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The Looking Glass pt.2

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Squidward and Squilliam have lost track of how long they were flailing around for, screaming, neither one had even tried to speak to the other once being sucked in. Neither of them were able to keep track of each other for a good few minutes, when they have noticed one another though they Immediately (And without any second thoughts) reached a hand out to the other, desperate to keep track of each other. A minute later they grab the other's hand, just as they were spat out of the vortex and roll along the ground where they lay panting. Afterwards, the wealthy octopus pulled himself up while Squidward (Who found his head buried in dirt.) was spitting out a mouthfull of dirt and cleaning his tongue. Blinking, Squilliam took a good look at their, new, surroundings in sneer puzzlement as Squidward was coughing. "Where...are we?" Moaning, Squidward to, took in his surroundings. Just like Squilliam, he's just as puzzled as he was. "Who...who knows." Squidward gave a soft reply, the millionaire stood up, taking in about three breaths before letting out a sigh. "Well. where ever we are, we're still able to breathe, so we must be underwater-..."

"Except there are no flowers." Squidward interrupted, turning to face him Squilliam raised an eyebrow then glanced up at the sky. "What do you suppose just happened?" Tilting his head back down Squilliam rubbed his chin while Squidward approached him. "I'm...still not at all sure what happened! Or, how it happened! But somehow we both just got transported to some other universe!"

"Another universe?" Squilliam nodded, jumping in front of him Squidward grabbed his shoulders. "Then how do we get back?" The wealthy octopus pulled himself away. "I don't know, Squiddy. But we can't just stay here." With that, Squilliam walked away, Squidward quickly followed after him. "Wha...we can't just go wondering off! We have no idea what's even out there!"

"I know that Squiddy! However, If we're lucky though, we may find some people here whom can help us get back to Bikini Bottom!" The millionaire replied, his tone of voice more serious now, Squidward barely noticed though as he was on his guard and took notice of everything surrounding them. "And I for one, cannot allow myself to get trapped here! I have very Important appointments that I simply can't be late for!"

"puh-leaze-..." Squidward groaned loudly. "I'm sure all of Bikini Bottom is fully aware already that we got sucked into a mirror! I Bet ya It's Alllll over the news by now!"

"Nevertheless, we're gonna get out of here Squiddy, one way or another!"

'That Is, If we ever *do* get back' Squidward thought to himself as he and his rival walked together, side by side in silence for an hour and a half, both taking in their surroundings. Soon they find themselves in a sort of forest with strange looking trees, Squidward thought that they looked like those weeping willows, Sandy had showed them all from a trip she was on. And all around these trees, were of course, kelp. The kelp towered over them, reminding Squidward of the time he had his neighbors had gotten lost in a kelp forest. Deep in thought, Squidward had not realized that Squilliam had stopped, until he bumped into him although the other didn't register Squidward bumping into him. He, instead, just pointed. "Well, lookie there, Squiddy!" Rubbing his head, Squidward looks in the direction he was pointing. "What am I looking at?"

"That! It appears we've found a garden Squiddy!" Stepping out of the kelp forest, the unibrowed octopus headed over to get a closer look. "Great! At least we won't Starve!" Squidward remarked, following his rival. "Hold It!" Squilliam suddenly stopped and turned, the other almost bumped into again. "Do you know what this means?"

"I know Exactly what It means! It means we won't go Hungry!" The unibrowed octopus shook his head. "What I was getting at though is that, If there's a garden, chances are there's a place of residence nearby." After thinking it over, Squidward realized Squilliam's point, nodding his head in understanding he looks at him puzzled. "So, If you're right, then perhaps they could help us?"

"Let's hope! I'm already late for a Important business meeting!"

'sigh' "I am Sure you'd be Excused If they realized that you got transported to another universe!" The millionaire shook his head, looking around for a moment he caught sight of something in the distance. "Squiddy look!"

"What Is It now?"
"Over there! It would appear I was right! Where there's a Garden, there's always a House close by!"
"Well, good! And since you're so Desperate to get Back, then go over and knock!"

"Very well then." Squilliam said, taking a minute to straighten his jacket and ascot while Squidward facepalmed in response. "Doesn't look like you're in any hurry!" Squidward gives a sarcastic response.

