School Day Mishap

(BiggerBetterBarbie; idea by MerComix)

Ami stopped at the front door of the Tsukino household and gently knocked on it. A few seconds later, the door opened up, and Ami was greeted from the other side by Ikuko.
"Oh! Hello, Ami." Ikuko said. Ami bowed her head.
"Good morning, Mrs. Tsukino. I was wondering if Chibiusa is still home?" Ami said.
"Yes. She's eating breakfast now but should be done soon." Ikuko said.
"I see. Would it be alright if I waited in her bedroom? There's something I want to show her in private." Ami said.
"Well, okay, I suppose. Come on in." Ikuko said as she stepped aside and allowed Ami to walk in. As Ami took her shoes off, she made her way up the stairs, giggling a bit as she heard Usagi and Chibiusa arguing like they often do when they're together.

Once she was in the bedroom, Ami opened up the purse she was carrying. Inside were two bottles full of serum, one colored green and the other colored orange. She handled them carefully, as even one drop getting on her would be disasterous. Just as she set them down on the nearby nightstand, she turned around when she heard the sound of footsteps coming into the bedroom. They belonged to Usagi, who was dressed up in her school uniform (minus the shoes), much like Ami was.
"Hey, Ami!" Usagi shouted.
"Oh! Hey, Usagi!" Ami said.
"Haha! Isn't it cool that we don't have school today thanks to that monster attack we stopped yesterday?" Usagi asked.
"Well, yes, although it remains to be seen what they'll do to make up that day. Even one day of missed education is not good for the mind." Ami said.
"Yeah yeah, yadda yadda." Usagi said.
"Still, I take it you're wearing your school uniform for the same reason I am." Ami said.
"That it's so comfortable to wear! I guess if I had to pick one thing to like about middle school, it's the outfit!" Usagi said.

She then realized the way Ami was standing above her nightstand.
"Huh? What are you hiding, Ami?" Usagi asked.
"Huh? Me? Hiding? What makes you think I'm hiding anything?" Ami said. Usagi could clearly see the light amount of sweat coming down Ami's forehead.
"Ami Mizuno. I wouldn't take you for keeping secrets from me." Usagi said with a sly smile.
"Usagi, please. There's nothing important back there. Don't you have breakfast to finish eating?" Ami asked.
"Too bad! I already ate! You know me, I'll one day be the speed eating champion of Japan!" Usagi said.
"Heh… you taking one of Rei's insults seriously. That'd be a first!" Ami said as she continued to shift around trying to hide the two bottles of serum from Usagi, but finally Usagi made a sudden move that allowed her to see behind Ami's back, and she got her first look at the bottles.
"Ah ha! I knew you brought something to share!" Usagi shouted.
"Sigh… alright, you caught me." Ami said as she allowed Usagi to get a full view of the two bottles.

"Sooooooo… what are they?" Usagi asked.
"Oh, I'm afraid I must keep that a secret. It's something I've been wanting to make for Chibiusa. All I can tell you is one counteracts the effects of the other." Ami said.
"Ah, I see. Teehee… you know, Ami, this perfectly suits you. The mad scientist liquid making type and all." Usagi said.
"Um… thanks, I guess." Ami said. Usagi then reached down and quickly scooped up the green serum bottle, which made Ami lightly gasp.
"So what does this one do? Turn me into one of those fighting ninja teenaged turtles?" Usagi asked.
"Usagi, please put it down… that serum is very volatile." Ami said.
"Volley-what? In normal people's language, please!" Usagi said.
"Just… please, Usagi… put it down!" Ami said as she put her hands on Usagi's wrists. Usagi, on the other hand, kept a very firm grip on the bottle.
"Not until you tell me what it does!" Usagi said.

