“Ow. That hurt. I actually feel things here, Haven.” Nathan rubbed the side of his head where she elbowed her, looking sore.
Haven narrowed her eyes at him, looking skeptical. “Who are you?”
Nathan had an ‘oh, great’ expression on his face. “You don’t remember me? What did the Author do now? I’m Nathan Wuornos. You’re Haven Parker. Any of this ringing a bell?”
Haven put the sword away with a sigh of relief. “Duke and I were worried that you weren’t you.”
“I am which is a bit of a challenge because I have no idea who this Nathan from Oz is,” he replied. “I only have my memories and…”
Haven cut him off. “How did you know I was me?”
Nathan’s face hardened a bit when she asked that. “What’s the matter, Haven? You don’t trust me?”
Haven stepped back a little bit. “You have both sets, don’t you.”
Nathan drew his sword as he said, “Yes, and my Oz-Self wins by far. The Wizard is going to reward me greatly for this.”
@darknightfrombeyond This is what I’ve been working on in The Trouble With Oz XD
While Dorothy and Lucas were sleeping, Haven and Duke sat up for a little bit in order to try and figure things out – Mainly who the Author was. Haven wasn't ready to talk about what happened before, so they talked about everything but.
“What about that one who writes about the blonde girl with the Hybrid and the Black Box thing?” Duke suggested.
“Cube,” she corrected as she poked at the fire. “It's a Black Cube and I don't think it's them – completely different universe. Besides, if they were the Author we'd probably have run into Amanda and Klaus by now.”
“Well we have run into Klaus,” Duke pointed out. “Remember?”
Haven had to give him that. “True, but like I said, completely different universe. Klaus was in New Orleans, not in Whoville with Amanda and the Cube.”
Duke laughed at her choice of location. “Whoville?”
“Oh, come on, tell me it wouldn't be hilarious to read about them going to Whoville and running into the Grinch who stole Christmas.” Haven thought it'd be hilarious. Getting back to what she was saying before, she said, “And, as far as I can remember, that writer doesn't completely insert them into the other worlds just basically drops them off and lets the chips fall where they may. Where we...” Haven gestured between Duke and herself, “...always have some sort of connection to the world we get shipped off to. We have an established story every time.”
Haven Parker thought her Troubles were over where universe jumping was concerned, but the Author had other ideas. Haven now finds herself in Kansas with a sister, Dorothy Gale. They soon get sent to Oz but it's nothing like Haven has ever seen before. And only the Author knows what's in store for them and those they meet along the way. (An Emerald City/Haven's Haven Crossover)
Haven Parker thought that her most recent trip to Beacon Hills was going to be the last stop on the Troubled universe jump train but that wasn't the case. Haven wakes up in a truck being driven by Dorothy Gale in Lucas, Kansas. She barely recognizes herself in the mirror and what's stranger than that...she remembers her life as Haven Parker and this new form as Haven Gale. What's going to happen to Haven now, especially since the Oz she and Dorothy get sent to is nothing like any Oz Haven has been exposed to before?