Hours had passed, maybe even days, there was no way to be sure down here, I was thinking to myself, and then suddenly, the walls were shaking and there was a loud ripping sound all around us, suddenly light filled throughout the room, it was a crack, as though the side of the wall had just split right open, a familiar sight came into view, "Follow me everyone, quickly, this is our way out." I said as I began to race toward the crack. One by one we jumped through and there we were, on top of the hill that I had spotted the crack on that day with Parker, the very same crack I had told Alicia about, that must have been what tipped her off about me. About my ability, maybe she thought that by sending me, an Invoker into the portal, I would have more chance of breaking through. "Mila!" I heard Parkers voice shrill, "Mila you're safe, I was so worried, Principal Rose and I have been working for two days trying to find a way out for you, I never dreamed that this would have been it, she had asked me if you had ever seen anything strange while we were here walking the grounds and at first I didn't remember, but then I told her about the crack in the sky and that was it. That was our answer, only you would have been able to see a portal into the afterlife with a naked eye." Wow, I thought to myself, who would have thought, "Thank you Parker, you have no idea how many lives you have just saved, look around, you did this, if it weren't for you… I don't know what would have happened," everyone gathered behind me, thanking Parker, who almost had a heart attack when she saw Megan. Principal Rose joined us in our celebrations upon our return to the dormitory, the families of the victims were contacted, and they were all Whimsy capable which is why they had been chosen in the first place by Nick Smallwood. So we didn't jeopardise our solitude or cause any unnecessary questions from the public. As for Miss Smallwood and Alicia, they were banished from Whimsy High and Whimsy Village; they would never be able to harm another person of our kind again. "Here, this is for you." Parker said as I was packing for Christmas Break, "It's a Birthday Present, I got it for you the day we went into Whimsy Village, but obviously I haven't had the opportunity to give it to you until now. I opened the gift and there was a beautiful necklace with a golden locket, inside were photos of myself and Parker, and an engraving on the outside read "To my best friend Mila on her 13th Birthday, with love from Parker." "It's so beautiful my friend," I said as I gave her a hug "I will never take it off, so you will forever remain close to my heart." We took one last look at our dorm rooms and walked side by side down the hall and to the white room, the same one that we had come in on, in a few short minutes we were back above ground ready to face the real world once again, "Mila, Parker, were over here," I heard my mom's voice say, we ran over to our parents and I embraced my mother, it was the warmest feeling I had felt in an entire term, for her it would have been a year, "I missed you so much my baby, how was your first term?" she asked, "well mom, all I can say is that it was indeed a great adventure, just as you said it would be." We said our farewells to Parker and her family and made our way home, what an amazing adventure indeed, I thought and I smiled to myself. I can't wait for next term.