Tulio, Miguel, Chel and Altivo are property of Dreamworks. Coralee is
property of... Herself... And I'm property of... Myself.... Hmm...
Mexico, 1519
"Hey Chel! Wait up!" Tulio panted as he and Miguel chased after Chel on Altivo. After about five minutes she finally stopped the horse and they caught up to her. "Ha ha!" said Tulio, after he had caught his breath. "Oh, that was VERY funny, Chel. But the next time you do that, I'm gonna.... Chel? What's the matter?"
Chel had been looking up with a look of confusion and fear. She pointed up to the sky and said, "Look!" Up in the sky was a large, purple funnel, spinning slowly and letting out an eerie drone.
"What is that?" whispered Tulio.
"I have no idea. It looks harmless," said Miguel. "Maybe it's the sun that's doing that. Like a rainbow."
"Rainbows don't spin and make noises, Miguel!" Tulio snapped.
"Well, alright then. What do you think it is, Professor?" Miguel quipped?
Tulio walked directly underneath the funnel, then he walked back. "It's shaped like a tornado. Maybe that's what it is."
"Maybe," said Miguel. "But if it's a tornado, then where's all the wind?"
Right after he said that, a great blast knocked all four of them onto their backs. Then the funnel in the sky grew bigger, and bigger, and bigger until it had reached the size of a house. Then it began to suck in the air from all around, including Miguel, Tulio, Chel and Altivo.
"What the hell is going on here?!?!" Tulio yelled over wind, but no one heard him. All of them were clawing the ground, trying to hold on. But it was no use. Soon, all of them were flung into the funnel and started to spin out of control. They smashed into each other painfully a couple of times and began to grow sick from all of the spinning. They thought it would never stop, and then they fell.
* * * * *
Pasadena Texas, 2003
Jenna sat in her room, drawing pictures of her favorite cartoon characters, Miguel and Tulio, from the Road to El Dorado. But, as always, her mother interrupted her pastime with more chores for her to do.
"Jenna Kate Smith, I told you to unload the dishwasher four hours ago! Get your butt down here or no computer for a week!"
Jenna silently growled. She had more chores than her sisters combined, which wasn't fair at all. "Of course," she reminded herself, "they're pathetic weaklings. You're not!" So she put her drawings away for later and headed down stairs. However, she didn't get very far when she heard the most peculiar noise. "I-I'll be there in just a minute!" she called to her mother and then raced back to her room.
Where there should have been the ceiling, there was now a huge, purple funnel swirling out of control. Papers and objects were flying around and around her room and her fan was knocked over into the window and shattering it to a million pieces. It was then she heard the screaming.
At first it was very faint because she couldn't hear over the wind and the clatter, but it kept growing louder. More curious than afraid, Jenna stood underneath the funnel to see what was inside. She could make out two tiny objects floating in the purple funnel, and then she realized that they weren't floating. They were falling! In fact, about a second after she jumped out of the way, two people fell right onto Jenna's bed and broke it.
Just then, a golden light filled the room and fixed everything. The bed rose up back to normal with the people still on it, and the glass floated back in place on the window. Then the tunnel closed up, leaving Jenna alone with the two strangers.
Jenna stood there for a minute before she said, ".What. the fuck. was that!?" She looked at the two people on her bed. They were cocooned in the covers so she didn't see their faces. So she cautiously walked over to the bed, grabbed the covers and pulled. Jenna nearly screamed with surprise and joy. There was Tulio and Chel, lying in her bed, and in. cartoon form. "Geez."
"Jenna!" Once again, it was her mother. "What was that noise up there?!"
"Uh. Nothing! I. fell?"
"Are you hurt? Do you need me to come up there?!"
"I'M FINE MOTHER!!! DON'T GET YOUR PANTIES IN A KNOT!!!" She slammed the door shut and sighed deeply. She had unconscious cartoons on her bed and had no idea what to do with them. So she tip toed over to Tulio and poked his shoulder. "Tulio?" she whispered. He didn't move. "Tulio?" she said louder, and poked harder. His face twitched slightly, but he still didn't do anything. Jenna finally got impatient "Wake up, stupid!!!" and slapped Tulio hard across the face. Tulio toppled out of the bed with a startled yell and crashed to the floor.
"Gah.." he groaned, rubbing his throbbing cheek. "What did you do that. for?" Tulio stared up at a tall, husky girl with thick brown hair and strange looking spectacles. She also had the strangest attire he had ever seen. Panic swept over him and he scooted himself into the corner of the room. "Don't hurt me! I have no money or anything!"
Jenna snickered. "Pssh!!! Don't worry Tulio. I'm not going to take anything from you."
Tulio sighed. "Maybe so, but I don't. How did you know my name?"
Jenna rolled her eyes. "I know all about you, and Miguel, and Chel, and Altivo. I also know that you are a con artist and you have had many adventures in. El Dor- Rah-Do!" She finished the sentence by singing it just like the song.
Tulio's eyes popped wide open. "Oh my God! Where are they?! What did you do to them!?!" Tulio shouted angrily.
