The other daughters asked her that afternoon what happened. When she told them, they immediately began the girly clucking, telling her how glad they were that she was all right.

'Can you guys meet me this Saturday?' Magaly muttered under her breath. 'I have something to show you all.'

'We have play practice from one to four,' Kris said. 'But after that we can talk. Where do you guys want to meet?

'How about my apartment?' Ms Johnson asked, appearing behind them.

The girls quickly agreed and copied down her address. They split and headed their separate ways.

That weekend, Magaly was in the back of the auditorium, watching the play practice. She had not realized until this time what a big production the school play was. The director had been a professional, and now taught theater at their high school. Kris, Jenni, and Althea were all involved; Jenni with creating the set (at the suggestion of Ms Johnson), Althea with the orchestra, and Kris as an understudy and with the orchestra.

Partway through the rehearsal, Magaly noticed that her amulet was glowing and growing warm. She looked around and realized she was not the only spectator. She noticed an upperclass guy leaning against the far wall. Magaly beckoned to Jenni, who was taking a break. Jenni went inside his head, or tried, and discovered that his mind was blocked. He was a Follower, and stronger than Toby.

'Good afternoon Daughter,' he said to her mentally.

Jenni said nothing, but tried to pull away.

'Don´t be shy, I won´t hurt you,' the guy said.

Jenni pulled with all her might.

'I´ll show you that there is nothing to fear,' he said, letting her go.

'Looks like they are keeping tabs on you,' Magaly said.

Both girls were relieved that the guy did not follow them to Ms Johnson´s apartment later that afternoon.

'So, what is it that you wanted to talk about?' Ms Johnson asked.

Magaly pulled a large, leather bound volume out of her backpack.

'This,' she replied, laying the book on the kitchen table.

Ms Johnson gasped. 'This is the Secret Scroll,' she said, flipping through the pages. 'Where did you get it?'

'I found it in the time tunnel,' Magaly replied.

'I´m surprised. This means that another time traveling daughter is the heir. She must have been attacked, and dropped it in the tunnel,' Ms Johnson said. 'I´m going to call Maggie, my old mentor to see if one of her girls is the heir.'

Five minutes later, she had an answer. 'A girl by the name of Catty is the heir. She is all right, for now. She escaped unhurt, and is still under 17. So, it looks like one or all of you need to return the scroll to her.'

'Can you do a space travel while you do a time travel?' Kris asked Magaly.

Magaly nodded.

'Good. We have our answer,' Kris said. 'Magaly can do it.'

'Yeah, but what if there is the Atrox waiting for me at the other end?' Magaly asked. 'Your idea makes me nervous, because I don´t know where I´m space traveling to. What if there are Atrox waiting for me there?'

'And I suppose you think that you can just hop on a plane to L.A., deliver the book, and be back that afternoon?' Kris retorted. 'I doubt that would go over well with your parents, spend hundreds of dollars on a plane ticket to give something to someone you don't know.'

'Or you could just mail the book,' Althea said.

'What if there are Followers that work in the postal service?' Jenni asked.

'As a matter of fact, I can just hop on a plane to L.A.,' Magaly said. 'I can go in person to deliver the book.'

'Your parents aren´t that rich,' Jenni said. 'You told me so.'

'But they can scrape enough money together for something that could bring me a college scholarship,' Magaly said.

'What cock and bull story are you going to be feeding them?' Kris asked.

'No cock and bull story. Gymnastics competition,' Magaly replied. 'There is one in the L.A. area in three weeks. What´s Maggie´s phone number? Tell her to encourage the girl to go watch, and wait for me outside the arena or something.'