Prologue

She walked through the deserted alley. She left the busy street behind her. She turned left and saw two men simply standing around. She showed a small coin to them. They nodded and created a gap in a wall with a simple hand movement. She entered and the gap closed behind her. She saw a staircase and walked down it. The deeper she got, the louder cheers were heard. She then entered the arena. She saw a lot of people sitting around a large arena. Most of them were simply petty thieves, but they liked to call themselves "criminals" to make themselves look big. She disgusted them all. But they paid her. To battle.

She walked towards the arena. A girl noticed her robes. She came to her. "There you are! I was already wondering if you had given up on the fight." "I never give up on a fight. You know that, Joanne. I was just hold up for a while by some…nuisances." Joanne nodded. "Already thought something like that. Good luck, girl." She smiled at Joanne. Her only friend in this entire city.

A man in the arena shouted. This meant that the new fight would soon commence. She grinned. "Ladies and Gentlemen! Place your bets now! Who will win? The Rock, our champion, or the newcomer who has proven to be very tough to beat, The Avenger!" A lot of mumbling was heard. She knew a lot of the bets had been put on the champion, of course. He was the longest raining champion in the last three decades. But she, The Avenger, was going to win.

"May I introduce you again to The Avenger!" She stepped into the ring, keeping her robes on. Nobody knew who she really was, except for Joanne. She had once followed her here. But she had promised to not tell anybody. And Joanne was a woman of her word. "Now! Bring your hands together for out champion! The one and only, The Rock!" A man with a lot of muscles came forward. He was wearing a big belt. He had black hair and had it in a ponytail.

"Contenders, greet!" She got closer to The Rock. She reached out with her hand. He did so too. He tried to crush her hand, but she didn't wince. Instead, she tried to crush his. He was surprised for a few seconds and showed slight pain before he straightened his face. The only thing he could see was her mouth, and her smile. They stopped shaking hands and walked away. "Let the battle begin!"

"Show me what ya got, Avenger! Show me your earthbending arts!" She simply kept smiling. This angered him. He planted his foot in the ground and made a punch like movement. From the ground, rocks came loose and flew towards her. She simply rose her hand and a wall appeared, blocking the rocks. She then made a pushing movement. The wall was blown apart and shot at the Rock. He quickly jumped and buried himself in the air, making the wall flow over him. He then came out and quickly shot more rocks at her. She simply turned, making the stones fly right before he face. She then created a hole in the ground and jumped in, quickly closing the hole again. He was wondering where she was. Suddenly, two stone hands got out of the ground and grabbed his feet. He quickly looked down. Behind him, she shot out of the ground and shot a rock at him. He got hit right in the back. At that moment the hands let go and he fell to the ground. She planted her foot in the ground and a rock grew out of the ground and hit him in the stomach. She did this three times and then let him fall on the ground. Hands grabbed his arms and feet. The Rock looked at them. He tried to break free, but couldn't. He saw her simply standing there. "I win. I can end it right now." She said. The Rock looked at her and tried to break free one last time. When he couldn't, he lowered his head. "I admit defeat."

"We have a winner, ladies and gentlemen! The Rock has been defeated!"

A lot of cheers were heard. She released the Rock. He got up and smiled at her. "You might get far, kid." He only saw her smile. She turned round and walked away. They all wondered who she was and why she wasn't doing anything with her victory. They saw a girl walking towards her and talking to her, but she quickly left again.

Chapter 1

That had happened three years ago. She often reflected on that time. At that time, she didn't have a name. She was only known under the name of the Avenger. Then, she met Joanne, who had given her ideas for a new name. And she had liked it. Long ago, there had been a mighty earthbender named Toph Bei Fong. She had always admired Toph. Even while blind, she was the strongest earthbender to have ever lived. But she didn't think the blindness wasn't an impairment to that, but actually helpful for her. She herself never knew what to think of it. She was used to the blackness, and seeing through vibes, she saw them all day. For her entire life she had seen this way, just like Toph had. But, Toph had been on adventures, while she still had only seen her own village. But that would change today.

