Memorable Shock Opening
Have you ever wished that your life could be more exciting? Filled with action, adventure, fantasy, and romance? I know I have! My name is Vanessa Nguyen, I'm 18 years old, and I'm going to be a college sophomore next school year. My college life hasn't been as glamorous as I expected but I know it will suddenly change someday. I haven't made many new friends and I still don't have a boyfriend! However, I didn't know that my wish would come true this summer and the day that it all started was a memorable shock indeed…
Chapter 1
Vanessa is texting her old high school friend on her hand me down phone while charging it. She is tapping rapidly on the conversation on the messaging app when an electrical shock ran through her phone making her drop it. "Ouch!... This never happened before!"
She runs into the restroom to splash water on her right hand that got burnt from the electric shock. She goes back out to examine her phone, whose screen is pitch black. Without thinking about how just a little shock can burn her hand, Vanessa squats near it and points an accusing finger at her Samsung S3 "HOW!?…(~) Curse you Phone!" Then she tries to turn it on using her left hand. Instead of the usual image of the green android blasting off, there is a moving image of a starry sky. The screen is now full with many beautiful sparkling white dots.
"Huh? That's not supposed to happen…" She tries to tap the stars and they turn into shooting stars. While she is distracted by her star tapping activity, the phone suddenly set itself to the home screen and her index finger was accidentally touching an app that said "Portal to Other Worlds".
"Ok… I never downloaded that…" But the moment she presses down on the app to try to delete it, her home screen fills with blue light which shoots a beam into the ceiling. The blue light on the ceiling gathers around to form a circle and then transforms itself into a vortex, which sucks in Vanessa, who is holding on her phone so tightly that it gets pulled off the charger.
"Ah!" Vanessa yells as her body is being pulled into the vortex before it closes and disappears from the ceiling.
"Why is this happening?!" she yells as her body keeps on flashing through the vortex until she hits something that seems very soft. Before Vanessa can notice what she is coming into; her body has already gotten absorbed in it which causes her to stop flying but float instead.
"I'm in a bubble?" She looks around inside and notice that there is another surprise waiting for her. She isn't the only one in the bubble; there is also a black cat with black eyes in front of her.
"How did a cat get caught in here?" Vanessa asked out loud. Then adding on her surprise, the cat suddenly replies to her "Actually, I made this bubble."
"What?! The cat talked to me!" exclaimed Vanessa putting her hands on her head.
"I suppose you are unfamiliar with talking familiars or any type of witchcraft. No wonder her powers seemed to be suppressed…" said the black cat under her breath during the last sentence and looking thoughtful.
"Wait!... Wait a minute… Familiars, witchcraft? This is crazy…"
"I assume this is too much for you to take in at the moment. First of all, my name is Luna, a witch's familiar, it is my duty to guide witches and your name is?"
"…It's Vanessa." She answers despite her awkwardness.
"Vanessa, I have brought you here because the app has chosen you. Right now all of the worlds in existence are in danger and we need you to fix the situation that they are involved in."
Vanessa just looks at Luna in shock and says "…Ok, I am getting Sailor Moon vibes here… Anyways, why did the app choose me? Aren't there people out there that are more qualified to help the other worlds?"
Luna shakes her head and says "Unfortunately, I do not know the answer to that."
"Whoever developed the app is dumping all of this on me…" Vanessa says with a low voice, but rises back to a normal pitch when she gets an epiphany, "Will I be compensated for doing this? Or better yet, can I go home?"
Luna says "Well, I'm not sure if this will count as compensation for you but let me see your right hand."
"S-Sure…" Vanessa hesitantly holds out her hand. Luna bounces up until she was in front of Vanessa then puts her two paws over Vanessa's burnt hand. Warm golden light flows from Luna's paws into Vanessa's hand, erasing the wound.
"Wow…" Vanessa says in awe.
