The house was quiet. Silent creaks filled the empty quarters. Darkness surrounded the area. Until, a tiny light shined the wooden floors from the flashlight that was installed in the water gun. DJ took a small step to secure the floor. It did nothing. Looking back at his friends, Jenny and Chowder, he continued forward as he spoke, "Okay, let's move."
Never had he thought he would end up in a situation like this. The house from across the street where Mr.Nebbercracker lived had mysteriously, and frightfully, turned into a horrible people eating monster after the supposed death of the mentioned man. How they got in was last second. The original plan was to make the house sleep and destroy it's "heart", but then the cops came and long story short, the house ate the police car they were in. And the police men.
So here they were. Walking in a dangerous house where they could meet their doom, but they anxiously persist.
After a long silence, DJ spoke.
"We need to be quickly and quietly. Don't touch anything. And stick togeth-"
His sentence was cut off as he lost his footing. A large hole had formed as he was walking. The house was quietly waiting until the right moment to strike. DJ screams as he falls into the inky black hole.
Jenny cries out in alarm "DJ!" "Hey", said Chowder as he walked behind Jenny accidentally making them both fall following DJ. They all scream as they are consumed by darkness.
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Lighting hissed at the howling air. The yellow sickened the sky. A horrible laughter filled the air. The laughter of the witch.
Norman raced up to the top with the fairytale book in his arm. He climb the ladder as he raced to the middle looking dead in the eyes of the cloud made witch. Norman shouted, "You horrible old witch! Is this what you want?!" The witch gave him a slight glare.
Norman opened the book and began to read. "Once-Once upon a time, in a..a far away land, there lived a king and queen in a magnificent castle." the witch only gave him a cruel laugh.
He didn't understand. Why now? Why hurt this people? He understood why she was mad at the undead townsfolk, but why the people who now lived in the same town who were alive. Why?
"Why won't you listen to me? Why are you doing this?", Norman asked in desperate rate for this to stop. The witch took a deep breath...and screamed. The scream was so loud and powerful, it flew him off the ladder, falling backwards as he screamed. The world seemed to fade away and rot.
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Coraline watched as the two replicas of Ms. Spink and Ms. Forcible jumped on the diving boards. She could barely watch. But the other Wybie smiled at her with his black button eyes in anticipation.
The two ladies jumped until a peculiar thing happened. Mrs Forcible reach her hand up to her head...and zipped off her old self as she became the much younger version than she was before. The same happened to Spink as she grabbed the trapeze and hurled forward as did Forcible. The two grabbed hands and smiled at the audience.
Coraline grew a smile of her own. Now that was cool. The two actresses let go and started to perform. Saying inspirational words as they continued. Coraline watched in awe. Until suddenly, she was grabbed under her pits and was flying with them. She never done this before, of course, but it felt like she was flying, the promise to be not let go. But she was let go and was holding on the metal lights of the top of the theater.
Ms Spink and Ms Forcible let go, ducked down, and was in the water barrel. Coraline tried to hold on, but her tiny fingers were slowly slipping. Moments later, they let go. She screamed a bit as she was falling.
And falling
And falling into the now darkness that open up and closed again.
And so it begins...
As DJ regained consciousness, he slowly opened his eyes and tried to adjust to the bright lights from above. Slowly sitting up and rubbing at his head from the fall. From his guess on where he might be, the only thing that came into mind was the basement. He got to his feet, watergun at ready. But he noticed the room seemed quite odd, to him at least.
He's been into a basement before. Chowder's has a table where his dad could play cards and stacks of video games where there for him and DJ to play. But this one? It had the largest T.V. he ever say. Bigger than in his living room at home. The black screen was attached to the wall signaling it was off.
Next to it was a long table. DJ carefully walked over to see items were placed there. He expected them to belong to Mr. Nebbercracker, but it didn't seem like something he would like. Chips, candy, popcorn, drinks. Everything kids would need to watch a good film. DJ was confused. Why would Mr. Nebbercracker have these in his basement? Or was it his basement?
