Chapter 5: Time
Lyra lay on her back in the warm sand. The cool ocean breeze made her hair fly in her face. She could feel the warm water tickle her toes. She looked over to her hand lying on the sand wrapped around Will's, Pan and Kirjava curled up together soaking up the still rising sun. This was too good to be true. She sat up slowly, being careful not to disturb Will. How did they get here? Where was here and way? And why only her and Will?
"Why?" She asked out loud. Will sat up too, tracing his fingers absently across her hand, then sitting her hand gently in her lap.
"I don't know...I think it has something to do with us being in the same place at the same time but in different worlds." Pan and Kirjava looked up and wandered over to the laps of their humans.
"I also think that maybe this world is on a completely different clock, I feel as if no time has passed, and yet I know that it has. It's a strange feeling." She said this while stroking Pan's tail, and he looked up to answer.
"I think Lyra is right. I think when you two sat down on that bench you opened a special world, a world separate from all others, in space and time."
"Well wherever or whenever this is I don't care. I'm just happy we're all here together." Kirjava joined in on the conversation. Will took Lyra's hand again in both of his, looking sad but serious.
"Lyra, as much as I would love to stay here forever with you, we have to-"
"I know Will. We must go back to our own worlds," She said knowingly. Her expression of sad certainty turned to worried confusion, "But how?"
