Prologue Jedd Sermopolis= Age 15, has a little sister and is called the cool kid in school. There’s only one problem; the world might be taken over and it may have been because of him. Arthur Turbagawitz = Has discovered Braint Sager found his way out of the video game world. His mission? Find Braint and take him back where he belongs. Then he can rule the world outside of their video game. Larry Undersacky= Arthur’s sidekick. He can get very physical if he wants to. And to take over the world he’ll have to. Jenny Sermopolis= Jedd’s little sister and sidekick. Braint Sager= somehow came out of his video game world. Now he’s exploring everything around him because it’s so different, so not fun. But there are people who want to stop him. Bad people. Chapter one Braint’s Life “Time for school,” Braint’s mother shouted. Braint got out of bed and then yawned. It was going to be a long day. First he had to have military classes, then there would be lunch: candy and more candy. Briant was sick of candy! After that would be gym class with free swim for 2 hours. There would be water slides and diving boards. EWW! Briant wanted to learn something for a change. Like math or reading, but in this world you have nothing but fun. Sometimes he even wanted homework! But his parents forbade him to do so, which made him feel worse ” I want another life!!” he would shout that everyday and then he’d get the usual punishment: MORE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Briant needed a change. He needed something different, much different. That’s why one day he decided he’d go out and explore. Ever since a year ago, the announcers on TV would say don’t go to Black Hills. Briant loved exploring and looking for different rocks and bugs and just watching nature. It kept his mind off his life and how much fun it was. Anyway, in the Black hills he had heard some people say there was a creature, a huge one. Some had only seen his shadow and some never came back. Briant didn’t care about all those rumors; he just wanted to explore. So one day before dinner, Briant packed a candy cane and a sweater, then went for some real adventure. Chapter 2 Jedd’s allowance “Yes,” Jedd said. “Today will be my last allowance before I get the new video game.” He had been watching a lot of TV lately trying to catch some commercials about that video game. “Score,” he would say if one were on. Basically, in the video game, you always have fun. There was candy for breakfast, lunch and dinner; there was no learning fractions or decimals. It was just fun 24/7. How great would that be to have a life like that? On Wednesday, he took his little sister and his friends with him to get the video game. It was called FUN. “What an awesome name,” Jedd thought as he walked home. Once inside everyone started talking at once. Jedd had to shush them. “Okay, listen everyone. There are only 2 controllers so we’ll take turns playing. There are six of us. We’ll each play for 15 minutes and you guys all have to leave in an hour. We have plenty of time.” “Let the game begin,”called everyone. Jedd and his sister were up first to play. “Okay I’ll be this person. Wait, what’s his name? Briant? Chapter 3 Exploring Briant went through trees, over vines and under bridges for the next half hour. He was getting pretty tired but couldn’t sit anywhere; he had about 50 scratches and could already feel the poison ivy he stepped on before oozing in his skin. He itched his back then kept going. “How long before I find something interesting?” 15 minutes later he saw something. Tired Briant made a decision. “I’m going in.” He took a deep breath and trudged on. The air inside was very stuffy, like inside a train station but worse. Briant had never been inside a train station but he heard about it, crowds of people inside: tall, fat, short, thin. He shuddered at the thought. “Just keep walking, Briant,” he said to himself. “Keep walking.” The walls inside were very peculiar. They were vomit brown and had weird writing on them. Suddenly he saw a shadow, then he felt himself moving. Nooooooooo. He couldn’t talk; he was too afraid. His heart fell to his stomach. “What’s happening,” he said to himself? It was like a magnetic force pulling him. It was taking him somewhere. Where was he going? He prayed more and more. The news people were right. “I’m sorry. I love you so much mom and dad. Why didn’t I listen to you for once? I hate myself. Help, someone save me. Save meeeeeeeeee.” It pulled him away. Chapter 4 Addiction Jedd and his sister were still playing after 15 minutes. His friends left. Their last remark was, “Man, we’re out of