The Difference Between Big and Small
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It was a quiet morning at Riot Force 6, that is until the two started fighting. Signum had nagged Vita again for leaving her clothes on the floor in the bathroom. The redhead obviously got angry and shot back.
"Don't think that you're the boss just cause you got big boobs, you boob demon!" the redhead shouted angrily.
"Watch your tongue or I'll chop it off!" the pink knight retorted.
The two had continued like this until Hayate got angry.
"Stop it already! You've been at it for a while already! If you don't stop I'll punish you both for disturbing everyone else early in the morning!" the brunette said, standing between the two, hands on her hips.
Signum and Vita stopped instantly but still glaring at each other. Vita stormed out of the room and into the hall, her angry retorts could still be heard. Signum crossed her arms over her chest with an angry look on her face as she watched the mini knight stomp off.
"Signum, you're older, more mature, yet, you can still fight over little matters like this." The brunette complained.
"If she hadn't used those words, then maybe, I would have ignored her." She replied.
Signum too, walked out of the room but less fumed than Vita. Hayate just sighed while Shamal cleaned up the mess and Zafira was oblivious to all the commotion seeing as it wasn't any of his business. Hayate had wished in that moment that both her knights would at least try to understand each other for once in their life instead of fighting.
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The day continued like normal, Signum and Vita avoiding each other. The forwards had unfortunately become Vita's prey as she let her anger out on them, Fate becoming Signum's. Both knights had made five people miserable due to their anger and are constantly spreading the bad mood about Riot 6. Fate and the forwards understood this kind of treatment as releasing stress but it was getting a little too much for them to handle. Suddenly, right before lunch, the alert alarms blared. There were five wanted mages on the loose, one at the south end, four at the north end of Kranagan.
"Signum, you and Vita will take care of the mage at the south. Fate chan and Nanoha, take the forwards and deal with the ones at the north. Go!" the brunette ordered.
The two knights had no choice but to put their differences aside and work together if they want to take out the mage. They arrived at the scene via flight.
"Stop right there! You are in Bureau airspace!" the redhead said.
"Surrender now and receive a light sentence, refuse and we shall use force." The pink knight added.
The mage just laughed maniacally, leaving the two knights dumbfounded.
"You think you can capture me? Maybe not, after having a taste of my latest invention." pulling out gun looking device.
It looked harmless but they couldn't take any chances. The mage turned a few knobs and then he held the gun up at them. The two reacted by lunging at the man but they were a few seconds slower, the man fired the weapon and there was a huge flash of white light. Hayate panicked and tried to get to them. When the light was clearing out the mage had run leaving Vita and Signum there to figure out what happened.
"Vita chan, Signum, are you all right?" the brunette asked, not keeping the worry out of her voice.
"Yea, I think I'm all right but I feel funny and my voice sounds weird." The redhead replied, rubbing her eyes.
"I'm fine but like Vita, I feel weird... Why does my voice sound so high pitched?" the pink knight replied, hands moving about her body slowly.
Soon, the light cleared out completely to reveal the two knights but they look different than before. Vita had shot up in height, had breasts and her voice sounding softer and more mature, her armour had shifted its size to fit her now bigger form. Signum on the other hand had shrunk in size, her voice sounding a lot more high pitched and childish, her armour also shifted its size to fit her now smaller form.
"What happened to me... to us?" the pink knight finally spoke, looking up at the now taller redhead.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! I LOOK LIKE, LIKE..." the redhead screamed.
"Calm down! You're not the only one looks weird!" the pink knight shouted back.
".... Since I'm bigger, I get to boss you around." smirking all of a sudden.
"Just because you look bigger doesn't make you superior. I never did. You just assumed I did. Who's the boob demon now, ne?" smirking back at the red knight.
"Hey, that was my line!" her smirk turning into a glare.
"Not anymore because I don't have them, you do." chuckling evilly.
Vita turned bright red at the realisation. Hayate was staring at the screen as she watched both her knights squabble and then fainted. Hayate awoke later in the infirmary, Shamal looking at her worriedly, Vita and Signum standing behind her.
"I really don't know what happened to them Hayate. It seems that the mage fired a spell or some sort and they ended up like this. I've already asked Yunno to look it up." the blonde said, turning to look at the pair.