Joanne approached her. "Hello Joanne. How's it going?" Joanne smiled. "It's going well, thank you. And you, new Avatar?" She smiled. Yes, she had been told she was the Avatar only a month ago. And now, she would learn how to use all the elements. Not only earth, but water, air and fire as well. After the air nomad tragedy two hundred and fifty years ago, they had struggled to keep the art going. But now, they had finally managed to stabilize. A set population was created and they had returned to their air temples. But it would be hard for her to use the other elements. She could maybe use air, since she could use waves in the air. Maybe she could use water, because she could feel the vibes of it when in it. But she couldn't see in them. As far as she knew, she was the first blind Avatar.

She was known as Jin. She had already proven to be a formidable earthbender. But she was born in a family of earthbenders. She was a direct descendant of Toph. She was proud of that. In fact, it was her great-grandmother. She always smiled when she heard that name. And she was proud that she, just as Toph, had mastered the art of metalbending. She could do it with ease. But she didn't like the fact that she had to master the other elements while blind. This was a huge impairment for her. How would she be able to react to airbenders if she couldn't see them shooting at her. How would she be able to fight waterbenders if she wasn't able to know where their shots would come from. And how would she fend of firebenders if she couldn't see the fire. She had thought about all of these things. She had come to the conclusion, like a real Avatar, that only time would tell and that she had to be patient.

"I am fine, Joanne." She sighed. "At the moment I am, but when we get out there…when I find my masters…how will they react? How will they teach me? Will they have the patience?" Joanne laughed. "You're thinking about things again. Remember, this can have a thousand different outcomes. You shouldn't be thinking about all that. Just be yourself. You don't want teachers that don't accept you as you are, right." Jin smiled. She rose. "Today's the big day. I'm going to the other regions to find out about the world I have to protect. And the world that will teach me." Joanne smiled. "I hope you you will have a great time, Jin." Her smile faded a bit. "I wished I could go with you." Jin smiled and walked towards her. "You know you can't. I have to do this alone." Joanne smiled. "But I can go with you to the next town, right." "Of course." Jin said. Joanne really liked this. At least she could also see a bit of the world, and she would do it with the new Avatar.

Jin got he bags and walked to the front door, with Joanne next of her. They walked to the closest town. Along the way, Jin and Joanne saw a lot of things they had never seen before. A lot of trees and animals they had heard of, but never seen before. Now, they saw them in real life. They were wondering about all these things. "The world is beautiful, Jin. It's so full of colors. " Jin laughed. "Perhaps it is. I see they might look wonderful, but I can't see the beautiful colors." Jin sighed. "Sorry. I didn't mean too…you know." Jin looked at her, or better said, turned her head to her, seeing that she couldn't see her when she did. "I know. Sometimes I just wished I could for once see these colors you're talking about. But, then again, I know I would want to go back to this. This darkness that surrounds me has become comfortable. I can see almost anything you can see. The only things I can't see is the sky and what's in it." Jin got a big smile on her face. "Maybe an airbender can teach me how to see in the air. You know, with waves."

She noticed Joanne was slightly depressed at hearing this. She thought she would now fulfill her first job as the Avatar. "Tell me, what's on your mind. I can feel something's wrong and you want to talk about it." Joanne sighed. "Let's take a seat before we start." Joanne went to sit on the grass. Jin went to sit next of her. "I'll get straight to the point. I'm a bit jealous. You are an earthbender and the Avatar, which means you'll eventually learn all the elements. While I am simply a young girl. I can't bend anything. I just wish I could." Jin smiled at her. "You know, humans at first couldn't earthbend at all. We were taught by moles. If moles can teach humans to bend earth without giving directions, since they, you know, don't speak our languages, I'm sure I can teach a non-bender to be able to earthbend. Or I could at least try. But first, I have to go my own path. But I'll tell you this, try to feel the earth. If you can do that when I come back, we'll be much further. And if you can't, don't worry. I'll try to explain at that time. But for now, just try to feel it. Try to feel the mole moving through the earth. And if you want, you can try to do it like the moles. Crawl on hands and knees. Try to throw rocks away by focusing on them and waving at them with your hand. And if it's not working, just try again. There, I gave you some advice. Feeling better?" Joanne laughed. "The fact that I have just been told by the Avatar herself that I should crawl on hands and knees, waving at stones makes everything okay." She said with a big smile. Jin smiled. I have fulfilled my first deed as the Avatar.

