Philby's POV

"Charlene!" I cried. She had opened the book and vanished into thin air. It looked kind of like she was sucked into the book. I don't know if that was possible but that's what it seemed like. My mother came back into the room. "Is everything alright?" She asked. "Yeah," I fibbed. "Where did Charlene go?" she asked. "She went to the bathroom," I told her, hoping she couldn't see through my lie. "Then why'd you call for her?" she inquired. "Uh, her phone buzzed," I said. I held up the phone for emphasis. It wasn't really her phone. It wasn't even an actual phone. It was simply a pink and sparkly phone case I had lying around. Why I had a pink and sparkly phone case just lying around, I had no idea.  But I did. And it fit Charlene's personality well enough that my mom believed it was hers. So she left. I looked down at where the book had fallen. I picked it up and tried opening it but I stayed where I was and Charlene did not appear. Now I had two missing friends. I tried to call Finn because honestly, he was better than I was at staying calm in a crisis. I wasn't sure this qualified as a crisis but it was close enough for me. But nonetheless, he didn't answer his phone. I decided I'd wait for an hour. Then I'd tell someone.

Charlene's POV

I tumbled onto the grass. How did I get here, I wondered. I looked around. I was in a square area of grass with flowers creating the outside border of it. The square wasn't that large, and beyond it I could see a village with people walking around. No, women. And girls. And some babies that I was pretty sure were female. I looked everywhere and saw no men. Then I noticed something else. In my hand was a little black fob with a single button in the middle. I stood up. "Hello," said a voice. I turned around and saw that voice belonged to an older woman. "You're the second person to fall into this patch," she told me. Could the other have been Willa? "Who was the other person?" I asked. "I don't know," said the old woman, "she had dark hair and wore a black t-shirt with a very muscular person's body in a tutu with its head cut off from the neckline." It had to be Willa. I remembered she had a shirt that looked like that. It was the most hideous thing I've ever seen. "Do you know where she went?" I asked her. "No," she replied. Then after a moment, she said, "Where are my manners? My name is Sarahi. If you need anything, call me and I will hear. I'm always nearby." And with that she vanished into the people wondering around. But I knew something. Willa was here. But Philby would probably be worried. He was still in his room as far as she knew. She looked at the fob in her hand and pushed the button. And just as the woman had vanished into the crowd, she vanished in a flash of light.