The two continued their tug-of-war on the bottle of green serum, but finally it couldn't take the strain any longer. The bottle suddenly broke apart (fortunately it wasn't glass) and splashed half the green serum on Usagi and the other half on Ami. The two wiped their faces and coughed out the serum, and then Ami, after she looked down and saw the serum all over her school outfit, had a panicked look on her face.
"OH NO!" Ami said.
"What, Ami? It's just a green liquid. Odds are nothing will happen given we're… ooooooh. Why do I feel so tingly?" Usagi said as she felt her skin vibrate in nanoscopic bursts. Ami knew what was coming next, and she watched the ground get closer and closer.
"No! We're shrinking!" Ami shouted.
"Shrinking!? NO WAY!!!" Usagi shouted as she too watched her bedroom get bigger and bigger around her.

The shrinking lasted 20-30 seconds, then it stopped. Usagi and Ami were down to a mere 5 inches tall now.
"Eeeeeeek! We're doll-sized now!" Usagi shouted. What happened next took her by surprise… Ami marched up to Usagi with a very furious look on her face.
"USAGI, YOU IDIOT!!! Look what your fooling around has done!!!" Ami shouted.
"I… I'm sorry." Usagi said.
"Ugh! Sorry is not going to grow us back to normal… we shrunk too small! I can't reach the bottle of growing serum!" Ami shouted as she pointed up at the bottle of orange serum still on the nightstand, which of course was too high for the two to reach now.
"Well, hey, at least we didn't shrink to the size of cookie crumbs. Heh heh…" Usagi said as she twiddled a couple of her fingers together. Ami just rolled her eyes and still had a disgusted look on her face.
"Maybe Rei is right after all. You can be such a… sigh." Ami said.
"Such a what!?" Usagi snapped.
"Such a ditz!!!" Ami finally got out.

Seconds later, the tears started coming out of Usagi's eyes.
"Ami… I…" Usagi said.
"Oh no. Usagi, not now, please…" Ami said.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! I SAID I WAS SORRY! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO MEAN!?" Usagi wailed. Ami covered her ears.
"Usagi!!!" Ami shouted, trying to get Usagi to calm down.

Despite how loud Usagi's crying was and the twin waterfalls coming out of her eyes, Ami was still able to hear a few thumping sounds coming from outside the bedroom. That's when she gasped and ran over to Usagi and covered her mouth.
"Usagi, someone's coming! Pretend you're a doll!" Ami said as she then fell on her back and spread her arms and legs out and smiled like a typical doll would. It took a couple extra seconds thanks to all the crying she did, but Usagi did the same thing.
"No matter who it is, just lay still." Ami said. Finally, the two watched as Chibiusa walked back into the bedroom. Naturally, she towered over the two and her red dress shoes left quick booming sounds with each step she took.
Chibiusa walked towards the bed and threw a couple books into her backpack. She then glanced towards the floor where she saw the doll-sized Usagi and Ami. Of course, they were perfectly still like dolls, but curiousity still got the better of the pink-haired one as she stepped towards these 'dolls' and picked them both up.
"Hmmm? I don't remember seeing these dolls before. They look very familiar though…" Chibiusa said.

Before she could examine them any further, however, and also before Usagi and Ami could come clean and tell Chibiusa what has happened (and so she could reach the growth potion), she heard the voice of Ikuko from downstairs.
"Chibiusa, hurry! You're going to be late for school!" Ikuko said.
"Coming, Mama!" Chibiusa shouted. Obviously, she couldn't ponder over the 'dolls' any longer, and without thinking much other than to hurry and leave, Chibiusa tossed the two into her backpack.
"Oooooof!!" both Usagi and Ami shouted, watching as they saw the backpack close from above.
"You couldn't have given us a softer landing, you big brat!?" Usagi shouted.
"Usagi, we need to be careful! Lots of things in here can crush us flat." Ami said as she pointed up at the many larger-than-normal things they were surrounded by, especially her books. Usagi gulped when she saw a face full of a mathematics book.
"I'll never look at math the same way again." Usagi said.

