Melanie shuddered as she suddenly fell involuntarily fell to the ground, as suddenly her legs gave out from under her. "I...what just happened..." She fell to her knees, and then flat on her stomach.
She tried to get up, but as she did, she heard a crack as her legs shifted in a direction they shouldn't have been able to go. Then she tried to lift herself up with her arms...another cracking noise. But neither seemed painful, thankfully. She tried to look up....and felt her neck and shoulders crack.
Beth was standing above her. "I assume you must be undergoing some scientific process...because you don't believe in magic, do you, Mel?"
"There's no such thing," Melanie insisted.
"Well, I had been looking for some human companionship...but I suppose another type of company will suffice," Beth said. "Next time I look for a roommate, I will have to put some more...effort into it, I suppose. Can't expect to get someone who isn't dull will just show up on my doorstep."
Melanie gave up trying to stand, but instead moved effortlessly on her hands and feet away from Beth, running toward the front door. But when she got there, and reached up to open the doorknob, she discovered her thumb was gone. She froze, unable to comprehend what was going on...or at the least, accept it.
"If you are a good girl, I might...help you out," Beth said. "But...that's up to you. In the meantime..." Melanie ran away from her again, up the stairs toward her new room. Beth shook her head and followed her. "Where are you going, Mel? There is nowhere to go."
Melanie entered her room, the door to which was fortunately open. Beth followed her. "What are you looking for exactly?" She asked.
"I'm not telling you," Melanie growled at her, looking for her cell phone to call the police. She spotted it on the dresser where she'd left it, and jumped up and grabbed it in her mouth.
"Mel...drop it..." Beth said, firmly.
She dropped it on the floor, intending to activate the voice assistant and dial that way, but when she released it, it fell...and never reached the floor, vanishing into thin air. She looked around the room, seeing her things starting to pop out of existence. Her laptop, her purse, the sheets on the bed....the room was starting to look unoccupied.
"What is wrong with you?" Melanie screamed at her.