"Hey!" Jenna snapped. "Don't talk to me that way, or I'll kick your ass. As for Chel, she's right over there on my bed, but I don't know where Miguel and Altivo are."
Tulio quickly crawled over to the bed and held Chel's hand. Then he looked up at Jenna. "Where are we?"
"Oh yeah, your from 1519. Hee hee." Jenna snickered again. "You are in Pasadena Texas, my painty compadre!" Tulio just stared at her and she sighed. "It's a long story and I really don't feel like looking up Texas history in the encyclopedia right now, and-"
"What's an 'enclopedia'?" Tulio asked.
Jenna rubbed her eyes and sighed again. "En-sih-clo-pee-dee-uh! And never mind that from now. Just answer me this: Do you know what year you are in?"
Tulio looked at her like she was dumb. "It's 1519." He then noticed her roll her eyes. ". Or is it. Are we.? In the future?!"
Jenna clapped her hands. "Bravo. You wanna cookie?"
Tulio shot up from the floor and started to shake Jenna's shoulders. "JUST TELL ME WHAT YEAR WE'RE IN!!!!"
Jenna shoved his hands off of her. "Don't touch me, stick boy! I could sue you for shit like that!" Jenna calmed herself down. "What are you doing?" she thought. "The man is a complete wreck and you are positively ga ga over him and Miguel. I suggest you treat them with respect." Jenna inhaled and nodded. "Uh. You better sit down."
Tulio sat on the bed and looked at her as she cleared her throat.
"Okay, now don't freak, okay?"
"Freak? I'm not a freak!" Tulio snapped. Jenna rolled her eyes impatiently.
"Okay then, don't PANIC, alright?"
"Okay."
"Alright." Jenna paused for a moment and blurted out. "This is the 2003."
Tulio sat there for a moment. Then he let out a little giggle and fainted back into unconsciousness.
"Oh Man!!! I gotta tell Coralee about this!"
Jenna raced downstairs, told everyone NOT to go into her room, and logged onto the Internet. Sure enough, Coralee was on.
valentinedeer214: Coralee?
khakiandoracle: Um. Yeah?
valentinedeer214: You won't believe what just happened!!! Tulio and Chel just fell from my ceiling and are in my room at this very second!!! I swear!!! I'm not crazy at all!!! You gotta believe me!!!
khakiandoracle: Don't worry. I believe you.
valentinedeer214: Whew!!! I swear it's true. Wait a minute. Why do YOU believe me?
khakiandoracle: Well. Because Miguel and Altivo fell from my ceiling just a few minutes ago.
*dramatic music* Ooh... Intense, ain't it? Well, more chapters will come. So stay tuned!
Mexico, 1519
"Hey Chel! Wait up!" Tulio panted as he and Miguel chased after Chel on Altivo. After about five minutes she finally stopped the horse and they caught up to her. "Ha ha!" said Tulio, after he had caught his breath. "Oh, that was VERY funny, Chel. But the next time you do that, I'm gonna.... Chel? What's the matter?"
Chel had been looking up with a look of confusion and fear. She pointed up to the sky and said, "Look!" Up in the sky was a large, purple funnel, spinning slowly and letting out an eerie drone.
"What is that?" whispered Tulio.
"I have no idea. It looks harmless," said Miguel. "Maybe it's the sun that's doing that. Like a rainbow."
"Rainbows don't spin and make noises, Miguel!" Tulio snapped.
"Well, alright then. What do you think it is, Professor?" Miguel quipped?
Tulio walked directly underneath the funnel, then he walked back. "It's shaped like a tornado. Maybe that's what it is."
"Maybe," said Miguel. "But if it's a tornado, then where's all the wind?"
Right after he said that, a great blast knocked all four of them onto their backs. Then the funnel in the sky grew bigger, and bigger, and bigger until it had reached the size of a house. Then it began to suck in the air from all around, including Miguel, Tulio, Chel and Altivo.
"What the hell is going on here?!?!" Tulio yelled over wind, but no one heard him. All of them were clawing the ground, trying to hold on. But it was no use. Soon, all of them were flung into the funnel and started to spin out of control. They smashed into each other painfully a couple of times and began to grow sick from all of the spinning. They thought it would never stop, and then they fell.
* * * * *
Pasadena Texas, 2003
Jenna sat in her room, drawing pictures of her favorite cartoon characters, Miguel and Tulio, from the Road to El Dorado. But, as always, her mother interrupted her pastime with more chores for her to do.
"Jenna Kate Smith, I told you to unload the dishwasher four hours ago! Get your butt down here or no computer for a week!"
Jenna silently growled. She had more chores than her sisters combined, which wasn't fair at all. "Of course," she reminded herself, "they're pathetic weaklings. You're not!" So she put her drawings away for later and headed down stairs. However, she didn't get very far when she heard the most peculiar noise. "I-I'll be there in just a minute!" she called to her mother and then raced back to her room.
Where there should have been the ceiling, there was now a huge, purple funnel swirling out of control. Papers and objects were flying around and around her room and her fan was knocked over into the window and shattering it to a million pieces. It was then she heard the screaming.
