34 Date Nigh (1/2)

The evening of the weekend after Aura made her request, Ty and Arah joined me as I stood just a short distance away from the Elfwood Circle Stones.

The sun had just set, but as Aura and I were now connected through our pact, I didn't need to follow the old summoning rules I first used to meet her.

”Um, shouldn't we have protection?” Ty asked.

”Aura doesn't bite, Ty,” I answered laughing.

”Yeah... but what if it's not her you summon?” Ty countered. ”What if it's something... nastier?”

”Then we'll have something big to feed it, Tiberius,” Arah answered just before she smacked him on the arm. ”Don't be such a wuss...”

I couldn't help noticing that Arah had one hand over her arm in an obvious attempt to stop it from shaking.

”Should we cancel? I could just let Aura know that you guys were too freaked out to meet her,” I smiled.

In truth, I preferred that my two worlds didn't collide like this as this meeting would certainly change things. However, I knew it would eventually turn out this way after I confessed the truth to Ty and Arah. They would want to know more. They were just like me in their desire for adventure, after all. Plus, I really couldn't say no to any of Aura's requests. Especially not after I'd let her get kidnapped while I was there.

”Although I'm not one to agree with Tiberius, shouldn't we take extra precautions while attempting to contact the other realm?” Arah asked, finally giving in to her nerves.

”Y-yeah,” Ty agreed.

I understood why they were so nervous. It was the same feeling I experienced during the first time I summoned Aura to Mudgard. But this wasn't a time for fear. It was a time for action.

As I was between the two of them, I patted them both reassuringly on the shoulders. ”It's going to be okay. We're not summoning some scary tentacle monster from the Cthulhu mythos.”

I raised my left hand and showed them both the bracelet Aura had given me. It glowed with a faint golden glow tonight.

”Aura's cool. You'll both like her,” I said.

I pointed my left hand, palm up, at the circle of stones and told my friends to close their eyes. I did the same.

”A scion of House Dapper greets the Princess of the Trickster Pavillion this auspicious night and bids her to cross through into this mortal plane,” I said in a confident voice.

I heard her giggle before I opened my eyes and saw her.

Aura was standing in front of me wearing the new magician's robe she'd bought in the Rings Auction House. she smiled that gorgeous smile of hers, and once more I was captivated by her otherworldly beauty. My two friends who gawked at her probably felt the same as I did.

”Yo,” I said with my hand raised.

”Hello,” she answered before she gave me a high-five.

This got a weird reaction from Ty, who blurted out, ”You guys usually high-five each other when you meet?”

”Only recently,” Aura answered as she turned to look at Ty who was standing on my left. ”Our training has been really tough so this is how we've been encouraging each other.”

Her honeyed voice must have been too much for him as I could visibly see his face turn red as an apple from the chin up to the forehead.

”You must be Ty...” she smiled at him.

If this were a cartoon I swear there would have been a small puff of white smoke coming out of Ty by now.

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”Forgive our cognitively challenged friend, Princess Aurana,” Arah said nonchalantly. ”I'm afraid he doesn't know how to speak to women.”

Now that she was certain no demonic entity was crossing over, it seemed Arah's nervousness had gone away. In fact, by how she was looking cautiously at Aura, I thought she was a little more hostile than necessary.

Aura sent her smile at aura which obviously disarmed my friend enough that the frown on her face vanished instantly.

”You're Arah. Dean tells me your twice as smart as he is,” Aura said in greeting.

Arah's response was a soft, ”Um... thank you?”

Then she elbowed me.

”Fine, she's nice,” Arah conceded.

I grinned. ”Told ya.”

”So, what will we be doing first?” Aura asked. ”I am particularly interested in these sweets called chocolates Dean keeps telling me about... and... television?”

Arah rolled her eyes at me. ”What have you bee teaching this girl, Dean Dapper?”

”Only the good stuff,” I said proudly. ”Right, Aura?”

”Michael Keaton is still the best Batman,” Aura repeated this line I've drilled into her head about Mudgardian pop culture.

Arah sighed heavily. ”boys...”

She gave Aura a once over with her eyes. Then she grabbed my partner by the hand as if this wasn't the hardest thing in the world to do and led her away from the circle stones.

”We need to get you some proper clothes or people might think you're some weird cosplayer,” Arah explained.

Aura followed her obediently, and I could see the excitement in her face. It might have been because Arah had mentioned clothes or the novelty of a night out in Mudgard.

”Women,” I sighed before I followed them. I glanced behind me after a few steps. ”Are you coming, Ty?”

Ty, who was still dazed, finally snapped out of it and jogged toward me. ”Y-yeah... wait for me!”