While Chibiusa was making her way to school after leaving her home first by walking and then hopping onboard the school bus, Usagi and Ami still sat inside the backpack now breathing heavily.
"Ugh… it's so hot in here, and the air feels so thin." Usagi said.
"That's because we're running out of oxygen. We've gotta get the backpack opened at least a little bit so we can get air in here. Otherwise we'll suffocate and probably die." Ami said.
"Gulp! No way I'm going like this… being stuck doll-sized in Chibiusa's backpack! I'll get that backpack open somehow!" Usagi said as she started climbing the closest book to her.
"Usagi! Wait up! Ugh… there she goes leaping before she looks again." Ami said, again annoyed with the way Usagi was acting as she followed from behind.

Eventually the two finally made it to the top of the books, but were still a ways away, relatively speaking, from the top of the backpack.
"Okay, Ami… how do we get this thing open!?" Usagi shouted.
"Well, let's see…" Ami said. Before she could figure anything out, however, suddenly the backpack opened up. Before the shrunken girls could do or say anything else, they watched as a giant hand reached inside and grabbed the book they were standing on.
"Whoa!" they both shouted as the book rose out of the backpack. It moved so fast, they couldn't keep their balance and ended up tumbling down the backpack and eventually down to the floor. The girls shook off the impact from their landing and looked up where they saw a slightly panicked Chibiusa putting some books and a lunch box away.
"*huff puff* I gotta hurry or I'll be late!" Chibiusa said as she closed the nearby locker, picked up her backpack, and walked away. Usagi and Ami gasped as they saw the 'giant' Chibiusa walk into the distance.
"Chibiusa! Chibiusa! WAIT!!!" they both shouted, but Chibiusa just kept walking.

Usagi and Ami slumped their shoulders. Here they were, 5 inches tall and stranded in one of the hallways of the elementary school.
"Great… that little squirt dumps us and now we have to traverse these giant hallways." Usagi said. Ami turned around and gasped.
"Watch out!" Ami said as she pushed Usagi aside. Good thing too, as the black dress shoes of another young female student came walking by and almost stepped on the two.
"With equally giant students. Usagi… we need to be careful or we'll get stepped on!" Ami said, pointing at the many 'giant' boys and girls that were walking by.
"Heh… well, you gotta admit… these kids are growing up fast! Heh heh…" Usagi said as she couldn't help but make that joke. Ami just rolled her eyes.
"Come on. Let's try and catch up with Chibiusa." Ami said as the two got to walking.

The two walked down the hallway for a few minutes, but thanks to their smaller size, they didn't feel like they were making any progress.
"Sigh… it's no good. We can't see inside the classrooms from down here." Ami said. Usagi nervously looked around seeing how big everything was. She then looked down and saw a shadow suddenly cover all light from above.
"Hmmm? Is there a cloud overhead covering the sun?" Usagi said. Ami turned around and gasped.
"Ummm… Usagi. That light is from the ceiling lights." Ami said. Usagi turned around too. Both shrunken girls were now looking up at a red-haired girl (braided into a pony tail) who clearly looked like she belonged in Kindergarten.
"Eeeep! Run away!" Usagi said. The two turned around and ran, often looking back and seeing the young giantess catch up to them.
The girl was quick to reach down and pick the two up, holding them up to her head.
"Wow! What realistic looking dollies! You'd be perfect for the class dollhouse!" the girl said. She happily skipped her way down the hallway, no doubt to head towards another classroom.

