Carlisle's Diary

The "Other Side"

Dear Diary: March 13, 2014

It's March and we are still waiting for spring to have sprung. Not here in NH though. Snow, snow, and more snow. We should be considered the snow capital of the New England states. But at least we got another wedding out of the way. And everyone is back home for the most part. I don't know what's going on but John and Maria are back in Italy for yet another mission or vacation or whatever. When I asked Michelle she just shrugged her shoulders and said they prefer to be there as much as possible. She's an adult and doesn't seem to mind that her parents aren't there. I guess that's normal; though usually it's the kids that fly the coup not the adults. With Watchers, you just never know.

Now remember how before Leah and Keith's wedding, we had that little run in with the prehistoric bird from another dimension? How could you not, with Jacob getting so badly injured? He's back to his own macho big mouth self, don't worry. He was totally healed by the time the wedding came about; though granted his wounds did take a bit longer to heal than usual because of the severity of the injuries that talloned thing caused him. I still can't believe we saw a real pterodactyl. I have to look at the photos Keith snapped of it to make myself believe I hadn't lost my mind. If only the humans new; yikes! On second thought, we'll just keep this in the supernatural realm of things. The last thing the humans need is a dinosaur flying overhead. Not like we had a lot of fun with it ourselves.

Speaking of supernatural things, everyone who was home that is, had gathered at our house since technically out of all of the houses, ours was the only one that could fit everyone with lots of room to spare and as you know between Emmett, wolves, and some of our Watchers, we had some pretty large family members so room was always a must. But I digress. Reason for the gathering was because Rogue was finally going to tell all of us about the "Other Side". We'd filled in those who were missing when it was first mentioned on what we knew so you can imagine just how many UFO sized eyeballs we had in our house now!

Rogue was speaking with Alexander in the corner about something and they were waiting for us to get comfortable. Once that was accomplished, she herself sat in one of the armchairs facing the room. Usually that's the one that I sit in to read my paper but today she needed the floor so she had the chair. From there she was able to see everyone without swiveling too much. So as she gathered her thoughts, we waited patiently and then she took a deep breath, smiled and began.

"So basically as I had in the abbreviated version previously said that the 'Other Side' is another dimension that all of us go to when we need a break from this world. When you go there you literally step back into time. The 'Other Side' is even before our time. It's the time of Greek Gods like Zeus, Aries, Hades, and so forth. It looks like a giant forest that borders an ocean. In other words, you're in Ancient Greece. We've known about this dimension for as long as we have been Watchers. Primarily though, Amy, Corin, Alexander, Peter and I go there. The others though know of it, I guess they are more modern in thinking and prefer to just stay here. Peter only goes because Amy drags him along." Rogue said looking at Peter with a little laugh as Amy also giggled and rolled his eyes.

"Sorry, it's just way too ancient for my standards. Even Keith gets to stay here! Though he's gone a few times to check the place out." Peter grumbled to more laughter from Rogue, Amy, and Corin.

"Yeah, I have been there several times and I have to agree with Peter on this one, it only feels like home if you are from that time period which these 4 are." Keith said, letting go of Leah's hand long enough to point to Rogue, Alexander, Amy, and Corin.

"Plus, you get some serious jet lag! Because 3 hours here are 3 days there! So when you return home, it's like you've been through a blender." Peter complained as Amy tried to shush him giggling.