Will lifted the luminous pink crystal and the shimmering portal in the form of a sucking blue funnel slammed shut. The girls ended up under the Heatherfield Bridge, on a grassy riverbank among a pile of scrap metal.

- Well, i guess the diversion failed, - she said, then looking at the upset Cornelia, she added, - next time we will help Caleb, I promise.

Cornelia crossed her arms and looked at Will reproachfully.

- Do nothing again?

- We have lessons tomorrow, remember? Mrs. Rudolph gave us difficult homework. I overslept that lesson when progressions were explained.

- Someone is going to have C's in the semester," Irma joked.

- I'm sure Caleb will be all right. He's strong. He will definitely manage with a couple of Lourdens, - Tarany defended Will . She, too, was tired of saving this ungrateful guy from trouble.

- And then you remember, we couldn't find the portal for a long time. We barely found this one, - Will tried to justify herself.

- Let's go to the "Silver Dragon". Grandma baked fortune cookies today, - Hai Ling encouraged Cornelia and hugged her.

- Thank you. I don't want cookies, - Cornelia removed Hai Lin's hand.

Will touched the crystal and the girls reincarnated, returning their teenage appearance.

It was evening. The wind blew the autumn leaves through the small square through which the girls were heading to Hai Lin's parents' café. It began to rain heavily with some hail.

- So what does this seal look like? And why Phobos needs it? - Will asked Yan Lin, when girls were sitting in her cafe and were eating dumplings.

Yang Ling smiled mysteriously with the tone she usually liked to tell stories about Meridian and replied.

- Seal of Phobos can open portals between worlds, in particular, between Meridian and Earth.

- Wow, how many magical artifacts are there on Meridian? The heart of Kandrakar, the Horn of Hypnos, now there's also a seal, - said Irma, throwing a dumpling into her mouth.

- These are not the most terrible artifacts, and not all of them belong to Meridian - Yang Ling's eyes opened a little wider - there is also the eye of Medusa, the knife of Achilles, the cup of Hyades.

- Cup of Hyades? - asked Will, - what a funny name.

- All of them are stored in a special place. In the same place where the sources of your strength are stored, Yang Ling continued, pouring broth into Hai Ling's cup.

- What? - The girls looked at each other in surprise.

- The crystal you hold, Will, is the Heart of this place.

- Kandrakar? - Will took out a crystal from under her clothes. The pink luminous crystal shone in a special way at the mention of this word.

- Exactly. This is a place where harmony and peace reign. It is also called the Realm of Nothingness.

- Wow, - the girls were simultaneoulsy surprised.

- It was Kandrakar who put the Veil between the worlds so that the power of Phobos would not spread to other worlds.

- There are other worlds?" Tarani asked, eating the last dumpling.

Will's phone rang. The ringtone was a melody which was clearly heard and sang the words "Mom is calling. Pick up your phone."

- Oh, well, I have to go. Mom is already sounding the alarm, - Will got up, putting the phone back into the backpack with the green frog.

- Good luck with math, - Irma smiled, drinking orange juice from a straw, - I hope the frog will help you.

- Perhaps we have to go as well, - said Cornelia, taking a cookie. Opening it, she saw on a piece of paper the inscription "Everything that is lost will definitely be found."

-Hmm, why would this strange prediction mean?- she thought, hoping in her heart that it promised something good for Caleb.

The girls, except for Hai Lin, who stayed to help her grandma, went home.