A/N: Good news for all of you! I am now going to stop procrastinating and type up more of the story! I hope some people are still reading this because I don't want to be typing up all of this for nothing!

At Six o' clock, or what they thought was six, someone knocked on their door. Phi and Alex were asleep, and after a few minutes of persistent knocking, Tom decided that he should probably open the door before someone broke it down. He stood up and stretched, and walked sleepily over to it and cracked it open. A woman was on the other side, "Sirs, supper is being served if you wish to come down..." At the word supper, Alex lurched and woke up. The woman looked around curiously, "Do you need help finding the Hall?"

Tom thought carefully, making sure that he remembered where the hall was before answering, "No...I think we can find our own way." The woman bowed and left, and tom turned to his friends. "Alex, help me wake up Phi."

Tom walked over to his sister and shook her gently, "Phi, wake up, it's time for dinner." She moaned and rolled onto her stomach. Alex walked over quietly and gently got right up next to Phi. Then, before Tom could stop him or warn him about how cranky Phi was when she is woken up, with a quick push he shoved her off of the bed.

Phi squeaked and landed on all fours, then glared at Alex, who was laughing on top of the bed. Tom stepped back, not wanting to get in the way. Alex slowly stopped laughing and looked down at Phi, "Sorry, but I am really hungry because I haven't eaten since last night."

Phi looked at him reproachfully, "You are SO lucky that I am feeling forgiving right now." Alex snorted doubtfully and helped her up.

"Anyway, now that you are awake, let's go!"
Tom was the first out of the door, really glad that Phi hadn't hurt Alex and kind of surprised that she didn't. They walked quickly down the large staircase, starving for food and the chance to get to know more about this weird world that they had ended up in.

Alex was, of course, the first one to the large double door opening of the hall and peeked into the room cautiously, "What kind of food do you think they have here?"

Tom quickly answered jokingly, "I don't know, but if I were you, I wouldn't ask until I had fully digested it first..."

"What's that supposed to mean?!?"

"Nothing... I was just thinking back to our own middle-age cultures and remembering what they ate..."

"What did they eat?!?"

"You don't want to know..."

Alex thought on it for a while, "What do you mean I don't want to....Ewww! Oh man! I think I just lost my appetite! Don't ever do that again!"

Just then Phi caught up with them, "Do what?"

Alex looked back at her, "I'm not telling you! You'll probably twist it into an evil plot and use it against me somehow!" Phi smiled wolfishly, and Alex turned back to Tom, "I don't know why you keep her around... Anyway, back to the matter at hand... Should we just go in and start eating or what?"

Tom peeked into the room, "Ya, probably...I see some other people in there already eating, so I think that's the best thing for us to do." They walked into the large room and Phi noted that there were only about thirty people there, and almost every one of them turned and stared at the three as they walked in.

Alex leaned over to Tom, "I think we should have changed our clothes before we came down."

"Yep."

They walked over to a line of people who seemed to be getting their food, a little like a school cafeteria, except a lot nicer. Alex loaded up his plate with what looked like some kind of meat, maybe beef, mashed potatoes, and some mixed vegetables, and sat down at one of the long tables, making sure to keep some distance to the other people. When Phi and Tom joined him, the rest of the people in the room turned back to their companions and began to whisper excitedly among each other, making the three teens feel very out of place.

After about five minutes, the king walked into the hall. Everyone stood up, as if he were a judge in a courtroom, and sat back down again after the king waved his hand. "Good afternoon to you all. I wish to inform everyone about a slight situation that has arose today. Master Numair has accidentally...transported three young people to our own dimension. I hope that all of you will treat our guests with courtesy and politeness, just as you would any other, and that you help them if they are in need of assistance." When Jon finished his speech and left the room, everyone turned to stare at them again, and the whispering started again.

Phi was blushing wildly, "Did he really have to do that..." Tom was about to answer her when she interrupted him, "Never mind... I know what you are going to say. He is just trying to be polite or something..." He nodded and she sighed.

Alex looked at her, "Hey, this food isn't that bad...although it tastes a little strange... kinda dry..."

**half an hour later**
Phi, Tom, and Alex headed back up the stairs to their rooms. Alex yawned, "I'm wiped...I guess dimension traveling will do that to you..." Phi sighed and walked into her room, "Good night Phi, see you in the morning..."

"'night..."

The boys walked into their room and locked the door behind them. They were asleep as soon as their heads hit the pillow.

**The next morning**

Alex woke with a start and gazed around, still half asleep. Whoever had woken him up was going to be so dead when he got his hands on them... "Alex! Wake up!" He moaned and rolled over. Not her...not now...it was way to early for this... "Come on Alex! Tom is already in the library!" Good for him... Alex turned over and found himself looking straight up at Phi's impatient face.

He propped himself up on his elbows and glared at her, "First of all, I'm not as insane as your brother and I enjoy my beauty sleep...second of all, how'd you get in here. The door was locked."

She looked at him secretively, "I have my ways...so lets go!"

"Two new problems. First of all, I need to get dressed first, and second of all, where in the heck are we going?"

"I want to go check out the armory!"

The color drained out of Alex's face and he fell back down onto his bed and moaned, "Do we have ta go? I know I'm gonna get hurt or somehow physically harmed..."

Phi pulled him up, "Come on! I promise I won't hurt you!"

