Chapter 6: Otherworld

"Wait," Gabby jutted into the silence. "We are here, in some place, from Cassie, Em, and Karen's favorite book, Keeper of the Lost Cities."

"Yes."

"And all the sudden, Harry Potter and his friends, who are wizards from our favorite book series, show up."

"Yes."

"And then, Percy Jackson and his friends the demigods show up. They're from Em and Karen's favorite series, right?"

"Yep."

Just then, two people appeared.

They looked like siblings. Both were blonde, with freckles and blue eyes. One was a girl, one was a boy.

The girl had a beautiful blue silk dress on. She was holding a white stick.

The boy had a tee-shirt and jeans.

Emerson, Karen, and Cassie glanced at each other.

The girl brushed off her dress. The boy leaned over and whispered something in her ear.

The girl whispered back.

"This is a dream," the boy said dramatically. The girl put her head in her hands.

"Sorry about my brother," the girl said to them. "I'm Alex Bailey. Are you guys from the Fairy Kingdom?"

"Um, no." Cassie said. "But we know who you are."

Alex sighed in relief. "Where are you from?"

Karen shrugged. "Around."

"Around...where?" The boy asked.

"This is my brother, Conner," Alex added quickly before they continued.

"The Otherworld," Emerson said smoothly.

Alex and Connor glanced at each other fearfully.

"Where...where are we right now?"

"In...another dimension. The humans can't find it. We call it The Lost Cities."

"Who are you?" Alex demanded.

"Oh, sorry." Karen said. "I'm Karen. That's Emerson. That's Cassie. That's Gabby, Sophie, Keefe, Biana, Fitz, Dex, Tam, Linh, Harry, Hermione, Ron, Percy, Annabeth, Piper, Hazel, Jason, Frank, and Leo."

"Oh...uh...hi." Conner said.

"Sophie, Fitz, Keefe, Dex, Biana, Tam, and Linh are from the Lost Cities." Karen continued. "The rest of us are from the Otherworld."

"How...did you get to the Land of Stories from the Otherworld?"

"We didn't." Cassie said. Alex blanched.

"Then...how..."

"We read about you. In a book. We can prove it."

There was a long pause.

Alex slowly shook her head.

"I think...I think I believe you already."

"Really? Okay."

"Hold up." Gabby said. "BSG? We need an explanatory chapter. For the people who have no idea what's going on here. Like me."

Suddenly, a short red haired girl popped up. She was smaller than everyone in the room.

"Coming right up, Gabby!"

Haha. Don't worry, I'm not really part of the story. Well, I am, but I have a different name. You see, on of the main characters is based off me...

Yeah. See if you can figure out which one.