At first it was very faint because she couldn't hear over the wind and the clatter, but it kept growing louder. More curious than afraid, Jenna stood underneath the funnel to see what was inside. She could make out two tiny objects floating in the purple funnel, and then she realized that they weren't floating. They were falling! In fact, about a second after she jumped out of the way, two people fell right onto Jenna's bed and broke it.
Just then, a golden light filled the room and fixed everything. The bed rose up back to normal with the people still on it, and the glass floated back in place on the window. Then the tunnel closed up, leaving Jenna alone with the two strangers.
Jenna stood there for a minute before she said, ".What. the fuck. was that!?" She looked at the two people on her bed. They were cocooned in the covers so she didn't see their faces. So she cautiously walked over to the bed, grabbed the covers and pulled. Jenna nearly screamed with surprise and joy. There was Tulio and Chel, lying in her bed, and in. cartoon form. "Geez."
"Jenna!" Once again, it was her mother. "What was that noise up there?!"
"Uh. Nothing! I. fell?"
"Are you hurt? Do you need me to come up there?!"
"I'M FINE MOTHER!!! DON'T GET YOUR PANTIES IN A KNOT!!!" She slammed the door shut and sighed deeply. She had unconscious cartoons on her bed and had no idea what to do with them. So she tip toed over to Tulio and poked his shoulder. "Tulio?" she whispered. He didn't move. "Tulio?" she said louder, and poked harder. His face twitched slightly, but he still didn't do anything. Jenna finally got impatient "Wake up, stupid!!!" and slapped Tulio hard across the face. Tulio toppled out of the bed with a startled yell and crashed to the floor.
"Gah.." he groaned, rubbing his throbbing cheek. "What did you do that. for?" Tulio stared up at a tall, husky girl with thick brown hair and strange looking spectacles. She also had the strangest attire he had ever seen. Panic swept over him and he scooted himself into the corner of the room. "Don't hurt me! I have no money or anything!"
Jenna snickered. "Pssh!!! Don't worry Tulio. I'm not going to take anything from you."
Tulio sighed. "Maybe so, but I don't. How did you know my name?"
Jenna rolled her eyes. "I know all about you, and Miguel, and Chel, and Altivo. I also know that you are a con artist and you have had many adventures in. El Dor- Rah-Do!" She finished the sentence by singing it just like the song.
Tulio's eyes popped wide open. "Oh my God! Where are they?! What did you do to them!?!" Tulio shouted angrily.
"Hey!" Jenna snapped. "Don't talk to me that way, or I'll kick your ass. As for Chel, she's right over there on my bed, but I don't know where Miguel and Altivo are."
Tulio quickly crawled over to the bed and held Chel's hand. Then he looked up at Jenna. "Where are we?"
"Oh yeah, your from 1519. Hee hee." Jenna snickered again. "You are in Pasadena Texas, my painty compadre!" Tulio just stared at her and she sighed. "It's a long story and I really don't feel like looking up Texas history in the encyclopedia right now, and-"
"What's an 'enclopedia'?" Tulio asked.
Jenna rubbed her eyes and sighed again. "En-sih-clo-pee-dee-uh! And never mind that from now. Just answer me this: Do you know what year you are in?"
Tulio looked at her like she was dumb. "It's 1519." He then noticed her roll her eyes. ". Or is it. Are we.? In the future?!"
Jenna clapped her hands. "Bravo. You wanna cookie?"
Tulio shot up from the floor and started to shake Jenna's shoulders. "JUST TELL ME WHAT YEAR WE'RE IN!!!!"
Jenna shoved his hands off of her. "Don't touch me, stick boy! I could sue you for shit like that!" Jenna calmed herself down. "What are you doing?" she thought. "The man is a complete wreck and you are positively ga ga over him and Miguel. I suggest you treat them with respect." Jenna inhaled and nodded. "Uh. You better sit down."
Tulio sat on the bed and looked at her as she cleared her throat.
"Okay, now don't freak, okay?"
"Freak? I'm not a freak!" Tulio snapped. Jenna rolled her eyes impatiently.
"Okay then, don't PANIC, alright?"
"Okay."
"Alright." Jenna paused for a moment and blurted out. "This is the 2003."
Tulio sat there for a moment. Then he let out a little giggle and fainted back into unconsciousness.
"Oh Man!!! I gotta tell Coralee about this!"
Jenna raced downstairs, told everyone NOT to go into her room, and logged onto the Internet. Sure enough, Coralee was on.
valentinedeer214: Coralee?
khakiandoracle: Um. Yeah?
valentinedeer214: You won't believe what just happened!!! Tulio and Chel just fell from my ceiling and are in my room at this very second!!! I swear!!! I'm not crazy at all!!! You gotta believe me!!!
khakiandoracle: Don't worry. I believe you.
valentinedeer214: Whew!!! I swear it's true. Wait a minute. Why do YOU believe me?
khakiandoracle: Well. Because Miguel and Altivo fell from my ceiling just a few minutes ago.
*dramatic music* Ooh... Intense, ain't it? Well, more chapters will come. So stay tuned!