"I for one don't intend to stay like this." the pink knight said, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Me either. It feels too weird." The red knight added, gesturing toward her body.
"I don't know you two. Signum , you look really cute and adorable. Vita, you look very mature and very prettty." the brunette finally spoke, making the two knights blush.
Hayate got up and took Signum into her arms. Vita laughed at Signum when she responded by trying to flee but to no avail.
"You just look too cute to ignore. You look around five to eight years of age." The brunette contemplated, hugging Signum.
"Vita, you look to be around sixteen to nineteen years or age." the brunette added, walking up to the said person and inspecting her whilst still carrying Signum.
Fate and Nanoha walked into the room and were shocked at what they found.
"Sig-Signum, is that you?" the lightning mage asked.
"Yes, it's me. I'm not liking this anyways." the pink knight replied.
"Vi-Vita chan, you look taller." The ace of aces pointed out.
"Yup, but I don't like the other stuff that came with the height." the red knight replied, frowning slightly.
Hayate and Shamal explained the situation and what happened though they are still unable to figure out what exactly happened. Fate and Nanoha reported their success in capturing the other four mages in return.
"It seems the most troublesome one was the one Signum and Vita were handling." The brunette summed up, turning to look at her knights.
Fate was fussing with Signum's hair, the said person trying to flee. Nanoha was inspecting the once small red knight, Vita. Hayate just giggled at their antics.
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It was the following day. Hayate had given Signum and Vita a day off to avoid the staff from finding out what happened to them.
"Let's head into town. We won't be recognised there." The red knight suggested.
"How do you suppose we get there?" the pink knight replied.
"We borrow Hayate's car." gesturing toward the keys on the side table.
Signum had to wear Vita's clothes while red knight had decided to wear Hayate's instead. The two headed toward the car, Vita throwing the keys to Signum. She caught the keys but she didn't move from her spot.
"Did you forget? I'm not what I was before. I'm not tall enough to drive. You have to drive." tossing the keys back to Vita.
"But I don't have a drivers license dope, you have." She retorted.
"Well, I can't drive since I'm too short and you don't have a license.... use transformation magic to look like me, then you can just use my license." pulling the card out of her pocket.
Vita just shrugged and the spell activated. It made Vita feel weird to look like Signum but to get to town and avoid the staff, she had no other option. The drive was smooth enough though there were a few instant braking making the car jolt when Vita wasn't paying attention to her driving, making Signum nag some more.
"Where do you want to go first?" the red knight asked her small companion.
Vita had parked the car in a parking lot, shaking off the transformation spell as soon as she got out of the car. Signum stepped out and looked about.
"Why don't we walk about a little before we decide." the pink knight replied.
"Sure." The redhead answered.
Vita walked over to Signum and dragged the pink knight off in the direction she wanted to go. With her size, Signum had no choice but to comply.
'So this is what Vita feels like. Easily bullied and dragged around like what she's doing to me.' Signum thought to herself.
Soon, the pair was at the arcade. The sound of the machines and people were loud and overwhelming.
"Why are we here?" the pink knight asked.
"I haven't been here in ages. The last time I came was when Hayate brought me here. It's not that bad a place to have fun." the red knight replied, dragging Signum with her.
The men in the arcade just turned to look at Vita, making the knight very cautious and uncomfortable.
'So this is what Signum feels like. To be stared at and wanted by men.' Vita thought to herself.
Soon, Vita stopped in front of a game machine. The game was one that required rhythm. It was a drum game with two sticks and a mini drum sticking out toward the players.
"Hayate thought me how to play one of these. They are pretty fun." handing Signum a pair of sticks.
Vita explained in short how to play while she slotted in two credits and chose a level.
"You want to try the hard level?" the redhead asked.
"I feel like a challenge today." The pink knight replied.
Vita nodded and chose the hard level. She chose the song '_______' by '_______' which was rated at eight stars. The song started and the two began hammering away to the tune of the music. When the song finished their score appeared on the screen. Signum had beaten Vita by one point.
"Darn, if I hadn't had missed that one note." She grumbled.
"I excel at timing and the song you chose had a nice tune." The pink knight commented.
"Hayate was pretty good at it too. I couldn't beat her." The red knight added, sighing.
