New Girl in a New World
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BE-!
"Ugh!" I groaned as I slapped my hand over the snooze button of my alarm clock, cutting off the annoying sound coming from it.
'Wait a sec… Isn't today Saturday? Why the hell do I have my alarm set on a Saturday?!' I mentally screamed to myself.
I sighed to myself and thought, 'Might as well get up now.'
I got out of bed and walked into my bathroom. When I was finished with my morning routines, I put on a red blouse and a pleated denim skirt. I looked under my bed and found my pair of black high top sneakers. After putting my shoes on, I a hair band from my dresser and pulled my dark, black hair into a low side ponytail. I then walked over to my jewelry box on my dresser and pulled out my blue jeweled Humpty Lock and Key bracelet and necklace.
I smiled as I slipped the Key necklace around my neck and then fastened the Lock around my right wrist.
At first the lock was a necklace, but I cut the chain shorter so I could wear it around my wrist instead of switching the necklaces each day.
I then looked at myself in my full body mirror on my wall. I was tall for my age, about 5'3", and I was kind of curvy too. I had light brown skin because I was African American. Even though I wished I was Japanese I was happy when I found out that one of my great grandmothers was Japanese.
'Maybe I got my love of anime from her.' I thought to myself.
Then I went downstairs to find a note on the kitchen counter.
Hey Sweetie,
Your step-dad and I left for work today so be good and don't open the door to strangers, ok? Thanks.
Love,
Mom
"Of course I know not to open the door to strangers," I said a little irritated.
"Even though I'm 12, I'm smart enough to know that."
I threw the note away and glanced at the clock. 10:42.
'I should probably eat something.' I thought.
I grabbed an apple and a cup of yogurt from the fridge and grabbed a spoon from the kitchen drawer before running upstairs to my room. I shut the door behind me and set the food on my nightstand. I walked over to my dresser, got my laptop, walked over to my bed and sat down. I pulled my food over to me and got comfy.
"Now, which anime should I watch?" I thought aloud.
After a moment of thinking, I decided to re-watch some episodes of Shugo Chara! I typed in the URL for crunchyroll and clicked on Shugo Chara! I clicked on my favorite episode (which is when Amu transforms with Ran for the first time).
I started watching the episode, but then my mind started to wander. I started imagining myself in the episode and that I was fighting along side Amu to beat the x-egg.
But this time the x-egg was stronger. More evil. It was scary and yet exciting. I could almost feel the adrenaline pumping through my veins.
That's when I noticed that my screen had gone pitch black.
"Dammit!" I said as I started moving the mouse, but when that didn't work I started tapping some of the keys.
Nothing happened.
So then I started smacking the keyboard (violence is always the way for me).
I think the laptop didn't like that because then the screen turned a bright white nearly blinding me.
I had closed my eyes and after a while I thought the light stopped so I opened my eyes and looked around. My room was gone, replaced by a sparkly, purplish pink void (kinda like Amu's transformation background).
"Whoa," I breathed out amazed.
"As amazing as this is, where am I and why am I here?" I asked no one in particular.
Suddenly I hear a voice say, "You are in the dimension between your world and the Anime World."
I looked around me, searching for the voice and uncertainly asked, "Who's there? Where are you?"
"I'm down here," the voice said and sure enough, when I looked down, I saw a tiny, anime-like girl floating at my feet.
I bent down to her level and examined her. She had white hair that reached past her shoulders with a daisy barrette on either side of her head. She had bright red eyes and wore a white choker with a pink butterfly on it. She wore a pink, long sleeved dress layered in ruffles. All in all, she was adorable!
"OMG!" I screamed as I grabbed her in my hands and hugged her tightly.
I was having a spasm at this point because I started rolling on the floor and giggling hysterically.
"E-enough!" yelled the little chibi as a gust of wind blew me away from her.
Lucky for me, there weren't any objects in this place so I didn't get hurt.
When the chibi was done getting air back into her lungs, she floated over to me.
"Thanks for nearly killing me," she said sarcastically.
"You're welcome," I said back sarcastically.
She frowned slightly before saying, "Anyways, I'm Taika the Guardian of the Veil between the Anime World and your world. You're Layla Daniels, correct?"
"Yea, but I'd like it if you called me Kokoro." I answered.
"Alright, so the reason you're here is because you have the key," she said.
"The key? You mean like the gift?" I asked slightly confused.
"No, I literally mean the key. The one you have around your neck. It's an ancient artifact created by a powerful wizard long ago. He created it in the image of the anime Shugo Chara's Humpty Key except with the blue jewels so then if ever lost it would be easily found. It has the power to open a door to the Anime World," she explained to me.
"Seriously? That's so cool! What about the lock?" I said excitedly.
"The lock is able to create dimensions and also lock some to keep anything from going in and coming out. But in order to do that they must have the key also." She replied.
"Oh. Is that why I'm here?" I asked.
"Yes. Recently there seems to be a few unlocked doors to a couple of animes which is bad. It means that something powerful escaped into the anime in order for the door to be unlocked without using the key," she said a little bitterly.
"I see. So you need me to go to the anime worlds and close the doors?" I asked.
"Yes. You are the one who holds the Key and Lock and is the most capable of controlling its power," she said.
"Alright, it shouldn't be too hard, considering it's only locking doors," I said nonchalantly.
"It's not just locking doors. You also need to find the source of the power that opened the door and destroy it," she said.
"Oh… Well I'm always up for a challenge." I said thinking this would be a great opportunity.
"Thank you. It means a lot," she said gratefully.
I've always imagined myself fighting bad guys, and yet I know I would never have the courage to do so. But now is my chance to prove to myself that I can.
"So how do I get to the Anime World?" I asked.
"Through these doors," after she said that, 5 doors appeared.
"I will also lend you the hands of my servants," she said as a small, white light appeared.
When the light was gone, there floated 4 chibi little fairies of sorts. The first one had pink hair in little tied into two puff balls and wore a pink dress that covered her feet. She had small, pink fairy wings. The second one had short, orange hair and wore classes. She wore as orange dress that covered her feet. She had small, orange fairy wings. The third one had short, purple hair with straight bangs and wore a purple dress that covered her feet. She had small, purple fairy wings. The fourth one had short blue hair and wore a blue dress that covered her feet. She had small, blue fairy wings.
"They are still in training so they have not yet reached their full form, but they have a lot of power. When you are in need of help be sure to say the words 'Balla deila dong ding now I am transforming!'" she told me.
"Balla deila dong ding now I am transforming! Embarrassingly weird, but I'll be sure to remember it," I said.
"Ok then be off on your journey," she said.
"Ok," I said and walked to the door labeled Shugo Chara!
'Guess I better start here first.' I thought.
I looked back expecting to see Taika still there, but she was gone. Only the fairies were there. I looked back to the door and took a deep breath.
"Here goes nothing," I said before walking through the door, knowing the fairies were following me.
And thus I started my journey as the girl traveling between worlds.