"I've got to at least look Presentable!" Shaking his head, Squidward just waved his tentacle. "Just...Just go." The other chuckled light-heartedly before making his way towards the house. "Try not to Wonder off, Squiddy!" Squilliam calls over his shoulder teasingly. "Oh! And Where Am I Gonna GO?!!" Squidward yelled angrily. "I Shall Return!" Squidward groaned. Again, Squilliam chuckles, then nearing the front door he gave a good knock, but it just took one knock for the door to creak open. Raising his eyebrow Squilliam peeks inside. "Hellooooo??" He called out, his voice echoed, but no one replied. "Anybody...Home?" Entering the home the millionaire looked around, from what he could tell, the home looked to be empty except for some dusty old furniture and table. "Who did the decor, I mean, really?" Walking further into the house, Squilliam took one look at the dust covered floor and cringed. "Forget the decor, when was the Last time this place was Cleaned!" The millionaire's face contorted with disgust when he walks into a spider's web. Moaning he clawed at his face, and swatted a tiny spider off his nose. "EEEwww! Somebody have Better be here! If I ended up walking in this place, for no reason, I'm gonna-...!" Squilliam, upon entering another room, stopped in mid-speech.

While exploring another empty room, Squilliam soon came across some candy inside some sort of small basket. Squilliam ignored the candy, or at least tries to, but it seemed as if it was beckoning him. Not only that, the fact that he was hungry, didn't help at all. Unable to resist any longer, Squilliam takes a piece of the candy and ate it and, was immediately surprised by the taste. As it tasted like freshly baked pie. Curious, Squilliam ate another piece and nearly melted, as this piece tasted like red velvet cake. Swiping another piece, he tasted homemade bread, Squilliam was soon unable to resist and ate every single piece in the basket. With each of them tasting differently, surprising him each and everytime. But, after sometime, Squilliam begins to feel strange. First his nose shuddered before stretching in length, down to his waist. "Holy Fi..Fi..Fi..Fishpaste!!" The freaked out Squilliam took hold of his long, stretched out nose, his arms literally shaking. "M..M..M..My Nose!!! Wha..What Happened To My No-...!!"

His head then swells up like it was a balloon. "What The Shrimp!?!" Next, his unibrow grew longer, so long that it looked like a hairy sea snake. "NOoo!!! M..M..My Unibrow!!" Squilliam screams, all while his arms and legs extended to half their normal size, and leaves Squilliam immobile due to his body staying the same size. "SWEET MOTHER OF PEARL!!!! I'M A FREAK!!!" Not only that, he was cramped in a small tight space, Squilliam pretty much layed his body ontop of his enormous sized hand. "Ju...just relax Squilly ole boy, It's not real! That's right, I..I'm just having...uh...a Bad Dream! Yeah, That's It! In a few minutes I'll wake, and everything will be A-oka-...?" The unibrowed octopus trailed off when his stomach begun rumbling, followed by the entirely of his body trembling. Minutes later everything suddenly, snapped back to normal, as If he was a rubber band. "Oh, oh thank Neptune!! I'm back to my nor-...!" Squilliam's moment of relief is bitter sweet as he suddenly, not three seconds later, begins to grow huge. It felt like the room was getting smaller every minute until, that room becomes much to small for him, leaving him kinda stuck with his head pressed against the ceiling. "Wha...Why Is This Happening?!"

Squilliam cried out, his arms smashing through the walls as he pressed against them. "Holy Shrimp! What's GOING ON!!!" Squilliam raised the volume of his voice, shaking the entirely of the area around him, while collapsing the house at the sametime. Which was a relief as he now had enough room though the house was totaled. The millionaire continued to grow once free from that cramped space, eventually reaching a certain height Squilliam was relieved when his growth spurt creased at last. The now wealthy giant dusted the debris and rubble from his head, and somewhat annoyed that he had debris in his unibrow although it had kept it out of his eyes. Afterwards, Squilliam just set there, puzzled as he first looks down then around at his surroundings rather awkwardly. "Tarter Sauce!" Squilliam grumbled while dusting debris from his shoulders. "Perfect! Now my nicely clean, fresh robe is ruined! And...Why the Heck am I suddenly so big? Was It...perhaps, all that candy I've eaten?" While he's Irritated by the sudden change in his height, Squilliam is also curious about the exact level he had reached in height.

Meanwhile Squidward, obviously exploring, was now rushing through the odd patch of kelp after hearing suppose screaming that were undeniably his rival. Squidward had expected the worst, upon bursting into the clearing, but what he was expecting, wasn't at all what he got. He expected some kind of monstrosity, what he wasn't expecting, was his archrival now being ten times his normal size. "Dear Neptune!!" Squidward's first reaction was one of utter shock, while his rival looked as if had been caught with his hand in the cookie jar. At least, that was Squidward's guess, his head was tilted back but he still couldn't read Squilliam's face. "Oh, uh...he..hey Squiddy." Squilliam nervously chuckled, Squidward narrowed his eyes. "Wha..where have you been?" Now Squidward was suspicious, and the giant millionaire bared a toothy grin, embarrassed. Squidward crossed his arms, raising an eyebrow, Squidward directed his gaze down on the rubble.

