~Alice and Ally Fight, Avril Lashes Out, and a Short Encounter with Shadow People~

…..

I walked to the sleeping car, which was the car behind us, so the walk was pretty short. I stuffed my hands in the pockets of my jeans as I approached the car. I slowly opened the door, and walked in.

Most of the beds in the sleeping car were unoccupied.

My gaze went to Howard, who was sleeping on a bed, and Randy, who was on the floor, clutching his Ninja mask in his hand. I growled, and walked over to them. I stood over Randy's sleeping body, and looked over at Howard. An idea popped into my head, making me grin impishly.

I kneeled down, and gave Randy a Wet-Willy. Randy got up, and looked up at me.

"What the juice was that for?!"

I ignored him and turned to Howard.

"Howard," I said in a sickly sweet voice.

"What?" he asked in a sleepy voice.

"Randy and Heidi are making out."

He got up so fast; he hit his head on the roof of his box-like bed. He yelped and rubbed his head. He shot me a look.

"What. The. Juice?" said Howard. "Why would you say that?!"

"I don't like his sister!" cried Randy, throwing his arms in the air.

"It was the only thing I could think of that could wake him," I said with a shrug.

"That's not the only thing that could wake him/me!" yelled Randy and Howard in unison.

I rolled my eyes, and sighed through my nose.

"Just come on," I said.

…..

Back at our seats, Carrie and Natalia were talking to Ally and Alice. But, it didn't look good.

"We're what?" asked Ally. "No, no, that's not right. Avril's the only Dimension Walkers in our group!"

"I'm serious," said Natalia. "I can sense you are a Dimension Walker. Even you show signs of your class, Giver. Face it, Ally, you and Alice are Dimension Walkers.

"Hell no," said Ally. "You are not going to 'erase' us even if we're Dimension Walkers. I—"

"Ally," I said, sliding into my seat, "what the juice is going on?"

"They're telling us more about Dimension Walker," said Ally, angrily. "And then they told us about Alice and I being ones and we have to be 'erased' since we are 'special'."

"Excuse me?" I said.

"Well," said Carrie, "when a person is a Dimension Walker in a family that has no history of Dimension Walkers, the person has to be taken to our camp and the memory of them is erased from their family to protect them. We DWs are really powerful, so we have to protect normal people."

"We can't leave our families!" yelled Ally. "I have my brothers to care about, a concert for choir to practice for, and grades to maintain. And Alice doesn't want to be a Dimension Walker! She has sisters to care for, a play to practice for, grades to boost, and—"

"Suck it up," said Alice in a serious tone, which cause me and Ally to look at her.

"What?" we asked.

Alice was always the easy-going, naïve, fun-loving, optimistic, and cheery girl. But, right now, she sounded so deadly serious, that I wasn't so sure if she was the Alice Kingfisher I know and love to death.

"I said suck it up," Alice said, this time in venomous voice. "This is the most awesome-est thing that has ever happened to us, and you're pushing it away like it's a disease! Have you ever thought that I would actually love to be a Dimension Walker? I may not know what I'm doing at times, but I know that I want to control my life, follow my heart, and make my own decisions! SO SUCK IT UP AND JUST BE HAPPY THAT WE GOT LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE DIMENSION WALKERS LIKE AVRIL! AT LEAST SHE'S NOT DRAGGING US INTO HER PROBLEMS!"

We (along with the entire train car) stared at Alice with astonishment. Ally just stuttered in disbelief. Then, without warning, an all out argument broke out. Ally and Alice were arguing, yelling at each other. Carrie, Natalia, Randy, and Howard stared at them, not sure what to do. That's when I snapped.

I mean, sure, I had anger (and emotional) issues and I lashed out at times. But, this time, this was completely different.

My eye twitched and I stood up. I clenched my fists at my sides and narrowed my eyes.

"Guys," I said, but it didn't get their attention.

Carrie and Natalia looked up, and they gasped for some reason.

"Guys," I said, my voice full of venom and poison.

Still, they didn't hear me. Randy and Howard, who were still standing, backed away. I just lost it.

"GUYS!" I shouted.

I felt the train stop abruptly. Everyone, but me, fell to the floor. I walked up to my friends, and gave them my deadly stare.

