The Bonfire

By the time Linda woke up, everyone in the room had already left. Sitting up, she rubbed her eyes with her hands, looking around. Not seeing anyone, she wondered if maybe she had overslept. Picking up her cellphone, she found out that it was 1:00 pm already. Gasping, and feeling like the laziest girl in the world, she sat up. Lowering her feet down to the floor, she placed her tiny crown on the nightstand. As much as she liked it, she felt somewhat silly still wearing it.

Down on the floor, Freckle, the tiny Chihuahua dog, stared up at the massive girl as she woke up. Seconds later, he saw two gargantuan feet descend towards him. The two soles blocked the sky as they got closer and closer. The diminutive animal barely had time to step aside before both feet landed at each of his sides, shaking the floor violently.

Not even noticing the insect-sized dog between her feet, Linda simply stepped over him, heading towards the door. Having totally forgotten what Donna asked her to do before she left, Linda casually walked towards the front door. Noticing the blouses on the floor, as if they were blocking the entrance, she simply shrugged, kicking them aside and walking out.

Once outside, she headed straight towards the tiny beach, eager to feel huge and powerful again. There, she decided to take a stroll, just to take a look around and hopefully find something fun to do. As she did, she suddenly felt something under her barefoot.

Lifting her foot, she could see a black spot on the sand, surrounded by a handful of tinies. Curious, she squatted to get a closer look. Down there, by her feet, was a small heap of wood, somewhat darkened, and even fuming a little bit. The tinies around it didn’t seem too happy, as they usually did when she was around.

“Ummm…what are you guys doing here?”, she asked them.

“We were building a bonfire, but thanks to you, we have to start all over again.”, one of the tinies answered.

“A bonfire? So early?”, she said, looking at the sky. “But the sun is still up.”

“We know, but it gets much harder to light once it gets dark, so we decided to do it beforehand.”

“Wait, was that thing burning already?”

Without waiting for an answer, Linda used her hands to lift her foot and look at its sole. To her surprise, she noticed a black spot there, near the ball of her foot. She couldn’t help but giggle a little, realizing how easy it was for her to instantly put a bonfire out underfoot. Plus, she didn’t even feel the heat!

“Hey, sorry about that, guys. I swear I didn’t see it.”, she said, now a little embarrassed. “Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?”

“Well, you could help us start a new one.”, they answered.

“Oh, sure! I don’t have anything to do right now, and a bonfire sounds like fun.”

Linda then started gathering everything they needed to build a new bonfire. Her size allowed her to carry tons of firewood, and a single matchbox was more than enough to start an inferno. With her help, they soon had everything at hand to rebuild the bonfire. She could have easily started it in no time, but the tiny men’s male pride kicked in, and they didn’t let her do it. It took them a while longer to start it again, but they managed to do it before it got dark.

“I know I flattened your previous bonfire, but you can’t deny this one looks much better.”, Linda said, smiling down at them.

“Yeah, I guess you’re right.”, one of them said. “You know, why don’t you stay? It looks much better once it’s dark, and you helped build it, after all.”

“Hmmm…I don’t know. Staring down at a teeny, tiny bonfire doesn’t exactly sound like fun.”, she replied.

“Oh, well, we won’t just be doing that. There’s going to be more people, music, dancing, drinking. Come on! It’ll be fun!”

“Alright, alright. I guess I can give you the benefit of the doubt. This could get interesting, after all.”

Later, as soon as it started getting dark, more and more people got attracted by the blazing bonfire. Soon, there was a small crowd around it: tiny men and women chatting, drinking, having a good time. Then, someone brought an MP3 amplifier and the music started. This caused most girls, and a few guys, to stand up and start dancing around the bonfire.

Linda, seeing this, decided to join them. She wasn’t a good dancer, however, and she clumsily stepped near the fire while she tried to follow the music. Not wanting any accidents, especially with fire involved, she was particularly careful not to step on anyone or anything as she danced. And she succeeded, luckily. However, she didn’t count on her massive weight, and the fact that each of her steps shook the ground heavily.

It took her a few seconds to realize that her dancing steps were knocking everyone off their feet. Completely embarrassed, she immediately stopped dancing, crouching and carefully reaching down to help the tinies back to their feet with her enormous hands.

“I’m so, so sorry!”, Linda said, blushing. “I’m such a klutz sometimes. Is everyone alright?”

“It’s fine, don’t worry about it.”, the tinies said as they got back on their feet.

“Oh, yes, you SHOULD worry about it!”, a voice came from the crowd.

Linda noticed a tiny woman making her way through the crowd. Wearing her unmistakable yellow bikini, and towering over the rest of the tinies by the bonfire, Bianca was soon standing by the giant American’s feet, hands on hips. The fact that someone so tall and strong looked so puny and tiny next to her never stopped amusing Linda.

“Ugh…you again.”, said Linda, faking a sigh and rolling her eyes.

“No, YOU again!”, said Bianca, “Can’t you just go hang out with other gringos and leave us alone?”

“Ummm…excuse me? I know I made a couple of mistakes before, but right now you’re the only one who seems to mind me here.”