"What Did You Do?!" Squidward then yelled, Squilliam narrowed his eyes and, more debris fell when placing his tentacles on his hips. "Wha...What Did I Do? Oh, Sure-...!" He then leans down, as his tentacle curled around him, Squidward recoiled and attempts to escape unfortunately he's snatched up, the octopus begun squirming while Squilliam brought him up. "Just place the blame all on-...!" Squilliam begins complaining, his rival's struggles interrupts him. "Sq...Squid-...!" Squidward had a brief moment where he pops out of his grasp, Squilliam snatched him up with his other hand just as quickly. "Squid st-...!" Still squirming, Squidward slips his arms out, almost slips out again, but the giant millionaire gripped him, tighter. Shaking, Squidward tries to pry himself loose. "Stop Squirming Will Ya!" The wealthy giant grumbled out of annoyance, Squidward stared into his archrival's eyes in fear while he's quietly chuckles. "Oh Squiddy, what am I going to do with you?" Squidward cringed. "It's never a dull moment with you Squiddy old pal-...'laughs & clears throat'...-so now, where were we? Oh! Oh yeah, I hope you're not placing the blame on me." And taking just one minute to settle his nerves, another minute to let out a deep sigh, Squidward just groans. "We..well you've had to have done something Squilliam! How does this happen just out of the blue."

"I have you know that I've done nothing-..."

"Then, answer me this, why are you sitting on a Destroyed House?" Squilliam briefly glanced down at the demolished house. "Homewrecker!" Lifting his head back up, Squilliam shot a glare at Squidward who, was gazing down at the ruined house. "So, I'm a Homewrecker now? I bet you haven't seen what a Real Homewrecker does!" Squidward simply shook his head. "Sure hope nobody was living in that house." Realization then sinks in. "Then, In that case, we were Never Here!" Quickly jumping up, Squilliam suddenly got dizzy and stumbled backwards. The arch-cephalopods, though mostly Squidward, scream as they fell. And the force that was created when Squilliam slammed into the ground, was enough to cause a massive earthquake that shook the entire underwater world. This caused him to drop Squidward also, luckily the startled octopus has a soft, but rather awkward landing, as he finds himself stuck inside coral head-first. Annoyed, Squidward tries to get himself out while his archrival was recovering from his fall. Squilliam rubbed his head while slowly sitting up before looking for Squidward after realizing that he had dropped him. "Ole' Squiddy? Where'd You Go?"

Squidward grumbled in reply and, turning himself around, Squilliam laughed when seeing that he was stuck in coral. "It's abit to early for A Full Moon Squiddy!" He teased, laughing, as he takes hold of Squidward's legs which startled him as he's pulled out and dangled in the air. "It's not even nightfall yet!"

"P..Put Me Down!!" Squilliam went on laughing as he lowers Squidward down to the ground, "Gently!" then drops him. "Alright, Alright Now that you've gotten that out of your system! Perhaps you can Explain to me just What In Neptune's Name Happened Already!" Gazing down at his archrival, Squilliam crosses his arms. "All I did was eat some candy I found an-...!"

"So, let me get this straight, you just go wondering into somebody's house, Breaking And Entering-....!"

"The door was unlocked!" Squilliam said, keeling down to be eye-level with Squidward. "It's still counts!" Squidward countered, jabbing his rival's nose with his tentacle. "And why, exactly, did you eat that candy?!" Squidward then fell over as Squilliam raised his head. "I couldn't help It! I just Couldn't Contain myself! it tasted delightful! I should've saved some of it."Silently groaning, Squidward pulls himself back up. "Oh yeah?"

"Yeah!" Squidward dusted off his shirt. "Why would you gorge on-..."

"I Never Gorge!"

[flashback shows him gorging on a slice of cake.]

"Alright Fine!" The octopus groans. "Why would you *Eat* all that candy?!" Of course, Squilliam enjoyed annoying Squidward anyway. Because they...well...they tasted like homecooking.

"Come again?" "Some would taste like homemade bread, others had the taste of fresh baked pie an-..." Sees Squidward's blank stare. -...Oh come on! I'm Not Making This Up Squiddy!" Squidward was pretty much dumbfound, by what he was saying but didn't want to stay on this one topic. He just let out a sigh. "Okay so, then what happened?" And rather Squidward believed him or not, Squilliam just decided to carry on with his story. "That's when I...well..uh...blew up, I guess you can say. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it, since that's what appears to have happened." The wealthy giant said, leaning down once again. "Now, I suppose the real question is, how long until I shrink back?" Squilliam then asked Squidward curiously as the cephalopod shrugs his shoulders. It...It may just wear off, nothing like this is ever permanent although, If this Is permanent then-..."

