Disclaimer--I do not happen to own A Great and Terrible Beauty. I wish I did. Then I could write it and get paid. Instead, I'll just settle for writing fanfic about it.

Just for the record, Lea's name is supposed to be spelled with an 'e,' not an 'i.'

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I came to consciousness in a world so perfect, I knew that something was wrong. The air was the perfect temperature--not too hot, yet not too cold. It smelled like lavender and chamomile--my favorite herbs. There was a river of pure sappire blue and I was standing in a field of emerald green grass that tickled my ankles. I could faintly heard music playing. This must be the 'Dreamworld' that Liberty mentioned, I realised. It's freakin' AMAZING!

"Wow...what is this place, really?" I wondered aloud.

"The realms," said a familiar voice from behind me.

I spun around and bumped into Gemma. "What're you doing here? And what are the realms?" I asked as Felicity asked, "How did you get here?" Ann was there, too, but she didn't say anything. She only gave me a strange look.

"Well..." I started. I then looked at Felicity. "When I told you that I was from the furture, I wasn't lying. I was born--or, will be born—on January 31, 1989. When I fell asleep last night, it was November 7, 2005. When I woke up...it was today, 1895."

Ann's eyes widened, but Felicity and Gemma only exchanged looks.

"And Bono's here too." Oh, wait, they wouldn't know who Bono was.

"What's a Bono?" Ann asked.

"Bono's a person. He's from my time. We go to school together, and I guess we both ended up here together, too. We don't really know."

"Is that who you were talking to when we were looking for you?" asked Gemma.

I nodded. "Yeah. We've never talked to each other before--our school was really big--"

"Boys and girls go to the same school?" asked Felicity with a look of interest on her face.

I nodded. "Most people do. Everyone goes to school, too. Public schools. If you want to go to a private school or a boarding school or an all-girl's school then you can, but you have to pay a lot of money."

Ann looked scandalized. "You call him by his first name, yet you've never talked to him before?"

"What are you talking about? Of course I do. I only refer to teachers by their last names," I replied, totally lost.

"It's improper to refer to anyone you're not on intimate terms with by their first name," Ann replied primly.

"Um...no one in the twenty-first century talks like that." Damn corset! I can't freaking breathe!

"How odd," replied Felicity with an odd look on her face. Kind of like she'd enjoy that. Felicity striked me as the type of girl who would thrive in 2005, probably because of her playful personality and her good looks. I had to admit, I was jealous of her white-blonde hair. I always wanted hair that color. Instead, I got that common brown color that half the world has.

"So, what are the relams?" I asked, changing the subject completely, wanting to stop talking about myself.

"The realms are where you can be anything you want to be," said Ann wistfully.

"You can do whatever you want. All you have to do is imagine it," added Gemma. "How'd you get here, anyway?"

"I...I remember falling asleep. This is kind of like the place I was in the dream I had that I had last night. The one the night I, uh, arrived here." I closed my eyes, remembering. "I was running through a field, dressed in this," I started, gesutring towards my outfit. "Bono was there too, and I guess he was wearing the guy equivalent of this. We were running, and I think he yelled something at me, but I didn't hear it. The wind was blowing too hard for me to hear."

Gemma looked lost in thought. "So can you really have what you want if you imagine it?" I asked Felicity, changing the subject again.

She nodded.

"Great, then I'm outta this freaking corset," I said as I imagined myself in my favorite pair of jeans and tank top. It was pretty warm here. I heard three gasps as I felt the skirt turn into jeans, and the top of the dress and corset turn into a tank top and a bra.

"What are you wearing?" Ann asked, scandalized.

"I'm wearing what is commonly worn in 2005. Why? What's wrong with it?"

"Your--your arms!" Gemma gasped.

"Yeah...what about them?"

"They're--you're not--they're bare!"

I nodded slowly. "Things must've changed a lot in a hundred twenty years. Technology, clothing styles, music styles, learning stuff...all that," I muttered.

They were still giving me looks of scandalization. "Well, I mean, I could show you what some people wear..." I said, thinking of some of the less modest girls at my school known under the stereotype of "slut" or "whore."

Ann's eyes widened even more, if that was possible. "You mean, there's even more indecent outfits than that?"

I nodded. "Yeah, it's really nasty. Like in winter, some girls will be wearing mini skirts and way too low-cut tops and be all...I don't even know. It's disgusting, though."

"Mini skirt?" Gemma asked.

"Like a skirt, but it's anywhere from this long to this long," I replied, gesticulating.

A look of revulsion crossed her face.

"Yeah, I know," I agreed.

Ater that, we discussed the mysterious realms and the trio's involvement in them. The realms were amazing. They are amazing. I couldn't--can't believe that I didn't know about them. True, I still had no idea why I or Bono were there or why us, but that tiny bit of the mystery was solved.

"Ugh..." I woke up the next morning with a light, airy feeling. Like I could do anything. Know anything. I thought of Bono and instantly knew the exact coordinates of where he was, right down to the last inch. I realised that I also knew my coordinates, Felicity's coordinates, Ann's coordinates, the headmistress's coordinates...

"Liberty? Liberty? You there?" Felicity's sharp voice brought me out of my thoughts.

"My name's not Liberty, I told you. It's Lea."

"Fine, then. Lea, are you with us?"

"No. Felicity, do you have any idea how I could possibly know everyone's exact location?"

I heard her grin. Heard it. "And how I could just hear your grin?" I added.

"The magic," she said. "It's loose. Watch." She looked down at her hands, and a ruby broach appeared.

"Whoa...Amazing!" I was almost at a loss for words. Almost.

A thought occured to me. "Hmm...I wonder..."

I felt a gringrow on my face as I thought of the magic I wished to try. I concentrated, and...

"Bloody..." I heard Felicity say in suprise.

BWAHAHAHAHA! Cliffie! Till next time, loves!