Chapter 3: Kansas Is Long Gone, Dorothy!
As James slept, he had an odd dream. One of unusualness, that even he couldn't explain. First, he was lying in bed with his dog, Charlie. Then, as he sat up, he saw that the window was open. Looking out, he saw Professor Wonder rocking in a rocking chair... in a dress. Shocked, he rubbed his eyes in a attempt to see if he was hallucinating. It looked as though he wasn't, for he saw his two cousins rowing a boat.
Looking out the window, James saw objects flying all around. Looking down, he saw the swirling vortex below him. At first, he was afraid that he would fall out of the house. Then, he sees a small village at the bottom, as if it was a TV Screen. It showed a world full of ponies. It interested him for the ponies looked like they were preventing evil from taking over, weird adventures of time travel, strange physics, and more.
Suddenly, dark smoke started to come towards him, as he leaned over. He leaned in closer, when suddenly, lightning strikes. Surprised, he falls over and goes down the twisted tube, hearing maniacal laughter as he fell over, deeper and deeper. Soon, he was within reach for the dark smoke. It reaches out to grab him....
Snapping awake, James finds himself inside his house, in his bed...on the ceiling. Looking in front of him, he sees Charlie sitting there. "What happened?" "You and the house got caught in a twister.", Charlie said, adding, "As well as I". James did a whoops smile, adding "Sorry," to his sentence. He sighed, wondering what to do. "Charlie, did you check the scanners?" He said, starting to get dressed. "Yes but-." Charlie started. James stopped, then looked at Charlie. "But what Charlie?" "We aren't on Wonder Island James. We're not even on Earth I think." he said. James allowed the news to sink in, before he whooped in joy. "Hahahaha! Charlie, do you know what this means?" Charlie shook his head, then James picked him up. "We're free from Professor Wonder. I'm free to do my own science experiments, you're free to go anywhere. We're free to do almost anything we want." he said, with a smile.
He sighed, then said, "But that now means that I'm even farther away from my family." Both were sad at that point. "They may even think that I'm dead." he said, with a pause. Charlie's head slung down as he whined. "Don't worry, I think we can make something for this new world." James said. He then got up, finishing his dressing. He was dressed in a t-shirt, a pair of jeans, a sweat jacket, and his favorite pair of shoes. He then looked over the place. "Since I now have the rest of the day off, how about re-modeling this place?" he said with a smile.
Charlie responded by wagging his tail. He really liked the idea. James walked to the front of the house, only to find a hole where the window was. And instead, the front door was there. Climbing up to the front door, he opens it to see that Charlie was right, he wasn't on Wonder Island anymore. Instead, he was in a forest, in some kind of natural clearing, but doesn't know where (or when, if he time traveled) he was. He looked up to see that the sky was a lot bluer than before ( if it was possible). He then looked around his yard to see the broken cars and some parts from the twister experiment. He then climbed out and looked over his house.
The place was upside down, but it looked good on his white house. The ground was ripped out of the ground (from the island) and stuck to his house. The basement was down below, but the roof was stuck in the ground. James looked at Charlie, then said, "I think we'll need to renovate." Charlie said, "I agree." James placed on his construction helmet, and then gave Charlie his helmet. He then pulled out the remote, and pressed the button. Soon Construction Bots (not Construction Drones like the Test girls inventions) came out, as James smiled. He then his own tools and started to help build, as they worked on the house.
A Few Hours Later...
The house was re-modified to appear upside-down and broken. It wasn't for it was fixed to support itself, and re-fixed so the rooms were right-side up, (Except the living room, and Attic. They weren't completely re-done).
"Well, we did it Charlie. Only took a couple of hours, some re-inventing of several of my Construction Bots, and some hard work full of blood and sweat." "But, mostly sweat.", Charlie said. James looked at Charlie, smiled at him, then back at the house and nodded. All of a sudden, there was a thunderclap, and a flash. Then after that three magnets fell from the sky. That's when James remembered what to do. "Time to hide." James said, dragging the magnets inside.
Basement, an hour and a half later...
James placed the three magnets underground in his basement, adding the last adjustment, then turned them on. That's when all physics shifted to Mystery Spot-like physics. All pegasi started avoiding the spot as well as birds. The tall trees started growing a little larger. The smaller ones leaned in toward the house. James stepped out, glad that he got everything fixed. "Now that our homemade cloaking device is finished, let's go exploring.", James said, with a smile.
Thus, it began...