Stepping Stones

Chapter Nine (9): Agreed

Suddenly the lights turned on and a little blue creature stood before us, about a foot tall. "Oh my gosh, you are so cute!" I squealed as it turned its face towards me with a dirty look. "I'm not supposed to be cute. I'm one of Mister Vincent's helpers. He went missing recently and I need you to help find him. That's the Stepping Stones challenge that you have to take." The cute creature disagreed with a buff voice. "Um, o-ok..." I stuttered and let out a tiny giggle. "Anyway, why is this competition called the Stepping Stones challenge?" Jentrie asked the creature. "And what is your name?" She continued. "I am Michael, and I cannot tell you why this competition is called the Stepping Stones competition. Now off you go!" The creature answered and snapped his fingers. "W-wa--" I start to stall but somehow get pulled to another dimension.
After two minutes of straight silence, one of us finally decides to talk. "Where are we?" My mom asks us, as if we would know. "How would we know, exactly?" I reply. Immediately after I said those words, something happened. Something noticeable. A purple ghost swarmed around us and turned us into our favorite things ever, other than another human. I turned into an aninatronic! My mom turned into a ruler, Jentrie turned into a flower, Josh turned into a headset, and my dad turned into an antique truck. "Em, what just happened?" I ask to see if anyone would answer my ridiculous question. "It seems that we have turned into cool stuff! I love antique cars!" My dad says with enthusiasm. "We noticed that, but what was up with the purple fog?" My mom asks the rest of us. "I dunno." Josh replies. "I still don't know where we are." He continues. "We're definitely not anywhere near home." Jentrie replies.