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Nevada had been right to warn me this morning. I wasn’t just being paranoid. Kato wasn’t just being paranoid. Someone was really watching me, noting everything I did and relaying it all to the General. The big question was who.
EPISODE 6
THE METAMORPHS
CHAPTER 1
MISHAPS
Magical mishaps were best endured in private. When Conner and Kato arrived at my cottage the next morning, I couldn’t answer the door…because I was stuck inside a wall.
“Savannah?” They knocked again. “Are you in there?”
“The door’s unlocked!” I called out.
I heard the door open, then they stepped inside.
“Where are you?” Kato asked.
“I’m…stuck.”
My embarrassment flared up, fueling my magic. A gust of wind tore through the cottage, slamming the door shut. Footsteps approached.
“She’s in the wall,” Conner told Kato.
A fist thumped on the wall, and dust rained down on me.
“Hey!”
“Seven? How did you end up in there?”
I was so glad they couldn’t see my burning face. “Teleportation spell gone awry. I tried to teleport across the room. I miscalculated and teleported into the wall instead.”
“How can you even fit in there?” Conner asked.
“I don’t really.”
An uneven wood beam was digging into my back. I tried to shift my weight to relieve the pressure, but there wasn’t enough space to shift anything, so I ended up hitting my head on another wood beam. I swore under my breath.
“How can we help?” Kato asked.
“If you could get me out of here, that would be great. I can’t move my arms enough to weave a teleportation glyph.”
“I’m on it,” Conner said.
I heard a few taps on various parts of the wall.
“Ok. Try that, Red. I temporarily took a section of the wall out of phase with our dimension. You should be able to pass right through it.”
I tentatively stretched out my fingers toward the wall. They passed through it. So I pushed and huffed and squeezed my way between beams and bars until I was out of the wall. I met the boys’ eyes—briefly—then looked down, totally humiliated. I’d gotten myself stuck inside a wall. Not my finest hour.
“Are you all right?” Kato asked me.
“I’m fine.” I tried to brush the wall dust off my black shirt, but it didn’t really work. I could still see it.Everyonewould see it. I’d have to change before I headed out for the day.
“You wanted to see us?” Conner said.
I chanced a glance at him. He wasn’t laughing at me—or feeling sorry for me either. Neither was Kato. I rushed forward, hugging them both. Then I stepped back again.
