Chapter Note: In this chapter the girls will use chat speak. Why? Because they are in a chat room. I did not "over-do" it, all I added were a few "lol" and "omg" nothing else. The chat speak will stop after this chapter. Why did I add it? Because they are in a chat room and I want to make it believeable. Take this example, I'm using one of Racetrack's quotes: "Jack, you done thinking yet?" compared to "Jack, ya done thinkin' yet?" In that example I added a New York accent to make it more believable. I did not use any chat speak whatsoever in anything that wasn't dialogue, only in the dialouge and then very sparingly. So with that out of the way, on with the story!
Chapter 1
What Happened?
Trignifty's Point of View
The garage door closed with a "thud" as I climbed out of the car after my two brothers and my sister. It had been a long day at school and there was nothing I wanted more than to go downstairs, check in the arena, and watch Newsies. But, sadly, that was impossible. I had 30 math problems in algebra that I had to get done, as well as a report due the next day that I hadn't even started, not to mention reading 40 pages for English, and gathering notes on geodes for science. But, I thought, there's no harm in checking the arena really quick before I start my homework. A few minutes later after making that decision I hurried downstairs to my most prized possession: my laptop.
I sat down and clicked on Internet Explorer, while it was loading I thought about who might be in the arena, Ravenwood, my best friend was usually in there, Seagull, another one of my good friends was normally there too, always ready with some joke about my clumsiness. Also Paloosh was almost always there along with Celena, Nanners, and Folly Foal all four good friends. Then of course there were other people in the arena as well, Whispered Litany, Amish, Despair, Cardboard Castle, Choxie, Sunday, Paramore, Rae, Iris, Losteh, Womack, Wangdoodle, Nailpolish, Marvella, Emerald City, Randa and many more. All these people I at least got along with, though I wasn't necessarily friends with them. Though there was one person that I didn't get along with at all, and that was Caladwen. Caladwen was (in my opinion) nasty, rude, mean, all together not the greatest person in the arena.
Internet Explorer opened and I typed in the address bar Horseland was an online community of people who signed up who could own, breed, and show horses. There were two ranks of player a Premium Player and a Basic player, there were many differences but one of the biggest differences was the Arena. The arena was a chat room where premium players could go and chat, many friends and enemies had been made in the arena and my biggest enemy was Caladwen. I need not go into details, needless to say the two of us got into a fight and it was never resolved. Cala had many friends whom liked her and were friends with her, people who were more-or-less blinded by her fake friendliness, sweetness, and kindness. I had always watched the people in the arena, even before I became a premium player and wished I could be one. I had seen Cala pretend to be best friends with someone until they trusted her and let her into their account and she would steal money, horses, and dogs. But because of the millions of "
friends" she had, no one believed the unfortunate player who had fallen victim to one of Caladwen's schemes. Cala was smart, "friendly", fantastic at acting over the internet, and a very good arguer. It was said among the members of the arena that she could "turn black into white with just her words."
The Horseland page opened up and I logged into my main account, as usual I had a few messages, mostly people asking me to vote for them in some club or another. I then clicked on the link that said Talk and then clicked on arena. I saw that Seagull, Celena, Paloosh, Nanners, and Folly Foal were there. They were chatting about Cel's most recent show, in which she had placed first. I congratulated her then "sat in my favorite corner".
"Hey Trig! Spilled any hot chocolate lately?" joked Seagull.
"No, not me but my little brother has though" I replied, Sea hadn't been in the arena for awhile and I was glad to see her.
"Hmmm, maybe it's genetic lol" replied Sea
"giggle snort maybe, maybe" I answered
I then turned my attention to Celena.
"Hey Cel, is there a word of the day today?" I asked jokingly, the word of the day was a running joke between Celena and I, and it was what had sealed our friendship, that and Cel's French bread gun.
"Yup, its hunger…I practically starved myself today, not on purpose though" answered Celena.
"ooh, let me guess, it means an extremely empty stomach that results in stomach pains that get in the way of functioning correctly" I replied giggling.
"Correct )" replied Cel.
"So…why did you end up 'practically starving yourself' today?" I asked
"Well, I had cereal for breakfast and was going to buy lunch at school but the deli was closed, and I forgot some of my money." She answered
"Aw, poor Cel, I had scrambled eggs for breakfast, a sandwich for lunch and Thai food for dinner"
"Omg Trig! I hate you!" she joked.
"Maybe Cel should eat some of the bread from her French bread gun!" I added with a giggle.
"Hmm, not a bad idea…"
"Triiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiggggggg! Tackles and hugs" Ravenwood made a grand entrance
"Raven! hugs back so…what's up?" I asked
"Eh, not much, I have some homework to finish up, but that's about it. You?" replied Raven
"Homework…then I think I'm gonna go watch Newsies" I answered
"sigh sill obsessed with Mush aren't you?" she accused
"I was never obsessed!" I defended myself
"Suuure, that's what they alllllllllll say" answered Raven, sarcasm a little too obvious
"Ok then, Raven what about Jacky Boy?" asked Sea.
"Uh…no comment" replied Raven. The three of us, Seagull, Ravenwood and Trignifty (me) were all crazed Newsie fans. We all loved the movie as well as some of the guys in it. Raven adored Jack, Sea was obsessed with Spot, and I was probably the biggest Mush fanatic there has ever been.
"Newsies fans unite!" I yelled (not sure how you yell over the internet, but…)
"Can I join the circle?" I literally gasped; Folly Foal had never, ever said a word to me.
"Of course you can, if you tell us who your favorite newsie is evil grin" ha, just like Sea to say that.
"You tell first" replied Folly
"Mush" I said
"Jack" answered Raven
"SPOT!!!!!" yelled Sea
"Ok, fine, Skittery" answered Folly.
"Omg! Skittery? He's gorgeous!" exclaimed Raven
"It's the cutest thing ever when he does the mini spit-handshake with the little kid in the orange" I added.
"Omg Trig! I know! It's adorable!" said Raven
"I also think Racetrack is pretty cool" added Folly
"In 1899 the streets of New York echoed with the voices of Newsies peddling the newspapers of Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst and other giants of the newspaper world. On every street corner you saw 'em, carrying the banner, bringing you the news for a penny a pape." Seagull quoted.
I was about to continue the quote when suddenly the text on the screen began to blur and the colors began to change. Swirling patterns began to take form and strange shapes took shape. Far off in the distance I thought I heard singing. Already sensing that something not entirely friendly was about to happen, I was left no other choice than to sit back as I was pulled screaming into the glowing computer.
I landed with an audible "thump" then sat up and looked around me. I was in some sort of alley along with six other girls. The jeans and polo t-shirt I had been wearing had been replaced with a loose white shirt and brown shorts, similar to the outfit Mush wears near the end of Newsies. The girls standing, sitting, or lying around me were dressed quite similar. On my head was a newsboy cap. Then I turned and took my first good look at the other girls.
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