"Why am I not comforted..." Phi looked at him intently, "Fine...fine, alright. Just leave me alone for a few minutes so I can get dressed..."

"Fine. But if you go back to sleep, I'll have to hurt you..." She walked out of the room suspicious, and closed the door slowly, as if she didn't trust that he would really get dressed.

Alex muttered and sat back up, rubbing his eyes, "Some day...I'll kill her...wake me up so early...during summer vacation...damn time travel..." He stood up and got dressed, pulling on the weird clothes that the servant type people had left for him. Before he left, he looked at himself in the full-length mirror. He was wearing tan breeches, a white shirt, and a blue vest thing. "I wonder if Tom is wearing his stuff, or Phi for that matter..." He laughed to himself, imagining Phionia in a full- length medieval gown. He looked at himself again and frowned. The vest thing was not working for him. He pulled it off and threw it onto his bed and walked out of the room.

He walked out into the hallway and looked at Phi. Unfortunately, she wasn't wearing a dress, but pants and a shirt, like him. Darn... he would have to find something else to tease her about. "You should be wearing a dress..."

Phi snorted, "Ya, and you should be wearing tights and a little feathered cap." Alex grimaced at the thought.

When they reached the library, they found Tom surrounded by...big surprise...piles of books. At the moment, he was halfway through an extremely thick book called, "History of Tortall Vol. I" He was dressed in the same costume as Alex and Phi, except he was the only one who was actually wearing his blue vest. He looked up quickly when he heard them come in, and then went back to reading, "Alex, you're finally up!"

Alex grimaced and said reproachfully, "Ya, no thanks to your sister..."

Tom frowned and looked back up at Phi, "I told you not to wake him up... that's why I looked our door." Phi smiled innocently and Tom sighed, "Where are you going anyway?"

"We're heading for the armory."

"Sounds like...fun..." Alex snorted, "Anyway, I'm going to stay here...I'm learning a lot about Tortall, this kingdom, from these."

Alex turned to Tom and as he was being lead away by Phi said, "When ya take a break, would you mind writing up a quick will for me?" Tom laughed, "I was serious!"

Phi succeeded in dragging Alex into the hall outside of the library, and out of the main part of the building. They sauntered across the field to the armory. When they got there, there were already three people in it that were practicing with swords. When Phi and Alex walked in, they stopped and looked up at them.

Alex stopped in the doorway and looked at the sword wielding boys and stepped back, "Hey, if you kids are busy we can come back later."

One of them stepped forward. He was about fourteen, had brown hair, and Alex noted that he was shorter than him by half a head, "Are you the new visitors that the king was talking about last night?"

Phi walked towards him, "That we are. Can you show us how to use those things?"

The boy frowned and looked at Phi and Alex specutively, "Have you ever used a weapon like this before?"

"Um...No?"

The boy turned back to his companions, "You guys want to take a break?" They nodded enthusiastically and grinned, "All right! This is going to be interesting..."

One of the other boys handed Phi and Alex a sword and set them up in a beginning fighter's stance and told them to try to swing the sword in a horizontal pattern about chest high. Alex grunted and lifted his sword and swung it, "Gees, this thing is like...thirty pounds! How do you carry this around all the time?"

The boy shrugged, "I don't know, I guess you just get used to it after a while..."

Alex turned to Phi and laughed. She could barely lift her sword into position. She glared at him, "Shut up! I'm a runner not a weight lifter!"

"I didn't say anything...yet..."

The boy intervened before any real argument started up, "Now that you've practiced swinging your sword horizontally, lets try swinging it diagonally..." he motioned towards Alex, "You seem to have a nice hold on your weapon, you try first." Alex grunted and sung his sword up and over his left shoulder, then down and back up over his left shoulder. The boy smiled, "Excellent! You're doing extraordinarily well for a beginner." Alex beamed and turned evilly to Phi, "Your turn."

She scowled at him and lifted her sword over her shoulder and swung it down, then lifted it over her other shoulder, once again painfully slow, and swung it back down. The boy frowned, "I think you need to develop your upper body strength more...You might want to talk to one of the Shang fighters if you need a way to fight and defend yourself."

Phi looked insulted, "Wait just a minute... I can defend myself just fine!... What's a Shang fighter?"

"You fight with your hands and your body instead of using a weapon."

"Kinda like a martial art then...right?"

The boy looked confused. "Never mind..."

The boy shook his head and went back to teaching them how to use a sword. They swished it around a few more times, but Phi could never get the blade to go over her head. One hour later, Phi stopped swinging and fell exhausted onto the ground, "Do people's muscles usually feel like jelly?"

Alex walked over to her and pulled her up, "No. You're just a wimp," Phi kicked him lightly in the shin, "You aren't being very nice!"

"Neither are you."

Alex frowned and turned to the boys, "Thanks a lot for showing us how to use the swords."

The brown haired boy stepped forward again and, to Phi and Alex's surprise, bowed, "It was no trouble at all. May we ask you a question before you leave?"

Alex looked surprised, "Sure! Go ahead!"

The boy asked hesitantly, "The king said that you weren't from Tortall...where are you really from?"

Alex thought for a moment, trying to figure out what to tell the kid, then grinned, "We come from a place called the United States of America."

The boys looked at each other confused, and thought, 'That is a weird name...' Alex and Phi walked out of the armory, grinning happily. Thus whole being in another dimension thing might be fun after all...