Robert's eyes were wide as he stared around the room. He'dknown of the place but had never been inside. A sudden, unexplainedfear took hold of him. ...Something felt wrong but, again, he couldn'texplain why. He couldn't put his finger on it but something deep withintold him he shouldn't be here. He listened to himself, unknowinglyseeking the voice that had raged and screamed earlier. He was met,however, with silence.His old self had known the bar as a place where transwomen andcrossdressers. Angry tears clouded my eyes on the road home.The next day at school was pretty rough. You'd expect the kids to be a little wild - it was a Friday and there were only 3 more weeks of school left until summer vacation. Combine that with a very distracted teacher and you have the makings for a day of classroom strife.On top of that, the office sent me a new student. The new kid's paperwork said his name was Ricky Villa and that he was 15 years old but still in 6th grade. Ricky was about my height. Eda's ex-husband had reluctantly handed over half of their joint worth during the divorce and had then left for the US with his new Russian bride. Eda had neither seen nor heard from him since.Much like I, Eda had taken her spouse's sudden — and unexpected - desertion of her and their children very hard, and it was about then, - whether by coincidence or design - just as her divorce was in its final stages, that Sven had chosen to appear on the scene. He found Eda in a vulnerable state of mind. " I made the decision that we would present Cayla, Darlina and Peteronthough they are way below the minimum age as were Jella and J'son, thatpair are eleven and ten turns." I am not sure how long we can survive or if any of us can. We lostLadina in childbirth. Our other two Green riders have lost their unborn,so I doubt any of us will survive if we cannot figure out where we areand how to return home." We have twenty-three surviving dragonettes besides the five impressed.There were more, but.