Special Detention

There were always rumors at high schools.

The ones about Ms. Lu were considered particularly far fetched though - that she had barely aged in her fifteen years of working there, that three students from her class over those fifteen years had gone missing. Only a few conspiracy devotees really put any stock in those.

Jane was not one of them, and so had been just as blasé and disruptive in Ms. Lu's class as she always was. One particularly misbehaved day had landed the young blonde in an afternoon detention. It had begun normally enough; Jane didn't want to give the teacher much satisfaction and so had been giving the shorter, older woman the silent treatment. The minutes dragged on until the rest of the school had gone home, save for a few teachers who remained somewhere in the building. Ms. Lu had then asked Jane to write out an apology for her behaviour, and the teenager had steadfastly refused - claiming she wasn't a child and didn't write out apologies anymore.

The teacher seemed mildly disappointed, walked back to her desk, retrieved what looked like a vial of perfume and returned to Jane - the student went to speak but Ms. Lu abruptly sprayed the girl. Jane was furious and demanded an explanation, all that had come was, "If you can leave the classroom before I catch you, then I won't put you in detention for the rest of the year."

Jane had smiled ruefully, and went to stand when she realized she felt herself... sinking? Her legs were suddenly rising off the floor, she tried to stand and fell down onto the tiled floor where she watched the world rise around her.

Terrified; the girl realized she was shrinking!

Before she was on her feet again, she was shorter than a barbie doll and the previously short Ms. Lu was a towering giantess.

Jane screamed in anger and protest, and the teacher simply repeated her statement but now adding. "But if I catch you before you get through the door, then you come home with me and join my collection."

Jane swallowed, sweating, trembling. She couldn't be serious...

Ms. Lu went on. "Fairs fair, so you get a five second head start."

The teenager thought there was no way this was real, but as Ms. Lu said the word, 'five', staring down at the student, Jane had no other recourse but to run.

Her tiny legs sprinted as fast as she could, but she realized the entire classroom seemed different and confounding now - she wasn't certain which direction the door was!

The countdown ended, and Jane could hear the pounding footsteps of her tormentor. The door from the classroom was in sight, but Jane could hear the laughter of her previously short teacher, she could feel the pulsing warmth of her body hear nearing...

Jane just had to keep running!