Ch1: Sandy's journey begins

Ah, once again we journey into Bikini Bottom. Today we visit Spongebob Squarepants and Sandy Cheeks at a bus stop.

"Aw Sandy, why do you have to leave?" Spongebob said crying. His snail Gary was next to him getting rained on by his owners tears. He went back into hisshell and came back out with an umbrella.

"I told you Spongebob," said Sandy. "I'm going home to Texas to visit my folks. I'll be back in a week." "But Sandy, I'm

gonna miss you so much." said Spongebob. "Oh Spongebob," Sandy said as she put he hand on his shoulder. "I'll miss you too. But want to see my family." "But I think of you as family." said Spongebob blinking back tears. "I know that buddy." she said. "But I meant my real family. You know, the people actually related to me."

"But Sandy-" Spongebob said but then he looked down so the ground in sorrow. "I said, I'll be back in a week." said Sandy. Spongebob looked up at his friend.

"I don't think I could make it by then." he said. "I--" Then an approaching bus came to a stop. "That's my ride." Sandy said. Then the two shared a hug as a farewell but stopped after hearing the bus horn. "Come on!" shouted the driver. "Let's get a move on!"

"I'll see you next week Spongebob." said Sandy taking astep onto the bus. Spongebob sniffled and waved at Sandy. "Every time..." the driver muttered to himself. The doors closed and the bus drove off. "But any amountof time when you're gone; feels like an eternity to me." Spongebob said softly. He looked down but noticed something was wrong. "Hey where did Gary go?"

Sandy was the only person on the bus aside from the driver. She took a seat and looked out the window. She was so happy that she was on her way backto her hometown in Texas.

She then turned to see her suitcase was wiggling a bit. "What in tarnation?" she said then opened the bag. The cause of the movingsuitcase was Gary. He had found a way into Sandy's luggage and was munching on some peanut butter cookies she had packed. "Meow." he said. "Hey," exclaimedSandy. "how'd you get in there?" Gary belched. "I'd better get you back home Gary." she said. "Excuse me, driver? I need to...huh?" Sandy paused and noticed that the driver had vanished.

She looked out her window and saw the driver running away. "What the-" Sandy looked out front and saw a terrifying whirlpool headed her way. "Uh-oh..." she said. The whirlpool was so fast, before Sandy and Gary could get out, it had lifted the entire bus in to the air. Around and around the busspan in the whirlpool.

Sandy was tumbling inside holding Gary close to protect him. The whirlpool was very intense. Before Sandy knew it, she and Gary were knocked out and soon plummeted back to the ground.

When Sandy came to, she first saw Gary on top of her. He meowed. Sandy sat up. "Oh boy..." she said shaking her head. "That ride was crazier thanriding a bull with a bad itch." Gary rolled his eyes. Sandy checked her air helmet for any cracks. She was lucky that there was no damage. Except to the bus.

Shestood up and took a good look around to see where she and Gary had landed. She and the snail were in awe, Where they were was not what either had seen before in their lives. This place was filled with many miniature houses of different colors, almost storybook like. Flowers and other plants all lined the houses.

A lovely fountain was placed in the center of all this. And the prettiest hills could be seen in the distance. Gary meowed as if to say, "Wow" "Umm...Gary?" Sandy began. "I've got a feeling that we're not in Bikini Bottom anymore."