Disclaimer: Neither I nor Di own anything recognizable here.

(An: My first tag-fic! I feel so special! -waves to Di- I am attempting to keep the humor to a minimum.. but come on, it's me here! Diamond is an author on my main site, EE.)

LIST O' CHARS!

Tortallian residents!

Nealan of Queenscove.

Keladry of Mindelan.

Alanna of Pirate's Swoop and Olau.

Owen

King Jonathan

Queen Thayet

Daine

Numair

Domitan of Mallsbolle

George of Pirate's Swoop

X-men!

Rogue

Remy

Kitty

Kurt

Scott and Jean (eurgh)

Logan

Hank

Sam

Rahne

Ray

TORTALL, AFTER THE SCANRAN WAR

Keladry of Mindelan smiled to herself. Life was good.

Now that the war with Scanra was over, there were no more pesky warlords, killing devices, or thrice-cursed Chambers to deal with.

She was naturally a restless person, but after all that war and stuff, it was nice to be able to relax with Jump and her sparrows in her room.

She was enjoying the peace and quiet and was juuust about to fall asleep when there was a loud thud from outside her window.

"Aww, crap!!" shouted a voice.

Kel blinked. "What in Mithros's name?"

Jump barked and the sparrows began tweeting frantically, tapping at the shutters on her window.

Kel got off her bed and went over to it. The sparrows circled around her head. She opened the window and was suprised at what she saw.

Piled up in the courtyard was a group, a fairly large one. Standing up beside the pile was a girl with brown hair and white stripes that framed her face. She helped the rest of the group up.

Kel frowned. She backed off a bit and looked at her window. Not out of it, at it. If she was careful she might just fit. She backed up. 'This is insane..' she thought as she ran up to it and jumped through.

She landed on the grass. Brushing herself off, Kel approached the group. They didn't seem to notice her.

Jump sat down and whined.

The sparrows swooped down on them. Kel was shocked to see that they passed right through a girl. The sparrows ended up heading for a boy.. who was blue and had a tail. He disappeared in a cloud of smoke and light and appeared by the first girl Kel had seen. The sparrows came back to Kel, bewildered.

Kel blinked. 'I need help,' she thought, and ran off.

She dashed through the hallways, heading for the guest wing. She skidded to a stop, and knocked on the door she was in front of. A short woman answered the door. "Kel, hello. What's the matter?"

Kel took a deep breath. "Lady Alanna there're demons in the courtyard!"

"What?!" asked Alanna, looking shocked.

Kel had already ran off down the corridor. "Follow me!"

Alanna paused for a split-second to blink at the strangeness of the situation, then grabbed her sword and ran after Kel.

Kel and Alanna skidded into the courtyard. The demons?.. people? It was hard to tell. Most of them looked normal, but there was that blue one, and they were dressed strangely... 'Enemy mages?'

"We'll try diplomacy first," whispered Alanna. "They might just be lost."

Kel nodded, but loosened her sword in its sheath. Just in case.

Alanna steps as she approached were slow, cautious, like one would approach a spooked horse. "Hello," she said, her voice soft, soothing.

The group turned to face her. "Oh great. Crazy people with swords," said the blue one. "This just gets better and better." His tail thrashed.

"Kurt, shut up," said the girl with the white stripes. She held up her hands. "Look lady, we don't want any trouble. We're just kind of.. lost."

"Got dat right," muttered a young man standing by her.

"Shut UP swamp rat," hissed the girl, smacking him.

Alanna frowned. This was getting confusing.

The girl took a step forward, still holding her hands up. "Um, excuse us, but where are we?"

"Corus, Tortall, of course," said Alanna, her frown deepening.

"Well, that's a new one," said Rogue.

"How did you get here?" asked Alanna, still in the cautious tone of voice.

The group shrugged. "There was, like, this big flash of light, and then, we were, like, here," said another girl, the one who the sparrows had flown through.

Alanna spoke again. "Who are you people anyway?"

The first girl spoke up. "Ah'm Rogue, this is Remy," she indicated the man she'd smacked, "that's Kitty," she pointed at the second girl, "Kurt," she pointed at the blue boy, who gave a tentative wave, "Rahne," she pointed at a third girl with short red hair, "Ray," she pointed at a glaring boy, "Logan," she pointed at a scowling hairy short man, "Hank," she pointed at another blue man, who was looking fascinated, "Scott," she pointed to a young man wearing glasses of some sort (unless I missed the memo Tortall doesn't have sunglasses), "Jean," she pointed to a red-headed girl, "and Sam," she pointed at a sandy-haired boy.

There was silence for a few minutes as Alanna and Kel looked at each other.

Alanna sighed and rubbed her forehead. "Follow me. I'm definitely going to need Jonathan's help on this one.."

(Forgive me, I beg, if the Tortall chars seem a -tad- OOC. My brain hurts and it's been a while since I read my copies... Oh, and Di, I'll let you handle the rest, I just want to do a cafeteria scene after yours.. we'll work it out later. WARNING! I ship Romy, Rahm, and Kurtty.. just letting you know.. ;) I will follow in Tamora's innuendo-ing footsteps... if Di doesn't smack me for it..)