Chapter 1

You never know when something that could change your life until it happens.

Our story starts as all do at the beginning; the year is 2011, on a cold stormy night. The small town of Rockland was silent as the snow fell. However, not all were in the land of dreams, for on Cote St. Three best friends were having a grand of all times playing on Kellie's Game Cube. "Hey!" cried Kellie, "Watch where you're aiming that shell!" she cried as she made another attempt to pass Megan's cart. "No!" Rita replied giggling. She swerved her cart into Kellie's, trying to knock her in to the river. "Ok, that's it!" Kellie made her cart drop back and picked up an item from one of the item squares. "Here take this!" she cried as she lunched her lightning bolt item.

The screen reacts to Kellie's attack as both carts shrink in size as she speeds pass them. The finish line is in sight. Then just as she is crossing the finish line, Megan speeds past her with a special on that knocks her cart out of the way and crosses it seconds before Kellie can recover. "What!" Kellie shrieks. "That's so not fair!" she cried while pouting at her stolen victory. "Too bad, I win again!" said Megan smugly. The grin that graced her face would even put the Chester Cat to shame with its smuggest pride that was, in her opinion, justly deserved. "Well at least you weren in last place again. This game is boring." said Rita as she put down her remote. "Awww come on, Rita just one more game?" begged Kellie, dying for a rematch to ease her bruised ego. "Nah. Don't wanna. You guys can play more if you want." said Rita as she got comfortable in her sleeping bag.

Seeing as Kellie wasn't going to change the young red head's mind Kellie turned back to the game. "You up for another?" asked Kellie as she got ready to race again. "Yeah, I don't mind beating you again." she said also picking her characters for the next match.

The two raced into the night, it was almost midnight when the girls finished their rematch races. Kellie easily took the win from a thoroughly frustrated Megan. "You cheated!" she cried as she almost smashed the controller on the carpeted floor. "How did I cheat?" Kellie said while trying not to giggle in her regained honor as Game Queen. "You shot that shell just as I was on the bridge. If I had made it I could..." "…she was going to win away." said Rita as she turned back to her book. "No one asked you!" she hissed at her. She stormed out of the room. "Wait Megan!" cried Kellie as she got up to follow. "Kellie, come take a look at this." said Rita not looking up from her book.

Torn between the two friends, Kellie took the lesser of two evils and followed Megan into the living room. "Megan..," Kellie said. She found her sitting on one of the couches sulking. Taking in the silence that answered her Kellie decided to tread carefully over to her friend. Sitting next to her on the couch, Kellie waits for her to talk knowing that Megan eventually will, when she'd cooled off a bit. "I can't stand her..," she hisses. "I know, I will talk to her."

Megan lets out a sigh, it sounded like the weight of the world was on her slender shoulders. "Come on, let's go to bed. I think we've had enough for today." Kellie got up and went back into her room followed closely by a still annoyed Megan. Both girls got into Kellie's double bed with Kellie between the two girls. Kellie turned on her side to face Rita, now that Megan was settled in. "What did you want me to take a look at?" asked Kellie as she covered her mouth in an attempt to stifle a yawn.

In Rita's lap sat an old worn book. The cover was ratty and tattered looked like it was just hanging together by a thread. Yellow and torn the page's beautiful calligraphy stood out in the beauty with which it was written in so long ago. The drawings which the colors had faded over the time still could be seen through it's crinkled surface. "Where did you get this?" asked Kellie. Her tired eyes becoming more aware as she continued to analyze the clearly ancient book. "Oh, got it when mom took me to this old book store when I went to her house yesterday." she said as she slid the book to make it easier for Kellie to see.

She pointed to a section that she wanted her to read. Following to where Rita was pointing to, a title in golden letters shone out. "Traveling From Here to There." Kellie read out loud. "Traveling From Here to There incantation was first invoked by Astoroth..." " Who's Astoroth?" asked Megan.