Usagi and Ami, both slightly dizzy from bouncing around in the girl's hands as she skipped along, watched as they entered a colorful and very kid-friendly classroom. Usagi and Ami looked around and saw things like animal stickers, the Japanese alphabet… you know, the usual kid friendly stuff! ^_____^
"Heh, at least this takes me back to when I was 5 to 6 years old!" Usagi said. Ami wanted so badly to retort given she was still a little mad over Usagi being responsible for being shrunk, but she sighed.
"Yeah, true. Can't argue with that." Ami said. While a few other students (and later others) were gathered on one side of the classroom, this girl was the only one who approached the Barbie-like dollhouse in one corner of the room.
"So, how would you two like to join our doll party?" the girl said.
"Um… sure! I would love that! As long as I have a beautiful princess dress to wear!" Usagi shouted. Ami gulped nervously, both not sure what to think of Usagi muttering a phrase like that and wondering what plans the girl had in mind for them.
"Okay! I think I have just the outfits for you two." the girl said. She set them down near the dollhouse, and the girl reached inside the closet and shuffled through the doll-sized outfits inside.
"Ooooh… I wonder what Mamo-chan would think of my dress when we next meet." Usagi said.
"Usagi, I don't think Mamoru even has a dollhouse." Ami said.
"Well, maybe he should get one!" Usagi said. Eventually she pulled out two very familiar looking outfits. One resembled the dress that Rapunzel wore in Disney's Tangled movie, while the other looked like Snow White's dress, belonging to the Disney character of the same name. The girl handed the Rapunzel outfit to Usagi while Ami got the Snow White dress. Both had dumbfounded looks on their faces.
"There you go! Go ahead and change anywhere you like in the dollhouse." the girl said.
"Ummm… I'm not sure about this…" Ami started to say. The girl suddenly had a sad look on her face and looked like she was ready to cry any second.
"Please?" the girl pleaded. Usagi gently tugged Ami by her arm.
"Uh… sure! Come on, Ami! Let's go change!" Usagi said as the two shrunken girls disappeared behind one of the dollhouse walls.

About a minute later, Usagi and Ami reemerged no longer wearing any portion of their original clothes, with Usagi in the Rapunzel clothing and Ami dressed as Snow White. Usagi had a slightly enthusiastic look while Ami clearly looked uncomfortable.
"These clothes are really itchy." Ami softly said. The girl suddenly had a beaming smile on her face.
"Oh! You two look beautiful… just like princesses!" the girl said.
"Thanks, little girl! Or… I should say big girl." Usagi said. The girl then reached above the heads of the two (causing them to duck) and pulled out another doll, this one dressed like Belle from Beauty and the Beast. It was a bit taller than the shrunken girls at 6 inches tall.
"Teehee… we can play house together! Belle here is the big sister." the girl said.

"Okay, class! Gather around!" an older female voice suddenly shouted. The girl looked and saw the teacher walking into the classroom.
"Oops! Time for class! You two can wait here." the girl said as she wrapped her hands around all three dolls and placed them on one of the balconies of the dollhouse. The girl then stood back up and ran to the other side of the classroom, joining her fellow students and the teacher. Ami looked over and saw a golden opportunity when the door to the classroom was left open.
"Usagi! The door's still open! Let's get out of here!" Ami said.
"Awwww… can't we stay a little longer? That girl seems very nice." Usagi said.
"Now, Usagi!" Ami shouted.
"But what about our clothes…" Usagi said.
"I SAID NOW, USAGI!!!!" Ami finally screamed as she grabbed Usagi by the arm.
"Ow! Okay, okay! Stop pulling!" Usagi shouted as she finally ran at the same pace as Ami. The two doll-sized girls went scurrying down the staircase, and with all the students focused on the teacher who was talking to them, Usagi and Ami ran their way out the door and out of the classroom.

