Through all the commotion, Amanda had been sitting sullen in the shoe box that had become her home. Her fear had long ago been replaced by fantasies of revenge, even though she had no idea how to enact any vengeance in her state.

Now she had listened with some satisfaction as that nasty girl Katie was causing Arnold pain and sorrow, even though she was also mad at the fact that he was making her more muscular. How could she be his fantasy anyway? And why did he have to shrink her down and hide her up in the bookcase? She missed her friends. She missed her family. She was about to start crying yet again when the noise in the room picked up once more. She listened intently as Arnold was not only going to make Katie even bigger, but he was going to do the same to Angela and Evie. She stood up, yelling with both frustration and jealously. But her voice wasn’t loud enough.

Just as she was about to give up, the ray hit her. Amanda stood erect, unsure of what had happened. She felt stronger, much stronger than she had ever felt before. And by the time the ray hit her again, her muscles began to swell all over her body in waves. Her calves, thighs, hamstrings and behind all bulged as big and firm as a gymnast, then bigger. Amanda marveled at how large her thighs were growing as she looked down. She smiled as her chest, once a small, bone thin A cup was growing more massive, more muscular than she would have thought possible. Amanda flexed her chest and giggled as her now firm and round breasts rose up furiously, obscuring her view of her lower body. Smiling, she rubbed her warm belly and was rewarded with the feeling of a set of steel belted abs.

Amanda whistled as her back expanded out with thickening slabs of muscle. When her expanding lats rubbed against her growing arms, she looked to the side and flexed her triceps. Amanda giggled for the first time in days as she saw a horseshoe sized mass of muscle ripple and bulge and became thicker the more she flexed. Finally bringing her arm up, she smiled and moaned with delight as another blast from the ray permeated her body. Letting out a pleasurable sigh, Amanda slowly brought her bulging forearm up and watched with fascination as the once non-existent bicep balled up into an impressive mass that pushed against her football shaped shoulder and slowly rose up her forearm, growing bigger right before her eyes. And the longer she held her flex, the bigger her bicep seemed to grow.

As the ray passed by one last time, Amanda’s bicep blew up half way up her forearm into a mountain of muscle bigger than anything she had ever seen. Maybe even bigger than Katie’s. Except for the fact that Amanda was still only two inches tall.

A low growl built up in Amanda’s throat. She flexed her now massive muscles and looked at her prison. The top was only three inches away. She was going to get out now. And she was going to make Arnold increase her height back to normal!

What Amanda didn’t know was that the ray’s power increased depending upon how much of the person’s body was covered. The beam was generally narrow against a normal sized body. But with Amanda down to only two inches tall, her entire body was covered. Not only were her muscles now huge, but her strength was off the scales. Katie wasn’t the strongest person on earth. Amanda was.

Bending her massive thighs, Amanda jumped up, but not having any idea about what she was now capable of, she blasted through the top of the bookshelf like a bullet, smashing though with a furious bang as she sailed up to the ceiling. Scared, but unhurt, Amanda fell back to the ground, waving her arms with frustration. One moment she was free and now she was falling to her death. The fact that she was unhurt and had blasted through and inch of pine hadn’t yet registered.

The noise had registered with Arnold. He sat up quickly, looking around for the source. Within moments, Amanda landed on the ground with a loud thud, pulling his attention down to the floor. Amanda blinked. She had landed on her feet and was completely unharmed. The floorboard below her had cracked and she stepped out of the hole.

Letting out a sigh of relief everything started to come together. “I’m super Tinker Bell!” Smiling to herself, she brushed the dust from her hair. “Except I’ve got massive muscles and can’t fly.”

Arnold looked down at the newest noise and leaned forward. “A-Amanda. Is that you?”

Amanda’s eyes narrowed. Barely thinking, she ran forward and jumped up, once again propelling herself forward at breakneck speed, smashing her tiny fists directly into Arnold’s chest with a crack. Arnold yelled out in pain and fell back to the bed. Amanda angled down and landed on his chest near the spot her fists had impacted him, causing his head to jerk up. Placing her hands on her hips and thrusting out her super muscular chest, Amanda looked him in the eyes and spoke with a voice much louder than she was capable of just minutes before.

“You bet your sweet ass it’s me!”

Reaching up to clutch his damaged chest, Arnold looked at her with amazement. She was still barely two inches tall, but was now big and puffy. Were those muscles?

“W-What happened?”

Amanda sniffed. “What do you think happened genius? Your ray hit me. Several times. And not only did it make me super muscular, but it has apparently made me super strong too! Hell, I’m only two inches tall, but I’m guessing I could easily beat the crap out of you with one hand tied behind my back!”

Arnold let out a painful breath. The calculations raced in his head. Could a wide beam vastly increase ones strength out of proportion to the muscle gain? Before he could finish his thought, Amanda took a few steps toward him.

“Listen up, Arnold. Either you make me normal sized again or I’m going to crush your Adam’s apple with my tiny bare hands. Understand?”

He nodded his head in defeat. Could this day get much worse? As he sat up painfully, Amanda jumped off and back onto the ground, landing easily from what would be a 100 foot jump if she were normal sized.

Arnold picked up the gun, adjusted the dial and pointed it at Amanda. She looked up at him angrily.

“And if you try anything funny, I’ll break every bone in your body.”

Clutching his wounded chest with his left hand, he nodded sadly. He then pulled the trigger.