A/N: I couldn't help but keep running on with this chapter. If you felt like I ended it abruptly, then that's probably true. So, you lovelies get a 5k+ chapter! YAY! Let's rejoice! Slight language in this chapter, but only once or twice (pfft). I want to thank everyone who has supported this story and tell you guys that you are awesome!
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Asuka's Dolls
The guild was still in chaos even when the magic circle disappeared. The blinding light in the guild slowly faded as the natural illumination from the sun resumed it's work. Some had knocked out from the pressure the light had done to them while the others just continued to scream and race around like chickens without a head. As gross as that sounds.
Levy groaned as she lifted her head from her notebook page, a thick blue line stretched across her cheek from the inking. Vibrations thundered from where she lay like an earthquake took over the entire city of Magnolia. She watched blearily as people ran around, completely freaking out. The bluenette, however, never understood why. When Jet dashed past her table, screaming as if she was missing, she frowned.
"Jet!" Levy called out. The man either hadn't heard her or she wasn't shouting loud enough to be heard over the chaos. So she tried again. "Jet! What's going on?"
The man just continued to sprint past her table, not acknowledging her question. Soon, her eyes caught onto another one of her team-mates. This time, Droy ambled over, going the opposite direction that the Speed mage had been running. She tried calling out to him but he didn't hear her either. He even tripped and fell before standing up, continue to run, and yelling out again. The script mage face-palmed, wondering why they weren't paying any attention to her. They always turned even when she called them quietly.
A groan from beside her made her snap her head so quickly, she thought she had gotten whiplash. However, that sensation was short-lived because her eyes widened in horror.
"Gajeel!" She gasped, pointing at the tiny body beside her. The Iron Dragon Slayer turned to her and his eyes widened as well, "You're so small!"
"Like you're one to talk!" He ground out, giving the Script mage a glare, "You shrunk as well, Shrimp."
Levy looked down at herself and felt a desperate cry escape her mouth. Her notebook seemed to have multiplied in size, not only making her feel smaller than she was used to but also making the notebook look the size of the floor in her apartment. Not only that, the table was gigantic and she was so small (...not. one. word). So it was safe to assume that she screamed. Loudly.
"Oi! Shrimp!" Gajeel yelled over her shrieks, "Shut up!"
"You shut up!" Levy shouted back in panic.
"Levy-chan!" Lucy's voice reached her ears as the blonde landed on the notebook in front of her, "What happened?"
"Lu-chan!" Levy exclaimed, "You're small too!"
"Yeah," The blonde muttered, holding her head to stop the throbbing, "I have a headache and I'm tiny. I almost got trampled over because I fainted on the floor, all I remember was a magic circle and a bright light. I don't know what's happening anymore."
"We can only assume it was the spell that did it," Levy muttered, looking down at the barely legible handwriting on her notebook, "And I was so close to figuring this out too."
"Do you think you can finish it?" Lucy asked, staring down at the words as well.
"I wish I could," The Script mage sighed, "But we're so small, I don't think I could even lift a pencil or turn a page of the book I was translating from." She then motioned towards the huge book that was flipped open before looking at the Gale-force reading glasses, "Or wear those."
"If it's a pencil you have to lift, then I'll be honored to help," A new voice spoke up right before Erza landed on the notebook beside Gajeel.
Both girl's eyes widened, "Tiny!"
"I'm not sure of what is going on," Erza continued, Re-equipping her demon armor to her normal attire, "But I would like to extend my hand to help."
"O-of course, E-Erza," Levy stuttered, a shaky smile on her face.
"So do you have any idea of what's going on?" Gajeel asked the bluenette, folding his arms across his chest.
"W-well," She frowned, then turned to Erza, "Usually spells like this only effect those who are in the vicinity to hear it but this one apparently wasn't that. Seeing that both Gajeel and I were across the guild when You and Lu were chasing Natsu but we all changed anyway. So we can only assume that those who have a knowledge of the spell would also be effected."
"Knowledge..."
Immediately a lightbulb went off and then Erza and Lucy turned to each other with wide eyes, "Gray!"
"Wait," Gajeel muttered, turning to Erza, "You and Bunny Girl were across the Guild when we were changed, how did you get here so quickly?"
"I flew," Erza replied calmly as if it was obvious. Gajeel gave her a skeptical look but he believed her. She was Titania after all. Shaking his head, he turned to Lucy.
"And you?"
