Thin Lizzie.

They say that inside of every fat person there's a thin person trying to get out. For Elizabeth that person is Lizzie.

Now I can imagine a few confused looks at this point. Is Lizzie like the xenomorph from Alien, ready to burst for Elizabeth's guts? Is Lizzie someone growing inside of Elizabeth? Does Elizabeth transform into Lizzie when she eats a stick of celery? The answer to all three is no, nothing so strange. Although the truth is also strange. Elizabeth has a strange gift - when she touches a girl who is much thinner than she is, she can control that girl and that girl becomes Lizzie.

Elizabeth first discovered her gift by accident. It happened the first day she bled, not long past her 13th birthday. Even then Elizabeth was big for her age. She was out chilling in a park with her best friend Sydney at the time. Sydney was as thin as a rake and had started her period six months earlier and was due on any day. When Elizabeth started to bleed, Sydney was able to play the hero as she had a pad with her. Elizabeth ran to the nearest public toilets to put on the pad. When she returned she gave Sydney a hug and thanked her. However that's when it happened, when the girls broke their embrace Elizabeth felt weird. If not for what happened next, Elizabeth may never have found out about her gift. "Like I said thanks for the safe, what else have you got in your bag?"

Sydney started listing everything she had in her bag in a monotone voice. "Inhaler, hay fever tablets, chocolate bar, cola ... "

"Okay, you can stop." And like that Sydney was silent. Elizabeth was starting to get weirded out then a shiver went down her spine.

"So are you wanting to stay out or head home?" asked Sydney with her natural enthusiasm back in her voice.

"What?" asked Elizabeth slowly not quite understanding what was going on.

"Well I didn't know with you coming on whether you would want to go home or not."

"I'll stay out but thanks again," Elizabeth hugged Sydney, "For the save." This time Elizabeth felt nothing.

Over the coming months Elizabeth learnt more about her powers. She worked out that it only worked on girl and only if the girl weighed at least half of what she did. She also found out she could take over the same person twice. However Elizabeth found she could only control someone for about a minute.

As Elizabeth grew older she discovered more about her powers. She found out she could control a person more than once but she had to wait a year to do so. As she aged she could control people for longer and longer. Elizabeth was currently controlling people for an hour. This was where Lizzie came in.

Thin girls who made fun of Elizabeth tended to embarrass themselves so Elizabeth's school life was relatively free from bullying. However, when she was 16 there was this new girl in school called Danielle. Elizabeth didn't know which school Danielle came from but it wasn't too difficult to imagine the headteacher's big sign of relief when Danielle left. One day Elizabeth cornered Danielle.

"Hey roly-poly be a good girl and roll outta my way."

There was nobody around. Elizabeth grabbed Danielle's bare arm and let go after two seconds. The weird feeling came over Elizabeth again but by now she was used to it. "Who do you think you are?" Elizabeth asked.

"Lizzie," came the reply.

"What?" Suddenly Elizabeth was unsure of herself.

"I'm Lizzie." A big smile appeared on Danielle's face.

"I thought you were called Danielle?"

"I'm not she is." Given the look of sheer confusion on Elizabeth's face, Lizzie tried to clarify. "Let me explain. You know when you touch someone and bring them under your control," Elizabeth nodded, "That's because of me. I control them but I have to do what you say so in effect you control them. This is the first chance I have gotten to say 'Hi'. Now Danielle is still in here but for her everything will seem like a dream. I have complete control of her body to with as you please. Now if you say 'don't move' I won't be able to move for the next 20 or so minutes. If you say 'do squats' then squats are what I do. If you say 'embarrass yourself' ... " Lizzie knew she didn't need to say more.

This was a lot for Elizabeth to take in. "So you have taken over Danielle's body," Danielle's body nodded, "But you are me, like a part of me?"

"Kind of."

"And if I ask you to embarrass yourself?"

"I embarrass myself."

"And if I ask you to rob a bank?"

"I'll rob a bank. Or at least try. I don't think I'll succeed. Hell from here I probably won't get to a bank but I would do my best to rob a bank. Doesn't matter if I get arrested since I won't be in this body much longer."

"Okay embarrass yourself Lizzie."

"With pleasure," Lizzie said with a smile, "But you may want to get to class so you have an alibi."

Elizabeth got to class two minutes late. She apologised and quickly took her seat under the penetrating gaze of her teacher. Ten minutes later Danielle burst in. "Sorry I'm late," Danielle gargled, "But Elizabeth told me to wash my potty mouth out with soap. So I have spent the last ten minutes washing my mouth out." That was when Elizabeth felt a shiver down her spine. At that moment Danielle's facial expression changed into one of shock and horror. She promptly spat out what was in her mouth and run out the class. The whole class laughed as a roll of toilet paper trailed in Danielle's wake. After that Danielle never picked on Elizabeth again.

That was Elizabeth's first meeting with Lizzie but not her last.