Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Ok, so I had some fun with this one... :3 I can't give away any spoilers, but I will say it was just funny to write. :D Anyways, i'm sorry if it gets a little confusing in this chapter. :P I tried to make it as clear as I could help it, so please bear with me... 

Oh I just love this picture! :D It was so neat to draw and such! ^_^ The colors are so playful! :3 Oh, and look who makes a cameo! My good friend Midara's character shadow thingy she made for my contest! X3 Congrats bud! I put it in there for my chapter! I hope you like it! :D

And without further ado, here is chapter 17 that you guys have been waiting forever for! XD

Chapter 17

“Alright, now who’s gonna explain exactly what you all thought you were doing trying to run off?!” Lefty’s mom growled as she slammed her paw on the table; obviously still fueled by fear and anger from a few minutes ago… Lefty squirmed in her chair as she eyed her mom in horror… “M…Mom… We didn’t think…” An abrupt “SLAM” made Lefty jump in surprise, “That’s right, you didn’t think! I’ll tell you that you will be using your mind a lot more often young lass! Perhaps part of your punishment should be going to college summer camp, so you can actually learn to use that head of yours!” Lefty’s mom frowned as she shakily microwaved a cup of coffee in the microwave…

Lefty shrunk back in her chair as she continued to eye her mom in horror, “I’ve never seen her so angry before…”, Lefty telepathically communicated to the group. Stripes scooted his chair, making a loud squeak as he looked at Lefty’s mom, “With all due respect miss… err… mom… We honestly didn’t mean to alarm you! We were playing you see, and…” Once again Stripes was interrupted by Lefty’s mom as she set down her coffee abruptly, and took a deep breath… “Stripes, you are the older brother and I’m very disappointed in allowing your sister to get involved in you guy’s silly act… You are not allowed to drive anywhere for a whole two months!” Lefty’s mom coolly spoke as she sipped her coffee…

Stripes blinked in surprise at her sudden emotional shift towards him, “Err... Uh ya, I’m sorry that I got her involved into this…” Stripes stammered the words out of his mouth as he looked at Lefty embarrassingly… Lefty returned the gaze with another embarrassed look, as she knew that he was feeling the same way about playing bro and sis despite Stripes having two sisters….

Out of the entire group Shila remained the most silent as she watched the whole group try and play through the scenario, (Okay, as long as I’m not brought up into this conversation, I’m good..) Shila shakily breathed as she eyed Lefty’s mom… Lefty’s mom seemed to notice Shila’s nervousness as she looked back at her and growled, “Are you the one who gave them this idea? You don’t look familiar to me, and I know that my kids wouldn’t do this without a trouble maker…” Lefty’s mom growled at Shila, making her cower in fear… “I…” Shila stuttered, but was thankfully interrupted by the sound of a car quickly zooming up the road…

A car door quickly opened and then slammed, as the sound of hurried footsteps could be heard throughout the house making the gang wonder exactly who was in such a hurry to get home…. That was quickly answered when the door opened, “DIAMOND! Why did you not pick up the kids at the library?!”….

Diamond blinked in confusion before slowly setting down her coffee on the table, “I… I... What do you mean Gregory?! The kids don’t even go to the library today!” Diamond replied confused, as she looked at the gang. Lefty, Stripes, Space, Shila, and Cat shifted uncomfortably in their positions as they turned towards the hallway to look at Gregory, whom they couldn’t see because of the wall blocking their view, but could definitely hear tromping towards the group…

(Crud, crud, crud...! I didn’t think this was going to get so dramatic! I’d better get ready in case I need to teleport us all out of here…) Lefty frowned as she waited for the footsteps to get closer so she could see her Dad’s form emerge from behind the wall… “What do you mean mom? It’s Monday, remember? We always go to the library to help volunteer with the movies!” A young feminine voice replied with a bit of hurt in it… (That voice sounds a little too familiar…) Lefty frowned in confusion as she looked at Diamond who seemed to be expressing the same thing as the rest of them… This made Lefty have ice run down her spine as she was quickly begging to put two and two together…

The sound of something rolling fast followed by skipping footsteps came closer, until three shapes came close enough into view for Lefty to actually recognize them…  “Oh my great stars!!!” Diamond screamed in horror as she accidently knocked off many items in her surprise... Lefty managed to catch the napkin dispenser with her paws just in the nick of time as she shakily placed it back on the table and stared at the figures in front of her in complete surprise…  “Oh snap…” Lefty gasped in awe…

A tall slender brown canine lass with blue spots that covered her face, stood a mere two feet in front of Lefty… (It’s an identical Lefty!) Lefty blinked in surprise as she looked at the other figure… Standing next to the young canine lass, was a very tall young lad with blond fur and a dark blue wispy spot on face that wore a light blue shirt and blue jeans along with a black jacket and dark grey glasses who smiled at Lefty’s duplicate self as he ran into her. (He looks like Stripes’ twin!) Lefty stared dumfounded… However, soon followed was Gregory, Lefty’s err… Dad, who exchanged a look of confusion and fear…

