"You mean I have to come to Wellakah with you because I have a history of being good with unknown life?" Dairine asked.

Roshaun barely missed a beat, "Yes. All our wizards have tried-and failed to rid our planet of these things."

"No. Absolutely not. For us it's winter break. And Christmas is coming."

Roshaun shrugged, "I do not see this as a problem. It merely means you have two and a half weeks to fix my problem."

"Joy. I think it's good enough that I saved you."

"Wizardry does not live in the unwilling heart."

Dairine sighed to herself and went up the stairs to pack.

To bad it doesn't She thought

I heard that.

Arrgh. Why does he always hear me think?

Maybe because you think really loud.

I do not.

Pack your stuff.

I haven't decided if I'm going yet.

Well, To Bad. The faster we get there the sooner you can leave.

I highly doubt that.

She went into her room and looked around. Roshaun came in.

"I don't have a pup tent. I guess I can't go after all. Oh. Well."

Roshaun handed her a package. Inside was a pup tent.

Drat. There goes that excuse.

I really don't see why you are so excited about a holiday.

I get presents and time off to do whatever I want.

"You know, I could buy you a present."

Her eyes widened with shock and she went into her closet to hide her face and get some normal clothes for Wellakah.

Now WHAT is that supposed to mean? She wondered

Roshaun shrugged,"Whatever you want it too."

"You know," she said coming out of her closet with several pairs of clothing,"I should just think out loud. It would save you the embarrassment of people thinking you were insane because you were responding to nothing."

She opened the pup tent and looked around. It was perhaps as big as the entire first floor of her house.

"Now what am I supposed to do with all this space?"she wondered out loud.

Roshaun just shrugged.

"Spot, do we have any routines for decorating/furniture creation?"

"Searching. Will any of these do?"

She looked them over and selected one that looked fairly easy. She read the spell and chose some items that looked good, a twin bed, a couch, a desk, a closet, a bathroom, and a small kitchenette. When she was done the effect of the spell hit her and she actually fell over with the impact.

Roshaun looked at her with concern, "Are you quite alright?"

Dairine tried to answer him but instead she blacked out.

She could hear her name being called through kind of a haze. She also knew that Nita was doing some sort of wizardry on her, why she had no idea. Kit was there and so was her dad. And Roshaun. It took her a moment for her to realize where she was and what had happened. Then she remembered the spell the cost of the wizardry. She was most likely on the floor of her pup tent.

Have to remember to change this floor later. She thought It's awful.

Then she heard Nita speak, "I think she's regaining consciousness."

How long have I been out for? It must have been a while because Dad's here.

All the sudden she was able to open her eyes. She saw Nita being helped over to a chair by Kit that matched the rest of the decorations, but she didn't remember making. Nita looked utterly exhausted and Kit was practically carrying her over. Her dad and Roshaun were both looking at her.

"Are you alright sweetheart?" Her dad asked worriedly.

Dairine was not sure she could physically answer him but she tried.

"Yes." she eeked out.

"Just very tired and overspent I'd imagine" said Kit, coming over, "What was she doing anyway?"

Roshaun answered, " Decorating the pup tent."

"Using wizardry?" Kit was incredulous.

Dairine began to close her eyes, she was tired and everyone was staring at her.

"NO!" yelled Kit, Roshaun and her dad. Now they all were staring at her harder.

"You can't fall asleep right after being unconscious."Kit explained, his momma was a nurse after all.

"No it's fine." said Nita, she had gotten up. Kit opened his mouth to protest either to Nita's statement or the fact that Nita had stood up when she was supposed to be resting. N ita cut him off,"Dair, you can go to sleep, but Roshaun will need to watch both physically and with the manual, like you do for me with lucid dreams sometimes."Then she turned to Roshaun, "Come here so I can show you what to do. Actually just use my manual, I'll set it up."

Nita worked in her manual for a few minutes then handed it to Roshaun. This was a small wizardry and Nita stumbled from the effort. Kit caught her.

"Come on," he said, "You're going to bed." Nita allowed herself to be lead off.

That tiny amount of wizardry should not have affected her like that. How much energy did she spend on me?

Far too much. She did all the wizardry Herself. She literally prevented your body from burning itself up. Came the answering thought. Now move to the bed.

She tried to, but had no success. Roshaun picked her up and put her on the bed instead. Dairine had almost no time to process this information before she fell asleep.