"Okay, okay, let the fun begin!" Anna sat on the couch holding the remote up in triumph.
"Just push the fucking play button, you loser." Kristin complained through a mouth full of popcorn. "I told my girlfriend I'd go by and see her when we were done."
Anna stuck out her lower lip in a sad face, only to be hit by some flying popcorn. "Ugh!" She brushed the snack off her clothes and onto the floor. "Okay! I'm pushing!" She pressed the button and watched as the TV went from it's boring blue to the familiar Inuyasha.
They watched, eyes attached to the television. They had seen almost everything before, but they still watched as if it were all new to them. The characters - both the ones they grew to love and the ones they grew to hate - filled the screen, adding conflict to the little anime. And they loved every second of it.
Suddenly, all the characters left. The screen showed nothing but an animated background, full of trees.
"What the hell?" Kristin looked at the screen.
The two girls leaned forward, nearly falling off the couch. The had never seen this scene, and they were really interested in what would happen.
At least until the big, purple spiral came out of the TV screen.
The girls screamed, throwing the popcorn bowl up in the air. It landed upside-down on the floor, rolling on the edges until it was stable. The ceiling rained buttery goodness all over the room. Kristin jumped away, back behind her friend. They backed away a step as the spiral came closer. It paused for a moment, and started to go back some. They stood back, shaking, expecting it to leave the room. Sadly, that wasn't the case.
The purple spiral came forward faster than it had been before, and Anna was sucked into it.
She screamed. "Kristin!"
Kristin stood in her place, watching as the spiral pulled her friend into the TV. She saw her hand pop out for a moment, then slide in. The screen went back to normal. She looked around at the room: popcorn everywhere, a broken picture frame, the couch was tipped over. She took a step forward and kneeled down, picking up something. It was a black hair tie. She stared at it for a moment, and threw it at the TV. She could feel tears wanting to come out, but something in the TV caught her eye.
She saw Anna laying on the animated ground, and she looked as if she were an anime character.
Kristin stood up quickly, almost slipping on the floor under her. "Anna! I'll save you!" She backed up to the other side of the room, and started running.
Her head rammed into the TV, causing the screen to shatter. Glass littered the floor, and Kristin felt a piece dig into her ankle as she fell back from the impact. "Ugh..." She held her head, and turned back to look at the TV. She saw it broken, and she screamed. Tears were already falling from her eyes. She didn't know why later, but she saw the DVD player was unharmed, and she opened it, pulling out the Inuyasha DVD she had come to the house only a half hour before to watch with her friend...who had strangely disappeared. When she had the disk secure in her pants pocket, she turned around and left the house, heading for home.
Anna's mother arrived later that evening. She parked in the driveway, just like she always had, and got out of the car, just like every other night. But, unlike every other night, she had a shopping bag in her left hand. I hope Anna will like it...I didn't mean to upset her earlier. She thought. She walked up to the dark front porch, grabbing the door knob. She turned it, and walked into a dark house.
"Anna?" She called into the darkness. She flicked the light switch next to her and dropped the bag when she saw the house. A little Inuyasha fell out of the bag and was ripped by some broken glass, stuffing popping out of its wound. She screamed, and ran to the kitchen to call the police.
Kristin sat on the bed in her bedroom. She had cleaned her cut ankle and put the ugly tan band aid over the cut, and went straight to watching the DVD. She didn't exactly know why, but she got the idea that it would help her with Anna. She remembered seeing her on it before she left the house, but didn't know if it was just her seeing things, or if Anna was actually there. I need to stop getting fucked up... She thought, and mentally slapped herself. This is no time to be thinking about getting high! I need to remember what happened to Anna!
And so, she remembered the DVD, and put it in. She pushed play, and forwarded it to where they left off at. She gasped when she saw the screen being background for a moment, and pushed play. She watched anime Anna fall from the sky, landing on the ground on her back. A slight dust cloud flew up around her, and she saw Anna stand up and stare up at the sky, and then look around.
Kristin cried again.