“Uh Mom, who are these people?! And… Why do they look like us?!” The other Lefty blinked in utter surprise while she studied Lefty… Diamond looked at Lefty and the gang in horror and quickly got up from where she was sitting, dropping her coffee mug in her hands as she screamed again… “I don’t know! They ain’t my kids!” Diamond screeched as she ran up and clutched Gregory’s arm for protection…

In the chaos Lefty had managed to catch Diamond’s flying coffee mug with her ‘light powers’, since it was too far away for her to reach, and was now holding it in mid-air while she slowly stood up from where she was sitting… From the startled family’s perspective Lefty looked like a strange alien. With her light cloak covering most of her face, and the fact that she was holding Diamond’s coffee mug in mid-air really sold it…

“Oh my lord Lefty… You’re theory was right! You really are a dimension traveler! You brought us aliens!” The other Stripes gaped in both horror and amusement as he flicked his sister’s ear… Lefty looked at Stripes’ clone embarrassingly, while the sister Lefty flicked her brother Stripes’ ear back in anger and fear, “Stripes, now is NOT the time to be playing with me! We actually have a dilemma on our paws!” The other Lefty growled as she eyed her so called ‘clone’ in fear and put up her paws in order to attack if necessary…

The Prophet Lefty simply stood still with the mug floating in mid-air, (“Man, I got to think of something to buy us some time! If I don’t concentrate enough, we might end up just having half of us transported… Ugh, what can I do to convince these guys we’re not going to harm them? Uh, maybe I should play it safe and act like those aliens in that movie that tried to say ‘We come in peace’ or something… Nah, it’s not going to be very effective… But, it may buy us some time…”) Lefty nervously thought to herself as a small grin appeared on her face…

“Uh, we come in peace?” Lefty sheepishly replied to the horrified family… Either the family didn’t hear her, or they just didn’t care because Gregory soon picked up a broom lying about and pointed it at Lefty and then growled… “Get out…” Gregory snarled at Lefty, as his eyes seemed to glow in fiery anger…

Lefty didn’t quite know what to do, as shock ran down her spine, but that was quickly replaced with a sense of duty as she straightened up to face her attacker… “I said peace you!” Lefty voice boomed, “Me and my friends mean no harm, and we hope no harm comes from you either!” Lefty replied with a small growl in her voice, as she slowly hovered the floating coffee mug she was still holding over to Diamond who cautiously grabbed it…

Lefty stole a warning glance at her friends before looking back at the strange family that resembled her own… “I mean no harm so I will speak as to why we are here, and then you can make us leave!” Lefty flicked her tail irritably as she replied, “We come from a place quite similar to yours on a mission… Although we did not mean to actually encounter you, we promise that it was done without malice… We seek out the location of a place called ‘stone hill’ in order to accomplish our task, and then we will be gone… However, In order to get there we must pass through here first… Now, do you understand?” Lefty questioned, showing nothing to be able to tell her intensions on her face as she looked at her ‘dimensional family’ angrily… “I think they are a mirage you guys… They aren’t real anyways… We are in a dream created by Shadows or something … I can’t sense anything much other than that right now, but at least play dumb so I can get us out of here!” Lefty spoke to the gang telepathically, trying to warn them…

The other Lefty would have been the first to reply, but her mom, Diamond, put her tail around Lefty protectingly while she snarled… “Don’t you dare touch us!!!” Diamond screamed, still not convinced… Stripes’ twin blinked at the group before he fixed his glasses on his face, “I do not quite understand this… Perhaps you had better prove it…” Stripes’ twin halfway grinned as his voice seemed to hint that something was off…

“What?! Do you even know what you are saying?!” Space eyed the other Stripes in fear as he huddled closer to everyone else, “Don’t even think about it Lefty, we don’t know what they’re thinking!” Space exclaimed to Lefty sitting next to him, trying to secretly warn her they should get out of there…

Suddenly a faint outline of something appeared visible to Shila’s eyes, making something creep eerily down her spine… She wasn’t sure but it looked like a little taller version of Lefty standing behind the other dream-like Stripes, moving along with him as he moved. (Uh, Lefty!!! I think we need to get out of here now!!!!!!) Shila screamed to Lefty through her mind, as the outline of the figure became more noticeable to the gang….

Lefty flicked her tail in response as she extended her arms out, “You ask something very foolish… However, I will allow it because you are the same person from another dimension. But be warned that if you try something you will regret it…” Lefty grumbled as she eyed her group, hoping that they were reading her… Shila and Cat winked back in reply, while Princess simply blinked in confusion; however Stripes and Space seemed to understand as they reached for their weapons… Lefty nearly wanted to laugh at the mirages just because they looked so dumbfounded! They had apparently bought her story, and were now backing up a bit as if they expected her to show them something…

A bright light started to come from Lefty’s eyes and spread to the rest of her body…. The dimensional family only blinked and held up their arms to shield their eyes from the glow that seemed to engulf everything around them… Space closed his eyes tightly as he braced himself against the bright light, “Lefty you had better be careful trying to teleport us out of here! You have only tried this once, and not with more than just trying to teleport yourself before! Don’t overdo it!” Space silently tried to warn Lefty as the light seemed to be the only thing that he could see now…