Disclaimer: I don't own any characters except the ones not in the books. The plot, new characters, and fanfic are mine.

A/n: Hey to all who are reading this fanfic! I want to clear a few things up first ~ Lena is Selena's nickname. Aquene is pronounced Ah-queen-ee, and Orenda is pronounced as it looks - Or-end-ah. Thank you for reading my fanfic! Please R&R!

Note to all my Ella Enchanted fanfic's readers and reviewers: I have NOT neglected Hidden Shining Stars, I am only writing this fanfic because I want to, and because I'm not getting as many reviews as I expected for my chapters.

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Leap across the dangerous chasm
To the ones who can answer our call
And when they do hear, they will appear
To rid the evil, once and for all

When shadows still loom
And hope is afar
Call upon the moon
And the blazing star

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Selena bolted up in bed, sweaty and trembling. It was only a nightmare, she told herself, shaking her head to clear her thoughts. In her dream, an eerie, light voice had repeated those lines over and over again. This was the 6th time this week. What did it mean?

Who are the ones who answer the call? And how would you call upon the moon - and blazing star? Unable to fall asleep again, Selena slipped out of bed and padded softly towards the window. Pulling aside the curtains, she found out that it was almost dawn anyway. The sun's rays were beginning to stain the clouds with a pink and peachy luminescence.

I'll ask Aquene and Orenda what they think, Selena thought.

Her thoughts wandered over to her best friends. Aquene and Orenda were identical twins and her two best friends forever. All three of them shared a secret that they had not dared to tell anyone else, ever. Magic. It had all started when . . .

*****Flashback*****

There was a rustling of leaves and a vicious growling. "I am a monster!"

"Ahh!" Aquene screamed. "Monster!"

"What? Where?" Lena asked, whirling around. She didn't see any monster.

"I'm going to get you! I'm coming for you!" a voice roared from the side. Bushed rustled and the leaves trembled.

Aquene, Orenda, and Selena all shrieked and ran around. "It going to eat us!" yelled Orenda, screaming her head off.

"I'm going to eat you!" said the scary, loud voice.

Selena stopped in her tracks. The voice sounded familiar, but she couldn't place it.

Meanwhile, Aquene and Orenda looked terrified. They were about to bolt away from the meadow, but suddenly, more growls came out of the bushes near the only path where they could get out from. If they wanted to get out of the meadow, they had to take the path. But monsters were in the bushes near the path.

The three girls all screamed. Aquene yelled bloody murder.

Suddenly, there came laughing from the bushes. The girls all stopped immediately. Monsters didn't laugh.

A boy tumbled out of the bushes, rolling about laughing. "Haha! You guys are so easy to scare."

"Michael, I am going to get you back for this!" Aquene yelled.

"And what about us?" sniggered another voice. Five more boys from their school were all standing and stepping out of the bushes that they had hidden in.

"Ooh, you - you -" Orenda couldn't think of a good word to describe them.

Aquene was fuming with anger. "You little - little - brats!"

Lena didn't say anything. Her cheeks flushed crimson, and she was ashamed that she had fallen for the petty trick.

Well, they HAD gotten the boys back at school. They had left scary notes in the boys' lockers and notebooks, pretending to be stalkers. And when the boys were all really nervous, they had broken the news to them, laughing their heads off.

And now . . .

"Lena!" Aquene and Orenda were both running towards her, out of breath and looking as scared as she had ever seen them.

"What? What's wrong?" Selena was scared because her friends were scared.

"I don't know - there was something back there - in that field -" Orenda choked out. "It was - like a duck - it talked!"

"Talked?" Selena looked at her as if she were crazy. "How can it talk?"

"It did!" Aquene cried out, nodding vigorously. Her curly black hair bounced around her shoulders. "It was weird! Come on!"

Selena, though doubtful, followed her two friends, who were both racing towards the small river, near a grassy meadow.

As soon as she got there, she heard someone - or something - talking.

"Where is that dratted portal? I fell right through it - the Fairimentals should appoint someone to monitor the portals. They're not safe!"

Aquene and Orenda both cast her wide-eyed looks.

"Is this another joke?" Selena demanded her voice low.

"I swear this isn't a joke." Orenda told her. Orenda was always honest.

The three girls crept forward, and saw . . .

"Ahh! Manticore!" yelled a voice. "Oh. Well, you aren't manticores. You scared me!" a small, duck-like creature stumbled out of the bushes. It looked rather funny, with a rubbery silver beak and feet too large for its body. The girls all leaped back, afraid.

"What - what ARE you?" Lena asked suspiciously.

"I'm a quiffle." The creature said proudly. "Are you mages?"

"No - what's a mage?" Aquene asked. "We're humans. Girls."

"Oh." The quiffle looked disappointed. "Well, I need a portal. It was nice seeing you!"

"What's a portal -" Orenda started to ask. Suddenly, a bright swirling vortex appeared in the air above them. Colors swirled, blended, and then . . . they stared at the expanse of stars.

"THAT'S a portal," replied the quiffle.

"Wha - where does it lead to?" Aquene asked nervously.

"Aldenmor."

"Where's that?"

"In the next nexus - far away from here." The quiffle said. "Oh, by the way, I think there's a manticore loose. I think one of them also fell through the portal. I was running from it when I stumbled through the portal . . ."

"What is a manticore?" asked Lena.

"A horrible monster," replied the strange creature, shuddering.

"Well, go through the portal then!" Orenda said. "Then the um, manticore . . . won't be after you."

"No, because it will be after you! Hurry, get through the portal!"

The three girls glanced at each other. Then, they all jumped through the portal. What they didn't know was that it would change their lives forever.

*****End of Flashback*****

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A/n: Please R&R! Constructive criticism, tips, suggestions, and advice welcome! Also, if u liked this so far, please check out my other story, Hidden Shining Stars. Thnx to everyone! *~*~AryaWinds~*~*