"I flew," The blonde replied before shrugging, "Well I caught a ride on Happy but it's the same thing. I told him to go find Natsu because he must have something to do with why we're like this."
Levy raised an eyebrow, "And how do you know that?" That statement drew a look of disbelief from the blonde.
"C'mon. It's Natsu."
"Point taken."
"Now we have to focus on finding Gray," Lucy sighed, rubbing a tired hand down her face, "Did you guys let anyone else know about the spell?"
"No," Levy shook her head, "After you left, I immediately started to translate it. I'm not aware if anyone else saw it."
"Well," Gajeel muttered, the others turned to him curiously, "There was this creepy thing floatin' around us. It had blue wings and a weird face painted on it. It was probably the size of a mug, same shape too..."
"That was probably one of Bixlow's dolls," Erza informed, her armor clanking as she folded her arms, "I wouldn't worry too much about them though. They usually only repeat whatever Bixlow says and they float around the guild every so often. It was probably curious to what Levy was doing." She straightened her back and then looked at the group, "As of now, we must look for Gray, he is another person who knows about the spell. Gajeel and I will look for him by the entrance and I want you, Levy, and Lucy to take Happy and search from above."
"How are we even going to get Happy over here?" Lucy asked, her face twisting at the thought of trying to find the blue exceed, "We can't look for him or we'd be crushed-"
"Lushy!" Happy cried, zooming in and landing on the table. Tears leaked from his eyes as he ran towards the blonde, "I can't find Natsuuuuu- oops!"
"Oof!" Lucy grunted as she fell forward, Happy's paw resting heavily on her back. She suddenly had deja vu of when Natsu shrunk and kept on getting squished under's Happy's foot. "This is the Dan thing all over again," The blonde cried from under his paw, tears streaming down her face.
"S-sorry!" Happy apologized, quickly getting off of the Celestial mage. Erza walked over to Lucy and helped the blonde mage up, a small smile of sympathy on her face.
"You're just in time Happy!" Levy cried happily, running to him, "We need your help."
"My help?" The blue exceed asked incredulously before a smug smile spread across his lips, "I-I mean of course you need my help! What do I need to do?"
"We need you to help us find Gray," Lucy coughed, heavily leaning against Erza before regaining her own balance. She half-heartedly brushed off her clothes, "Do you think Levy and I can catch a ride and search from above?"
"We'll regroup on the bar," Erza announced once Happy agreed.
Levy nodded, struggling to climb onto Happy's head. Lucy easily clambered up his blue fur while Gajeel grunted, helping Levy onto her flying vessel. The red-headed woman re-equipped into one of her armor with wings before nodding at the group. They all gave her a thumbs up before she picked Gajeel up by his arms and flew off. Happy muttered a quick 'Aye, Sir' to Lucy as she urged the exceed to fly and sprouted his wings.
"Any luck?" Lucy asked the Script mage who was peering down at the guild. Levy shook her head sadly at her before turning back towards the ground. The blonde pursed her lips before gently patting Happy's head, "Do you see any of them, Happy?" The blue exceed merely shook his head slowly, so he wouldn't knock any of the girls off. "Do you think we should regroup? I don't know if tying to find them this way is very conventional."
"Yeah, I think we should," Levy sighed, "Happy, if you'd please?"
"Aye, sir!" Happy called out before swooping towards the bar.
Levy squealed at the familiar drop in her stomach as the blue exceed dived towards their rendezvous point. Lucy kept silent, already used to the sensation but kept her eyes trained on the floor just in case she spotted the familiar Ice mage. They needed to regroup and find out who else was affected by the spell. However, she was certain not that many people had known about the spell but they couldn't be too sure. Once Happy landed on the wooden countertop, the pair eagerly climbed off.
"Oh, wow!" Levy breathed in awe, "Lu-chan, look at Asuka's doll house!"
Lucy gave the bluenette a weird look before slowly turning her head, her breath catching in her throat. Proudly standing in front of them was Asuka's doll house but if the pair swore that they were standing in front of the old guild building. Despite knowing it was a replica and a doll house, they felt like they were thrown back in the past. Lucy was the first to move as she scrambled towards the building to place her hand on the wall, it felt as if her breath was squeezed out of her.
She walked over to the large doors and slid her hand down the wood, even feeling the bruises of where Natsu would kick it open. When Bisca first unveiled the doll house, she proudly held back her tears but seeing it in this perspective broke her walls completely. Tears sprung to her eyes, a couple even dropping onto her arm. She hadn't want to admit it to anyone else, but the time she cried after the Phantom incident wasn't just because she was overwhelmed by everyone's trust. She was actually sad to lose the building.
