Topsy-Turvy

[Apollo]

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My life was normal once. I had a house, a car, and a great job that I was good at. But, one day in my life made it go upside down. It went topsy-turvy. I was always on the same schedule:
5:30- wake up call. I take a shower and get dressed. I would leave, go to work and stop hackers, then home with dinner by myself and sleep. I was happy, but it all changed in one day. . .

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It started when my car wouldn't start in the parking lot at my job, which was weird. I had always done the work on my cars myself. There was nothing wrong with this one except it sometimes got stuck in third but that was a gear problem and not the point. So I had no choice but to walk. I didn't mind it but. . .I kept feeling like I was being followed.
Of course I had turned around to check. But, no one was there that seemed to be following me. I stayed turned for a moment longer before facing my way home.Then once more I felt it. So I went off the main part of the sidewalk to get some food from a hotdog vendor. "Hi" A teenager about 16 with black hair and red eyes (which I know should have freaked me out but I thought they were contacts.) He waved like he had no care in the world.
"Can I help you?" I asked looking puzzled. This was some one new and weird, which was not my way.
"Well. . .yeah ya can. . ." H elooked down nervously and seemed to be shy about saying it. "But. . ."
" Well spit it out boy."
"I need your help to save this world and mine." He seemed hopeful with red, puppy dog eyes. Of course I was confused and I showed it. ". . .huh?"

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"Did you not hear me?"
"N o I heard." I nodded and bought two hotdogs. "I just don't believe you" Then the sad face came. "You start that look and you'll be sorry." I turned and started walking home again. But the kid began following me. "What do you want?" I stopped walking and turned to him.
"I need you help. . ."
"I heard that and I already told you I don't believe you." He raised his hand. O my god, I thought to myself.
"I have a question."
"What is it?"
"Is it true the only love you have is your work?" Now it was getting creepeir It was an exact quote I had said to the man interviewing me not even a week ago.
"Where did you hear that?" My face went whiet I'm sure. My hands shook so I clenched them to keep still.
The boy stared for a bit and then answered. "I know more about you than you do. I'll tell you everything I know if you come with me." He began to back up. Those who know me say I'm to curious for my own good, so of course I followed him.

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"Where are we going?" I asked.
"Well follow me and find out." He winked as he turned around then faced forward. To this day I still hate my curiosity. The boy stopped at the back of an alley and this was where I got freaked out to follow.
"Wait, where are you going?" he yelled after me.
"Home"
"O yes. You musy need to pick something up. How stupid of me." He waved his hand and smacked his head. "Duh!"
I nodded and smiled uneasily. "Yeah. . .I'll be back. So stay here and wait." He nodded and sat down crossed-legged to do just that.

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One question kept haunting me when I went home. Is he still there? My mind wuold always wander back to it. Then my question would pop in my head. Does he think I'm coming back? I wonder if he IS still there? That's not bad right? Means he won't bug me anymore. . .
Once I did get home I set my clock so I would have enough time to walk to work instead of driving. Or at least until I got my car fixed. Is he. . .no he can't be. I slept with only waking a few times until my alarm woke me with a start.

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I walked by the alley slowly on my way to work and he was still sitting there. . .smiling even. . ."Hiya!" He waved to me using his whole arm. . .as if I didn't see him already. "You ready to go yet?" I sighed and shook my head. "O. . .ok come back when you are. . ." He dropped his hands to his sides and began to meditate on the ground. My god this guy's a nut case!

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After work I finally cracked and went into th alley. "If your from some other world thenhow do you expect to get back?" I crossed my arms, proud I had thought of something to say.
"The door of course." The boy stood and walked five feet from where he had been moments before. He picked up a pipe and hit the wall. . .hard. . .and it was loud.
"What did you do that for! Your just making noise."
"And that noise will tell my sister, who is where we live, to open the door." We stood there for another second before there was a thump from the other side of the wall.
"Yeah . . .that's not creepy, not at. . . " Now is where I started freaking out. A door pops out of nowhere. . .like an old dungeon door and he walkes up opens it and a girl is standing there. "Whose that?"
"Her? O that's my sis. . .her name's Jesse. . .and I'm Jack. . .you know. . .now that I think about it we don't know your name. . ."
"No need right now." So we went through. . .I still think I should have run. . .

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Stepping through a door may not seem like a big deal but when you step into the place I did and see what I saw. . .then you'll get why it is. Because you'll see the sky on the ground and the ground in the sky. . .ok lemme explain that.
The ground was non-existent. We walked on something yes but it was blue like the sky and changed when a cloud went under your feet. You looked up and you'd see this. . . ground over head. Sometimes there would be grass and sometimes rock but you get what I mean.
As I looked around I noticed that there was light.How the heck? "How is it light if there is a ground up there?" I pointed up and scratched my head.
"Noooo. . . that's the sky. . . Thats' the ground." He pointed at my feet. "What weird is your light comes from your sky where as we get it from the ground."
"Yeah not weird at all." Jack nodded and started walking. I looked at the ground and saw him a ways off with his sister so I ran after them.

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I caught up to them eventually and they headed into a house. . .from the attic ( the house was upside down and balancing on it's peak). "Sooooo. . .what am I supposed to do here?"
"Well. . .duh. . .your here to help save this world." Jack threw his hands in the air and seemed to be yelling but his voice level never changed. Jesse, his siter placed her hand on his shoulder and stepped in front of him as he lowered his arms.
"Did you notice anything weird outside?"
"Yeeeaahh. . .sky on the ground, ground in the sky, upside down houses and walking on air. . .o and light from the sky we were walking on." She shook her head.
"No. . .I mean how people look like they're upside down, clothes flapping about there head, arms up and faces red?" Now I shook mine. "It may not seem like it's that bad but. . . if you somehow reversed gravity here. . .like the same will happen in your world. . . what would happen."
"Well in my world if you did that we would go flyin' of earth and who knows where. . ."
"But here since you call it a ground that's above us?"
My eyes popped as I thought about it and cringed as I said it. "Fly up and . . . splat. . ."
"Now you see our problem"

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"But why me? Why was I chosen" Suddenly the twins (which I soon realized they were) went quiet and had blank stres on their faces.
"We are not alone. . ." Jesse said.
"Wait. . .what?"
"We are not a. . ."
"No I heard what you said but I don't get what you mean."
"I mean that I don't understand. . ." Now Jack started to talk.
"Well We are guiys and she's a girl. We're twins which means. . ."
"I know what it means! That's not what I meant!" Now they looked at me like I was messed up in the head. I took a bit of time to calm down before trying again." What I meant to say was I don't get what she meant by saying we aren't alone." Now they nodded and seemed to get what I was saying. . .so they pointed to the wall. "So? It's a wall."
"No. . .what's on the wall?" I looked and saw nothing at first.
"Nothin' but my shadow. . .wait a second." Now I noticed they didn't have one. . . .neither of them. "Ok that's weird" I said as I kept looking at mine.
"Who you callin' weird?" That's when it looked like my shadow moved and came off the wall. . .and I fainted.