"I'll be back. Stay right here," Ella commanded.

We were standing in front of a mansion.

I was breathless, excited, rather than depressed and crying, like I should have been. The last time I'd been here, I'd been with Nathaniel. This was where I was when I left him.

Ella disappeared into the house.

I waited. With any luck, Dame Olga, Hattie and Olive wouldn't be home. Hopefully they'd been gone long enough to not notice Ella's absence.

With a laugh I pictured them in the outback somewhere on the outskirts of Jenn riding crazed horses and screaming their heads off.

"Sasha!"

I jumped and came back to reality when Ella appeared next to me.

"They were out for the day!" Ella beamed, "Actually, they were supposed to be back by now, but they're not. Mandy's inside."

"Did you tell her I was here? Are you sure she'll know how? And she'll know how you got here?"

"Yes, yes, yes. Sasha, she's a fairy. Of course she'll know. And she'll know that you're here soon enough."

She pulled me along. We went down a fancy hall and into the same dingy room I'd disappeared from last time.

Mandy sat on the bed, wating expectantly when we entered.

It was so good to see her! I barely knew her, but I wanted to hug her. I beamed.

When she saw me, her eyes bulged and she did a double-take.

"Well that leans toward one theory," she muttered.

"What theory?" I asked.

"How did you get here?" she asked. The look on her face and the tone of her voice said that she already thought she knew the answer.

"I was hoping you could tell me."

She seemed surprised.

"You didn't do it?"

"Do what?"

She noticed Ella's dress and clean appearance.

"Ella!"

"Hmm?" She asked. She looked as confused as I felt. What did Mandy mean, I didn't do it?

Mandy cast a furtive glance in my direction again.

She frowned, "When you left here however long ago it was, you disappeared."

"Yeah. So? You're the one who put me back in New York City, right?"

I was confused and I couldn't see where she was going with this, nor why her expression still seemed stumped.

"Well that's just it, isn't it? I never did transport you back."

A shocked silence ensued. No one moved.

I was shocked, "What?" I asked, incredulously breaking the pause.

"I said I never transported you back to your own country. You were gone before I had the chance."

"H - how - how - is - that - possible?" I choked out.

"I don't know."

"Tell me what happened - the transition between the worlds this time."

I frowned.

"I don't know how I got here!" I protested. I was feeling slightly hysterical.

"Yes, yes, I know. Only tell me what happened. You were in this New York City?"

"Yes!"

"And? What happened right before you got here?"

"I was just sweeping in Myra's kitchen and then I was in Frell and Ella was there and then we came here..."

"But you didn't do anything. You didn't... picture Frell or anything?"

"Well yeah, but-"

A smug look settled on Mandy's face.

"So you did imagine Kyrria. Did you, by any chance, imagine Ella there with you? Perhaps as a companion?"

I still didn't see where she was going with this.

"Well, I imagined I was in Kyrria - Frell - and it seemed so real so I imagined Ella with me and then she was and - and..."

I glanced at Mandy helplessly, "...and I don't know how or why it happened!"

Mandy sat back on her bed and looked meaningfully at Ella.

"Is it... possible?" Ella asked after a moment, joining our conversation and taking a step forward.

"I think it must be. I don't know of any other explanation that would make sense."

"But - she was from another world. She told me they didn't have any of that sort of thing there."

"I don't know, I don't know."

I felt confused, and didn't appriciate their leaving me out of the conversation.

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

They both jumped, as if they'd forgotten I was in the room.

"I have two theories, Sasha. At the moment, one seems more likely, though I don't see how either could be."

"What are they?" I asked eagerly.

"Possibly how you came to be here. And how you went back. And came back."

"What? What?"

Did she know? Really?

"One is that everyone from your world is magical when they come to Frell. Perhaps through some accident you ended up here in the first place. Perhaps there is someone from your world who decided to bring you here, back there, and here again. But I doubt it. I thought, a few minutes ago that that was the theory that made the most sense, when you said that you had nothing to do with your own coming here. But I think it's the other theory that's right."

Ella shook her head in a mystified manner, "I just don't see how it's possible, Mandy."

"Yes, I know I don't either." They both paused and looks of concentration covered their faces.

"What's the other one?" I asked eagerly. Mandy's first theory didn't seem that likely to me either.

"Lift up those things you're wearing," Mandy ordered, "And we can see if my theory is right or not." She motioned toward my overly-long jeans. They covered my feet.

"Okay..." I answered, confused.

I rolled up the cuffs and showed off my tiny sequined sneakers. They'd been a gift from Myra when I'd first arrived at her house. It had been a Welcome Home gift.

I heard two simultaneous gasps and laughed, looking down at the shoes, "Yeah, they were a gift from Myra. Pretty cool, huh?"

There was no answer. I looked at them. They both appeared to be overly-shocked.

I laughed again.

"Oh! You're probably freaking out because my feet are so small. They've always been like that though. It's nothing to worry about... Um, hello?"

Neither of them moved.

Mandy gasped, "I thought so... but... but..."

"This proves it," Ella whispered.

aUtHoR's NoTe: Does anyone know where this is going?!?!?!? I've had this part planned out since the middle of From Here To Frell... !!! Think hard, :D Think about the mysterious fireworks, the transport, the ogre's reactions to her, the language thing...! Please review and tell me what you think!!!