HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!! and what better way to start the New Year with a NEW STORY!! that's right! a SEQUEL to Another World, Another Time!!
NOTE:: I own nothing from Naughty Dog.
Another World, Another Time:: A Tale with Two Ottsels.
"I can't believe it's been six months already." Allyson said to herself, lying on her bed and playing with her purple crystal Kyle gave to her. She looked at her wall, which was now covered by so many drawings and sketches, you couldn't tell the wall was pink. Some of were of Jak and Melissa together, some of Kyle and Lisa…but most were of Daxter in Ottsel form either posing alone, with Jak, or with herself if she were an ottsel.
She walked up to the drawings and smiled as she admired everyone of them. She put the crystal necklace back on her, gazed out the window, and looked at the stars, her crystal blue eyes sparkling with the stars. "I wish I could see you guys again." She sighed. This was going to be a long summer.
With Melissa away to visit family in Florida, and Lisa going to camp, she had nothing really to do. Allyson looked in the mirror and messed with her blonde hair a bit, which grew since six months. "Why didn't I go do something this summer?" she complained to herself, smacking her forehead with her brush. Giving up on complaining, she decided to just go to bed.
"ALLYSON!" a voice shrieked. Her eyes opened and looked around her.
Dark Eco…everywhere. She was stuck, and she was sinking fast. Her eyes shut as the Dark Eco consumed her…
"No…Not yet." A voice boomed overhead. Allyson opened her eyes and saw a bright blue light. "You must help fulfill the prophecy."
"What prophecy?" she thought.
"Another World…Another time…" the voice faded as the Eco disappeared and revealed…a city.
She stood up and looked around the huge buildings towering over her.
"Where am I?" she pondered, holding onto her crystal still wrapped around her neck. "Is this a dream? Everything's so big…" she gasped in awe as she saw what looked like the future, with cars hovering in the air above her.
She walked around the city for a bit, noticing how everything was so big. Then she saw something that caught her eye…it couldn't be!
"The Naughty Ottsel?!" she exclaimed as she saw a large Ottsel head above a building. Allyson put two and two together and realized where she was.
Haven City.
"Why is everything so big?" she asked out loud. "Did I shrink?!"
"Daxter, what the hell are you doing?!" she heard a voice yell behind her. She turned around and saw Torn walking towards her. "I gave you and Jak a mission, and I see you here doing nothing…wait. You're not Daxter!" he exclaimed in confusion as he glared down at Allyson.
"Is he high?" she thought as she frowned at him. "It's me…Allyson! Hello? Don't you recognize me?" she said, crossing her arms, which suddenly felt soft and fuzzy against her. She looked down at her hands. Instead of a golden tan, she saw fuzzy orange fur all over her. "No…No, this can't be!" she gasped as she turned around to check behind her. Sure enough, there was a tail. "I'm an ottsel!? How?!"
"Great, just what I need…how the hell did you get here, Allyson?" Torn asked impatiently. Allyson shrugged in confusion herself. "Well, let's get you off the streets." He said, picking her up. Allyson felt a sudden whoosh as Torn picked her up and placed her on his shoulder. As he walked to the Naughty Ottsel, Allyson was losing balance and held onto Torn's hair, which aggravated Torn. She noticed this suddenly and let go, trying to balance on her own. Every step he took it felt like an earthquake under her tiny feet. Once inside, he sat her on the bar table. "I'll be back, rodent—I mean, Allyson—aw what the hell you guys look the same." He grunted as he walked outside again. Just as Allyson was getting comfortable, she felt another sudden whoosh as she was grabbed and squeezed very tightly.
"Ohhh my lil Daxxy-waxxy! You're back!!" a very feminine voice exclaimed, squeezing Allyson tight. Somehow escaping her grip, Allyson fell onto the table.
"I'm not Daxter!" she yelled in annoyance, turning to the busty blonde girl, receiving a very shocked look as the girl blushed.
"Ooh…I'm so sorry!" Tess apologized. "You look just like my lil Daxter." She sighed happily.
"I figured." Allyson mumbled, brushing herself off. "I'm Allyson."
"Tess. Nice to meet you!" she giggled. "Can I get you a drink or something?"
"No, I'm good." Allyson replied. Tess nodded and went back to cleaning the bar table. Allyson smiled to herself. She was an Ottsel! She looked down in the reflection in the mirror behind the bar table. Staring back at her was herself in Ottsel form, and she was wearing a red tank top with a black short-sleeve over shirt and dark blue jean shorts. Her blonde hair was gone, and in place of it was ottsel fur. She even noticed how the female Ottsel was rather…busty. As she was admiring how cute she looked, she started seeing double in the reflection.
"Come here often, toots?" a familiar voice asked. She turned around excitedly to see Daxter the same height as she was.
"Daxter!" she exclaimed hugging him.
Daxter didn't expect the hug, but hey, the Ottsel chick was hot. "Well, nice to meet you, too." He replied in confusion. A hug from someone without forcing her?! This was getting good. He looked around for his buddy Jak, but saw that he was too busy talking to Tattoo-face.
"Daxter…don't you recognize me?" the female Ottsel asked.
Daxter gave her a weird look. "Listen, sweet cheeks, I know the girls I talk to, and I don't think I---"
"Allyson!?" Jak said aloud, looking back at the female ottsel. Jak came closer and saw her necklace that had a purple crystal on it.
"Hey, I know someone who has something like that…" Daxter said, nodding his head. Jak rolled his eyes as a few minutes passed and Daxter finally caught on. "ALLYSON?! It's you!!" he exclaimed as he hugged her. "What happened?! You look…uhh…different. But in a good way!" he flashed his famous grin.
