Through the Doorway...

Another World

"Viv?" Lee called, standing in front of the doorway. "I shouldn't have said anything. I'm the one who said she was scared and now, she may never come back."

I walked over and punched her lightly on the shoulder. "You are the one that leads us all. Viv looks up to you and just wanted to prove something. So, instead of sitting here throwing a pity party, let's follow her and see what we can do."

Lee slowly nodded her head and looked at the doorway. It didn't look like much. It had a wooden frames and peeling white paint. The floor boards were well worn as if the door had been used a lot. Lee straitened her shoulders and breathed deeply. Then, she to disappeared through the doorway. I looked at Ala and then stepped through the door. A bright light blinded me and when I could see again, I was in a whole other world. I turned as Ala appeared behind me.

"This is . . . amazing. I've never seen anything like it." She said, breathless.

I nodded. We were in some kind of train station. It looked normal except for one, tiny detail. Everything was made of food. The train itself was chocolate, the signs were wafers, and the benches, Kit Kats. People were driving by, in little pepper cars. Red, yellow, green and orange. Ala gasped.

""What even?"

"I wish I knew."

"Hey, guys." a voice said.

Simultaneously, Ala and I whirled around. There standing in front of us was Viv. She had her hands on her hips and a triumphant look plastered on her face.

"I found it first," she said, sounding like a toddler.

"Yes," I said, trying to make peace between Viv and Lee. Lee was seething behind me and I could feel that she was about to blow.

"Do you even care how much we worried about you? We didn't know where you had gone. You had just disappeared and left us to wonder whether or not you were coming back. What do you have to say for yourself?" Lee shouted.

Viv shook her head, unconcerned. "Sorry," she said, not really meaning it.

I took another look around.

"Where do you think we are?" Ala whispered in my ear, because Lee and Viv were still fighting.

"I have no clue." I whispered back.

"Why don't we wander around a little bit then we can go back." she suggested.

"Why don't we see if we can go back, then we can look around a bit." I said.

Ala nodded silently and turned back to the bickering duo.

"Alright you two, break it up. We're going back!" she said with gumption I didn't know she had.

The two were silent for a tenth of a second and then started to yell at her.

"You can't boss us around!" that was Lee.

"Yeah. Who made you queen." Viv pointed out.

While they were fighting I walked back to the wall. After a few minutes of searching, I found the place where we had entered. I pressed the wall, expecting to just pass through. The wall was solid. I leaned into it. Nothing happened. I turned to the rest of the girls.

"Hey!" I said, loud enough for them to hear me. Slowly, one by one, they turned to face me.

"What?!" Lee shouted.

"We can't go back the way we came. We're stuck here."