I SECOND THE IDEA OF THE PORTAL BEING BEHIND NEBULA'S HOUSE 

Also, what if the stellars had a way of communicating similar to ice-speaking? What if they could control the stars (somewhat) and be able to make the stars twinkle in a morse code pattern? That way the stellars could talk to each other without... actually talking. Just an idea.

Theron~

The single squirrel wasn't quite enough for both me and Xena. She whimpers for several minutes until her pouty eyes convinve me to go back outside and hunt some more. I grab my bow and find a dark, secluded corner of the woods to hunt in. As I'm creeping through the trees, I hear a soft voice singing somewhere in the forest. It sounds as if it's coming from my left, so, naturally, I follow the sound. Approaching a small clearing in the woods, I see Nebula singing a beautiful old lullaby and dancing. Watching her, I become self-conscious of the dirt smeared on my face and messy hair (living in a cave is not the cleanest lifestyle, but I try). Quickly, I try and finger-comb my hair, stepping forward in the process and onto a stick, which of course snaps. Nebula immediately quietens. She runs away before I can say anything to her. 

"Nebula!" I call in a futile attempt to stop her. I want to say something, to tell her that she's an amazing dancer, but right now my priority is to find food for Xena and me.

***

Before long, I've acquired several pigeons. They shouldn't take long to cook, birds like that hardly have any meat, they're mostly feathers and bones. As I'm walking home, taking a shortcut through the woods, I see a small hut that I've never noticed before. There's a bright light shining behind it, illuminating the trees. I creep up behing the house, wanting to find the source of the light but hoping I'm not seen. When I get closer to the flashing light, the back door of the hut opens and Nebula steps out, setting her cat outside. She immediately sees me.

"What are you doing behind my house?" she snaps. 

"Look," I explain. "There was a weird flashing light and-"

"What?" she says, her face pale. She seems to know all about this strange light.

