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Escape From Manitou Island
TITLE: Escape From Manitou Island

GENRES: Fantasy, adventure, drama, mythology.

RATING: 13+

SUMMARY: Long ago, Manitou Island, the creation of Gitchi Manitou, was destroyed by an evil manitou out of revenge. Now Megissogwun, long thought dead, has returned and taken away the daughter of Manabozho. His threat is clear: Find Kabeyun, the West Wind, his old enemy and father of Manabozho, and bring him forward to fight again...or else little Turtle's fate will be sealed. Unfortunately...no one knows exactly where Kabeyun is...and he has shown no interest whatsoever in assisting either the Island or his family. Still, Charmian is desperate to try. She and an assortment of new and old friends from the Island set out to seek the Four Winds, to try to get back Turtle, and to defeat the ominous Pearl Feather, before he can destroy Manitou Island yet again...but they're going to have to journey very far from the Island, just to try to save it...and no one quite knows what lies beyond the boundaries of the Sky Tree...

WRITING STATUS: In progress.

WRITING DATE: 2005-present.

LENGTH: 210+ chapters.

CONTENT WARNINGS: Fantasy violence, mild adult language, mild adult themes.

COPYRIGHT: This story and all characters, unless otherwise stated in the Disclaimers, are copyright © tehuti_88 and may not be used or distributed without permission. The reader is free to print out or download a copy of this story for offline reading as long as the author's copyright information remains upon it. Please do not distribute; if you wish to share this story, send a link to this page.

DISCLAIMERS: Ocryx and his "species" are © the Haunted Theatre of Mackinac Island. Certain characters such as Manabozho, Glooskap, and Wisakedjak are from Ojibwa, Micmac, and Cree mythology. Although aspects of this story are loosely based on Ojibwa, Micmac, Iroquois, Cree, and Lakota mythology and culture, artistic license has been taken as this is a FANTASY story. Please take note that this story was written between 2005-present and that my writing style and understanding of the mythology I created have changed vastly in the meantime.

ADDITIONAL INFO: NA

RELATED STORIES: "Manitou Island"  (prequel), "Return To Manitou Island"  (prequel), "Tales From Manitou Island"  (short stories)

REVIEW REQUEST: The author greatly appreciates any reviews and comments, as these let me know that people are actually reading. Please do not assume that I must get lots of comments and don't need any more, or that you as a reader have nothing worth saying, as this is not so. Be aware that I am NOT seeking publication for this story, and am not seeking literary criticism to improve my writing style, but am interested primarily in entertaining readers, so comments on plot, characterization, what the reader finds interesting or confusing, etc., are most appreciated. If you have any questions about anything in the writing feel free to ask.

