AN:

I would like to preference this by saying I loved Mirror Sight, maybe not a perfect novel but I really enjoyed it. I think I understand why K. Britain did what she did, and why Karigan couldn't bring Cade back with her, but that isn't going to stop me from day-dreaming. This is of course a 'what if' in which Karigan succeeds in bringing Cade back to her own time, so let's jump right into it.

I borrow liberally here from Ms Britain, nothing is mine and all is hers.

She glanced at Cade. "Do you really want to do this – go back to my Sacordia?"

"More than anything"

…

As Karigan activated her ability and the statues around the moon dial rotated into place she felt her self being drawn back in time, and yet something held her in place. While she felt home tring to pull Lhean and her away Cade was held fast by the future and Karigan, refusing to let him go, felt she would be torn in two.

"Karigan!" Cade shouted, "You have to go home"

"No! Not with out you!" she cried back. "Do you hear me?" she screamed into the chaos around them "I will not leave with out him! I swear it!" As she pulled him with all her strength something snapped suddenly, and all three of them tumbled into a calm dark summers night in Corsa.

…

The Castle Banquet hall on the Night of Aeryc

As Captain Mapstone stood with the Eletians and watched the un-natural wind stir up the tapestries in the Banquet hall a fracture appeared in the air and released from it's depths a figure, it hurtled trough the air and onto the central table, sliding along it and knocking decorations and place settings to the floor.

Laren stood frozen in sock as she watched Karigan, for Karigan it must be slide to a halt as weapons rush towards her. Something was off about the time and the normally agile weapons made only a little ground as a second figure was sent flying after Karigan.

The second figure was followed by a glittering sliver trail. As he, defiantly male Laren though, slid to a stop and he tried to right himself and reach for Karigan. the two of them where showered by the silver something that had come following after. Their cries of pain could be heard over the clamour now beginning to erupt in the hall. Although Karigan raised her a hand to defend her face it was not fast enough, blood poured from her eye and spotted across her uniform and across her companion's back where they had been hit

Finally, as if released from a spell Laren started and joined those running towards Karigan. Time seemed to have resumed a normal pace and the Weapons Fastion and Donal where able to reach Karigan.

"Take her to the mending wing!" Laren directed as they lifted the rider down from the table and grabbed hold of the man who had followed her.

"Are you friend or foe of the King?" Donal demanded as he roughly pulled the man from the table.

"Don't hurt him!" Karigan cried as Fastion carried her away "He's a friend." The only response the man had was a pained groan.

Laren noticed that a very large amount of blood was spreading from his shoulder, soaking through his unusual shirt. Then, as if the events of the evening had not been odd enough, before her very eyes the shirt seemed to dissolve, displaying the bloody wound underneath. In fact all of the mans clothes melted away. The addition of a naked man to the banquet hall seemed to add to the hysteria.

Laren started to shrug of her coat as another was passed to her. She had not noticed the King leave his seat, but he stood besides her now offering his own fine long-coat to cover the unexpected visitor. Donal wasted no time covering the man, helping him to apply pressure to his wound and steered him out of the hall after Fastion and Karigan.

The King stopped Laren from following with a hand on her arm. "It's Karigan, she's back." He said to her. "I knew she'd come back." There was a light, a life to his eyes she hadn't seen in months.

Before Laren could respond a new, urgent cry cut across the room. The Queen had collapsed in pain and a new panic broke out.

"See to your queen." Laren urged him when she saw he was torn. "Your duty is to her, and your unborn child. I will report on Karigan's condition as soon as I can." They parted, the king striding towards his wife giving orders for everyone to calm as Lauren ran to follow the Weapons and Karigan.

In the mending wing Karigan only stat still thanks to Fastion's hold on her, as Ben tried to examine her bloodied eye. She was visibly distressed by the sight of the man Donal was delivering to the care of other healers, she called out to him and demanded Ben help him instead. The man, Cade Laren thought Karigan had said, was less aware of his surroundings. He looked pale with pain and possibly the blood loss.

"Ben, calm the girl down." The master mender Vanlynn directed.

Ben couched his finger gently to Karigan's forehead and she slumped back in Fastion's arms, unconscious.

Master Vanlynn limped over to Captain Mapstone, The elderly woman had come out of retirement to replace the former master mender.

"One of yours, eh?" Vanlynn asked.

"Yes. She is-"

"I know who she is. My assistants will see to her. Meanwhile I have been summoned to the Queen's quarters, and Ben with me. Why the can't bring her here is beyond me." The master mender gave instructions to the assistant menders for Cade's care and directed Ben to follow her.

Laren was offered a seat in a waiting enclave by the assistant menders while they cared for the two patients. The Eletians joined her soon afterwards, Enver offerd her some of their supplies of chocolates while Somial offered what information he had on where Karigan had been.

After the they had discussed their limited information about Karigan and Lhean's strange journey and the threatening sounding future the Eletians settled to meditate quietly, leaving Laren to ponder their own thoughts. What had happened to Karigan, where had she been? She wondered who this strange young man was, and could he have possibly come from the fearsome sounding future?