Asmyne by Amber Riel (reading tree txt) 📕

second dimension a shape like a flat square… the third dimension which are cubes… the fourth dimension things appear to be popping out you but really are similar to the idea of the three dimensional movies you earthlings enjoying watching. We are in the world of the fifth dimension which we can actually touch, see, and feel everything but it’s not real… although, if you get hurt or killed in this world then you will be injured or dead in the world of the six dimension as well. I know because I designed it myself. Now let’s get out of here and go to the laboratory.” Asmyne stood up and used her fingers to press buttons on an invisible key board in midair, which turned red when she touched them.

A door way appeared and April could recognize Asmyne’s laboratory. Asmyne walked into the room and April followed behind. Once they both were in the laboratory, Asmyne pressed buttons on a small keypad, which had been attached to the wall, next to the door they had just walked out of.

The door closed and locked.

“How come your room changes to other places?” April asked, amazed.

“Well, I have it at random. It’s always changing. I don’t like to be stuck in one place all of the time. It adds variety.”

“Can you do the same to my room?”

“Yeah.”

“Can you turn my room into a beach?”

“Yep.”

“Okay. So when can you work on it?”

“I said, ‘I can.’ I didn’t say, ‘I will.’”

“Come on, please? You can live here free for a year.”

“Three years.”

"Two years."

“Two years and six months.”

April took a moment to consider Asmyne’s proposal. “Deal.”

“Okay. I’ll do it when you’re not here… and Wiley’s not going to bother me.”

Wiley had been in the laboratory minding his own business and looked up at Asmyne with confusion when he heard his name. “I didn’t say anything, professor.”

Sasha Meets Wiley

Asmyne walked out of April’s room while April walked toward it. “It’s complete,” Asmyne told the earthling.

“Really? Can I see?” April asked with excitement.

“Why do you have to ask me for permission to go into your room but you don’t ask for my permission to go into mine? Did I miss something?”

April opened the door, ignoring Asmyne’s question, and stepped onto the sandy shore. She looked out to the crystal blue, calm salty sea. She turned her attention up toward the lovely light blue sky with white clouds sailing around and the bright yellow sun hung in the sky. She looked along the shore and noticed beach houses. “Wow. This is so cool.”

“Oh,” Asmyne replied, standing in the doorway. “This room isn’t always going to be like this. It will be your bedroom as well. So don’t get used to it like this. It’s at random, kind of like if you’re listening to music and you have it on shuffle, it will play songs at random… remember that.”

“Don’t worry,” April replied. She didn’t exactly hear the words which Asmyne said but still answered anyway. “This is so cool.”

“Okay. Well, I’m going to go and get acquainted with the neighbors.”

“Okay… have fun.”

“Okay. I will. Oh, and can you keep an eye on Wiley for me. I mean give him some company. He likes having someone to talk to. Just don’t mess with anything.”

“No problem.”

Asmyne closed the door. Well, maybe now she’ll randomly stop walking into my room, she thought, walking away.

 

 

Asmyne wondered down the long street when a tall young man walked past her. He was cute with beautiful blue eyes and dark brown hair, almost black. He was slim but he had muscles. “Hello, doctor,” Asmyne replied, turning to face the young man. She didn’t know if he had actually been a doctor but she still used the term anyways.

The guy stopped and turned to face her. “Well, hello there, miss.”

“Oh please, call me Asmyne.”

“Asmyne? That’s a unique name but it’s a pretty name for such a pretty woman, such as you.”

“Oh stop, you’re making me blush.” Asmyne smiled, flirtatiously.

“I’m Bryson by the way.” The guy returned the smile. “So, you’re new around here?”

“Yes actually… I just moved in B-54.”

“B-54? So you’re April’s new roommate?”

“Yep. I’m going around meeting everyone in the neighborhood.”

“Nice. Well, I gotta go. I’ll be seeing you again.”

“Of course… just stop by whenever you want and I’ll let you explore my room if you know what I mean.”

“I like that idea.” Bryson left.

Two cute guys before five o’clock, Asmyne thought and she began walking again. Asmyne, you still got it.

 

 

Asmyne and Wiley stood on the deck of a giant battleship. A loud noise boomed from a gray ship about ten yards away had been struck by a cannon but the ship still stood. Asmyne and Wiley knew that two more attacks would destroy the ship and it would sink into the dark green and blue salty sea.

Asmyne stared far into the distance. “G-5… fire!” she shouted.

A cannon shot out from the ship at breakneck speeds. There was a loud splash. It hit the water forming ripples. It had missed the battleship in the distance.

“Crap.”

“Lousy aim, professor,” Wiley told her, staring up at her.

“Shut up, Wiley.”

April arrived on the deck and looked around. “What the freak?”

There was another boom and the gray ship had been hit.

“No… one more and I lose it,” Asmyne spoke while looking out at the ship.

“What’s going on?” April asked.

“New age battleship,” Wiley answered.