They resumed their way and walked to the next town. When they arrived there, they went into a café and had a drink. The toasted. Jin wished Joanne good luck with training, while Joanne wished Jin good luck on her journey across the world. They then went outside and stood there for a while, simply facing each other. Then, they fell into each other's arms. They hugged and said their goodbyes. "Don't forget, keep practicing. Try to feel the earth." Joanne smiled at Jin. "And you try to keep cool. And remember, being blind doesn't matter as long as you have good teachers. They will understand. Trust me." Jin wanted to leave, there and then, but Joanne held her hands. Jin looked at her. Joanne opened her mind. "Jin, I… you should know that…" Jin placed a finger on her mouth. "I know. I have always known. If it is the same when I come back, I will try to help your sister. Is she still as Ill as always?" Joanne nodded. "If I travel across the world, I might find a way to cure her. So please, let go." Joanne hesitated for a while, but then let go. Jin walked away, not looking back. Joanne cried a little, but then knew it wouldn't help her, so she stopped. She turned away and walked back to her village. When she was halfway, the sky was suddenly illuminated in a blue-ish color. She looked up and saw a small beam of light. It was as if something was floating upwards. After a few seconds, it disappeared, and the beam of light disappeared soon after. Joanne wondered what it was, and would keep doing so for a long time.

At that moment, Jin closed her hand and felt a cold floor. She heard some voices. She tried to see around her, but the couldn't. The floor didn't allow her. She felt helpless. But then, two hands closed around her and she heard a soft male voice. "Are you alright, my child?" Jin looked in the direction where the voice came from. "This, girls, is the Avatar." She heard five female voices say at the exact same time: "The who?"

Chapter 2: B is for Betrayal

"Oh, I forgot," the male voice said. Suddenly, Jin could see through the floor. She could see a man bend over her, two young girls, two older women, and two men. "I thought I heard five young female voices, where are the others?" Jin asked.

All of W.I.T.C.H rose their eyebrows. Couldn't she see them fly right in front of man, the Oracle, laughed. "I see you have questions, Guardians. This is the Avatar, Jin Bei Fong. She can't see you, because she can't see. She is blind. But, just like you, Cornelia, she can bend earth. And she can see through it. But she can not see through the air, which is why she can't see you four flying. And this, Guardians, is where you come in. Avatar, meet your teachers. They will teach you how to bend water, air and fire."

All of W.I.T.C.H's mouths fell open. "We gotta teach her how to what? We just do it, we don't really know how we do it, we just do it." Irma said. The oracle laughed. "But you can teach her what you feel when you do it, how the energy flow through you feels. But, for that, Will first needs to learn something. But I shall not tell what." "Great, stay vague, Oracle. Stay vague." Will said. "Yeah," Cornelia said, "first explain a few things. What is the Avatar and where did she come from?"

"The Avatar is someone of another world who keeps the balance in that world. In that world, there are water benders, earth benders, air benders and fire benders. The Avatar is the only person in that world who can control all elements. And she is here because I brought her here. When the Veil was lowered, she could finally get to her proper masters. Over time, you shall teach her how to bend water, air and fire."

