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It lit on the first try

Hurry up!

Kara held the burningit with her other hand Soo out, because there’s no way it should’ve lit in the first place The as too fierce, but it was also otherworldly It didn’t belong to the basement, wasn’t relative to the cellar

And therefore it couldn’t touch the flame…

She lit the candle It burned brightly, illus were still there The books pages hadn’t even moved; just like the candle’s flame, they remained untouched by the wind

“Are you okay?” she shouted back at her coet an answer “Logan! Jeremy!”

Kara turned, taking her attention away frouys were there, but they were also not there They were shouting so, but she couldn’t hear them Their mouths moved, but no sound came out

She blinked hard, to clear her vision Everything wasin slow motion

What the—

Suddenly the rooht, and this time from other sources Kara saw people Wispy and ethereal, they floated backwards through thecrystal One by one they were sucked into it, disappearing into the pulsating surface of its throbbing, low

The spirits…

Soht Others were dragged, screa silently as they were yanked inexorably backwards There was no resisting it No stopping the pull

And then Kara felt the pull too

Oh God…

The thought terrified her The idea of being pulled through theone hatever the crystal now represented Or even worse, of staying here Of transitioning frone…