Chapter 1
The Portals
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It was a cool summer evening in Peach Creek, Arizona. Most of the kids had begun packing it in and heading for bed. Meanwhile, three teens were happily enjoying a walk deep in the woods outside the Cul-de-sac. The first was a fifteen year old with brown hair and dark brown eyes, wearing a crimson red shirt with a necklace around his neck with a sword charm dangling in front of his chest, blue jeans with a metal strap made of titanium on his right leg, and black and white shoes. Next to him was a short African American fifteen year old with a bald head and holding a board with eyes and a smile, wearing a white shirt, baggy pants and sandals. The last teen, and the tallest of them all, was a foreign fifteen year old with blue hair, wearing a yellow shirt with a red stripe in the middle, baggy blue work pants and long red shoes. The three friends usually spent their evenings walking through the woods. But, this was the one walk they would never forget. For, you see, all their adventures in another world would begin in those woods.
"So, guys… got any plans for the weekend?" The African American asked.
"Well, Rolf is planning to harvest for the upcoming family reunion." The tall teen replied.
"You're not going to leave Eddy in charge again, are you?" The brown haired teen asked. "The last time you left Eddy in charge, the animals nearly ate half the food in Peach Creek."
"Ho ho. Do not fret, He-who-stands-around-with-the-Ed-boys. Rolf has promised himself not to let the animals in the flat headed Ed boy's care anymore. May Rolf ask what the smarter-of-the-Ed-boys is doing on the ending on the week?"
"Well… I was planning on polishing my necklace."
"Andrew, you do that practically every day! Plank sees you do it. Hmm? What's that, Plank?" Jonny listened to what the board was 'saying.' "Plank asks, 'Why do you care so much over that worthless trinket?'"
"I care about it because… because… it's the only thing I have to remind me how much my parents loved me."
"Oh… Plank says, 'I'm sorry I asked you that.'"
Andrew chuckled. "That's okay, Plank. My mom and dad always said that one day, this necklace would save me. I'm hoping that day won't come anytime-"
Rolf then screamed. Andrew and Jonny saw why. In front of them were three blue rimmed portals. Each portal held a different picture. One on the left held the picture of a forest in the evening. The one in the center held a snow covered fortress. The one on the right showed a city in ruins in a sea of lava.
"Whoa." Andrew said with awe. Andrew walked up to the portal with the forest. Rolf walked up to the snowy fortress portal and Jonny, with no choice in the matter, walked up to the city ruins portal. Each one of them touched the portals. It seemed to act as a vacuum cleaner instantly, sucking each boy in and closing behind them. One thing was for sure in the now quiet forest: Three separate adventures were about to start.