Disclaimer: I do not own any plots/characters/ideas from Harry Potter, Fruits Basket, Lord of the Rings, etc…unfortunately.
The Devilish Trio's Recreational Trip Around the Universe.
Chapter 1: Drumsticks
Another day ahead and another memory to treasure. Brianna, Kelsey, and Jessica all huddled around the board game, which settled patiently in the middle of the floor of Bri's bedroom waiting for Kelsey to make her move, on the blistering cold winter day.
"Well, hell." Kelsey sat up straight for a moment before shrinking back to her bent position. "How am I possibly going to find out if Mrs. White completely annihilated Mr. Plumb with a candlestick in the library if I'm ten spaces away from the darn place?"
Jessica and Bri yawned in a rather bored way while Kelsey continued to argue with herself on whether she should enter the kitchen or dining room. Brianna glanced at her cards in assertion. It was definitely Mrs. Scarlet with the knife in the study, she knew. How she hoped that it was Mr. Green she had gotten into a fight with. Maybe they had a lover spat or possibly (on the worse note) even deemed that both of them had sexual rights with Mr. Plumb, the mad professor, over the other. Certainly, Brianna had a very active mind, obviously having the last ten minutes to think the situation over. Jessica, on the other hand (being the less creative of the two), believed that they had only had an argument on whether the curtains should be red or moss colored. Typical of the two imaginary characters.
"Well, hell." Kelsey repeated and tapped her forehead undecidedly. "I'll just go to the dining room." Silently, she moved her crimson piece toward the desired destination. Before Kelsey had any time to guess who did what and where (on a completely non-sexual note), Bri's brother stormed into the room complete with a drumstick shoved behind both of his ears like pencils.
"Nice drumsticks." Jessica commented dully, somehow in a polite way.
"Did you do something with your nose?" He asked mischievously with a grin, instantaneously shutting the girl up. "Anyway. Bri, Mom told me to tell you to make sure that your heater is on before you go to bed."
"Does she think I'm an idiot?" She snarled and motioned to her closed window.
Twirling one of the drumsticks with his thumb and forefinger, he shrugged and began to exit. Jessica interrupted him suddenly, her wits about her now. "Actually, I haven't, although you might want to do something with yours."
Turning around suddenly, he launched the stick toward her head before she ducked and it struck the nearest bookshelf. The books toppled over, Bri screeched in fury. "You jerk! Look what you've done now!" Feverishly, she stuffed the books into her arms and proceeded to place them back into their rightful places amongst the pile of dust.
"What's this?" Kelsey studied an old looking book with curiosity.
"Erm." Bri glanced over her shoulder and thought for a moment. "Not sure, really. My mom picked it up at a garage sale but I never got around to reading it. Just look at the print! Tiny, I declare!" She threw her hands in the air, the novels toppling out of her arms like raindrops.
Kelsey opened the hardcover and peered inside. "Whew. This looks like some crazy stuff." Flipping the page to a chapter entitled 'Ultra ULTRA reality', she whistled lowly. "This author was the ultra, ultra reality." She murmured under her breath and scanned the book.
She turned the page again; her eyebrows rose in a concerned and surprised expression. "Ten things you need to know about coconuts and their origin? That's rather odd." Kelsey squinted at the text and read to herself how a swallow may or might not have been able to carry a coconut to medieval King Arthur.
Another page turned and Kelsey was scribbling furiously. "What are you doing?" Jessica demanded suddenly and peered over her shoulder. She watched in shock as the words: well, creepy man in a book. My name's Kelsey disappeared into the page.
"That's strange." Bri stated while putting the last of the books back onto the shelf.
"It's like a remake of Harry Potter."
Kelsey suddenly threw the book down and as she did, it emitted a small yelp from the pages. "Voldemort is taking over my soul!" She screamed while writhing on the floor.
"You're fine, Harry." Jessica snorted and flicked Kelsey in the forehead.
The girl's hands flew to her forehead; a gasp of pain escaped her lips. "My scar! It's burning!" Bri decided to ignore this comment, rolling her eyes. She slipped the book out of Jessica's hands and stared at the reply. However, Jessica continued to poke fun at Kelsey.
"Is Draco up to something bad?" She asked dramatically, hiding a snicker.
"My tingly senses say…" She paused and scrunched her face up tightly. "YES!" She declared and threw her arms wildly up above her head and waved them viciously as if she were proving a point. "He killed Mr. Plumb!" She gasped as if something huge had suddenly hit her in the face.
"How everything is suddenly making sense." Jessica groaned and plopped herself down next to Bri who had gotten into a rather heated argument with the book on whether Snape was good or bad.
Nobody can kill the greatest wizard alive unless he wants to be killed! Bri wrote down irritably.
That's a lie! Dumbledore was weak; even Neville Longbottom could have killed that bitch. The book hastily noted back.
Bri huffed and practically engraved the words: Longbottom would have found a way to kill himself! No way could he kill Dumbledore.
Ouch, not so hard! I'm an old book; be gentle, will you?
Bri smiled to herself. Hah! I win.
Next time, I'll get you. And your little dog too!
Jessica, who had had just about enough of the idiocy, tore the ancient chapter away from Bri. You smell funny. The book didn't hesitate to inform the girl.
You smell like my grandma's feet. Jessica scribbled down.
My granny's feet are awful!
The girl scoffed and wrote down sarcastically, which ultimately failed because sarcasm cannot be displayed in writing. Tell me about it.
No. The book responded almost immediately. But I could show you…The words popped up a moment later.
In an instant, a blinding light revealed itself and the girls were thrust into another dimension of putrid feet, swirling darkness, and Reese's Puffs Cereal commercials.