Chapter 2

When the flash of white light disappeared the twins were in a different location. There was no sign of their mother or the goons from the government, there was only endless sand in every direction and the burning hot sun baring down on them from above.

In shock at the mass difference in their surroundings Clair sank to her knees pulling her brother down with her as the necklace their mother put on them still connected them. "Ah!" Jin yelped scrambling to take off the necklace.

Dangling it in front of him Jin frowned in thought. "This necklace, it's familiar," he mused out loud trying to place where he knew it from.

Hearing her brother Clair broke out of her shock to take a look at the necklace. It was a long black leather cord with a half circular mirror with a gold border on the round side hanging from the cord. All in all it looked like a round mirror that was broken in half and one half was turned into a necklace. "Wait, half a mirror… It's from mama's bedtime story! One half of the mirror that transported the girl to a different world!" exclaimed Clair excited to see proof that her favorite story was real.

"Then that means that mama made us go to a different world," Jin stated unhappy to have left his mother behind.

"Jin, mama will be ok right? I mean she knew what she was doing and in all her stories the girl was able to fight and now that it's obvious that her stories were true it only makes sense that she was the girl in the stories and mmmmmhhhh!"

Jin cut off his sister's rambling by covering her mouth with his hands. "Calm down. I think it's safe to say that mama was the girl in her stories and she wouldn't have sent us here without a plan." Jin waited until Clair nodded her head to let her go.

Now free of her brother's hand Clair opened her hands to reveal her mother's sun pendent. "She said to find Sinbad of Sindria. So I guess he can help us right?" she asked hesitantly used to follow her mother's orders but not used to not having her with them.

Understanding his twin's hesitant as missing their mother Jin hugged his sister and answered, "Yes mama wouldn't lead us to someone who would harm us. So first thing first we need to get out of this desert and find a town." Letting go of Clair he took up a cheerful tone as he gestured to all the sand surrounding them.

Hours later as the sun was setting the twins were tired, hungry, and still lost in the seemingly endless desert. "Can we pant please pant stop?" asked Clair who was barely holding herself upright and not collapsing to the ground to take a much-needed nap.

"We pant can't," Jin paused to take a deep breath. "It's not safe out here and we just have each other now so we can't stop," he tried to explain not wanting to admit that he was scared of losing his only remaining family to his little sister, because that was who Clair was it might have only been by a couple of minutes but she was his little sister so it was his job to protect her.

"It might not be safe but it's better than passing out," replied an exhausted Clair having caught her breath when they had stopped to have this discussion. Jin didn't look convince to stop but he had to admit she had a point.

Suddenly the twins turned their heads to the right. It couldn't be but they were sure they heard right. There to their right was the sound of footsteps and human conversations. With a look towards each other the two bolted in the direction of the sound.

As they got closer the vague shapes they first saw were revealed to have been a caravan. Two young women were the first to spot them. One was a blonde and the other had dark hair and skin. The blonde waved at them and shouted, "Hello you two alright?"

The twins most of have been an odd sight. Jin with his blue long-sleeve hoodie and dark jeans, and Clair with her sleeve-less light purple hoodie over a white T-shirt and light jeans with a light pick scarf belt. At least their simple sandals seem to fit in with the loose fitting old world clothing that appeared to be favored by all the people they could see on the caravan. Not to mention that Jin had a mini guitar and string-bag hanging on his back and Clair had a flute hanging from her neck.

"We're lost," Jin stated shortly and nervously in answer to the blonde's question.

"Well it about to get dark and we can't leave two young children by themselves so why don't you join us," the dark headed one said with a kind smile.

"Ok," The twins said at the same time not willing to object seeing how tired they were.

"I'm Leila by the way and this is Sahsa," the blonde said first gesturing to herself then to her dark headed friend.

Blinking at the introduction Jin did the same, "My name's Sinjin and this is my twin sister Sinclair." Clair waved absently from behind her brother at her name too busy yawning.

Giggling Sahsa said, " We better get them to bed."

Together the two women herded the children to the caravan to rest.