Since you all seem to hate me, (I only had two reviews), this chapter will be short. Thank you to those of you who review.

I will be putting up a new chapter as soon as I have twenty reviews. That's not so hard, is it?

Thanks! I was kidding about hating me, I hope.

After what seems an eternity, we finally see what we have been looking for. It is a beautiful thing, and I hope to have the privilege of seeing it much, much more. I smile at Ann and we both walk closer to it. I throw back the door, take a deep breath, and step through.

A warm voice calls out, "Welcome to the Realms, Lillian."

The land before me is to perfect to describe. It is almost like a dream, but with something extra. Something specifically designed for each individual. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath in through my nose. I smelled new book pages, the crisp smell of the sea, and my father's pipe. The smells of home pulled a cord in my heart, and I was momentarily taken over by an ocean of homesickness. As I heard Ann start to cry, I opened my eyes and turned to her.

"Ann. Whatever could be the matter? You are finally here."I said while putting my hands on her shoulders.

"That's just it, Lilly. I am here. I am home!" She spun out of my arms and threw her hands in the air. Laughing, she ran out of the fields and into a place where I had never been.

"Ann!" I called; slightly worried that she would become obsessed with finding her friend that she would leave me.

"It is alright, Lady Fate. She will return soon." I turned to see a girl, no more than twenty standing before my wearing a rich purple colored sari. I recognize this as the voice that first welcomed me to this wonderful place. I slowly walk over to her, feeling as if in a dream.

She smiles and says, "I know this must all be very confusing. My name is Asha, and I am the spokes woman for the Untouchables. We are a race of people that has had quite a hard time in the past, and only hope you can help us now."

A piece of her sari slips and under the cloth are horrible burns that look as if they cover her entire arm. I avert my eyes and pretend not to have seen. I wonder what has caused them.

She goes on to tell me about Gemma and her friends; how they would come here and be what they wanted. Strong, beautiful, clever, witty. This surprised me because I thought they were already this from what I had heard. Then she went on to tell me why she was stuck here.

"Well, it was when they first started coming into the Realms. There was something different in the air. Something new and exciting. A taste of adventure, just waiting to be found. The four girls were carefree and silly; but only at first. One of them, Pippa was her name, joined us by eating the berries, and in doing so bound herself forever to this land. Unless she chose to cross. She only remained a short while, but then went into the Winterlands. That is a terrible region with corrupt creatures that cannot come back. Their entire soul belongs there. So her friends tried to help but to no avail. Gemma is a girl about sixteen with fire red hair. Felicity, the leader of the group, is an independent woman of sixteen and blond hair. You know Ann, the sweet soul. I do not pretend to know them well, but Gemma is particularly close to me." she smiles when she is done. I hear Ann calling me off in the distance, but feel bad leaving Asha.

"Go. Your friends are awaiting you." I turn and run down the hill, and straight into Gemma Doyle herself.

"Oof!" I yell as I hit the ground. She looks up at me and I suddenly realize why Elisabeth had such a fright about my eyes. They are exactly the same shade of green as mine. She smiles at me and stands up, offering a hand to help me off the ground.

"Well, I think I have just met the young lady who will take me home." She says to me.

I laugh, but know that she is serious. Ann said that she cannot leave without my help. I want them to like me so very much, and Ann has reassured me that they will. Gemma, as was told, has flaming red hair.

"So, I hear that we are cousins?" She obviously had no clue of the relation for her face displays shock, excitement, and horror. The last one scares me; I don't want anyone to be frightened of me, I am nothing compared to some of the girls I knew in Boston.

"Well," she starts, looking down at her hands but talking to me, "this will make it easier to handle the magic. I haven't felt myself lose control with it recently so that must be because of your effect." I nod. It all sounds reasonable.

Off in the distance, I hear Ann greet another of her friends, for the yelling and cries of joy would not signal an acquaintance. I peek over Gemma's shoulder, which is no easy feat, she is a full head taller than I am, and see a blond head run towards us. Following her is Ann.

"Gemma! Who is this?" asks the girl I can only place as Felicity. As told, she looks like the leader; proud, shoulders back, and fiercely loyal. Her eyes widen in surprise. "Oh! You're Lilly! Can you take us home? I so want to see Spence again." I laugh as she makes a face that resembles Mrs. Nightwing giving a lecture.

I feel as if I know these girls well, like I was a missing part of their life that has finally been reunited. When we first met, I didn't ever want to leave. Staying with them was the only thing on my mind as we spent the better part of four hours running around the gardens and exploring. They showed me the river, the forest, and many more places. I loved it all.

But I knew that we must be returning home to Spence soon. I felt a dread in my stomach as I asked Ann if she was ready to go.

Gemma looked at me with shock clearly etched on. "What," she stated, "you're not taking us back?"

I could see the hint of hurt that was in her eyes. "Well, I have no idea how you became stuck here. I was thinking that Ann could explain it to me after we leave, then we could come back and visit you and take you back." I tried to make it sound enthusiastic, but I knew how badly Gemma and Felicity wanted to come home.

"Oh, I see what she is doing." Felicity spat at me. "She just wants to keep all of the magic for herself and keep coming back here to 'try and rescue us.'"

"N-no! That's not it at all. I don't even understand how to work this." I tried to reason. Suddenly the heavenly feeling that had been radiating from the gardens had vanished; just to be replaced with Felicity's hash words and her eyes blazing.

"So. You inherit magic, come to a new school, try to be in the right places with society and then keep us locked here at your will. I see-" but she was cut off by Gemma.

"Fee! How can you say such things! You know how it is to have the magic, even for a few moments. It fills you up with the power that you can do anything."

Felicity made a face that conveyed confusion and then reason. "Guess you are right. Sorry about that, Lilly."

She stuck her hand out for me to shake and declare a truce, but when I grasped her hand in mine, she pulled me in and tickled me until I could not breathe. By that time we were all laughing so hard that we were rolling on the ground. After a moment, it became quiet, and that only noise was just the labored breathing of us catching our breaths.

Gemma spoke out in a loud whisper, as if afraid to break the mood. "So we can't go home." It was a statement that I couldn't answer, for I had no idea and hoped that they would let me be for a while. After a small silence, Ann spoke up and said, "I think we should be off, Lilly. They will wonder where we've gone off to."

We stood and gave hugs, it was sad to be leaving our new friends. Ann and I walked back up to the garden and found the door of light. I looked at her, took her hand and yelled, "Last one back is a rotten egg!"

We both went home laughing.

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