Meanwhile... in a galaxy far, far, far... far, far, far, far... faaaaaaaar, far away...
It had been one of those days. You know the one... everything just kept going wrong. Firstly, her brother had gone missing... again. This was a bad sign, Glacia knew. She had the eyes of a raven, and thus when Incendia managed to elude her (usually through spotting a butterfly or something) it was the first sign that things were going downhill.
Secondly, it was raining meteors again. When your house was built precariously upon a tall spire just outside the Middlezone border... that tended to happen. Of course, having the weather-man tell you that there was to be "sunshine and a slight chance of meteorites" wasn't the most reasuring thing after breakfast.
Especially after she went to collect the mail, realised her brother was missing... and then a giant rock fell on the house, crushing it under sheer... rockiness.
it was going to be one of THOSE days...
So, Glacia decided to find her brother, before he did something stupid... like steal a truck in order to "re-act that one scene from Mad Max 2", or attempt to invent a time traveling toaster that gave you the toast before you even put the bread in.
It was a hot day on the border, the sun staring through the blue sky, just to make everything that much better. Glacia placed a hand over her head, and scanned the horizon with wide eyes.
Nothing but a few cactii, rocks, and Incedia standing next to a giant portal...
...
Wait a second.
'Incedia!' She cried out from where she stood.
He turned, and looked up to her with a playful wave. 'Oh hi, sis. Look what I found!' he pointed his other hand at the swirling blue portal.
That could not be good, and thus she sped down the dusty hill, towards her brother. 'Step away from the portal, Incedia!'
'The swirly blue thing?'
'Yes! Oh great... was this the Toaster?'
'Um... no?'
'IT WAS!' She pressed a finger upon her brothers nose, fuming. 'I told you to throw that damn thing away. Hit it with a hammer, blow it up. Anything but actually use it!'
'I did,' he replied innocently.
'Did what?'
'Break it, with a hammer.' He now held a hammer in his right hand.
'Where did you-'
'Dont ask.'
'Wait, so you broke the toaster, and as a result... a giant portal formed?'
He shrugged his shoulders. 'Happens to the best of us.'
'Well... get rid of it. It's dangerous, someone could walk right into it.'
Incedia grumbled. 'Okay fine.' Thus, he whirled around, pulled his hand back, and tossed the hammer into the portal.
Glacia's mouth hit the desert floor. 'Why did you do that!?'
'Hammer fixes everything?'
'No it doesn't, and... OH GREAT NOW IT'S BIGGER!'
Indeed, the giant portal of portaliness was getting bigger. It grew wider and wider, sounding much like an angry vacuum, sucking in dust and plants.
And then it seemed to reach out for the two of them.
Glacia grabbed her brothers hand, and pulled him away. 'Oh fiddlesticks! Now look what you've done!'
'Opened a gate to hell again?'
'Possibly, and now it's going to eat us! Run faster!'
Too late, the whirling blue washed over them like a tidal wave, and pulled them into the deep blackness within.
A flash of light, and then they were spat out like spent gum. The two smashed into the ground, Glacia first... then her broth right on top, making her yelp.
'Ouch. Thanks for the landing sis,' Incedia said with a sigh of relief.
'Oh shut up,' she grumbled, throwing her brother off of her. 'okay, where are we?'
They looked out around them. This certainly wasn't home... not anymore.