CONTENTS: "EFMI: Character List"  || "Part 1: The Arrival"  || "Part 2: The Return"  || "Part 3: Fire Yellow & Snow White"  || "Part 4: Enemy's Plea"  || "Part 5: Confidence Man"  || "Part 6: Town Criers"  || "Part 7: Gift Giving"  || "Part 8: All Talk, Little Action"  || "Part 9: Evasion"  || "Part 10: The Third Degree"  || "Part 11: Down Under"  || "Part 12: Signs"  || "Part 13: Mad Dash"  || "Part 14: The Anachronist"  || "Part 15: Hard Proof"  || "Part 16: By Lake & By Land"  || "Part 17: Face To Face"  || "Part 18: Or Else"  || "Part 19: Answer Seeking"  || "Part 20: Go East, Young Woman"  || "Part 21: O-ho, To Marten We Go!"  || "Part 22: Passing The Buck"  || "Part 23: Stealing & Stalling"  || "Part 24: Underground Plots"  || "Part 25: Teached, Be Teacher"  || "Part 26: The Start Of The Journey"  || "Part 27: The Haunted Wood"  || "Part 28: Best Left Forgotten"  || "Part 29: Water Battle"  || "Part 30: The Jig Is Up"  || "Part 31: Unfair Fare"  || "Part 32: Landfall"  || "Part 33: Good Manitou, Bad Manitou"  || "Part 34: Thunder Down Under"  || "Part 35: The Mighty Kenu"  || "Part 36: Shawondassee's Mountain"  || "Part 37: Aunt Grandfather"  || "Part 38: Catfight!"  || "Part 39: Fireside Chats"  || "Part 40: Dream Within A Dream"  || "Part 41: Telling Tales"  || "Part 42: Guns & Dozes"  || "Part 43: The Underground Railroad"  || "Part 44: The Forsaken Path"  || "Part 45: Unbearable"  || "Part 46: Friend Among Strangers"  || "Part 47: Bad Vision"  || "Part 48: Oki's Advice"  || "Part 49: Squabbling Siblings"  || "Part 50: Uneasy Truces"  || "Part 51: Escort Service"  || "Part 52: Beyond The Wall Of Water"  || "Part 53: Fire Down Below"  || "Part 54: The Not-So-Dead End"  || "Part 55: Easterly Advice"  || "Part 56: Tooth & Nail"  || "Part 57: Dreamspinning For Beginners"  || "Part 58: Reunion On The River"  || "Part 59: Borrowed Medicine"  || "Part 60: When The Sky Was Opened..."  || "Part 61: Head In The Clouds"  || "Part 62: The Ire Of The Animiki"  || "Part 63: Back To Earth"  || "Part 64: Spy Vs. Spy"  || "Part 65: A Voice From The Past"  || "Part 66: Going Under"  || "Part 67: Shake, Rattle, & Roll"  || "Part 68: Singalong Charmian"  || "Part 69: On Edge"  || "Part 70: Tunnel Vision"  || "Part 71: Bonshommes"  || "Part 72: Fairytales"  || "Part 73: Let's Make A Deal"  || "Part 74: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"  || "Part 75: Acting Without Thinking"  || || "Part 76: Small Sacrifices"  || || "Part 77: The Unasked-For Gift"  || || "Part 78: Gitchi-Gami"  || || "Part 79: Cloudburst"  || || "Part 80: Parting Words"  || "Part 81: Mosquito Beach"  || "Part 82: Like Talking To A Rock"  || "Part 83: Bearwalking"  || "Part 84: Old Man Mishosha"  || "Part 85: Automatic Refund"  || "Part 86: Mixed Messages"  || "Part 87: Back To The Pack"  || "Part 88: Shot Through The Heart"  || "Part 89: Lodge Learning"  || "Part 90: Lost Cause"  || "Part 91: Unease Grows"  || "Part 92: Random Act Of Kindness"  || "Part 93: Tunnel To The Tree"  || "Part 94: Confessions"  || "Part 95: Making It Personal"  || "Part 96: Breaking Camp"  || "Part 97: Close Quarters"  || "Part 98: The Little Ice Age"  || "Part 99: The Bad Little Fish"  || "Part 100: Equal Exchange"  || "Part 101: Cold Welcome"  || "Part 102: Bay Tripping"  || "Part 103: Unsafe Passage"  || "Part 104: An Ice Twist"  || "Part 105: Thinning Out"  || "Part 106: And When They Were Up..."  || "Part 107: Wendigo Woes"  || "Part 108: Between The Peaks"  || "Part 109: Run For The Hills"  || "Part 110: Taking A Tumble"  || "Part 111: Breaking & Entering"  || "Part 112: The Wintermaker"  || "Part 113: Bitter Bargain"  || "Part 114: Kabebonikka's Hospitality"  || "Part 115: Over, Under, Around, Through"  || More to come
Portfolio -> The Manitou Island Series -> Fiction -> Escape From Manitou Island

EFMI: Character List  [13+]   45.5 KB
Listing of all the characters in the serial. UPDATED: Part 170.

Part 115: Over, Under, Around, Through  [13+]   31.4 KB
X'aaru, Winter Born, and Mishosha start off their separate ways...

Part 114: Kabebonikka's Hospitality  [13+]   29.4 KB
Winter Born and the Wintermaker debate...

Part 113: Bitter Bargain  [13+]   24.8 KB
Kabebonikka offers a difficult deal, and ominous information...

Part 112: The Wintermaker  [13+]   27.2 KB
The North Wind seems rather like a sociopath...

Part 111: Breaking & Entering  [13+]   27.1 KB
So, how do you break into a mountain...?

Part 110: Taking A Tumble  [13+]   23.8 KB
Charmian bids No-Tongue a bitter farewell...

Part 109: Run For The Hills  [13+]   24.5 KB
Will the frantic fleeing never end...?

Part 108: Between The Peaks  [13+]   27.2 KB
When is a Wendigo not a Wendigo...?

Part 107: Wendigo Woes  [13+]   27.0 KB
This Wendigo makes the GeeBees look like kittens!...

