Thump.

Kailani groaned and snuggled deeper into her arms but felt a sharp pain erupt at her back. Opening her eyes, she sat up and gasped at the aches and sores that fired all over her back and neck.

"Oh, god." She groaned, rubbing out the kinks in her neck and stretched her back, loving and hating the feel of stretching sore muscles.

"That is the last time I sleep in a chair listening to music." She said to herself, looking over at her laptop that had fallen asleep and her headphones dangling from the edge of the desk she had fallen asleep on.

Thump.

Frowning, she turned around, wondering if she was hearing things now. She was about to say she was when she heard a rather loud bump.

Thump. Was someone running all over Jamie's room?

"Jamie! You better not be up!" She yelled as she got up from her chair and headed out of her room in her clad feet.

Was that grunting she heard?

She must be still half asleep. She thought she heard a crash and felt her anger spike. She picked up her pace and saw Jamie's door. "I thought I told you you weren't supposed to be up past your bedtime!"

She was about to say another reprimand but it stopped when she saw a fat guy in a red coat passed out on the ground, a huge bunny, a weird blue green bird thing and Jamie all knocked out.

"What in the world?" She closed her eyes and rubbed them furiously, trying to get the sleep out of them. Shaking her head, she opened her eyes and blinked rapidly.

She was glad that no one was there except Jamie, awkwardly sitting on the bed. She'd didn't really want to know what would've have happened if there were actual people in Jamie's room. It would not be pretty.

She heard Jamie's door open more and turned to see a rather happy Sophie walking in.

"Hey, what are you doing up?" Kailani asked but Sophie seemed rather engrossed looking at the ground as if someone was actually there and she was giggling and looking around.

"Let's put Jamie back to bed, Sophie and then it will be your turn." Kailani said rather distractedly as she turned back to tuck Jamie in. He was rather heavy and she grunted with the effort.

"You're getting big. " She murmured as she soothed Jamie's hair away and pulled the covers up. She vaguely heard Sophie say pretty and heard a soft twinkling sound.

"Come on, Sophie." Kailani said as she still stared at Jamie, feeling a warm glow in the pit of her heart that was drowning in a sea of sorrow and confusion.

"Bunny! Hop! Hop! Hop! Ow!" It was the Ow! that snatched Kailani's attention from Jamie's like a fish on bait.

"Sophie!" She said but the next words got stuck on her throat as she saw a shimmering blue portal humming in the middle of the room. Kailani's green eyes widened in astonishment and confusion. She was frozen on the spot as she saw the portal.

It looked beautiful and called to her. It filled with her with something that she had no name for. For the first time in 3 years since her father's death, she felt something other than confusion and anger.

She felt...happy.

Like a child.

Sophie giggled and headed to the portal. Kailani reeled back and shook her head to dislodge the daydream but this was no daydream.

This was real as the air she was breathing in.

Her instinct to protect Sophie from the unknown, no matter how beautiful the portal was or how it called to her like a mother would her child, snapped her to attention.

"Sophie! Get away!" She whispered harshly, trying to lure Sophie back to safety. But Sophie wasn't listening, she was giggling and entranced and kept walking towards the portal. She was a mere inch from the portal when she didn't stop and fear for her little sister kicked Kailani into gear.

"Sophie! No!" She yelled as she ran to yank Sophie away from the portal. She had her arms around Sophie's waist and was about to pull back but felt herself tripping forward into the portal.

She tried to regain her footing but fell in the portal and was falling down, down, down, into the abyss. She gasped at the feel and vaguely heard a whooshing sound from above her.

The air felt different and caressed her skin and the was rushing through exposed skin and hair, raising goosebumps and making her shiver.

She held Sophie in her arms tightly, tilting her body up so Sophie would be on top and Kailani would take the brunt of the impact. Sophie was giggling happily but Kailani felt terrified as she fell.

Would they live? Would they be missed? Who would take care of Jamie?

So many questions rushed through her mind like an avalanche but one question dominated all her other thoughts.

Where were they?


Sorry it's so short. But this is the last chapter that will be short. All the other will be longer. Please review. Next update is on Monday. Things will begin to pick up speed now that this chapter is done. Until next time!