A/N: Wow, two chappies in a day. I rock!

When the three awoke, it was almost dark. The sky was ablaze with crimson fire, the sun a brilliant orb of ruddy light. This was so unlike the winter skies at home, which would just dull, muting the earth with steely grey shadows, until the sun dipped bellowed horizon, and the whole landscape was plunged into sheer darkness. No, the sunset here was much softer, and the three friends set out to use the light that they had now. They knew from the goddess that their caravan, separated in the accident that killed Kaiathen, Kylseai, and Raiycal, would find them in this very spot sometime before nightfall.

The possessions that lay sprawled on the ground beside them belong to both of their identities. The travel rations, their acceptance letters from the training master, clothes and equipment lay side by side with all of the school things that they had carried with them on the bus.

"Let's see what we have from home," Rachel said. "I mean, home, home, not Jindazhen."

They all set out to find whatever lurked in the deep maws of their backpacks. What they found was surprisingly useless. The total list amounted to;

12 pencils

7 pens

4 hi-lighters

2 sharpies

Various notebooks

Scrap paper

2 Latin II textbooks

1 French II book

1 giant "Into to Physical Science" book

1 health book

2 geography textbooks

1 algebra II book

2 copies of Romeo and Juliet

1 copy of The Odyssey

Squire by Tamora Pierce

2 cell phones

1 iPod

1 walkman

2 graphing calculators

1 palm pilot

1 violin

1 set orchestra music

3 sets of soccer gear

3 half-eaten lunches

1 small jar of play-doh

And

1 stick of Adidas women's deodorant

"Great," said Kelsey. "We're stuck here in some place that no one thinks exists, with a bunch of textbooks about things that don't even exist here, and cell phones that have no service. Even the music players will run out of batteries soon."

"Why me?" groaned Kai, "and why am I stuck here with you guys, of all people? I bet that this is all your fault, Rachel!"

"Why me? I didn't do this!"

"Yeah, but I be that you dreamed that it would happen or something!" Kai retorted.

"And you were reading Squire when the bus crashed, and you have all of that FanFiction stuff on your iPod," Kelsey put in.

"Yeah, but… you can't say that it's all my fault. You can't prove it. And, I mean, Kelsey's read all of the Tortall books too!"

"Yeah, but I hated them, and you're absolutely obsessed!" Kelsey yelled.

"I was also obsessed with Pern and you don't see us stuck there!" Rachel yelled.

"Thank god we're not somewhere with dragons!" Kelsey spat.

"Actually, they have them here, too," Rachel admitted.

"Oh, god!" Kelsey and Kai chorused vehemently.

Darkness was fast approaching, shown by the oncoming chill in the late summer air. In a sudden burst of insight, Kai suggested that they all hide their backpacks inside their Jindazhi packs, so that their man made cloth and bright colors could not arouse suspicion. ("It's not like anyone would have ever guessed this would happen," Kelsey grumbled.)

The result was packs that were more severely overstuffed than could be imagined, but they had to hope that no one would notice. As useless as their school things were, they were loathe to give up any connection to home. With that done, they lay down in the grass to await the caravan.

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