"I feel big again," Happy exclaimed, woefully recalling the time when he almost destroyed the ancient underground city. His mind took a 180 degree turn as he remembered stepping on Natsu for what felt like the hundredth time. The exceed snickered, "I wish Natsu was small again, that was fun."
Lucy wiped her tears and grinned up at Happy, "You just want to step on him again."
"Aye!" He agreed happily.
"Thank you for helping us, Happy," The blonde gratefully said, "Don't worry about us, we'll figure something out. For now, you can go."
"Are you sure, Lushy?" The blue exceed asked, eyeing them.
"Yeah, we don't want to take up your time," Levy replied with a polite smile, "Weren't you and Lily planning to see the other exceeds today?"
"Oh yeah!" Happy exclaimed, his eyes widening before flying off quickly. The women watched him go, snickering at his next statement. "Lily's going to kill me!"
"Oi!" Gajeel's voice rang around them as he fell where the exceed was just moments ago and landed safely on the countertop. He glared up at the ceiling and raised his fist angrily, "Don't just go an' drop me like that!"
"You landed safely, didn't you?" Erza asked, dropping next to him and re-equipping her armor again. She turned to the two girls and smiled, "I see that you haven't found him either."
"No, we didn't," Levy sighed with a frown.
"We'll find him," The red-headed mage smiled and placed an armored hand on the Script mage's shoulder.
"Eventually," Gajeel scoffed.
"But eventually is better than never," Lucy mused, still looking at the doll house.
"Ah, this brings back memories," Erza stated, walking to the blonde's side and placing her hands on her hips. Her eyes scrutinized the building, even the scorch marks on the wooden door. "I must praise Laki for a job well done."
"I remember this place," Gajeel muttered, his face was as stoic as ever but they could hear the guilt in his voice. They pretended not to hear it, not wanting to guilt the Dragon Slayer further. Gajeel walked forward and knocked on the door, testing the sturdiness, "You sayin' the creepy girl made this?"
"Gajeel," Levy scolded, "Laki is not creepy but yes, she did make this."
"Hmm," Gajeel looked up at the building again before shrugging, "Not bad."
Lucy raised an eyebrow at him, "Impressed?"
"It's not like I completely remember this place, Bunny Girl," The Iron Dragon Slayer muttered, "I ain't got a reference to be impressed."
They jumped back when the door creaked open, Lucy staring widely at the door while Gajeel acted as if he didn't jump at all. Erza stood in front of them with a sword in her hand while Levy hid behind Gajeel, clinging to Lucy's arm. The door opened further and they glared harsly. Gajeel hardened his arm into iron, Erza held her sword in defense and Lucy's hand dropped to her keys. They were all prepared to attack until a familiar raven-haired mage popped his head out. His eyes widened in panic before flying the doll house door open and holding his hands up in surrender.
"Whoa, whoa!" Gray shouted, waving his hands in front of him, "Chill out! It's just me!"
"Gray!" The girls shouted in surprise while the Iron Dragon Slayer glared at him with accusing eyes.
"You scared the crap out of us!" Lucy cursed him, causing the Ice mage to flinch.
"You guys knocked on the door, then look as if you're going to attack and you're saying I scared the crap out of you?!" Gray returned with narrowed eyes.
"I'm glad you are safe," Erza breathed a sigh in relief and reaching forward, slamming the raven-haired man against her chest-plate. Everyone flinched, knowing exactly how it felt to be in his shoes. The red-headed woman released him and set him with a hard look, "Where you in the doll house this whole time?"
"Ugh," Gray muttered rubbing his head before glancing back at the old Fairy Tail building, "This is a doll house?"
"Asuka's doll house," Levy corrected, "Laki made it for her."
"The creepy girl?" The Ice mage asked, surprise lighting his face. Gajeel sent Levy a smug look and she glared in reply while Erza and Lucy sweat-dropped.
"Gray-sama?" A small voice called from inside of the doll house before Juvia's small form walked out.
"Juvia too?!" Lucy exclaimed, her eyes widening in shock.
"Love Rival, Gajeel-kun, Erza-san and Levy-chan has also shrunk?" The Water mage asked with wonder in her eyes.