“Are you kidding me?” Asmyne asked, watching the ship. She ignored both April and Wiley. “G-10… fire!”

Another cannon shot out from the ship and it moved faster than the other had.

The cannon landed with a loud boom.

“Yes… finally!” she shouted with excitement.

The gray ship was struck down by another cannon, sank into the sea.

“No!” she cried with disappointment.

“You see this is our ship obviously,” Wiley explained to April. “That’s our ship…” He used his snout to point toward another ship. “That’s our ship…” He continued pointing with his snout to indicate which ships belong to them. “And the ship sinking is ours as well,” he told her, pointing straight with his snout.

“Ok-ay?” April asked, still confused.

“E-10… fire!” Asmyne continued, still ignoring Wiley and April.

Another cannon shot out at breakneck speeds and hit the ship making the sound of the boom even louder and closer than before.

“Oh no…” Asmyne ran over to the side of the ship. She looked down to see the damage. There were three gaping holes on the side of the ship and water rushed in. She turned her attention toward Wiley with panic. “One more hit and we’re done.”

“You mean we’re going to die?” April asked. Her heart began pounding with fear.

“No,” Asmyne replied. “We’re not going to die.”

“But you said that we’re done and that means-”

“No… calm down, earthling.”

“But you said if… we can’t… and the ship…”

“Yes, yes, yes, but I’m going to get us out of here before-”

There was another loud boom.

Asmyne spun around. “What?!” she looked down at the new gaping hole and stood up straight. “A good captain goes down with their ship.”

“What?” April asked.

“We lost the battle,” Wiley answered.

The water pulled the ship down. It slowly slid on top of the deck and worked its way up.

“Grab onto my neck,” Wiley told April.

April did as Wiley had told her and the wolf pulled her over to Asmyne. He went to bite Asmyne’s pant leg but the water pulled them under.

Asmyne moved her hand and tapped on invisible buttons which turned a blurry red under her touch. A door open and the water burst through. Asmyne, Wiley, and April wound up on the floor of the laboratory. Asmyne quickly jumped up and began pressing buttons which closed the door and the water stopped pouring into the laboratory. Once the water dried, a small fish flopped up and down on the floor, dying.

April stood up, freezing to death. “What was that?” she asked.

“The real intense battleship,” Asmyne answered. “That stupid computer likes to cheat. I didn’t even get to go. It was my turn. I should rig that thing to where I always win.”

“But where’s the fun in that, professor?” Wiley asked, shaking the water out of his furry coat.

“Now, what do you want, earthling?” Asmyne asked.

“I was going to see what you and Wiley would like for dinner?” April asked.

“Anything but fish after what just happened,” Wiley answered.

“Whatever you have in there,” Asmyne agreed.

“Okay,” April replied and then left the room.

 

 

Sasha knocked on the door and waited for April to come out. The door opened. “Sasha, quick…. Come in,” April said.

“What?” Sasha asked and she walked into the living room whilst April closed the door.

“My roommate is so weird.”

“You have a new roommate now?”

“Yes and she’s so strange. She turned my room into a beach… quite literally… come on… I’ll show you.”

Sasha followed April to her room and April opened the door. “See,” she said, not even looking into the room.

Sasha looked around the plain old bedroom, confused. “Yeah… I guess if you count the bed as the shore and floor as the beach.”

“What?” April asked, turning her attention toward the room. “No… not my bedroom. She actually- Asmyne…” She hurried to Asmyne’s room and opened the door.

Sasha followed her into the room, except they weren’t in a room. Her mouth dropped whilst she looked around the desert. Sand was spread across the ground. She noticed three pyramids and the bright blue sky with a few white clouds, floating around. “We’re in Egypt,” she spoke in amazement.

Asmyne and Wiley walked out of the pyramid which was the closest one to April and Sasha. “You see, Wiley, the ancient Egyptians were extremely smart along with other ancient civilizations and that’s why I love learning from them. They were a lot smarter than earthlings now. They knew how to create stuff that actually last. They think aliens helped them build these buildings but that is a big lie.” Asmyne laughed.

“Asmyne,” April began.

“What do you want now? Why are you in here and who is she?” Asmyne asked.

“This is my best friend, Sasha. We’re practically sisters and why isn’t my room the beach?” April replied.

“I told you… the rooms are at random,” the alien answered, indicating both of the rooms and not just April’s room. “They would change.”

“We’re in Egypt,” Sasha repeated.

“Of course-” Asmyne began.

“Hello, earthlings,” Wiley interrupted.

“He talks?” Sasha asked, looking at Wiley.

“Wiley?” Asmyne hissed.

“What I thought it would be okay?” Wiley asked.

“Why did you think it would be okay?” Asmyne replied.

“April knows,” Wiley answered.

“So-” Asmyne began.

“They’re aliens,” April told Sasha.

“Oh… aliens. Okay. That’s normal,” Sasha told herself. Then without another word she fainted.

“Here we go again. Thanks, Wiley,” Asmyne told her assistant with a hint of anger.

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