Chapter 7: Broken Web

((A/N: I made this up. I wish it were real though...))
“Okay it’s my grid-box theory. Time, space and parallel worlds are connected in a grid like pattern. Time runs as a horizontal pattern. Then unrelated spaces are vertical bars, like your universe to some TV. Shows, like invader Zim. Worlds like that than are mostly unrelated to ours. Then minor differences, like hair color or a small rule, will make it a parallel to others. Those are depth. So because of this structure, we have all of that linked. But the returns to the pasts have been tugging the time thread. That shakes other dimensions, the vertical ones, Loose at that spot in their timeline to. This makes them wiggle apart and bump together a lot. Sometimes it deposits a part of itself in the thread it bumped. Depending on how hard it hit, the piece could remain there for a second or a century. That rattatta was shaken from its origin to or world into ours and yanked back home. It shouldn’t happen again for a while, so nothing to worry about.” Aura said looking at them. “Well Yumi, we need to get you home, but I need to do something real quick. Be right back!” She said cheerfully walking into the woods. The others continued walking to Yumi’s house. Aura ran to Seir’s den in the woods. She sopped and poked her head in. Seir was munching a bone. “Hey Seir, I need you to send a message to Card. Tell him that he was right, the tugs are coming from here, and thy ARE knocking together. A Rattatta was sent here for a few seconds, and then sent back. I need him to Check on the damage.” She said running back to Kadic.
“What am I? A carrier pigeon?” Seir grumbled s he fell asleep.
‘Hey Card, You there?’ Seir thought to the void. The cloaked figure was coming toward him. Seir looked up and opened his mouth to give Card the message.
Aura walked into her dorm and started up the computer. She no messages to her specifically, as usual. She clicked onto Neopia, and clicked onto her neopets. Hello G.T., Aurihu, Jefida, Tiriger, I’m back!” She said to the screen as she clicked on food items in her inventory to feed them. They were Kougra of the starter colors, Red, blue, Yellow, and green. She had just pulled up the comics in the Neopian times when Skell clattered over to her. He held a pencil in his jaws and pointed over to the textbook on her bed. Aura sighed. ‘I just had to ask teach him how to be an agenda didn’t I.’ She thought logging off. Trotting over to her bed she flopped onto it and pulled out a history book. Skell handed her the pencil. As she opened the book he glanced at Skell. “ Skell, do you think you could get me some notebook paper to?” She asked him flipping to page 87. Skell fluttered over to her stack of paper and grabbed a sheet, flying back with it. Aelita walked in, glancing at the open textbook in Aura’s lap.
“History homework?” Aelita asked looking at the pictures on the page.
“Yep.” Aura responded.
“How much?”
“A page.”
“That’s not to bad.”
“Meh.”
“I like history, it’s fascinating to me, what bout you?”
Aura looked up, her left cheek twitching. She lowered her head and brought it up hard into the wall. *THUNK* *THUNK**THUNK* She slumped down with a growl.
Aelita stared at her with a smile-scowl. “So I take it you don’t like history?” She stated turning to the computer. Aura snorted as she continued to scribble on her paper.
About an hour later Aura was on the computer reading a story, and Skell was sitting on the windowsill as the breeze blew in, occasionally caching loose papers before hey could go out the window. She snuffed s she read. She closed the story.
“What are you reading? You’ve been making noise over there ever since you got on.” Aelita said as she lowered the book she was reading. Aura clicked open another story before replying.
“They’re some fanfics. I’m reading some invader Zim ones; they keep making it to ‘romantic.’ Zim actually doesn’t strike me to gat a girl friend. Though well written they may be I don’t think it would happen. Rebelling if he found out about him no being an invader, maybe.” She said as she started growling at the screen. Aelita looked down to her book. Skell fluttered over to her, with a piece of paper. Aura looked at the paper. It was a note from Card. She read the text
“T H M R M ‘Z : Z f t T H I t X : H F IL IL I t I t X /: IxI M M T : IxI M : I t : THM :
P f f IXI Z : THM : | F U M: ‘|  F R IXI/’”
“Come on, Seir, Skell, let’s get dinner!” Aura said smiling as the two scampered about her. Soon they were in the woods, but hunting not their goal. Aura walked to the top of a steep, towering, cliff, over looking a river. She climbed down the rocks to a cave near the bottom and went in. Card was here, his scent was all over. She called to him. “Card, I know you’re in here, it’s me Aura! “ A shape emerged from the back of the cave. The cloaked figure stood, his hood down.
His face was green, not humanoid, more like an aliens. He had a small snout and big red eyes. He had his small leathery wings drawn to his side, and his tail clutched nervously in his hands. His tail was long and thin, with a spade tip. He looked like a small, 6-limbed dragon with little black antenna where his 2 horns should be. He relaxed as he recognized Aura.
“Aura, Skell, how re you doing?” Card asked looking up with a grin, visibly relaxing now that he was sure it was them. Aura grinned, back with a thumbs up. Card sat down as Seir walked to the entrance to keep guard. Aura saw Skell hover over the river, looking for fish to snack on. Card looked over at the entrance and the river so close. “Aura, next time can you pick a base that’s not so close to water, even ‘defective’ Irkins like me burn on contact. Remember?” Card said looking back at her. Aura grinned sheepishly in reply. Skell streaked to the river and flew up with a fish in his claws. Aura looked at Seir who was exploring the area, and then back to Card. “I assume you didn’t call me here just to talk about where I decided to meet, right?” Aura said. Card nodded. “Right. The dimensional breakdown, it’s worse than I thought it would be. The frayed ends are all over, so expect to find weird sightings and events.” Card said as he picked up his spear. “ The closest dimensions are the ones you will probably be merged most with. There are eight neighbors you should look out for. The hidden villages, my world, you’re links home world, anima, pocket monsters, Kabuto, Neopia, and the other dimension with all the alchemy.” He said as he got up and stretched. “Of course there may be a few more that pop in, but they should disappear quickly, to their own world. I need to go now, night is coming and Drak probably got out by now.” He unfurled his wings and flew off to his world. Aura got up and stretched. Skell held out a fish to her. Aura took it as she rubbed his head, and gulped the fish down in a couple bites.
The trio walked back to their dorms and on the way saw Sissy pestering Ulrich, again. An idea forming in her mind. She motioned for Seir and Skell to hide as she walked over.

"Oh Ulrich dear, Surly everything about me amazes you." Sissy said to him. Ulrich glared at her and bluntly stated. "No, nothing about YOU amazes me."
Sissy looked offended. Now was the perfect time for Aura to join in.
"Well I can certainly say that there is one thing about you that amazes ME!" She declared as Ulrich glared at her. Sissy looked smug. "Oh... only one thing? Oh well it's a start. Now what specifically amazes you about ME?" She asked looking at Aura then Ulrich. Aura looked over at the two before honestly replying.
"Well I just find it so amazing, never before have I met anyone who's I.Q. is measured in negative numbers!" She Said.
Both Ulrich and aura laughed as Sissy stood there fuming. Even Seir and Skell fond it amusing. ‘Note to self, tell that one to Card.’ Seir thought as he slinked to his room.
The end of this story. reveiws= sequals posted.

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