The two were now back in the suddenly quiet hallway with every student in class now, aside from a few teachers and administrative personnel (all female, by the way!) that would walk by over the next 30 minutes. Usagi was breathing heavily and was falling behind Ami.
"*huff puff* Ami… can't we stop and take a break?" Usagi said. Ami looked back and walked backwards to Usagi.
"No. The longer we're this size, the more vulnerable we are. We've just gotta find Chibiusa and get her to keep us until she takes us to your home where my growth serum is. That's the ONLY way to grow back to normal." Ami said.
"The only way? There's no secret timer for the shrinky liquid to wear off?" Usagi said.
"I'm afraid not. I was going to tell you until you goofed off like usual." Ami said, again with a frustrated look on her face.
"Ami… how long are you going to be mad at me?" Usagi said.
"Until we grow back to normal, what else!? Look, Usagi… I know we're good friends but… sometimes I wish you'd take your responsibilities more seriously." Ami said.
"I'm trying, okay!?" Usagi retorted. Before the two could argue any further, they suddenly heard the bell go off overhead, and they both gasped knowing what that meant. The two tucked themselves against the wall just as an army of school children came running out of the classroom doors. They were hoping none of the children would spot them, even the boy (who had short and spiky brown hair) and girl (who had long black hair) that were standing very close to their position.
"Yes! Recess time! I can't wait to play with my robot toy again!" the boy said.
"Haha! Twin brother, you always find the time to play with your robot toy. It's amazing you get such high grades on your homework!" the girl said.
"Heh, it's all about finding the perfect balance." the boy said.

The two started to walk down the hallway. However, the girl came to an abrupt stop and looked on the ground.
"Huh? Wait, brother, look down here!" the girl said as she kneeled down and picked up Usagi and Ami.
"Oh no! Not again!" they both shouted.
"Huh? It's just a couple of dolls." the boy said.
"Yeah, but look how lifelike they are. Their dresses are pretty too!" the girl said as she tugged on the yellow part of Ami's dress.
"Ummmm… please don't hurt us!" Ami said.
"Wow! They move on their own too!" the girl said as she examined the 'dolls' and didn't see anything that would give them life like a pull string or windup switch.
"Hey! I've got an idea… maybe they can fight against my robot!" the boy said.
"Great idea, brother! Come on, let's go!" the girl said as she and her brother ran down the hallway and eventually outside to the recess area.

While the other kids played around (with teacher supervision of course) on other places in the recess area, the boy and girl sat down in a grassy area with a little dirt and mud to the side from last night's rain. The boy had his robot toy, which was about the same size as the shrunken Usagi and Ami, standing a couple feet away from the girls.
"Yes! Today it's another battle for Intergalactic Robo Protector Y! Today, his fight is with two cute looking but tough princesses! Robo opens with a powerful kick!" the boy said as he raised one of the robot's legs up and thrust its foot forward into Usagi's chest, knocking her backwards onto the dirt.
"Oh yeah! One of the ladies counters back with a super powerful punch!" the girl said as she looked down at Ami, who looked nervously up at the girl.
"Well, go on! Punch the robot!" the girl said.
"Sigh… alright." Ami said as she walked forward and gave the robot a few good punches in its chest.
"If Makoto were here, she'd body slam the robot and the fight would be over by now." Ami said to herself. The boy moved his robot back towards his legs.
"Ooooh! What a tremendous blow! But nothing can possibly counter Robo's flying fist of glory!" the boy said. He pressed a button on the back of the robot, and one of its fists came flying out, bonking Ami in the head and sending her falling backwards into a pool of mud. For Ami, this was as humiliating as it got. Shrunken down… dressed like a cartoon princess… being beaten up by a toy robot… and now she was covered in head to toe in dirt and mud.

As for Usagi, the girl picked her up and playfully moved her towards the robot.
"The other girl is mad that her friend was defeated! She unleashed the power of the super hair spin!" the girl shouted as she twisted Usagi's body back and forth causing her long pigtails to swing around. They struck the toy robot, but Usagi could feel the world spinning around her.
"Ack! No more! Please!!!" Usagi shouted.
"Heavy damage! Robo has only one chance left… and that’s to shoot the other flying fist of glory!" the boy said, pressing another button and causing the other fist to come shooting out like a rocket. It hit Usagi in her midsection, and the girl dragged her through the grass and dirt, eventually dropping her on top of Ami in the mud.
"Oh! The girls have been defeated. Nothing can possibly defeat Robo." the girl said.
"Haha! That's right! Robo wins again!" the boy said as he made the robot toy's arms go up and down.

