Tiamatt POV

"Tia, wake up!" the voice sounded paniked and I felt something nudge my shoulder. "Tia!"

"Kratos, what is it?" I asked, slowly opening my eyes to see the face of a dark red furred cat staring at me, its face only an inch from my own. I leapt to my feet but instead of landing on two feet, I landed on four...paws? I stared at my feet in disbelief and spun around to see my light brown furred tail. "What the hell is going on?!"

"I don't know..."

I turned back to look at the auburn furred tom in front of me, my mouth dropping in shock. "Kratos?" The cat nodded, and just by looking in his still strangely auburn eyes, I knew it really was my husband.That and the fact that the fur on his head still tried to retain its spikey look that his hair as a human, possessed. "What happened?"

Kratos shook his head. "I'm not sure. I remember the light and the slingshot effect and then waking up here. Other then that, I'm not sure."

"What about Eria and Terrance? Have you seen them?" I asked. Kratos shook his head again. "I hope their safe..."

Kratos nuzzled the side of my neck and licked the top of my head. "I'm sure their fine. They have Nick with them. He won't let anything happen to our kids." I nodded and returned the nuzzle, surprised to hear a pur come from my throat. "Does this seem at all familiar to you Tia?"

I looked around and noticed we were at the edge of a forest, a series of strange scents coming from it. I also noticed a fence that seperated the human neighborhood from the forest. I couldn't place where we were but it seemed familiar and I heard russling coming from a nearby bush. Kratos stood beside me, the fur bristling on the back of his neck in unease.

"Come on out!" He said, scanning the bushes. The rustling stopped and Kratos stared at one spot. "I know you're there so come out!"

A ginger colored tom with flame colored fur and green eyes and long haired grey tom with yellowish eyes walked slowly from the bushes, eyeing us curiously but also giving us a clear warning.

"Who are you, kittypet? Why are you hunting in Thunderclan territory?" the grey tom asked.

"Tell us who you are first?" Kratos asked sternly, looking back and forth between the two strange cats.

"Kratos, I think I know who they are?" I said quietly. He glance at me, waiting for me to continue. I stepped forward and bowed my head slightly. "Forgive my mate, Kratos. We do not mean to cause problems. We are only looking for our kits and we got lost. We even searched through some of Twoleg Place for them but to no successs."

The ginger tom looked at me. "You lost your kits?" I nodded and he looked at his companion. "Greystripe, maybe we can help them."

Greystripe's eyes widened. "Fireheart, what about Tigerclaw? He'll have our pelts!"

Fireheart sighed. "I guess your right. Maybe we should bring them back with us. Maybe Bluestar will let us help them." Greystripe throught for a moment before he nodded. "Ok, follow us and don't get lost again." The two forest cats took off, leaving me and Kratos to catch up.

"Tia, what's going on? What is a kittypet? Or a twoleg for that matter?"

"A kittypet is a cat that is owned by a human and a twoleg, well...that should be obvious." I told him. I saw him nod out of the corner of my eye and noticed that Fireheart and Greystripe had stopped outside a large, protecive bush with a small tunnel for an entrance way.

"I'll go first and you two go in the middle. Greystripe will follow." Fireheart explained.

We nodded and followed the ginger tom into the camp, Greystripe behind us. The camp was pretty big with several dens scattered at the edge of the clearing. I noticed a couple she-cats watching over a couple kits that were playing outside what I assumed was the nursery. I also saw a den were a bunch of elderly cats were gathered around a tree stump and two more dens that I guessed were for the apprentices and the warriors. Under a ledge sat a blue-grey she-cat with icy blue eyes who was talking to large dark brown tabby tom with dark eyes and strangely long front claws.

"Wait right here. I'll see if I can get Bluestar to speak with you." Fireheart said before scampering off towards the she-cat.

I noticed that he lowered his head slightly towards her and noticed that she seemed to hold a lot of respect for Fireheart but if my memory is correct then I knew why. I noticed the dark furred tom glared at the young warrior but my attention was drawn away from him as I noticed Bluestar walk towards us with Fireheart at her side.

"Fireheart has told me that you have lost your kits. Is this correct?"

"Yes Bluestar." I answered, bowing my head slightly, Kratos following my example. "We have searched for some time now. I'm curious if they may have wandered home by now but our home is very far away."

Bluestar nodded. "I see.Well, I don't see any harm of you staying here for a short time but if you stay, you must help support the clan. Besides, I think Starclan has sent you to us."

"Understood." Kratos said even though I could see he didn't know what Starclan was.

Bluestar swished her tail, appearing to make a mental note to herself. "May I ask your names?"

"I am Kratos and this is Tiamatt."

