Light Lamp Town

Today was a okay day. NO! I take that back, today is a strange day. I was on my normal walk ( run ) past the famous bridge. I live in New York and that bridge was just past Central Park. I looked below to see if there were any tropical fish in the river. Bang! I bumped my head on the rails and I plunged into the water. 

Where was I, I thought. 

I didn't seem to be getting wet. I looked around and realized I was upside down. I was floating. The buildings were plain brown all around me. The air smells like oil so I could hardly breathe. The sky is pink with purple dots. The people are half animal - half people. A sign says 'Light Lamp Town'

What was this strange 'Light Lamp Town' place?

"Who are you?" growled a man - animal thingy in the upside down, floating street. He seemed to appear out of nowhere. 

"I'm... Actually I have no idea," I confessed.

That was a huge mistake. The man - animal thingy took me to the worst thing that could happen. I had to meet the Queen. The Queen had ginormous ears, bigger than my feet! She also had a grumpy look on her face. I was scared. The man - animal thingy kneeled on one knee.

"Your majesty, we have ( glancing at me ) someone who doesn't know what is she," said the man - animal thingy to the Queen.

The Queen glared at him. "And, Patter, who is this she," Her voice was growly, like a dog. 

"Um... Here is she," Patter said nervously, stepping aside to make room for me. 

I felt my cheeks get hot as I bowed.

"Oh my, who are you?" squeaked the Queen.

"I'm Caitlin and I'm a human," I squeaked back.

"We have never had a real human come in a long, long, long time," growled the Queen, then she shook her head and shaked her fist at me, "Humans are and also mean a lot of trouble,"

The way she said 'trouble' was sickening. Patter widened his eyes. I could hear him whisper 'not the guards' under his breath. The Queen rang a bell and 10 man - animal thingy's came immediately to her. I glance at Patter. He gulped. They had to be guards. 

"Guards ( I was right ), attack that girl and throw her in prison!" ordered the Queen. "Patter, you are going to be my witness, so stay here," said the Queen in a nasty tone. The guards marched towards me. I had to do something. And I did. I ran.

I ran out of the palace and into the palace gardens. I knew that from my project on space, that if you kick your legs than you can move faster. I kicked my legs and also flapped my arms to make me go faster. I turned to see the guards following me. I kicked harder and I almost performed a perfect back flip. It was lucky I had leggings and not a skirt. Actually, I did have a mini-dress on so that counts. I turned for a split second and realized the guards were on my tail. I spotted an upside down tree and hid in it ( which was hard when you're floating ). The guards slipped past me. Without them on my trail, I had no idea what to do. Well first on my list, Was a portal to home of course. I was so caught up in my thoughts that I didn't notice the guards coming back. They were muttering among themselves. 

"What are we going to say to The Queen!?!"  

"Nothing,"

"Guys..."

"How about we forget about this stupid thing???"

"I know! We could run away!" 

"GUYS! Look," shouts one, with glasses and a humongous beard. 

All the guards turn to see me while I was deep in thought. I heard a noise but I thought it was nothing. Soon a tough one stepped out and grabbed me, then he stomped the ground and a hole formed. He threw me in and stomped the ground. Then all the man - animal thingy's crackled. They had closed the hole. And I was falling inside.

"Help! Someone!" I shrieked. 

I fell on some hard ground. I stood up and dusted myself. 

This had to be the prison, I thought. 

I looked around and realized there were tunnels leading everywhere. I took a tunnel to my right and I looked around. This was the same. Only it had a small window. I could hear voices up above. I knew up above that this was the Queen's palace. I realized that maybe the Queen had some priceless information. I pressed my ear on the wooden ceiling. I could only just reach it. 

"Yes, Yes, Yes, Thank god we don't have that horrid human in the castle but in the prison," the Queen was saying ( My ears practically had steam come out of them on the last part ). 

I spotted a rat and toppled over. I plunged into the floor. I jumped into the ground and popped back out. Back into home. New York.

What was that? I thought. But then I realized there had been a tiny fairy painting on the floor.

Everything was normal. In one way, I missed the Light Lamp Town place but then again I missed home. I was standing on the bridge. But next time, maybe I'd take a different route on my walk or not fall into the water again. Well not for a long time. 

The End