Dahlia's Secret Nemesis

Dahlia bent down, tying her shoes. She was excited for a trip to the gym. Life and work had been so hard the past few weeks she was looking forward to a little release. She grabbed her keys and turned for the door when she felt a tingle. A strange tingle. Not like the ones she felt when she cast her size magics. This was different. This was someone else's magic.

"Hiccup!"

Dahlia gasped. Did she just shrink? It sure felt like it. She could feel her clothes sagging a bit more than usual. She ran to her desk, grabbing her trusty tape measure. She hurriedly whipped it out, checking her height. Hoping to see 5'11" and this was all just in her head, she was horrified to see 5'5". "Oh my Goddess, No! Someone's shrink hexed me!"

"Hiccup!"

Dahlia could feel herself getting even smaller. A quick check of the tape measure confirmed she was now 4'11". Every hiccup was stealing 6 inches of her size! Her mind raced to who could have done this. Who was capable of casting such a size curse?

"Hiccup!"

Another 6 inches lost. Dahlia struggled with her embiggened pants, gripping her waistband that no longer held on to her 4'5" frame. "Oh, you piece of shit!" She cursed her anonymous spell caster. Dahlia took in a huge breath of air. The best cure for hiccups is holding your breath! She could beat this. End the hiccups, end the shrinking!

"This will be easy." she thought. "I can hold my breath a loooong time." Her tiny little face began turning red. "I got this. I got this. I got this." She thought to herself, psyching her shrunken little self up.

Dahlia gasped for sweet sweet oxygen. She looks down at her diminished body. "I think I'm good. Hiccups gone...now who could have HICCUP."

Dahlia was now 3'11". She sighed in frustration, letting go of her pants in the futile effort of trying to keep them up. Her shirt was now like an oversized tunic on her anyway. She tried holding her breath again but to no avail.

"Hiccup!"

Panic was setting in as Dahlia realized how little control she had in this situation. Every second waiting for the next impending hiccup shrink was an eternity of anxiety. She racked her brain for a counter spell that could work. She began focusing her energy and released her power.

"Magics dispel! Release me from this.."

"Hiccup!"

Dahlia was 2'11". She re-focused her energies and tried again.

"Magics dispel! Release me.."

"Hiccup!"

Another 6 inches lost. These cursed hiccups were interrupting her spellcasting. She gave a half smile, allowing herself to give a little credit to her mystery nemesis. Hiccups were a genius way to stop her attempts at a counter spell.

"Magics dispel! Release me from this.."

"Hiccup!"

So close, Dahlia stomped her feet in frustration. The fact that the stomps of her feet at 1'11" barely made a pitter or patter only further infuriated her.

"Magics dispel! Release me from this.."

"Hiccup!"

Dahlia screamed. She was now 1'5" standing in a pile of her giant clothes. She kicked her legs out of her comically oversized socks and panties and shrugged the parachute of a top off her shoulder. She steadied herself for another attempt.

"Hiccup!"

Dahlia dwindled down to 11 inches tall. She breathed in deep and steadied herself, calling forth all her power from within herself.

"Magics dispel! Release me from this shrinking spell!"

A flash of mystic majestic color emanated from Dahlia's diminished body as she was overtaken with a feeling of purity and warmth tickling every inch of her body. The counter spell worked! She had successfully cleansed the shrinking hex from her body.

Dahlia grabbed the collar of what used to be her top and covered her nude doll-sized body. "Who would do this to me? Size magic is dangerous. There's no telling how small I could have shrunken..."

"Do I have a nemesis?" Dahlia questioned.