He examined the room more. This room was more lively and didn't felt unsafe. The walls were a fuzzy carpet red. The floor a blue that Chowder and Jenny laid as they slowly gained consciousness. The three of them looked from left to right. "Woah", sated Chowder as he stood up and walked to the table, "look at this.", he smiled a bit. Jenny was near DJ. "DJ, where are we?"
"I think," he said, we might be in Mr.Nebbercracker's basement?"...maybe."
"Maybe?"
"I don't know", he finally said. "Something about this isn't right. When we fell, it had to gone down to the basement, but...this doesn't seem like a basement. It seems more like something for a family night."
"Hey guys. Look." DJ and Jenny turned to look at Chowder holding a bag of chips. DJ sighed. "Chowder, we don't have time for this. We have to find out-" "No, no look. Look at the date." DJ, confused, did as told.
No. It can't right. Maybe a typo. Does that happen, but why futher in?
The chips are supposed to expire on November 6, 2022.
But, that's not possible. The year is 1983. Why does it say 2022? Dj looked at Jenny who was equally confused. What was going on?
"Um, is it just me or does anyone else hear that"? DJ hearing what Chowder just said silently listened. Jenny did the same "Hey, I hear too." DJ tried hard, until he finally heard it.
It sounded like a distance scream. Coming from the ceiling. DJ gasped as he looked up to see a black hole with a person falling down. "Everyone, out of the way!" They all quickly ran away from where the person was falling. The person fell into the ground with loud thud.
They all looked on with caution, but noticed the fallen person was a small boy. His hair sticker out. He face is slight pain. By him, was a burned destroyed book. DJ went from caution to concerned. "Oh no." He ran over to aid the boy. "Guys. I think he's hurt."
Jenny and Chowder ram by his side to help the boy. "Don't worry. We'll save you little dude.", said Chowder. "Get the book off him. It might burn him.", said Jenny. DJ rested the boy's head on the ground and put his ear on his chest. His heart was slowly beating. "Okay, he's alive. Maybe we can use CPR or-".
A gasp woke up the boy which startled the other three. He opened his eyes as he sat up. He breathed heavy breaths and slowly looked at DJ. The moment his eyes locked on him, he gasped and slowly backed away.
"No, no. It's okay. We're not here to hurt you." Said DJ. The boy looked on, his eyes never leaving the three. But after a flicker around the room, confusion was mixed into his fear. "Wh...Where am I?" He looked at DJ. "Who are you?"
Dj looked at Chowder and Jenny then back at him "Um...I-I'm DJ. This is Chowder", Chowder waved a little, "and this is Jenny", she mutter a hi, DJ looked at the boy again. "What's your name?" The boy looked on until he answered "Um...Norman."
"Okay. Well, Norman, I'm...not sure where we are exactly...kinda. It looks like we're in some sort of mini theater? I think?"
Norman turned to look at the big screen, table of snacks and drinks, and also noticed a couple bean bags, blankets, pillows, and more to relax when watching a movie. Norman started counting the bean bags.
5. There are 5 bean bags. But only 4 people are here. Unless...
Chowder suddenly spoke.
"Hey. You know this place is kinda cool-"
His sentence was cut off as another fallen person fell on top of him and propped them to the fuzzy carpet. The three youth's ran over. DJ knelt down to Chowder who was holding his head in pain. Jenny and Norman looked at the newcomer who slightly coughed. Her blue hair covered her lowered head, the shirt with stars and long sleeves grip the carpet floor. Coraline adjusted her eyes, blink a bit, and looked to see Norman and Jenny staring at her.
"Ahh!"
"Ahh!" "Ahh!"
"Ahh!" "Ahh!"
All of them continued to scream for awhile, until they turned very quietly and they stopped. Only staring at each other. Caution, fear, confusion, plagued their minds. Until suddenly...
The screen came alive.
They all turned to look, wide eyed as the T.V. became loading
70%
80%
90%
100%
It read...
Greetings and welcome to the first addition of...
