curiosity rose, pushing back a Mmm d other thoughts. His tail twitched with fascination as he looked at it, not knowing what it was but wanting to find out quickly. Once his curiosity was satisfied he would quit being so damn fixated on it!

In the back of his mind his instincts screamed to look away. In the back of his mind he knew this mad didnt just happen to wind up here, hedidso purposefully for his own benefit, whatever that may be. He figured it had something to do with the container...

Fiona growled a bit. "Fine old dude. If we look at your stupid box, will you leave us to our problems?" The girl asked, obviously very irritated by the whole situation.

She rolled her eyes and approached the old Man, crossing her arms and looking at the box. She unfolded her arms after a long moment. "Nothing happens! Woohoo! Thanks for wasting My time!" Fiona complained.

Skylar soon joined and let his eyes linger on the small box. He furrowed his eyebrows and pursed his lips, his face holding an expression of irritation but also one of curiosity. He stared intently and soon a laugh escaped his lips and he looked back to Fiona. "Nothing? How is that nothing? That's hilarious!" He looked back into the box and laughed. The contents seemed to differ depending on the person.

"Well, I dunno what you're seeing cause it looks pretty empty to me..."Jackie said. "Is this like that stupid dress thing on line?"Jenny asked looking in the box. "It's just a stupid box. Hows us looking in it helping you pal?"Roxie asked. "Well, all of you just helped o save the world."The man said. "The hell are you talking about?"Roxie asked. "Oh, Alder. It's the time that we need him again, and you six just ensured he would get his powers, with his gift to you being a second childhood."The man said. As if on cue everyone would feel an odd tingly feeling. "What the hell did you do to us?!"Jackie asked, as she felt her clothes begin to grow on her. Jenny and Roxie both felt their clothes doing the same.

"Wha-- hey, what is this?" Eon asked as his clothes began to grow as well as everything else. His pants began to sag, then dropped completely, followed by his boxers. His shirt came down now to about his mid thigh, and hung loosely from his shoulders. Eon looked at his hands, flexing his fingers, noticing that they were shorter than before. And the mysterious man seemed taller as well. But everyone else looked like....kids?!"Dude, what the hell?!" He yelled, shaking his small fist at the man as he tried to hold up his clothes

"NO! NO NO NO!" Fiona said, as she turned smaller and her clothes growed on her. Her mechanical arm fell to the ground since it was Now too big for her. "Why did chu do thiz- ahem.. This to us?!" She said, having a bit of a difficulty to talk now. "I zwear, i will beat you up, old man!" Fiona added, a fustrated look on her face.

"Once i get back to normal.." She whispered, to herself, now kind of sad of being so tiny. "And once i get clothes that fit cause these are too big!"

Skylar, too, began to shrink. But he was too shocked to say anything. It wasn't like his complaining and shouting would fix anything anyways. "Um.. What the hell just happened?" He asked eventually, clutching his clothing and looking around at the others. His voice was several octaves higher and lost the charming sound. "M-My voice! Oh man.." The boy looked around once more before returning his gaze to the man. "What gives pal?"

By now Roxie, Jackie, and Jenny were holding their clothes on them as well. "W-WHAT THE HELL?!"Roxie yelped. Eventually everyone's clothes seemed to be affected as well. They shrunk and morphed. Jackie's shirt shortened slightly , though still seemed a bit large on her. The sleeves soon covered her shoulders. Her hat shrunk down, loosing the bill and ears, and it formed a pair of googly eye patterns on the top. Her stocking shrunk down into high socks that went up half her shin. Her shoes just shrank, and her vest didn't seem to change at all. The purple dye on her hair seemed to vanish.

Jenny's shirt covered her shoulders as well, but aside from shrinking, remained un changed. Her gloves/arm warmers soon became another, long sleeved, shirt with yellow and black stripes. Her short soon became a skirt that stopped just above her knees. Aside from shrinking, her leggings and shows remained unchanged. Her hat remained un changed, and slumped down over her eyes, until she pushed it up. The Green dye in her bangs vanished.

Finally Roxie's clothes changed. Her shirt loosed and shrunk. Her jeans and shoes remained unchanged, aside from shrinking. Her hair lightened to a more natural shade of red, and the make up she was wearing vanished. Her gloves soon shortened down to her wrists, becoming normal finger-less red 'biker' gloves.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO US!?"Jackie shouted, with her voice having become much higher. Jenny sniffled a bit, before plopping on her butt, crying. Apparently not only her clothes changed, but one of her teeth seemed to vanish, leaving a gap in the front of her teeth. "CHANGE US BACK OR I SWEAR TO GOD I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS!"Roxie demanded. "Relax! You six have helped to ensure the world continues."The man said. "Alder requires age to utilize his abilities. As such, he has chosen you six to be 'sacrifices' in order to age and save the world. In exchange for this sacrifice, all of you have been gifted a second childhood. Alder believes this to be one of the most enjoyable and important times of a Mortal's life."The man said.

As his clothes morphed to fit him, he became enraged."DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG ITS GONNA TAKE FOR ME TO BECOME AN ADULT AGAIN?!", he screamed at the man, his voice a higher pitch than normal. On his planet, his race aged differently, and measured their years much differently than humans. For them, a single year was roughly a hundered Earth years. He quickly summoned his power to make sure that it was still there. It was.He heaved a sigh of relief, then raised a hand to the man.

