Waking up
Meg's vision was hazy, for a moment she was disappointed that the City of Lights, the butterfly, even the man with the multiple mouths was all a dream. It was when her vision cleared she sat up bolt right noticing this wasn't her room. The room she was in was dark with that bright light spilling from the cracks on the wall. She couldn't see very much of anything but, she could tell by the outlining that there wasn't much in the room. There was the bed she was sleeping in, a chair in the corner and….was that a hookah?
Meg Griffin got off the bed to observe it. Indeed it was a hookah and it was frickin huge! The Hookah was about as tall as Meg. As she was about to touch one of the steams (there were three) the room changes from darkness to light, startling Meg back to the bed. "You want to go back to bed already?" said the voice, it sounded very insect like. Meg turned her attention to the speaker, instead of freaking out she stared in amazement.
"My God, I'm in Wonderland!" The reason she would say this was quite obvious. The speaker was a caterpillar the size of Brian. In a way it kind of reminded her of Brian with it being furry white, black legs and it even had a red collar on. "Wonderland? What the newfernow is Wonderland?" It stared at her as if she was the weird creature talking. Just when she was about to speak the talking creature cut her off. "Never mind, come on out in the kitchen, I'm making a sandwich and a dirty martini." What the hell? Thought Meg, it even acted like Brian.
She followed the caterpillar into the living room which was just as bright as the bedroom she was currently sleeping in. That's when the thought came to her, how did she get here? "Umm…."
"Umm what?" said the bug taking out what looks to be bread and a slice of ham. "How did I get here?"
"Oh yeah, Leeman 'bumped' into you and apparently you where knocked unconscious. He told me he didn't want to leave you on the street so he decided to take you to his place." While he was talking he was done making the sandwich and in the process of a dirty martini. Meg took awhile to process this then she asked, "Who's Leeman and where am I?"
The caterpillar looked at her as if she was the dumbest broad in the planet. He didn't answer for a little while but, once he was done making his martini, he began to explain. "First, I'll tell you about Leeman Vol. He's my owner and he lives here. Second this is the Abarat were there are 24 islands with a bonus island that's better known as Time out of Time. Right now, we are living in Commexo City, which I despise greatly but we have to live somewhere."
"Are you talking about the City of Lights?"
The caterpillar snickered then took a very huge bite out of the sandwich. "More like faux lights to me, too frinkin bright for me. I personally prefer living on the Nonce, I like how it rains spontaneously." Meg just looked at him with questions in her eyes. The Caterpillar rolled his eyes as if she was retarded, he was beginning to think she was. "Do you even know what I'm talking about?" Before she could say anything a door opened saying, "Of course she doesn't, she's not from around here, Bryan." Oh God even the caterpillar was named Brian. Meg looked at the open door to behold what she assumed was Leeman Vol. All three of his smiles were intense but, it wasn't as bad as the first time she met him. Still, she couldn't help but, feel repulsed by the site of him. With the yellow teeth, the bad smell, thinning hair, and the nightmarish infestation on him was enough for Meg to grimace at the site of him. There was one thing though that she couldn't help but notice was how pretty his eyes were. She'd never seen eyes quite like his. They were a dark purple with a hint of silver when the light caught his eyes.
They must have been staring at each other for what seemed like five minutes until Bryan broke the silence. "OK, Lee do you have the goods?" Leeman's three mouths grinned in unison which was kind of disturbing to Meg. He put his hand in his pocket, withdrawing what seemed to be a large amount of….weed.