Reacting to their futures!
I know, not a original name. Best I got so far :)
Nobody laughed. Just stared at the screen.
Anyways, I bet you're wondering why you here, what is this place, have I been kidnapped? Well not exactly, kinda.
I'm not hear to harm you. I do not tolerate violence or try to hurt anyone for my own entertainment. So it's fine.
But you probably still don't trust me. I can tell by your faces. That's fine.
Penny realized, "Wait. Are you looking at our reactions right now?"
Precisely! Now-
"Do you think this is some game to you?", Coraline angrily pointed, "Pulling people out of nowhere and locking them in a room with a bunch of strangers just so what? You can see how we react?"
*Sigh* Look, I know these is really strange and you're probably scared Coraline, but I insure you, I don't want to-
"You know my name?", she said in a whisper.
Oh yeah! I forgot to see if everybody was here. Let's roll call shall we? Let's see...DJ Walters, Charles 'Chowder' Peterson, Jenny Bennet, Norman Babcock, and last, but least, Coraline Jones...
Everyone stared as the mysterious text wrote each individual's names. They knew. They knew their names. What else did they know?
Announcing last destination participants were in. DJ, Chowder, Jenny, fell from hole that the monster house made. Coraline, fell from metal lights during Ms.Spink and Ms. Forcible's performance. Norman, fell from water tower from the witch's loud howl. Am I correct? Or...?
Oh God. Their mouths agape, eyes wide, nothing to say.
I take it by your faces I am correct. That's good. I thought I messed up. Sorry, this is my first time doing one of these. Anyway, the reason you are all here in this little theater, with snacks, drinks, comfortable blankets, even a bathroom, is for one. Reason. Only....
To watch your futures disguised as movies! :)
...
"I'm sorry, what?!", Norman shouted.
"But that's not even possible. Time travel isn't real. Even in movies", Penny
"Are they joking?", Chowder
"You're lying!", Coraline
One, This isn't a joke. Two, I'm not lying. And three, if I was really really joking or telling a lie, How did I pull you guys out of your respected spots just to watch your own futures?
...
"So, you're really telling the truth?" DJ stepped towards the screen. It was unreal. Impossible even. But, can they really watch what happens next?
I am telling the truth. I just want to see what you guys will think. Think about it. You guys are lucky enough to see what happens in the future. Is it good? Am I a hero? Do I get my happy ending everyone wants?
The 5 pre-teens looked at each other.
Well this is a once in lifetime edition. If you do decline and want to go back, I will hace to erase your memories about this place. No going back. So, who wants to go back to where they were?
Silence. Until Chowder hesitated. "Um, it would be kinda nice to relax. And maybe sit down and watch after we were in a life or dead situation. Right guys?" He looked at Jenny and Dj waiting for their answer. DJ thought. 'A once in a lifetime edition.' He closed his eyes and sigh. "Okay."
The three kids looked at Coraline and Norman. Coraline was still unsure. She didn't trust this. Not one bit. Norman was hesitant. "Um...I don't even remember what happened when I fell, so It would be nice to refresh my memories." He gave a weak smile.
All looking at Coraline. "...this is crazy. What would be so important that happens in my fu-"
The door. The other world. The world she came to love. So warm and inviting, unlike the one she grew up in. Her parents. Maybe...
"...okay fine."
Splendid! I knew you guys would agree. You going to love this. I know I am. So all snacks and drinks are on the table. Beanbags, blankets over on the left. Bathroom is in the far corner. There are 3 movies in total. After the three movies are done. You can go back to your original spots.
That's all. Say when you guys are ready to watch the first movie.Have fun reacting~
And the screen turned black.
Hey guys. This is my first book that I'm writing so if I made a few errors, feel free to addressed. Sorry if the chapter is too long. The next ones will be a bit shorter. I always thought it was creative to see what a character from a show, movie, or book will react to their series. Now here I am, writing my own. Monster House, Coraline, and ParaNorman DON'T belong to me. They belong to respected owners. See ya till next chapter.