"Then? Then what? Will I just be stuck like this?" Squidward didn't reply, as an unnerving image popped up in this mind at that moment. "I...I...I Can't Possibly Return To Bikini Bottom Like This!" He was brought back to reality however as Squilliam raised the volume of his voice, which rumbled like thunder. "They'd All Think I Was A Monster!" The cephalopod was slightly startled when Squilliam seized hold of him again. "You've Got To Help Me Squidward!" He pleaded as Squidward was once again struggling, only managing to free one arm from Squilliam's grasp. "Why should you be freaking out over this, I'm quite sure we're not gonna be going home anytime soon! Neither you or me even know how we ended up here in the first place!" Taking a moment to settle his nerves, Squilliam just let's out a deep sigh, one that would've blown Squidward away if his grip on him wasn't so firm. "I suppose you're right."

Freeing his other arm Squidward rubbed his shoulder, this was when he remembered the garden they came across earlier, an idea sparks in his head. "Hey! Remember that garden you found?"

"Uh..yeah..." Squidward rolled his eyes. "Well, I remembered, this whole thing reminded me of a book I read the other day."

"Where are you going with this?"

"Are you familiar with the Tales Of Wonderland book?" Taking a moment to think it over, Squilliam then smirked. "Oh yes! I remember now! But, that's a Children's Book! What were you-..."

"Hey SpongeBob Left It At My House And I Was Curious! Plus I Couldn't Sleep Anyway!"
"So you're reading children's books now-..."
"Yes I Read It! Now Shut It! The point I'm trying to make here is that, perhaps you should try and eat something from that garden!"
"Are you suggesting that I should do this, just because It was in your little children's book?"

"First of all, It's SpongeBob's book, not mine! Second, do you have any other bright ideas? Mr.Gigantor?" Squilliam frowns at Squidward's comment, not bothering to counter back he just rolled his eyes and stood up, slowly. This time he's able to keep his balance which left Squidward feeling relieved. Squilliam took his time as he wasn't quite used to his new height just yet, and he certainly didn't want to fall either. Once reaching the garden, which was really only three steps, Squilliam was content to just be closer to the ground. Placing Squidward back down on the ground, Squilliam simply smirked. "Well Squiddy, what now?"  Taking a moment to look around, Squidward finds some carrots and pulls them out. "You'll eat whatever's here, hopefully It'll change you back!"

"Going by your little kiddy bo-..."
"SpongeBob's Book!"
"SpongeBob's book or not, you still read-..."

"Drop It!" Squidward shouted at Squilliam who's amused, the cephalopod groans. "Just eat these would ya!" Still silently snickering, Squilliam held out his hand as Squidward brought him the carrots which were so small, he pondered on how he was suppose to eat them. Then deciding to just swallow them whole, simply shrugs his shoulders and tossed the carrots in his mouth. Swallowing the carrots, Squilliam waited for something to happen. though nothing seemed to be happening. Except that Squidward begins to laugh, he soon was in need of support as he was keeling over and holding his stomach. "What?! Did Something Happen?" Squilliam demended, however he had to wait until Squidward could breathe. "Now that you're able to Breathe! Explain To Me What's So Funny?!"

"You Should See Yourself!" The tickled octopus replied. "Ju...Just look at your hand and you'll see why!"

"Wh..Why?! What Happen To My..Holy Shrimp!!" Squilliam shouted when he held up his tentacle and sees that his skin had now become a brightly color orange, frantically Squilliam looked at his tentacles, then his legs and even held up his large drooping nose to see that every part of him was now that bright orange. "What IS This?! What Happened To My Beautiful Blue Skin!"

"When they said-...*You Are What You Eat*...-I didn't think they meant It Literally!" Recovering from his shock, Squilliam shot a glare at Squidward and crosses his arm in disapproval. "What this, by any chance, apart Of That Book Squiddy?!" Having recovered himself, Squidward took a deep breath before he's able to stand up straight. "No, the character in that book, shrinks when she eat those carrots."

"Well that's just Perfect! Not only am I Giant! But Now I Stick Out Like A Sore Thumb!" And while this amused Squidward very much, he continues to look for something else in the garden that might aid Squilliam.
This is a new story I've been working on called, The Looking Glass! Which will be a crazy story with lots of random things thrown in.

Changing up the description up a bit. 

Wow, what a way to start your Sunday, first you get sucked into some sort of portal by your archrival's mirror. Then, said rival eats a batch of candies and has suddenly become a huge giant! What's an octopus to do? My guess is that he'll have to put up with it until he's normal again.

This story, is my own little twist on the "Alice In Wonderland" story, with Squilliam eating something that makes him huge! But, unlike Alice, (who shrinks) Squilliam will stay huge.... probably for fun. And, maybe... he'll learn something along the way. 

Hopefully you've learn something youself... like... If you find yourself in a weird, unknown place, Don't Eat Anything you find in an old abandoned building....Just... just don't....   

Part 3 now up...SpongeBob The Looking Glass pt 3
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