"YOU GUYS STOP FIGHTING! THIS IS SO STUPID! WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THE THREE BEST FRIENDS, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET ALONG AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER! THIS BICKERING IS FUCKING STUPID AND THIS IS DAMN DIFFICULT TO BE THERE FOR YOU WHEN YOU KEEP ARGUING WITH EACH OTHER LIKE THE GREEK GODS."

I turned around, and closed my eyes. Hot tears streamed down my cheeks.

"I GET THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A DIMENSION WALKER, ALLY. BUT DON'T DRAG ALICE INTO IT! AND ALICE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE HARSH ABOUT IT!"

"Avril," said Carrie, carefully. "Calm down, you need to calm—"

"SHUT IT, CARRIE!"

"Avril," Natalia tried. "You really should—"

"I…SAID…SHUT…UP!"

I stomped my foot, and suddenly ice went everywhere. Black and green mists flew around everywhere and I felt an earthquake coming. While everything was happening, I saw Ally and Alice looking at me with scared eyes…like I was doing all of this. But I wasn't!

Was I?

I shook that side aside. I looked at all the kids and teens, which turned out to be Dimension Walkers, and saw they were pointing guns at me. I held my hands in defense.

"I swear to God, I am not doing any of this!"

"Yeah right," said an Asian girl. "Then explain all of this ice and the fucking mist that's flying all around!"

"I…um…I…"

"She's definitely cargo," a Latino boy said. "Wonder where she's from."

"I am not…er…cargo! Just leave me alone!"

"Yeah…no," said a girl with a thick Italian accent.

"Hold up," said Carrie, who was now standing by my side. "She's not cargo, the purple-haired kid and the fat boy are!"

"Hey!" yelled Howard. "I'm not fat! I'm dangerously curvy!"

"Keep telling yourself that, Big H," said Randy, placing a hand on Howard's shoulder.

"Anyway," Natalia cut in, "Avril is a DW."

None of the kids lowered their weapons. They looked as if they still didn't believe us.

"What class is she?" asked the Latino boy.

"Mixed," said Carrie, "with traces of Creator."

"Creator," the Asian chick said with a laugh. "No way in Yomi she's got Creator in her."

Before the conversation got any farther, shouts in a different language came from outside. All the Dimension Walkers tensed up, and started gathering weapons and shouting to one another in Latin.

"Parate arma*," said the Asian chick.

"Adsunt*," whispered a little boy. "Ego vere vix*."

"Lorem ipsum doctus in hoc*," reassured an older girl, probably the boy's sister.

"Donec eget tueri non solum oneris*," hissed Natalia.

"Didici haec, modo credant*," said the girl with the thick Italian accent.

Natalia sighed through her nose and said, "Spero, Bianca. Et vade.*"

The girl dubbed Bianca nodded, and walked over to Randy and Howard. She talked to them, and then led them somewhere. I looked at Carrie, who shoved something in my hand. I looked down at my hand, and found a pen.

"Why are giving me a pen?" I asked.

"It's a weapon," said Carrie.

I looked over at Ally and Alice. Alice was given a bow and bag full of arrows and Ally was given a dagger with a long, black, and really sharp blade. I looked back at the pen, and frowned.

"Ally gets a dagger, Alice is given a bow and arrows, and I'm given a freaking pen? How fair is that?"

Carrie rolled her eyes as she unsheathed a bronze knife from a pouch on her belt.

"Just click the goddamn pen and see what happens."

I muttered under my breath as I clicked the pen. The silver pen suddenly turned into a long, silver, gold, black, and bronze colored bo-staff. My eyes went wide.

"Oh my Ninja…THIS IS SO HONKING BRUCE!"

Carrie smirked. "Are you sure you don't have a crush on Randy? You talk just like him."

I narrowed my eyes and pointed the bo-staff at Carrie. She didn't flinch. She just gave me an intrigued look.

"Listen Crescent," I said. "One, Randy is Alice's crush. Two, I respect him and love his character, but not enough love for it to qualify it as a crush. And three, I ALREADY told you that I have a crush on someone else."

"Aw yes," said Carrie with a smirk. "The mysterious Nico from a book series. Why can't just tell me who it is? I swear on my life I won't tell anyone."

"No," I said. "I told Ally, and she started going on and on about how I could never get him because of his…secret."

"Is he gay?"

I huffed, and walked away. I heard Carrie laughing.

"Take that, Burgundy!" she yelled. "You just gave me another hint about who he is!"

