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Chapter 4

Spongebob was running. He didn't know where to go. He had to find some kind of shelter somewhere. He was starting to feel sick from the cold. "I need to get out of this hail," he thought. All of a sudden, he bashed into someone. "Oofff!" he said as he fell back. "I'm sorry, I didn't see you there."

"Oh, that's all right. Nobody can see anything in this darkness," said the person Spongebob bumped into.

"Wait a minute…" thought Spongebob. "I know that voice…" Spongebob looked up. It was a lost cause. The pounding hail blurred his vision. "Squidward?" asked Spongebob. "Is that you?"

"Squidward?" asked the person. "Well that's my last name, but you can call me Tentacles." Spongebob realised that he bumped into Squidward's opposite.

"Please sir, I'm new to this place, can I stay in your house until the storm clears up?" asked Spongebob. Tentacles could tell that Spongebob was not well. His voice was very course.

"Well of course! You sound awful. I'll lead you inside."

"Thank you," replied Spongebob.

Tentacles escorted Spongebob into his house. Spongebob squinted for a few seconds. His eyes weren't used to the light. When his eyes adjusted, he could see that Tentacles was making a hot cup of tea. He sat down at the table.

"Drink this," said Tentacles, holding up the cup. "It'll make you feel loads better."

"Thank you," replied Spongebob. He drank it very enthusiastically. The hot drink revived him as it made its way down his thought.

"So you say you're new to this place?" asked Tentacles. He was trying to make conversation. "Where're you from?"

"Umm…" Spongebob said. He wasn't really sure of what to say. "I'm from a place called Bikini Bottom."

"I've never heard of the place," said Tentacles. There was silence as Spongebob finished his tea.

"I can't thank you enough for letting me stay in your house," said Spongebob when he was finished.

"Don't be silly," said Tentacles. "Anyone would die if they stayed out in that storm." Tentacles and Spongebob made mindless chit chat as the storm passed. Spongebob eventually told Tentacles about the mirror.

"That's why my mirror has been acting strange!" exclaimed Tentacles.

"You mean your mirror has been acting weird too?" asked Spongebob.

"I'm afraid so," replied Tentacles.

"I need to find out what made all of these mirrors act strange," stated Spongebob.

"If you want to find out," said Tentacles. "You should ask Star Patrick. He is the smartest guy in all of Mottob Inikib." This didn't make a lot of sense to Spongebob. Since he was so naive, he never really noticed that Patrick was dumb. However, Tentacles sounded really sure, so he decided to try.

After saying thank you and goodbye, Spongebob headed to Star's rock. The worst of the storm had passed. It was still raining lightly, but the coat kept Spongebob warm.

Spongebob knocked lightly on the rock. There was no answer. He knocked a little harder. Silence.

"Is he home?" thought Spongebob to himself. "Hello? Anyone home?" called Spongebob. All of a sudden, a camera-like device appeared out of Star's rock.

"Please state name," beeped the device.

"Uhh…," started Spongebob. "Spongebob Squarepants."

"Name unidentified," beeped the machine. "Switching to visual." What looked like the lens to the camera part of the machine opened. "Subject identified, Squarepants Spongebob."

"What? I'm not Squarepants!" rejected Spongebob. What sounded like an alarm started to go off. However, Spongebob didn't move. He knew that this was most likely his only chance to get back home. He waited for a few minutes, however the rock did not open. Spongebob was about to walk away when the rock opened. Spongebob expected to see Star plastered on his rock, but instead he was standing on a staircase. It looked like it led to the underground. Spongebob wondered what was down there.

"What do you want Squarepants?" asked Star. "I'm very busy, and I don't want to socialize with the likes of you!" Spongebob was mildly taken aback by Star's reaction. However, it quickly made sense. Patrick and Spongebob were best friends, so it only made sense for Star and Squarepants to be worst enemies.

"You don't understand," explained Spongebob. "I'm not Squarepants, my name is Spongebob and I…"

"Oh my gosh!" shouted Star. The expression on his face turned from angry to one of joy. "It worked! I can't believe it worked!"

"What worked?" asked Spongebob.

"I am so sorry," said Star. "Please, come in," Spongebob descended the staircase with Star. It was very dark, but they soon entered Star's house. Spongebob gasped in amazement. It was a huge laboratory. It was even nicer then Plankton's! "This is my home!" announced Star.

"This is very nice!" replied Spongebob.

"Let me explain how you got here," started Star.

"You mean you brought me here?" asked Spongebob.

"Yes, you see…" Star trailed off and let Spongebob into another room that looked even more advanced then the last.

"For years, I have believed that there has been another world out there, somewhere," started Star. "During research one day, I discovered that weird vibrations were coming from my mirror. After closer investigation, I realised that mirrors are really vortexes into another dimension. I tried, with fail to find a way into your dimension. However, one day, I noticed that what was blocking my way was a barrier. So I simply invented a machine that could open the barrier. I targeted the machine on my mirror, however I guess my targeting was a little off. I must have hit a mirror inside Squarepants's house. When I saw that the machine had no effect on my mirror, I thought I failed once again. Now that you're here, I know my experiment was a success!" Spongebob was flabbergasted that it was so complicated.

"So can you send me back to Bikini Bottom?" asked the yellow sponge.

"Of course!" replied Star. "I just need to make a few adjustments to the machine." Spongebob waited patiently as Star tinkered with the machine. "There!" he said after a few minutes. You should be able to return home now, but do it quickly. The machine will affect all mirrors within a 5 mile radius while it is turned on."

After giving a huge thank you to Star, Spongebob jumped into the mirror. After a few minutes, he fell out of his bathroom mirror.

"Gary!" called Spongebob. "I'm back!" Gary slithered into the bathroom.

"Meow," greeted Gary.

"I'm glad to see you too!" replied Spongebob. "Now let's go get you something to eat."

"MEOW!" agreed Gary.

Squarepants was in his bathroom. He was in a very bad mood. "That stupid sponge was able to return to his world!" he said with rage. "I gave that starfish the theory to bring Spongebob here, but now he has returned. I wasn't even able to get my hands on him. (Stupid 4 nice side.) Now he is in Bikini Bottom and I'm stuck here in Mottob Inikib." Then he heard giggling. Squarepants looked at his mirror. He saw Spongebob patting his snail and laughing. Squarepants smiled. He couldn't believe his luck. The portal was still open. Squarepants dived into the mirror. "It's not over yet, Spongebob," he said as he got closer to Bikini Bottom.

What will Squarepants do if he reaches Bikini Bottom? Is there a side to Squarepants we don't know? Will Gary get something to eat? All answers revealed in Part II.