Kellie flipped through the book until she came upon the name at the beginning. " It says here "Astoroth was a great wizard, who was a scholar in his search to bridge the two worlds of man and animal. His work led him to many great discover including his experimentation on how to make animals more like humans. Unfortunately the very creatures that he was trying to turn, turned on him. He was killed shortly there after. It has been said that most of his research that pertained to these experiments have been lost due to the revolution. I have seen this island, known as Na boo boo, and hope that my account of this island helps people who are searching in the new world..."then it goes on to explain how he dies and how these people found his log book and the recordings the events that took place." said Kellie looking up from reading the passage. "It sounds fake to me. Who's ever heard of an Island called Na boo boo?" said Megan. "It's not fake! Look, there's a date and everything." objected Rita. "She's right. There is a date. See here it is." said Kellie pointing it out to Megan who leaded over to get a better look. "It still sounds stupid, why would someone want to make animal more like humans anyway. If I had that much power I won't waist my time on something like that." said Megan. "Oh, what would you do?" asked Kellie. "Well..I...," struggling to think up an answer. "That's what I thought." said Kellie. "Could you put it back to the part about the traveling incantation?" she asked.

Rita flipped the pages carefully back to the spot that she was reading. Kellie skimmed the text, "…..incantation was first invoked by Astoroth. This incantation will allow the user(s) to travel to any place, or time they wish. What is need for this; is a solid item that can be turned or twisted and to annunciated the incantation over the object, "Hillbool hingbing aquanight luinfire firefly light". For a more lasting effect, the more people who are present for this incantation the longer the effects with last..." "How do we even know if it works?" asked Megan. Kellie not wanting for the two to fight again quickly read thorough the rest of the text. "Say here there is suppose to be this bright light." "Do you guys wanna try it?" asked Rita. "No! Why would we want to do that?" said Megan. "Oh come on Megan, what is the worst that could happen?" said Kellie, a silent challenge to her friend. Knowing that she had won Kellie got up to find something to use for the spell. "Anything that turns or spins, right?" she asked while walking towards her jewelry box. "Ya," said Rita.

Kellie searched and searched for something to use, it was while she was looking though some of her old rings that an idea popped into her head. "I'll be right back," she said as she raced out of the room. Rita and Megan waited silently. Rita had gone back to reading the book while Megan started to text on her phone. Both looked up from what they were doing when they heard the thuds of racing feet ascending the stairs. Kellie burst into the room holding a metal band. "We can use this!" she exclaimed. "What is it?" asked Megan. "It's my Dad's old puzzle ring." she said holding it out for the other girls to see. Sure enough there it was, a sliver four piece puzzle ring sat on Kellie's pinky finger. "That will do," said Rita. "Ok so what now?" asked Megan. "Let's sit in a circle to say the incantation." suggested Kellie.

All the girls climbed onto the bed and sat nee to nee. Kellie carefully placed the completed ring in the middle of them and waited. Rita cradled the book in her lap, "Ok now we have to say the spell, "Hellboal hingbing aquanight lueinfire firefly light" if it works then it will light up." she said looking from the book. "We know that," said Megan becoming impatient to start. "Could you say the incantation one more time? I didn't quite catch it." asked Kellie. The girls practiced until they all got it memorized. "Got it now?" asked Megan. "Ya, I got it." Kellie replied. They closed the lights as the book recommended, and then holding out their hands over the ring Kellie counted down from three with her other, once the third finger was placed down all three started the chant "Hellboal Hingbing Aquanight Luinfire Firefly Light".

A soft pinkish glow was given off of from the ring.

"Oh my God, it worked." whispered Kellie. That seemed to break the other two girls out of their shock. "I want to use it first!" cried Megan as she snatches up the ring. "Hey, no you can't it's my book. So I should get to try it first!" Shouted Rita and she lunged at Megan trying to get at the ring. The book was completely disregarded as the two girls fought on the bed. That was until …

RIP!

Both girls froze. The book that still had its pages open had a large tear that stretched across the page diagonally. Straight thought the spell that they had just cast. "Now look what you have done. You've damaged a priceless book over nothing." said Kellie looking very disappointed in both her friends. "Megan, give me the ring, right now." said Kellie.

She held out her hand, it wasn't a request. Megan reluctantly handed over the ring which had come undone in her struggle with Rita. The tiny pieces of metal chimed as they were placed safely in her hand. "Now we are going to bed and tomorrow we will figure out what to do." she said letting out a tired sigh while putting the ring back on her finger.

Rita was climbing off the bed when she remembered the book. Taking it carefully she stared at the ruin page. "You ruined my book." she spat out at Megan. "Well if you had given me the ring then the book wouldn't have got ripped. Besides it wasn't only my fault that the thing got ripped in the first place." argued Megan. "Ok that is enough, both of you. I am tired and want to go to sleep. Now, Good night Megan, Good night Rita," Kellie reached up and turned off the light that hung over her bed. "Night Kellie," said Rita softly.