"Go to Tartarus!" I yelled over my shoulder.

…

All the Dimension Walkers stepped out of the train, weapons at the ready. The train dropped us off in front of a forest. It was night, and the moon was a delicate crescent. The scent of pine trees invaded my nostrils. I saw the Bianca girl, the Latino boy, and the Asian girl run off somewhere with Randy and Howard, probably somewhere safe. I looked over at Ally and Alice, and caught them staring. They looked away, and started quietly talking to each other.

I couldn't help but feel mad. Why are they acting like that? Was it because what happened in the train? I didn't cause any of that!

Wait…did I do it?

I shook my head. Of course I didn't do it! But, Carrie said I was mixed with traces of Creator. What powers do Dimension Walkers that were Creators have? And, what makes Carrie think I have traces of Creator in me? I swear; I know for a fact I did not cause the…thing that happened on the train. What makes them think I caused it?

I was so wrapped up in my thoughts that I didn't notice I started walking ahead of everyone. I kept walking, wrapped up in my own thoughts. Suddenly, something whizzed past me. I jumped back in surprise. I clutched the bo-staff tightly, my eyes darting around.

The nighttime wind was ice-cold, making me shiver. Shadows danced in the moonlight and everything was calm and quiet. Call me crazy, but I get the feeling the shadows are not supposed to be dancing like…that. What if…?

"What are you doing?" asked a girl's voice.

I shivered. The girl's voice was soft, like a whisper, but it was raspy and haunting. Like, she was a ghost. And, she sounded like she was speaking Latin, but it sounded like something more…ancient.

I turned around, and I stumbled back.

Standing in front of me was a girl that looked like a living shadow/ghost. Her skin was a pale grey and her eyes were black, soulless orbs that looked like black marble in the moonlight. Her long, pitch black hair floated around her like flames. She wore a flowing, black dress with black ballet flats. She looked like she was around my age, so about fourteen or fifteen.

She stood right in front of me, her soulless eyes staring at my dark brown ones. She kept flickering like a flame, as if she was about to dissolve at any second. She slowly walked towards me, and reached her hand out. Her hand passed through my face, making me a bit alarmed.

"Can you see me?" she asked.

I nodded.

"What are you?" she asked, but her cheeks turned dark grey. "I-I mean, who are you?"

"Avril-Drew Burgundy," I said. "Who are you?"

"Willow," she said. "My name is Willow Insomnia."

"Insomnia? Why Insomnia?"

"I am a Shadow Being. We're the reason the Bogyman legend was created. But, we don't terrorized people for fun; we feed off their fears from their nightmares and keep them from getting them ever again. And, Shadow Beings, like Shadow People and Shadow Creatures, don't sleep. It's useless to us."

"Really," I said, lowering my staff.

"Yes, I can go centuries, eons, and more without sleep. And I—"

Shouts in Latin and in another language (probably the Shadow Beings' language) came from the other side of the forest. Willow and I turned our heads, and started running towards the shouting.

….

Dimension Walkers and Shadow People were shouting with each other. On the front line was Carrie, Natalia, and Bianca and a male Shadow Person. Natalia and Bianca were shouting in Italian, Carrie was shouting in French, and the male Shadow Person was shouting in his native tongue.

I couldn't help but listen to the way the Shadow People were talking. Their language sounded Latin, and yet…it wasn't. And I could understand them! Heck, I understood Latin, French, and Italian and spoke Greek for some reason! What the juice?

"Hey Willow?" I asked. "What are your people speaking?"

"Rasp," she said. "It's our native language since the creation of shadows. It's a mixture of Latin and Ghost."

"Ghost?"

"What? Ghosts have their own language too."

I nodded and walked towards Natalia, Carrie, and Bianca. I stopped when their argument got really intense.

"Doveresti essere dalla vostra parte della foresta!*" Bianca said.

"Yoi Ombra gente non ascolta!*" Natalia hissed.

"Hey guys," I tried to say.

But, of course, they continued to yell and argue with one another. I softly growled, and my grip on my bo-staff tightened so much, my whole hand turned white. Willow's eyes went wide, and she backed up and hid in the shadows.

"Knock it off!" I yelled in Rasp.

I blinked, realizing I just spoke in Rasp when I had no clue how to. Everyone stopped, and looked towards me. I felt the staff growing cold, but I ignored it. Everyone still was staring at me.

