The flamboyant colors swirled around the seemingly endless sky. Emi felt the familiar feeling of falling again. At last she hit the bottom, thought her fall had been broken. But by who? She looked down to see an outrageous male with hair that was spiked up. If his crazy hairstyle wasn't enough to give the impression of the word "wild," then his pink colored hair did. To top that off, he was wearing multi-colored clothes boots with the British flag woven into it, and a pair of sunglasses.
"WHOA!!" She exclaimed in shock. "Er, sorry for um, landing on you." She said gently.
"Huh?" He asked with a hint of stupidity in his voice. He had a dorky smile on his face. For some reason, her reminded Emi of a monkey...a pre-human.
"AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" Someone yelled from above. Emi looked up to see who it was. But as soon as she looked up, she was greeted by a bright flash of pink followed by the impact of the floor.
"Eh, sorry Emi." A familiar, ditzy voice said.
"CHARMY!!" Emi squealed as she hugged her quirky friend.
"Gah!! Emi...air...need air..." Charmy gasped as she was glomped by her friend.
Emi released Charmy. "Oh! Sorry!"
Charmy snapped her fingers in a frustrated manner. "Damn, I wind up here RIGHT when I was about to go call that guy."
"Guy?" Emi asked slyly.
"Yeah, he gave me his videophone code so we could talk but noooooooo I end up here RIGHT when I was about to call him."
Emi patted her friend's back sympathetically. "Poor you."
At that moment, another person fell from the sky, landing on the spiked head of the spiked hair Brit.
"Whoa, sorry man!" Rage exclaimed as he got up.
"Huh?" The spiked hair male asked.
"I sorta landed on your head."
"You did?"
"You didn't feel that?!" Rage asked.
"Huh?"
"What?" Rage asked, confused.
"Hahahaha, you're confusing me." He said, laughing like a donkey.
"Which probably happens quite often." Rage muttered, seeing the plain idiocy this male possessed.
Spike laughed again. "Yeah, it does. How did you know?"
"WHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!" A shrill female voice screamed. She hit the floor with a thud. She got up quickly and straightened her hair and clothes. Then she noticed the other four people who were also there. She smiled in a friendly manner. "Wow! Those clothes are totally fun-KAY!" She exclaimed. "Where DID you get 'em? Oh by the way, my name's Janet."
"I got mine at Sport Chalet." Emi said, unsure of who this person was.
"Say what?" She asked, confused. She was an exotic-looking black woman with caramel brown hair and dark skin. Her clothes were cropped and exposed much of her body. Her face had a look of an Egyptian princess of some sort, outgoing, extravagant, yet kind. Emi noticed a similarity in the way she dressed. She strained her memory to remember who.
It dawned on her. "Do you by any chance know Tracy?" Emi asked.
"Tracy's my home-girl!" She exclaimed. "Craaaaaazy, you know her?"
"Yeah." Emi said.
"How?" She asked.
"Erm...because of this...place." Emi replied.
Janet looked around for the first time, realizing where she was. "Oh man, Tracy must've slipped me some of her vodka." She moaned.
Charmy giggled. "Actually, you're in another world."
Janet looked at her, stunned. "OK Tracy WHAT the HELL did you GIVE me?! A dream, it's all just a dream."
Suddenly, another person flew from the sky. He landed on Janet, hard.
"ACK!" She exclaimed, getting the air knocked out of her. "OK, that hurt way too much to be a dream." She looked up to see who had landed on her. "AFRO?!?!"
"Yo." He muttered while getting up.
"Damn, you must weigh like...what, 600 pounds?" Janet asked sarcastically. "I felt like I was PUSHED underneath a steam roller!"
"Well you're nothing but bones. I might as well have landed on a porcupine." Afro retorted.
Janet sniffled, though he had a point. She WAS incredibly skinny which explained why she wore such tight-fitting, short clothes. Her hair was pulled back with a headband. Afro on the other hand was a bit chubbier. He wore a flamboyant disco suit and with hair that puffed out in an afro.
Just then, another figure came falling from the sky. He landed flat on his back and groaned as he pushed himself up. He looked awfully familiar too...
"JOHNNY?!?!" Charmy asked, shocked.
Johnny looked up and grinned, realizing who it was. Charmy had every reason to be shocked. After all, he had gone from the quiet, conservative dresser to a near-rebellious style. His schoolboy purple overshirt with a pressed, white shirt was replaced by a macho black, leather jacket with flames running on the back.
"WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?!?!" Charmy asked, gaping at his new style.
"I realized how dorky I was back then." He replied sheepishly.
"DAMN!!!" She exclaimed, on the verge of collapsing not only from shock, but also at the handsome "new Johnny."
Emi saw this and giggled. "Charmy, down girl."
"EMI!" Charmy shrieked playfully.
Rage cleared his throat and inched closer to Emi. "Emi..." he began.
Emi pretended she hadn't heard him and walked over to Janet.
Charmy noticed this and began to follow Emi, giving Rage the Evil Eye as she walked.