Allyson rolled her eyes. "I wish I knew. Last thing I remember was I was having that Dark Eco pool dream again."
"Dark Eco Pool?" Jak asked confusedly. Allyson nodded.
"I'd be surrounded by all this Eco crap, and I'd hear a voice say 'no, not yet' and then talk about some prophecy…then the voice fades away."
"Well, hey! Now you're a precursor!" Daxter exclaimed, and then looked at Jak. "That's probably the voice she heard."
"Maybe. When did you get here?" Jak asked.
"Man you ask a lot of questions!" Allyson joked. "Literally like ten minutes ago."
"You know who might know something?" Daxter asked, looking up at Jak.
"Onin?" Allyson asked, receiving a shocked look from Daxter. Before he asked, she answered his question. "The games, remember?"
"Daxter! You're back!" a voice exclaimed from behind the two ottsels. Allyson turned around to see Tess grabbing Daxter and hugging him like she previously hugged Allyson.
"Hey toots…easy on the goods!" Daxter grunted as Tess released her grasp on him and gave a quick glare to Allyson. Daxter didn't notice as he smiled at Allyson. "Tess, this is Allyson, she's--"
"—A friend." Allyson interrupted.
"We've met." Tess replied with a small smile, successfully hiding her jealousy from Daxter. Allyson knew, though. She was on rough territory.
"I'm gonna see what Jak and Torn are talking about." Allyson stated, as she turned around and walked off. She stopped after taking two steps and smiled to herself. If she was going to be an Ottsel, she should at least try to crawl like one. She got on all fours and scurried to Jak's feet, laughing the whole way. Jak looked down at the new Ottsel with a smirk on his face.
"You okay?" he asked.
"It's just so…different!!" Allyson laughed as Jak picked her up. "I'm an OTTSEL! Walking on all fours!! I'm like, five or six inches high, with fur everywhere on my body, and I'm ORANGE!" she laughed some more, while Jak held her in his hand. He chuckled softly.
"You'll get used to it. Hey, how's Melissa? Is she okay? And Lisa?" Jak asked, placing her on a nearby table and sitting in a chair.
"She's good. She's in Florida right now with her family…lucky! Probably getting nice and tan as we know it." She grumbled, pacing in a small circle on the table, emphasizing words with her hands. She knew she did this a lot, but it was natural for her. "Lisa's at camp…she took up a job over there as camp counselor. But don't worry, they're both safe." Allyson reassured Jak.
"And how about—"
"Me? Besides the obvious? Well, I guess there's not too much complaining…besides the fact if I went home looking like this, I'd be called a rat." She said, shaking her index finger at Jak.
"You get used to it, toots!" Daxter yelled from the bar table, eavesdropping as Tess was scratching his back.
"But…" Allyson went on, ignoring Daxter, "I think I look cuter as an Ottsel, don't you think?" she joked around.
"Well…I don't look at animals that way…but I see a good improvement!" Jak teased as she kicked his hand, which felt like nothing to him. After she kicked his hand, she lost balance and fell backwards.
"It's hard being short! I'm the shortest out of me, Melissa, and Lisa…and now I'm even shorter than before!!" she implied, still sitting at the spot where she fell. Jak smiled.
"It'll get easier, I promise. I mean, look at Daxter!" Jak said, turning to his friend, then whispering softly in her tiny ear, "if he's still doing good after he changed, then this will be cakewalk for you." He joked.
"Yeah, but that's only cause he had you to protect him!" she whispered, teasing back. The two then burst into laughter until Torn called Jak back over. She motioned with her hand for him to just leave as she sat at the table still. She heard the two talking.
"Jak, this is serious. If Ingraham knows she's here…"
"He won't." Jak interrupted. "Me and Daxter got it covered."
"But we don't know how many spies Ingraham has around the city. It could be anyone! They could be anywhere." Torn hissed.
"Relax. We'll go to the Onin and see what she knows." Jak stated.
"Before you do, go to the Sage. He's with Vin in the computer lab. They have something for ya." Torn said as he walked away. Jak turned around towards the bar table. "Daxter, we gotta go."
"To see log head and four eyes?! Oh boy, what fun." Daxter said in a monotone voice as he jumped up on Jak's shoulder. Jak walked towards Allyson and held out his hand.
"Come on, you too." Jak said. Allyson gulped and climbed slowly up Jak's arm, until Jak pushed her the rest of the way onto his other shoulder and headed out. As Allyson stood, she began to loose balance and fell backwards. Just then, she felt someone grab her arm and saw another fuzzy hand.
"Don't worry, babe! I got ya!" Daxter reassured Allyson, pulling her back up onto Jak's shoulder. "Yeah, the first few times are hard, with his bony shoulders and all." Daxter said. "Just hang on!" he said as he held onto Allyson. She looked at his hands around her waist and smiled as Jak continued on.
Tess stood outside and huffed angrily.
"You know," Torn started to say, walking towards Tess, "They do make a better couple. I mean look at it this way…they're both Ottsels. Rat and Rat stay together."
Tess looked down. "You're right, Torn…" she said softly. She looked up at him and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Thank you." She smiled as she headed back inside. "You coming in or what? I'll make ya a free drink."
With no objection to a free drink, Torn followed her inside.
Okay, wow! Couple things just happened, huh? Was Allyson sent to Haven City on accident? or is it really part of this so called "prophecy" !?
More to come in the next Chapter, when Allyson gets an awkward greeting from the Green Sage, and sees the re-uniting of Daxter and Pecker!!