"There was a weird flashing light, and I was coming to see what it was," I say again.

~~~

Ok so it's late and this writing is terrible but oh well.

@Ice Wolf- I wrrote this post banking on the fact that Nebula KNOWS the portal is behind her house, and it's flashing because it's about to open and stuff. I wasn't sure if you wanted Nebula to know about it though. Whatever you think is fine, and if you wanted her to NOT know, I can change it.  

Sorry for typos! and the font is really funny on here I am so sorry!

Nebula~

"It's
just a bunch of lightning bugs ok?" I spit out. Why am I
even talking to this guy? He is
sneaking around my house! "Now go away so I can give
Nova a bath."

"Nova?"
Theron tilts his head curiously.

I
can't help but think he looks a but like a puppy when he gives
me that look. "My cat." Crossing my arms, I hope he buys my
little lie. I hear a whimper. "Wait is that a dog?"

"Wolf,"
Theron corrected. "And her name is Xena."

I
scoop up Nova, hoping she won't spook or flee but her reaction
surprises me. She squirms out of my arms and nudges up against Xena.
Then she runs into my cabin, dragging her bowl of salmon out for her
and Xena to share. I can't help but stare in astonishment. Nova
normally hates other animals and she never shares her food!

"Now
tell me," Theron says, interrupting my thoughts. "What
actually is that thing? I live out in the forest and I know that glow
does NOT come from an insect of any kind. I am asking politely and I
expect you to be honest... What is it?" 

I
freeze. What am I going to do? This portal is a secret that has been
in my family for centuries. It's never been discovered by anyone
outside my family, until now obviously. "It's nothing. Nowgo."
The portal is flashing faster. Someone is about to come through from
the other side! I have to get Theron out of here before he discovers
what it actually is. He clearly isn't budging though.

"You're
lying. That is definatly SOMETHING." Theron pushes past me to
get a better look. I panic.

"Listen.
I need you to get out ok?" I block his path. "Just PLEASE
don't tell anyone about this." I point to the portal.
Thankfully, Theron still doesn't know what it is. " I'm begging
you. Just go and don't come back!" 

He
plants his feet in the ground and shakes his head. "I intend to
find out what that is, and until I do, I am not moving a muscle." 

I
can feel every last bit of color drain from my face. Gulping, I
manage to drag Nova away from Xena. This guy is so stubborn.
Something tells me he is serious about all this. I just can't trust
him enough to tell him about the portal. I just met him! My mind
wanders to earlier this morning. I mutter a single question, trying to distract him. "Theron? Did you see me in
the woods this morning?" 

Pola~

(Oh, I had a great idea. How about we can keep our animals in passive form, tattoes, just like in spirit animals? If not, then disregard the part about that in this post.)

I take a deep breath, and immerse myself in the green and
blue flames of the portal. After the skirmish with the Sundrops, I've
been feeling especially useless. During the battle, I felt too weak to
even run away, let alone fight. I feel like a failure to the
team......but this isn't the time to dwell on these things. After the
fight, we patched everybody up as best we could, and then Aspen and Alma
borrowed the skin canoes. We rowed across to the portal without
incident, and now the others have let me have the privelege of going
through the portal first. I feel a strange tugging sensation as the
portal pulls me from one world to the other. I am filled with the
feeling that I am being disassembled piece by piece, and then put back
together again as I near the end. The blue-green flames fill my vision
until I am spat out the other end into the strangest place I have ever
seen. It is filled with pinetrees, and I find myself staring at two people, a girl and a boy. The girl is blonde with dark blue eyes and a blue stripe through her hair. The boy is dressed in black and grey, from his hair, which has white and grey stripes through it, to his clothing. "Um, you guys should probably move to the side. There are more people coming through," the girl says "More?" in a hoarse whisper. I gesture dramaticly as Aspen, Leo, Eo, and Alma come tumbling throught the portal in a flash of light. I release Kallik from her passive form, and she appears in a flash of light. We Chills have the strongest bonds with our animals out of all the tribes. I guess you can say that's our specialty. The girl is still looking shocked, so the boy steps forwards. "Um, hi. I'm Theron, this is Nebulae, and WHO THE HECK ARE YOU?" I quickly introduce everybody, then tell our story. I conclude with the grand and awe-inspiring statement, "So, um, yeah, would you mind showing us around a bit?" I shuffle awkwardly, as Theron and Nebulae begin a heated whispered conversation. The question flashes across my mind, why are we even here? Should we not have come? I take a deep breath. I'm being silly. After all, this is my life's dream. Right?

I'm not sure. It's cool, but I don't want it to be a copy-off of spirit animals, so.... I'm fine with it, but I'd rather that we don't have the whole animal-tattoo thing. :)

Ok! Got it!

Luna just said meui. Oh my goodness Luna! You're talking about cbers now! 

Aspen~

As I go through the portal, it dawns on me that I might have to fight again when I get to the other side. I'm so tired, though, that I'm not even sure I could lift my harpoon above my head, let alone throw a decent punch. Luckily, the only things on the other side of the blue-green flames are two kids at least two years younger than I am, a tiny lion or whatever it's called, and a wolf. I've seen wolves before, but they don't look like this one. Wolves in Chill territory have thick, white coats. This one is covered in grey fur, something I've never seen before. The boy, who's akumi is obviously the wolf, steps forward. "Um, hi. I'm Theron, this is Nebula, and WHO THE HECK ARE YOU?" Pola introduces us quickly, giving me the slightest hint of a smile when she says my name. That's good. I'll try to talk to her the next time I get the chance. You know, when she's not trapped in a rock-solid ice cave, slowly dying because of the froze-beast, or being randomly attacked by some strangers who drop out of trees. I wonder what will happen next.

"So, um, yeah, would you mind showing us around a bit?" Pola says, looking down at her feet as Theron and Nebula talk quietly to each other. Finally, Nebula looks up and nods her head. "Just don't cause any trouble." Uh oh. I'm not exactly good at doing that. Who cares. I grin at her in a teasing way, and notice Theron tense up. Ooh, drama! I think, raising an eyebrow at him. He glares at me, and I hold up my hands, surrendering. This'll be a fun tour, for sure.  

As we walk along the path throught the forest, I try to say something to ease the tension. "I saw a tree once."

"What?" Leo asks, looking at me confusedly. I continue walking, because they have all stopped for a second to give me strange looks. "It was dead, though. My mother literally dragged me to see it, because it's what I was named after."

"Chills call their dead trees names like Aspen?" Eo says. I roll my eyes. "No! The tree is an Aspen. It's the only tree for miles around, where we live, and my mom had some kind of connection with it. Her akumi is a snowy owl, so I guess it makes sense. Anyways, I'm just glad it wasn't a spruce tree, or a hemlock, or a pine tree, or any other tree for that matter. Aspen is an odd enough name. Well, Pola is too, but..." I tease her with a grin on my face.

She smiles back. "Come on, pine needle. Let's go finish our tour." 

