Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (41 page)

“
Th
a
nks
a
l
ot,
thank
y
ou
so
much!
Mr.…
H
e
y
w
h
a
t’s
y
our n
a
me
?
”
she
q
u
e
st
i
on
e
d.

“
Ah…
I just
f
o
rgot
a
b
o
ut
wh
a
t
did
m
y
p
a
r
e
nts
n
a
med
me four
hund
re
d
y
e
a
rs
a
go
?
”
he
mock
e
d.

“
Ah
a
h
a
.
”
Alicia
laug
h
e
d
a
t h
i
s ans
we
r.
“
I
th
i
nk
I
a
m
S
h
a
k
e
sp
e
a
r
e
.”
He
s
a
id.
“
S
h
a
k
e
spear
e
?
”
she sho
u
ted in d
e
l
i
ghtful surp
r
ise.

“
Not
that
o
n
e
,
he
w
a
s
a
g
re
a
t
man
b
y t
h
e
w
a
y
.
He
did
not make
blunde
r
s l
i
ke
me
.
”
He
c
hu
c
k
l
e
d.

“Oh, th
a
nks a
lot
S
h
a
k
e
s
p
ea
re!”
Alic
i
a
thank
e
d h
i
m.

I
t
w
a
s getting d
a
rk
a
g
a
in.

“
A
n
y
t
i
me,
now
w
a
lk
with
me
s
o
that
I
m
a
y
d
r
op
y
ou
to
y
o
ur
station.” He stood
up
a
nd
w
a
lked
tow
a
rds
the
l
i
t
t
l
e moun
t
a
ins.

“
One
th
i
ng
I must
s
a
y
,
Time
Ma
r
k
e
r
did
not
m
i
s
g
uide
y
ou. He
did
w
r
ong
with
me,
a
s
he
s
e
nt
me
dir
e
c
t
l
y to
t
he
pla
c
e
I w
a
nted
to
go,
without
tell
i
ng
me
a
n
y  rul
e
s
n
e
i
t
h
e
r
he h
e
lped
me.
I
f
h
e
w
o
uld
’
ve
done
th
i
s
kind
ac
t
I
won
’
t
be h
e
re l
i
ke
th
i
s.”
H
e
s
a
id
a
nd
sta
r
ted
w
a
lk
i
ng
tow
a
rds
the n
ea
r
b
y
w
a
te
r
f
a
l
l
.

“
Oh,
I s
ee
.
But
I w
a
s
th
i
nking
that
I
’
v
e ma
d
e a
m
is
t
a
ke th
i
s w
a
y
.”
S
he
said thinking
a
bout
t
he
mo
m
e
nt s
h
e
w
a
s f
a
i
l
e
d
to i
m
a
gine
Ke
vin.

“
Mistake
?
”
he
qu
e
st
i
on
e
d.

“
Y
ea
h,
I
l
i
sten
e
d
to
the
voice
in
that
torn
a
do
w
h
ich
guided

me to th
i
nk
a
bout
t
he
pla
c
e
I
w
a
nted to go.”
S
he
t
old h
i
m.

“
Huh…
N
a
tu
r
e
ca
n
’t
be
c
h
a
ng
e
d
.
”
He
c
u
rs
e
d
T
i
me
Ma
r
k
e
r,

the m
a
n who took Alicia
to
t
he
Migh
t
y
Time
L
o
r
d
.

“
But
I
w
a
s
s
c
a
r
e
d
a
nd
thought
of
g
e
t
t
ing
h
e
lp.
I
t
hink
th
i
s
i
s

w
h
y I
r
e
ac
h
e
d
h
e
r
e
.
”
S
he
a
dd
e
d.

“
F
or
sur
e
,
y
ou
a
re
lu
ck
y
th
i
s
w
a
y
.
”
He
s
a
id
a
nd
th
e
y

r
e
ac
h
e
d the top of
the
w
a
ter
fa
l
l
.

“
No
w
,
without
a
n
y fe
a
r
a
nd
k
ee
ping
K
e
vin
in
y
our i
m
a
gination
just
dive
t
h
r
ough
th
i
s
h
e
i
g
ht
a
nd
y
ou’ll
be the
re
.”
H
e
dir
e
c
ted h
e
r.

Alicia
got
s
ca
re to
s
e
e
t
he
h
e
ight
she
w
a
s
stand
i
ng
a
t
that mo
m
e
nt.

“
But
t
his
t
i
m
e
, no m
i
s
tak
e
.”
He
w
a
r
n
e
d h
e
r.
“
Y
ea
h
.
”
S
he
a
dm
i
t
t
e
d.

“
One th
i
ng
mor
e
,
k
ee
p
t
h
e
se
d
e
vi
c
e
s
in
t
i
me
c
o
v
e
r.
Th
e
y h
a
ve 
a
dv
e
rse 
e
f
f
ec
ts
wh
i
le  p
a
ss
i
ng
through
the
Ti
m
e Bridge, the one
y
ou
c
a
ll
torn
a
do.”
H
e
said.

‘
H
ow
w
i
l
l
I
f
ind
t
h
e
m b
a
c
k
?
”
she
a
sked.

“
J
ust
hold them
b
e
tw
ee
n
the
index
a
nd
m
i
ddle
figu
re
,
then r
a
ise
y
o
u
r h
a
nd
to
the
maximum
y
ou
ca
n
a
nd
th
r
ough
them upw
a
rds
in
the
spa
c
e
.
”
He
g
e
s
t
u
re
d
to
te
ac
h
h
e
r.
“
And