inthebeginning

                                           In the Beginning
                                                   by Hurricane

     In the Beginning, they all were just a group of friends. Biking was definitely a favorite activity, and next came partying. There were nine of them: Estella, Ulani, Pahedra, Bruce, Janelle, Levinia, Tarana, Heather, and Elyse.
     One Friday afternoon, the nine of them went on a bike ride after school. That day Ulani and Phaedra were going to teach Janelle how to bike no-handed. �C�mon. All you need to do is hold your legs right and keep your balance, and you�ve got it,� Ulani acted like she was jogging as she biked along.
     �Hey Ulani, that�s real funny,� Elyse observed Ulani�s �stunt� for the first time.
     �What we need is a hill. That makes biking with no hands easier,� Phaedra suggested.
     �You need a hill? Are you kidding? Any where you go around here, is a down hill,� Janelle was somewhat sarcastic.
     �So where are we going any way?� Levinia was getting impatient.
     �Beats me,� Heather was ready to get going.
     �How �bout that really big hill near the railroad tracks?� Estella offered.
     �Sounds good to me,� Bruce bolted off in the direction of the hill.
    "Hey wait up!� Tarana started after him, �He�s hopeless.� She caught up with him at the stop sign ant waited there.
     They built up speed as they headed towards the hill. �Now you�ve almost got it,� Phaedra encouraged Janelle. She let her friend go down the hill first.
     Finally Janelle gained the balance and the correct position, �I�ve got it! I�ve got it!� She didn�t notice the large stick on the ground in front of her. Suddenly, she was flipped head-over-heals, still on her bike. �Ahhhhh!� she was afraid she was going to smash her head on the pavement.
     Janelle thought, �I�m falling. This is really going to hurt. Why me? Well, this is what I get for being a slow, unobservant, klutz. I�m falling, wait I�m floating. Floating?� Her surroundings changed. She had gone through a portal. �Portal?�
     Her friends began to appear around her. All of them were just floating.
Everyone�s hair blew around them as if in a strong wind. White jewels were set on their foreheads. They were going to another world with many adventures awaiting them.

                                                 This is their story.