Mouse In A Lion's Body

They now lived in a plain-looking apartment complex three blocks from The Gold Medal Institute (GMI) where Sarah would be studying Mechanical Engineering in one month's time. Sarah had picked a ground-floor room to make it easier on Suzanna.

It was dawn and Suzanna was fast asleep. They shared a room and a bed, so she clung to Sarah as she usually did when someone touched her in her sleep. Sarah usually thought it was adorable but needed to get up and work out. She got up, entered the bathroom, turned on the cold water in the shower, took a deep breath and walked in.

"AAAAH!!!" Suzanna screamed and let go. Sarah caught her, turned off the water and stepped out,

"Happy birthday!" Sarah exclaimed lifting her up while being wet.

"Thanks..."

Sarah put her down and took off her wet pyjamas,

"You're legally a woman now, how does it feel?"

"It would be better if you weren't undressing me like a 2-year-old," Suzanna muttered, with bright red cheeks,

"Gotta act fast before you catch a cold," Sarah grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her, before taking off her own wet clothes and drying herself off with another towel. They both re-entered the room,

"So how do you want to celebrate?" Sarah asked pulling out a change of clothes for Suzanna and a tracksuit for herself.

"I don't know," Suzanna replied, while redressing, "Uncle usually planned out my birthday, and before he adopted me I never celebrated,"

"Well, consider this your first step into adulthood," She put on her tracksuit and sneakers, "Look, I'll be gone for the next two hours. Just think of something you've been wanting to do and we'll go out and do it,"

"Okay," Suzanna nodded.

"Good," Sarah ruffled her hair, "Two hours, please stay safe,"

"I will,"

"And give your uncle a call,"

"But... he said he'd call me,"

She felt Sarah's knuckles on her head again,

"Will you take some initiative for once?" She headed for the main door, "Help him feel better about having you move out of the house by reassuring him, yourself,"

Suzanna rubbed her head, watching Sarah leave.

(But... I need reassurance.)

She grabbed her charging phone off the floor. The time was 5.15.

(He's probably not awake anyway. I'll just wait a bit.)

The phone started ringing, startling her. It was her uncle.

"Uh... G-Good morning, Uncle!"

"Good morning, Suzanna. Happy birthday,"

"Thank you,"

"I feared I would be waking you. I hope you slept well,"

"I-I'm fine,"

"Is Sarah with you?"

"Um no, she just went to the gym. She'll be back in a couple of hours a-and don't worry. I promise to be safe,"

"I know..."

"Uncle... What's wrong?" She asked, his voice was quiet. What was he keeping from her, "You've been acting strangely for days. Please tell me,"

"I..." She heard him take a deep breath, "I have some things to ask of you,"

"Okay. Anything,"

"I want you to enjoy today. Make the most of it for yourself. No matter what,"

"Yes, Uncle,"

"I want you to value your relationships, especially with Sarah,"

"Yes, Uncle," Where was he going with this?

"I want you to find a path for yourself. A passion. An interest. Something that you can build for yourself. I'll support you any way I can,"

"Y-Yes, Uncle. I'll find... something,"

"Good... there is one more thing,"

Her heart rate began to rise. There was a lengthy pause,

"I love you,"

She let out a loud sigh, "I love you too," She frowned, "You scared me,"

Esiral chuckled, "Forgive me. I'm not in trouble or... anything like that. I've just been struggling to find a way to explain this to you..."

Her heart rate rose again,

"You're about to go through some... changes. Changes that would make it... dangerous for us to live together,"

Her eyes widened, "Dangerous?! What do you mean? What changes? What's going to happen to me?"

"You're about to have a growth spurt,"

She frowned, "U-Uncle, that isn't funn-"

She felt an itch inside her skull and a sudden numbness in her hands that caused her to drop the phone

"Suzanna?"

"U... Un... cle..." She couldn't feel her legs and collapsed. She tried to move the fingers that were in front of her face, but they would not obey her,

"Don't panic. You're just going to go back to sleep. You'll understand when you awake,"

(What does he... I can't... Is my hand shaking...?)

He ended the call right as her eyelids became heavy and she passed out.

"I'm back!" Sarah announced as she walked in and shut the door. She was holding another carry on bag, "Your uncle sent you some more stuff. You decide where you want to go yet?"

No response.

"Suzy? Díd you go back to sleep?"

She walked over to the bedroom and opened the door,

"Geez and here I thought you were- OH, MY GOD!" She screamed, dropping the bag,

On the floor was a giant, muscular naked woman.

(What the hell?)

She looked around and couldn't see Suzanna anywhere. The windows weren't damaged and she locked the door before leaving. The woman, thankfully, wasn't dead as Sarah could hear her breathing.

Sarah's eyes widened when she saw some pieces of the torn clothes that she handed Suzanna as well as the hair texture, colour and skin tone. She placed a hand over her mouth,

"Suzy...?"

She knelt down and shook her vigorously,

"Suzy! Suzy, wake up. What happened to you?"

Suzanna grabbed her by the forearm,

"Cuddle..." She said, lifting her face.

Sarah tried to pull back, but the now-big girl tightened her grip and grabbed her by the pants, pulling her closer,

"It is you!" Panic set in when she realised what was about to happen, "Oh no... No... no nonononononono. Nooooo!"

She struggled, pushed, kicked and crawled, anything to escape the incoming embrace,

"I've never seen you lift anything heavier than a sandwich. How the hell are you so strong?!"

The unconscious Suzanna turned her onto her stomach, pinned her arms back, and pinned down her kicking legs with her own, before forcing her own arms around her and hugging her.

Sarah kept trying to wriggle free but Suzanna's strength and weight kept her in place,

"You know... maybe.... weight classes aren't so... bad after all," She grunted through gritted teeth, "How do you go from... 40 pounds to... 270 in two hours?"

Suzanna turned on her side and wrapped her legs around Sarah's, trapping them again. She then tightened her embrace with her arms,

"Suzy... Seriously... I-I can't..... breathe....... Please.... le........... g-go......................"

As she was losing consciousness, Sarah's hair managed to tickle Suzanna's nose and cause her to sneeze. Suzanna blinked and released her grip.

Sarah crawled away, gasping for air.

"Sarah? What's going on? Why am I naked?"

Sarah managed to get up to her hands and knees, still needing to take deep breaths,

"And why are you so small all of sudden?"

Sarah lifted her head and looked back at Suzanna, looking less like a young woman and more like a rabid rottweiler,

"Suzanna..." She growled,

Suzanna suddenly got a very bad feeling, but all she could say was "Huh?"

In a matter of seconds, the big girl found herself tapping out to a bulldog choke,

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorryyyy!"