Normal day

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Madison's P.O.V

Martha stumbled downstairs. I looked up from my iPad. "The bad-ass finally wakes up! Defender of the innocent and-" she walks over and steals my glasses off my head. I giggle and try to get them as she holds them over her head. "You know mom doesn't allow cussing in this house." She smirked. I jumped higher and managed to snatch my glasses out of her hand. I slipped them back on, and the world became clear again.

I playfully slapped her shoulder and returned to my seat. "Then I'll just have to tell mom you cuss 10 times on a normal basis." I said, an innocent smile on my face. Martha rolled her eyes and opened the closet.

After a breakfast of pop tarts, I headed upstairs to put some clothes on. I settled for a guns and roses t-shirt, army shorts, and my torquoise hiking boots. I ran a brush through my dirty blond hair. I glanced at my watch. 8:10. I had to hurry in order to catch the bus! I ran down the stairs and heaved my backpack on. It was stocked full of books, so it weighed like 40 pounds. Martha was also dresses and grabbing her backpack. She walked to her school, while I took the bus to mine. We waved at each other and headed to our opposite directions.

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I hopped off the bus and started home. Another boring day and nothing productive.

The door was still locked when I got there. Weird. Martha normally beats me home. "Martha?" I called when I got in. Nothing. I dropped my backpack and heard my phone. I pulled it out and saw I missed a call from Martha. I clicked speaker and then pressed on the voicemail.

"Hi Maddy. I got stuck in detention with a couple of other kids. We're supposed to take staples out of magazines in the storage room. We've already been here for an hour. Mom's still got her case to worry about, so can you come at around 6ish? I'm not allowed to leave by myself. Oops, gotta go. The Spencer kid wants me to play a video game. Bye."

It ended. I shrugged and pulled out my homework.

At 6ish

I walked up the steps to the high school. I was only there once before, but I was able to find my way to the storage room (eventually). It was filthy, and there were three bins full of still-stapled magazines. What have they been doing, taking out the staples every hour? "Martha!" I called out. No answer. I noticed an old TV set in the back of the room. It had a screen on that read 'Jumanji! Press to start.' I walked over. They must have been playing this. Maybe I can play to.' I figured they must be at the bathroom or something. I grabbed a remote and pressed a random button.

The character selection came up:

Jefferson 'Seaplane' McDanough- Pilot/Rascal
Franklin 'Moose' Finbar- Zoology Expert/Weapons
Dr. Smolder Bravestone- Archeologist explorer
Professor Shelly Oberon- Cartographer/ curvy genius
Ruby Roundhouse-Killer of men
Jessica Wildcard- Wild recluse/ weapons expert

All the characters were filled in except for the Jessica one. I clicked on that one and pressed 'start'.

I hear drums fill the room. I couldn't tell were they were coming from. Then the tv started sparking and shorting out. I tried reaching to pull the plug but strangely, it was already lying on the floor.

I suddenly felt this tingling feeling traveling up my arms. I looked down, and I saw my hand start to vaporate. I screamed, but it just got faster, until my whole body was gone. Then, I must have passed out or something.

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