"Now, Guardians, weren't there problems on Meridian?" the Mage asked. "Oh, right!" Irma said. "Let's go!" Taranee rose her arms. "Just one teency-weency glitch. When the Veil went poof, didn't all the portals go poof with it?" "The Veil's passing opens up the old ways of traversing dimensions. Mage?" The oracle said. The Mage rose her hand. A blue light came out of it. "Will, what I do with my mage ring, you will learn to do with the Heart." A fold appeared. "And what they do with talismans, you may accomplish simply as part of your birthright." The oracle said against Queen Elyon. "So, no new jewelry?" Elyon asked. "This children, is a fold in space." The mage said against the guardians. "Next stop, Meridian!" Hay-Lin said. "Before you go, take the Avatar with you. Show her what you can do. And take good care of her." The Oracle said. "Of course, Oracle." Will said. Then, the guardians, Jin and Caleb went through the fold. When they got to Meridian, they saw smoke everywhere. A man came running to them. "Caleb, Guardians…new girl."

"Then, the Knights vanished. And they took Tinard." The man said. "Because he joined the rebellion? Talk about sore losers." Hay-Lin said. "Excuse me," Jin said. "What's this rebellion and these so called Knights?" "Well," Caleb said. "The rebellion was created to crush the tyranny of Prince Phobos, an evil sorcerer who is now imprisoned in the castle. The Knights are people who once served under him and are now trying to take revenge on those who imprisoned their Prince." Jin nodded.

"If they're settling old scores, we need to know their next target." Caleb said. "I'm thinking that's me." A voice said from their left. "Vathek?" Caleb said. "Wow, I've seen many things, but who's he?" Jin said. "Vathek's an old friend of mine. He was with the rebellion." Caleb explained. "I betrayed Phobos, and I'm why Raythor got tossed in the abyss. His Knights will be coming after me, and no-one else is going to get hurt for my sake. I'll face him, alone." Vathek said. They all stared at him, and Jin shook her head.

Vathek walked through the forest. "Raythor, come out and fight!" He heard a sound above him and he looked up. He saw a web being shot at him. A ginormous spider, Miranda, had shot it and was now climbing down, hanging Vathek in the tree. "Here I stand, Vathek." Raythor was standing on the ground and Vathek looked at him. "Any more BRAVE words?" "Just these," Vathek said. "I have good friends!" Suddenly, Miranda was shot away by a strong gust of wind. Miranda crashed right in front of Raythor. The guardians appeared, and two of them were carrying Jin. They placed her on the ground. "Feels good to be able to see." "So, you laid a trap? Wish I'd thought of that!" Raythor said with sarcasm.

A man on a rhino-like creature charged at them. An air current made them float and they weren't moving anymore. The man looked down. "Aw, they're so cute when they're helpless!" Hay-Lin said. Jin shot a rock at the man, who got shot of the rhino. "You look pouched, cowboy!" Irma said. Hay-Lin then shot the rhino in a tree. Raythor then charged at the guardians and Caleb. "They are coming for us!" Caleb said. "Thank you captain obvious!" Cornelia said. Cornelia then created a lot of vines which strangled Raythor. "Top that, mister Meridian can't live without me!" She yelled at Caleb. Suddenly, she saw vines strangling her friends too. Jin was trying to get loose. "Uh, that's great, Cornelia. Now, notch it down a bit?" Taranee said. They saw the vines get out of control. "I can't stop it!" Cornelia screamed. "Try!" Caleb yelled. Cornelia tried, and the ground started to break and shook. "Let me guess, you weren't going for earthquake?" Jin yelled. The girls screamed as Raythor got loose. "Guys, do you get free?" Cornelia asked. Raythor and his Knights then took Vathek, escaping. "Vathek, no!" Caleb yelled. Cornelia looked at her hands, not knowing what was going on. "I guess I'll have to save us, then!" Jin yelled. She finally broke free from the vines and immediately started bending. Her eyes shone for a second and she then spread her hands and put her feet in the ground. The trembling earth calmed and became one again. The vines stopped moving and were retreating into the earth. The vines let the girls go. "Wow. She can really bend the earth. I thought the Oracle was joking. Then again, he never jokes. I think." Irma said.