~~~~~

Leafmist, I'm assuming Xena isn't an arctic wolf? If she was I am really sorry, just disregard the part where I described her. I used people's charries a lot, especially Theron and Pola, so I'm super sorry if I got anything wrong. (:

This is getting good!

Theron~

"I was not sneaking around your house, I was hunting and was walking home and saw the bright flashing light behind your house." I correct Nebula. "Now what is it?" Before she can answer my question, the light flshes brighter and a girl appears?

"Hi," she says. "I'm Pola."

"I'm Theron, this is Nebula, and WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?" I demand. Nebula taps my shoulder. 

"The light is a portal," she mumbles quietly. "A portal to other worlds, with different people."

"Was that really so hard to tell me?" I ask, shocked. This random light is really a portal to another world. And I am meeting people from these other worlds. 

"It's a secret. No one outside of my family has known about it for centuries. I didn't want to change that." It's hard to say mad at her. I understand why she didn't want to tell me, and I would have dont the same thing had I been in her circumstances. The awkward silence is broken by more people tumbling through the portal. Pola introduces them as Eo, Alma, Aspen and Leo, and tell us their story, explaining why they're here.

"So," She concludes. "Would you mind showing us around a little bit?" 

THIS IS SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!!!!!

Nebula~

"Fine... just don't get in trouble." I reply to Pola's request.

GOODNESS WHY DID I JUST DO THAT? I must be going crazy! I think, mentally face palming myself.

Aspen gives me a teasing smile and I feel Theron tense up beside me. I shrug it off. Poor Theron must be under shock or something. 

I feel guilty not telling Theron about the portal when he first asked, but it's a huge secet! I can't just tell secrets like that to people I just first met recently. 

As we walk through the forest I hear Pola talking to Leo behind me. How are they so open? Every time I open up to someone, it ends up badly for me, like now. How am I going to hide these people? It's very obvious they aren't from around here. Their hair is strange, their clothes are strange and their animals are plain crazy! I've never seen anything like them! Actully... now that I am thinking about them, they are astonshing! Huge cats and white bears and stripe horses! I've been protecting the portal's secret but I've never been brave enough to go through! Now I wish I had before all these people came, then I could know more about their animals and why they look so strange. 

I avoid talking to anyone as much as possible. Aspen seems pretty nice though, and so does Pola and Leo and... well... all of them, honestly. I can't trust them though. What if they are spies or what if they want to gather info on the Stellars so their tribes can attack? We are already being attacked by the dark clan, we don't need any more threats! 

I suddenly remember this morning. Someone saw me dancing and singing in the forest. I wish I knew who it was so I could force them to not spread the word. 

Theron seems to notice my angry mumbling, but he doesn't say anything. He's probably trying to be polite. He knows I am not a talkative person.

Nova is walking quickly so that way she can keep up with all the animals. What's up with her? it's like she's a whole new cat! She's been sharing her food and haanging around new animals and she's even starting to hang out with other people too! I saw Alma stroke her fur and Theron even picked her up! Everything is upside down, hopefully I won't be turned as well. I can't let myself break out of my shell. Who knows what will happen? 

Sorry for any mistakes!

Nico says wnrt. What in the world?

*Go away, fur brain... AND PLEASE QUIT WAGGING YOUR TAIL. IT'S GETTING WOLF FUR ALL OVER MY ROOM!*

Eh dude it'll melt. I'm made of solid ice, remember? 

Leo~

After we got a tour of the rainforest we made a camp fire. Eeverone's just staring awkwardly at each other. Well. Time to break the ice. With a flute. I take it out and ask: "Uh, if you want I can play for a bit." Pola brightens and says: "Could you play this? It's a Chill lullaby." She hums a tune that sounds sort of familiar. I nod and put my flute to my lips. It's weird, but my fingers sort of moved on their own, probably what my grandad calls muscle memory. For a moment I'm surprised at the ease with wich I play the tune, but then I remember grandad teaching it to me. I'm starting to get into the music, wich is pretty lively to be a lullaby. I can feel Finn sway to the music, and for a moment I`m lost in memories of dad playing his drum and grandad with his flute. Then the song ends. I open my eyes to find Pola staring at me a confused look. She`s about to ask me about the song, I know it. I make a shhh-ing gesture. Whatever she's gonna ask me she has to ask in private with me.

Hey is there any room for me to join this? owo I've been lurking around chatterbox for a while and would like to join into something!