"It seems so," Erza muttered, tapping her chin with an armored clad finger. A frown formed on her face before she turned to Lucy and Levy, her eyes burning curiously, "But Juvia doesn't know about the spell..."
"But she was around us when we were talking about it," Lucy pointed out before turning to Levy, "That counts as knowledge doesn't it?"
"No, no," The Script mage denied, "To have knowledge of a spell like this, you either have to hear it from someone else's mouth or you'd have to at least see it. I don't think that having a general knowledge of the spell would cause someone to turn or be affected by it. If that was the case, then Cana would turn as well, but as you can see," Levy motioned to the normal sized brunette who was drinking on the table, "She would be small as well."
"Wait," Erza mused, folding her arms, "Cana was the one to ask us to decipher the spell. So why isn't she small as well? Wouldn't she have to read it to understand the severity of the job?"
"I don't think so," Levy shook her head, "The job was titled 'Decipher this spell' and the reward was posted below that before even getting to the spell. We can assume that she didn't read the spell, just knew that it was probably too much work to decipher it and gave it to you."
Gajeel snickered, "That was harsh coming from you, Shrimp."
"Seriously?" Levy asked in exasperation, her eyes incredulous, "We all know how lazy she can be! She even casts fortunes on jobs before she takes them just to make sure she doesn't have to do too much work before getting the reward! Why do you think she sets up so much bets? Because she likes the thrill of gambling? I don't think so, she's a freaking fortune teller for Mavis's sake! She already knows who's going to win or lose."
"It's her only source of income," Erza muttered under her breath.
"It's true," Gray shrugged, folding his arms over his bare chest.
"Mira-nee! Look!" Asuka's childish voice popped into their conversation, stopping anyone else from speaking.
The six mages turned to see the child scrambling onto the chair, her large eyes popping over the counter a second later. Levy, Juvia and Lucy stepped back in surprise, they eyes widening at Asuka's sudden appearance. Gray looked awed at the child's sudden giant size while Gajeel and Erza kept their faces blank. Mira walked up to the bar and her eyes widening in horror, her hands clasped in front of her carefully.
"Not you guys too!" The white-haired barmaid exclaimed.
"...'too'?" Lucy asked in confusion.
A second later, the small group heard muffled protests coming from somewhere. They all looked around in confusion but Lucy's eyes were still stuck on the white-haired barmaid, waiting for an explanation. Mira nodded solemnly before placing her clasped hands onto the bar and slowly opening it. Tumbling out of her hands was a familiar face that shocked everyone. The woman fell flat on her face, complaining when she sat up and rubbing her nose.
"Ouch, Mira-nee," The white-haired woman complained, turning to look up at her older sister. Mira just gave her an apologetic smile.
"Lisanna?!" Erza, Gray and Levy exclaimed, making the short haired girl turn to them in surprise.
"Levy, Erza, Lucy, Grey!" Lisanna exclaimed back, her eyes darting between them, "Even Gajeel and Juvia too?! What's happening around here?"
"Okay, this surprise thing is gettin' annoying," Gajeel growled, clenching his fist angrily. "Some stupid person must have read the spell out loud and changed us all like this. We have to find the idiot and beat the shit out of him."
"Gajeel!" The women scolded the man for swearing, especially in front of Asuka. The Iron Dragon Slayer rolled his eyes, folding his arms across his chest.
Gray snorted, "I'd bet it was Flame Brain."
"Gray-sama... your clothes again."
"Ah, crap! Thanks Juvia!"
Silence stretched between the rest of the group, as they looked at each other with knowing eyes (while Grey scrambled to put on his clothes). It wasn't that they completely were set on agreeing with him but no one disagreed either. They had no doubt in their mind that Natsu had something to do with them being small. However, a few people, namely Lucy, decided to defend her friend. And in her case, her partner.
"I mean, he's dumb but hopefully not that dumb," The blonde muttered, half-believing her own words.
"You sent Happy to look for him earlier because you thought he had something to do with it," Levy told her flatly.
"Yeah, I thought he had 'something' to do with it. I didn't say that it was completely his fault," Lucy blushed guiltily, looking away and mumbling, "Besides, he's my partner. Stupidity is contagious and I'd rather not catch it."
"What faith," Gajeel snorted sarcastically. Lucy didn't bother to argue, it was true anyway.
"I can't think of anyone else to blame," Gray frowned, looking around the group, "He's the one who was dead set on trying to see the flyer anyway."
