CHAPTER 3: Shock to the system.
Erin opened her eyes slowly. As she tried to move, every muscle in her body seared in pain. "Oh man," she seethed. "What happ." she rolled over and saw Jerry sleeping next to her. "Jer, you okay boy?" she reached over and rubbed her pet's stomach. He started to growl but just whined a little. Slowly, Erin sat up. As her focus bean to clear up, she looked around her. For a second, she thought something had knocked her out. She didn't remember what happened. She was still in the forest...but things were different. The trees were strange, different colors, not the normal greens and yellows but blues, purples, pinks, reds, all of the colors of the rainbow. A strange rabbit-looking thing hopped up to her, but it had a lizard like tail and long sharp teeth. Erin looked at it come closer and closer, but suddenly Jerry perked up and barked at the creature. "What the hell is that?" The creature scampered off. Erin's eyes widened. She didn't say that. She looked around and saw nothing. "Who said that?" she said loudly. "Over here boss," the voice retorted. She slowly looked over to her dog, who seemed to grin at her. "What was that thing?" She stared blankly at her pet. "What, you never thought I had anything to say?" It was Jerry, her dog, talking to her. The thought was too much for her and Erin's eyes rolled up into her head as she passed out again. "Damn," Jerry snorted. "Better stay put."
At Castle Grayskull. Adam and Man-At-Arms walked through the halls of Grayskull looking for the Sorceress. They had both called out her name several times, but she had not appeared. Finally they found her in the library, asleep on top of an open book. "Sorceress," Man-At-Arms said softly as her nudged her. "Sorceress, are you well? Is everything okay?" The mystical woman slowly opened her eyes and as her vision focused she saw the concerned looks on her friends' faces. She sat up and stretched a little. "Yes, now I am, but something happened...I can't explain it," she told the two men. Adam looked at Duncan perplexed. "Man-At-Arms thinks there may have been an energy blast in the atmosphere. I didn't see it but I haven't felt right all day." The Sorceress looked at the blonde young man with great care, almost motherly. "Are you okay now?" she asked. He looked down. "Yeah, it's balancing out, slowly." Balancing... The Sorceress suddenly became worried and stood up abruptly. She walked over to a huge wall of books that stood maybe 80 feet high. She softly said an incantation and a book from the very top shelf pulled out and began to float down to her. She took the book over to the table and opened it using magic to flip through the pages. "I seem to remember an old prophecy of something that would throw the balance of good and evil off on Eternia," she said to the bewildered men. "It will either bring many years of war or many years of peace. Many will either die or prosper with good, enriched lives. Something..about..a..here it is," she said. "A visitor from a place unlike one anyone else has ever known." Adam was really confused now. "Ohhhhkaaay," he said skeptically. "Like who or what." The Sorceress seemed annoyed by his connotation, but then shook it off. It wasn't like her to become so easily frazzled. "I don't know, it doesn't say. I thought the prophecy was fulfilled by your mother when she crash landed on Eternia so many years ago, but things about the prophecy didn't set right with that. What I do know is this visitor carries an intense power with them. And if they're on Eternia, you had better find them before Skeletor does." The two men nodded and turned to leave but the Sorceress stopped them. "Keep your wits about you," she warned. "We don't really know what we are dealing with."
Erin opened her eyes slowly. As she tried to move, every muscle in her body seared in pain. "Oh man," she seethed. "What happ." she rolled over and saw Jerry sleeping next to her. "Jer, you okay boy?" she reached over and rubbed her pet's stomach. He started to growl but just whined a little. Slowly, Erin sat up. As her focus bean to clear up, she looked around her. For a second, she thought something had knocked her out. She didn't remember what happened. She was still in the forest...but things were different. The trees were strange, different colors, not the normal greens and yellows but blues, purples, pinks, reds, all of the colors of the rainbow. A strange rabbit-looking thing hopped up to her, but it had a lizard like tail and long sharp teeth. Erin looked at it come closer and closer, but suddenly Jerry perked up and barked at the creature. "What the hell is that?" The creature scampered off. Erin's eyes widened. She didn't say that. She looked around and saw nothing. "Who said that?" she said loudly. "Over here boss," the voice retorted. She slowly looked over to her dog, who seemed to grin at her. "What was that thing?" She stared blankly at her pet. "What, you never thought I had anything to say?" It was Jerry, her dog, talking to her. The thought was too much for her and Erin's eyes rolled up into her head as she passed out again. "Damn," Jerry snorted. "Better stay put."
At Castle Grayskull. Adam and Man-At-Arms walked through the halls of Grayskull looking for the Sorceress. They had both called out her name several times, but she had not appeared. Finally they found her in the library, asleep on top of an open book. "Sorceress," Man-At-Arms said softly as her nudged her. "Sorceress, are you well? Is everything okay?" The mystical woman slowly opened her eyes and as her vision focused she saw the concerned looks on her friends' faces. She sat up and stretched a little. "Yes, now I am, but something happened...I can't explain it," she told the two men. Adam looked at Duncan perplexed. "Man-At-Arms thinks there may have been an energy blast in the atmosphere. I didn't see it but I haven't felt right all day." The Sorceress looked at the blonde young man with great care, almost motherly. "Are you okay now?" she asked. He looked down. "Yeah, it's balancing out, slowly." Balancing... The Sorceress suddenly became worried and stood up abruptly. She walked over to a huge wall of books that stood maybe 80 feet high. She softly said an incantation and a book from the very top shelf pulled out and began to float down to her. She took the book over to the table and opened it using magic to flip through the pages. "I seem to remember an old prophecy of something that would throw the balance of good and evil off on Eternia," she said to the bewildered men. "It will either bring many years of war or many years of peace. Many will either die or prosper with good, enriched lives. Something..about..a..here it is," she said. "A visitor from a place unlike one anyone else has ever known." Adam was really confused now. "Ohhhhkaaay," he said skeptically. "Like who or what." The Sorceress seemed annoyed by his connotation, but then shook it off. It wasn't like her to become so easily frazzled. "I don't know, it doesn't say. I thought the prophecy was fulfilled by your mother when she crash landed on Eternia so many years ago, but things about the prophecy didn't set right with that. What I do know is this visitor carries an intense power with them. And if they're on Eternia, you had better find them before Skeletor does." The two men nodded and turned to leave but the Sorceress stopped them. "Keep your wits about you," she warned. "We don't really know what we are dealing with."