The next morning Amber woke up to her phone buzzing. Her friend, Elizabeth, was texting her.

"I can't figure out what to wear to school!"

Amber decided to ignore her. Liz can figure out what she wants to wear on her own. Amber went to her computer, not expecting to see the messages from last night between her and Georgia.

But there they were, just waiting for someone to find and lock her in a loony bin. But there was also a new message from someone named Isabelle. Amber sat down and clicked on the message.

"Georgia told me about your trip. How did you get there from Delaware?"

"I don't know. I don't really understand how this works."

"The science of Stravagation was invented by William Dethridge. But he went to Talia, as did the rest of us."

"I didn't go to Talia, I went to Franca. Is this bad?"

"No, it's just different. Would the connection be different between different parts of the two worlds?"

"I don't know. Like I said, I'm new at this."

"I'm sorry; I can get ahead of myself. Everybody has been from England and goes to Talia."

"So why did I go to Franca?"

"I don't know why. I can only guess. Sky said that we'll be arriving tonight at the airport. We should arrive at 6:30."

"Do you want me to pick you up?"

"No, we'll get a car and stay in a hotel."

"Okay. I need to go to school. I'll talk to whoever is on later."

Amber logged off of the computer and got ready for school. Today she got to school early enough to find a good parking spot. As she walked to her first class Liz ran up to her.

"Why didn't you answer me?"

"I was running late. I didn't have time to text you."

"Do you know what today is?"

"No, what?" Amber was used to her friend being focused on the social part of school, instead of academic.

"Today is the last Friday of the month, which means that there will party at Michael's house."

Amber immediately thought of the two Stravagante that would be coming to New Castle tonight.

"I won't be able to go tonight, I'm sorry."

"Why not? Everybody will be there!"

"My cousins are coming to stay for the weekend. They're flying in tonight." It seemed a convincing enough lie. Just in case Liz saw her with Sky and Isabelle.

"They can come, too."

"You can't just invite two strangers to a party that isn't even yours."

"Nobody will be able to tell if they're from our school or not. Please just come! I need a wing man!"

"First, I'm not a man. Second, I have to help my cousins get settled in. You can go it alone, you'll be fine."

"You're no fun, you know that?"

"I know, but you still love me."

The two girls parted ways and went to class. Amber had an advanced history class. She realized that it was quite ironic that she had been chosen to go to the past when she was probably the biggest history nerd in the entire school. Amber was the history whiz for the quiz bowl team. It always felt good to be able to buzz in when all the teacher had to say was Pepin the Short's son.

School was a bore today. Nothing seemed to interest Amber, but then, what could after visiting another world.

The day passed by slowly, yet when the day was over Amber was surprised at how fast the day had gone.

Amber went home and decided to study until Isabelle was ready to meet her.

At 7:00 Amber got on her computer to check if Isabelle had sent her a message. She hadn't, but when she saw that Amber was on Isabelle sent her a message telling her to meet her at Starbucks.

Getting out of the house was easy, Amber just had to tell her parents that she was going to visit Liz and do some studying.

When Amber got to Starbucks there were very few people there. But Amber noticed a couple who looked to be in their early twenties. The boy saw her first and waved her over. Amber felt weird to be sitting with people that should be in college.

"You must be Amber. I'm Isabelle, and this is Sky." Isabelle spoke with a slight English accent. She had blonde hair and light blue eyes. Sky had tanned skin with dreadlocks.

"Thank you for coming here. I really appreciate it."

"It's no problem," Isabelle said. "Especially in your case. Georgia was telling me about how you went to some place other than Talia."

"Yeah, I went to Franca."

"What was it like?" This time Sky was the one asking questions.

"I didn't get to see much. I was in some sort of cave."

"Who is your Stravagante?" Sky asked.

"His name is Erik, but he seems like The Phantom of the Opera."

"Wasn't The Phantom of the Opera is the nineteenth century?" Isabella asked.

"Yeah, why?"

"Nick's not going to be happy about this."

"Why not?"

"Long story short, he is from Talia where he is from a ruling family, and he decided to come here to live for good. The time that we all travelled to was the fifteenth century. That would mean that Nick's family is dead."

The news that someone living in her world but was not actually from her world came as a shock to Amber. How could he move to a different world? How could he be from the fifteenth century?

Isabelle must have seen the confused look on Amber's face.

"It takes a little bit to get used to. He was injured when he was living in Talia. He was miserable so he decided to translate to our world."

"How do you translate to a different world?"

"Well, when you stravagate, your body looks like its sleeping. If you stay to long your body gets weaker to the point where you just die. Georgia brought Nick a talisman from our world and he stravagated and never went back."

"He just left his family?"

"He wasn't fond of his entire family. But he's not the first one to translate. He probably won't be the last."

"Who else has translated?"

This time it was Sky who answered. "The founders of the Stravagante, William Dethridge, and the first from our generation, Lucian, or Luciano, and Nick and Luke have both translated to our world."

Amber felt very uneasy at this new piece of information. She would be meeting two people that are from the past.

Just as Amber was about to ask if Nick and Luke were any different from the rest of the Stravagante, Isabelle's phone rang.

"Hello? Hey Georgia. Yeah, we're with Amber. We're explaining to her who has translated. Okay. See you then. Bye."

"What did Georgia say?" Sky asked.

"She said that her and Nick will be arriving on Wednesday. The others don't quite know when they'll make it."

Sky looked at Amber. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. I just still can't believe that this is happening to me."

"We all felt that way. We can help you. It's hard to adjust to living two lives in one day, but the more people that there are to help you the easier it gets."

Now it was Isabelle's turn to offer help. "Maybe we can stravagate with you and help you to adjust to the world."

"We'd have to give up are talismans. Nick wouldn't be happy with that. It's his last tie to his family."

"He wouldn't have to go if he doesn't want to. But what good will they be if they only take us to Talia, which isn't even our Talia anymore. I think we would do more good if we go to Franca with Amber."

Amber decided that she should go before her mother calls Liz and figures out that Amber was lying.

"I should probably go. And you need to get settled in."

"It's probably best. Ask Erik what he thinks about us giving up our current talismans to be able to go to Franca."

"I will. I don't know what he will think about it, though."

The three new friends went separate ways, Amber to her house and Sky and Isabelle to their hotel.

That night Amber Stravagated back to Franca.