"Is she actually dead or just sleeping? Never thought I would ever ask that." Chandra said as she hovered over Jace's shoulder, the telepath staring down at Ailis' face.

"Just sleeping. Ailis did receive a blow to the back of her head. She's just lucky that the fall wasn't too far or she could have died. Yes I know how strange that sounds, Liliana." Jace muttered, glancing behind him at the necromancer.

"I wasn't going to say anything, Jace. But if I was I would have pointed out that my zombies are a little more durable. A fall like that would hardly harm one." Liliana commented, sitting beside Gideon whose eyes hadn't left the woman lying on the makeshift bed.

Really it was just two chairs sitting face to face, a fluffy blue blanket drapped over them to keep her comfortable. This was Jace's second suggestion, his first suggestion that Ailis rest in his bed getting some very odd stares from his friends.

"Why is she a zombie?" Chandra asked, moving back when Jace straightened. "Aren't zombies, you know, mindless?"

"Ailis is anything but mindless. We've been searching for an answer but so far nothing explains why she..." Jace paused, lost in thought until Gideon grinned.

"Has a brain that works?" He finished and Jace actually gave his fellow planeswalker a tiny smile.

"The question is why is Ailis still unconscious? That fall happened hours ago and it really only injured her arm." Jace commented, glancing down at Ailis' bandaged wrist. Still staring at her he was not expecting Liliana to rise from her seat.

"Let me look at her." Liliana sighed, stepping past Gideon who left his seat to get a closer look. Reaching down, the necromacer took hold of one of Ailis' hands. "She isn't sleeping." Liliana said, releasing the undead's hand just as I opened my eyes.

"Why are you poking at me?" I whispered, sitting to find two familar faces watching me along with two that looked slightly familar.

"I wasn't poking at you, Ailis. Jace was worried about you being dead...again." Liliana answered, moving back as I raised my eyebrows. "I told you she was fine, Jace." She added, walking away as I rubbed the back of my head.

"Did something happen?" I asked as a woman stepped closer and I flinched, an image of an open flame flicking through my head. "You tried to roast me!" I yelled, trying to climb to my feet until Jace pushed me back.

"I wasn't trying to do anything. You panicked when we tried to talk to you." She told me, hands at her sides.

"We weren't going to hurt you, Ailis. I heard someone wandering around and I thought you were lost." Gideon explained, rising from his chair. The moment I laid eyes on him I relaxed slightly, noting that he has his hands raised in front of me. "I'm Gideon and this is Chandra." He said, waving one of his hands towards the woman with hair like a flame.

"Sorry I didn't mean to freak out like that. Today hasn't really been easy...actually ever since I woke up bad things keep happening to me." I answered, offering my hand which he shook. His grip's stronger than mine, I thought offering a tiny smile.

"That's alright. Jace filled us in while you were sleeping. If it's okay to ask are you a..." Gideon's question was instantly interrupted by Chandra who gave him a quick punch in the gut. Not that that seemed to harm him though it did make him stop talking.

"What Gideon means is how are you able to talk?" Chandra asked and Gideon nodded, a smile on his face.

"Beats me. Even Liliana doesn't know why and she's the necromancer. Still I should be grateful since I'm a lot stronger than I was as a human. A little more durable too except for the arm." I told them, looking at the bandage covering my wrist and fingers. "What did I do to myself this time, Jace?" I asked with a sigh.

"You fell from one of the boardwalks, hitting your head on the street below. Thankfully you only fell two feet or we wouldn't be here." Jace said, helping me from the makeshift bed when I made a second attempt to stand.

"Tell that to my aching head. Where is here anyway?" I replied, leaning on Jace's shoulder as he helped me into a chair.

"Ravnica's library and the Gatewatch's base of operations." Jace said, getting a blank stare from me in response. "This is where we solve problems concerning Planeswalkers." He sighed and I nodded, hearing a deep chuckle coming from Gideon until Chandra elbowed him again.

"Yeah I think I get it." I answered, looking around the room. "This is a lot bigger than the library in Innistrad. Wonder if there's a book on..." I stopped talking the moment someone entered the library, pulling my cloak around my face on instinct.

"Ailis. it's okay. I want you to meet Nissa." Jace said, setting a hand down on my shoulder when I pulled my cloak tighter hiding my face.

"Is this the new friend you made?" A quiet voice asked, footsteps moving close to me. I flinched as someone gently grasped my cloak. "It is nice to meet you, Ailis."

"I...don't think I should uncover my face." I stammered, head lowered.

"It's okay." Nissa insisted as I lifted my head slightly to see an a beautiful elf looking back at me, two brilliant green eyes staring directly into mine. "So you're the one Jace told me about?"

"I...guess so. Are you a planeswalker?" I asked, feeling a little better once I noticed that Nissa made eye contact with me without flinching. When she gave me a brief nod I managed a weak smile. "Cool. I'm from Innistrad...at least I think so. I woke there anyway."

"Woke there? What do you mean?" Nissa asked, straightening when I raised my head.

