(The New) Power of the 8 Elements: Part One

Chapter Thirty Seven: Lost

"A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship." - Saint François de Sales
PRESENT DAY
PHOENIX

I don't know where I am. All I know is that as soon as I ended up here, I gave up on the idea of someone finding me and began walking. Maybe I might encounter a wizard who knows how to take me back to my dimension, my home. I feel weak from walking for so long, and I just want to sit down and get something to eat and something to drink. I wish that I had finished that bagel. I wish that I had my phone with me to call my parents, or Terri, or 9-1-1. I look up at the sky. The fake blue sky. It looks plastic. The clouds look like they've been painted by a three year old. I don't know what kind of dimension this is, but I've started calling it Blobs' Burg and Pastel City.

I wish I was in my armor. I want to go to the Arcane Order. Bellroc could get me out of this situation. Nari, although there was little she could do, would make me happy by doing something ridiculous for the fun of it, like walking in puddles while wearing socks. And then Skrael would probably make random comments and start criticizing people and cussing which I found was kind of funny when only he did it. I smile.

"Terry!" shouts a voice.

I look up. Is the universe watching me? Is it speaking to me?

"Terry!" shouts another voice.

I'm so confused. Here I am, lost in another dimension, and people are screaming my name. Maybe there is somebody else named Terry, and their friends or family are calling their name. No, this can't be true. It sounds like Terri and Amaya. Wait...

"Terry!" Terri flies up and hugs me tightly, flying into the sky.

It takes me a moment to realize what is happening before I realize that the entire team is here. I smile and hug him back. He flies to the ground, and everyone runs up to say hi and give hugs. It's like they forgot everything. Do they not remember our fight? Do they not remember I'm dangerous? Do they not remember that I'm an evil demigod? I tried to kill them? I lied to them? I chose Bellroc over Xan? Everything was forgotten. Even Glamour and Lucifer seemed the most eager to give me a hug. I began crying. It was like everything was playing out in slow motion as we all joined in a group hug.

Once the greeting was all over, I spoke, "How did you guys find me?"

"Xan opened a portal," Terri hands me the time piece. "I think this belongs to you."

"But why would you come for me? I mean, I was a major jerk."

"Despite all that, you're still our friend, and we wouldn't let anything happen to you," Celeste says.

"Thank you so much, guys," I say.

"By the way, I got this," Terri hands me my armor.

The suit is really easy to get into. I put it on quickly and pull the bow onto my shoulder.

"Now that that's out of the way, how the heck do we get home?" Bones asks.

"This needs to be charged for a portal to open up. When it's at its most powerful."

"How long will that take?" Glamour looks at me.

"That can vary-"

BANG! A shipping crate bursts open up. Thrax, looking like a rabid animal, stands in front of us. His claws are sharpened. His hair waves all over the place and so do his tendrils, pointed at us. They snap like the jaws of a predator. Amaya screams.

"Holy sh*t!" Lucifer says.

"Run!" I scream.

Thrax chases after us, grabbing a hold of random things to catch up to us. The people of this world finally notice us. They run out of the way, probably wondering why eight people are running from this terrifying monster. We ran into a movie theater.