Part 106: And When They Were Up...  [13+]   27.0 KB
Augwak isn't the only hindrance the group finds on the mountain...

Part 105: Thinning Out  [13+]   28.0 KB
Mudroot chooses an odd party to head back up the mountain...

Part 104: An Ice Twist  [13+]   23.8 KB
Charmian learns more than one dark secret about her new acquaintances...

Part 103: Unsafe Passage  [13+]   30.3 KB
Is an offer of assistance up the mountain too good to be true...?

Part 102: Bay Tripping  [13+]   26.6 KB
Suspicion and paranoia run rampant in the camp of the Crees...

Part 101: Cold Welcome  [13+]   26.1 KB
The Cree greeting isn't nearly as warm as Charmian hoped...

Part 100: Equal Exchange  [13+]   28.5 KB
Charmian learns the high price of a tiny bargain...

Part 99: The Bad Little Fish  [13+]   31.2 KB
A Nebanaubae has chilling news for Charmian...

Part 98: The Little Ice Age  [13+]   25.6 KB
This strange place doesn't look like Kabebonikka's mountain...

Part 97: Close Quarters  [13+]   28.4 KB
It's just one altercation after another for Charmian's group...!

Part 96: Breaking Camp  [13+]   24.7 KB
The group gets ready for a long trip north...

Part 95: Making It Personal  [13+]   26.1 KB
Geezhigo-Quae reveals a dreadful secret about her past...

Part 94: Confessions  [13+]   25.4 KB
The Red Swan's story is strangely familiar to Geezhigo-Quae...

Part 93: Tunnel To The Tree  [13+]   28.9 KB
Charmian's return to the Fairy Realm just adds to the confusion...

Part 92: Random Act Of Kindness  [13+]   26.3 KB
Charmian receives both an awful realization and an unexpected gift...

Part 91: Unease Grows  [13+]   25.9 KB
Could someone be keeping a secret about Megissogwun...?

Part 90: Lost Cause  [13+]   21.8 KB
Niskigwun desperately seeks to detain Megissogwun...

Part 89: Lodge Learning  [13+]   36.3 KB
Cutfoot has information on Megissogwun and Geezhigo-Quae and--the Red Swan...?

Part 88: Shot Through The Heart  [13+]   26.9 KB
A burnt camp and a Mide lodge lead to more mystery...

Part 87: Back To The Pack  [13+]   27.8 KB
Charmian and company receive a rather sloppy but exuberant welcome...

Part 86: Mixed Messages  [13+]   40.3 KB
Chakenapok has a strange message for Tal Natha, and the others make landfall...

Part 85: Automatic Refund  [13+]   26.9 KB
Why would the Nebanaubae renege on a done deal...?

Part 84: Old Man Mishosha  [13+]   30.7 KB
Charmian and Winter Born face the mighty medicine man Mishosha on his home turf...

Part 83: Bearwalking  [13+]   25.0 KB
Charmian and Winter Born are led to the lair of the mysterious Mishosha...

Part 82: Like Talking To A Rock  [13+]   33.4 KB
Who knew talking to granite could prove so informative...?

Part 81: Mosquito Beach  [13+]   26.8 KB
A peaceful rest provides the means to explore an enigmatic new island...

Part 80: Parting Words  [13+]   31.0 KB
Kenu makes the most important decision of his young life...

Part 79: Cloudburst  [13+]   25.4 KB
The Animiki surely have the Lynxes beaten, haven't they...?

Part 78: Gitchi-Gami  [13+]   27.6 KB
Lynxes await at Gitchi-Gami, but something else is coming too...

Part 77: The Unasked-For Gift  [13+]   25.7 KB
A stranger gives Charmian a gift, but Moon Wolf is suspicious...

Part 76: Small Sacrifices  [13+]   26.2 KB
An ailing Augwak gets an unexpected helping hand...

Part 75: Acting Without Thinking  [13+]   28.8 KB
A Nebanaubae offers some strange information for a puzzling trade...

Part 74: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap  [13+]   27.3 KB
Charmian has to dispose of a rather nasty mess...

Part 73: Let's Make A Deal  [13+]   27.0 KB
Charmian's plans to meet the mysterious Mishosha are rudely interrupted...

Part 72: Fairytales  [13+]   24.4 KB
A surprising disbelief in Manitou Island leads to a surprising outburst...

Part 71: Bonshommes  [13+]   23.8 KB
Charmian and company get acquainted with some friendly voyageurs...

