The mountains sliced into the cobalt blue sky, the sun barely peeking out from behind a mix of blushing pink and purple clouds, that created an aurora over the towering aspen trees, the sun turning the leaves a deep golden. A stream ran over frosted stones in the distance, and a roaring waterfall rushed into a silver pool of flashing fish. The echo of crickets slowly faded as the rays of sunlight rose over the…
| Chapter 6 | “Me?” Kammie asked, wondering if there had been a mistake. “But… I can’t do anything. All I have done so far is destroy your family!” “No, you have helped us adapt to different places. Situations. And that has helped us so much. Think of everything we have done so far, we made memories, and with a human, of all things!” “I guess..” Kammie thought, not really believing. “Anyway, when should we…
| Chapter 5 | “So, uh, you still haven’t told me why I’m here, exactly,” Kammie started, but Scarlet immediately answered, “We have theories, of course, but nothing is set in stone yet,” ‘And… What are those theories?” Kammie pushed, wondering why Scarlet was hesitating. “Well, I think that the shadows are after you, whether in your world or ours, I don’t know. I think they moved our barrier so that you would walk through…
The sunlight shone through the thick, silky branches, and the sound of a calm, silvery stream tinkled like a bell somewhere. Flowers grew along the silver stream, big, and bursting with color. A hummingbird hovered over a blue one, and it seemed to fly in a slightly silky way. A gentle breeze shook the trees, and a soft shhhhhhhhhh seemed to rock the forest floor. Gentle swirls of thin smoke lingered in the air from…
| Chapter 4 | “Uh, is that storm cloud something normal around here?” Kammie asked, backing away from the cloud thousands of miles away. Scarlet looked up and gasped. “It’s back-” she cried, and all the other flames turned toward the shadow. “What? What does that thing do? What can it do? Do we need to do something?” Kammie knew she sounded like her mother, but this was real. “It’s called a Dark Shadow, and…