A New Perspective

Shadow Entilza: Hello Everyone, I am Shadow Entilza. Entilza's other side. I came from-

Entilza: Get out of here! (Shoves Dark Entilza into a closet and locks the door. Banging can be heard.) Now then, I, Entilza, have released my other side to write a few stories. Stories I would not do. You see, Dark Entilza is a product of watching way to much TV and reading. Now, anyone who knows me personally, a.k.a. my family, please remember that this is a story from the dark reaches of my imagination.

Chapter One: A New Face

Steven was relaxing in his bed, watching Saturday morning cartoons. He was 16, with brown hair and green eyes. He was about 5'10 and he loved sci-fi and anime. His younger brother Tyler was always saying he was too old for them, but that was why he'd had a new lock put on his door. He always dreamed of being in the anime he watched. Sometimes he even imagined himself as an anime character.

"Steven turn it down!" Came a voice from the next room. His father Russel only let him watch cartoons because he knew trying to get him off them would be too much trouble. So he settled for making Steven's watching of them as miserable as possible.

"Fine!" He called, turning the volume down by 5. He was watching the Winx club. A storm was raging outside and the reception was a little fuzzy, but that didn't bother him. Suddenly a lightning bolt struck so close he was blinded for a second. It had struck the TV antenna! "Damn," he swore. He had a VCR running in the lining room recording cartoons on another channel. He went up to the TV and banged on it. It worked sometimes. This time though he got a big shock and jumped back.

FLASH! Something hit him in the gut and he was launched back onto his bed.

"What was that?" His brother called from his room where he was playing Zelda.

"Nothing," he called back. Then he looked down, saw what had hit him, and nearly screamed and fainted at the same time. IT WAS BLOOM! Bloom from the Winx Club was lying on his lap, knocked out. "Ok Steven, get a grip," he whispered. "You've got a real anime girl lying on you. What are you going to do?"

The first thing he did was see if she was hurt. She seemed fine, but he didn't look too closely. He managed to move her onto the bed and draped the comforter over her. He knew he couldn't let anyone else see her. Fortunately no one came into his room unless they wanted something.

An hour later Bloom started to stir. She sat up, rubbing her head.

"Oh man, what hit me?" Then she opened her eyes and saw she was in a strange place. Everything looked different. Then she saw Steven. "Who are you? Where am I?" She demanded.

"Whoa, come down Bloom. You just came through my TV screen," he answered.

"How do you know my name?"

"Look at the TV," he said. The reception was back and Winx Club was playing.

"Oh, that's what happened. I've never been in the other reality before. That's why I didn't recognize it."

"The other reality? What are you talking about?"

"Your world and mine exist on different planes. Somehow I crossed over into your world."

"So has this happened before?"

"Yes, but it's rare, and forbidden. Sometimes one of us becomes romantically involved with someone from here. You see, here our powers are far greater than back in our world, and we can give powers to your kind."

"So what do we do now? I mean I'm not going to give you to the police or anything."

"Well that's good. I guess I'm stuck here until the others come for me."

"How long will that be?" Steven asked.

"No more than a few days."

"How am I going to keep you hidden for that long? I mean someone's bound to see you." Bloom just smiled.

"Don't worry. Remember, I can do a lot of things here I couldn't back home." She suddenly turned invisible.

"Well that's a useful ability. I guess we're stuck like this for a few days." Steven was scared and exited at the same time. On one hand, he had the responsibility of keeping Bloom safe until her friends came for her. On the other hand, he had just met a person he'd never thought possible. It was going to be a very interesting few days.

So, how was that for an opening? Was it great, good, bad, horrible? Should I continue or lock up Shadow Entilza in the back woods of my mind again? Please be honest.