The sorceress points at Nate. Nate's heart skips a beat. He tries to feign ignorance by acting normal. He doesn't want to be the first volunteer. Nate suddenly feels himself float into the air. Katie screams, "No Nate." Nate moves around erratically, trying to throw himself off balance from the floating. But it's no use, he floats over the seats ahead and onto the stage. He is terrified and feels like tearing up, but he knows that if he does, Caleb won't live it down. Nate stands on stage terrified of what's going to happen. He then spots Joey lifting up too. He seems too into the book to notice he's levetating until he is near the stage. Joey screams in fear and moves around even more eratically than Nate, but as before, it's no use and Joey lands right beside Nate. Nate sees tears well up in Joey's eyes and feels sympathy for him. They're both in the same situation.
"Would we all give these brave volunteers a round of applause," says the sorceress. The crowd clap, clearly somewhat fearfully. Especially Katie who is watching her brother. The sorceress puts her hand up to order silence, the crowd goes silent.
"Now as I said before, I specialise in transformation. I like to give the crowd a chance to pick what type." A sense of dread overcomes Nate, he's at the hands of strangers, and Caleb.
"So what type of transformation for the one named Nate?" Asks the sorceress putting her hand on Nate. Nate is even more terrified than before, this woman knows his name. The crowd shout out