Life with the Stitchpunks
Chapter One: How are we here?
As I stand here, I wonder how all this had happened. One day I was a normal schoolgirl, the next my friends and I are in a realm in which was shown in a movie. My name is Dani. My friends are Rin, Chris, and May May are all trapped with me in the 9 universe.
We are not exactly sure how we got here to begin with. All we really know is that we all fell asleep after watching 9 again. When we awoke the next day, we were all here.
What's even more confusing was what I had when I awoke. Being an early bird, I was up early, around dawn here. Then, as I was looking around, I heard voices…..familiar voices. Quickly, I looked around only to see nothing but barren land. However, when I reached my hand into my pocket, I felt a lump. Curiously, I pulled out the item, which was the Talisman! I was shocked by this discovery and said out loud "Isn't 9 supposed to have this?" The muffled voices sounded louder and closer.
Now this is what I said out loud, confused. "Alright, one of three things is happening right now. One, I have lost my marbles….which probably happened a looonnnggg time ago… Two, I am hallucinating and or hearing things. Or, number three; there is something in the Talisman…. I wonder…"
A loud voice yelled. "Its number three you fool!" "Ummm, is something in there?" I asked, unsure. "No, you are just talking to yourself, YES there is Something IN HERE!" the voice yelled, sounding pissed. Another voice talked quietly "1…..that was really unnecessary and rude…." This voice seemed to be gentle but cautious, as if he feared that the other one would hurt him.
"Okay just checking, how many of you are….in there?" I questioned. "5 of us are trapped in here." A third voice spoke, it sounded sophisticated and wise, also considerate. That's when it hit me.
"Y-you're the- the dead stitchpunks….aren't you?"I whispered, awed."Yes….and how by any means are you?" the first voice spoke up again. "My name is Dani. I figure that I know your name…..1." I replied coolly. 1 replied. "Hmm, not as dumb as you sound…."
The second voice was humming something. "And….you, the one humming, you're 6, and the other voice that told me how many of you there are in the Talisman…..that was 2." I finished. Another voice questioned "How do you know about the Talisman?" the voice was slightly young like but mature and cautious. I knew that was 5.
"Well, 5…..I saw it in a movie….a movie about your world and….about you." I heard someone grunt, which was 8 the only one who did not speak yet. I explained the film to the stitchpunks, and then heard someone call to me, asking. "Dani, what's going on? Who are you talking to?" It was Rin.
I froze right there. How will I explain this to everyone? Well, 1 kind of did it for me when he shouted annoyed. "Who's there? How many of you are there?" Rin stared awe-struck at the Talisman. "D-dani, how….how did you get that? And….was that 1 I heard?"
So, I explained the whole story, ending with. "What's strange though is that I have no idea how I got the Talisman….or how the dead stitchpunks got trapped in it…." "again…." 1 murmured quietly from inside the Talisman.
We were now on the move, looking for the living stitchpunks. This was something that half annoyed me for it was mainly 9's fault for the death of the five stitchpunks who did not really deserve to die, not even 1 was fit for the fate. However, I knew that 9 could help us and knew how to survive here.
The small group of us walked until dusk, when we found somewhere to shelter for the night. Ahead of us was a huge building, which I was grateful to see the faded sign 'Food Market.' One thought entered our minds: FOOD!
"Guys, look! A supermarket, let's go!" I exclaimed giddily. We were desperate to get something to eat, since we went a day without any nutrition and walked all day. Immediately, we ran to the front of the store and quickly opened the door…..