Ch13: The Explanation
"So guv... I've been meanin' to ask ya somfin' since we're on our own out 'ere right now..." Yangus said as we crossed the bridge that split Ascantha and the Maella region apart. "Yeah... I've been meaning to ask something too... probably the exact same question," Jessica frowned. "Here, here," Trode frowned. I sighed very heavily when they began to do this... they all heard Dhoulmagus say that I was a 'time traveler' and I really didn't expect him to do that. And now I had to tell these guys the truth... but also I had to lie at the same time... well, to everyone except Medea that was.
"Okay... I'll tell you, but you need to promise me that you won't say a word to anyone else about it, okay?" I frowned at my allies. After all of them agreed, I began to talk. "Okay... the truth is that I'm not really from this timeline..." I frowned. "What is that supposed to mean?" Angelo asked. "It means that... I'm actually from the future..." I sighed. "Wot?! The future? As in, youse knows what's gonna 'appen?!" Yangus exclaimed loudly. "SSSSSHHHHH!" I hissed loudly, since there were friendly monsters around who could hear as well.
"Yes, I am from the future, but no, I don't know anything about this timeline," I frowned at them, lying again. "See, I come from a timeline that'll happen in nearly a thousand years from now. In this timeline, there is no magic, there is no monsters, and there certainly aren't any fairies, elves, or sorcerers." "No way! A world without magic? How can that be possible?" Jessica asked.
"To be honest, I was quite surprised myself when I saw where I was at and even more so when I discovered the hard way that I was turned into a Dragovian/elf crossbreed from my normal human state in my time," I frowned. "And according to the Goddess Celestria, who spoke to me in a dream in Farebury, my being here is also because of Dhoulmagus. Apparently, when he cast that spell in Trodain, I was sent here and turned into what you see today."
"That's a bit hard to grasp at first... how can we be sure that you aren't fibbing?" Trode asked me with a gaze of suspicion. "You're asking this to a girl that was wearing blue jeans, a t-shirt, and sneakers with laces on them? I don't think you ever saw a person in that kinda garb before, have you?" I asked the old codger. "She does have a point," Medea said with a smile.
"Now I'm trusting you guys to keep this secret. If word got out about me not being from this time, I'm sure that people would get a tad bit suspicious of us whenever we tried to go into any town. Okay?" I frowned. "We understand, Mary," Jess said to me. "You can count on me to keep me mouth corked," Yangus smirked. "I do believe that we can get you back home if we can beat Dhoulmagus then, right?" Angelo asked.
When he said that, I stopped in place (we had started walking again and we were halfway to Ascantha) and the whole group looked at me. I didn't expect to get sentimental about my previous life until now, but now was the time that I finally began to cry as the realization hit me like an atom bomb. "I... I can't go back..." I sobbed to the group.
"W-Wot?" Yangus asked. "Celestria... she said that my coming here... it wasn't a curse... and neither was this transformation... and there's no magic in the world other than dark art magic that can get me back..." I cried as Stella flew out of my shirt and attempted to console me by petting me on the head. "That's terrible..." Jess said sorrowfully to me. "Mom and dad... my siblings... all my old friends... all I wanted to do was take a trip to a tourism spot and now I'll never see them again..."
The group looked at me with pity and Jess was the first of them to come over and hug me. "It's okay, Mary..." Jessica said to me with a smile on her face. I guess it was her turn to play the motherly role. "No... it's not..." I sobbed right back. "I know that you may think there's no getting your family back, Mary, but..." Jessica said, cutting herself off at the last bit. "B-But what?" I asked her. "But... there is a good kind of magic out there that can bring them here... but it'd be completely up to you whether you want them here or not."
When she said those words, I felt a little more hopeful. Sure, my family may not like being in this realm at all, but I knew that they'd adjust to it. The only technology they ever used was their computers anyways, and only for jobs. "O-Okay... do you know what the magic is?" I asked her. "It's an old spell that only a goddess or god can do," Stella said with a frown. "But the only ting that may be difficult about it is that it requires a lot of energy... I could perform it, but I'd need to 'ave a good two day rest afterwards..."
"I'd be forever in your debt if you could do it, Stella," I smiled at the little fairy. "When we get to the outskirts of that nearby kingdom, I'll have it so that yer family can be back 'ere in no time. That's a promise," Stella smiled. "Thank you..." I sighed as I felt the last of my tears fall. It was only a short walk from our position until we reached the outskirts of the Kingdom of Ascantha.