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And some other outtakes of Candace getting abducted. I told you I took a lot of these. Okay, I’m done now...

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Candace hauled herself back across the street to her new ‘home’. “I don’t even know the status of this ‘home,’” she muttered to herself and sighed. ‘Maybe I AM tired. Also I should probably eat...’ She went inside and to the kitchen, to make herself something to eat. Once it was made she stared at it, not actually feeling hungry, and then put it in the refrigerator for later. ‘A bath. A nice hot bath.’ She went upstairs and spent some time soaking in hot water. She felt calmer after that, and decided that what she really needed was a bit of perking up. ‘I’ll have a chat with Azrael.’ 

Feeling that this was definitely the right choice, she went into the spare room upstairs where her magic mirror was installed. “Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?” A ghostly face appeared in the mirror, “You know it’s you, my dear, but need we really always start out that way?” Candace grinned. “It’s been a rough day, Azrael. Besides, sometimes it’s nice to hear it. Apparently Aunt Tabitha was a big deal at this school when she was here. I haven’t found out precisely why yet though. Also apparently there’s sometimes a waiting list to get into the school. And this town has a curfew. A CURFEW. The school is full of good looking guys though. So that’s a bonus.”

“Woah, woah. Slow down my dear.” Azrael, as usual, cut to the interesting bit immediately, “Full of good looking guys, eh? Perhaps there’ll finally be some ROMANCE in the air!” Candace smiled. “Let me tell you all about them...” but before she could continue, Azrael interrupted her, “Don’t look now, but something is happening out on the street.” Candace raised an eyebrow. Azrael very rarely interrupted her. She looked left out the window and saw that he was right... there were some strange lights in the sky. “That’s interesting. I’ll be right back, Azrael, I want to see what this is.” She ran back downstairs and out the front door to get a better look.

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Before Candace could actually exit the room, someone else came towards her. “I greet you,” the girl with the strangely luminous skin and hair said as she walked up and made a slight movement that was almost like a bow, “I am Binye. I did not see you at the morning gathering, but you appeared in the percussions room earlier. Are you a student?”

Apparently at least a couple of people had noticed her in the music room. Candace was still wondering if this girl was an alien... but... ‘perhaps it’s better not to ask right now...’ Candace smiled and gave a brief nod, “Yes, I am. I arrived a bit late in the day and missed the morning gathering. My name is Candace MIranae.”

“Ah, so nice to meet you, fellow student! Have you been able to find everything you needed? I would be pleased to help you if not.” Binye managed somehow to look both concerned and friendly at the same time. “Yes, thank you. I ran into the Class President earlier and he was able to print me out a copy of everything I missed this morning.” Candace resisted bringing back the images of Benjamin’s smile to mind again, and brandished the small packet of papers. Just then, the bell rang, signaling the end of this first day at Mercury High.

“Ah, the bell! You are sure you are good then?” As Candace nodded, slightly amused at this insistence, Binye smiled, “Very good then, I shall see you more tomorrow. I must get to my part-time work.” She turned and Candace watched her neon skin and hair walk jauntily out the door. What an interesting person. ‘I really want to know if she’s an alien. Well, I shall hope to find out soon.’ Candace walked out the door and joined the throng heading for the school exit.

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While Candace was still lost in oblivion, an officer showed up on the sidewalk. As she was teleported back down from the space ship, he stepped forward and caught her as she was woozy on her feet and led her to his patrol car a few feet away. Candace’s first conscious thoughts were scrambled and incoherent. At the moment, she only remembered that somehow her day had gone horribly wrong.

When she opened her eyes, she was sitting in a police car parked on the street in front of her house and there was a concerned looking... fairy? standing outside the open door and watching her. She was so confused that no words came, and she just stared at him blankly. He directed a query at her, “Are you feeling a bit better now, ma’am?” Candace blinked and started to nod, then stopped and took an internal assessment before replying, “I seem to be okay, officer, thank you. What are you doing here? Or rather, why am I in a police car?”

As she took a deep breath and tried to remember what had happened or what she had been doing before, the officer frowned slightly. “Well, miss, I was hoping you might tell me how you came to appear out of thin air on the sidewalk here where I’d been told someone was lurking about out after curfew. Were you taking something you shouldn’t have and managed to black-out or something?” Candace instantly felt affronted, and fought to not be biting in her response, “The last thing I remember, OFFICER, was being inside my house getting ready for bed. I’M the victim here. You say I appeared out of thin air? I was under the impression that magic wasn’t allowed here.”

The police officer looked nonplussed at her attempt to turn this around. “Now see here, miss. There was no one else about. I came looking for a teenager out after curfew and probably up to no good and you appeared in front of me, barely able to stand and clearly the worse for drink or drugs or something equally debilitating. We have a curfew here for a reason, and you need to respect that. Now, since it’s your first time, I’ll let you off with a warning and take you home. Whereabouts are you staying?”

Candace was starting to vaguely remember something about lights out the window that Azrael had pointed out to her. She gave the officer a morose look and then pointed behind him. “I’m staying right here. I clearly didn’t stray far from home.”  The officer gave her a wry look. “Or at least, you set up in advance a way to return. Alright, let’s get you back into your house, and I don’t want to catch you out after curfew again.” He escorted her to her front door and watched her walk in.

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Memorialized on canvas.... okay, I’m realllly done now. I swear.

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Have some outtake shots of Candace getting abducted. xD

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BWAHAHAHAHA... Ahem. I mean. Poor Candace.

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Candace continued to try to exit the beam of light, even as she was lifted higher into the air. She tried casting magic too, but it fizzled out and failed to produce any results. She also wondered why none of her neighbors were coming out to investigate her yelling and screaming. ‘Are they all in on it? Is this a test for people new to the town? Why THE #@$(@#*$ am I stuck in a beam of light that I can’t get out of and being hauled up from the street like a naughty kitten?!?!’

Candace took a few deep breaths to calm herself. Clearly, all her frantic efforts to escape were an exercise in futility anyways. She was unable to actually turn around to look at the space ship that was beaming her up, but the expression on her face turned angry. “You #@$*#* aliens don’t know who you’re messing with. I do not forget, I do not forgive, and I WILL make you pay for this... this... INDIGNITY!”

She was feeling quite sorry for herself, and muttering dire imprecations under her breath, when everything went black and she knew no more. Her last tenuous thought beforehand was a vague image of the possibly alien girl she’d met at school.