Usagi and Ami, meanwhile, slogged their way to their feet, only to feel themselves picked up by the giant girl.
"Teehee… sorry about that, dollies. Robo is quite strong. He's defeated several of the most notorious villains in the galaxy." the girl said.
"You don't say?" Usagi said after coughing up a little mud.
"Y'know, I wish Robo could team up with that Sailor Moon girl! I love her so much!" the girl said.
"That'd be so cool!" the boy said. The kids then heard the bell go off again.
"Oops! Recess is over! Time to get back to class." the girl said.
"Let's bring the dolls with us and see if anyone else likes them!" the boy said.
"Great idea!" the girl said as she and her brother got up on their feet and carried everything back inside.

A couple minutes later after the boy put away his robot toy in his locker, he and his sister walked into another Kindergarten classroom. Usagi and Ami both looked nervously as they got closer to the other giant students… a mix of both boys and girls.
"Hey everyone! Look what we found today!" the boy said.
"Oh wow! What interesting looking dollies!" a girl said.
"But why do they look so dirty?" another girl said.
"My brother made them fight his toy robot, and of course they lost. But they put up a good fight!" the girl said.
"They look so real!" a boy said.
"I wonder how real though?" another boy asked as he gently poked Usagi in the chest trying to feel her boobs.
"Hey!" Usagi shouted as she covered her chest with her hands.
"Why don't we find out?" another boy said. That's when this boy very gently lifted the bottom half of Ami's Snow White dress. Immediately she blushed brightly.
"HEY!!! DON'T LOOK UNDER THERE!!!" Ami shouted.
"Yeah! You bunch of pervs!!" Usagi shouted.
"Wow! They even know when you're looking inside their dress!" another boy said.
"Gee… what kind of technology do you suppose causes that? They are right, though! You guys have dirty minds!" a girl shouted.

The fun would soon be over for the kids, however, as the female teacher suddenly walked up behind the group.
"What are you kids doing!? Don't you know how extremely crude and mean it is to do something like that? Even if they are just dollies!" the teacher said.
"Sorry, Mrs. Takeuchi!" all the kids said, some of them bowing their heads.
"Come on, hand them over. Class is going to start soon." the teacher said. The boys did just that, handing the Usagi and Ami 'dolls' over to the teacher, who promptly turned around and tossed the dolls into the nearby empty trash can.
"Eeeeeek!" both Usagi and Ami screamed until they landed inside the trash can with a thud.

Time marches on, and all Usagi and Ami can do is sit in the trash can and listen from above as the class went on between the teacher and her students. Finally, Usagi looked over at Ami with a solemn look on her face.
"Look, Ami. I'm really sorry. If you don't want to be friends with me because of what I've done, fine. I admit I sometimes… well, okay… often goof up. I will do better, I promise. I have to… for Chibiusa and Mamoru's sake." Usagi said. Ami then smiled.
"It's okay, Usagi. I forgive you. I know you're doing your best. In fact, don't ever change your personality." Ami said.
"Huh? Really?" Usagi asked.
"It's taken me this long to figure it out, I'm embarrassed to say, but the way you are is the glue that keeps us Sailor Senshi together. You know how to balance having fun and being serious." Ami said.
"T…thanks!" Usagi said, surprised to see Ami coming around.
"Truce?" Ami said as she finally extended a hand towards her friend and teammate.
"Truce. Whatever that means." Usagi said, prompting a giggle from Ami.
"You know, you've never looked better being that dirty and in that dress." Usagi said.
"Heh, same to you!" Ami said as both girls let out a laugh.

The happy reunion wouldn't last though, as the bell rang once more signifying the end of class. Usagi and Ami looked up wondering how they would get out of this trash can prison… only to see balls of paper suddenly come flying inside.
"Look out!" Ami shouted as the two danced around trying to avoid the projectiles. Other things they had to dodge were broken pencils, tissues that had been sneezed on… and even dried up boogers.
"Ewwwww… gross!" Usagi said as she watched a booger land by one of her bare feet.
"Help! Somebody please help us!!!" Ami shouted, with Usagi eventually joining in.

