9. Anything Can Happen...Right?

“DUDE! That was so awesome! Let’s go again! Comeoncomeoncomeon!” I dragged Orion back towards the swirly portal of dark rainbow swirliness. “We were like shwoom! An it was all whoosh. Then the spinning and the falling! And, and, hey what’s up with you?” I glanced at the groaning Orion as he rubbed his temples.

“Dimension travel gives me a headache, okay?!” he snapped, ripping his arm from mine. “Now where’s the lights?” he fumbled around blindly, tripping over a step.

“What? The lights are on already, right?” I glanced around the dungeon looking room. “Where are we? And why are these stones purple and glowy? Where’s the furniture? Why is the room empty?! Except for that!” I pointed to a neon blue flower stuck to the wall.

“No, the lights aren’t on genius-…wait, you can see?” He spun around, tripping over his own feet. “And why the hell are you so hyper?”

“Duh, you can’t? Are you blind or something?” I rolled my eyes, and helped him up. Walking over to the wall, I poked the flower. A mechanical screech filled the room then it suddenly got brighter. “Ow.”

“I can see! Sweet, so-” He stopped short when he saw me, his face filled with confusion and terror.

“What?”

“Uh…Luna…don’t panic. Just, um…” He said, slowly inching into a corner.

“What do you mean don’t panic? IhavetonsofenergyandIfeelgreat!” I shrieked, suddenly I felt like a bouncy ball in hyper speed. Orion gasped and a giant boom sounded.




“Huh. All that changed was basically the paleness of her skin.” I heard Orion say from a few feet away.

“Yeah, and the fact that she, I don’t know, sprouted wings!” A girl cried happily.

“Ughhh,” I groaned getting up off the ground…wait, off the…oh, crap. I stared at Orion and a familiar looking girl from several feet up above them. “What the hell?! Orion, get me down!”

“LUNA!” Then girl shrieked and flew at me, knocking me off balance. “I knew you’d come, I just knew it. Because you’re my sister and you’d never abandon me and-”

“Cassie, shhh.” I covered her mouth with one arm and focused until I reached the ground. “Alright, why do I look like I’ve never seen the sun, and when did I get these?!” I flapped my wings, trying to look at them, but not succeeding.

“Because you turned into a shadow when you exploded.” Cassie grinned, still clinging onto me.

“Eh?”

“Dimension travel is different for each shadow, and deadly for humans. Orion gets headaches. When you traveled through, energy filled your human body to the point of explosion. After that, your shadow body broke free, so now you’re like this,” she nodded.

“Oh. Goody. Well, at least I can fly now.” I sighed, flopping back to stare at the sky. “I have to go. Orion, you’re coming with me.”

“But what about me?” Cassie frowned, putting on a sad puppy face.

“You can make us dinner, we should be back in a couple hours. If not, just assume we’re dead.” I smirked then took off with Orion dangling by my arm.