A/N: So, here are some new characters: my friends. They're pretty minor, but they play at least SOME part in the story!
The Friends
Pebbles looked around and sighed. She was at her school.
WMS was a pretty big school, with about 250 kids in each grade. Gossip went around quickly, there were some hard times, but it all came down to four things: you liked someone, you loved someone, you didn't know someone, or you hated someone.
Standing in front of Pebbles was the main area of the 7th grade wing. Kids reported to their lockers, which were right across from the entrance or lining a small hallway to the left of the locker wall, which led to the other section of the wing. Girls chatted and shared candy, boys wrestled or chased each other, either for a book one had taken or a potato chip.
Walking forward to her locker, number 624, (my real locker number!) kids called "Hi Amanda!" or "Hi, Pebbles!" to her, waving. After putting away her backpack and gathering books, she went to her homeroom, which was empty except for her teacher, who was also her Social Studies teacher. Dropping them off, she saw a purple rolling backpack next to her seat.
Mia.
Mia was a kind girl, born in England, who was interested in the same things Pebbles was obsessed with: Phantom of the Opera, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Corpse Bride. She was shorter than Pebbles, but she thought quicker and could make snappier comebacks. With straight, dirty blond hair and brown eyes, she was one of Pebbles' best friends.
Pebbles ran out into the hallway, looking around. She didn't find Mia (she was probably in the cafeteria buying hot chocolate), but she spotted a girl with long, dark brown hair, green eyes, and freckles was standing near the entrance, talking animatedly to a shorter boy with short, black hair and brown eyes.
That was Kristen and Mike.
They were her first friends when she had come to WMS in the middle of 6th grade, and they still were her best friends. Both were shorter than Pebbles, but they were funny, and, to say the least, had "creative" minds. (o.0)
"Hi, Amanda!" Kristen said, as Mike poked Pebbles.
"Hey. Listen, there's something I have to tell you…"
But before she could say anything, Mia came down the hallway, clutching a cup of hot chocolate, wearing a funny purple and blue winter hat, and grinning.
"Mia! Come here!" Pebbles called.
"What? What's up?" Mia asked, her smile fading as she looked nervously from Pebbles, to Kristen, and to Mike.
"She hasn't told us yet," Mike said, shrugging.
Pebbles glanced around, and saw that no kids were paying the slightest attention. "See this pen?" she asked, making them all huddle in and holing it out in the palm of her hand.
Kristen furrowed her brows. "Yeah…"
"I'll explain what it'll do this afternoon. Can you come over?"
"We can call our parents," was their reply.
"Good. Meet me in the lobby after school."
As Pebbles unlocked the door, she said, "Don't tell anyone. Nothing will jump out at you and it isn't gross or dangerous, but…"
She started coughing; she was recovering from a strange cold she had had before the characters appeared in her room.
"Mayhew! Stop that blasted coughing!" Mia squawked in an odd similarity to Mrs. Van Dort as she thumped Pebbles on the back.
Pebbles laughed as she coughed one last time and stopped. "Thanks. Anyway, it's not, like, shocking or anything, it's just…well, you won't see it anywhere but in stories. It's that odd."
The door unlocked, and the three got into the empty house.
After taking Dello out, the group walked upstairs to Pebbles' room, which was clean because she had cleaned it on Sunday.
"You guys ready?" she asked. At their nods, Pebbles held the pen out and pressed the button.
The group of fictional characters appeared in front of them.
"Is it afternoon?" Holli asked, straightening her hair and peering around the room.
"Yes, Holli. Mia, Kristen, and Mike, I'd like you to meet Erik, 14 year old Amanda, Holli, Willy Wonka, Cricket and Victor Van Dort. Guys that don't really exist, meet Mia, Kristen, and Mike."
"Oh my- it's ERIK!" Mia squealed, running forward and tackling Erik with such force that they both fell over.
"Dude…what the heck?" Mike wondered as he looked at each of the characters in turn.
"This is awesome!" Kristen said, poking Victor.
"But Victor doesn't like to be poked," Pebbles cooed as she walked up to Victor and hugged him. "He likes to be huggled!"
"I don't like either," Willy said, frowning as Kristen poked him and stole his hat, placing it on top of her own head.
"Well, um…I always did like hugging," Victor stuttered, smiling a little as Pebbles gave him one last squeeze and moved to pry Mia off of Erik.
"But who are these girls?" Mike asked as he pointed to Cricket, Amanda, and Holli. "And how did the entire group get here?"
Pebbles explained the story to them. Kristen looked awed, Mike looked like he couldn't believe it, and Mia was grinning.
"…and don't tell a soul. Got it?"
"Got it!" her friends chorused.
"Good. Now let's get you guys home."
A/N: Prepare yourselves…there's an important chapter next, not to mention that I won't be able to update as often, seeing as this is the last day of Thanksgiving break…oh well! Just remember…December 22nd is when I get out for WINTER BREAK! –cheers-
Anyway, I'm thinking of sending this to Tim Burton to be made as a movie! I'll need a lot of support from you guys!
Don't worry…this is too good a storyline to be passed up…