"Jace found me lying in the dirt. I can't really remember at lot before that but he told me that...I was...dead." I muttered the rest once that I realized what I'd just told them. Silently I hunched over, head in my hands. "Sorry...suddenly don't feel like talking." I mumbled, hiding my face.

"Jace, what happened to this poor girl?" Nissa asked, hearing a mumbled 'not a girl' from me. "Sorry this young lady."

"She's lost a lot and I thought that bringing her here would be a nice change. Maybe I was wrong." Jace answered, giving my shoulder a gentle squeeze

"I...thanks." I whispered just loud enough for Jace to hear and he gave me a smile.

"Maybe we should leave Ailis to get some rest." Jace suggested and Chandra nodded, grabbing Gideon's arm when the warrior didn't react. She practically dragged him outside the library as Nissa looked down at me.

"Ailis, we'll be nearby if you need us." Jace said, getting a tiny nod in response. With a defeated sigh he wandered towards the now open door, followed by Nissa.

"You are taking good care of her, Jace." Nissa said, seeing Jace's shoulders slump once they left the expansive library. "Ailis just needs some time to think."

"There's no way to reverse Ailis' condition. I just don't have the heart to tell her that." Jace said as they wandered the corridor. "I really don't want to let her down."

"You won't. Besides Ailis likes it here especially when you're near her." Nissa told him and Jace's head shot up, his pale blue eyes staring into her green ones. "You haven't seen the way she looks at you?"

"I was so focused on finding a cure that I never really noticed. Well I did but I just thought she was more interested in being cured than me." Jace replied, fiddling with the collar of his cloak.

"Invite her for a walk and then maybe you'll see." Nissa smiled, wandering away as Jace stood there with a blank look on his face.

Shaking his head, Jace scratched his chin considering what the elf planeswalker had said. Just as he was turning back towards the library there was a massive crash, the sound like a bookcase had just fallen to earth.

Sprinting, Jace soon found the door slightly apart and as he peered into the room he stared. The sound he'd heard hadn't been one bookcase but three, all fallen to one side. Several books had become dislouged from their sleeves, most lying where they had fallen and Jace cringed slightly wondering just what had caused the heavy bookcases to topple.

It wasn't until he hurried deeper into the library that he found the chair where he had left Ailis on its side with no sign of the undead lady. "Ailis, where are you?" He called out, instantly hearing coughing. "Ailis?"

"In..here." A weak voice called out from somewhere near the desk in the centre of the room. Pushing his way through the dust and paper, he soon saw a foot poking out from under the desk itself. "Under the table, Jace." I coughed just as he knelt, eyebrows raised in surprise.

"Do I even want to know what happened in here?" Jace asked, a tiny smile on his face as he offered his hand.

"It's a long story but the short answer is...I tripped and knocked one shelf over. Which knocked the second over and then the third...kind of fell over too." I shrugged with my one good arm, cheeks burning when Jace started to laugh. After staring at him for who knows how long I joined it, finding the whole accident funny.

Once we managed to stop laughing, Jace and I set about cleaning up the library. First we picked up all of the fallen books, checking for any damage. Thankfully no books were harmed from my little 'stunt' so we set them carefully on the desk. Next came the hard part; shifting the shelves back to their original positions.

"I can probably move them back...maybe." I told him as he gazed at the bookcases then back at me. "Okay we might need a little help."

"Did something happen in...here?" Gideon asked, hurrying inside the library followed by Chandra and Nissa the latter staring around the room in wonder.

"I did this." I quickly said and everyone turned their gaze to me, making me want to disappear into my cloak. "I'm sorry."

"You did this? No offense but you look a little fragile." Gideon laughed only stopping when I grabbed one end of the desk, lifting it slightly off the floor.

"You were saying?" I panted, dropping it when my wrist started to ache. Not to mention my head. "Now do you think...you could help us move the bookcases back?"

"Sure, Ailis." Gideon answered, moving towards the first bookcase I'd knocked over. I really tried to help but the moment I set my palm on the bookcase, Jace shook his head and I stepped back. To my shock, and everyone else's amusement, Gideon moved the three bookcases back to their original positions.

"There, how is that?" Gideon asked, wiping sweat from his forehead and I gave him a grin. "Great but next time try not to knock them over. Jace hates it when we mess up his office."

"This is your office? I'm really sorry." I stammered, my cheeks red. "I wanted to explore and I tripped on the rug. That's why the room ended up a mess."

"Ailis, that's okay. We all make mistakes from time to time." Jace replied, lifting the hood of my cloak. "You don't need to cover your face, Ailis. We're your friends."

"Friends? If you're all sure you can get used to this." I answered, waving my hand over myself and Jace opened his mouth to comment until he saw the tiny smile.

"It's not like the rest of us haven't seen a zombie before, Ailis." Liliana said, leaning against the doorway.

"Whatever you say, Liliana." I told her, my smile growing when she raised her eyebrow at me. "Hey I am a zombie after all might as well get used to it."