Finally, one kid, a girl in this case, did finally look inside the trash can… and it was a face that Usagi immediately recognized.
"Ah ha! There you two are!" the purple-haired girl wearing a short purple Chinese qipao said.
"Oh! It's Momoko!" Usagi said.
"Who?" Ami asked, who looked nervously as Momoko reached inside to grab the two girls.
"It's okay, Ami. She's one of Chibiusa's best friends. The two come home from school often." Usagi said.
"I've been looking all over for you two. It's a good thing I found you before you were thrown into a garbage truck!" Momoko said as she sharply looked up at the teacher.
"Oh? Are those your dolls, Momoko?" the teacher said.
"Yes, Mrs. Takeuchi. I'm sorry. I will be more careful with my dolls." Momoko said.
"I know you will, Momoko, but it would be best if you left them at home where they will be safe." the teacher said.
"Yes, I understand. Thank you, Mrs. Takeuchi! See you tomorrow!" Momoko said as she happily made her way out of the classroom.

Momoko eventually made it into the girls' bathroom where nobody was inside for the moment.
"Whew… are you two alright?" Momoko asked.
"Yeah, I'm really glad to see a familiar face finally!" Usagi shouted.
"How did you know we weren't dolls and needed rescuing?" Ami asked.
"Let's just say it was intuition after I saw you get thrown in the trash, and even then, I knew there was no way any doll could look as realistic as you two." Momoko said.
"Heh heh… let me guess, Chinese intuition, right?" Usagi asked, prompting a nod from Momoko, who then looked over at Ami.
"Oh, this is one of my friends, Ami." Usagi added.
"It's nice to meet you, Ami." Momoko said as she offered to shake Ami's hand. The two did so with Momoko being gentle in holding Ami's hand between her fingers.
"Anyway, let me get you two cleaned up and then take you to Chibiusa. I assume she shrunk you two to use for show-and-tell?" Momoko said.
"Ummm… well…" Usagi said, only for Ami to jump in.
"Yep, that's what happened! I guess you know about her shrinking and growing antics?" Ami asked.
"Sure do! I just gotta keep it secret, obviously." Momoko said. She then turned one of the sinks on and held the two underneath the water stream, gently washing all the dirt and mud off their clothes and skin. A couple minutes later, Momoko wiped the two clean both with paper and against her outfit.
"Oh? Aren't you worried about getting your own outfit dirty?" Ami asked.
"Nah, today's laundry day anyway!" Momoko said. Finally, she left the bedroom and navigated the hallways of the school, keeping both 'dolls' tucked against her stomach.

It took a few minutes, but finally Momoko turned into another hallway and saw Chibiusa looking kinda panicked.
"Oh, there she is!" Momoko said.
"She must be looking for us the way she's looking around the floor." Usagi said. Momoko nodded and approached Chibiusa, all the while hiding Usagi and Ami behind her back.
"Hey, Chibiusa!" Momoko said.
"Huh? Oh! Hey, Momo!" Chibiusa said as she stood back to her feet.
"Are you looking for something?" Momoko asked.
"Yeah. I found these two dolls in my home and threw them into my backpack, but now they're not in there and I've been looking everywhere around the school! Oooooh… I'm so worried for them." Chibiusa said.
"Would they be these dolls?" Momoko said as she revealed Usagi and Ami.
"*gasp* Usagi! Ami!" Chibiusa said with a smile suddenly beaming on her face. Momoko handed the two shrunken teenage girls to Chibiusa who hugged and cuddled them against her face.
"Eeeeek! Not so hard, Chibiusa!" Usagi shouted.
"I found them in a trash can in Mrs. Takeuchi's class." Momoko said.
"Thanks, Momo. You're one of the absolute bestest friends ever." Chibiusa said.
"Haha! Anytime, though maybe you should be more careful when bringing shrunken people to show-and-tell." Momoko said.
"Huh? But I didn't…" Chibiusa said, only for Ami to jump in.
"Momoko is right, Chibiusa! In fact, we should get home right away so you can grow us back to normal." Ami said.
"O-okay! Right away! You want to come along, Momo?" Chibiusa asked.
"I wish I could, but my parents need me home ASAP to help at the restaurant." Momoko said.
"Ah, okay. See you tomorrow then!" Chibiusa said as she and Momoko turned around and went their separate ways.

