Jackie paced anxiously outside the room Ann had walked in. Despite the party that was going on behind her, she could tell something wasn’t right. As Gloria emerged dazed she felt as if her worst fears were concerned. “Glo what happened?”
Over the next half hour Gloria told Jackie about Yuriko, Kellies pregnancy, and the fire warnings they had received from the future. A quick call to their friends led to Gloria and her friends now confronting Yuriko in Katie’s backyard. As they now gazed at the sullen freshman they had a million questions.
“Okay kid spill,” Sasha grumbled. “Who are you and what are you doing here?”
Yuriko sighed, Mia and Zack had returned to the future with a promise to return soon. As she lifts her head to gaze at the past versions of people she has know for years she finds herself almost at a loss for words. “Yuriko Harris,” she sighed sadly. “And right now, I have no idea what the hell im doing here.”
Gloria raises an eyebrow as she now slowly approaches the girl. “So your from the future,” she asks. “Same as Lynne and the others.” Yuriko nods, brushing a stray hair out of her face. “Yeah same as them,” she says. “I was sent here to find a traitor. Turns out though that was a lie.”
“So why were you sent back,” Felicia asked.
Yuriko shrugged. “No idea to be honest,” she said. “But I know I was needed. Not for nothing Gloria but that spell you cast of Ms. Dean almost went sideways in the worst possible way. You could of wiped out my cousins and Ms. Dean.”
Gloria’s eyes went wide as she stared at Yuriko. “How did you know about that?”
“Wait hold on,” Naomi stated. “What happened with Ms. Dean?”
“Ms. Dean was barren,” Gloria said quietly. “I used my magic to repair her womb. It meant I had to regress her though.” Gloria’s friends eyes went wide as they began to protest at the idea of regressing their English teacher. “Look I know it was risky,” Gloria exclaimed. “But Mr. Harris and Ms. Dean needed my help. Ms. Dean wants to have kids someday, I was just trying to make that possible for the two of them.”
“Well Gloria the good news is that it worked,” Yuriko sighed. “My aunt and uncle have four kids. What you should of known though is that the spell you cast needs two people. If I hadn’t been around you could of gotten yourself kicked out of the timeline or made Ms. Dean your kid.”
“Okay Gloria messed up,” Sasha said. “But that doesn’t excuse you from coming back in time. I mean seriously, didn’t anyone tell you about all the trouble Lynne and the others caused last year?”
“Oh you remind us all the time Sasha,” Yuriko chuckled. “Trust me, after they got back you, Gloria, and everyone else made it a point of telling us how much of a pain in the ass they were. But the thing is I didn’t want to do this. Merlin actually recruited me and sent me back. At least I thought it was Merlin, my godparents tell me that the Merlin I know isn’t the same one you know.”
“So who was it,” Diane asked.
“They didn’t say,” Yuriko shrugged. “Apparently they can’t or its going to screw up the timeline.”
“How can the timeline not be screwed up already,” Jackie exclaimed.
“Because from what Mia and Zack told me all of this has already happened,” Yuriko yelled. “My godparents have never lied to me and they don’t have any reason to. They said that all this stuff already happened and that we need to be ready.”
“Ready for what,” Gloria asked.
Yuriko sighed sadly as she now looked at Gloria and her friends. “The timelines are going to merge,” she said sadly. “There’s a war coming. A war I didn’t even know existed until today.”
“How can we stop it,” Sasha stated. Yuriko scoffed, shaking her head as she now looked at Sasha. “I should of known you would want to find a way to stop it,” she grinned. “But from what I understand you can’t, these things are going to happen.”
“We’ll figure out a way,” Gloria said stoically. “And were going to need your help Yuriko.” Yuriko looked at the determined faces of Gloria and the others shrugging as she now stood. “Call me Yuki,” she smiled. “I guess we’ll see what we can do.”