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appeared to grow brighter and dropped down, so that the bottom half was below the ground, and then the inside of the circle began to lose focus. Before you could see the grass on the other side of the ring, but now it was just a haze, then a new image began to appear. After the first ring had stabilized, Mirtza dropped another stone in the bracelet, which caused a second ring to form like the first, and he then repeated his actions one more time. As the haze in the rings came into focus, the first showed a mountain range, the second a dirt road, and the last had an image of an ocean beach. He gave the oxen harness a snap, and the wagon headed towards the center ring. Lauren, Logan, Eric, and John sat with their mouths agape. As the wagon traveled through the ring, the landscape changed from long flowing grass, to short grass, with patches of dirt, and a road in front of them. When they were completely through, they all looked back at the single ring, with the image of the grassy field inside of it, which then shimmered and faded away.
    “What just happened,” asked John?
    Mirtza stopped the wagon and turned to face them, “Look, I know you have many questions for me, but I also have questions for you. We are heading to the healers in the Northlands as I said, and the magic portal is the quickest way to get there. Without the portal, it would take months to get here, months that your friends most likely do not have. I need to think, so please be quiet.” He turned towards the front of the wagon, snapped the harness, and the oxen began to move again.
    Eric stepped into the back of the wagon and helped to move Zack and Ryan, so that everybody could sit comfortably, and to discuss their options. Lauren pulled a bottle of water out of her backpack, poured a little bit into Zack and Ryan’s mouths. She felt their foreheads, “Fever, does anybody have any extra clothing, an extra shirt or something?” Eric opened his backpack and pulled out one of his T-shirts, ripped it into two, and gave it to Lauren. She splashed some water on the torn shirt, and placed them on the foreheads of Zack and Ryan.
    Eric looked at John, “That was weird? What do you think just happened?”
    John was perplexed, “We just travelled through another wormhole. Travelling through two wormholes in one day, do you know what the odds of that are?”
    Logan looked at them, “Actually, didn’t we see four wormholes in one day?”
    John was shaking his head in disbelief, “Magic bracelets opening wormholes, magic ointments translating words. This… it’s just not possible.”
    Lauren whispered, “Our talkative friend up front has gone awfully quiet?”
     “Well, I guess if this is weird for us, it is probably just as weird for him,” replied John. “If we came across non-threatening alien life-forms, wouldn’t we try to help them? It happens all the time in the movies, and people stop to help injured animals. Helping is a natural and human trait.”
    Lauren was unconvinced, “How do you know he is human? Why didn’t he tell us what he was going to do?”
     “Well, if we came across an alien in our world, and offered them a ride to get medical attention in a car, they may find that weird, but to us it would be normal. Why would he explain that which he considers ordinary?”
    The hushed conversation continued for another thirty minutes, with no conclusions reached. They simply did not know enough about what was happening or why. Gradually the conversation slowed, and then stopped. And then the four just watched the mundane countryside roll by.
     
    Chapter 4
    Mirtza also considered the confusion surrounding the current events. Three years ago, I was a simple farmer's son, growing roots, feeding pigs, and chasing girls. One day Ma and Pa say, ‘Times are changing, farming a thing of the past. You needs an education.’ Before you know it, they send me to that damned school, and to top it off, they cannot afford to pay for the schooling. So