Chapter 4

Hollypaw pushed Jaypaw forwards and they ran towards her room. But when they got there, Lionpaw slid around them, taking Jaypaw's room key, and stood in front of the doorway, blocking it. Now their only other option was the "highly dangerous magical object" room. Jaypaw seemed to see that, too. He bolted through the hallway, opened the door, waited for Hollypaw to get through, then slammed the door in Lionpaw's face and locked it.

Inside was...

"A microwave?" Hollypaw mewed dryly.

"What's a microwave?" Jaypaw asked.

"No time to explain," Hollypaw mewed. "It looks like Lionpaw's almost broken the lock off."

"Well, then we're doomed," Jaypaw mewed in a mock-cheerful voice.

"No, we're not. That's obviously the magical object. Perhaps it could teleport us to my bedroom."

"Yeah, well, there's just one problem," Jaypaw mewed. "HOW DO WE GET THE DARN THING TO WORK?" he screamed.

Hollypaw walked over to it and began pressing some buttons. Jaypaw just sat down next to her.

"Well, don't just stand there! Help me work this thing!" she mewed. But before Jaypaw could do anything, the microwave began to glow.

"Get inside!" Hollypaw ordered. She opened the door and shoved him in. Then she stepped in and closed the door.

A loudspeaker spoke from outside the microwave.

"Three, two, one."

Suddenly they were on a different train. Every step there was either a blue space, a red space, or a green space with a question mark on it. There was one yellow space. It had a music note on it.

They walked to the back of the train. A ghost was floating just over the ground. Next to him was a mushroom, with arms, legs, eyes, and a mouth. There was also weird guy with a big blue top hat. It had a mini fan attached to it, which explained why he was floating. "Oh, there you are!" he said. "You're just in time for the game."

(Disclaimer: I do not own MP8 characters)

"What game?" Jaypaw asked Hollypaw.

"You remember that game Lionpaw was always playing before he went to bed?" she asked.

He nodded.

"I think that's where we've been teleported."

"So, we're inside his T.V.?"

"Well, maybe not his T.V., but we're obviously in someone's."

"Great," Jaypaw grumbled. "Now we're stuck here for the rest of our lives playing a stupid video game."

"Maybe we can play our way out," Hollypaw suggested.

"Well, it's worth a shot," he mewed.

They looked back at the guy with the blue hat. "Now we'll punch the dice block to see who goes first," he announced.

Hollypaw looked up and realized there was a dice block floating just over her head. She raised her paw and smacked it. A number ten appeared on it. She guessed that meant she got to go first.

"Fox dung!" Jaypaw hissed. "I got a one."

"It's decided," said the guy with the blue hat. "Hollypaw will go first."

Hollypaw didn't know how he knew her name, but she didn't say anything.

"Boo will go second," he continued.

The ghost cackled.

"Toad will go third."

The mushroom cheered.

"And Jaypaw will go last."

Jaypaw just stood there.

This is Runningpaw11 interfering with the broadcast. If you don't own Mario Party 8, you probably won't understand the rest of this chapter. For people who do own it, if you don't know who the guy with the blue hat is (and it's pretty obvious), I'll just tell you it's Ballhooey. Or whatever the heck his name is. Now back to the story.

"Let the games begin!" Ballhooey shouted.

A banner appeared in midair. It said "Hollypaw's turn!"

Another dice block appeared over Hollypaw's head. She jumped up and punched it. A number ten appeared on it, again.

"Which way do we go?" Hollypaw hissed to Jaypaw.

"I think we go that way." Jaypaw pointed to the right.

So Hollypaw ran along ten spaces and found herself on a green question mark space. She looked around, waiting for something to happen. A moment later there was a small POOF! and the magic microwave appeared in front of her. A note was taped to it.

"Dear Hollypaw and Jaypaw," it read, "As you ignored my warning, you are stuck playing this video game until you get a star and bring it back here. If you try fooling around with the buttons now, you may find yourself stuck somewhere worse where we can't get you out, like the dark forest. Happy days!

Sincerely, Icepaw"

Back on the train...

"****!" Lionpaw hissed. "That thing must've teleported them away!"

This is Runningpaw11, interfering with the broadcast again. We're experiencing some technical difficulties. In other words, Lionpaw saying stuff that he's not supposed to say. Take a look at this puppy while we fix things up a bit.

(Insert a picture of a puppy here)

100 turns later...

"Fox Dung!" Hollypaw let out a cry of frustration as Boo-stone trampled over her and destroyed half of her coins. She and Jaypaw only had five coins, now two.

Suddenly, there was a zapping noise, and one of Hollypaw's two coins were gone. They were now on their last coin.

Another hundred turns later...

"Now let the fierce duel between Jaypaw and Toad begin!" Ballhooey yelled.

The next thing Jaypaw knew he was hit in the stomach with a ball of lava.

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Hollypaw heard Ballhooey yell, "It's decided! Jaypaw must give Toad twenty coins. Too bad he doesn't have any!"

She let out a soft hiss as Toad reappeared next to her.

Yet another hundred turns later...

"If I ever see Icepaw again, I'll kill her!" Hollypaw yowled. She had been right next to Shy Guy with twenty coins, but she had been deprived of them after a duel with Boo. Now she'd get to hear Shy Guy say for the hundredth time, "I'd like to make a deal with you. Too bad you don't have enough coins!"

400 turns from the start...

"Yes!" Jaypaw yelled. "Hollypaw, we have a star! Now you just need to land on that green space again."

Hollypaw smiled as a ten appeared on her dice block, just the number she needed to get there. The magic microwave appeared along with Jaypaw. Hollypaw stepped inside after Jaypaw and closed the door. The loudspeaker said, "Three, two, one."

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Sorry about that.

I hope you all liked that chapter. R&R!

~Runningpaw11~