Chapter One

"What was that?" Nisan leaned over and whispered in her friend Robin's ear. They were sitting in the middle of the silent classroom during their seminar time. It was another word for study hall, or just nap time. Robin shot her a confused look.

"What is what? Are you hearing things Nis?" Nisan rolled her eyes.

"Didn't you hear it? I swear I just heard the portal!" For a minute Robin was silent, thinking.

"That pop just then? I thought it was one of those chemistry students mixing chemicals again."

"Well, Robin if you're so smart, how do you explain that?!?" Nisan hissed angrily at Robin. Her arm was raised and her finger was rigidly pointed at the small window on the classroom door. Robin followed the finger to the opening. An eerie greenish yellow glow was seeping through- the exact color of the portal.

"What in the…? What is it doing here? What if someone finds it? Time obviously hasn't stopped." Robin looked around the room. Sure enough, the teacher was still typing away at his computer and their classmates were still flipping through notebooks and scribbling down math problems. Nisan stuck a finger in her mouth and chewed the nail nervously.

"Let's get passes to the…uh, bathroom and check it out." Nisan said eventually. Robin and Nisan leaped out of their chairs and rushed to the teacher. He signed their passes and they speed walked out the door. When they were in the hall, they sprinted to the glowing vortex that, sure enough, was hovering five feet off the floor in the middle of the hallway.

"Good catch Nis." Robin said, trying to catch her breath.

"Yeah, but how do we shut it?" Nisan asked. "we don't have our bracelets, and even if we did, they were busted." Nisan and Robin exchanged nerves glances. Just then, the portal started whirling. Nisan and Robin took a step back from the portal. Wind blew through their hair in the otherwise still hallway.

"What's happening?" Robin said as the portal sputtered and stopped. It stood still once more. Nisan stepped closer to the opening. Robin squinted and reached out a hand to touch the edge of the portal when it started whirling again, but faster this time. Before they could realize what was happening, Nisan and Robin were pinned to the floor by two people and an oversized cat who had just jumped out of the portal. Meanwhile, the portal faded into the background and was gone.

"Uh oh. Nisan…" Robin said looking at the two, very 3-D people sitting on top of them.

"Oww! My head hurts!" The very failure voice of Pocahontas complained loudly.

"Your head? You smashed into my stomach with your head! Do you have any idea how hard your head is?" John Smith complained back. "I think I might be sick!"

"Oh God, please don't!" Nisan wheezed from under John.

"John, you cow! Get off of them! Nisan, Robin… It's so good to see you again. Now, maybe you can help us. Where exactly are we?" Pocahontas grabbed John's hand and tugged him off of Robin and Nisan. Nisan jumped up and looked around.

"The portal is gone." Nisan announced. Robin was still laying in the middle of the hallway, laughing her head off.

"Do you realize what is happening Nis? Oh my gosh. They are here. And I mean really here." She stood up. "We have to find Sophie!" Robin said with a grin. Nisan smiled and looked at Pocahontas and John who were looking out the window at the end of the hallway.

"Are we in 3-D? Are we in your time?" John yelled down the hall. Robin and Nisan winced as it echoed down the hall. They sprinted down the hall to the couple.

"OK, listen guys. We are going to play a game. It's called the 'Quiet Game.' If you make a noise, we turn you into jerky…Starting... NOW!" Robin said. Thankfully, they remained silent after she finished.

"Let's go and find Sophie." Nisan said. Robin nodded. Nisan grabbed John's arm and Robin grabbed Pocahontas's and they led them down the hall. They reached Sophie's classroom with only one minor problem. John seemed fascinated at the idea of a drinking fountain. After commanding them to "stay," Nisan and Robin crept to the tiny window of Sophie's classroom door.

…oOo…

Sophie was bored. Or at least she was until she heard her name. "SOPHIE." She kept hearing it, over and over and over again. She stood up and looked around the room.

"Something wrong Sophie?" Her teacher asked. Sophie looked around again.

"Uh, no, nothing." She could swear she heard something. "SOPHIE." She looked around and finally a movement caught her eye. Robin and Nisan were jumping and waving outside her classroom window. She jumped up.

"Sophie! What is going on?" The teacher yelled.

"I have to go to my locker. I, uh, just realized that I forgot something…" Robin and Nisan were still waving like maniacs. She made a face at them. Their gestures grew more urgent and, after some confusion, a very confused Pocahontas and John Smith were waving cluelessly at the window. She shrieked and bolted from the room.

Robi again. This was Nisan's chapter, but I posted it anyway. I about died laughing, Nis! Bloopers have to be done next!