They then walked through the forest. "I'm sorry girls, I don't know what went wrong with my powers!" Cornelia said. " It weren't your powers, it was your head! As in that thing that wasn't in the game?" Irma retorted. "Excuse me?" Cornelia said. "Well, you were kinda hyper about showing up a certain someone." Hay-Lin said. "Showing up or showing off?" Caleb said. Cornelia slowly turned round, with an angry face. "Oh, like I need to show you anything! My powers are…ehm… powered up! Whatever I tried came out huge!" Cornelia said. "Oh, like your ego?" Caleb retorted, while getting a red face. Cornelia looked angry again. "Enough!" Will said. "You two can hate each other all you want, but learn to work together! Tinard and Vathek need our help!" The girls nodded, so did Caleb.

"She right, you know." Jin said. The girls looked at her. "We know Will's right, Jin, we just nodded." Jin looked at Caleb. "I was talking about Cornelia. She was right when she said her powers were powered up. It just went out of control, and she doesn't know why that happened." "Sure, you're just siding with Cornelia!" Caleb said. "I don't need her help, Caleb." Jin looked sad. Will came to her. "Don't worry, it's like this all the time. It's not about you directly." Jin looked at her, or rather said, turned her face towards Will's. "Do you believe what I said. Get on the ground and say it." Will got on the ground and said the truth. "I don't know. I think you're right, but I'm not sure if you're guessing or not." "I'm not guessing, but I'll prove it to you later. We got more important things to worry about now." Jin said.

Suddenly, a fold opened above their head. All looked up and saw a small green creature fall out. When it hit the earth, Jin could see it. "Who or what is that?" she asked. Caleb picked it up. "Blunk?" Blunk looked at them. "Blunk okay. Got gift!" He took the tooth hanging around his neck and showed it to the girls. "Tonga tooth means Blunk has sniffed out last portal!" Suddenly, Irma got an idea. "Ho! Wait a second! Could you sniff out the Knights of Vengeance?" Blunk looked a bit distressed. "Uh, could, but why would? Vengeance sounds scary bad to Blunk." "Do it, Blunk. For me?" Jin asked, trying to look as cute as she could. Blunk looked at her. "No-one ever treated Blunk like thise before! Fine, Blunk'll do it." Jin smiled and tried to hug Blunk, but hugged Caleb instead, slightly missing Blunk. "Can't you…?" "No." Jin said quickly. "Oh, right. Blindness and I'm carrying…right."

Blunk led the way and they arrived at a small canyon. Blunk saw Raythor. "Blunk sniff, Blunk find!" "You did good, Blunk. Real good." Will said. "Cause rhino smell bad. Real bad." Blunk said. Taranee walked up to the edge, next to Will, and saw Tinard and Vathek. "At least Tinard and Vathek are still alive." "All right. We've got the element of surprise, so listen up!" Will said. Little did they know there were bats above them, which opened their eyes. They were not friendly.

Down in the canyon, the tracker got the news of the arrival of the guardians from one of his bats. "They're here. Be ready." Raythor said. Suddenly, the fire next to him got bigger and erupted. Irma then sprayed water over it, creating steam and blocking sight. The Knights coughed. When sight returned, they saw Caleb stand in front of them, with a leash around his foot. Caleb jumped up and landed on the rhino's horn, placing the leash around it. The rhino then started to run, taking the dog of the tracker with him on its leash. Caleb brought down the rhino's rider and Raythor by knocking their legs away below their bodies. Irma and Hay-Lin smiled towards Caleb, while Gargoyle appeared behind them. He tried to crush them with his metallic fist, but failed because Irma pushed Hay-Lin and her out of the way. Irma and Hay-Lin turned around, now facing Gargoyle. "A little tag team action? You start." Irma said to Hay-Lin. Irma then created a lot of water and bended it towards Gargoyle, covering him in water. Jin could hear it and see it when it hit the ground. "Water bender…" Hay-Lin then sucked up air and blew it towards Gargoyle. The air froze the water and trapped Gargoyle in an ice sculpture. "Air bender…" Gargoyle then knocked against the canyon wall. Sandpit tried to crush Jin, who couldn't see him coming after he had jumped. Cornelia quickly grabbed her out of the way. Sandpit followed her, trying to grab her. Cornelia tried to use her powers, but didn't dare, after she had screwed up last time.