"But he didn't come anywhere near us," Levy pointed out, "But according to Gajeel, Bixlow's doll floated around us."
"Which one?" Mira asked, placing a worried hand on her face. Everyone turned towards Levy (Except Erza and Lucy who turned to Gajeel) but then Levy fidgeted and shot a look at the Iron Dragon Slayer.
"Uh," Gajeel muttered, scratching his cheek, "It had blue wings and it's face was painted on. Had a big green nose and a red mask... thing. I suppose."
"Blue wings?" Mira asked, a confused frown on her face, "All of Bixlow's dolls have brown wings."
"Ah, actually," Lisanna piped up, "He said he wanted to paint the dolls wings a different color so he painted one blue and the others were green, red, yellow and white." Everyone turned to her with blank eyes, causing the short haired girl to blush, "I asked earlier when he came in. It was something I noticed."
The women shared a knowing smirk before Juvia finally spoke, "But Juvia wonders why this certain doll would matter?"
"The doll with the blue wings is a little different than the rest," Lisanna spoke without thinking, the women smiled knowingly at each other, "He's a lot smarter than the rest of Bixlow's babies. He can converse to a certain extent."
"Oh really?" Lucy giggled behind her hand, "That's interesting, I didn't know that. Did any of you know, ladies?"
"I don't think I knew that, Lu-chan," Levy snickered. Finally catching on, Lisanna glared at the pair but a blush coated her cheeks.
"Juvia had no clue."
"I was unaware."
"Lisanna! Why haven't you told me? We're sisters aren't we?"
"Okay, I think we teased her enough," Lucy held her hands out in a 'peace' gesture, then a sly smirk appeared on her face, "Besides, she already vowed herself to Natsu."
Gajeel and Gray rolled their eyes while the women laughed teasingly at the youngest Strauss's expense. Lisanna blushed further and gave the Celestial mage a half-hearted glare before muttering that they were 'just kids'. Levy playfully nudged the short haired girl on the arm, a knowing smile on her face. Lisanna rolled her eyes at them before pouting and folding her arms across her chest. Asuka, however, was a little lost in the conversation but she still darted her eyes between the tiny group and Mira.
"But," The child spoke up a little sadly, "I thought Lucy-nee and Natsu-nii liked each other."
That immediately quieted the small group. Lucy turned to the child with wide, disbelieving eyes while the others just stared at each other in shock. The one to break the silence was Gajeel when he snorted a laugh. Gray quickly followed and the rest erupted in bouts of laughter. The only quiet ones were the still shocked Lucy and Asuka who looked even more confused than she did earlier.
"W-where'd you g-get that idea from?" Lucy asked in a stutter, a blush dusting her entire face.
"Mira-nee said you and Natsu-nii are like Mama and Papa," Asuka frowned, looking up to the white-haired barmaid whose laughter ceased. Mira looked away when Lucy sent her a glare.
"Like I said last time," Lucy consoled gently, "Natsu and I aren't like your Mama and Papa."
"But you two do stuff like Mama and Papa," The child pouted at the small woman. The others smirked, completely taking that statement the wrong way even when the blonde mage gave them a warning glare.
"Oh yeah?" Lisanna asked, not willing to let the opportunity of payback to pass, "And what do Mama Bisca and Papa Azlack do like Lucy-nee and Natsu-nii?"
"They go on missions alone," Asuka replied obediently. Everyone's smirk seemed to grow while Lucy face-palmed. "They hug and they smile at each other across the room. Lucy-nee even laughs at Natsu-nii's jokes. Even if they aren't funny."
"I just don't want him to feel bad when no one laughs," Lucy muttered. The women gave her a knowing look and she gave them a hard glare in return, "If I didn't, he'd complain to me about it anyway. Might as well hit two birds with one stone and pretend it was funny. At least when he boasts he doesn't care if anyone is listening. When he complains he'd keep calling your name until he knows that you're listening and I have been in way too much of those situations to ever want to be in them again."
Erza snickered, "It is easier to ignore his boasting than his complaints."
"They don't kiss like Mama and Papa," Asuka continued, not noticing the small conversation between her thinking, "But Cana-nee says Natsu-nii sleeps in Lucy-nee's bed at night."
The Celestial mage clenched her fist, "I'm going to kill her when we're back to normal."
Mira wisely held her hands over Asuka's ears before giving her a small doll to play with. Asuka accepted the doll with a wide smile and started to make it dance on the countertop. Mira had a feeling that this will be quite a long conversation so she wanted the child to have something to do so she wouldn't be bored. Even if it was playing with her doll.
