Young Writers Society

To my surprise, my body landed on something super soft and furry. I could feel beads of sweat pouring down my face, I was still petrified with fear.

"You can open your eyes now weirdo." I heard the girl's annoyed tone. " I wasn't intending to save you for the second time, but little Pip didn't want to turn you into a pancake."

My eyes shot open, "Pip? Who's Pip?"

A little whimper came from the fluffy thing I was lying on.

Startled, I jumped off of it, stumbling down to the grassy ground below. "What the..."

Standing in front of me was a huge ball of fluff. It didn't look like a living being at all, though, it did remind me of an oversized sky blue pompom. It was at least twice as tall as me!

The girl peeked down from it and grinned, "This is Pip, my fluffy baby!" She said hugging the big ball of fluff, it gave another low whimper, like a puppy. I couldn't see its eyes, mouth or at least its legs.

Most of my limbs were still aching, but I managed to get up. "Is that thing alive?"

"How rude!" She snapped pretending to cover the 'thing's ears, "he saved your life! Of course, he's alive!"

She quickly jumped off of the creature's back and marched towards me balling up her hands into fists.

"Oh, so you think I'm a crazy girl who talks to inanimate objects! I'll show you who's crazy,"

She stood right in front of me as if she was going to punch me in the face. That's when I realized that she was super short. She was no taller than my shoulder.

"Er," I scratched the back of my head trying to figure out what exactly was going on. "Sorry, but I'm really confused."

"Are you now? Is it because I look small and feeble! Do you think I can't take you down on my own?" She asked folding the sleeves of her white tunic. "I may look small, but trust me you don't wanna awaken the devil inside me."

"Whoa," I said raising my hands in the air, " Can you please stop that already. I'm confused because this isn't the world I belong."

"Oh wow." She said gazing at me with curious eyes, "I don't have to do anything to prove you're crazy, you just proved it yourself!"

The ball of fluff slowly moved towards her making strange puppy noises.

"What's the matter Pip, you hungry?" She asked slowly rubbing the creature's head.

"Listen, thanks for saving me."

"Yeah, whatever." She said patting the creature. "Thanks for almost killing me. I must go now though, gotta feed my little fluff ball."

"You might just call me crazy again, but I'm really not from this world," I said trying to sound serious as possible. "I mean look at my clothes, they're really different than yours!"

She snorted with laughter, "Well yeah, I mean you're a guy and I'm a girl. We dress differently. It's no big deal." She said bending down to wipe off dirt from her black leggings and wooly boots.

This girl's impossible! she's crazy.

"Listen, even if you are from another world or something, I just don't care," she said climbing onto her pet. "I mean it's no big deal, it's not like you're gonna be the savior of this world or anything."

"That's it, I'm just going to find someone who's more understandable. I'm done talking with you!" I snapped as my face started to grow hot.

"Yeah, good luck with that," she said patting Pip, "they'll just kill you. On the bright side, that's one way to get out of this world right?"

"Wait, why would they do that?"

"Anything new is bad." She said heaving a sigh, her bubbly tone disappearing,"change is bad, you don't want to get in the way of my people whiny man."

"The name's Matt," I said following Pip as it started to trot away. "Why do they think it's bad...I mean not all new things are bad."

"Listen, I saved you." She said peeking down, "but that doesn't mean you can follow me. So just, shoo!"

I scowled, "Seriously?" 

"Shoo, shoo!" She said shaking her hand in front of her, "don't get me into more trouble, please."

I stopped, staring at the ground. "Sorry," I muttered. I kept forgetting how much I annoyed other people. I always ended up being a burden to everyone. Even to my own family.

Now I was just annoying a random girl.

A moment ago, I was desperate to get back home, but now I just felt as if I don't even have a place to call home anymore. The one person I cared about was gone, and my disappearance would be great news for my father.

After all, he always thought I was a mistake.

I shoved my hands into my pockets, staring at the strange sky. No matter where I end up, I would always be an unwanted midget.

"Hey, I was expecting you to put up that teary face again!" The girl's bubbly voice broke into my thoughts.

I stared at her blankly, waiting for her to say something stupid.

"I know I just shooed you," she said staring at the ground, "but you can come along if you want to."

"Why the sudden change of plans?" I asked folding my arms.

"Well, one; you look like a sad little baby who's all alone in a strange world," she said tapping her chin with her finger. "Well, technically you are. And two I need someone to help me grab some fruit for Pip."

"Won't I get you into trouble?" I asked walking towards Pip.

She grinned and tapped Pip, signing it to stop. "It won't if they don't see you. No one really comes to this part of the woods, so I you're safe. So what'd ya say?"

"I don't have a choice now do I?" I asked climbing onto the creature's back.

She nodded trying to avoid eye-contact for some reason.

"Er, so where are we going?"

"If you're really from another world," she said gripping hold of the creature's fur, "don't you think your family might be missing you?"

Her tone was plain as if she suddenly turned into some kind of a robot.

Her question hurt me more than I thought it would.

Why did she ask something like that?

Pip broke the awkward silence by letting out another whine, but this time it sounded more like a terrified whimper.

"We gotta move," the girl muttered. "You'd better hold on tight."

Before I could ask anything, the ground beneath us began to shake, making a strange rumbling sound.

Quickly, I grabbed onto Pips fur to prevent myself from falling down.

"Pip, run!" The girl commanded eyeing the ground suspiciously as if something might pop out of it any moment.

Something told me, this was just the beginning of something super bad.