Cartooned (A/N bty this is based off the first episode, only the first chapter is like it, the rest is different)

Chapter 1-Into the Vortex

Nina's POV

I stood on the steps of the big, old house.

I was about to knock on the front door, but before my hand made contact it opened.

I gasped, quickly regained my composure, and walked inside. I stared all around me in amazement; this place was beautiful.

I turned around to close the door behind me, but it did it one its own again.

"What are you doing?" An angry voice asked.

I whirled around, and standing there was a man.

He had an old-fashioned look to him, vintage brown coat, his hair slicked back from his face in a creepy way. He also had a pointy face, and eyes that were staring daggers at me.

This man was trouble, he was a threat.

My instincts told me to high-tail it out of there, but I stood my ground.

I was not going to run away.

"Is the doorbell broken?"

"Yes. I mean, I don't know. The door was open so-"

"So you thought would just walk in," the creepy man continued.

"That's kind of how we deal with doors in America," I explained shying away from his gaze.

"You're late, two years late as a matter of fact," He said as if that wasn't obvious.

"Victor. I hope you're giving our guest a warm welcome," I turned toward that nice, motherly voice.

A young woman came down the stairs. She had dark, tan skin, and smile that almost made me forget the scary man named Victor next to me.

"Well, at least as welcoming as he gets anyway," She continued giving me a wink.

"I'm Trudy, your housemother, love. I'll show you to your room now," She gestured to the stairs.

"Is it ready?" Victor asked.

"Oh yes. They've cleared it," Trudy told him as she led the way up the stairs.

I followed her quickly and quietly. She walked into a room.

One side was filled with G stuff, but the other was empty, not a thing in sight.

This must be mine; I thought right as Trudy said, "This is yours over here."

Oh yeah, I'm psychic.

"Thanks. Who's that?" I asked pointing to a picture on the door.

"That's Joy," Trudy explained.

"Joy is no longer here," Victor said in a tone that made it seem like she was gone, like beeeeep, gone.

He threw it in the trash and Trudy said, "Rather suddenly and unexpectedly if I may say so."

"You may not," Victor replied. "Going up into the attic, down into the cellar, or into my room will remote you to certain punishment. Do you understand?"

"Crystal clear," I answered hoping he would go away.

To my relief he left as soon as I answered him with a nod to himself.

Trudy told me some extra little things about the House, and then left me to clean the house.

I opened my suitcases and began to unpack.

"What are you going?" A voice said behind me.

Why was everyone sneaking up behind me?

I turned and held my hand out to a girl.

She had brown hair, pink extensions, a Goth look, and a look of furry and confusion.

"Hi I'm Nina."

"Who care? Where's Joy?"

"I don't know, they she'd left."

"Without her cell phone?" The girl asked as she pulled a phone from under the mattress. "Did you steal this?" The Goth girl continued.

"Not a good strategy for making friends. Show up and steal things?" She grabbed my blankets and threw them out of the room. Next she grabbed my picture of Gran. "Hey! You can't do that!" I told her.

"I don't know where you came from, or who you are. But you're not my roommate, Joy is. Where is she?"

"I'm Nina, from America. And if Joy's not hiding under the bed I don't know where she is."

"Patricia, what's going on?" Victor asked the girl beside me. He seemed to come out of nowhere, just like before.

"That's what I'd like to know. Where's Joy?" Patricia asked she was clearly pissed off.

"Joy has left."

"What do you mean she's left?" Patricia asked frightened.

"Her parents came by during school, and removed her."

"Why?"

"I have absolutely no idea. Now pick up this mess Patricia," Victor ordered and I just stood there, frozen.

"No way," Patricia said, "I'm going to go phone Joy."

"Patricia!" Victor yelled to her back.

He picked up everything on the floor and put it in my arms, "Supper's in five minutes."

-*time passes*-

"Hi. I'm Nina, from America," I said to everyone in the room.

"Yeah," A boy with dark hair, blue eyes, and a kind smile said quietly.

"Welcome space girl," Another boy with coco colored skin said standing up, then added, "or bleeblablo. As they say in your language."

Everyone laughed except for Patricia, who was to busy glaring daggers at me from across the room.

"Supper!" Trudy announced and everyone went to the table.

I sat down across from the boy who had first talked to me.

"That's my seat," said a preppy, pretty, blond, princess girl.

"Oh sorry. I'll just mo-"

"Where's Mick?" She asked.

"I don't even know who you are so-"

She put what she hand been holding a second ago into my hand, and walked away.

I sat back down and Patricia said, "You heard Amber, that's her seat."

"Yeah but she's not here right now."

"That's your way isn't it? Someone's gone for two minutes, and you've already moved in."

"Patricia is part of the Welcoming Committee," The boy explained, then continued, "Pay no attention to her. I'm Fabian by the way."

"Nice to meet you Fabian."

"So Nina, when are you going to tell us what you know about Joy's disappearance?"

"I guess when I actually know something."

"Come off it!" Patricia said nearly yelling. "One minute, I'm sitting next to Joy in class, the next she's gone and you've taken her place."

I kept eating my food trying to ignore her.

"Alfie! Stop it. You're going to choke." I looked to see the coco skin boy, probably Alfie, eating his spaghetti with two forks.

"Yeah Alfie, don't play with your food," Another boy said, before he flicked his own food off his fork right at Alfie.

Alfie threw some back, and soon there was a food fight going on.

All of the sudden I felt something cold wash all over me. I scream, as I jumped up.

"Classy Patricia," Fabian said.

"What? It was an accident."

"What is going on?" Again Victor was right there behind me.

When no one answered he turned to me, "Nina Martin, phone call for you."

I followed him into the hallway.

I was reaching for the phone on the table, but then the house started shaking.

An earthquake!

I heard everyone screaming loudly.

I ran back into the kitchen, stumbling along the way, because of the uneven ground.

I got in and saw a huge hole form the ground, and it was quickly growing. Sucking everything up.

Amber screamed as she was pulled in. Alfie tried to help her, but he got sucked in as well.

Everyone ran to the front door, but it wouldn't budge.

The black hole kept growing, and it was getting way bigger.

It swallowed up Victor, Mick, Patricia, Mara, and Jerome. Only Fabian and I were left.

I looked at him and saw that he was very scared.

I felt myself slip, and fall.

I kept falling, falling into nothing.

I heard Fabian yell as he was dragged in too.

I watched the only speck of light from the opening close.

I'm going to die, I thought as I kept slipping farther into nothing.

I hope you like it! Sorry if the beginning is kind of boring, but it was just setting the scene for everything else to happen. Plz comment, or I will be sad. :( Anyway...as long as I'm writing this I'm going to promote some other stories. You should read all the stories by Starlightchick if you haven't, the rest of mine, and stories by Morangrimm, allthepossiblities, Juice95, ChristmasGirl14, scratchnsniff101, LoveHarryPotter27, bookgirl39, ZeravlaStar, and Reflection noitcelfeR. Don't forget to comment!

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