'I hope she doesn´t find out what room we´re in,' Magaly whispered.

'What was that Magaly?' her mom asked.

'Just thought I saw someone here from school that we´d rather avoid,' Magaly replied, and to defect further questions, she said: 'Oh, don´t worry, this person is just annoying because they like to be wherever we are, no serious problems.'

'Well, she can´t find out what room we´re in, and bother us there,' Kris said. 'The hotel people can´t tell, I don´t think because that is a privacy issue.'

The next day they left early for the arena where Magaly was to compete. Kris carried the Secret Scroll in her backpack, ready to hand it over to the other Daughters. Ms Johnson had asked Maggie for detailed descriptions of the other four. Spectators were not allowed into the building for half an hour yet, and so Kris, Althea, and Jenni waited with Magaly´s parents by the door. Magaly´s parents proved inquisitive, wanting to know how the four had met, and how they had become such good friends so quickly. It made Jenni especially nervous, but their amulets did not light up, showing the Daughters that they were just normal, inquisitive parents wanting to stay involved in their daughter´s life.

'Hey, over there,' Kris said all of a sudden, pointing.

'What?' the other four asked unison.

'Friend of mine,' Kris said. 'From before I moved to Maine.'

For the benefit of the other two Daughters, Kris gestured her amulet. Jenni and Althea looked where Kris had pointed. Four teenage girls, about fifteen or sixteen years of age, were walking towards them. One was blond and wore a nose ring, two were brunette, and the fouth was Hispanic and sported two teardrop tatoos near one eye. From Maggie´s description of Jimena, they knew that the Hispanic girl must be Jimena, and that the three with her were the other 3 daughters. Jenni, Althea, and Kris walked up to meet them.

'Jimena?' Kris asked the Hispanic girl.

'Sí,' she replied. 'Pero Maggie nos dijo que había cuatro de ustedes.'

'There are four of us,' Althea replied. 'Magaly, the gymnast, had to go inside already to start warming up for her competition.'

'I see,' Jimena replied, and introduced Kris, Althea, and Jenni to her Serena, Catty, and Vanessa.

'Which one of you is the heir?' Jenni asked.

Catty raised her hand slightly. 'Me,' She said.

'Girls,' Cathy called. 'Doors are opening now. Let´s go inside.'

The girls turned to go inside the building. They found seats with an especially good view of the floor. Kris gave the Secret Scroll to Catty, who put it in her own backpack. Catty was about to say something, when Jenni interrupted.

'Look,' she said, pointing to one of the entrances to the arena.

It was the plane stewardess, with none other than Toby, and Aaron, the Follower that Jenni and Magaly had discovered that play practice three weeks ago. And they were not alone. There were four others huddled in a group with them.

'No!' Serena said, under her breath. 'We know four of them. They´re all Followers, and must have followed us here. You must know at least one of the other three if you knew to warn us.'

'Yeah,' Althea asked. 'We ran into the older woman at the airport yesterday. She was a security guard, and saw the Secret Scroll in Magaly´s bag, then dressed as a Stewardess to follow us.'

'The two guys that you don't know go to our school,' Jenni said to Serena. 'Both followers. One isn´t really strong as a Follower yet, but the other one is much stronger.'

'The four that we know are not Inner Circle yet, but they can be pretty strong when working together,' Catty added. 'The two guys are Karyl and Tymmie, and the girls are Cassandra and Morgan.'

'We´d better watch them,' Kris said. 'Magaly can´t wear her amulet while competing. We´ve got to watch her back for her. She´s so visible out there, and the Follower airline person knows what she looks like.'

'I wonder if we should try to do something,'Althea said. 'Distract them or something. Now that we´ve got the secret scroll. . . '

'No time,' Jimena said. 'It looks like Karyl and Timmie have already spotted us. And they have that about to start a fight look on their faces.'