Welcome to Gaia! ::

"Do you want me to hold him?" Lore asked wincing at the near eye punch.

That wouldn't have been pleasant at all from the looks of it. Poor Garrick was not a happy camper at all it seemed.

Ulrich, Elrohir and Arhen had offered to help Lore and Elnara carry the furniture that they were bringing with them, the two rocking chairs and the cradle, and though they were leading the way through the woods towards the portal, they made sure that they didn't go too fast, so that the babies wouldn't be jostled as they walked.

"Excited to be going back home?" Ulrich asked the two as they went. "It'll be different, going through the portal and ending up somewhere new ..."

"It's going to be so strange," Elnara agreed. "I mean ... we'll be living with everyone ... but not. In our house, it will be just the four of us, with Storm and Starr ... unless they decide to go off somewhere else like everyone else. But we're going to have to learn our way around the compound ... and find out where in Gaia we're going to be."

She laughed. "Imagine finding your way to work again and you don't even know where you're starting from," she teased Lore with a giggle.

"Maybe we should suggest we all get together for dinner just to find out where everyone is and how everything has changed," Lore suggested.

They should be able to now have everyone there for dinner at one table, assuming there was a table big enough for the whole family or something for the sort.

"As for getting to work, just give me a map."

Recalling Elnara's birthday party now.. that was probably a good idea.

"Good point," Lore agreed, "We'll see then."

They were almost there he could see the area that had been hidden behind or as a bush. He never could decide which was which.

Elnara giggled, watching her brother, nephew, and cousin. She was definitely going to miss them ...

"Thank you," she murmured gratefully. Then she turned to Lore. "Shall we?" she smiled - and then she took a deep breath and passed through to the other side, curious to know what she was going to find there.

The Door Room

In the heart of the mainhouse was the place known as the Door Room or the Room of Portals, because that was what it was in essence. It was located right within the manor, so there were no windows, for the room was created to make up for the large security defects caused by the Winters' contant use of the portals. The room was a round room with columns built into the wall separating at regular intervals around the room. Between each column was a symbol which represented a different portal like the school or the Seconds world.. or the Four Lands.

The stone floor and ceiling where etched with a compass rose filled with runes, which were put into place to keep whatever that was unwelcomed in until help could come... or... should the worse happen keep people out of the room.

In the middle of the room slept a small mist coloured cat with small fairy wings. Life was good for Lily whom out of all the pets had the least to do (well minus Soot but Soot had the intelligence of a bird at times).

Once the others had gone, Elnara herself took the time to look around a bit. There were so many colours and patterns that it took even her sharp elven eyes a few moments to spot Lily Mist in the midst of it all.

"Hello, Lily Mist," she smiled at the cat. "We're back ... could you find someone to help us carry these things? And tell everyone that we're here?"

That would probably be the best ... and once things were settled they could worry about the things like what time of day it was, how long they had been gone, and where they were.

She smiled at Lore. "At least they're asleep," she murmured softly, nodding at the slings that were around them. "I have a feeling that Garrick crying especially would echo horribly in a room like this."