This is ahistory/origin I commissioned at a discount for a friend of mine on Gaia.

Oro turned the page, so caught up in her reading that she was murmering the words to herself as she read. Other than her quiet mutterings, she was perfectly still and quiet. So much so, in fact, that a brown-furred rabbit had inched up near her foot, and an unnoticed robin perched on her head.

It was a perfectly peaceful picture. It didn't last.

CRASH!

Startled out of her reading, Oro jerked her head up. The robin fluttered off, and the rabbit had already fled. Oro stared as the boy who had fallen caused the crash instantly sprang up. "I'm okay!" he called out quickly, before jumping back on to his skateboard.

Oro shook her head at the boy-were all brother's like this?-and returned to her reading. Soon, everything was quiet once more, the only sounds being Oro's near-silent muttering, the boys skateboard wheels on the asphalt of the street, and the creak of the playground swings moving in the wind. Then...

CRUNCH!

"I'm okay!" the boy shouted once more, lifting himself up of the pile of leaves he'd landed on. Brushing off the bits of dead leaves, he returned to his skateboard. With a sigh, Oro also returned to her activity, putting her brother's clumsiness out of mind. Until the next time...

SMACK!
"I'm okay!"

And the next...

BAM!
"I'm okay!"

And the next...

THWACK!
"I'm okay!"

Finally, Oro could take no more. With a growl she snapped her book shut and lifted herself up. Stomping past her dazed brother, she marched into the forest. "I'll be back later!" she called over her shoulder as her brother stared absently at the tree he'd just ran into. He lifted up his arm to see the large scrape that ran up and down its length, then shrugged and grabbed his skateboard once more.
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Oro made dire threats under her breath as she walked the forest path. It only took a few moments, though, for the forest calm to cool her down. With a peaceful smile, Oro settled herself near the foot of a large oak and opened her book.

Half an hour later, Oro was ready to throw the book into the nearest, deepest hole. She had tried, truly tried, but her mind kept wandering. At one point, she had read the same sentence for five minutes.

Sighing in frustration, Oro tilted her head back till it touched the tree behind her. She stared up at the changing patterns of light and shadows in the leaves until her eyes crossed and she had to blink away spots.

Shaking her head to clear her sight, Oro let it drop forward again. She held the book up in her line of vision once more, trying to force herself to concentrate. And failed.

"Argh!" Losing her patience, she hurled the book to the side, where it landed amongst some sparse shrubbery. Wearing an expression that could be almost called a pout, she drew her legs up and rested her chin on her knee.

Oro had nearly fallen asleep in that position, lulled by the forest quiet, when a flash of silver caught her eye. She looked to the side and saw the silver's source flashing in the distance, barely visible through the trees. Standing, Oro weaved through the timber, reaching the flashing silver shortly.

It was a tiny pond, barely three feet in diameter, and ringed by smooth, round stones. It was undoubtedly manmade, too perfectly circular to be natural. Oro leaned over at, staring at her reflection in the smooth silver surface. Though her image remained in the pond, the scenery behind Oro faded, but she didn't notice.

She was entranced by the smooth surface, not even noticing when her own reflection disappeared as she fell forward into the water. That was when she woke from her trance, as water rushed down her throat and into her lungs. Panicking, she struggled to make her way upward, yet never broke surface.

She lost conscienous soon enough, and awoke in a stark white room. At least, Oro assumed it was a room. It was hard to determine your location, when you're floating in midair. Upside down, no less. Feeling ill, Oro flipped herself so that the her head was facing the proper direction.

"Welcome!"a voice boomed out suddenly, just as the girl was regaining her bearings. She let out a frightened squeak and looked around for the voice's owner. She found nothing and no one, being the only visible human in the room. Unless, the voice's owner wasn't human. Oro gave a shiver at the thought as the voice continued.

"Welcome," he/she repeated. "to the world of Gaia!"