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*Back in our world*

Phi gaped at Alex, finally stammering out, "But...how?"

Tom looked equally confused and his brow was knit in thought, "It isn't possible, is it?"

Alex nodded, "Looks like it is...What should we do?"

Phi frowned, "We could tell him it is just a made up language..."

Tom shook his head, "No...Then he will just suspect that he is going insane...I'll come up with something tonight, and I will come over early tomorrow and let you know what I thought up."

"What should we do in the meantime?"

"Just...I hate to say it, but just ignore it. I'm guessing that Devic is still pretty sensitive about the subject, which is good because he won't want to talk about it as much."

Phi felt a small tug on her pant leg and turned around to find Luke's big brown eyes staring up at her expectantly, "Mommy? I'm hungry! When's dinner?"

She sighed, nodded towards Tom to show her agreement, then scooped up her youngest and carried him over to the table, "Dinner will be ready very soon if you behave and go get your brother for me..."

Without another word, Luke had hopped out of his chair and was scrambling towards his room to get Devic. A few minutes later, Alex and Phi had the table set and Devic came in silently and sat down at the table, followed closely by Luke who jumped back up into his own chair.

After dinner, Tom took his leave, much to Luke and Devic's disappointment. When their entertainment had left, the two boys rushed from the table after cleaning their dishes to go play video games, leaving Alex and Phi to take care of the rest of the mess. They quickly cleaned off the table and then sat down on the couch to watch some TV and relax.

Phi sighed heavily and nestled into Alex's arms, "I can't believe it's only Monday...That means I have to go to work tomorrow!"

"The week should pass by quick enough, especially with all the drama going around in this house...I still wish I knew how our son, who we never once spoke about Tortall with, could suddenly pick up their language...It's a little odd, don't you think?"

Phi smiled dryly, "Only a little..."

"Try not to worry...We'll come up with something."

"First Devic said not to worry, and now you. I don't worry about things that often, do I?"

He grinned and kissed her softly on her cheek, "Only about what's important."

*In Tortall*

Devic was startled awake by someone shaking his arm. He quickly sat up and glanced groggily around, "Wha- Who's there?"

Will stood next to him, grinning, "I see you worked a little too late into the night...You feel asleep at your desk again." Devic scowled and gazed around. Sure enough, he was slouched at his desk, his quill on the ground next to his chair and his ink well spilled all over a piece of paper. He was about to rub his face when Will shook his head not to, "You have a lovely print of the Tortallian countryside on your cheek, it would be a shame to smear it."

Devic frowned and glanced in the mirror, seeing a copy of a map of Tortall imprinted onto his right cheek. It seemed that he had fallen asleep onto a map and the ink had partially rubbed off.

Devic stood up and scrubbed his face with a rag, "Perfect...If we get lost, someone can just read my face...Will, what time is it?"

Sensing a change in his cousin's tone from a friendly exchange to a business like manner, he replied, "Seven in the morning sir. I have gotten the supplies ready, and I alerted the troops at six; they should be just about ready to go."

"Good. Mithros willing, we should be out of this city by eight. I have come up with a basic plan that should at least get us started with our mission...Will?"

"Yes sir?"

"I hope you packed plenty of ointment and repellant because we're headed for the marshland that runs along the eastern river. I figure that is the best way to surprise the enemy and it would give us a geographical advantage once we get out of the mud...Make sure the men are ready to pull out, and I will join you in the courtyard as soon as I can."

"Understood..." Will turned to leave, and had his hand on the door when he slyly turned back and faced Devic, "Oh, by the way cousin, you still have a bit of the southern forest on your chin...Good-bye."

Devic scowled and scrubbed his face again until it turned pink before wrapping up an armful of seemingly random maps and grabbing his cloak. Making sure he had everything he would need already downstairs, he rushed out of the room to get a bite to eat before they left. All of a sudden, he realized that he was starving, and figured that he should get some food before they set out for the Northern forest...who knows how long it would be before they would be able to eat real, home-cooked food again.

