The people before Heather's feet took to her news about as well as one would expect. Diminutive as they were the clear sounds of outrage were unmistakably being shouted up the towering giantess. Heather looked down at the mass of speck-sized people with an apathetic look. With a wave of her foot she stomped them all into silence. "Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. This isn't a choice. It's an order. The only choice here is whether or not you get to live and worship me...Or die." She added with a smile.
A stunned silence filled the crowd as they realized Heather was serious. The reality of their situation began to sink in. This woman held their lives in the palm of her hands. It would be unwise to anger her. Even so, faint murmurs traveled among the people. Outrage, plans of escape, even a few plans of trying to somehow overcome the woman Jack and the Beanstalk style. Big as she was Heather was still just a regular girl. A regular girl who towered over them all normally and was now able to crush them with a single toe.
They think they're being sneaky. Heather thought with a laugh. These ants couldn't be more obviously up to something even if they tried. It was clear they'd need some...persuading. "I have an idea. Let's play a game." The woman stood up and walked to one end of the mass of people. She kicked off a sandal and quickly stepped to the other end, where she then kicked off her other sandal. Silently the giant diva walked back to the middle and let herself tower over the crowd. "I think it's time to see where your loyalties truly lie ants. I'm going to ask you some questions. If you decide to answer no..." She pointed to her left sandal, "Crawl onto that sandal. If you decide yes..." Her finger pointed to the other one, "Crawl onto that sandal. If you get the question right you're fine. If you're wrong I'm going to put the sandal on." She giggled as her sentence sank in, "Needless to say if you refuse to pick I'll just crush you anyway. Depending on how loyal you are to me you'll get to either live or die. This way we can get rid of any bad pets. After all, only good bugs get to worship their Goddess."
"Speaking of, let's start with that. First Question. Am I your Goddess? You have two minutes. I'd run if I were you." The Goddess chuckled as she saw the hundreds of people scramble to run to the appropriate sandal. No one doubted for a moment the evil woman would carry out her threat. People hurried to her right sandal, shoving one another in desperation as they started to climb up. There was no way a single one of Heather's flip flops would carry all of them at once. It was all about whoever got their first or was strong enough to force their way on. It was amusing to watch all the bug people fight so desperately just to get onto one her old sandals. Getting on top of her shoe was the difference between life or death for these ants. Whereas for Heather it made absolutely no difference.
"Time's up! Now let's see how you all did." As expected her right sandal was completely full to the brink with tiny people. At a casual glance it looked like maybe ninety percent of them managed to make it. The rest were not so lucky. A few dozen people were right beside her sandals trying their absolute hardest to climb on but constantly getting pushed back. She couldn't tell who they were but Heather had a suspicion these were the weakest geeks in the school. Just watching them try and fail to get onto her sandal was a riot in itself. Then there were the others...Heather saw a dozen or so especially dim bugs in her sandal signalling No. They were either too stupid to realize she was serious or thought they were being heroic. Whichever it was, bugs had only one fate with Heather as their Goddess.
"I see some of you bugs didn't get the memo...Ah well. I have no use for you then." Heather walked to a sandal and slid her foot into it. It was a simple action every person in the room had done hundreds of times. It was nothing new, but man did it feel good. Heather closed her eyes to focus on her first crush. Faintly beneath her soles she could feel the few defiant people under her. She could feel faint cracks beneath her soles until one by one came loud crunches, each crunch killing one more bug. Once her full weight rested on her foot the little nay sayers popped like grapes. "Mmm..."That felt good. And don't think I forgot about you bugs." The Goddess looked to those who didn't make it on her sandal. "Accept your punishment." After sliding her sandal back off Heather moved and raised her foot over the bugs. "I have no need of weak bugs who can't even make it onto my shoes." She stomped them dead in an instant, not even giving them the chance to beg.
"Congratulations on getting the first question bugs. Question Two: Will you worship me?"
Not a single soul left her shoe.
"Very good. Question Three: Are there any other Goddesses besides me?"
Nervously some people looked between one another. Heather watched curiously as a decent amount of people headed to her No sandal. Perhaps they thought Heather would have some friends be worshiped too. Maybe they were thinking about historical Goddesses. Maybe they refused to abandon their religion. It really didn't matter. There was only one answer.
"Sorry to say there isn't. Hope you're ready bugs." Heather walked to her sandal to one again put it on.
"Wait Heather! Please!"
"Come on girl it's us!"
"Hmm?" Heather heard faint sounds from her shoe. Normally she'd just shrug it off as the usual pleas for their lives but something about this seemed different. She looked down to investigate. In the middle of the people on her sandal were two people jumping and waving their arms. It took a moment before Heather recognized them as her friends. "Oh...it's you two." Honestly she forgot when she shrunk them.
"Yeah! Don't crush us we're your friends! We can be Goddesses too!"
Heather stood up, frowning. On top of defying her they spout that nonsense? She raised her foot over her sandal. "A Goddess has no friends...And you have no lives." She put on her sandal, crushing even her old friends to paste.
"Serves them right. 'Goddesses too'. Don't make me sick." It reviled Heather enough so wiped her foot off on the ground before proceeding. "Question Four..." Mentally laughed as an idea popped to mind. "...I will not crush you."
Everyone murmured in understandable confusion. If it's Yes she won't crush them...but she clearly has and will. But if it's No then she will crush them. Which was the right answer?
"To make this one fun you have thirty seconds." The Goddess laughed.
With no time to spare people ran in accordance with their first instinct. It seemed like a perfect fifty-fifty split between people who said Yes and People who said No. Aside from them sat maybe a hundred or so people in the middle, people who either didn't know or couldn't make it in time.
Heather was very pleased with this result. For a moment she remained silent so the bugs on her shoes could get properly nervous. Then she finally said, "The answer is neither Yes or No. It was a trick question." She smiled as the little ants quickly panicked. In a single step Heather walked to one sandal and put it on. Two steps later she put on her other shoe. Hundreds were killed in those seconds, and Heather relished each and every little pop. She sat back on her throne before the people lucky enough to get the right answer and licked off her sandals. "Congratulations. You're all good enough to serve your Goddess. Now get to work licking my sandals! They're stained with bug blood."
After all that not a single person wasted time running on to Heather's sandals and licking it clean.
Heather crossed her legs and laughed, "It's good to be the Queen."
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