I woke up that morning and everything was quiet. Very unusual. Especially for my brother. "Brian!" I call. I look around the room.
"Brian!" I see that the computer is on, so I get out of bed and check it out. I tell myself that Brian probably just got up before me this time. A once in a lifetime thing, but it's possible.
The computer is on this gaming website that we love. The game's music is playing, the screen is paused, and in a square box it says "Player Two, Join Game."
I've never seen that before on this game. And I've been playing this game for about a year. I look around the room, and then click "Yes."
The "achievement" music plays, and swirls and sparkles appear on the screen. "Welcome, Player Two!" The man's voice says.
I place my hand firmly on the computer mouse, ready to rapidly fire tomatoes at the evil flowers-- and then suddenly I'm devoured by swirling wind and sparkles.
I suddenly realize, just before I disappear from the real world, that those aren't sparkles, but pixels.
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Short StoryJamie and Brian are brother and sister, video gaming obsessed siblings. Whenever they play video games with their friends, they always win, when they have free time-- they game. But when they get transported into a video game, all they want to do...
