You're lost. You've only been at university for twenty four hours, and you're already hopelessly lost. You were given a map when you first arrived. But you've never been any good at map reading. You couldn't even find your way with SatNav. You were looking for the science block, but you've ended up by a big lake. You look around, hoping to find someone who could help you. But it seems you're all alone. You're about to pick a direction and see where it takes you, when you suddenly hear the sound of a group of girls laughing from a wooded area to your left. Suddenly feeling hopeful, you head toward the sound. There are about five girls, all sat in a semi circle on a big picnic blanket and with a large hamper in front of them. As you approach, you see one the girls, a long haired blond, reach into the hamper and take something out. For some strange reason, she seems to say something to whatever she's holding. She then tips her head back and lifts the object, obviously somekind of snack, above her open mouth. She holds it for a couple of seconds before letting it go and snapping her jaw shut as she swallows the snack whole. It was probably a trick of the light, but for a few seconds, it seemed as though whatever the girl held between her thumb and forefinger was moving.
"Err...excuse me", you as you approach them, trying not to sound nervous. "Err..could you help me please? I..err..I'm lost".
"New guy huh?", says one of the girls, a stunning redhead. "Happens a lot. Where're you trying to be?".
"Err..science block", you reply.
The blond suddenly snorts. "Huh, science geek", she says with a strong southern accent. "They're the worst". You look at her, as she sits back and leans on her hands. The redhead, is beautiful. But this blond girl is the most gorgeous you've ever seen. Even if she is somewhat less than friendly.
"What?", she snaps irritably. "Wanna take a fuckin' picture?".
"Sorry," you say as look down at the ground.
"Danielle", the redhead says. "Give the newbie a break. Be nice".
The blond, Danielle, snorts again. And then she gives you a sarcastic smile.
At that point, there's some kind of commotion behind the redhead. You see the other three girls dive toward the hamper and start throwing things into it from the blanket. As you watch, you realise that there's something moving on the blanket. At first, you think they're some kind of bug, but as a couple of them get closer, you realise that they're actually people. You feel your eyes open wide and your jaw drop in shock as you watch the two tiny men, about one inch tall, run toward you. The redhead manages to catch one them, returning him to the picnic hamper. But Danielle catches the other.
"Now where d'you think you're going?", she asks the shrunken man as she holds him up to her face between the thumb and forefinger of her left hand.
"Actually, don't answer that. I already know where you're going". You're shock then turns to horror as she throws the tiny man into her mouth and gulps, swallowing the little guy whole. She then looks at you and gives you an evil grin as she slowly licks her lips.
"Oops. Looks like the secret's out", says one of the other girls, another blond.
"Yeah", the redhead replies as she lets a sigh. "Too bad. This one seemed kinda nice. I was gonna let him go. Can't now though".
Without even thinking, you spin around and start sprinting back the way you came. Within seconds, you hear a rhythmic thudding behind you. Footsteps. Within a couple of seconds of you first hearing the footsteps sprinting after you, you're suddenly thrown forward as something big and solid slams into your back hard. You let out a startled shriek, and then a loud grunt when the wind gets knocked out of you as you hit the floor. Whatever it was that slammed into you, lands right on top of you, which is why you get winded. You manage to turn onto your back, and find Danielle sitting astride you.
"Track and field champ at high school", she says proudly. "Y'know, I'm glad you ran. 'Cos I really don't like you". She then looks up as a thoughtful expression appears on her face. "Of course I..don't really like any guy", she lets out a brief laugh before looking back down at you. "But I especially hate science geeks".
"Please," you plead. "I..I won't tell anyone. I promise".
"Tell anyone what?", she asks. "That you saw a couple of shrunken men try to escape their fate?. That you saw me swallow one of the alive?", she laughs again. "I can feel him y'know", she says with her southern drawl. "And the one I swallowed just before you showed up. They're banging on the front wall of my stomach. Trying to escape. Begging for their worthless little lives. They ain't getting out though. None of them ever escape from me. I make sure that every little bit of them is digested. Pretty soon..they'll be part of me. Forever. And y'know what. I really enjoy it. They feel great sliding down my throat".
"Please", you plead again.
"Shut up", she snorts. "You're mine now asshole. Mine to do with as I please". She waves her right hand over your face and you suddenly feel a weird tingling sensation throughout your whole body. Within a couple of seconds, the girl suddenly starts growing. It's while your watching the girl slowly getting bigger and bigger that you realise the trees seem to be growing too. Then you realise that the girl and the trees are the same size they've always been. They look like they're getting bigger, because you're getting smaller. You're shrinking, quite quickly.
By the time you stop shrinking, you're only about one inch tall. Worse still, you're between the now giant girl's legs. You try to run, but you have no chance. She lifts you off the ground and drops you into the palm of her left hand and stands up. She walks back to the other girls and kneels down.
"One more for the collection. And you should know, I always eat what I catch", Danielle says as she starts laughing.
"Help me, please" you beg as you stare up at the giant redhead. You're struggling to control the panic you feel.
"Sorry buddy", she says with a shrug of her shoulders. "But we have a simple rule. No witnesses".
With that, Danielle: