"That book…" Chase started to say before he trailed off.

"You had it in the bookstore" Shorty finished for him.

"How did you know that? Josh and Ange were the only ones with me. I wonder what happened to them." Chase said.

"Don't know, don't care," Lara said, "and as to the fact of how we knew, were got bored as soon as you left, and we stalked you."

"Great, I have two lovely women stalkers. What fun." Chase said more to himself than the other two.

"But what about the book? What is it?" Lara wanted to know.

"I'm not sure, but if we are where I think we are, I might know what it is." Chase told them.

"Enough of this "might know" crap! Tell us what you know, or this knife I found will be in your foot." Shorty said threateningly.

"Trust me, you wouldn't get close enough for it." Chase said coldly, his freshly drawn sword in his hand.

"Damn that was fast. I didn't even see you pull it out." Lara told him.

"I got bored and practiced back home. You won't believe how different this feels than my staff." Chase told her. Turning to Shorty, he said, "When I'm sure I know something you'll be the first to know. Now put up your knife. It's time to start looking."

"Looking for what?" Shorty wanted to know.

"I'll tell you when I find out. Can you walk?" he asked her.

"Probably, but I'm not sure. Lets find out." And slowly, she stood up. "Damn. It hasn't felt this good in years."

"Well, that's a good thing. We might be able to see something like a town or a house or something of the sort from one of those hills over that way." Lara pointed out, but Chase wasn't paying attention.

"Why bother?" He asked. "There's a road about thirty feet that way," he said and pointed in the opposite direction Lara had.

"And how do you know that?" Shorty asked.

"I can see it. It's a benefit of being taller than the grass." He said jokingly.

"Shut up Chase." She said while Lara laughed. "You too." She snapped.

"Hey," Lara said, "that hurt my feelings. Now I have to do my "Shorty's mad at me and I didn't do anything wrong" dance. All I did was laugh at your shortness.

With a glare, Shorty turned and stalked off into the grass. "Quick! After her! If we lose sight of her, we'll never find her again!" Chase said to Lara and they both ran after her.

When they caught up with her, they had found the road. "Sooooo…" Chase said, "Which way we gonna go?"

"Lets go, um…uh…hmmmm. LEFT!" she shouted and turned right.

"Lara," Chase whispered, "Left is the other way."

"I knew that!" She shouted and spun around. "I was just testing you. You passed!" She finished and gave a false laugh.

"Riiiiiiight." Chase said and started to laugh.

"What's so funny?" someone asked from behind them.

"AAAAHHHH!" they all yelped as Chase's sword whipped out of its sheath into his hand. Before he could say anything, BOOOOOOOM! A bolt of lightning struck the ground right in front of whoever scared them. Chase and Shorty looked at Lara, and saw she was engulfed in a fading yellow aura that sparked and sizzled like static.

"What was that?" Shorty and Lara both asked Chase.

"That would be a scared Josh, Ange, and Ian, all in strange clothes, with weapons looking at the crater that that lightning just left." He told them

"What?" Shorty said and glanced in the direction the bolt had hit. "Oh, hello."

"Hi" Ange told her, her voice shaking.

"But what was the lightning!" Shorty asked again.

"That is what is called a thunder spell that Lara accidentally let loose when Josh came up and scared us half to death." Chase told them matter-of-factly.

'Which means….?" Ian wanted to know

"It means we ain't in Kansas no more Toto. I would like to welcome you all to Ivalice. A world of monsters, magic, swords, clans, laws, judges, and anything your heart could possibly want. Everything I've ever wished for just came true. We're in a land of infinite possibilities." Chase told the stunned group dreamily.

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Finally! they know where they are. Chase has found what he wanted, but what will he do next?Ever wonder where Lara comes up with those dances? Next chapter shuld be up by sunday! Keep R+R