Chapter 1: The Hell!?!
I sighed in frustration for several reasons. One it's 2:45 in the morning. Two, my friend's ass is in my face. Three, I can't sleep. I sat up moving away from my friend. My other friends were scattered around the room sleeping, but one was missing. I stood up and made my way out of the room.
Earlier, my friends and I had been joking around, eating junk food, and watching movies. Then we all just crashed.
I stepped into the kitchen and waved at my best friend, Akira, who was making fudge.
"Hey Tsuki", she said while watching the chocolate. "You couldn't sleep either.
"Sadly no" I sat on a Stoll at the counter. Akira smiled as she poured the chocolate into a pan to cool. I picked up a magazine that was sitting on the counter and started flipping through it.
"While, we wait for the fudge to cool, what do you want to do", asked Akira.
"Weird, it says here that if we write our wish on a piece of paper, fold it, throw some salt on it and flush it down the toilet. It'll come true."
"Bullshit"
"We've got nothing better to do."
"True."
"What should we wish for?"
"Let's wish we were in the One Piece universe."
"Ok."
We got a piece of paper and wrote the wish down: We, Akira and Tsuki, wish to go to the One Piece universe. After folding it, we dipped it in salt then flushed it down the toilet.
"Well, that's done."
"Fudge Time!"
We left the bathroom, not giving a second thought to the wish.
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A month later…
I listened as Tsuki and our other best friend. Midget, discuss which movie was the scariest.
We were on our way to a football game, even though Tsuki and I hated football games.
After the Midget's father dropped us off, we brought our tickets and went inside the gates.
Midget made a comment. I Wasn't paying attention, but whatever it was made Tsuki start chasing him around.
I followed them laughing as I watched them.
Then the Midget did something clever, he took a sharp turn causing Tsuki to trip, hit the ground hard, and rolled down the hill into the dark woods.
"Tsuki", I called out. No answer.
Midget was a fair distance away, but I didn't want to leave Tsuki.
I sat my purse down and made my way slowly down the hill.
"Tsuki", I called out again. A groan was my answer. I quickly made my way toward it.
Tsuki was laying on her stomach with a long red gash on her arm and side.
"Tsuki, are you ok?"
"I'm going to kill Midget, when I get back up there."
Yep, she was ok." Before you do that, we need to get your wounds cleaned and treated.
I helped Tsuki to her feet.
A loud horn cut through the air. We turned to look.
"The Hell!?!", we shouted as we were blinded.
The last thing I saw before everything went black were the glowing headlights of a SUV.
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A light breeze blew through an open window of a small cottage ruffling the hair of two sleeping girls.
An old man sat in a chair by the stove while tea was boiling on the stove.
A groan came from one of the sleeping girls.
Akira sat up rubbing her head. She had a killer headache. Akira opened her eyes and blinked.
"The Hell?"
"I see you're awake young one."
Akira turned toward the voice. "Who are you?"
Tsuki groaned as she sat up facing Akira. "Where are we?"
The teapot whistled. The old man took it off the stove and poured two cups of tea. He brought it over to them.
"Drink, you two."
Akira and Tsuki took the cups and took a sip.
"You never answered my question", stated Akira.
"The old man smiled. "You may call me anything you like."
The girls studied the old man.
He was wearing a lot of purple scarves and a cube necklace.
"How about P-cube", they asked.
"Whatever makes you happy."
"So P-cube, where are we", asked Tsuki.
"Why between worlds, little missy."
Akira and Tsuki shared a look.
"Why are we here", asked Akira as P-cube placed two backpacks next to the beds.
"You made a wish, remember. It's time to grant it."
"Grant our wish?"
Akira and Tsuki were trying to figure out what wish he was talking about.
P-cube chuckled as he unlocked a blue door.
"Come, Young one and Little missy. I'll show you. Bring the backpacks."
Akira and Tsuki picked up the backpacks and made their way over to P-cube.
P-cube opened the door.
A wave of salt smelling air hit their noses, the calls of seagulls reached their ears and the site of a town and ocean sparkled in their eyes.
"Have fun", said P-cube as he pushed them through the door.