On the way home from school (again both via bus and walking), Usagi and Ami filled Chibiusa in on the chain of events that led to them getting shrunk.
"Teehee… at least you can't blame me this time for being smaller than me!" Chibiusa said.
"Still, it's unfortunate we went through all that. Then again, we weren't able to grab your attention before you tossed us in your backpack." Ami said.
"Oops! Sorry about that, but I was in a big hurry. Usagi's the one that's always late!" Chibiusa said.
"Ooooooh! Be glad I'm not my normal size right now, you little squirt!" Usagi said, only to prompt a giggle from Chibiusa.

With the two back in her backpack for now, Chibiusa knocked on the front door of her home. It opened up and Ikuko was on the other side.
"Teehee, I'm home, Mama!" Chibiusa shouted.
"Ah, welcome back, Chibiusa! How was school today?" Ikuko asked.
"Wonderful!" Chibiusa said as she kicked off her red dress shoes and made her way upstairs. Ikuko smiled as she went back to sweeping the floors.
Inside the bedroom, Chibiusa opened up her backpack and pulled out the shrunken Usagi and Ami, setting them down on the bed.
"Okay, so how do we get you two back to normal?" Chibiusa asked.
"There's an orange serum on the nightstand over there. That's the growth formula." Ami said. Chibiusa walked over and picked up the bottle full of serum.
"Be very careful, Chibiusa! One drop on the skin is all it takes to take effect." Ami said.
"And the last thing we need is a 7-foot-tall pink-haired brat." Usagi said to herself.
"Okay, I understand." Chibiusa said as she gently popped the top off the glass bottle.
"Give us both just a few drops. That should be enough to return us to normal." Ami said. Chibiusa nodded and tilted the bottle gently, dousing Usagi and Ami each with a few drops of the growth serum (which covered them from head to toe given the size they were at now).

The serum took effect in just a few seconds. Chibiusa smiled and watched as Usagi and Ami were growing bigger and bigger. After 10-15 seconds, the two were back to normal size.
"Wheeee! Back to normal!" Usagi shouted. Chibiusa took a quick look down at the growth serum.
"Wow… if just a few drops can add that much in size!" Chibiusa said, only to suddenly have the bottle pulled out of her hand by Ami.
"Ummmm… maybe another time, Chibiusa. I gotta get this thing back home in safekeeping before anything else bad happens." Ami said.
"Teehee… may I say you both look nice!" Chibiusa said, finally commenting on the doll outfits both ladies were still wearing.
"Yikes! We left our normal clothes back at the school!" Usagi shouted. Ami then shrugged her shoulders.
"Oh well. It was just our school clothes. We can get new ones easily." Ami said.
"Maybe you two can dress up like those princesses for Halloween?" Chibiusa said.
"I guess that'd be fun. I do make a charming Snow White like that one girl said." Ami said.
"What!? No way! I should be Snow White!" Usagi said.
"Not unless you catch me and steal these clothes first! Hahaha!" Ami said in a suddenly cheerful manner. She then jogged out of the room, sealed growth serum in hand, presumably to leave the Tsukino household and return home.
"Wait, Ami! Come back!" Usagi said as the girl dressed like Rapunzel ran after her. Chibiusa couldn't help but laugh as she followed the two out of the bedroom.

END