They arrived in England with no problems, always a sure sign there would be some later. Dairine had visited this town once before when she was five. She remembered that it had been known to the locals as Dream. Every good wizard knew that there were no coincidences so…
They found Nita and Ronan surprisingly easily. Well, until they found out that they seemed to timeslide every time they got close. What surprised her was that Kit came up with a easy solution for that, though and soon they had Nita out.
It was all going way too easily for Dairine's liking. It was almost like whatever had captured Nita and Ronan wanted them to be released. A simple freezing spell to stop the timeslide? No, it should have been much harder. Therefore, she was not surprised when the Lone One came hurtling out of the sky.
Dairine faced the Lone One, "Greetings and-"
"Defiance, yes, yes, I know." He snapped, " I hear that all the time."
He shot a ray of pure magma towards them. Roshaun activated a shield spell just in time though. Dairine fired a basic blast spell and the fight broke loose. Obviously the Lone Power had a reason for going to all the trouble to kidnap Nita and Ronan, but why? Just then a grenade wizardry shot by her head, narrowly missing. It was then she realized that all the wizardly spells seemed to be doing that, just barely missing, no matter how careful the aim. That was why the Lone Power came here, to test the magic of the town, and that was why he needed two wizards who would have friends come and rescue them. Of course.
Unfortunately, none of Dairine's wizardries could hit him in the town. As for outside the border, well they would have to see. She began to run away, hands over her head screaming. She hoped her friends were following, if not, well, they would have a talk later. She chanced a look back, they were following her. Good. She was close to the border, or what she hoped was the border of the town. Finally, the sign announcing the city limits came into view. She barreled on by, then turned,praying she had calculated when the Lone Power would run by the sign right. She spoke the command for the same spell she had been using earlier, and this time it worked.
Everyone stood speechless for about two seconds. That was incredible. Maybe everyone was just tired from that long run to the city limits. They had certainly had worse battles with the Lone Power. Dairine wordlessly held up the transport spell and everyone but Ronan transported to the clump of trees in the Callahan backyard. They were just in time for Christmas dinner.
Later that night as Roshaun was walking back to the clump of trees to transit home, he handed her a small golden box. She opened it and there was a tiny key. Roshaun held up his matching one.
"If you ever need me, insert your key into your puptent, and it will automatically open itself. The same goes for my key."
He kissed her then quickly disappeared. Dairine looked at the spot where he had vanished, then examined her key. It was actually an expertly woven wizardry, designed for multiple uses. She spoke a sentence in the speech and a chain appeared. She slipped it over her head, the 'key' resting on her heart, and somehow she knew that thousands of lightyears away, there was a Wellakait king with an identical key over his heart.