Chapter 4
When dreams come true
That exciting moment full of joy.
That thrill that pulses through your veins.
I love it.
I love it when dreams come true.
"Alright," Jersh called Denny out of hiding. "She's gone, do your stuff."
Mari had set the 3DS on the counter in her room while she ran to go to the bathroom. It was morning, and Denny still felt like he had a low battery as Jersh dragged him over to the screen of the system.
"Go, quick! Before she gets back!" Jersh urged. "Also, give her a kiss for me."
Denny blushed as he walked over to the screen. "I will,"
"Make it a juicy one!" Jersh added with a mischievous grin on his face. Denny ignored that last remark and looked up through the screen. His heart palpitated with excitement, and his breathing became shallow.
On the count of three, he thought to himself as Jersh urged him to hurry.
One... Denny tensed his muscles.
Two... He closed his eyes.
Three! He leaped up through the screen, converting into a data stream.
The tingling sensation was overpowering, and it felt like he was floating in emptiness. It seemed like an eternity had passed by, and Denny wondered if he would be stuck like this forever when he noticed a faint humming noise. The blackness of his vision began to become a light gray, and shapes started to form. Denny couldn't feel his limbs, and he didn't dare try to move them lest it interrupt the transformation taking place. That same tingling feeling continued to pester him and he felt like he might crash. Finally, after a long time of waiting, he felt the transformation complete. Denny had become 'real'. He was awestruck. Looking around the room, he could see so many details, like everything was rendered at the highest definition. He could feel textures, but in a way he never thought possible. He didn't just register them being there, he could FEEL them. Denny turned to see where the humming sound was coming from. On the counter was a small fish tank. The humming had been coming from the filter. Denny stooped down to observe the little creatures swimming about in the water, when he noticed a black box on the counter a few inches away. Denny grinned as he picked it up and looked at the screen. It was the 3DS. He could see Jersh standing still in the center and he waved. Jersh waved back and Denny laughed. Joy flooded his heart, and he suddenly became so much more excited. He was real! 'I'm finally real...' Denny heard footsteps nearing the door. Panicked, he felt the unexplainable urge to hide, so he did so under Mari's bed. A large woman with auburn hair walked into the room and held her nose. She left almost immediately and yelled,
"MARI! Your aquarium STINKS!"
Denny couldn't help but chuckle. The fish tank was a perfect excuse for his overwhelming scent of salmon. Crawling back out from under the bed, he started to wonder when Mari would be back for her game. Just when he was about to exit the room to look for her, he heard a gentle but shocked voice ask,
"Who are you and what are you doing in my room?!"