A/N: This is a joint effort between two friends who started out much as Nikki and Virginia did. We hope that you enjoy this story, and find it as hilarious as we do.

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Portal to China

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One lovely day near the end of summer, Virginia Jones posted a Mary-Sue story about a young girl who was thrown in The Lord of the Rings and had a wonderful adventure.  Virginia had always wanted to visit the world in which the stories she read took place, and so found that writing her fan fiction was a great outlet for her creativeness.

As a rule, Virginia chose the first thirty reviewers to email and thank for their initial support.  One of these was a girl who went by the pen name "PearlEyedCat".  Virginia did not think about her twice until "Pearl" wrote back.  Her reply was short and to the point, but amusing and friendly.  Virginia made a mental note that she liked this person.  No less than a week later, while on her instant messaging system, Virginia received a message from "Pearl".

PearlEyedCat: Is this 'OriginalBlonde'?

And that was how Virginia and Nicole met.  At first, they would talk mostly about Virginia's story, and exchange ideas and jokes.  They never crossed over the lines of safety; they never told each other their last names or their exact locations.  The closest they got to actually knowing where the other person was was when they told each other the state.  Virginia was from California; Nicole was from Florida.  Virginia lived up to her pen name; Nicole's pen name suited her personality.

They were both writers.  They loved the same movies, and they both spent most of their spare time on the computer.  And so, they both became friends.

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OriginalBlonde: MARY SUE!

PearlEyedCat: AND GIMLI TOO!

OriginalBlonde: Lol. What's up?

PearlEyedCat: Nothing much. I just have a stupid song stuck in my head.

Original Blonde: What song?

PearlEyedCat: The rich man song from Fiddler on the Roof.

OriginalBlonde: Lol! Why don't you just sing jingle bells? Or a small world after all!

PearlEyedCat: AH!!

OriginalBlonde: What?!

PearlEyedCat: I have a new song stuck in my head!

OriginalBlonde: Oh dear….

PearlEyedCat: Jingle bells, it's a rich man after all….

OriginalBlonde: Lol. Hey, has Legolas been saved yet?

PearlEyedCat: Nope. The Mary Sues still have him. I really should send Aragorn to get him… my closet seems really empty.

OriginalBlonde: K. Don't let Aragorn forget the leash! Last time he forgot it the Mary Sues had Legolas for two whole days! Who knows what they did to him. Besides, he's one of the more important closet-dwellers that you have.

PearlEyedCat: Crap. Can't find the leash. Do you have one?

OriginalBlonde: Hold on a sec. LUPIN! *Lupin appears with the magic hat and pulls a leash out of it* Thanks. *Lupin salutes and disappears* Here ya go. *Hands leash to Nikki*

PearlEyedCat: Okay, Aragorn, go get Lego. *Aragorn jumps out the window* Hey, remember when we thought up the window thing?

OriginalBlonde: Yeah, that was great! At first we would just fall out the window and hit the ground… then one day there was a giant hole in the earth and we fell through to China! It's a nice little portal. Definitely helps us get around the world.

PearlEyedCat: Lol. Yup. Well, I have to go. Homework is calling my name.

OriginalBlonde: I hate it when it does that. Just tell it to shut up! It's not that late!

PearlEyedCat: It is too, you ditz. It's eight o'clock!

OriginalBlonde: Oh yeah, time difference. Got it.

PearlEyedCat: Good for you. Bye!

OriginalBlonde: Bubye!

            Nikki signed off and slowly got up from the computer, groaning as she went.  Her muscles were stiff from not being used for two hours. Nikki rubbed the front of her legs quickly, and paused, the window catching her eye.  The window extended from the floor to the ceiling and could not be opened.  Ginny had said that it was the same with the window in her office.  Both windows were on the second floor of their respective houses.  When Ginny had first decided to "fall" out the window in their adventures, Nikki had asked how she did that since the window couldn't open.  Ginny had just virtually shrugged and said that she supposed the window had disappeared, then "hit" the ground.  She ended up dying and having to be revived by Lupin, since Sirius was busy and actually wasn't very useful.

            Nikki chuckled thinking about it.  The girl was a complete ditz.  And yet she could write!  Now that was a miracle in itself.  They had the best times just sitting on the computer and thinking up what they would do with the characters from stories.  Both of them did tend to have problems with windows… the most particular problem was that they continually fell out of them or shoved the characters out the window (which was Ginny's favorite).

            Sighing, Nikki flopped onto her bed and pulled her thick binder from school onto her lap.  High school sucked.  Nikki glared at the hated binder that represented all that was evil in her life.  Glancing at the clock, Nikki sighed dejectedly as she realized it was 8:14 in the evening.  Nikki glared at the binder again and muttered, "Shut up."

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