When I awoke, the sun was visible. I looked up at my clock, 07:00. I slept eleven hours. But it had been worth it. I felt amazing!

"Karina! Are you awake?" I heard a voice call through my door.

I jumped up and ran happily over. I was smiling from ear to ear, and I couldn't help but chuckle to myself as I opened it.

"Someone's in a good mood," laughed Ruby.

"I'm better today! I'm not sick! I'm happy!" I cried, hugging her.

"Great!" she cried, equally happy.

I headed down with her, and saw that Iris and Misery were there when we entered the kitchen. Misery had a few red splotches on her face, but she seemed okay.

"I have a bad feeling. And it's not sickness. It's something else," she said suddenly.

"Oh dear. What's it feel like?" queried Ruby.

"Like someone's about to break in or something," she admitted.

I thought for a second. But decided to start on my breakfast before I did anything. I was just finishing when I heard a troubled-sounding knock at the door.

"I got it!" cried Iris, bouncing up on her spring shoes, but then falling on her way there. "I'm okay!"

When she opened the door, I heard a voice, in broken English, say, "We look for kinnari ka."

"The what?" wondered Iris, confused.

"Karina?" questioned Ruby, heading over to the door.

"Kinnari. Uh... she part bird, and human, she have black hair, hazel eyes, we think she come here ka," said the voice.

I froze. I knew who it was. The owner of the exhibit. I did not want to go back after all. I knew what this meant. Twelve hours standing like a statue. Trying to hide the fact I really can walk, talk, sing, dance, and fly.

"I'm not here!" I whispered to Skull Boy, who had come in just as the knock was heard, and flew over to the couch to hide behind it.

"Uh oh," he said, but then I heard Ruby's voice calling for me.

"Karina? Someone by the name of... Narisara... I don't know if I said that right... wants to see you! Please, come in, Narisara."

"She is kinnari," laughed Narisara.

"She told us her name was Karina. So that's what we've been calling her," explained Ruby.

"Okay ka," replied Narisara.

"If I may, what is ka?" queried the little shadow I could just make out from under the table, Scaredy.

Narisara was in full view now, and I saw her bend down to look under the table. She smiled at the bat and said, "Ka make sentence more polite. I say ka, and speaker who male say khrap."

"Interesting," he smiled, flying up for a second so he was up on the table.

"Hello... uh, khrap," said Skull Boy, laughing nervously.

"Haha! Hello ka. In Thai, hello sawatdi," she smiled.

"Oh. Uh... sawatdi khrap," he said, still nervous-sounding.

"Sawatdi ka," laughed Narisara, and then I froze.

I saw her look straight in my direction. I was cornered now!

"Oh!" she cried, running over to my hideout.

"No! No! Don't take me back! I don't like it there!" I cried in Thai, and everyone stared at me.

"You left without even so much as a goodbye to your kinnon friend!" exclaimed Narisara, and I saw everyone freeze in fear.

"I hope there won't be a fight," I heard Skull Boy whisper to Ruby.

"No, I doubt it will come to that," was Ruby's reply.

"You're to represent females and there beauty! You can't leave something like that! The male represents elegance and power. They only make up one half! You need to come back now! Your half is missing!" she continued, her voice showing slight anger.

Thais never get angry. Or at least, they don't show it, so this made me cringe.

"I did tell him I wanted to leave. He said that I shouldn't, because even though Thailand is changing, I'm the remaining beauty. But I don't like that there aren't any forests anymore," I explained, my voice high.

"He's right! Come with me! You've been gone long enough! He's become sick over the passed month. He won't eat when we feed him, he won't talk to us, he won't even smile for his statue pose anymore," said Narisara, her voice lowering in volume.

I frowned at this. But then I glared. I swore this was something she was saying just to get me to come with her.

"Ha! Like I'd believe that!"

The gang gasped, Narisara reaching out and putting her arms around me. She pulled me out, and I began to cry.

"Oh no!" cried Ruby as she watched me being pulled away.

Now, it was my turn to suffer. I never thought they'd find me. Or at least not as soon as they had. I may have seemed as if I was suffering before, but this was new. No one else but me was being hurt this time. And I was scared.

"Don't worry! We'll find a way to get you back!" I heard a voice call, and then I felt something stab me in the arm.

Before I could object any further, I blacked out. The last thing I could remember was Misery sobbing, and Ruby calling out to me, "We'll find you!"