Bluestar nodded. "What strange names...hm...could you be the ones Starclan mentioned?" Kratos gave me a curious look as Bluestar turned and leapt on top of the ledge. "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather around the High Ledge for a Clan meeting!"

The clan cats began to move towards the ledge, giving us weird looks as they passed us and muttering among themselves. I noticed Kratos looked uneasy from all the attention we were getting but that was probably partially due to the fact that we were now cats.

"Starclan spoke to me in a dream, saying that a pair of cats would come to help the forest. Today, those cats arrived!" Bluestar annouced. More mummering rose from the cats under the ledge. "Tiamatt, Kratos, please step forward." Kratos and I looked at each other before approaching the ledge where Bluestar leapt down to meet us. "We welcome you to Thunderclan and give you your clan names."

I heard some of the cats give disapproving meows and noticed Tigerclaw, the dark tabby that Bluestar was talking to earlier, glaring at us. None the less, both of us bowed our head.

"Kratos, I give you the name Flameclaw. May Starclan protect you." Kratos bowed his head again as Bluestar turned towards me. She seemed to look at me forever before she finally spoke up. "Tiamatt, a strange aura comes from you, one that I do not understand though Starclan seems to speak easily to you. Therefore, I give you the name, Auraheart. May Starclan protect you." I looked at her, shocked as I noticed that just as Bluestar had said, I was still sensitive to the Lifestream even though this world's Lifestream felt odd. Finally I bowed my head. "As is tradition, Flameclaw and Auraheart will hold silent vigil tonight."

"Flameclaw! Auraheart! Flameclaw! Auraheart!" Fireheart and Greystripe cheered. Some of the others cats joined in but half heartedily.

Kratos looked at me, still looking slightly confused and I would've answered but as I started to open my mouth to speak, Bluestar gave me a stern glare, reminding me of the silence rule. We padded towards the center of the clearing, nodding to some of the cats that welcomed us before all the cats started to make their ways towards the dens. I looked at Kratos and sighed. Tonight was going to be a long night but what did Bluestar mean by we were sent to help the forest?

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Eria POV

"Where are we?" I asked, looking around the strange forest we had appeared in. The forest was strangely silent when we arrived and Nick cusing at Surge seemed to echo through the trees.

"I don't know. Ass won't tell me." Nick huffed, Surge slung across his back as he seemed to being trying to avoid the sword. Terri and I just gave him an odd looking, causing our teacher to scold. "Come on let's see if we can find out where we are."

"Can't we rest for a while?" Terri asked, looking worn out. He also had a nasty burn on his arm and another one on his back from one of the strange fireball monsters that had attacked us before Surge pulled us here.

Nick glared at my brother. "The sooner we find cilization, the sooner we can get that treated. Untill then, we need to keep moving."

Terri sighed and tried to stand up only to gasp and fall back down into a sitting position. I ran to his side. I looked at his back wound, trying to figure out away to help him stand without causing him more pain but even the top of his shoulders seemed to be burned. Terri moved only slightly, stopping as he gasped from the pain the burn caused.

"Terrance, Eria, come on!" Nick yelled impatiently. I wondered what had come over him and why he wasn't trying heal Terri.

"Nick, he needs to be healed now!" I yelled. Nick glared at me but sighed as I just glared right back and started walking back towards us. "Terri can't travel in this condition."

"Eria, Surge used some of my energy to pull his here. I don't have the energy to cast a healing spell otherwise I would." Nick explained. "You can't cast any magic can you?" I looked down and shook my head.

Terri looked at both of us, trying to smile to cover up his pain. "Its alright. I'm fin-AHHH!" Terri fell back down again when he tried to stand up.

"Terri, stop moving!" I growled. Terri looked at me and sighed.

"Fine...but what are we gonna do?"

Nick looked around, and wandered over to some broken tree limbs. "We'll stay here for the next and allow all of us to rest a little. Eria, can you find more wood for a fire?"

I nodded and ran into the wood. You would think being in a forest that there would be plenty of firewood but this forest seemed unatuarally clean and cared for. It made me even more curious. As I made my way deeper, finding only a little bit of wood, I heard a strange humming. It was soft and while I was unsure of where it came from, I wasn't scared. I eventually found myself stopped in the middle of the forest, eye closed as I listened to the humming the came from the trees around me. When the sound stopped, I felt strangely refreshed and opened my eyes only to leap back in shock, the creature in front of me giving a startled cry.

It was bizzare looking, like a scrawny light green leafy dragon or something. It stood on four legs, its front ones were really long and looked fragile but seemed to still be able to support the creatures weight. It also had wings that looked like they were covered in leaves and had the same leaves on it's head, around it's neck, and on it's wrist as well as on the end of it's tail. It blinked its dark eyes as it cocked its head to the side and looked at me.

