Chapter 1: Once upon a Sleepover

"Catherine! The popcorn is meant to be shared!"

"I am sharing! See? I put all the popcorn for you on the floor."

"That's not sharing, that's just unhygienic!"

As they sat on the living room sofa, the two girls continued to fight over the bowl of popcorn. One girl had dark blonde hair and was dressed in dark green pyjamas. She grabbed firmly onto the bowl as the smaller girl next to her tried to pull it away from her.

"Catherine, you're being unfair!" the smaller girl shouted, clinging to the bowl.

"No, I'm being REALLY fair!" the taller girl, Catherine said. "No, you're not!"

"Yes, I am!"

"Georgina!" the smaller girl yelled to another girl who sat on the floor. This other girl, Georgina, looked up at the two sitting on the sofa and shook her head, dark brown hair flying around.

"Don't look at me, Hanna, I'm not involved with this," Georgina small girl, Hanna, turned to a fourth girl who was sitting on the floor with Georgina. "Holly?"

The fourth girl, Holly, looked around panicky. She then put on a nervous grin, "Wow, would you look at that. I think I might have left the oven on!" She faked a laugh. "I think I should go, yer know, turn it off." Holly stumbled to her feet and quickly scampered out the slanted her eyes. "Yeah right, oven my ass."

Catherine tilted her head. "I don't think that would be a good idea, Hanna. You could get badly burnt."

"I WAS BEING SARCASTIC!" Hanna yelled.

Catherine stared, freaked out by Hanna's sudden shout. "Okay, okay, I'm sorry!"Georgina sighed and slowly left the two girls to continue arguing. She found Holly sort of pacing around the hall."Maybe inviting all of us over to your house was a bad idea," Holly muttered without looking Georgina in the eye.

"Not a bad idea," Georgina said. "But maybe it should be a while before we have another huge sleepover."

Holly shuddered, "I'm still trying to recover from our last one.""Oh c'mon, it wasn't that bad!"Holly rolled her eyes. "Yeah right! I'm surprised your mother still wants us over after that little incident."Georgina sighed and quickly changed the subject. "I hope Leah gets here soon. It's not LIKE her to be so late."There was a sudden knock at the door. Georgina blinked in surprise.

Holly grinned. "Speak of the devil and she shall appear."

Georgina opened the door to reveal a girl dressed in black and red. The girl smiled, fluttering her eyelashes.

"Hey, Leah," Georgina smiled back at the girl, Leah. "It's good to-" Georgina was interrupted as Leah embraced Georgina in a giant bear hug. She then let go and looked at Holly.

"You hug me and you shall die," Holly muttered darkly, glaring with moss green eyes through her spiky orange fringe. Leah put on a face of mock sadness. Giving a sigh, Holly opened her arms. "Fine…"

Leah gave a bright smile and hugged Holly tightly. She then let go. "It's so good to see you both again." She then tilted her head. "Where's Catherine and Hanna?""In the living room," Georgina said. She then turned to Holly. "You and Leah go in. I'm gonna get some more popcorn before Hanna murders Catherine."

Holly nodded and lead Leah into the living room.

"It's a BIRD, Catherine! It is and always will be… A BIRD!"

"Well, I wasn't saying it wasn't a bird, I was just saying it looked more like a mammal. Like a beaver but with a beak!"

Holly raised an eyebrow. "What are you two talking about NOW?"

"Platypuses," Catherine said, way too casually.

Holly did a face palm and groaned in exasperation.

Hanna looked at Leah expectantly. "Hey Leah, isn't the platypus a bird?"

Holly gave a sideways glance at Leah. "Think very carefully about what your answer will be."

Leah's face crumpled in thought. "Erm, I suppose so, I guess…?"

Hanna's face lightened up and then she pointed at Catherine, almost accusingly. "I TOLD you!"

Georgina shortly came in carrying two bowls, one of popcorn and another of marshmallows. "C'mon, guys, let's get on and watch the film."Catherine and Hanna looked up.

"What movie?" Catherine asked curiously.

"Hold on," Holly muttered and rustled around in her bag before producing a DVD case. "Ah-ha!"

"'Shrek 2'?" Catherine read off the DVD case. "You mean, as in the sequel to 'Shrek'?"Holly rolled her eyes. "No, Catherine, the other movie called 'Shrek 2'," she said sarcastically.

Catherine looked confusedly at Holly. "There was two movies called 'Shrek 2'?"

Holly face palmed.

Hanna shook her head. "Again, she was being sarcastic."

"Oh," Catherine blinked. "You guys do that a lot, you know."

"Yes, Catherine," Hanna prompted. "Human beings tend to use sarcasm as a way of being funny. One day you will learn to understand the ways of our species."

"But I am hum-" Catherine began but then stopped. "Oh, you were being sarcastic again, weren't you?"

"Yes," Hanna said with a nod. "Well done. There is hope for you yet."

"Can we PLEASE watch the film?" Leah suddenly said. "Yeah," Georgina then nodded to Catherine. "Turn on the TV, Cath."

Catherine pressed the button on the remote which turned the TV on. An advert appeared on the screen showing a woman with very white teeth.

"Dminteh! It's so minty…" the woman said.

"Dang, what is wrong with these adverts?" Hanna muttered in despair as she switched to the DVD channel. Getting the disc out of its box, Holly placed it into the disc drive. "Let us begin…"

As the fivesome watched the film for the first few minutes, Catherine was close to falling asleep. The rest of the girls watched the movie, transfixed.

Upon the screen, the main characters Shrek, Fiona and Donkey were in the coach that was taking them to Far Far Away. "Wow," Leah muttered, looking at the scenery admiringly.

"I love this film," Holly said.

Georgina rolled her eyes. "You say that about some film at one time or another."

"I wish we could go to Far Far Away and meet fairy tale creatures like Shrek and Donkey!" Hanna said excitedly.

"Yeah, but it never happens like that," Georgina sighed. She then became aware of a snoring sound. She looked over to see Catherine sleeping. "Annnddd Catherine's out for the count…"

Leah gave a big yawn. "I'm quite sleepy too."

"Maybe we should all sleep," Hanna suggested, lying her head down on her pillow.

"Good idea," Georgina agreed. All the girls rested their heads on their pillows and closed their eyes, falling straight to sleep. However, they had all forgotten the TV was still on. All of a sudden, there was a bright flash from the TV screen, blinding and white…

And then they were gone.

Author's Note:

I've wanted to do a story like this for ages but never gotten round to it. Anyways, I hope you like this first chapter. Basically, me and my four friends are sucked into Shrek's world. What will happen? Even I, the writer, doesn't know the answer to that. XDDD Anyways, look forward to the next chapter!