AN: This is bad. Seriously. But I'm tired, ok?

Frank had plans. Actually, both he and his mother had plans. Correspondence had been rallied back and forth between the castle and the city for almost a year now, ever since the death of his wife. It seems that a neglected experiment from millennia past had been rediscovered. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, satellites had discovered a planet in a distant galaxy, capable of (emitting a beam of pure anti-matter...sorry, we can go back to the story now) supporting Transylvanian life. A spaceship of criminals was sent there, and then left, without any communication back to the home planet. A team of scientists was supposed to observe how this group of people would react to life stranded in a primitive world, but apparently, they were distracted, for after a year, no records can be found of the people.

The coordinates of the planet are still known, however, and this is where Frank comes in. His mother has decreed that the people, if still there, are still Transylvanians, and need leadership as such. Before the Queen dies, Frank is to complete the mission of venturing to this planet, checking on the status of these people, and safely converting them back to the Old Ways.

Whether Riff and I were to go with him depended on when the mission was to take place. If Frank left anytime within the next year, I was required to go with him. Riff of course was not but he had already told me that he would never, ever leave my side...for fear that I try and follow Daan.

It has been decided. We are to follow Frank on his journey to this new planet, Urth. I am extremely disappointed. This means that unless I wish to stay forever on this strange planet, I will remain in Frank's service until our return. We could spend over a year there, not including travel time.

We leave two months from now, and there is much to be prepared before then. To be less conspicuous, instead of traveling in a regular spaceship, the castle is being equipped with jet engines and all that is needed for space travel. There will be only three people going, Frank, Riff, and me. The journey will take three months one way, and we will be on Urth for one year.