Chapter 1: The Portal and the box

I guess if you're reading this, it means you're interested in what happened to me and my friend last week. Don't be disappointed if I'm not a very good story teller. Also, be prepared to be here a while, because this is kind of a long story. It all started when I was heading over to my friend's house….

*flashback*

I sat in front of my laptop, trying to figure out what to write for my Mandarin Chinese essay when the phone started ringing. I jumped, startled out of my essay-writing concentration. I dashed over to the bookshelf that held various cookbooks, drawing books, and the house phone. I grabbed it and pressed the answer button. "Hello?"

"CHRIS!" Immediately, I recoiled.

"Ow…" I muttered, rubbing my left ear. "MINA!" I shouted back into the phone.

"Get your butt over here! There's this… THING! HELP ME!" Then, there was only static.

"This better not be some wonk joke…" I muttered, as I quickly pulled on my brown uggs and sunglasses. Genuinely worried for my friend, I grabbed my black and green bike and rode as fast as I could to Mina's house.

In Norrisville….

"Howard, I can totally beat you in an ice cream eating contest." A tall boy with purple hair and blue eyes was saying to a shorter, um… wider boy with carrot-orange hair and brown eyes.

"No, Cunningham, you can't. Because I am the ultimate Ice-cream-eating machine. And I will beat you. Every. Single. Time."

"Well then, let's find out." The purple haired boy shot back as the two approached an ice cream stand. Just as they were about to start eating, a turquoise blue portal opened up in front of them and spat out a girl hugging a square wooden box to her chest before it closed up again.

"What the juice!?"

Real world, 5 minutes earlier…

I hopped off my bike, and started to run up to Mina's house. Then, I thought better of it. Mina had said something about a 'thing'. What if it was one of those creepypasta monsters? I slowly approached the house, and crouched under the windowsill, silently moving toward the door. The door was strangely open, and a weird blue light was emanating from inside.

As I got closer, I could hear mumbling. "Chris... take any longer… survive… Kill you!" Wow. Mina was even more violent than I thought! I crept along and slowly entered the house. My eyes widened. Mina was hugging the arm of her couch for dear life as a nearby turquoise blue portal sucked in everything around it.

"Finally! What took you so long?" Mina asked accusingly. Mina was medium height, with blue eyes that reminded you of charcoal. She had blond hair a little longer than her shoulders that was flying behind her towards the portal.

I just stared. "Mina… what the juice is going on!?"

She pointed at the portal. "It ate my dog." I gaped at her before realizing that the portal was slowly sucking me in.

"Ahh!" I shouted out in surprise, grabbing the leg of the conveniently placed piano that was always right next to the door. I was unaware that I was still clutching a strange wooden box that some weird guy had stopped to hand to me on the way over to Mina's. Maybe that was the reason I lost my grip so easy.

The next thing I knew, I was spiraling downward into the unknown, the mysterious box still held tight in my grip.

Norrisville

The girl groaned and sat up. "Ohh… my head…" She muttered. Her eyes opened to reveal a crystalline blue color. Her hair was short, and dirty blond with black tips. "What... where…?" She picked up the wooden box that had followed her into the portal and looked around, confused.

Howard stared for a few seconds then said, "Okay, Randy. Contest starts in three… two… one!" He immediately started eating his ice cream cone, but Randy just glared at him.

"What?" He asked, mouth full of ice cream.

"That girl just came out of a portal, and you're just standing there eating ice cream."

"Yeah, and monsters attack our school on a daily basis. Your point?" Howard asked.

"My point is that she needs help." Randy said, before he started walking toward the mysterious girl who had come from the portal.

First person, Chris' point of view

I don't really know what I'm doing here, or how I got to this place. All I can remember is my name and that the weird wooden box I'm holding is important. I have no idea what's going on or how I'm going to get home when I can't even remember my last name. Did I have a last name? Was I an orphan? Why was that boy with the purple hair walking towards me? Did he know me? I looked around and a few people were giving me weird looks, like I had three heads or something.

"Cunningham! Don't talk to her!" a boy with orange hair whisper shouted at the boy approaching me.

The boy just shot him a look, and didn't stop.

"Umm… do I know you?" I asked. It was a legit question, because I seriously didn't know.

"Not that I know of…" He replied, evidently confused.

"Oh." I said, disappointed.

"Do you need some help? You kinda look confused." He said concernedly.

"Actually, I think I have amnesia. I don't know how I got here, or remember anything, really." I answered, a little uneasy. But something told me I could trust this purple haired boy.

"Maybe me and my friend Howard could help jog your memory, like take you to different places around town and stuff." He offered. "HOWARD!" He yelled to the orange haired boy behind him. Howard face-palmed, and finished his ice cream before finally walking over to us.

"Cunningham, I told you not to talk to her! Remember Franz Nukid? Remember how that turned out?" Howard asked angrily, folding his arms across his chest.

"Hmm… Yeah I see your point." He struck a thinking pose, and carefully looked me over.

"Umm… what are you doing?" I asked, getting a little paranoid by now.

"Oh, I'm just making sure you're not a robot." He said. Howard face-palmed.

"A robot… with Amnesia… yeah, good luck with that." I said, and walked away having no idea where I was going or what I was going to do.

So, please tell me if you think I should continue with this! I'm gonna try to upload frequently.