"Now that's a little extreme," Gray chuckled, patting the woman's head. The blonde felt Juvia's glare send shivers down her spine before she shook the Ice mage's hand off of her head.
"I help her with Gildarts during the S-class trials and this is the thanks I get?" Lucy ranted, "It's not like I'm willingly letting him in my bed- in my apartment actually."
"Bunny Girl and Salamander, huh?" Gajeel smirked, "Who woulda thunk?"
"NO!"
Taking pity on the Celestial mage, Mira sat down and looked at the group, "So how would Bixlow's dolls tie into this?"
"Well," Levy muttered when everyone stopped snickering at her best friend's expense, "I've been thinking-"
"No surprise there," Gajeel scoffed.
"-That he may have been the one to say the spell," The Script mage continued, completely ignoring the Dragon Slayer's comment, "Since we assume that those with strict knowledge of the spell is affected, then he must be turned as well. If what Lisanna said about that certain doll being smarter than the rest, it could possibly be that the particular doll was sent because it could comprehend what was on the paper and relayed it to him."
"Oh," Lucy frowned, thoughtfully placing her hand on her chin, "I guess that wouldn't do much harm."
The group turned to her with confusion but Erza spoke up for them, "What do you mean?"
"Well, it's just a theory," The blonde trailed, "But I'm guessing that since the dolls are actually souls in an inanimate object, them reciting the spells wouldn't do anything or even trigger the spell at all. And I'm also guessing that Bixlow had repeated the doll's words in curiosity but what stumps me is the fact that he knew about the spell at all."
"Juvia guesses that Bixlow-san was convinced by Natsu-san to find out about it," The Water mage offered, the others looked at each other with a sigh.
"You gonna argue against that, Bunny Girl?"
"No, I'm not. It sounds like something he would do."
"So that must mean that Bixlow has also shrunk," Gray pitched in, somehow managing to keep all of his clothes on this time around, "But what I'm confused about is that Lisanna is small. I'm sure she hadn't seen or even heard the spell for that matter."
"Yeah, I was in the kitchen since this morning," Lisanna frowned, "I didn't know what happened. All I remember was that there was a really bright light and I blacked out. When I came to, Asuka and Mira-nee had me in their hands and then we came out here to find you guys small as well."
"That's quite a problem," Erza muttered, folding her armored arms. The others nodded with a heavy sigh.
The short haired woman turned to Levy and Lucy. "Do any of you know how to reverse the spell?"
"Well I have to get a general knowledge of it first then I have to break it down into parts and then see how to reverse the type of magic," Levy replied first, "I was halfway through translating it completely but that's all that I got. I have no way to research it either. My Gale-force reading glasses are way too big for me and the book pages are too hard to turn."
"I could turn them for you," Mira offered politely.
"Thanks for the suggestion Mira," Levy sighed, "But I usually go through at least ten books even with a simple spell like this. It would take too long and I don't know if this spell has a time limit whether it wears off or keeps us like this. Permanently."
"Here's to hoping it wears off," Gajeel muttered sarcastically.
"I can try to translate it," Mira offered this time, "I can read some runes and the Raijinshuu is here today. I could ask Laxus if I can borrow Freed to help out. I'm sure he'd agree once he knows what happened to you all."
"Can you?" Lucy asked hopefully, "That would be a real relief if you could."
"I'll see what I can do," The white-haired barmaid smiled, "I don't know how long it'll take so sit tight please. Asuka, please listen to them."
"Make sure the Raijinshuu are the only people you show it to," Erza called to Mira's retreating back, "And don't say the spell out loud. It might make you small as well!" The barmaid just waved her hand dismissively over her shoulder. The red-headed mage sighed before turning to the group of magically shortened people and Asuka as well. "Well, what are we going to do for the time being?" She asked, "We can't wander the guild just in case we need to be together to break the spell."
"And we might get trampled on."
"Or lost."
"Or... worse."
"I KNOW! I KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO!" Asuka shouted excitedly, causing the group to hold their ears. One by one, they turned to the small child who was currently bouncing in her seat, unable to hold her excitement. Her hat slightly tipped off of her head but Asuka easily fixed it while clutching her doll to her chest.
Lucy gave the child a skeptical eye but offered a warm smile anyway, "And what is that?"
"You can all play in my doll house!"