here.” Jedd realized something. This game was an addiction. Like when you can’t stop smoking, the addiction was nicotine. “What’s addicting us?” he thought while he was playing. After an hour, Jedd made a decision. “Jenny, we have to stop playing. This game is addicting.” At this point Jedd was pulling his character Briant with a shadow. “This game looks too real,” he thought. It actually looked like Briant was real. Jedd shook his head and kept playing. “JENNY WE HAVE TO STOP PLAYING.” It was over two hours ago; they started level one and now they were in the beginning of level two. “Time for swimming,” he thought and pulled Briant onto a waterslide. Jedd was getting scared. Where were his thoughts going? “Ahhh I can’t think straight Helppppppppp.” But Jedd couldn’t stop playing and that was the end of that. Chapter 5 Waterslide The shadow somehow took Briant to a never-ending water slide. And I thought the walls were peculiar,” Briant laughed to himself. The water slide kept going. It was very dark inside with little holes of light streaming in. All Briant could depend on was his sense of touch. First the waterslide went straight down, leaving his stomach woozy and then it started curling up. “It’s like someone’s controlling me,” Briant thought but then shook the thought away because he knew it was silly. Then out of nowhere a voice came out. “Do what I say. Cross your legs and cross your arms on your chest.” Briant obediently did so. He was speeding up. It started to get lighter but somehow he knew the water slide wasn’t over yet. Parts of the slide were changing colors. It was like he was in a painting. “What’s happening, “ he yelled furiously. After a bit the shadow answered. He simply said, “Nothing.” Then Briant ended up somewhere. He saw 2 people playing a video game. They didn’t notice him standing there. Briant saw the boy was making something go on a slide. “But I was just on a slide.” The boy turned his head. “Hey, how the heck did you get out of the video game?” “I’m in a video game?” Briant asked. “What’s your name”? “I’m Briant, Briant Sager. Who are you”? “I’m Jedd and that’s my little sister Jenny. Jenny, say hi to Briant”. “Can’t talk Jedd, must win game.” “Jedd? Whose character is Jenny playing? “I think his name is Arthur.” “Oh my gosh!” What is it?” “That’s who it is in the Black Hills. Watch out!” Briant looked at the TV. Arthur looked like the shadow, and he spoke like it too. AHHHHH “Briant? WHO IS ARTHUR?” “H-h-h-he is the evil one and now that you made me come to life Jenny will make him come to life!” Jedd laughed. “You don’t understand, Jedd. He’s going to try to take over the world and kill us all because he doesn’t think our video game is enough and-“ “Where am I?” He was here. Chapter 6 The ruling “WHERE AM I? Answer me, you fools. I command you to!” Jenny finally caught back to attention. “You can’t command us!” She laughed. He thrust his sword at her. “Ahhhhhhh. Help Jedd, please!” Jedd got in front of Jenny and said, “You are in the real world, where not everything is a ball of fun.” Arthur ran to the door. “I shall take you a place to lock you up. Now, where is Larry? Larry?” “Enough!” Briant commanded. “Briant, is that you? I will lock you up too. Unless you want to join forces with me and rule the whole world. We will make another have fun world, you and I, and we’ll make the best town ever. We will vanquish all the mortals including you smart mouth boy and be the rulers of the land. What do you say?” “I say Sir Arthur the second, no. I say no because I don’t want t have fun anymore I’ve been stuck in our town for 16 years and I do not need anymore of this. I have been searching for the real world for a long time Sir Arthur as you know and I shall not let this place be fun!” Jedd snickered. “You guys talk funny.” “Silence you fool!” Arthur turned his attention back to Briant. “As you wish, Sir Briant but you- you peasant will wish you never said those words. You will be locked up and when I find Sir Larry we will take over this world and everything in it will be fun.” He looked at Briant when he said that. “Now tell me where to find Sir Larry or I shall not feed you when you get locked up.” There was silence in the room. “TELL MEEEEEE!” “Who’s Sir Larry?” Jenny bravely asked. Sir Arthur chuckled. “Why, he is the foulest person of the land, after me, of course.” He picked Jenny up and took her. “Very well then. I will use her as a hostage since no one will tell me any thing.” Jenny looked at Jedd with the most pleading eyes in the world. Jedd stood up. “I know how to get Larry,” he said. “Come here, boy,” motioned Arthur with