Mist awoke some time later. She was slow to open her eyes as she still felt very weak. The poor girl who cast the unknown magic spell could hardly remember what was going on before she passed out, but when she saw the familiar woods that she'd spent almost half an hour in training, she recalled what had happened to her.
But what was that spell? Mist wondered. She didn't see any damage to the surrounding area, unlike a scorched tree she might expect from a Fire spell. She then remembered how the dark magic had started to flow around her body, like it was going to affect her somehow, but Mist didn't feel any different from what she could tell. All that she felt was hunger from her lack of lunch, and growl from her stomach reinforced the idea that she needed to eat.
"L-Let's not do that again..." Mist told herself. She quickly picked up her staff and ran off, wanting to forget the foolish endeavor she'd just attempted. But in her haste, the young girl left Rhys's spell book behind in the woods, forgetting about it.
Mist hurried back to the camp, feeling not really worse for wear, even after the mysterious spell had been cast, seemingly on herself. On the way back, she ran into Rolf, the young archer with whom she shared a strong friendship over them both being amongst the youngest fighters on the battlefield. The green-haired boy saw her coming out of the woods and smiled at her.
"Hey, Mist!" He waved to her. Mist smiled and waved back.
"Hello, Rolf." She greeted him with a wave back as she got closer to camp.
"Where have you been? Nobody's seen you for a while, Rhys and Ike were starting to get worried." Rolf explained.
"Oh, that's..." Mist was about to explain, when Rolf suddenly put his arm up over Mist's head. "Wh-What are you doing?"
"Hmm..." Rolf mused, moving his arm from the top of Mist's head to him with his hand reaching just under his forehead. "Hey, do you think I've gotten taller?"
"What?" Mist asked, confused for a moment before she understood the boy's meaning. "Oh! Yes, I think you have!" She noticed she was having to look up at Rolf a little, whereas before he was usually a little shorter than her.
"Nice!" Rolf exclaimed happily. "I hope the guys start to treat me with a little more respect soon!"
"Yes, that would be nice." Mist smiled in agreement, knowing full well how her and Rolf were still treated like kids even though they fought alongside the other mercenaries in battle. She hoped for a growth spurt of her own to be taken seriously as well, but it seemed that for now she'd have to wait to catch up to Rolf first!
"Hey, are you hungry? I skipped lunch to train with my bow, so..." Rolf drifted off for Mist to answer.
"I'm REALLY hungry!" Mist laughed, nodding intently.
"Okay, let's see what they made today then, and you can tell me about where you've been." Rolf took off for the kitchen. "Last one there's a rotten egg!"
"H-Hey!" Mist called out. She couldn't believe that boy was still taking her by surprise like that, and here she thought he was ready to mature. Mist took off after the green-haired boy in a sprint.
Not once did Mist think something was up with herself, she never suspected that she was shrinking, thanks to the spell that she had cast on herself by accident, but slowly enough that even she wasn't perceiving it. Slowly but surely, Mist was getting smaller, even now her height had dropped a couple of inches, and would continue to do so until a cure was found...
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