Right now you're probably thinking what a jerk I am, but in my defense it's not every day that I get hugged by incredibly powerful mages dressed like colorblind ren fair rejects. I took a defensive stance with my blasting rod pointed at the one who'd spoken first. She seemed pretty dazed but when she looked up her eyes filled with tears.

"I-I-I'm sorry. I'm a big fan, an-and I was so excited to finally meet you" Ow. My conscience. That-wait, did she say fan? I don't have fans, I have people who aren't trying to kill me. How would I even get-my train of thought was derailed when the other girl started talking.

"We're really sorry. W-We saw your ad and decided to see if you were the same as in the books. We" her voice broke. "we just wanted to meet you…" I was confused as hell right now, all of a sudden I had fans? And there were books about someone like me?

"what books?" Yep, you can tell I'm a private eye, the way I ask those hardboiled questions that cut right to the heart of the matter. Now the girls looked confused. The green eyed girl started talking again "What do you mean what books? The Dresden Files! They're all about you and how you defeat evil! You have to know about them!"

"Hey. Are we in Chicago?" the red haired girl asked "cause if we're in Chicago I bet I know why you've never heard of the books."

"Of course you're in Chicago! Where did you think you were?"

"Kirkland." She stood up slowly and went over to her friend. "That's where we were a minute ago. And thus I have a theory."

"Oh really? Why don't you share it with the class?" I was definitely starting to get creeped out here.

"Well this must be an alternate dimension. And we must have accidently gotten transported here." I would have felt better if she had seemed upset, but both she and her friend were eerily calm. Would it really be so hard for the universe to make my life make sense?

"right. And I suppose everyone in your universe wears clothes like that?" I nodded towards their outfits.

"Uh no, this is actually…well we were playing make the cars miss their light and it helps to wear something…eccentric." the green eyed girl explained. I was just about to ask what the hell she was talking about when my phone rang. That was not a good sign no one who knows my number tries to call me except in an emergency, they know that wizards play merry hell with technology.

"Stay right there. I need to get that." I glared at them for emphasis and turned into my house. "Hello?"

"Dresden!" Oh crap. It was Captain Luccio. This was definitely not good "We have a…situation. There's two people we need to find and evidence that they're in your city. I'm on my way now but I need you to start looking. Unfortunately all I can tell you about them is that they will have some books titled The Dresden Files. I know it's not much to go on but they need to be found!" I might have been more stunned if someone had hit me with a frying pan, maybe, but I had come to expect blows to the head the past couple of years, this was just bizarre.

"Actually Captain, I think I already have." stunned silence "well actually they found me. Two girls knocked on my door and started talking about The Dresden Files and how I was the main character and…" I trailed off

"Excellent! Don't let them run off, I should arrive soon and then I'll be able to take them off your hands" she didn't wait for a response before hanging up. Okay then… I thought to myself. I went back outside and was surprised to find them still there.

"there's something weird going on around here and I have no idea what it is." I announced "some people are coming who want to talk with you and maybe they can figure it out, until then would you like to come in?" I didn't wait for their answer before going back inside. At least no one was hitting me yet.