Carol Pennington's daughter is taken with her best friend. A mystery of sorts in sues which entails the help of a wizard of natural magic. Carol and her husband along with select friends are taken as students of Crimson Leake. He instructs them in the spirit of natural magic and a chase through a menagerie of characters follows and Shirley and her friend are rescued.

WARNING: Not a branch off from the book. I could find nowhere else that this would fit. My first book, so it might have hiccups. Let me know if something doesn't make sense. James Fling is taken prisoner by the mysterious NME. He is one of many with special abilities, but he has nearly no knowledge of his past. Upon escape he is forced to fight an enemy he does not understand.