I sigh and say,” I guess I should tell you since you all believed me.” I pause and look at all three of them.” When Thu’ane and I were coming back from delivering Amus and Adela this sword started glowing and heating up. It freaked my horse out and it ended up knocking me off. Thu’ane stopped and got off to check me and as soon as he touched me, we both were transported to my world. I don’t know why, I don’t know if this sword is really connected or if it was a coincidence, but I got to see my family again and that made me happy.”

I pause and look at Ryan, his face unchanged, then to Beth, she was wiping a tear, and finally to Claire. She had a smile on her face.” You got to see your family, I’m so happy for you. I remember how much you talked about them and all the talks we had about you missing them.”

“Yeah, it was actually kind of funny. Thu’ane and I were thrown right into my room, which was unchanged, and then we went downstairs. We ended up scaring my mom and almost had the police called on us.”

“The what?” Ryan asks.

“Police. Like the guards here.” I say then keep going.” My mother cried when I told her it was me, she was also freaked out by Thu’ane’s tail, wings and horns. Once my father and sister came home, I told them what had happened to me. About halfway through my story, a watch appeared on my wrist. It was counting down from half an hour, so I wrapped up my story and started saying bye. My sister and mother wouldn’t let go and my father told me he was proud of me for surviving. We had Thu’ane take a picture for us, I’ll explain that some other time, and then he and I found ourselves back here.”

Beth and Claire had tears in their eyes and were wiping them away. I could see a faint tear on Ryan’s face, but eh quickly wiped that too.” I’m so sorry you had to be ripped from your family.” Beth says in her soft way.

“I’m just glad I got to see them again, I don’t know how long until I see them again, if I ever even do…..” I say spacing out a bit.

Beth hugs me and says,” It’s selfish of me, but I don’t want you to leave.”

I embrace her and say,” I don’t think I will for awhile.”

“It’s a sad story, one that is too complex to be made up.” Ryan says, which I take as his way of saying his condolences.

I smile at him and ask,” Is it too much to ask for an emotional response from you?”

He smiles and says,” I believe it is.”

Beth let’s go, but whispers in my ear one last thing,” He’s been nonstop searching for that gem ever since he saw you in the nurse’s office.”

I smile and let go of her. I turn to Claire and remember what I was out looking for,” Have you seen Edward?”

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She shakes her head,” I haven’t seen him since you three disappeared.”

“Well it’s my job to find that son of a bitch.” I say and then move past them.

It felt good to talk about being from another world, it felt good that they believed me, and it felt even better to know Claire believed me this entire time. I was so lost in thought, I didn’t realise I walked straight to the Headmaster’s office. I snap out and take a deep breath,” Please don’t be here.’

I open the door and guess who was there, Edward. He was talking with the Headmaster and I interrupted them. The headmaster’s face lights up and she greets me,” Speak of the Devil and he shall appear. Goodmorning Kyle, we were just talking about you.”

That first part confused me since it was the first time I heard it said here, but i decide to look past it and ask,” About what?”

“I was just asking about your background, I heard some unusual things last night.: Edward says

“You remember last night? How? I barely remember my first drink.” I ask

“Edward has what you’d call an eidetic memory.” The Headmaster says proudly.

He nods and then says,” I was curious about the whole other world thing, and I came here. Surprisingly she said you were right.”

I look at them shocked, Arthur didn’t tell her that. He would’ve made sure to never speak of that in front of anyone. This old lady really is something.” How would she know that?” I ask.

“You should know by now, I know more than that.” She says smiling.” And do you really expect a straight answer.”

My annoyance for this woman peaked and I snap.” Why can’t you give me an explanation? I’ve been playing your game for a month now!”

She sets a file down, I assume it’s mine, and says very calmly,” That would be no fun.”

I turn to Edward and say,” I’m glad I found you, but I can’t stand this woman so I’m leaving.”

I turn around and storm out. My blood boiling at how the Headmaster treats me. Why can’t she tell me anything? Why does she seem like she’s playing with me? And why could she be taking this situation so lightly?

I punch the wall next to me,” Goddammit, I have way too many question?!”

I ended scaring some of the younger students and apologize. I walk past them to try and meet up with Thu’ane again. Luckily, he’s in my room so I don’t have to go far.” Are you done celebrating? Can we prepare now?”

He nods and says,” I already checked the perimeter, the staff here put up an impressive barrier.”

I think back to when Rivers said she would put protection up and am genuinely surprised she did.” That explains why Claire hasn’t been attacked yet.”

“About Claire” He says and I think he’s going to say why she’s being targeted, but instead says this,” Are you dating or something?”

I look at him and sigh,” No, it’s complicated….”

He looks at me and I know he knows what I mean.” She’d want you to move on”

I look down and say,” If it were only that, maybe she’d be in my arms, but there’s other things.”

“Let me guess, you’re scared you might be ripped out of this world again? You're scared she’ll end like Jessica? You're scared you don’t live up to her image of her saviour?” He asks,” I could go on, but we both know it’s all of those.”

“I hate how easily you can read me.” I say.