his finger. “Tell me how.” “Only if you let my sister go.” “I will not let your sister go until you tell me.” “Then Sir Arthur, I will not tell you” “As you wish, Jedd,” Arthur replied and he took her away. Chapter 7 At Sir Arthur’s “Hi, little girl how old are you?” “7.” “I will teach you how to rule a world and then you will help me. We will have fun together.” Sir Arthur grinned. “I don’t want to have fun with you. I want to have my brother back. I want to go home without you and play the video game so you will disappear. There, I said it so can you just take me home and let me play in peace?” “I can not because you will have to help me rule the world. You will be my daughter. “I DON’T WANT TO BE YOUR DAUGHTER, I WANT TO GO HOME AND GET AWAY FROM YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!” “Now, now, little girl you will do that later. First I have to get someone to watch you while I get the others away of your house. Then you can go home and help me get my minion. Mwahahahaha.” “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH,” Jenny screamed. He did get someone to watch Jenny all right. It was an old grandmother who never let anyone leave her sight . She was very strong so she would pick you up and kiss you every 5 minutes. When Sir Arthur finally came back the sky was velvet and the stars twinkled under the fuzz. It was a beautiful sight to everyone but Jenny. Chapter 8 Amazing= a maze “ I wonder where Jenny is,” Jedd said. They were inside a horse’s stable and Jedd was lying down looking at nothing. What a way to spend a Saturday morning. Jedd and Briant had been here since last night when Sir Arthur broke in and used his invisibility power to get them out of the house. He pushed them unexpectedly and when he did they would jump and he’d push them more. It was a very vicious cycle that would not end. “I wonder where Arthur is. He probably already gave Jenny the you- will –be –my- daughter- and- help- me pep talk. It’ll get her scared and then he’ll take her back to your house, make her play the video game and use Sir Larry’s character; the only thing that’s stopping Arthur from ruling the world this minute is not having his sidekick or minion whatever you want to call it, around.” “So then what do we do?” “Somehow we have to get out of these maze of stables- which I don’t think is possible - and then we have to get back to your house and put the game somewhere that Arthur can’t find.” “But how will we get out of this stable? It’s locked.” “I can manage that part.” Briant used his heat vision and they were out. “Wow! Okay, now do you have a special power to get out of mazes?” “Not that I know of,” Briant said. Jedd sighed. At least they were getting a start. “Now you see that opening right there?” “Yea!!!!” “That’s not a real opening; that’s a mirror. Arthur made a maze with his powers so whenever you see an opening, tell me. All you do is look at the mirror and go the opposite way but if we miss the real opening then we’re trapped. “Hey look! I see an opening over there.” “Ok ,we have to go the opposite way.” “I like you, Briant , you’re easy to talk to. Want to be friends?” “I’ve never had a friend before Jedd. Sure I’ll be your friend!” “Cool!” “Well we’d better get back to work.” “Yeah.” Chapter 9 Getting home… with Sir Arthur “Now my dear Jenny, in a few days we will get to your house and play the video game but right now I shall make a plan. What will I do when I’m king? Will you help me?” Jenny shook her head. “Very well then. I shall be king on my own and you will be my maid. Now maid, go get me some apple juice, papa’s thirsty.” Jenny ran hurriedly, happy to get away from the evil one. “Now,” Sir Arthur thought, “once I get sir Larry I will take everyone together, then I’ll make every mortal disappear. I don’t have as so much time as before so I shall do it right. I have two choices: take Jenny with me or not. Well, to get Sir Larry out of the game I shall but when that is over I shall lock her up with her foolish brother and the anti- fun Briant. This plan will do, it shall do very well. ha ha ha ha. Now WHERE IS MY APPLE JUICE YOU FOOLISH MAID?!!!!!” “I don’t know where you keep it.” “At the store, where you will by me everything else. Now shoo, Papa has to do some thinking. I shall win this battle. I have to get this video game soon or somehow Briant will get it. He is a very clever troublemaker. I SHALL WIN THIS BATTLE WITH SIR LARRY! And if I dare not? Well, we’ll be seeing some new minions…. And a knife for Jenny’s throat!” Chapter 10 A Giant Sir Larry “Ok Briant ,we’ve been to a hundred openings which are really riddles. Where is the right one? I’m getting tired.” “I will help you.” “Who was that?” “I am the wall talker. I speak the riddles. If you want to get out ask me. I am the best riddle maker in Typhoonya.” “Briant?” “Yeah Jedd?” “Ummmm what’s Typhoona?” “I don’t know, Jedd.” “Typhoonye is the country you are in right now.” “Um, well how did we get sent here Mr.