"Going on this mission will allow you to experience magic like this. Vanessa, I know you are scared but I am here to guide you. The fate of all the worlds lies in your hands so please don't run away from this." Vanessa bites her lip and sighs "Alright then for all the worlds."
"That's the spirit."
"Where are we going though Luna? And how am I supposed to solve the problem? I am just a normal teenage human girl…"
"We are going to another world. You may find it familiar yet distorted at the same time."
"Huh?" Vanessa interrupts.
"You'll see when we get there. Your job is to find the distortion and return the world back to normal." "Ah- I get it. This sounds like Eto Rangers except there's only me."
"Don't forget me." Said Luna smiling.
"Yeah, thanks."
"Oh, before I forget…You need to change into proper clothes…" Vanessa suddenly realizes that she is still in her pajamas, which are a cute pink set with a Hello Kitty pattern.
"Oh! Yeah…"
Luna closes her eyes in concentration and a warm golden light surrounds her body, which then sends a beam of light and hits Vanessa's pajamas and transforms them into a proper outfit! She is now wearing a gray coach jacket, a black turtleneck, black pants, and black combat boots.
"Wow!" Vanessa exclaims in surprise. Suddenly, the bubble starts to move faster, speeding up as if they are in a roller coaster.
"Ah!" Vanessa screams in fear since she hates roller coasters. Luckily, the bubble starts to slow down as it exits the light blue portal and enters a real blue sky. However, the bubble then starts to drop like a rock thrown straight down.
"Ah! Even the landing is just like Eto Rangers!" Vanessa screams with her eyes starting to tear a little bit.
To make things worse, the bubble is not able to resist the new pressure and pops!
"Ah! I don't want to die here! Luna! Don't you have a backup plan?!"
But Luna has no reply and looks like she is animated in the Sailor Moon Crystal 2014 style, crying many tears, and screeching.
"What the heck? Why are you animated?!"
Luna continues to screech.
"I don't understand why you are afraid when all cats land on their feet! I hate you Luna! I am going to die here because of you!"
Vanessa starts praying to Buddha while keeping her eyes shut in concentration and waiting for impact. Yet, instead of feeling her butt kissing the ground, she feels her lips brush against another pair of lips and these sets of lips connect for the briefest of seconds until her face slides off and she can feel warm arms holding her bridal style.
"Ah! What the hell?!" says a male Japanese voice that somehow sounds so familiar to Vanessa. She opens her eyes and looks up. Once she can see who her savior was, she thought she must be out of her right mind and thinking in her mind "No way! It's Inuyasha!"
Indeed it was Inuyasha, but altered in appearance. He has the same amber eyes, long white hair, and he was wearing a baseball cap like he usually does when he is in Kagome's time but now he has human ears! Not only that, his ears had multiple piercings like today's male Kpop artists! Vanessa can't help but mentally admit that it made Inuyasha more attractive. Nevertheless, that isn't the only noticeable difference in Inuyasha's appearance, instead of wearing his robe of the fire rat; he was wearing a red letterman jacket.
While Vanessa is passionately looking Inuyasha over, he asks "Hey! You all right?"
Vanessa is still in shock then Luna lands on her stomach.
Inuyasha bugs his eyes out in surprise then he says "What the hell is going on?"
Vanessa says "Ah! I told you all cats land on their feet but I didn't expect you to land on my stomach!"
Inuyasha says " Ah! Engrish?! Damn, I can only say basic words and phrases!" then he switched to English and asks "Can you uh... speak Japanese?"
Vanessa answers "Uh... I don't think so?" But surprisingly her answer was in Japanese.
Inuyasha switches back to his native language and replies "Liar! Your accent is pretty good for a foreigner!"
Finally, Vanessa has suddenly realized that there is something strange; she CAN understand Inuyasha's words. Vanessa switches back to English and asks "Luna, how am I able to speak Japanese?!"
"It's because you kissed him." Luna answered bluntly with tiredness evident in her voice.
