What's wrong with Flashfire? Part 1

The sun rises, shining through the clouds and reflecting on the rainbow-striped walls of your house. All is quiet as the dew on the leaves and grass glisten, Blackfire's head resting on your shoulder as the two of you are laying in your bed, still asleep.

"AAAAAH!!" Flashfire screams from her room, shocking you awake.

"Flashfire!" you shout as you run out of your room, Blackfire's head falling to the mattress. "Sister!"

"What's happened to me?!" Flashfire cries from her room.

You enter the doorway to your sister's room and see long red hair flowing down to the floor, Flashfire's face poking out from behind the curtain-length bangs. Her lips are quaking and her eyes are watery with tears.

"Brother," she whimpers, "what's going on?! Why is my hair so long?"

You cannot respond because you're busy stifling laughter.

"Brother!!" she shrieks, getting out of her bed, but then tripping on the end of her long, long hair.

You help her up, still snickering at all of the hair that your sister has grown overnight.

"Flashfire, relax," you say as your sister continues to sniffle and cry. "I bet I know what this is."

Blackfire hurries down the hall, shouting "What is it?" the whole way. She stops shouting when she sees Flashfire's ridiculous abundance of hair, and silently stares.

"Blackfire," you whisper to her. "Stop staring!"

Blackfire snaps out of the trance, and looks at you, shrugging.

"Sorry," she says. "But Transformations are always such surprises."

"Transformation?" Flashfire says.

"Yeah," you say, "the natural Tamaranian puberty that changes your physical appearance dramatically for a few weeks. When it is all over, you'll be faster, stronger, and able to fire lazer eye beams like me and Blackfire!"

"Really?" Flashfire asks, a bit more cheerful now. "Cool!"

Flashfire runs to the dining room, arms up high in happiness, only to trip on her hair again.

"Owww!!!" she cries out.

"Here," Blackfire says as she helps Flashfire up. "I'll help you keep your hair off the floor."

The two girls go to the living room together as you head to the kitchen to make breakfast.