My facedrained of all its color. I actually peed a little in my Poise pad. Iwas utterly terrified. Frozen like a deer in the headlights. I hadgone...from being so happy and euphoric to being scared out of my mind inthe matter of a second.My phone buzzed again in my hands and I almost drop it as another textappears"You want to be a pudgy, retired old woman instead of a man?" Answer me Katherine!"It was probably a good thing it was only a text because I don't think Icould have managed to get. " She looks sadly at the table."Oh, for Christmas sake." Diana explodes and slams her palm down on the table. Alys jumps and shoots Diana a scared expression.I frown at Diana, but continue with Aly, in a quieter tone "Alys. Please," I say and take her hand in mine. I work on sending calming influences at her. "You know what I can do. I can make you tell us. I have not because I do not think it is right."She shivers in her seat. "We live in a church. We got 5 other families with us." She stops. I pictured my library of scrolls, moving through it and reading spells that I'd forgotten about, I reached for a new scroll but found my hand passing through it, I was losing my ability, if I did that then I was lost forever.Then one scroll seemed to stand out and unfurl before me, it was a spell of summoning. But I didn't need to summon anything! I had to move towards safety. Then the scroll turned on itself around and I realised what it was telling me, by reversing the words it would become a. Come, let us return you to your people."And that's what they did. They sent me home with lavish apologies, and assoon as that was completed, they took off, and I've never seen them since.It wasnt until the next day that the full force of what happened to me hit.I had a massive "download" of information on the Queen, her people, and theworld they came from. It was nearly overwhelming, but lucky for me I wasstill being "debriefed" by the government, and that gave me someone to telleverything I.