[Well, have another familiar face returning to the Duck, everybody. Will is looking annoyed at her phone one minute before breaking into a huge smile.]

You're back! Or I guess I'm back. Either way, I'm glad to see everyone. So much happened since I lost my connection that I don't even know where to start.

You should start by turning me off and focusing on your studies! If your mother sees another F on your report card, she is going to ground you for life!

[Well, that's an unfamiliar voice. And it seems to be coming from Will's phone, as she cringes.]

Please tell me I was the only one who heard that.

[Will is practically bouncing with excitement]

Okay, so I might be coming up with a solution to my whole "no worldhop" situation. There's this thing, called the Seal of Phobos, and it's able to open anything, like maybe the Veil! So I can visit other people's worlds! Oh, and fight better in Meridian too.

But we also need it to open the Book of Secrets, which holds all of Phobos' plans for Elyon. Which is good, but...we're not sure where it is. It was somehow lost in Meridian 13 years ago.

Anyone got tips how we should start looking for it?

Okay, so I'm grounded. Mom found out my grades are tanking, and then I snuck out of the house to try to catch a movie premiere, but I fell asleep during the movie anyway, so it really doesn't matter. Oh, and Caleb had to rush to clean up Irma's house because he was babysitting her little brother and it went terrible.

But I feel really good. I just gave Mom a big hug, and I just want to fly around my room and everything. Anyone else having a really good day?

[Will is on that ski trip, but for the moment, she seems content playing in the snow, making a snowman. During a virus. Oops. Sure enough, it starts attacking her and throwing snowballs.]

Whoa, hey! Since when do snowmen fight back?!

[Will is trying on some winter jackets, looking clearly pissed off.]

So, question: There's a boy you like, but there's also a snobby exchange girl who likes him too, so you decide that the best way to settle things is a ski competition. Winner gets to sit with him.

And you don't know how to ski.

So, can I learn how to ski in just a couple of days, or do I have to figure out some way to cheat? 'Cause failure is NOT an option.

Okay, if I'm very, VERY lucky, Prof. Collins is only going to think he had a bad night, and I'm not going to end up in the worst trouble of my life.

...So. Since I've probably confused everybody, I just made a huge mistake, thought my new teacher was a shapeshifting snake creature, attacked him, learned I was wrong, and then dropped him in every swimming pool leading to his house. Okay, it wasn't just me--the other Guardians helped, but they were following my lead.

We tried to cover up all the damage by setting him down on a chair, spreading crickets around him, and releasing his pet lizard so it'd look like it got out while he was asleep. And I have no idea if he's going to buy it.

And worst of all, I have to put up with Caleb telling me "I told you so" for the rest of my life.

I've noticed there's not as many people here as they used to be. My book used to be very busy but it doesn't look the same anymore. But that means, like me, a lot of you are losing friends. So, I'd like to do something to remember them by.

[She stops to think, to try to put it into words.] It seems it would be a good way to say good-bye to them all but I don't have many ideas. Since I'd like to think they're happy in their world, I'd like for it not to seem too sad. Do any of you have any ideas?

Yeah, Irma. Great. Go and call me by my mom's embarassing nickname for me in front of half the school, why don't you?

So. Now that I know one of my new friends has about no impulse control when it comes to embarassing me in public, how bad are my chances that she's going to try to throw me a surprise party when I told her not to?

[The audio is kind of muted due to the loud noises being cut out and staggered, but a pair of girls are fighting against a man made of leaves. The giant monster with the huge chin was swiping at them and for a moment it seemed like the girls were smashed under the huge vine.

But then the orange haired girl got up, holding the vine as she and the other exchanged words and in a flash of light, threw it off. Joining hands, the audio cut back in as the pair exclaimed,]

Pretty Cure Twin Stream Splash!

[In a torrent of water, the monster was blasted into what appeared to be little spirits as a orb floated down, and the man with the plant-like motif vanished.

Later on, the violet haired girl is setting up some things in a comfy looking room when she notices her mirror blinking. Poking it, she inquired,] Hello? Is someone there? Hello?

Oh god, I googled myself!

Why did I google myself?!

[The video's got an odd pinkish tint to it, and there's a young woman with wings staring at it in confusion.]

Okay, is this a new feature of this thing? Couldn't Yan Lin have given me an instruction manual?

Um, hello? Weird...duck...thing... I don't suppose anyone could explain this to me?

Well, I was pretty bored and decided to see what local sites Heatherfield had handy. And the first thing to load up on my computer was this-

Dramadramaduck? What kind of name is that? Is it a theater group here or what? Though from my guess plenty of people already question the name as it is. Drama and ducks usually aren't usually associated. Specially if you have a lot of teenage members who aren't dramatic enough to 'get it'. Not that there isn't anything to 'get', just its an odd name... Geeze, I'm just talking myself in circles now! I'm going to sound like my mom if I keep it up. The world does not need two Vandom's who can't speak straight.

Guh, what I’m trying to get at is, uh- Man, I sound liked the biggest idiot around. As if I needed that title finalized.

Er.. Hi, I'm Will, its nice to meet you? I just moved here from Faddenhills and I.. like frogs and swimming..?