- NO Sir- WAIT it’s Mr. right? “I am Son Of Baselly, the ruler of the land and how you got here? By Sir Arthur. Who are you?” “I’m Briant and his this is Jedd now can we have the riddlle already?” “Tic Toc goes the box, The key will be inside some socks, You find this box blended in with a mirror Then take the key and be the hero.” “But wait a second. How will we find the box if it’s blended in with the mirror?” Jedd asked. “Yeah and where is the sock?” Briant asked. The sock is in the box. That is all I can answer. Now I have got to go take a rest. This is all up to you. Be the hero or be the slave of Sir Arthur’s new country. That is all; good-bye and your welcome. “Ok Briant, so I guess we should go to each mirror and look to see if the box is there. I guess it’s worth a try.” Suddenly something came. “What was that Briant?” “It’s a…. giant,” Briant said. Suddenly he knew who it was. Then he felt a pulling. “Nooooooooooooooo,” Briant said. Sir Arthur was pushing us. Somehow he got Jenny to play the game again and that Giant was….. “Sir Larry?” And suddenly Jedd and Briatn were back in their stables – they were with someone. Someone who didn’t look 15 like Jedd did or 16 like Briant and that someone was….. Jenny. Chapter 11 Using “They used me. They just used me to play that stupid game that you bought Jedd. It’s all your fault.” Jenny started punching Jedd. He didn’t care though; he wanted her to get out all her sadness and how mad she was so they could figure out how to escape. Jenny was a strong girl and to Jedd, the punches hurt… a lot. It felt like getting a tooth ripped out at the dentist. Once all her sobs disappeared he asked Jenny the magic question. “What were they planning to do Jenny?” Jedd asked. “Well, if they didn’t win the battle they were going to get more, I think he called them minions, and then he said he would stick a sword in my throat.” “They can’t do that,” Jedd protested. Briant leaned in close to Jedd’s ear and whispered, “Actually he can because remember, he has invisibility powers. He can just swoop Jenny away and we’ll never see her again. But besides, even if he does it’s not like we have anything else to lose. I mean I know you like your sister and all but the whole world can die because of us.” “Well, what are we going to do then?” “Will you guys stop whispering?” Jenny asked. Jedd looked at Briant and he shrugged. “Jenny, can you go play with your………. hair,” Jedd asked? “Ok.” **** “Ok Jedd, so we know we’re in a different country and once we find a key somewhere here, something will happen. And in addition to that we also know this is a matter of life and death.” Jedd nodded miserably and then looked at Jenny with a sad face. “We have to win this battle Briant. For Jenny.” “For Jenny.” “For me,” Jenny said. Jedd and Briant looked at her with a surprised face. Was she listening? Chapter 12 THE PLAN “Ok, sir Larry, all we have to do is seize the girl, then those boys will give themselves up. We’ll have 2 butlers and a maid. How does that sound Larry? Oh and how about if they hide the girl we’ll take precious Briant who knows all about getting out of these places. Yes, why not?” chuckled Arthur. Chapter 13 The key in the socks in the box They looked at every mirror. They knew that key was better than the opening; it just seemed like it. It seemed like it would take them home but if they went to the opening they’d be lost. “Guys, I found the key, I actually found it! It’s going to take us to our house again! We’re going home! Jedd and Briant we’re finally going home!!!! Thank you wall talking person, thank you!!!!!” Jenny squealed. The boys and girl huddled around and they were sent back to their house. They played the video game and sent Sir Arthur and Briant back because even though he didn’t like his life, he said he’d learn to appreciate it. It was “all’s well that ends well.” And today was the day their mom and dad were getting back from vacation. There was only one problem: Jedd, Briant and Jenny didn’t send Sir Larry back in the game but they undid the batteries and threw it out so Sir Larry wouldn’t go back in. How would they explain him to their parents? January 2nd Dear Briant, Jedd and Jenny You’re welcome Yours truly, Wall- talking person (A.K.A the son of Baselly)