Part 70: Tunnel Vision  [13+]   26.1 KB
A Lynx attack sends the group scrambling for safety--but where's Gitchi-Gami...?

Part 69: On Edge  [13+]   25.8 KB
Megissogwun sees something he shouldn't, and the Weaver tunnel proves troublesome...

Part 68: Singalong Charmian  [13+]   29.9 KB
An odd bargain convinces the Weavers to help the group to Gitchi-Gami...

Part 67: Shake, Rattle, & Roll  [13+]   26.1 KB
Who knew that giant spiders like song and dance...?

Part 66: Going Under  [13+]   27.1 KB
Charmian and company seek the Weavers...

Part 65: A Voice From The Past  [13+]   25.3 KB
Chakenapok has a reunion with his dead brother Chibiabos...

Part 64: Spy Vs. Spy  [13+]   35.6 KB
Chakenapok has some unsettling news, and the group goes looking for Weavers...

Part 63: Back To Earth  [13+]   23.8 KB
Thomas receives a gift, and Charmian spots some mysterious watchers...

Part 62: The Ire Of The Animiki  [13+]   32.1 KB
Nigankwam has more than a few strange revelations for Charmian...

Part 61: Head In The Clouds  [13+]   31.9 KB
Animiki Land--and the Thunderbirds--aren't quite what Charmian expected...

Part 60: When The Sky Was Opened...  [13+]   35.9 KB
Charmian describes a strange new ability, and Kenu introduces the mighty Nigankwam...

Part 59: Borrowed Medicine  [13+]   26.9 KB
Charmian gets an unexpected helping hand with her vision...

Part 58: Reunion On The River  [13+]   28.1 KB
Charmian's reunion with her friends results in an unpleasant problem...

Part 57: Dreamspinning For Beginners  [13+]   23.2 KB
Charmian learns a little more about the mysterious "Red Swan"...

Part 56: Tooth & Nail  [13+]   32.5 KB
The okis prove troublesome for Charmian, and perplexing for Singing Cedars...

Part 55: Easterly Advice  [13+]   24.5 KB
Wabun gives directions to the North Wind, but leaving in peace won't be easy...

Part 54: The Not-So-Dead End  [13+]   28.4 KB
The East Wind can't help Charmian as she wishes, though he does prove to be useful...

Part 53: Fire Down Below  [13+]   26.2 KB
The strange presence behind the waterfall doesn't seem too welcoming to Charmian...

Part 52: Beyond The Wall Of Water  [13+]   31.5 KB
Charmian finds out exactly what lies behind the waterfall...

Part 51: Escort Service  [13+]   33.5 KB
Charmian's group receives an unusual escort to the mysterious wall of water...

Part 50: Uneasy Truces  [13+]   29.6 KB
Chakenapok shares some troubling news, and Charmian ends up in hostile territory...

Part 49: Squabbling Siblings  [13+]   34.3 KB
Singing Cedars becomes Charmian's reluctant guide, and she learns his issue with okis...

Part 48: Oki's Advice  [13+]   27.7 KB
A friendly spirit offers some helpful advice--at least, Charmian thinks so...

Part 47: Bad Vision  [13+]   32.7 KB
Charmian gets to know Singing Cedars a little more than she wanted...

Part 46: Friend Among Strangers  [13+]   30.8 KB
Charmian sees a face she didn't ever expect to see again...

Part 45: Unbearable  [13+]   28.8 KB
Things seem just as dangerous in the east as they are back home...

Part 44: The Forsaken Path  [13+]   25.1 KB
The plan--to seek the missing Charmian, or to go on without her...?

Part 43: The Underground Railroad  [13+]   31.0 KB
Charmian and Walks-On-The-Shore flee underground, with some unusual help...

Part 42: Guns & Dozes  [13+]   34.1 KB
Black Elk Horn seeks vengeance, while Winter Born attracts some unwanted attention...

Part 41: Telling Tales  [13+]   28.8 KB
Utter humiliation is the perfect way to pass a canoe trip!...

Part 40: Dream Within A Dream  [13+]   32.5 KB
Charmian's talk with Tal Natha has a surprising--and rather unpleasant--ending...

Part 39: Fireside Chats  [13+]   22.4 KB
Charmian and company get ready to pass the night around the fire...

Part 38: Catfight!  [13+]   26.6 KB
What do you do when a Thunderbird and an Underwater Lynx meet? Run!!...