“That’s so not true!”, Bianca answered, angrily. “The thing is, guys are just checking you out because you’re a foreigner. And girls don’t say anything because they’re afraid of you. But you’re the most annoying girl I’ve ever met, and that annoyment is only amplified with your stupid size. ¡Además eres una zorra! Enseñando todo a todo mundo. Por eso nadie quiere a los gringos. That’s why no one likes gringos. And besides, you–“

Bianca’s ranting was suddenly interrupted. Her voice had turned screechy and squeaky, and Linda simply couldn’t take it anymore. The fact that she was insulting her and her country didn’t help, either. So the American giantess decided to put a halt to it. With blinding speed, Linda lifted her right foot and brought it down on the diminutive Mexican girl. With a thud, Bianca disappeared underneath the colossal foot, her voice immediately ceasing to be heard. Silence took over, as no one dared to do or say anything. Even the music had stopped, making the crackling of the burning wood the only audible sound.

Linda held her foot in place a little longer. Even though she knew that what she had just done was wrong, the fact that the tiny Mexican was extremely rude and annoying somehow helped her feel a little better about it. Plus, not having to hear one more second of Bianca’s rant didn’t hurt, either.

After a little while, however, she decided it was time to let her go. As much as she enjoyed the feeling of power she had over her pathetic, little foe, she didn’t want to hurt her. Smothering her with her sole’s skin was also a very real possibility, and she didn’t want that, either. So, enjoying the sensation of complete control for a few more seconds, she finally lifted her foot, looking down. Expecting to see Bianca half buried in her giant footprint, Linda was a bit surprised when the annoying Mexican was nowhere to be seen. It only took her a couple of seconds to realize that everyone in the tiny crowd by the bonfire was staring up at her foot.

“No way…”, Linda said to herself, unable to hide the grin in her face.

Using her hands to hold her foot upwards, she saw Bianca’s diminutive body stuck to the surface of her sole. Unable to stop herself, she burst into laughter at the sight. Being stuck like that to her foot only made the tiny Mexican look even smaller and weaker. The look on Bianca’s face was also priceless: a strange combination between bewilderment, anger and fear. Linda had to shift her other foot a few times, and even hop on it once or twice, to avoid falling, as she tried to keep her balance while standing on one foot. This shook the ground a little, but not enough to knock anyone down.

Not wanting to forget this amusing sight, Linda quickly grabbed her phone and took a picture of Bianca and her foot. She couldn’t help but laugh again as she watched the picture, before placing her phone back between her breasts. She then felt herself losing her balance, so she reached down to peel Bianca off. However, having second thoughts about it, she stopped herself. Simply peeling her off wasn’t a suitable finish. So instead, she merely placed her foot back down, causing more than one tiny to gasp at the sight.

“This has been a lot of fun, little ones, but I should better head back.”, Linda said, knowing that from that point it would only be awkward to stay there. “Thanks for inviting me and see you soon! Have fun!”

And with that, Linda blew a kiss down at the crowd of tinies and turned around, walking back towards her hotel room. It didn’t take more than a couple of steps for Bianca’s body to finally be peeled off of the giant American’s foot because of the constant contact with the sand. Feeling this, Linda stopped walking and turned around. She then crouched down to take a closer look at her freshly made footprint. Her tiny rival lied there, half buried in the sand, like she pictured before.

“Awww, you look so adorable in there!”, Linda said, clapping. “Don’t move, let me take a picture of this, too.”

Linda then quickly grabbed her phone from her cleavage and snapped another photograph, this time of her micro-nemesis inside her footprint. Ignoring Bianca’s curses, she looked at the picture. Twitching her nose and raising an eyebrow, she inspected the picture for a few seconds before turning her phone upside down and holding it over Bianca so she could see the photo.

“What do you think?”, Linda asked, giggling. “You look cute enough, but your diminutive size makes my foot look huge!”

“You fucking bitch!”, Bianca yelled back, spitting some sand out of her mouth.

“I mean, it’s not like I have big feet.”, said Linda, completely ignoring the tiny woman.

“You’re SO dead!”, continued Bianca, climbing out of Linda’s footprint. “I’m so getting you back for this!”

“Or maybe I’m wrong. Do you think I have big feet?”, Linda asked, slamming her foot down, right next to Bianca. “You can make an educated guess. You already have experience with my foot, hehehe.”

“Whoa, hey!”, said Bianca as she was knocked down by the sudden stomp. “Cut it out already!”

“I’m size 8. That doesn’t count as big feet, does it?”, replied Linda, reaching down and pinching Bianca’s ankle between index and thumb, lifting her to face level.

“Eeeek!”, screamed Bianca, punching the air in vain. “Put me down!”

“What shoe size are you?”, Linda said, while easily dangling the tiny woman by her ankle. “Tall girls are supposed to have big feet, don’t they?”

“I’m going to fucking kill you!”, threatened Bianca, getting angrier and angrier by the second.

“Well, good luck with that”, said Linda, crouching down and unceremoniously dropping Bianca back on the sand. “Have a nice day!”

And with that, Linda stood back to full height and walked away. She knew she had been a little too mean to Bianca, but she was tired of her constantly interrupting her vacation by showing up everywhere and being annoying. She hoped that maybe this display of size difference would be enough to teach the tiny Mexican who was in charge, getting rid of her once and for all. But of course, things are never that easy, and this rivalry still had one more page to be written…