A.S.S.I.T.S 7

"Ugh…" Jessica felt very odd as she began to wake up. Before she even opened her eyes she felt like she was having a hangover. Of course, she never had one before and didn't really know what one was, but her dad had talked about them (and had them) all the time. He said they made your head hurt a lot or something like that. She always thought his must be really bad, because he usually screams at people when he has them. Her head was killing her and she was slightly queasy. She groggily opened her eyes and realized she was lying in a bed in a bedroom. At first she thought it was hers, but then her eyes began to focus and she saw mushrooms, stars, and… red pandas? While she was contemplating the room she was in, the last days events flooded back to her. She sat up suddenly only to be looking into the face of the prince, who now was the same size as her. Jessica almost lost conciseness a second time but shook herself off. "P-prince! You- Your as big as me!" The prince stepped back, since she practically was yelling at him. Then he looked at her awkwardly.

"Um…J-Jessica. I think it may be the other way around." Jessica was floored. Not by what the prince said, but by the fact he said anything at all.

"D-did you j-just…talk? I thought you c-couldn't talk!" The prince looked uncomfortable. He needed her to understand what he was trying to tell her. "Y-yeah I can talk to anyone that's… my size." He said, getting quieter as he said it. Finally, the words started to sink into Jessica.

"Your size? Is…this your room?" He nodded. He motioned to a mirror in the corner. Jessica got what he was saying and got out of the bed and slowly walked toward the corner. At first she thought she was seeing the prince or something...but it was her. She was stunned when she realized she now looked a lot like him. She had the wide head small eyes, square face… everything, only she looked slightly different. Her head was slightly more curved than his and she was purple with touches of blue on the end of her head and on her hands. She stared blankly at the mirror for what seemed like an eternity before she said, "Prince…what happened?"

"Um.." The prince seemed to have trouble explaining exactly what happened. "When my dad came you got behind that Katamari"

"Yeah. I know. Then what?"

"Well, I think you got scared and fell."

"Um…yeah." She knew all of this already. "Did I fall on the Katamari?" The prince shook his head.

"No. If you did you would be part of a star right now. You actually fell on me." He laughed a little when he saw Jessica made a face. As a human, she would've squashed him. "Don't worry, I only felt for a second. I'm pretty sure you shrunk right away." He didn't think it was polite to giggle but that was the only way he could get his words out. "You must have gotten yourself on the Royal Rainbow or something." He paused. "Heh. Pretty funny huh? Royal Rainbow…heh…" At this point he has no idea what to say to her. He looked over and she was sitting on the bed staring blankly at the floor. She looked back at him. Around her eyes was starting to red and she was sniveling. "Okay. How do I get home?"

The prince stopped looking at her. "Well, I don't know… if you even can." Jessica stared at him with wide eyes.

"What do you mean you don't know if I can!"

"Well, this hasn't ever happened before." He walked over and sat on the bed too. "You see, usually when dad Royal Rainbows, it's just aimed at me and the Katamari. Since, you were on top of me you got in the way and it must've done this to you. Humans don't usually get that close." Jessica was silent for a few moments.

"Didn't he see me? Your dad I mean."

"I guess not. He would've probably done or said something if he did."

"So, it's his fault?" The Jessica looked over. The prince seemed hurt. He respected his father a lot; he never really blamed anything on him, even if he should.

"No. I don't think so." You were the one behind the Katamari. The prince kept that comment to himself. He didn't want to put the blame on anyone. "How about we get some fresh air." Jessica looked slightly surprised.

"Huh?" The prince stood up and started to walk toward the door.

"C'mon" Jessica hesitantly got up and followed him. When they stepped out, she was amazed by what she saw. They were standing on a small planet in the middle of a beautiful sky full of stars, stardust, and other planets. Suddenly she realized she was in the middle of space. She freaked, closed her mouth, and held her breath. The prince looked at her.

"What's wrong?" She looked at him in panic. He laughed a bit. "No no! It's alright! You can breath, I promise. Not to mention… you look pretty funny." Jessica looked at him then let go of her breath and sucked in a lungful of air. She was relived to see that the prince was right. He smiled but there was a little bit of distress in it. "You're a cousin now Jess. You're going to be able to a few things you couldn't before. Speaking of which, you need to meet the others. Think you can figure out to fly?" Jessica looked at him.

"What?

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The prince can talk! And Jessica is a cousin! I'm excited to get the others in now. R/R