Dimension Jumpers (Patricia's POV)

Prologue

Just so everyone knows, this story is ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Writing a story takes a lot of effort and it would be terrible if someone took it away from me. This story is owned by my friends and I ONLY.  

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I was lying on my clamshell bed, powdering my cheeks, as I listened to my favorite love song when all of a sudden there was a blinding pillar of light. Sparks flew toward me and I was scared that they would burn my skin (that would leave nasty bumps) but soon the light dissipitated into the form of a boy...

Oh he was so handsome! Cute! Hot! My heart pounded as I took in the sight of him. His unruly brown hair flattered his warm brown eyes. And his smile, oh his smile.

I was still taking him in when he brought me out of my thoughts. "Come with me Patricia," his low voice contained a bit of sternness but it was also kind and understanding.

"OK," I answered. What else could I do, he was cute! I couldn't just say no to him. He was cute and I was bored, I had nothing to do... but now there was an opportunity to actually do something. And with a handsome boy no less (Just wait until I tell Mother! She'd be so proud of me that she'd let me finally bring me to the makeup spa!). "I'll come,"I said, and with that I got up and dusted off my dress. "Oh and just BTW, what's your name?"

"Bobby" he said as he grabbed my hand tightly. This sent a tingle up my spine. "Hold on tight."

"Of course" I looked at him innocently (I hoped I looked cute!) "I'd never let goooooo."

He was silent for a minute or so, his expression blank "Hold your breath" I almost jumped when his voice broke the silence.. Hold my breath for what? I thought, but before I could ask why he jolted our hands upward. I felt a rush of warmth, the nauseous feeling you get when you're on a roller coaster, and then we appeared in a weird looking land made of only sand; no water, no nothing. Why were we here? Could this be why he told me to hold my breath? Where were we? Is this what it's like to be out of water? So many questions filled my head, but then one thought made me forget my confusion. He must be taking me on a romantic adventure! I looked up at his chocolate brown eyes, but before I could thank him, I fell to the ground

I started wheezing heavily. What was going on? Why couldn't I breathe? My eyes started to tear up, my gills started contracting, making my neck throb. My head started pounding as if I was getting a huge migraine and my vision started swimming, but not in a good way.

I was about to faint from airheadedness (which might not have been too bad since Bobby would've had to catch me) when I felt a cool wind in my mouth. My vision was clearing! Phew, for a second I thought that Bobby wouldn't have caught me, and my dress would've gotten all dirty. I felt a cold piece of metal on my gills. Weird, I could feel them closing up. Wait that's a bad thing! What's happening!

"Bobby, what's going on, my gills are going away!" I asked, my hand rubbing my neck where now there was only a little bump of puckered teal looking skin. There were no longer slits on the side of my neck, just some itchy blue skin. Right below them was a small green square of metal. It was really ugly, but at least green looked good on me.

"I put a small device on your neck. It will help you breathe while you're not underwater, just make sure that you take it off before you go back into it. I looked down at the ugly piece of metal, twisting my head in an awkward position in order to see it correctly. I realized that Bobby had just saved my life! I wouldn't have been able to breathe without him there to help me. I smiled a little to myself. He cared! I mean, he wouldn't have saved my life if he didn't, right??? I started thinking about what dress I should wear tomorrow, when a thought occurred to me.

"Wait a sec. Are we going to stay here for more than a day?" I asked, "but wait I don't have any clothes or makeup or.. or... anything!" I still had my little compact for applying powder, but that wasn't enough! I scratched the little patch of scales on the back of my hand, a little- no a lot nervous about how I was going to impress Bobby now. I wouldn't look amazing, I would just look pretty. Not even pretty, maybe just look good. That wouldn't be OK, I had to look the best I could!

"You'll be staying here for awhile, I have to go really soon, but I guess I have to wait for Allura so you won't be alone when I leave." He seemed a little uncomfortable that he would have to stay with me for more time than needed, but I was confused, why wouldn't he want to stay here with me? I thought he liked me.

"Umm... wait, you're leaving?" I tried to hide it, I really did, but I was a little sad that we had only a few minutes together. I really liked spending time with him. My sadness still crept into my voice when I asked a random question that had just popped into my brain, "What am I doing here anyway?" 

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I'm sorry if this was too cringy. I want it to be somewhat cringy in a good way, but if it's a bad cringy please tell me what you don't like about it and which parts you think I should try to improve upon. Thanks!!!

Also, My friends and I are writing this book in each of the girls' POV. Patricia's, Vexa's, and Allura's. This one is in Patricia's but if you would rather read it in a different characters POV (maybe one less girly) you should check out the other two books (both on my account). You may like them more!

~Tasha