"What are you? I've never seen your kind before." The creature said, leaning closer as I felt my mouth drop at hearing it speak. "Can you speak?" I nodded slowly as a small cluster of leaves on its neck extended forward on a strange vine like arm and the creature prodded my shoulder. "Tell me then, what are you?"

"I...I'm a Cetra." I finally managed to say. The creature smiled and trilled softly in approval.

"Cetra? Never heard of that before."

"Um, well...I'm not even a full Cetra since Dad is human..." I admitted, recieving a curious look from the dragon creature. "Um, what are you?"

The creature looked at me in disbelief before its laughed. "I'm a vinrid! My name is Clearleaf. What's yours?"

"Eria. But please, I need to hurry and find fire wood. My brother and Nick are waiting for me." I answered, looking around the 'vinrid' or whatever he called himself. Clearleaf gave a concerned look, seeming to ask if something was wrong without really speaking. "Terri was burned by these weird living fireballs. He can't be moved till its healed."

"I think I can help." Clearleaf said suddenly. "Where is your brother?" I pointed off in the direction I had come from and felt the vine claws grab me before I found myself on the vinrid's back. "Hold on!"

Clearleaf leapt suddenly into the trees, leaving me to wrap my arms around his neck in an attempt to not fall off as he moved through the forest with ease. What surpirsed me about the vinrid is while he appeared to be scaled like a dragon, up close I could see that he was covered with small feathers. I also noticed that his wings looked alot like the wings of a bird, more so then my wings which still looked slightly dragonic.

"Is that them?"

I looked over his shoulder and saw Nick and Terri down below. Nick was pacing impatiently and Terri looked worried. "Yeah, thats them." Clearleaf nodded and leapt down from the tree, starling Nick who pulled out Surge. "Nick, its ok. He's wants to help." I told him.

Nick looked at me as I slid off the vinrid's back and then at Clearleaf. "Please listen to her. I only want to help." Nick looked at the vinrid in disbelief as I led him towards Terri who just looked at him in shock. "Please, relax."

Terri nodded and closed his eyes, taking a deep breath to relax as much as his burns would let him. With that done, Clearleaf started humming, his voice soft and clear. I felt at peace as he spread his wings, the leaf like feathers at the edge of his wings glowing. I looked at my brother and watched in shock as his burns healed at an amazing pace before all that could be seen was unmarked flesh. When the healing was done, Clearleaf stopped humming and he folded his wings back. Terri slowly opened his eyes and looked at his previously burned arm.

"Wow..." He muttered, touching the new skin in disbelief. I was shocked too and I could tell Nick was as well.

"How did you do that?" Nick asked, looking at the vinrid.

"The gift of the healing song is given to us vinrid when we are born." Clearleaf answered. "As we grow older, other songs come to us." Nick nodded and then looked around.

"So where are we?"

Clearleaf chuckled. "Tivega Forest, south of Dico Valni, on the world of Nikotu."

"Where?" Terri asked. I nodded in agreement with my brother.

"Nikotu. In the ancient language, it means life giver." Clearleaf explained. We all slowly nodded only to freeze as a strange shrill cry came from the forest. The vinrid looked startled. "Come on, we have to get to the valley!"

Clearleaf took off, leaving us to chase after him as answering cries were heard...

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Third Person POV

Terran sat nervously, the shards of the Oblivion Blade still in his hand as Lloyd paced nervously, waiting for Yuan and Raine to arrive. Colette was trying to comfort the spirit was Hiro and Aya, who were contacted mainly for the bond and friendship they had with Tiamatt and her family. The others were not told of the situation and allowed to continue with what ever they were busy with at the moment.

"I can't believe it..." Hiro muttered, looking at the broken pieces of the sword. "Its not right. Tia's had the sword for as long as I've known her and only now did it break. Then she disappears along with Kratos in a weird light. And we have no idea where Eria, Terrance, or Nick are."

"You don't think they're..." Aya drifted off. Hiro shook his head.

"There's no way. Even if she doesn't have her sword, she still has other ways to defend herself."

Terran sighed and looked at the Aoyama's. "I think they were taken to another world."

Lloyd stopped and looked at the spirit. "And my brother and sister?"

"Surge probably pulled Nick and the kids somewhere safe during the attack." Terran explained. "I hope they're safe anyways..."

"I'm sure they are. I bet they're all trying to get home too." Colette added, trying to keep everyone's spirits up. The all nodded and sat quietly, praying that Colette was right as they continued to wait for Yuan and Raine...


I know, I know. You're all probably thinking "WTF?!" But this is one of the real twist of this story. Don't worry, plenty more are to come! hehe!