Meanwhile, Will and Blunk tried to free Tinard and Vathek. They saw the metal chains. "Oh, it's high quality chains!" Blunk said with a bit of admiration in his voice. "You can keep 'em if you hurry!" Will said. "Guardians, it's a trap!" Vathek said. Will looked up, seeing Miranda trying to seal them in by creating a web over the exit. "Miranda's sealing us in! She must have started as soon as we entered the canyon!" Will yelled to the others. The Knights then attacked the guardians and Caleb. Caleb was fighting Raythor while the tracker had gotten hold of Taranee. Taranee broke free of the trackers chain and grabbed it. "You're playing with fire, tracker! Literally!" She said. She then sent a wave of fire through the chains. Which burned the trackers hands. "Firebender…" Jin said, who was flying by in Cornelia's arms.

"Put me down near Will and Blunk, Cornelia!" Jin yelled. Cornelia dropped her and flew away again, Sandpit still chasing her. "Jin, you can bend earth. Can you break these chains?" Jin faced Will. "That's not earthbending, that's metalbending!" Will looked distressed. "It's a good thing my great-grandmother knew how to do that!" Jin said, grabbing the chains and breaking them apart as if it were a match. Trinard and Vathek were free and hugged each other, while Blunk was laughing.

Sandpit was still chasing Cornelia and Cornelia juked him, landing on the ground, near Caleb. "Cornelia, what are you doing? Attack!" Cornelia looked at Caleb with great distress. "My powers betrayed me!" she yelled at him. Caleb blocked one of Rayhtor's attacks. "No, they're spectacular! Show me what they can do!" he yelled. Cornelia looked at her hands, considering if she would do it. "I'll show you spectacular." She said. She then flew off. Caleb kicked Raythor and knocked away his sword. Cornelia started to bend the earth. A giant hill rose from the ground, which then broke open. Large vines came out of it, which continued to grow and grow. Cornelia then channeled more energy, shooting the vines to the air. They hit the web Miranda had been weaving. After a small struggle, it broke through the web and shot Miranda away. A large rosebud came out of the end of the vines. The roots started to emerge from the ground and in one of them, Raythor's sword was stuck. Small vines wrapped around it. With a small rosebud growing on top of it. And at the same time, both rosebuds opened to create a beautiful flower. The Knights of Vengeance, their plan foiled, then made their escape. Sandpit took all of them and dragged them away, as if he were a sandstorm.

Cornelia landed next to one of the vines, while Caleb was leaning on it. "Nice." He said. "Thanks. Sorry, the Knights got away." Cornelia answered. "Their days on Meridian are numbered." Cornelia sighed. "Ugh." "Not again." Jin whispered, so that only Will could hear it. Will smiled. "Meridian, everything always has to be about Meridian with you!" Cornelia said against Caleb. "And everything always gotta be about you with you!" Caleb retorted, pointing at her with his finger. "Oh, great, here we go again!" Irma said. "Oh, no we don't!" Will said with a smile while raising the heart. "Cornelia says goodbye!" The heart shone.

