It was just an ordinary day when I decided to take a piece of gum from my pocket. I slowly unwrapped it, savoring the thought of that sweet, fresh mint flavor. I popped it into my mouth and started chewing, unaware that this simple act was about to change my life forever. At first, everything seemed normal. The gum expanded with each bubble I blew, but then, suddenly, I felt a strange warmth rising in my throat. My skin started to itch, as if something inside me was waking up. I looked at my hands, and to my surprise, they were no longer what I remembered. They were covered in a smooth, yet strangely gelatinous texture. I glanced around, trying to make sense of what was happening, but everything around me began to blur. In an instant, my body grew, and before I could react, I found myself surrounded by a pink glow that lit up the room. My skin turned a vibrant bubblegum pink, as if I were made of candy. My feet lifted off the ground, and my legs stretched as my figure took on a monstrous, colossal shape. Now, my body seemed made of rubber—flexible and elastic, as if every part of me could stretch as far as I wanted. My arms grew and curved in strange ways, and my eyes enlarged, now glowing with a fun yet unsettling shine. The gum bubbles I had been chewing exploded into the air, leaving a trail of pink vapor that seemed to form a halo around me. “What happened to me?” I asked, looking at my monstrous new form. Although I now looked terrifying, I didn’t feel scared—just a strange sense of exhilaration. My voice was deep but also somewhat playful, like something out of a goofy horror movie. As I got used to my new pink monster body, I started bouncing around the room, leaving a sticky trail of gum behind me. Every time I jumped, the floor sank beneath the weight of my elasticity, and I felt more powerful yet somehow comical. I couldn’t help it. There was something magical about this monstrous pink state, something fun that made me burst into laughter. That’s how, with a simple piece of gum, I turned into a pink monster. And even though I looked terrifying to others, I couldn’t help but enjoy the change. After all, who wouldn’t want to be the sweetest, most elastic monster of all?