Through Another World (MSM)

Chapter 1

Gwen paced around their room in circles.
There wasn't anything to do today, was there?
She pulled one curtain aside and looked out of the window across the snow-scattered landscape. The blizzard had ended, and now far more monsters were outside. Faint cheers of happiness could be heard from a group of excited children, sliding clumsily down a hill.

Her sigh was interrupted by a gentle tapping on the door. Taking a deep breath, they grabbed the key in their beak and tossed it onto the ground, peering down at the guest.

It was her sister.
"Good evening, Gwen!"
"Hmf. Whatcha here for?"
"Well, the song is in a few minutes, and I wanted to ask you if you're coming this time,"
The Dandidoo sighed again and tapped the ground with her talons.
"No, thanks,"
Singing hasn't felt the same for her since their time in the Collosingum. Gwen couldn't sing a single note without vines and flowers rising suddenly from her ground, that was how hard she'd trained there.

What did others think? Were they scared? Did they think she was an outcast?

Maybe I shouldn't have said yes to Firecracker's offer. Then things could be different.

"Could we at least go for a walk?" Pandora asked calmly.
Gwen nodded, adjusting the spiked collar around her neck as she left the room and followed Pandora down to the castle floor.

Pandora never really walked, though. She'd jump into the air every few seconds to do some flips and somersaults, then gently glide back down again, smiling as she bounced on and off the ground.

Outside, Gwen could already hear the distant music, the lyrics of the eagerly visiting Werdos.
The snow crunched beneath her talons as she walked away from the town, down a small trail going through the forest outside.

After a few minutes of walking, each step quieter as the two moved away from the singing crowd, Pandora perched on a tree branch right above Gwen's head, making a waterfall of snow tumble down.

"Hey!" Gwen shouted as it hit her head-feathers. "Watch it!"
"Sorry. I just... saw something,"
"What?"
"Some light. In the forest. You know, like the Seam portals we talked about yesterday,"
"Those? Don't be ridiculous. Cold Island is nowhere near the Seam,"
"The chances are low," Pandora explained, gracefully leaping off the branch again. "But never zero,"

Gwen huffed, scraping at the snow with her claws. "There's no way that..."
She paused.
There was a blinding light in front of them, pure white and simply floating in mid air.
It had its own pull. It tugged at her feathers, trying to drag her in.
Pandora gripped tightly onto a nearby tree, fighting against the strengthening pull.

Gwen noticed how much it was pulling her, too. It relentlessly slid her across the snowy ground, and she tried to get hold of a bush, but failed.

Pandora slipped off the branch, the portal's pull now stronger than her talons.
"PANDORA!" Gwen shouted. She began to desperately hum a tune, summoning gigantic dandelions to spring from the ground and wrap around the squealing Tweedle.

She was swept of her feet by the sparking anomaly, and dragged into it suddenly. When it hit her skin, it was sizzling and hot, causing her pain as a tingle shot through their neck, body, and down through to her legs.

As she was fully inside the portal, everything blacked out for a moment. Then, she was shot out into a different place- a clearing in a forest, that looked a lot like Plant Island, but somehow off.
She felt feathers wrapped around them. "Pandora, get off me!"

She rolled the dizzy Tweedle off her back, groaning in pain.
What was that? It was so weird. Am I dreaming?
"Gwen...." Pandora whispered as she shakily rose to her feet.
"What?"
"Where are we?"
Gwen raised her long neck and gazed across the landscape. She was in a soft patch of grass with forest behind her, and in front of her, a cliff with what looked like a town at the bottom.
"I don't know..." Gwen responded, looking around the strange town. In front of them, the sun was beginning to set, highlighting its unusual features. "But I don't think it's the Monster World,"