After eating something in the practically deserted dinning room (most of the other knights were off on their own missions, and school hadn't yet started up again), Devic hurried out to the courtyard in front of the Palace to receive his troops. Will met him at the door, suited up in their royal uniform, a strung bow and a full quiver strapped to his back, "Ready to go sir."

"Excellent!" Devic nodded Will at ease and gazed around, still struck with awe every time he saw his men. Dressed in their matching outfits, the cavalry and infantry looked almost picturesque against the beautiful Tortallian countryside. He hopped up onto his own horse, a smaller but sturdier one he took on longer, cross-country assignments and called out, "Mount up!" Immediately the forty knights saddled up and created a formation behind Devic's own horse, Will getting up onto his own mare and sidling up next to his commander. With a quick glance behind him, Devic nodded towards the men, "All right! Let's move out!"

*In our world*

Phi and Alex softly cracked open the door to their son's room and peered inside. It had been about three hours since dinner, and the two boys had finally gotten in bed, even though Alex had told them to do so about two hours ago. Phi smiled softly, walked in and kissed them on their foreheads, made sure that they were tucked in and comfortable, then followed Alex and they were about to leave the room and close the door when Devic sat up in his bed, glancing sleepily at them, "Mommy, Daddy? Is there something wrong with me?"

A sad smile appeared on Phi's face and she knelt down and Alex sat down at the foot of Devic's bed, "No, there is nothing wrong..."

"Then why do these things keep happening to me? Why me? Why not Luke?"

"We don't know sweetie...But we'll figure it out all right? I promise nothing is wrong with you though."

The boy stared down at his sheets and nodded slowly. Alex smiled and gave him a quick hug, "That's my boy. Now try to get some sleep all right? It's a school night."

"I don't wanna go back to school. Everyone will laugh at me..."

"I'm sure soon they won't even remember. Besides, it's either school or you come to work with your mother and me, and I think that you can remember how boring that was last time."

Devic grinned a little and nodded, "Ya, it was pretty bad..."

He lay back down and Phi retucked his sheets and gave him a second kiss on his cheek, much to his indignation. Alex laughed, ruffled the boy's hair, then stood up and the two left the room as quietly as they could so as not to wake Luke up, who was already beginning to snore softly into his pillow.

She sighed and reached for Alex's hand, "And to think that we thought our sons would grow up like normal children..."

"They are...so far anyway. Don't worry Phi, this will all blow over soon. I bet in a few weeks, Devic won't even remember it ever happened..."

"I hope you're right."

He led her in to their bedroom and she sat down heavily on their bed, pulling her legs up to her chest thoughtfully. Alex sat down next to her and Phi leaned her head onto his shoulder, "Alex?"

"What is it?"

"Do you really think that this will be the end of it? All of Devic's strange connections with Tortall? Will there be more of them?"

"I don't know Phi...But right now, I suggest we get a good night's sleep. After all, we both have work tomorrow. Tom will help us take care of it."

At the thought of her brother helping out seemed to calm Phi, and she stood up to get ready for bed.

About a half an hour later, when they had gotten into bed, Phi leaned her head onto Alex's arm, "Why isn't any of this happening to Luke?"

Alex opened his eyes and turned to face her, leaning his forehead up against hers, "I don't know...I was thinking about that too, and I couldn't figure it out. Maybe because Devic was our first? Maybe he got all of the gift passed down, probably from your side because of Tom, and Luke didn't receive any...Either that, or maybe our son's has some kind of kinetic power and he's reading our mind!"

"Alex! I was being serious!"

"So was I!" She shook her head and smiled, and he kissed her, "Now...it's about time you went to sleep little girl, it's way past your bed time!"

"Oh really?"

"Si, comprendes?"

She grinned and nestled into him as he wrapped his arms around her, "Fine...but only because I'm actually tired..."

Alex closed his eyes and sighed, "Works for me."

A/N: I have two things to say: A) sorry this chapter was shorter than the others, I didn't have as much time to write it, and B) This is the last chapter that I have that's partially prewritten so you all are going to have to patient with me as I try to get the next chappie written...Don't worry, I'll try to hurry, but it may take a few days. (And if you're curious, a good deal of the next chapter will take place in Tortall...*evil laughter*** Muhahahahahahaha!!!!)!