My brother may not have been there, but I wasn't alone. The log next to me slithered deeper into the jungle. Squeaking, I leapt to my feet, a burst of magic shooting from my palms at the anaconda.

My power dissipated, unable to pierce the veil between the Emerald City version of the dense rainforest that I was in, and the actual rainforest. Once my adrenaline rush shaking had subsided, I set off looking for Ari.

I have no idea how long I wandered under the canopy of trees, ...