Suddenly, they were in Heatherfield. Except they weren't at the place they wanted to be in Heatherfield. "Okay, this is not the basement of the Silver dragon!" Will said. "This is weird. I can't see here. What's this made of?" Jin said. "I guess this fold stuff takes practice." Will said laughing, as the Heart shone once more. The girls lost their guardian outfits. "Hey, you've changed!" Jin said. A black boy came round the corner. "Wow." He said. The girls looked at Cornelia. Cornelia sighed. "Ugh, now what?" She looked down and saw that she was still bigger than normal. "I know this is gonna sound like a line, but…haven't we met before?" The black guy asked. "Duh," Taranee said. "Eh, no, big mister-y bro. This is Cornelia's older, sister." She quickly said, while Will looked at her with a weird face. "Lilian!" Irma quickly said. Taranee's brother took Cornelia's hand. "Hi, I'm Peter." He said, while Cornelia laughed at him. Peter then took Taranee away. "I swore Cornelia had a younger sister." Peter said. "Ehe, silly you?" Taranee said. Peter turned around. "Gotta jet, but I'll see you around!" He said, pointing at Cornelia. "Who's Jet?" Jin asked Peter. Peter looked at her with a weird face. "Ehm, never mind." Jin rose her shoulders. "If you don't want to tell me." Peter walked away and hit a pole. "Ehm, sure." Cornelia said. Peter was then carried away by his friends who were there too.

As soon as Peter had left, Cornelia became smaller again. "Lovely, now she changes back?" Cornelia got a blush. "Okay, why is she so cheerful? She nearly blew our cover, her powers have gone haywire, Caleb's still…" "Irma," Will interrupted, "Let her have her moment." Jin shoved with her feet. "Guys, I want to tell you something. I have seen, well, technically I have heard and felt, but it's just an expression, what you can do. You're indeed great benders, like the Oracle has said." She got on her knees and bowed. "You would do me an honour if you would teach me how to bend your element." The girls whispered for a moment and nodded at each other. "We have decided." Will said. "We will try to teach you our elements. If we can find out how to teach it to a blind girl." "There's just one thing we need to address." Irma said. "Which would be?" Jin asked. "You're bowing the wrong way, we're standing behind you." Jin got red and turned round on her knees. "Stupid floor, if I ever find out what this is made of I will set the earth loose on it…" She mumbled. W.I.T.C.H then laughed. "Say, Jin, where are you going to sleep, actually?" Taranee asked. "Sleep?" Jin asked. "I hadn't thought of that yet, actually." "Sorry, she can't sleep at my place." Cornelia said. "I don't think my parents would allow that." "Neither will mine." Irma said. "My parents already are overprotective as it is. I don't think they will allow it either." Taranee said. Hay-Lin shook her head. "Sorry." All heads turned to Will. She looked at her friends. "Alright, fine. I think mom will allow it. Or at least for a while." Jin smiled. "Thanks, Will." "No problem, Jin." They then all walked home.

"WHAT?" Susan yelled. Will was shoveling with her feet. "Do you really think I will let some random girl live in my house all of a sudden?" "That 'random girl' has a name, and she's a friend of mine!" Will yelled back. Jin was "watching" the event. Susan and Will quarreled for a while. Eventually, Susan turned to Jin. "If you can behave, you can stay. But only for as long as you behave!" Jin smiled and bowed. "Thank you, Mrs. Vandom." Will then brought Jin to Will's room. "You'll sleep here for now. I think we'll be going along pretty well." Jin smiled. Jin then lay on her bed. "Jin?" "Yes, Will?" "You're laying on my carpet." There was an awkward silence. "Oh. But it's so soft. But if this is not my bed, then what will be?" Will laughed. "I'm going to get an air mattress." "A what?" After Will had inflated the air mattress and went to bed, Jin was pondering. "Blindness hasn't been an issue before, but now… This is a different world, and I am wondering what kind of things will happen in this world."

*Meanwhile, in Kandrakar*

The Oracle was standing near the aurameres, together with Luba and Tibohr. "I foresee some very interesting momens there…"