Chapter 3 : W.T.F
Mandy tossed and turned during the night and woke up a bit earlier than she usually would. There was a prickly uncomfortableness in her bed. She looked under her bed and discovered that it had turned into straw. The befuddled girl looked about and saw that the land appeared to be that of prehistoric times with unfamiliar plants and a rocky plain. The water in a stream a few yards away from her was also odd-looking. Maybe it was dirty, or was it supernatural?
"GRRIIIMMMMM!" Mandy yelled, startling some pterodactyls. She guessed that he did something to alter reality.
Suddenly, two boys cam sprinting past her. One she recognized as her classmate, Sperg. She had trouble seeing the other's face, as he was about 25 feet tall; he was shooting at the bully with a ray gun.
"Get away from me, bitch! Stop chasing after me! You're a meanie!" cried Sperg.
"Full on friendship!" the giant chanted proudly.
Mandy was confused and cautiously walked around to find someone else she knew. Soon, a nerdy-looking child ran up to her.
"Mandy," he gasped, "I'm so glad your safe with all the monsters and stuff. Since you seem to be alone, come journey with me and we'll find food and a cave to sleep in together under one leaf."
Irwin had clearly grossed her out, so she punched him in the face. He collapsed and she continued searching for more people. After a while, she saw Grim slouched over on a rock.
"Grim," she said loudly to get his attention, "are you on crack! You think you can change the world as a joke? Make it normal again or so help me I'll take your scythe and do it myself."
"No, Mandy, I did noting. Don't you remember, this is what Billy imagined. He must've made it come true," he confessed.
"Then let's go find our idiot," she declared.
The two wandered around trying to avoid any oversized creatures until they found Billy still sleeping in a fern. Mandy kicked his nose.
"Wake up, stupid," she demanded. Billy got up quickly to the sudden burst of pain. He looked around.
"Guess what guys? I imagined that the Devil came to Earth to--Did I fall asleep in Mom's garden?" he interrogated.
"No, dummy," Grim answered firmly. "Your dream brought Earth millions of years into de past to the land of de Dinobonoids and Jurassic Creeps."
Billy gasped. "You mean the Dinobonoid super-hero friends are walking around fighting bad guys like the Jurassic Creeps and I can join them again and argue with Professor Gaylord over who becomes the new leader and win and ride on Lazlo's back and help them save the prehistoric world?" he asked lighting-fast.
At that moment, there were enormous thuds and three gigantic things approached.
"What? More dolls? The Dinobonoids are getting gayer every day," said a 40 foot triceratops.
The gang ran away for their lives behind some boulders. Triceratron and his crew ignored them and walked away to their fortune.
Grim yelled furiously, "Billy, dis be all your fault! You lied about puttin' de paint away, stared at it too long, and done turned the whole world to dis! I should slice yer head clean off for doin' such a ting! You--"
Mandy kicked his leg to pause him.
"Cut the chatter and tell us how to fix this mess," she commanded.
"Oh alright," he agreed. "To reverse de effects of the dream you must bring the dream back into de paint and close the can with me scythe. I'm not dat sure what my past readings mean by that."
"That's impossibable!" Billy believed. Mandy pondered for a moment.
"Do you think we can just paint the Dinobonoids, Jurassic Creeps, and maybe the ground to?" Mandy asked. "And I guess we could use your scythe as a paintbrush?" It was a clever idea.
"Possibly," Grim said. "But de ting is, we have none of the magical paint. The jars must be scattered about. You kids should get some other little brats to help find dem. I'll look too"
Billy was able to coax his friends to help him find the glass jars. Mandy forcefully persuaded their other schoolmates to help the search. They were scattered quite some distance apart, although not even Grim could hazard a guess as to why. But, when all containers were found, Mandy ordered everyone they knew together, including some adults. Grim explained what his plan was, and with a little intimidating glares from Mandy, everybody eventually decided to attempt to save their future.
But, just as hope started to fill the air, there were some recognizable, earth-shaking thuds.
