Chapter 3

It was a beautiful day out, minus the rain.

And the wind.

And the idiot drivers out on a day like this.

Rina sighed, leaning her head on her hand. She hated traffic. Sitting there not doing anything made her anxious and jumpy and that wasn't what she wanted to be feeling at the moment.

That feeling that something was wrong hadn't left her gut and it was started to gnaw on even more as the thunder and lightning started to pick up and get more frequent. The rain came down even harder as Rina honked at the person in front of her.

"Green lights mean go, people..." She muttered through clenched teeth.

Why was she doing this? It wasn't like any answers or good ever came from these visits.

That was what she was thinking as suddenly, a car crashed into the passenger side of her car and everything went black.


Haidee looked up as her door opened at exactly noon. It was Monday. Sunday was the day that Rina always visited. Rina. Her Rina. Jacob. Rina.

The woman who entered wasn't Rina.

Haidee stared blankly at her nurse who didn't know what to say. Rina was never late, much less never showed up. Maybe she had given up?

"Sorry Haidee dear, no Rina today either. Maybe... maybe she was busy or.." The nurse set down the tray and as she closed the door, she muttered, "or maybe she's finally given up."

The door shut with a soft thud, leaving Haidee in silence. She pulled her knees to her chest, the bed creaking slightly as she did.

Then, she spoke.

"No. No, no, no. Rina wouldn't give up. My Rina wouldn't. She-she's too stubborn," Her voice, once soft and gentle, was now coarse and thin. "No, she's gone. Far, far away. Gone. Jacob. Gone. Rina. Forever. Left me forever. Gone."

Haidee stood and looked towards the window.


Rina felt pretty damn stupid.

She was lying on her back in some grass, staring up at the blue sky. She would have enjoyed being out in nature... if this nature wonderland had been her own world. How she couldn't have seen this coming, she didn't know. Rina should have known better that she wouldn't have gotten that warning feeling this morning if this hadn't been coming. Serves me right for thinking that maybe it was just for my keys or that my period was coming.

"Ugh," she groaned as she stood up. Woah, what? Something was wrong. Rina recognized these woods, but the trees hadn't been this tall before. She shook her head. Maybe it was a different time period and the trees have grown taller. Nothing could not be explained. She took a step forward.

And promptly fell face first.

"Seriously? One moment I'm a fucking graceful badass spy the next- JESUS! MOTHER OF GOD! WHAT ARE THOSE?"

Rina stared and couldn't stop staring.

There, sticking out of her now-split apart boots, were the biggest feet she'd ever seen. Rina continued to stare until she slowly reached down and touched them. Yup, they were hers alright.

"Oh God, please no, what have you done to me?..."

Slowly prying off her beloved, now-destroyed boots, she realized that the rest of her clothes were now at least 4 sizes too big for her. She picked up her wand and cast a sizing charm. They shrunk to fit her but that'd didn't matter as much to Rina.

She was mini-sized.

Staring down at herself, she was silent for another moment. Then, she started laughing.

"You," she said pointing at the sky, "really have a sense of humor! Shrinking me down to what? 4'5"? Annnd giving me big ass feet? You either really hate me or just love to make my life just a big harder than it has to be! Why don't you get your funny ass down here and tell me what you-"

"You know, Miss Peregrina, there isn't really a need to complain. Being turned into a hobbit is nothing to be ashamed off."