I've been forgetting to add this!

Xiaolin Showdown and its characters belong to Christy Hui, and Warner Brothers

Kelsey, and Denisa belong to me. :3

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When the duo finally came to much had changed. The world they were in wasn't their own, as they could tell when they woke. Their surroundings had changed drastically. Woods looming all around them and they lay in the center of an unused dirt road that was just barely there, and the clouds were oddly shaped. (Not saying that clouds aren't oddly shaped, but this was different, Kelsey would later add) It was new to the two girls, but it was startlingly familiar.

Kelsey was the first to wake, green eyes fluttering open before snapping to full attention. The red headed girl next to her appeared to be in more of a coma than slumber, and when the brunette looked to her friend she did her hardest to bite back her surprised scream. Her companion looked the same, but…different in many ways, she was almost cartoonish, and not only cartoonish but a certain cartoon's style. Kelsey hesitantly leaned over and gave a thankful sigh that she was able to wake her with a sharp shake.

"Ow, my ass..." Kelsey rolled her eyes. Of course that would be the first thing to come out of the younger girl's mouth, ever the blunt one.

"You look different." Kelsey said quietly, waiting to see her friend's reaction to their surroundings, and as predicted she reacted the same as Kelsey had.

"Where the heck are we?!" Denisa sputtered out, looking about the grounds they sat.

Kelsey stood after a pained groan and looked to her friend. "My question is… why the hell does it all look so familiar? Hello!?"

No answer, not even an animal made a sound. The wind refused to interrupt their solitude, and let the girl's question go unanswered. To the duo, it felt like everything was wrong, but the sky remained blue, the clouds moving west with the winds. Never had the two felt so alone- or helpless. Never had they felt more like the world was against them.

"What's going on…?"

"I don't-" Kelsey began

"Kelsey, where are we?"

"Denisa, I don't-"

"What happened?!" Denisa sounded close to tears as she whispered this out.

"I-"

"Oh gosh, what the fuck, Kelsey-"

"Denisa. I don't know, but we will find out. Please, calm down." She said in a firm, yet gentle tone.

Denisa gave a silent gasp, fingers clutching at the air. "... What are we supposed to do?" The younger of the two dissolved into silent tears, fear echoing in the hollow behind her ribs as she bowed her head to shield her eyes with her claret tresses.

Kelsey rested a hand on her shoulder, encouraging her to stand. "Well, we can't stay here."

"N-no dip, Sherlock..."

Kelsey gave Denisa an irritated look, but dropped it after a moment, and hugging her close, trying to calm the crying girl.

"I-I-I HATE pa-panic att-attacks!" Denisa sputtered, her breathing becoming more and more frantic.

"Denisa, Denisa, calm down!" Kelsey murmured, her motherly instincts kicking in. "Here, pull your legs up and put your head in-between your legs, it should help you breathe, just relax." Kelsey ordered, keeping her hand on Denisa's shoulder comfortingly. Kelsey smiled encouragingly at her friend, before straightening up, her eyes scanning the area. After a few minutes of Denisa gasping for air, and gradually calming down, Kelsey had managed to find her backpack, and its slightly scattered contents that she threw haphazardly back from whence it came, and return to her companion's side.

"CAW!" both girls flinched violently and raised their heads seeing a black crow flying over them, cocking its head at them curiously as it rounded over-head.

Kelsey couldn't put her finger on it, but something was wrong with that bird. It seemed to be just more than a simple animal.

"We're not dead. You can leave." She finally hissed at the bird as it followed the two for a few minutes.

Kelsey paused in their walking and glanced at the ground, scooping a small stone into her fingers, and in the blink of an eye her arm was in the air.

The crow let out a frantic cry as the well-aimed rock slammed into its beak and knocked it to the ground into some bushes. Suddenly Denisa's hand swung out and hit Kelsey in the stomach.

"Oof!" Kelsey grunted, holding her stomach, and giving Denisa a confused look, "What was that for!?"

Denisa scowled at Kelsey, wiping jerkily at her tears, coming to a halt as well.

"You hit an innocent creature with a rock." Denisa said simply.

"Ha! And you haven't!?" Kelsey scoffed, raising an eyebrow at Denisa, who pouted and flushed slightly, shrugging her shoulders and mumbling incoherently. "And...you didn't notice that?" Kelsey asked her tone suddenly serious.

"Notice wh-"

"CAW!"

Both girls shrieked, jumping back as the black crow jumped out of the bushes, glaring at Kelsey.

"It..."

"That. That's what I'm talkin' bout! It's not normal! Go away!"

Kelsey snapped at the bird. It almost seemed…offended, as it puffed out at the elder teen, stepping forward defiantly. "Oh, challenging me, eh? Let's see if it understands this." Kelsey murmured before turning to the crow. "Back away, or I'll hit you with another rock you little-"

Denisa elbowed her, cutting off her rant.

"Alright." Kelsey grunted, holding a rock up, and glaring at the crow to prove her point. It jumped back, glaring at her. "Get in the bushes." She ordered, holding the rock higher. It obeyed. "Well…It's trained or something because no ordinary crow would- I SAID GET. IN. THE BUSH!" Kelsey snapped at the crow, who tried to peak its head out of the bushes. It let out a small annoyed 'caw' before retreating into the bushes.

"Ok, I see your point." Denisa sniffed, getting herself under control, and quickly getting to her feet.

"Ready to g-ET BACK IN THE BUSH!" Kelsey snapped at the bird, raising the stone threateningly. The bird stepped out defiantly once more, only to get whacked in the forehead by the rock. It froze, and suddenly tipped backwards falling to the ground. "Serves the defiant little sucker right." Kelsey laughed. Denisa gazed sympathetically at the creature, only to have Kelsey give her a confused look, which slowly turned into a knowing one. "Don't do it! It's a trained and smart bird! It's like it's a spy! And there's something wrong about it..." Kelsey protested as Denisa walked over and picked it up, holding the limp creature in her hands. "Denisa, I just want to go home! We need to find a way-"

Suddenly the air felt cold, and a chill passed through Kelsey, her hair standing on end.

"De-Denisa." Kelsey whispered weakly, her eyes trailing to the ground at her feet where three shadows were instead of two.

Denisa turned slightly, and her jaw dropped eyes wide. "Oh… oh…"

Suddenly a hand grabbed Kelsey's shoulder and spun her around only to come face-to-chest with a gold armored chest-plate.

"Who are you? Why are you on my land? And what did you do to my bird?"