A/N: Hey, look! The irresponsible author, who should be working on Fallen Leaves in the Night and This Cruel But Beautiful World is publishing another fic! YAAAAAAAY- Don't worry, I'll update them soon. EreMika FTW! Okay, I'll stop with the shameless plugging now. XD
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A Constellation of Dreams
Book One
Shadows in the Night
It was hot.
It was one of those stifling hot days, with no wind or cool breeze, leaving the air stagnant and humid.
Meteorologists deduced that is was probably the worst heat-wave America had ever experienced.
And a small town that went by the name of Stonehill, Pennsylvania, was stuck in the middle of it.
"GAH-can't-SWIM!"
Stonehill was quite famous for its young wildlife guides and Ravenswood Wildlife Preserve.
Said wildlife guides were trying- trying being the keyword- to take a dip in a lake... With a flailing ferret.
"Ozzie! Calm down!" A dark-haired, tan girl with shining onyx eyes shouted. She floundered across the pool, clad in a black bikini. "You're not going to drown!"
"GAh!"
A girl with curly, auburn hair and hazel eyes gleaming with mirth plucked the soaking ferret out of the water. "Better, Ozzie?"
Ozzie the Wonder Ferret merely spat out water.
"Smooth move." A girl with long, blond hair and steel-blue eyes crossed her arms and snorted.
"It's so hot!" The auburn haired girl fanned herself.
"Chill, Emily," the dark haired girl calmly placated her friend. "This heat wave will pass soon."
"Well, Xena, this is pretty degrading. Swimming in the lake! Lame!" The blonde girl tossed her head.
"I don't see a problem, Kara. If you have any better ideas, tell us. We're open to ideas," the dark-haired girl gestured to the animals all crammed in the shallow end of the lake.
"Oh I don't know..." Kara loudly proclaimed (sarcastically), "Maybe, oh I don't know, go somewhere else?"
The dark-haired girl's eyes flashed. "Gee, that's really helpful. We can totally hitch a plane to like... California."
"Actually..." Kara tapped her chin. "That's not a bad idea, Adriane. What do you say, girls and Team Magic?"
Adriane gaped. "Wait- what- you actually meant that? Going on vacation?"
"Southern California, by the coast, at least, I hear is nice this time of year, " Emily offered.
"Coastal, Southern Cal?" Adriane suggested hopefully.
"Sure! Why not?" Kara spread her palms wide.
Emily laughed with her friends and began to talk about travel plans, when something caught her eye at the other end of the lake.
On the shore in front of the bamboo forest, something crouched by the lake, lapping at the cool water. It looked like an almost-black cat, it's fur an extremely dark smoky brown and black. It stared at her with golden eyes, unblinkingly.
But when she turned to show her friends... It vanished.
Emily was unnerved by the creatures appearance. Was it another animal that had come through from the portal? She had never seen anything of the likes of it.
No. She wouldn't think about it. She pushed the thought of it to the back of her mind. It was probably just a stray or feral cat...
So why did something not feel right?
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A/N: So yeah. Welcome to my new Avalon fic! Yes, there will be an OC, but trust me. She ain't a Sue. But yeah. Review, leave feedback or concrit, or anything really!
