Sunday, June 3, 2007

wentz in wonderland chapter six
chapter six: caterpillers and magic mushrooms

pete had followed the faint smoke through the woods. the smoke he noticed had become thicker and was varying in color. pete had followed the smoke to the edge of a clearing but hadn't yet ventured into it. with pete being only three inches tall he was worried what sort of creatures he would encounter. pete stood waiting just outside the clearing in a bunch of shrubs and bushes listening for any danger. when there was none to be found pete shrugged and moved into the clearing.

pete was surrounded by dark earth and mushrooms the size of himself. pete could now see what creature was emitting the smoke. there sitting on one of the large mushrooms was his friend and fellow band mate joe trohman.

"joe?" pete said out of pure surprise as he stepped fully into the clearing. "whose asking?" joe said in one of those stereotypically rich sounding voices. "joe it's me peter" pete said as he walked up to his friend. joe eyed him warily as he took a puff off the pipe he held. "petah? i don't know any petah." joe said as he blue the thick blue smoke out of his mouth. the smoke pete noticed had taken the shape of the name petah and the word now hung in the air.

joe didn't recongize him and pete should've know that because ryan and andy hadn't recongized him either. while pete stood there thinking joe looked on still smoking his pipe. "hey joe, do you know anyway i can grow taller?" pete asked his smoking friend. joe thought for a moment "do you know anyway a alligator can have less teeth?" he asked as light green smoke poured from him and into the shape of an alligator.

ok obviously this joe get's high too pete thought to himself as he watched the smoke alligator dance above his head. pete sighed and shifted a little as he waited for something resembling a real answer to his question. when one didn't come pete asked again "so can you help me?" joe watched pete while he took another hit off his pipe.

"because i really don't want to stay this size" pete told him as he took a seat on a nearby squishy mushroom. "what's so wrong with this size?" joe asked pete as if he had offended him. "no, well i mean it's ok for you to be this size but not me" pete fumbled out while he continued to watch the darkily colored smoke pictures dance above joe's head.

"not good enough for you?" joe said "i suppose you think your better then the rest of us?" he spat out at pete. joe's words copied by the dark red smoke. pete could tell this conversation was getting worse by the second and his chance to get information from joe was falling apart.

"that's not what i meant. i mean your used to being this size and me i'm used to being bigger"
pete told the obviously angry joe. "so just because i'm this size means that you can insult me!" joe yelled. "no, i-" pete began but was cut off by joe. "you think you can come into my clearing while i'm enjoying a nice smoke and demand that i help you get taller because you hate being the same size as me!" joe was now standing and yelling a cloud of dark smoke shifted over his head.

"i didn't demand anything i-" pete tried once again to talk and once again joe interrupted him. "i'm leaving!" joe annouced as he grabbed his pipe and began to walk away. pete said nothing to stop him and gave up on getting any help from his warped friend. joe was almost out of the clearing when he shouted back a message for pete. "if this small you don't want to be stuck, try taking a bite of what's under your butt!" he yelled at pete.

pete sat for a moment trying his best to understand joe's cryptic message. "what's under my butt" pete looked down to see the mushroom he was sitting on. "that's got to be it!" pete said as he leaped off his newly found treasure. pete decided to break off two pieces of the mushroom one from each side.

pete held the two pieces in his hand but didn't taste either of them yet. he was a bit wary as to why joe would help him after he had made him so angry. perhaps the mushrooms were poisoned? pete quickly pushed that thought out of his mind as he took a bite of the first piece of mushroom.

instantly pete felt his body grow and he looked down to see that his feet were a million miles away. he had grown too large and his head was now in the tree tops. a bird noticed pete's presence and attacked him thinking that he was a monster of some kind. inbetween getting attacked by the bird pete managed to take a bite of the second piece of mushroom. before he could do much of anything he was once again three inches tall.

pete comprismised by taking a small lick of the first piece of mushroom. he grew again this time to his normal size. elated pete put the mushroom pieces into his pocket for later use. now his normal size pete once again set off into the woods and once again not knowing exactly where he was going.

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