Chapter 1 "Kah-rah-TAY!"
Spongebob glanced out his bedroom window at the morning sky.
"Good morning, Bikini Bottom!" he whispered, as to not awaken Gary.
He made his way downstairs, and pondered what he should have for breakfast. Nothing sounded appetizing. In fact, he was hardly hungry at all. Who culd be hungry, when they couldn't take their mind off of a surprise karate attack this afternoon?
The thought of karate finally aroused his appetite, and he decided on some cold cereal.
As he ate, he wondered what Sandy was up to right now...
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Sandy Cheeks, the only squirrel to inhabit Bikini Bottom, (or any other underwater town for that matter), made a face in the mirror.
It was her scariest one yet, she decided, and it would have to do.
"Spongebob will never see this coming," she thought aloud, grinning at her reflection. "Hi-YAH!" she sparred into a dramatic karate chop, and then blew imaginary smoke off of her fingertips.
Her smile grew wider.
"Say your prayers, Squarepants!"
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Spongebob, not wanting to draw attention to himself, quietly exited his pineapple house through the back door.
"Sandy is toast," he muttered, smiling playfully.
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Sandy checked carefully outside her treedome before exiting. Once she was sure the coast was clear, she walked carefully in the direction of Spongebob's house.
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Spongebob scurried behind a tree, when he noticed a cautious figure making it's way down the road. He recognized the figure as Sandy. She moved into the cover of a tree that was dangerously close to his own hiding spot.
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Sandy pretended to be oblivious to her friend's subtle presence, and oblivious still when he ran behind the tree she was using for shade.
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Spongebob smiled. She still hasn't seen me! he thought.
He brought his eyes slowly around the trunk of the big tree, trying to get a sight on his opponent before he attacked.
But when he looked, she had disappeared.
"What?" he whispered, taking a dangerous step out into the open.
"Hi-YAH" before he could see what was happening, strong hands were on his shoulders, sending him first flying into the air, then crashing into the tree beside him.
"Thought you could sneak up on me, huh?" Spongebob immediately recognized that sweet southern drawl, and, recovoering from the impact of his head with the tree, said
"You are mistaken, for it is you who thought you could sneak up on me!" he tried to kick Sandy's legs out from underneath her, but she jumped up, and he missed, sliding in the sand.
Spongebob barely had time to get up before Sandy had grabbed his right arm ad twisted it behind him, then threatened to do the same to his left.
Spongebob nearly wailed, but it came out as more of a squeak of terror.
"Give up yet?" Sandy asked, good naturedly.
"Never!" Spongebob replied, somewhat in pain, but matching her friendly tone.
"Suit yourself!" she teased, and flipped him over into the dirt.
He stood up and dusted himself off. "I'm just getting warmed up!" he said.
Sandy laughed playfully, and lunged at Spongebob, who avoided the lethal blow by dodging smoothly to the left.
"You have to be faster, Sandy!" and with his words, he grabbed her arm and flipped her over his head twice.
"Nice one!" She complimented, standing up.
"Why, thank you." Spongebob said.
They were both fixing to attack again, when they heard a deep voice calling frantically
"Spongebob! SPONGEBOB!"
They froze, as they saw their starfish friend, Patrick, running in their direction.
"Spongebob! Sandy!" he called repeatedly, as he grew closer.
"What's wrong, Patrick?" Spongebob asked.
Patrick stopped running and tried to catch his breath.
Spongebob tried again. "Pat, what's wrong?"
Patrick looked up. "What?"
"What's up, Patrick?" Sandy asked, concerned but not too worried.
"What's up with what?" Patrick seemed confused.
"Well...just a minute ago you seemed frantic," Spongebob told him.
Patrick perked up, as if remembering. "Oh yeah! They sent me to tell you!"
"Who sent you, to tell us what?" Sandy asked, beginning to grow impatient.
"Mr. Krabs and them! To tell you that it's back!"
"What's back?" Spongebob asked with a quizzical expression.
Patrick's eyes grew wide. "The worm."
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The "-----" indicates changing from one person's point of view to another...just a quick note!
Hope you like the story so far! It's about to get good...I think...