[Closed] What if I'm far from home? Oh brother, I will hear you call

[goingbythebook]

Who: Huey and Louie, then Webby and Lena
Where: The Academy
When: New arrival(s)
What: Huey finds some familiar faces in a sea of strangeness


This was... completely new and strange for the duckling. One minute he'd been minding his business around McDuck Manor, and the next he was here. True, there had been something of a "warning"- a strange swirling feeling around him, lighting up every nerve and then yanking him through time and space -but that did absolutely nothing for the absolute shock of it. What's worse, that feeling didn't subside even after landing; it buzzed pleasantly under his skin, and seemed to get stronger the more he faced a certain direction. So, afraid but curious all the same, he followed the strange "compass."

What he thought wandering through the Tenscore Kingdoms was too long to put here, but suffice to say there was quite an information overload. What are those? Who is that? What kind of creatures are these (both two-legged and some other many-legged varieties he saw around, pets or otherwise). Does he hear conversation about magic-? Continuing to follow the feeling, he traced a path to Diatu Magicademy, and once he passed through its gates did the sensation finally subside. Someone was by soon after his arrival to tend to him, muttering something about "new Sundered" and giving him a crash course on where he was: a school of magic and mystery, summoned here through spells hitherto unknown (or outlawed) to learn to use the power now residing within him. Supplies, House, everything was summarized, and then he was turned loose. The school day was currently in progress but, as a new arrival he would be more expected to explore. Besides, he still had to find his bonded Familiar- one was normally given to a student, but seemed there was something strange about Huey's, so off he went.

And, that's about it. Head still reeling from everything that'd happened in the last twenty minutes- twenty minutes?? it felt like twenty years!! -he walked through the halls of the school, clutching books to his chest. This was all so strange and new... And he was feeling more lost than ever.

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[woo_oo]

RECORD NEEDLE SCRATCH IN BRAIN.

Webby stared down at triplet number two - before JUMPING OUT THE WINDOW for a divebomb tackle.

"HUEY HUEY HUEY HUEY!"

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[goingbythebook]

The force was practically concussive as Webby landed, easily taking Huey off his feet and sending them rolling a good couple of times before coming to a stop.

He's just going to lie woozily here for a minute. He's happy to see her, of course he is! Just... let the world stop spinning first.

"Hii Webbyyy...."

[outofyourshadow]

Lena had jumped over to the window as soon as Webby had jumped out. And while she was surprised herself to see Huey, it was easily masked with a grin as she waved.

"Nice catch there, Red," she called down.

[talkyourwayout]

Louie had to laugh at the ridiculousness that was Webby, grinning as he just... Watched his brother get air-tackled.

"Oh, right, I brought a surprise," he chuckled. No acknowledgment of Lena, though.

[woo_oo]

"When did you get here?" Webby, now sitting on top of Huey, began bombarding him with questions, probably not giving him any time to answer them.

"What familiar did you get? What house are you in? LENA'S HERE AND SHE'S ALIVE! Is Dewey here too? Is Granny worried about me? Did you go on any adventures while we were gone?"

[goingbythebook]

Huey stared up at the sky, if only because there really wasn't anywhere else for him to look, not with Webby pinning him down to the ground. Lena- or her voice anyway -got an answering wave, and as for Webby's questions...

"I've got an owl, he's back in Eiather's tower." No mention of the problems with the owl, not right now anyway, and at least that answered the House question too. "Yeah, Louie told me about Lena; that's great! Dewey's not here, and as for the rest..."

Grunting a little, he pushed himself up to one elbow as best he could, looking up at her.

"As far as I can tell from Louie, I came here from about the same time he did, despite the months difference here between our arrivals. So depending on the last thing you remember..." Ohh, the gears are turning now. "Looks like there may be some kind of strange time dilation going on here. Louie and I came from the same spot in time, yet he arrived here well before I did. I wonder what the difference means...?"

[outofyourshadow]

Having decided to take the long way down, Lena eventually came out the front door and walked over to join them. She stayed back a bit, though, letting Webby catch up with Huey and totally not avoiding looking in Louie’s direction.

[talkyourwayout]

Louie approached Huey from behind when he saw his brother prop himself up. Without realizing he was even doing it, he moved to hoist him up, all while addressing him and Webby. Lena... Did not get any acknowledgement.

“It means magic is weird, duh!” he offered in way of explanation.

[woo_oo]

Webby easily rolled off Huey as he was being helped up, and then moved to stand up.

"But that's a real relief! It means Granny and Uncle Scrooge won't be worried about us being gone for so long! That's a huge weight off my back." Though she still misses them both, and Dewey, like the dickens.