Time to update again! I have a special guest to do the disclaimer for me~

Tybalt: Why me?

Me: 'Cuz you're my favorite, and it's the least you could do after I spared your life. :3

Tybalt: Fine... ManfredsAwesomeAdmin95 does not own the Pendragon series, or the play Romeo & Juliet. If you try to hurt her because of this, I shall personally run you through!

Me: Whoa! Okay, thanks, Tybalt...! As for everyone else, enjoy! Hobey-ho, let's go!

Second Earth

Courtney's eyes widened when she saw the ring on her finger started glowing and growing. She wasn't even supposed to have it, but Mark had given it to her a few days earlier, when they got back from Eelong. He'd told her that he wanted nothing more to do with Travelers, territories, and Halla, and practically thrown the ring at her face, leaving her to be Bobby's sole acolyte. Afterward, Courtney had run home and cried her eyes out about everything; Spader, Bobby, Gunny, Kasha, Eelong, Mark, everything that had happened. But most of all, she cried because she would never get to see Spader again. Now, as the glowing ring got too big for her finger and slipped to the ground, those tears came to her eyes again, thinking that she'd gotten another journal from Bobby.

However, when she picked up the parchment, a quick glance told her that the handwriting didn't belong to her friend and ex-boyfriend. It still looked familiar, and as soon as she started reading, she knew it was from Spader. Vo Spader. Her Spader. "Oh, my God...!"

By the time she had finished reading the whole thing, Courtney's eyes were streaming with tears, but they were happy tears. Spader was alright, had found a way off of Eelong, and had admitted that he loved her! Furthermore, he seemed to have arrived in the middle of a play she had read in her freshman year of high school! She couldn't help but laugh when she read the part about him knocking Mercutio unconscious, and grinned when she read of his defeat- but not murder- of Tybalt.

Right then, she decided she would send him a note back. It read:

Dear Spader,

I am so glad to know that you and Gunny are alright, and that Kasha is alive! Also, the play that Patrick showed you was Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. I never cared for it, myself, because it was so depressing. However, I'm sure the real version is much better, now that you're in it. Or maybe Shakespeare still wrote it that way just because he was in a bad mood...

Just checked, and I was write. It's still the same boring old tragedy. I guess he must not have stuck around to see you break up the fight. By the way, Spader Dorsett? Really? Has Bobby been getting you to read those Clive Cussler novels? I thought Jess Dorsett and Betsy Fletcher were just characters that he came up with. It was funny how Tybalt freaked out, though, when he thought you were the son of a highwayman! Very clever!

Anyway, I miss you like crazy. If it were possible to send you a long, sweet kiss through these rings, then I would. I hope I can see you soon. Tell Mercutio I said "Hi," if you can, and stay out of trouble, both of you.

Love always,

Courtney C.

Courtney quickly sealed the letter in an envelope and sent it to Spader, hoping he would get it, soon.