"What?" I spat out in fury.

"Avril," said Carrie, slowly approaching me. "Did you…just speak Rasp?"

"I don't know…maybe? But, you gotta stop fighting it's…"

I felt something burning in my chest, so I turned around, and breathed out slowly. I closed my eyes, and counted in my head. I was going to lash out. I had to keep calm. Then, I felt a hand being placed on my shoulder. I opened my eyes and turned my head. Bianca was there, her eyes full of worry.

"You okay?" she asked in a worried tone.

I broke away from her grip, and looked away.

"Just…just stay away."

I ran towards the forest, feeling something dark following me.

….

Okay, I know so far I'm sounding like a wussy girl who likes to run away constantly. But, how would you feel when you start feeling like you want to lash out and destroy everything in your path? Yeah, that's what I thought.

Anyway, I was walking by myself, feeling a frown on my face. I hardly ever frowned, since I wasn't the moody, Goth/Emo type girl who doesn't know how to handle her "feelings". I usually just take a chance, make a risk, and see where it takes me.

I laughed, realizing all of this was happening because of a chance I took and a risk I made. None of this would be happening if I hadn't dragged my friends to investigate the rabbit hole and ended up falling. Then, I frowned again and furrowed my eyebrows in thought.

What if I went by myself and ended up in Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, with no friends by my side? Would I still have been captured by Krackenstein? Would I have met Randy Cunningham and him as the Ninja? Would I have met Carrie and Natalia? Would I have gotten Randy and Howard dragged into this mess?

Speaking of Randy and Howard, where were they? I didn't see them with the other Dimension Walkers. The ones that were escorting them were there, so why weren't they?

That's when I heard a familiar scream. I whipped my head, got my staff ready, and ran towards the direction the scream came from. I stopped at in front of a dirt road and saw four figures standing in a tall, grassy field on the other side of the road. Two of them were Randy and Howard, the other two I couldn't make out.

Howard was running towards a tall hill with an oak tree on the top, and I could tell he was scared shitless. At the grassy field, Randy was being beaten senseless by the two figures. They were taunting him in Latin…no…Rasp and beating him with their bare fists. Randy was defenseless, due to him not being in his Ninja suit. They must've ambushed him so fast; Randy didn't have time to put on the mask.

A familiar burning sensation returned in my chest and I could feel my eyes sting. And then, I lashed out.

And everything went black.

…

Translations (courtesy of Google Translate):

*(1): "Parate arma" means"Prepare the weapons" in Latin.

*(2): "Adsunt" means "They're here" in Latin.

*(3): "Ego vere vix"means "I'm really scared" in Latin.

*(4): "Lorem ipsum doctus in hoc" means "We've been trained for this" in Latin.

*(5): "Donec eget tueri non solum oneris" means"We need to protect our cargo" in Latin.

*(6): "Didici haec, modo credant" means"I got this, just trust me" in Latin.

*(7): "Spero, Bianca. Et vade" means "I trust you, Bianca. Go ahead" in Latin.

*(8): "Doveresti essere dalla vostra parte della foresta" means"You're supposed to be on your side of the forest" in Italian.

*(9): "Yoi Ombra gente non ascolta" means "You Shadow People never listen" in Italian.

Did this feel rushed? Was this good? Did you guys like it? Tell me, please!

I hope this didn't have any grammatical, spelling, and any other kinds of errors in here. I try to look it over the best I could and to spot out all the errors. If there are errors still left over, I apologize!

Just some things you need to know my loyal readers! One, if you haven't notice, this story takes place during Avril, Alice, and Ally's summer vacation and they will be entering freshmen year at high school. Avril is the eldest in the group, since she's turning fifteen during the summer while Ally's turning fifteen during the fall and Alice will turn fifteen during winter break.

The next story in the "The Dimension Walker" series will be called "The Dimension Walker: Trapped in the Ghost Zone" and will take place during winter break. Yes, the next one will be about Avril and friends going to DP's dimension. I hope you DP fans will read that one and love it!

The third story in the series will be called "The Dimension Walker: Darkness Shall Rise" and take a wild guess where Avril will end up. Anyone who gets the answer right, I will give a shout-out to you and a virtual hug and cookies! :D

And last, but not least, Avril will not get a love interest until the third installment of the series.

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Sayonara my friends!