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"Meet the Dups"
Chapter 2-
By Dannette Lawrence

Chapter 2-

"Whoa that is so weird!"

"Totally stellar dude!"

"Little duck"

"Hi I'm Annie"

Carey covered his ears as he heard his friend's voices but when he looked over they weren't saying anything; to think of it they weren't doing anything, then where were the sounds coming from? It was definitely their voices, it was like someone was replaying things his friends had said before and he was the only one that could hear them. Carey saw Fi and Clu falling and he tried to reach to them, he stretched his arms out and he grabbed Clu's hand but the minute he did everything went black.

:::New York City:::

"You think he's alright?"
"Who cares? He's probably some bum that passed out"
"Should we call the ambulance or something?"
"Are you stupid? The ambulance wouldn't dare come to this part of town"
"Sorry I just thought…"
"Well you thought wrong"
"Hey! He's coming to"

Carey let out a sigh and pushed himself up, his eyes still closed; Carey felt the bump on the back of his head and guessed he must of hit his head, Carey opened his eyes and gasped what he saw. Carey looked straight at the four people in front of him, they in so many ways resembled his three friends and his little brother but when he looked again he saw so many differences…. For one they had piercings, outrageous multi-colored hair and they wore rebellious clothes such as leather jackets and baggy pants and their make-up was beyond weird.
"Oh god where am I?"
The older girl of the gang looked at Carey oddly; she looked him up and down before turning to two boys, a blonde and a curly haired brunette both of them had streaks in their hair and piercings as she did and as the younger girl standing beside her does.
"New York City, where do you think you are?"
Carey looked up at the girl that in a way looked like Annie and smiled; she definitely sounded like the sweet and caring Annie he knew but the minute those nice and concerning words came out of her mouth she lowered her eyes as she heard the other girl that looked like Fi and the younger boy that looked like Jack mutter something about her and snicker about it.
"Um I thought I was in Phoenix, Arizona. I'm Carey, you are?"
The older girl pulled Annie back by the arm and came face to face with Carey.
"I'm Fiona Bell, the blonde guy behind you is Clu Bell, the burnette guy behind you is Jack Thielen and that wimpy blonde girl is Annie Thielen"
Carey looked away from Fiona and looked at Jack and Clu who had waved at him and gone back to talking, Carey looked at Annie and saw the saddest look on her face.
"Are you okay Annie?"
Before Carey could reach her he felt someone grab him by the arm and push him down to the ground, he looked up to see Fi.
"Look, she's fine. Let's go and for you Carey, stay out of our way"
Fi snapped her fingers and Jack, Clu and Annie started to follow her but they all stopped when Carey ran in front of them.
"Wait! I know this must sound really weird but I know you guys and that was before you introduced yourself. We're all friends except for you Clu, we're brothers. We were in Phoenix, Arizona and Fi you opened this door and found a vortex and we were sucked in it, that must have brought us here and something happened to you guys. Do you get it?"
Clu and Jack snickered and looked at Fiona waiting for her move,meanwhile Annie stood in the background staring at Carey in concern *I hope Fi doesn't do anything to him* Fiona rolled her eyes and pushed Carey back.
"Yeah I get it. You're a freak"
Fiona laughed and walked off with Annie, Jack and Clu behind her and left a confused Carey behind.

"I don't get it! What happened to them?"
Carey ran his fingers through his hair trying to understand what had just happened.
"I might be able to explain what happened"
Carey whirled around when he heard a voice; he looked at the short chubby man that stood in front of him.
"Do I know you? And what happened?"
The man smiled.
"I'm Alex and what you just witnessed is Fiona Bell's gang which consists of Clu Bell her older brother, Jack and Annie Thielen her best friends since she was a kid but in reality they are Fiona and Jack Phillips and Annie Thielen your friends and your younger brother Clu"
Carey nodded and looked at the place they used to be and felt something go through him.
"Why are they dressed that way? And why do they act like they don't know me? And what is up with their attitudes?"
Alex walked closer to Carey.
"You're not as Dorothy said in `Wizard of Oz' in Kansas anymore in your case Phoenix, Arizona and those four people that resemble your friends and your brother are not exactly your friends and brother. When there is one world there is always another one that is totally opposite from the first world and this is the other world and Fi, Clu, Jack and Annie are your friends and brother's dup"
"Dup?"
Alex looked at Carey and felt himself become confused; *this boy is supposed to save them?*
"Short for duplicate. This world's Fiona was in trouble and so was her older brother and her friends because she saw something she wasn't supposed to do so to protect her brother and friends she recited a spell"
"What does the spell do?"
"The spell calls for help and unfortunately for you and your friends and brother the help that was supposed to be calling was them. Which explains the vortex, the vortex sucked you guys in and transported you here and when Fi, Jack, Annie and Clu were thrown into this world they were also thrown into their dups bodies"
Carey still looked confused.
"But why?"
Alex shook his head; this boy was not as smart as the spirits had told him.
"Because 2 of the same person can't exist on the same plane"