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     "Valentina! Wake up!" A voice called out to me. "Huh? What do you want?" I groaned while prying my eyes open. The sun's rays bore into my eyes so I swiftly shut them. "Close the window! I can hardly see," I sighed as I heard the blinds slowly clash against the bottom of the window.           My eyelashes fluttered together as I blinked my eyes open. Gazing up I saw a figure in front of me. Rosemary, my best friend, stood tall in front of me. Her emerald eyes instantly locked with mine. She flung her onyx colored hair over her shoulder. "Get up and get ready! We're going on a walk in the forest today," Rosemary marveled clearly ecstatic.                                                                            I hauled myself out of bed and jolted to the bathroom. I glided over to the shower,  gripped the pearly shower handle, and turned it over to the hotter side. Steaming water poured down from the silver shower head. As I shuffled into the shower, the water immediately started burning my skin. When I was done with my shower I got out, dried myself, and put on a pair of jet colored shorts and a sage colored t-shirt. I lazily put my hazel hair up in a messy bun. I then put on a pair of white sneakers. After all of that I was finally ready for my walk.                                                                        I whisked into the kitchen where Rosemary was patiently waiting for me. I snatched a water bottle and a slightly bruised banana before sauntering out of the house and over to my ruby Ram pickup. Rosemary had collected a granola bar and a water bottle before following me out of the house and into my car. As I sat down inside my pickup I slid the metallic key inside the keyhole and my car instantly turned on with a roar. I clutched on to the crow steering wheel and started driving towards our destination, the forest.                                                                                                     Once we reached the forest we were greeted by towering trees. The pine leaves blew along with the breeze. The wind whistled in our ears as we got out of my scarlet car. We strolled over to the forest and were immediately engulfed by chestnut tree bark, lime colored grass, berries of all colors, and petite animals. The electric blue sky was no longer visible. The only thing I could see when I looked up were viridescent leaves.                                                                                                                         The only audible sounds were leaves splitting, twigs cracking, birds singing, squirrels munching on nuts, and woodpeckers drilling their homes. Chills sprung up my spine as the wind blew through my hair. "Rosemary did we have to go on a walk when it's this chilly?" I whined. Rosemary turned her leafy gaze to look at me and slowly rolled her eyes. "Yes we did you need to go out more. You're always cooped up inside the apartment," she sighed clearly annoyed with me.                                                                                                                                                                                                       My white sneakers split the departed leaves on the ground with ever step I took. The dirt ground was dry and was cracked in many places. "Alright fine then," I murmured. Rosemary and I strolled around the forest for a while. After about thirty minutes I saw something on the ground that snatched my gaze like a rabbit stealing a carrot. The object beamed and sparkled under the sunlight. I bent down and picked it up. It looked like a small tube. There was a hole at one end. I squinted one eye and looked into the hole. I saw a spectrum of color and shapes. This was a kaleidoscope. Suddenly, my vision started blurring. I heard faint screaming, "Valentina! Valentina!" And then suddenly I lost all cautiousness.                                                                                                "I think she's waking up," a voice chimed like a bell. I groaned opening my eyes and my gaze immediately met with a wide eyed pink one. "Ahh! What the hell?" I wailed. My heart felt like it was pumping in and out of my chest. "Don't be afraid we won't hurt you," the pink eyed creature giggled. As I got a closer look at the creatures in front of me I notice they weren't human. The one who woke me up had white fluffy wings, insanely pale skin, pink eyes with heart shaped pupils, two tall jet blue horns that stood proud on her head, long hot pink hair, and she was very short. They all looked unusual with wings, horns, unusually pale skin, crazy colored hair, and they were all very short. The tallest in the room was about 4.9 feet tall.                                                            "Where am I? What's going on? Why do you all look so weird?!" I cried. "You're now on the planet of Zonk!" The creature with the pink eyes sang. 


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