4. Meeting Maggie (again)
Jimena walked through the door with Catty at her side. Suddenly, the door opened much more widely as Jimena was reaching out to it to push it open. The person that had opened it was a woman with long, flowing blond hair. Jimena couldn't really tell how old she was. It looked kind of like she was 20 and 50 at the same time, depending on where light was hitting her face. She smiled at them, but at the same time, she gave them a surprised look. Finally, she opened her mouth, simply to say these two words: "Come in." Jimena followed her, with Catty still at her side. She was hypnotized by the woman's beautiful hair. They walked into a room with a table in the middle of it, and candles lying all around it. Somehow, there seemed to be more light than the candles could provide by themselves. The woman, who Jimena guessed to be Maggie, took a seat at the table, and as if waiting for them, two more seats were available for Catty and herself. Catty had just sat down. She opened her mouth to explain what had happened, but Maggie cut her off by offering her some tea. She knew that Maggie's tea always soothed her, so she accepted quietly. Jimena looked uncomfortable, but she took the tea Maggie was handing her anyways. Catty slowly drank the warm mixture. As she was drinking, she could feel her muscles relax. She put her empty tea cup down, looked down at her left arm, and even though it still looked the same, she realized that it didn't hurt anymore. While staring down at her left arm, she slowly turned it back into its normal position. She was amazed to see that the simple tea that she had just drunk could have healed her so fast. But then again, she really didn't know whether it was really tea, or some kind of magic potion. She glanced to her right, and noticed that Jimena was staring at her arm in amazement. Catty couldn't help but think back to the times when Jimena was less surprised by these things than she was. She sighed and started to explain to Maggie what had happened. Maggie nodded from tome to time. Jimena obviously had no idea what was going on. Maggie seemed to notice that only after Catty was done explaining what had happened. She looked at Jimena and asked: "Have you ever heard of Pandora? __." She patiently explained to Jimena what the daughters of the moon were and how she had been one before her birthday, and how she'd then chosen to forget everything and lead a normal life. Jimena seemed to slowly take in what had been said. Finally she said to Catty: "Now I understand why you guys have been acting weird around me lately. It also explains why I don't have any precise memories of the five of us together outside of school." Catty smiled at her and seemed relieved, as if she was thinking that she no longer had to lie to Jimena about what she was really doing at night. Maggie gave them a serious look and said: "What happened is really bad. What you have to do is keep on living time from now on to whenever you left school. Catty's watch fell somewhere between now and then, in a place where Catty was at the time. What you have to do, is go to every single place that Catty went from now all the way through to the end of the next ten days, and look for her watch. If you wait too long before going to the right place, the watch will disappear, as it is not natural for it to stay in a time that it is not supposed to be in. If you do not get the watch in time, you will be stuck in between the time you fell out of the tunnel and the time your watch fell out for eternity." Maggie then looked down and said quietly: "I will probably never see you again. This doesn't have anything to do with your time travel, but with how long I am aloud to stay on this Earth. I'm sorry. Good bye." Maggie turned her back to them, and disappeared in the back of her apartment. Jimena and Catty looked at each other and stood up to leave.
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Jimena walked through the door with Catty at her side. Suddenly, the door opened much more widely as Jimena was reaching out to it to push it open. The person that had opened it was a woman with long, flowing blond hair. Jimena couldn't really tell how old she was. It looked kind of like she was 20 and 50 at the same time, depending on where light was hitting her face. She smiled at them, but at the same time, she gave them a surprised look. Finally, she opened her mouth, simply to say these two words: "Come in." Jimena followed her, with Catty still at her side. She was hypnotized by the woman's beautiful hair. They walked into a room with a table in the middle of it, and candles lying all around it. Somehow, there seemed to be more light than the candles could provide by themselves. The woman, who Jimena guessed to be Maggie, took a seat at the table, and as if waiting for them, two more seats were available for Catty and herself. Catty had just sat down. She opened her mouth to explain what had happened, but Maggie cut her off by offering her some tea. She knew that Maggie's tea always soothed her, so she accepted quietly. Jimena looked uncomfortable, but she took the tea Maggie was handing her anyways. Catty slowly drank the warm mixture. As she was drinking, she could feel her muscles relax. She put her empty tea cup down, looked down at her left arm, and even though it still looked the same, she realized that it didn't hurt anymore. While staring down at her left arm, she slowly turned it back into its normal position. She was amazed to see that the simple tea that she had just drunk could have healed her so fast. But then again, she really didn't know whether it was really tea, or some kind of magic potion. She glanced to her right, and noticed that Jimena was staring at her arm in amazement. Catty couldn't help but think back to the times when Jimena was less surprised by these things than she was. She sighed and started to explain to Maggie what had happened. Maggie nodded from tome to time. Jimena obviously had no idea what was going on. Maggie seemed to notice that only after Catty was done explaining what had happened. She looked at Jimena and asked: "Have you ever heard of Pandora? __." She patiently explained to Jimena what the daughters of the moon were and how she had been one before her birthday, and how she'd then chosen to forget everything and lead a normal life. Jimena seemed to slowly take in what had been said. Finally she said to Catty: "Now I understand why you guys have been acting weird around me lately. It also explains why I don't have any precise memories of the five of us together outside of school." Catty smiled at her and seemed relieved, as if she was thinking that she no longer had to lie to Jimena about what she was really doing at night. Maggie gave them a serious look and said: "What happened is really bad. What you have to do is keep on living time from now on to whenever you left school. Catty's watch fell somewhere between now and then, in a place where Catty was at the time. What you have to do, is go to every single place that Catty went from now all the way through to the end of the next ten days, and look for her watch. If you wait too long before going to the right place, the watch will disappear, as it is not natural for it to stay in a time that it is not supposed to be in. If you do not get the watch in time, you will be stuck in between the time you fell out of the tunnel and the time your watch fell out for eternity." Maggie then looked down and said quietly: "I will probably never see you again. This doesn't have anything to do with your time travel, but with how long I am aloud to stay on this Earth. I'm sorry. Good bye." Maggie turned her back to them, and disappeared in the back of her apartment. Jimena and Catty looked at each other and stood up to leave.
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