1 Feather
Chapter one
"Toki, are you quite done?"
The attractive black-haired teen looked up at her smaller brother and shook her head. Toki wouldn't finish until he had eaten the whole hamburger.
"No! Ari, you know better than that!"
He did it again... Ari thought. How can he read my mind like that?
"Cause I'm smart!"
Ari facefaulted (Which, if you think about it, would be impossible because she was sitting on the sidewalk next to the hamburger stand where Toki was currently commencing to stuff his face) and sighed.
"Guess I can't hide anything from you, huh, little bro!"
Toki didn't answer, because he was talking to the person who ran the stand, or to be more exact, paying him. He hopped down from the small round stool and pulled on Ari's arm, making her stand up.
"Let's go, already!"
Ari grinned, and sent him in the direction of the nearest arcade.
"You go on ahead, I'll catch up."
Toki ran over to the arcade and went in. Ari walked over to the sidewalk next to the arcade, sat down, pulled out a plain brown feather, looked at it, and started to think about their situation. Her little brother was a psychic, she was an expert on DDR'ing, and this was going to get them... where? That's right, nowhere. She sighed, put the feather behind her ear, and walked in the arcade towards the DDR 4th mix plus machine, as usual, put eight quarters in, as usual, stepped on the platform, as usual, chose Orion.78 on Maniac, as usual, then started to dance, as usual. But, not as usual, the feather behind her ear started to glow, and she was promptly sucked in to the machine.
"Whoa... Cool!"
"Yes... cool...."
Ari whirled around, startled.
"Who said that?"
"I'm surprised you don't know..."
"Waiit... not.... The Announcer Dude!"
"Correct!"
Ari started to actually assess the situation. Then, she realized where she actually was.
"Uh oh..."
She started to murmur something under her breath. The Announcer Dude, not quite hearing all of what she was saying, stepped forward out of the shadows, revealing his features. He had short brown hair and deep blue eyes. He was wearing blue jeans and a black shirt with flames on the right side.
"What are you saying?"
"I'm chanting chamomile, 'cause I heard it's a calming herb."
The Announcer's face went blank as he considered this, then he grinned.
"Cute."
Ari grinned cheekily and asked,
"Me or my chant?"
The Announcer blushed darker than the flames on his shirt, than said timidly,
"The chant...."
Ari's face suddenly hardened as a thought dawned on her, and asked,
"Enough. Why am I in this machine?"
The Announcer pointed to the feather in her hair. She took it out and fingered it gingerly.
"This thing, huh? Why?"
"That, I will tell you tomorrow. For now, you should get settled in."
He snapped his fingers and they were transported to a nice looking bedroom. Ari's eyes widened.
"You got to show me how you do that."
The Announcer grinned and said,
"I control this realm. I can do anything I want."
He glanced at her clothes: Purple pants, light green vest, blue shirt with purple undershirt showing through tears in the shirt on the shoulders.
"You really should change in to something more comfortable."
And with that, he snapped his fingers, and left. Aki spoke to where he was.
"Don't watch!"
A voice appeared in her ear.
"I have no intention to."
"Wha.. don't DO that!"
"Fine... See you in the morning."
And with that, she looked in the closet at her choices of clothes. She decided on a fuzzy blue sweater and blue jeans. She slipped on a white nightgown, slipped in to bed, and promptly fell asleep.
End of chapter one.
Chapter one
"Toki, are you quite done?"
The attractive black-haired teen looked up at her smaller brother and shook her head. Toki wouldn't finish until he had eaten the whole hamburger.
"No! Ari, you know better than that!"
He did it again... Ari thought. How can he read my mind like that?
"Cause I'm smart!"
Ari facefaulted (Which, if you think about it, would be impossible because she was sitting on the sidewalk next to the hamburger stand where Toki was currently commencing to stuff his face) and sighed.
"Guess I can't hide anything from you, huh, little bro!"
Toki didn't answer, because he was talking to the person who ran the stand, or to be more exact, paying him. He hopped down from the small round stool and pulled on Ari's arm, making her stand up.
"Let's go, already!"
Ari grinned, and sent him in the direction of the nearest arcade.
"You go on ahead, I'll catch up."
Toki ran over to the arcade and went in. Ari walked over to the sidewalk next to the arcade, sat down, pulled out a plain brown feather, looked at it, and started to think about their situation. Her little brother was a psychic, she was an expert on DDR'ing, and this was going to get them... where? That's right, nowhere. She sighed, put the feather behind her ear, and walked in the arcade towards the DDR 4th mix plus machine, as usual, put eight quarters in, as usual, stepped on the platform, as usual, chose Orion.78 on Maniac, as usual, then started to dance, as usual. But, not as usual, the feather behind her ear started to glow, and she was promptly sucked in to the machine.
"Whoa... Cool!"
"Yes... cool...."
Ari whirled around, startled.
"Who said that?"
"I'm surprised you don't know..."
"Waiit... not.... The Announcer Dude!"
"Correct!"
Ari started to actually assess the situation. Then, she realized where she actually was.
"Uh oh..."
She started to murmur something under her breath. The Announcer Dude, not quite hearing all of what she was saying, stepped forward out of the shadows, revealing his features. He had short brown hair and deep blue eyes. He was wearing blue jeans and a black shirt with flames on the right side.
"What are you saying?"
"I'm chanting chamomile, 'cause I heard it's a calming herb."
The Announcer's face went blank as he considered this, then he grinned.
"Cute."
Ari grinned cheekily and asked,
"Me or my chant?"
The Announcer blushed darker than the flames on his shirt, than said timidly,
"The chant...."
Ari's face suddenly hardened as a thought dawned on her, and asked,
"Enough. Why am I in this machine?"
The Announcer pointed to the feather in her hair. She took it out and fingered it gingerly.
"This thing, huh? Why?"
"That, I will tell you tomorrow. For now, you should get settled in."
He snapped his fingers and they were transported to a nice looking bedroom. Ari's eyes widened.
"You got to show me how you do that."
The Announcer grinned and said,
"I control this realm. I can do anything I want."
He glanced at her clothes: Purple pants, light green vest, blue shirt with purple undershirt showing through tears in the shirt on the shoulders.
"You really should change in to something more comfortable."
And with that, he snapped his fingers, and left. Aki spoke to where he was.
"Don't watch!"
A voice appeared in her ear.
"I have no intention to."
"Wha.. don't DO that!"
"Fine... See you in the morning."
And with that, she looked in the closet at her choices of clothes. She decided on a fuzzy blue sweater and blue jeans. She slipped on a white nightgown, slipped in to bed, and promptly fell asleep.
End of chapter one.