“I’ll have to cast a spell to open the portal,” I told her, as the correct spell came to me along with the glyph I would need to make in the air....“Stand close to me,” I told them before I started the chant and drew the glyph in the air.As I finished the chant and raised my arms, there was a flash of light, and we were standing in another location that I had to assume was the Realm of Black Magic and Voodoo. The scene that we saw was what New Orleans must have looked like in the distant past. We. In fact, up until lunchtime, it wasthe happiest day of Daniel's life. Everyone in his class thought he madea beautiful princess, even the other girls who had come dressed asroyalty. Then, in the cafeteria, he was carrying his tray to a table whena fourth grader tripped him."Watch where you're going, faggot," the fourth grader sneered.Daniele had fallen right into the franks and beans on his tray. Hisbeautiful dress was probably ruined. He started to cry. He didn't careabout his makeup anymore.. Thank Moses. Thank Buddha. Thank Captain America. I think I covered all my religious bases.But now what?I looked to Marcy Macke, also still holding Mel’s shoulders.“What do we do now?”A strong female voice from above had the answer.“We’re taking care of her in class and in between class, and anyone who hears the rumor stomps it down, and if we find out who started it, we ruin them.”I looked up to see the Homecoming Queen telling us it would be alright. Katie Highland herself promised. He was waiting in his car down the block to see if you ran out and left me tied up or something. And there was no camera.’ ‘But, he? Why did he leave? I mean if this were his test…’ Mei interrupted. ‘It wasn’t his test. It was mine. All this was my idea.’ ‘What!?’ ‘Yeah. I had to know if you loved me like you said and I had to know if you could accept what we do. And help with my…’ for the first time Mei looked a bit tentative, ‘my thing.’ Karla was flabbergasted. ‘I’ve found such freedom in.