The Tiny Toymaker

part 2

Every septic ego, besides Marvin, was in the living room, surrounding the couch. They were all staring in awe at Shawn who was no taller than two or three inches, well except Anti who was sitting in a green bean bag on the floor browsing through his phone, clearly unfazed about the situation. They all seemed frozen in shock and wonder, which caused Shawn to be slightly nervous.

“How did zhis happen?” Schneep whispered getting closer to Shawn, checking him over.

“Yeah what happen Shawn?” Chase was next to speak, poking Shawn in the chest gently. “How come you’re so tiny?”

Shawn huffed as he pushed Chase’s finger away, looking up at everyone. “Like I said before I drank one of Marvin’s potions!” He stated loudly so they all could hear him.

“Well, why did ya?” Jackie grinned, as he gently sat on the couch next to Shawn.

“I uh… um…. I thought it wouldn’t do anything.” He whispered as he fiddled with his hands. “I thought he was just pulling my leg.”

“And yet here you are the size of a thumb. So small you can’t reach the first step in this house.” Anti giggled, as he sat up to look at Shawn, clearly getting a kick out of this.

“Leave him be Anti!” Schneep snapped, before sighing turning to the others. “Why were the potions in there?”

“He wanted me to watch them. Make sure Anti didn’t get a hold of them.”

Anti scoffed, rolling his eyes, before going back to his phone. “Typical.”

“Marvin’s already left hasn’t he?” Chase questioned, looking around at the other egos for an answer.

“Yeah, he left right after stopping at my room with the box of potions.” Shawn sighed, looking down.

“And I checked the box for a reverse potion.” Jamie signed, shaking his head. “There was none.”

“Well, it looks like we are gonna have to wait for Marvin to come back tomorrow,” Jackie concluded, crossing his arms. “He might have a cure for this.”

“You.. you mean I’m gonna be stuck like this all day!?” Shawn scrambled to his feet, staring up at his brothers. “I don’t want to be the Irish version of Tom's thumb!”

“Na you’re more like a leprechaun.” Anti joked, watching as Shawn stared at him in anger.

“I’LL SHOW YOU A LEPRECHAUN!” Shawn snapped, waving his fists at Anti before yelping, feeling his body being lifted by the collar of his shirt.

Anti grinned, holding Shawn up, who tried to kick and punch at him. “Easy there Shawn, I always knew you had a short fuse but this is ridiculous.” He giggled.

“Anti that’s enough!” Chase snapped as he took Shawn into his hands, holding him protectively, before looking down at Shawn with a smile. “It’s gonna be okay Shawn. You’ll be back to your old self in no time, but until then, I think it would be best if I watched you.”

“Uh excuse me who chose you to be the caretaker?” Jackie protested, looking at the dad.

“Uh, I did.” Chase grinned, holding Shawn close.