"Well, Im not exactly mortal,but that does not give this 'Adler' guy the right to give me a second childhood!" he said, charging up his power to slay the man."As far as the world is concerned...well, this isnt my world to begin with" he said, a detrrmined expression on his face as he prepared to kill this unknown man.

''CALM DOWN POTATOES! IF HE TURNED US LIKE THAT, HE CAN TURN US BACK!'' The little Fiona yelled, still not talking properly but seeing a bit of 'light' to the problem. ''Rightz?'' She asked, looking up to the old man. She was a bit fustrated, but knew that she wasnt very 'scary' with that height and age.

''And if you kill him now, potatoe, we will probably have to wait until we really turn adult again. And trust me, nobody wants to do that.'' She said, to Eon, so that he would stop charging his power. ''Waitz, what'z so wrong with my voice and the wayz i talk?'' Fiona asked, a bit annoyed.

With his head spinning, Skylar gripped the bottom of his shirt and growled. There wasn't anything he could do now, and he was becoming a savior. Even if not by choice, he felt like a hero. It could have been because he didn't mind as much as the others. Sure, he had shrunk and was a kid, but it wasn't too bad.

When the crying became apparent, his heart dropped and eyes showed sympathy. A genuine frown rested on Skylar's lips, showing that this upset him. He walked over and knelt down, looking into the girl's eyes and wiping her tears. "Please don't cry okay? Why does it matter so much?"

"Because we don't want to be kids!"Jackie shouted. "I had a job, a girl friend, and I was going to college! And now since I'm a little kid, I can't do any of that any more! Jenny had a job and hasn't finished high school! And now she's gonna have to drop out of all of that!"Jackie shouted. "HELL! WE WEREN'T EVEN ASKED IF WE WERE OKAY WITH THIS!"Jackie added.

"FIX US! NOW!"Roxie demanded. "I apologize but this isn't something one can undo. Alder would be able to return your age, but he needs it. Please, do re consider. Having to be a child again is a small price to pay to ensure the survival of billions of people!"The man said. "Well get this Alder guy to fix us! And find someone else in the billions of people on this planet!"Roxie ordered. "Again, I apologize but I cannot. Perhaps if you can find Alder he may have something left from his battle to make you atleast older."The man offered. "Now, I don't have time to be yelled at anymore. I must go, and I wish all of you Alder's blessings."The man said, as he left. "HEY! GET BACK HERE!"Roxie shouted, chasing after the man as the trees around the fountain obscured the man. By the time Roxie got out of the trees, the man was gone.

Roxie groaned, turning around and going back to the others. "Does anyone know about that stupid Alder stuff that Jackass was talking about?"Roxie asked. "My momma might know. She's one hundred and twenty five."Jackie said with a sigh and going over to try to calm her younger sister down.

Eon reluctantly lowered his hand,his tail flicking in aggravation. He pounced at where the man had been, floating a few feet off the ground. He muttered a curse, going back to the others."Now where is your mother?" he asked,his voice a bit higher than normal. He summoned his power, not feeling as large of a surge as he usually would."He even took my powers!" he complained, firing off a bolt of electricity at the fountain,shooting off one of the stone arms."This is such bull. I could take out all of New York with a flick of my wrist, now i can hardly even power this city For more than a few days!" he whined as if it were a bad thing."So what are we waiting for?! I dont want to be stuck in this child body forever!" he said, hovering a few feet in the air, obviously ready to go.

Skylar began to pace back and forth, shaking his head and gritting his teeth in anger. "God damn it - so does anybody have any real ideas? Going off hunches isn't going to help. We need facts." He had a look of confusion on his face, making it evident that he was deep in thought.

Finally he stomped his foot and beamed. "I have a great idea! The library might have something, they have all kinds of religious texts, books about mythology, things like that!"

''We gotta find some books about that Alder dude...'' Fiona said, looking at the ground and sighing. ''Why didnt i ask more questions about 'Alder'?'' The little girl whispered to herself, as she looked back up and gulped. ''Um.. so.. let's go?'' She said, raising an eyebrow. She wasnt that much of a leader and it could obviously be seen in this moment.

"How are we gonna get Pigzors out?"Jackie asked, indicating the Boar next to her. "I could barely lift him when I was normal, how am I gonna lift him now?"Jackie asked. "Why can't we just leave him?"Roxie asked. "I'm not leaving Pigzors!"Jackie yelped, hugging onto her boar's neck. Roxie groaned. "Fine, I'll get him out of here."She grumbled. "Let's go."She added, before following the path to the entrance. Jackie picked up Jenny, who was still crying. "Jenny, stop crying!"Jackie said, not getting a response. Jackie groaned, soon following after Roxie.

Eon came back to solid ground, looking at all of them."Books?" he asked, sounding annoyed. He had done research on an enemy before, he just didnt see what good it would do."Who would write about this Adler guy? He seems like more of a behind the scenes kinda guy and probably wouldn't want that many people knowing he exists" he pointed out, his tail swinging back and forth lazily.