"MARTIN WHERE ARE YOU?!?!" A high-pitched voice screamed frantically as she fell down from the sky. She fell to the floor on top of Rage.
"AHHHHHHHHH!" She screamed as she got up quickly. "YOU STALKER!! GET AWAY!!!" She yelled while pointing to Rage.
"But I didn't-" Rage began.
"NO EXCUSES!!" She shrieked. "MARTIN COME HERE THIS INSTANT!!!!!!"
"CALM DOWN!" Rage yelled, frustrated.
"Don't you DARE talk back to me. I'm Alice Ip, the world famous dancer and you are simply a stalker, another adoring fan."
"I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE!" Rage yelled.
"WHAT?!?!" She shrieked with a voice so high that an entire glass chandelier would've been shattered if one had been present. "I," she began haughtily, "am Alice Ip. World famous dancer, part time model, AND the winner of the 'Most Beautiful Girl' title in 'Oh La La' magazine for THREE, CONSECUTIVE, YEARS!!!!!"
Rage pretended to yawn. "Uh, OK, good for you."
"MARTIN!!! I DEMAND THAT THIS INSIGNIFICANT HEATHEN BE DISPOSED OF NOW!!" She commanded shrilly.
"Martin's not going to be here." A voice said from behind. Everyone faced the direction of the voice. There stood three figures, no four if you include the baby in one of the figure's arms.
"Maho!" Rage exclaimed, remembering the vibrant green hair and colorful scarf that was on one of the ladies.
"We meet again, snowboarder." She said smiling.
"ZUKIN?!?!" Charmy shrieked as she hugged the shorter females. Zukin laughed playfully. "That's me, alright!"
"You totally changed! Give me five, girl!" Charmy exclaimed as she admired the new look.
"This time, I'm PRINCESS Zukin." Zukin replied happily. She wore a velvety maroon skirt that was in every way "princessy" along with a crown. The robot bleeped next to her.
"Check out the wings on Konasento! Good add-on!" Charmy exclaimed.
Zukin ran to Emi and hugged her. "Welcome back, Emi."
"Thanks!" Emi replied as she knelt down to hug the puppet girl.
"OH!! What a CUTE baby!" Janet exclaimed as she pinched the cheeks of the tiny baby Maho was holding. "Ain't he just ADORABLE?"
Emi and Charmy flounced over to where Janet was.
"Awwww!" They cooed girlishly.
"This is Baby-lon." Maho explained. "Him and I are both new creations in this world, although we have lives on earth too."
"He's so CUTE!" The three girls shrieked, in awe.
"Ah yes, but I, like you, am composed of many different particle cells and atoms which are contained in your body. My respiratory system also functions similarly to yours with the capability of inhaling oxygen and exhaling carbon dioxide. That is merely one example." The tiny baby said.
"Did he just...TALK?!?!" Charmy shrieked.
Maho laughed. "He's a very smart baby. Smarter than Zukin and I to say the least."
"I didn't even UNDERSTAND a WORD he said!" Janet exclaimed.
"He was just telling you that he's similar to you." Maho explained.
"I am composed of the same parts of matter that you are. I too contain approximately the same ratio of atomic particles as do you, though not as much as you seeing as though I am but 1/12 of your size." Baby-lon said.
"Huh?" Janet asked.
"I have a headache!" Spike complained. "Too many not-understandable words!!"
"YOU HAVE ALL ARRIVED AGAIN!" A loud DJ boomed.
"Hey, it's Mr. DJ!" Emi exclaimed.
"It has been my pleasure of seeing all that will be participating this year." The DJ continued.
"For all those that are here for the first time, you are all in an alternate world. Crazy as it sounds, it's the truth. You've all been chosen because you are all people with the spirit of dancing. Those who have not come this time around have either lost their 'flaming spirit' or do not posses the inner strength to go on." The DJ explained. "So now that you're here, the name of the game is DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION!!! You're mission: TO DANCE!"
"Basically we dance and get complimented or criticized by the DJ. Then he rates how we do...as soon as a gauge fills up, we go home." Emi explained.
"I HAVE a brain, I can figure that out!" Alice replied tartly.
Charmy felt like screaming at the young girl, the young BRAT. "She's just explaining." Charmy said through gritted teeth, losing her temper.
"I already SAID I can figure things out ON MY OWN!" Alice responded with edge.
"Emi's trying to be helpful OK?" Charmy asked, feeling her forehead throb with annoyance.
"IS YOUR BUSHY GREEN HAIR BLOCKING YOUR DAMNED EARS?!?! I SAID I CAN DO THIS ON MY FREAKIN' OWN!!!!" Alice yelled.
"DON'T YOU YELL AT YOUR ELDERS!!!" Charmy shrieked.
"YOU HAVE THE BRAIN OF SOMEONE HALF MY AGE!!" Alice shrieked back.
The two girls argued, both with high-pitched voices.
"They need to go join an opera!" Rage wailed sarcastically, covering his ears with his hands.
"I like the opera!" Spike said dumbly.
"Shut up." Rage commanded.
"OK." Spike responded happily.
"This is going to be a looooooooong trip." Emi mumbled.