Part 37: Aunt Grandfather  [13+]   26.2 KB
Shawondassee clears up more than a few things about the Four Winds...

Part 36: Shawondassee's Mountain  [13+]   36.5 KB
Kenu proves useful, and the South Wind is located...

Part 35: The Mighty Kenu  [13+]   26.2 KB
So this is what meeting a real live Thunderbird is like...

Part 34: Thunder Down Under  [13+]   29.3 KB
Charmian and company struggle to flush out a recalcitrant Thunderbird...

Part 33: Good Manitou, Bad Manitou  [13+]   35.3 KB
Charmian and Winter Born share an odd dream, and some hostile manitous emerge...

Part 32: Landfall  [13+]   29.3 KB
After a wet ride, the group sets up camp very far from home...VERY far...

Part 31: Unfair Fare  [13+]   31.2 KB
Barrington overhears something odd, and Charmian learns the steep price for assistance...

Part 30: The Jig Is Up  [13+]   28.2 KB
Manabozho's plans fall apart, and an unlikely source offers some information...

Part 29: Water Battle  [13+]   31.0 KB
Manabozho does battle with a nasty Underwater Lynx, but Charmian smells something fishy...

Part 28: Best Left Forgotten  [13+]   34.8 KB
It seems Manabozho's got a LOT of explaining to do...

Part 27: The Haunted Wood  [13+]   26.7 KB
Those certainly aren't ghosts haunting those woods!--so what are they...?

Part 26: The Start Of The Journey  [13+]   28.0 KB
The journey begins to find Shawondassee, the South Wind...

Part 25: Teached, Be Teacher  [13+]   28.2 KB
Geezhigo-Quae has an unusual request to make of Charmian, concerning Winter Born...

Part 24: Underground Plots  [13+]   33.0 KB
Charmian and the others make desperate plans to escape the Island for the Fairy Realm...

Part 23: Stealing & Stalling  [13+]   33.9 KB
Barrington, seeking escape, instead makes a dreadful mistake...

Part 22: Passing The Buck  [13+]   32.5 KB
Glooskap advises Charmian to seek those who know Megissogwun best--the Four Winds...

Part 21: O-ho, To Marten We Go!  [13+]   26.7 KB
The odd duo Kwemoo and Maang lead Charmian and X'aaru to Marten's secret hideout...

Part 20: Go East, Young Woman  [13+]   30.2 KB
On learning the dreadful truth about Megissogwun, Charmian heads east to find Glooskap...

Part 19: Answer Seeking  [13+]   25.0 KB
Charmian races to the Fairy Realm to learn the strange manitou's identity...

Part 18: Or Else  [13+]   37.3 KB
The intruder interrupts the group's meeting, and an innocent victim is taken hostage...

Part 17: Face To Face  [13+]   28.1 KB
Charmian learns the mysterious manitou's purpose, and calls an urgent meeting...

Part 16: By Lake & By Land  [13+]   30.3 KB
A stranded Nebanaubae imparts an ominous message, and an intruder returns...

Part 15: Hard Proof  [13+]   31.1 KB
Barrington starts to learn the strange reality of where he is...

Part 14: The Anachronist  [13+]   24.4 KB
How do you convince someone he's two hundred years out of place...?

Part 13: Mad Dash  [13+]   38.1 KB
An enraged Charmian goes off in search of Barrington...

Part 12: Signs  [13+]   23.7 KB
Barrington discovers his whereabouts, and Chakenapok sends some strange information...

Part 11: Down Under  [13+]   31.0 KB
A visit with X'aaru and Khiieta leads to yet more troublesome news...

Part 10: The Third Degree  [13+]   33.0 KB
A stranger in red is discovered, and Niskigwun interrogates a nervous Augwak...

Part 9: Evasion  [13+]   31.9 KB
Why is everyone so secretive about the Underwater Lynxes...?

Part 8: All Talk, Little Action  [13+]   29.5 KB
Laughing Lynx tells a strange tale, and Charmian is called to the Sky Tree...

Part 7: Gift Giving  [13+]   35.6 KB
A reunion leads to gift giving and a bit of strange information...

Part 6: Town Criers  [13+]   35.3 KB
Charmian continues her adventure in town, then heads for the West Bluff...

Part 5: Confidence Man  [13+]   32.4 KB
Charmian finds town changed yet again, and not for the better...