The Magic Pill

Monday. Lucy got up to do the same routine for the past 10 years of her life. She walked her way to the bathroom and faced the mirror, stared at her groggy face and combed her frizzy, bushy hair. She stared at her face for another minute. Frustration have eaten her just like how she eats her daily meal. Her face gets bigger and fatter each day. Walked away from the mirror and took a bath.

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Lucy came down to eat her breakfast. She had her favorite bacon in the table, pancakes and sunny side ups. She would put a plate full of bacon and egg in front of her. She would have two rounds of breakfast until she gets satisfied before going to school. After classes she would go straight to the canteen and order heavy meal then later on sneak in some sandwich in her backpack.

Even if she enjoyed food a lot she never liked her body. She always craved for food even if it makes her lazy and feeling useless. It felt like she gained 10 lbs. each day. As soon as she gets home she would take off her thick layered uniform and find more comfy clothes. She always feels hot which is why she hates her body a lot. She never had a suitor for having such a big face, arms, legs and belly. How she wished she would get a magic pill that would slim her down in minutes.

As a highschool girl she's looking up for the campus crushes in school just like the other girls around. Lucy will never get their attention because of her looks. She thought nobody will ever lay their eyes on her. She looks at herself and the ice cream she's eating while staring at Mike, a basketball varsity player. She got really attracted to Mike and always imagined to be with him. But she chose sweets more than love and she munched on the whole ice cream in one go. ... And.. she wanted more. Clearly she can't afford to start a diet now.

As she sits in her desk, she saw a familiar face. Everybody's eyes are on that new mate coming in of the classroom. But she recognized the new girl by the friendship charm bracelet she's wearing. It's Erin, her best friend.

"Are you just going to stare at me? Move over and give me space". She was stunned by the way she looks and talks. She's totally different but it's too impossible to happen. They were just together last Friday. She looked more confident. Lucy blinked her eyes repeatedly from disbelief. The most unbelievable thing, she's a lot lot more thinner today. But Lucy is so sure of her friend. "This is Erin, I know, but how did she do it?" She moved to the other side with her jaws still dropped.

"I'll explain later bestie", She winks at her and pushed her chin up to close her mouth. Teachers were shocked to see her as well. Today, she looked like she is a living miracle in the eyes of everyone around her.

At the bench, Lucy still won't stop looking at her best friend from head to toe. She couldn't believe her sudden transformation. Erin broke the silence between them. She handed her a bottle of capsules.

"Here, I'll give this to you for free... thank me later!" She winked at her and gave her a grin.

Erin didn't wait for her to ask questions, "Take one pill each day. It took me three takes to get this body." Still, Lucy is speechless and puzzled. She's too confused that she couldn't even start a conversation with her. She doesn't know how and when to start asking the questions popping inside her mind right now.

"The bottle consist of 30 white tiny capsules. They are taken once each day and doesn't require diet. You can eat all you want without limitations. It is designed to burn fat instantly and gives the best results in minutes. "

Erin, she's way way bigger than Lucy before. Now, she eats like a monster but still managed to stay in shape after that day the "miracle" in her happened. Lucy holds tight of the bottle inside her pocket. She's been thinking about it since last night. She hasn't taken one but looking at her friend right now, she can eat bowls of rice and loads of snacks. Then she looks at Mike on the table who glanced and smiled at her by chance. He was having a happy time with those girls around him. How she wished she was one of them, too.

On Friday night Lucy decided to try a piece of it. She waited a few minutes... nothing happened! She rolled her eyes and prepared for bed.

"This is nonsense! The pill isn't real. I think Erin's pulling a prank on me" But why would she do such thing? We're best friends and she never even did pranks before. Besides that's not the type of person that she is. We're called "the biggies" in school , not bullied by the way. We had friends but we are both ashamed of our bodies even if we are guilty of eating too much. That's why most of the time we are together until we became really close 'til we called each other best friend.

Lucy couldn't sleep thinking of Erin. She's acting weird since that day she came in of the classroom with her new look. A little while longer as her eyelids starts to fall, she suddenly feel nauseous. Lucy felt a slight rumbling inside of her stomach. She hastily ran to the toilet and threw up some weird slimy thing.

Her eyes grew wide seeing a whole white big thing in the toilet. It was crawling like a worm! A big fat worm! Much to her surprise that creepy creature crawled up and so she immediately flushed the toilet. It was big enough that she has to press the button twice. It was so creepy. "What is this thing?!" She's even more confused now. Where did that come from. ...

Lucy texted Erin immediately. She couldn't believe what she saw tonight and can't figure out how she could sleep after what happened.

E: Relax dear, that's just the pill doing it's job!

L: What?! Where in hell did you get that?

E: A friend gave it to me as a gift. At first I was afraid, too, but when I saw myself in the mirror I thought I should keep it.

L: But they looked alive...

E: Yes, they are wormlike creatures that eat fat. That's their food and that is what makes you slimmer in minutes. They go out of your body right after they fill themselves with your body fats. Amazing, right?

L: Crazy...! I don't know what to say.

E: Believe me, it's gonna be okay, see for yourself. Look in the mirror right now.

Lucy rolled her eyes, but went immediately to the mirror. She was shocked to see herself...

L: This is really crazzzzyyy...

E: See? Told yah..

L: But it's alive, it's creepy!!

E: Well, did it harm you?

L: Not at all..

E: So just use it, you'll never have to worry about your weight and the foods you eat. Eat all you can, dear! No more worries this time!

Lucy checked on her weight and she was like lost 10 lbs. after the first take. The next day she asked her friend on how to get rid of it properly cause it's really alive. She couldn't just flush them into the toilet.

Erin told her to lure it with animal fat. Just like how you catch a mouse. Place pork fat or any animal fat inside a box and cover as soon as it gets inside. Then throw them in the woods. Lucy followed all her instructions and got used to this nightly routine during the weekends.

Monday. Everybody's eyes are on her. From the gates to the hallway until she reached the classroom. Lucy never felt so light and confident with her looks, especially her body. She came in late on purpose just to see their jaws drop! She felt famous of being the head turner that early morning in the campus.

As she approached her desk, she sees Erin smile and wink at her...

... to be continued...