"What's wrong Vita?" Signum asked.
"I never thought that you had it bad, you know, the staring and drooling from the guys."
"It does make you feel very odd and very uncomfortable at times but also curious as to what it is that's running through their minds."
"Really...."
The two walked out of the arcade and down the street.
"I also realised how hard it is to cope when you're small sized." The pink knight added, looking at Vita.
"Yea, I guess so. You get bullied a lot and it's easy to drag you anywhere without much force. You also don't get to certain things like dating, riding roller coasters, going to a bar freely and all sorts of other stuff." Vita explained
"But being an adult also means that you can't act childishly and throw a temper whenever you want. You have to act more responsibly and put on a straight face." Signum explained in return.
Vita nodded in agreement and turned to look at the ice cream stand nearby.
"Want to get some ice cream? You rarely eat it and I don't get the opportunity as often as I used to." The red knight asked.
Signum nodded and followed her to the stand. Vita paid for both of them. Signum had opted for chocolate while Vita had taken the strawberry, both had two scoops each. They sat down on a nearby bench while they ate.
"You look really cute when you eat ice cream like that." Vita pointed out.
"Really...." Signum asked, blushing slightly.
"Yea, it's part of the kid treatment. People think it's cute when children eat sweets and treats." She explained.
"People also find it cute when young girls at the age of sixteen to nineteen eat treats as well." Signum replied, gesturing to a group of guys nearby.
Vita blushed and returned to eating her ice cream. Signum chuckled slightly.
"I think we've come to an understanding about each other's situation." the pink knight concluded.
"Yea, I think so too. I'm sorry I called you a boob demon before. I didn't realise that it actually made you feel uncomfortable. It feels awfully funny when I finally realised that you don't have them anymore...." stuffing the last bit of her ice cream into her mouth.
"Don't bother about that for now. I'm sorry I nag but it's not like I can help it, it's an adult thing." finishing her ice cream as well.
They looked at each other for awhile and actually laughed, realising how silly it was when they fought over trivial matters such as nagging and name calling. When they had calmed down, Vita pulled Signum close and hugged her. Signum was taken aback slightly but hugged back.
"Hayate would be happy that we won't be fighting anymore." The red knight said, pulling away.
"I agree. I never realised how much of a difference it made when it came to size. I always thought that there wasn't any difference at all." Signum added.
The two got up to go back when both their devices beeped at the same time. They looked up to find the same mage flying above them toward the city centre. They called up their armour and chased after the man. The man stopped when he found out he was being followed.
"Stop right there! You are in Bureau airspace!" Vita said.
"Surrender now and receive a light sentence, refuse and we shall use force." Signum added.
The mage laughed maniacally, again, turning to look at them.
"You can't stop me. Care to try out my new invention?" taking out the same gun like device.
"Not this time." The redhead said.
Both of them lunged at him but he fired the weapon as soon as they reached him. Signum managed to grab his collar before he managed to run but they couldn't really see because they were surrounded by the same flash of white light. When the light had cleared, the man tried to flee but found himself held at the collar by a tall muscular woman with long pink hair and the sharp point of Graf Eisan pointed at his face by a small girl with red hair.
"You are under arrest for trespassing and for firing a weapon at bureau officers." The pink knight said.
They bound him and were taking him back using Hayate's car. When they arrived back, Hayate was waiting for them, Nanoha and Fate in their barrier jackets. They stepped out of the car carrying the criminal mage.
"Signum, Vita, you look normal again..." the brunette said.
"Yea, we've to thank this idiot for it. He didn't know he fired his weapon at us before because he couldn't recognise us." The redhead explained.
"His weapon is some kind of magic induced age ray of some sort. The device had been tuned to change people's ages. I also think that it might have been something like a transformation spell, but only to change size and age. All he had to do was funnel a little bit of magic into it to make the device work." Signum added, handing the device to Fate.
"Good work you two, even though it was supposed to be your day off." The brunette said, hugging both her knights.
The rest of the day was a breeze, Signum and Vita explaining the details of the encounter to Hayate and then writing a full report on it. Ever since then, the two have never fought over trivial matters or much less anything else because they understood that each had their own problems, advantages and disadvantages that came with their size and outlook.
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