Delia was having the weirdest dream.
She was walking through London, though the streets were deserted accept for these life-sized gummy bears that were meandering around casually. She thought nothing of it, in fact it seemed very acceptable that there would be gigantic gummy bears walking the streets of London. She paused at a street to let a sizable herd of unicorns to cross in front of her. One of the beasts turned and began to talk to her.
"Aren't you late for something?" it snorted in a deep voice.
Delia simply shrugged. She had no idea what it was talking about.
With a toss of its silvery mane, he trotted off to join the group that was plodding away. Looking after it in awe, she missed a short figure march up to her knee and nudge her.
It was a bloody gnome.
"Come along, you're late! The queen was expecting you ages ago!" it squeaked shrilly, grasping her hand and tugging her forward impatiently.
"What?" Delia stuttered.
The next moment, they stood in a large darkened room and before a large, toad-like woman who glared down at her. She wore a pink suit but her hair was shaped in the form of a heart.
"You are late! Off with her head!"
Delia suddenly realized she was in some sort of cross-over nightmare involving Professor Umbridge and the Queen of Hearts. She just stood there numbly as two guards shaped as cards marched forward, raised and axe and swung…
Delia was in a kneeling position, glancing over barricade at an armored figure that was being shot at. Glancing over, she spotted Patsy next to her, shooting wildly at the figure.
"Ah, there you are! Quick, I think we are breaching its defenses!" Patsy said, before leaping over the balustrade and running at the hulking figure, shouting incoherently and shooting still. The figure brought up a large sword and before Delia could shout, the ginger was skewered and her body disappeared with a flash of blue light.
"Pats!" Delia yelled in shock.
"What are you still doing here?!" a voice demanded beside her.
Stunned, Delia turned and saw Patsy had reappeared at her elbow, now brandishing a grenade launcher.
"I've already regenerated ten times, I think it's you turn to take a shot at it!" Patsy said, shoving the weapon in Delia's hands and throwing her around the barricade.
That's what it was. A video game.
With a sigh, Delia jogged at the figure and pulled the trigger, though it seemed to have no effect on it whatsoever. She neared it and the creature struck, and she disappeared in a flash of light.
She did this for an indiscernible amount of time. Reappearing at the back of the assault, moving forward amongst people she knew only to spy the creature up close, arm herself and run at it mindlessly. She'd then be mortally struck and the cycle would start anew. While she was having fun, being killed over and over again without away progress was getting rather tiresome. With a sigh, she threw her assault rifle down after emptying it and angrily walked up to the creature, armed with nothing. The armed figure cocked a helmeted head and appeared to gaze at her curiously.
"Well?!" Delia demanded.
The thing, whatever it was, chuckled before reached out and twisting Delia over, to where she was bent backwards, her neck exposed. With a hiss of steel, she felt a sharp sting and soon she felt the warmth of blood cascading down her front and filling her mouth as she gurgled in alarm…