The blueish light of the portal was just ahead, a shimmer and Ryan stepped onto the concrete floor. "Thank you Traveller for getting me back, I don't ever want to see Circe again!"
"No worry young Ryan, your ability to use my service is now ended. As a boy you walked into history. You met the great witch Circe and se allowed Ryan to come back. The Ryan that left is not the Ryan that came back. Circe has cursed you and your destiny. Youth you have but human nolonger, a Quagga is your breed. Half horse and Zebra a gift from Circe to a world were your breed is now excinct.
Ryan tried to speak but his whinnie soon brought the others to the basement.