Knots In A Magic Thread
Chapter Two: Numair learns about Modern technology

A/N: Wowie! Lotsa reviews there! More then I get in some stories! Yes! (Authoress jumps up and down giddily) Keep it up please. It makes me update quicker.

Dis: I own Mina, Riley, Cassie, Emily, and unnamed thread girl. Kerowyn owns the technology fairy thing.

Cassie stifled a yawn. She was beat.

"I feel like a motorcycle ran over me," Riley muttered.

"What's a motorcycle?" Daine asked curiously. She felt oddly sleepy.

"A fast, noisy thing that nearly killed my brother," Mina explained. "He paid a fortune for one, and rides it at 2 A.M."

"Mina chased him with a frying pan for an hour," Riley stage whispered.

"Ugh, I have an evil headache, does anyone have an aspirin?" Emily asked, dusting herself off.

"What's aspirin?"

"Something that gets rid of headaches," Cassie replied.

Finally they got to their destination. Daine knocked once, then entered, the others following nervously. A tall man with dark hair was reading with his back to them.

"Numair, we have some visitors," she called softly. He turned towards them questioningly (a/n: I got that right on the first try!)

"Hi, my name's Riley Todd" Riley said cheerfully. Never let Riley near a two liter bottle of soda again, Emily told herself sleepily.

"I'm Cassie Druce, nice to meet you," Cassie said carefully.

"Emily Callahan,"

"'Ello, I'm Mina Cross,"

" My name is Numair Salmalin"

"You know, I'm starting to think we're not in Plythorne anymore," Riley commented dryly.

"Ya think?" Cassie and Mina chorused.

"Er, why are you here, if I may ask?" Numair asked carefully.

"Um, well, we were going to watch the movie Clue Mina's mom taped for us, and there was a brown light, and we ended up in the closet thingy Daine here found us," Mina explained.

"How can you expect us to believe that?" he asked.

"Good point. Uh-oh, what can we do to convince them?" Cassie said quietly to her friends. Emily sighed and opened her backpack.

"Riley, do you have your CD player?" she asked. Riley nodded and pulled it out. "Good, what's in it?"

"Lillix, why?"

"You don't want to ask," Pulling out her book she looked at the cover. It was a slightly battered copy of Emperor Mage. She handed it and the cd player over.

"You push the play button and put the headphones on."

"How..."

Riley smiled and, miraculously keeping a straight face, said, "Little technology fairies."

Mina snorted.