Serena POV

Serena stumbled, unfamiliar dust and sand covering her robes. The smell of rusty metal and strange spices hit her nostrils. The world she had just set foot in felt foreign. Its trees towered with mossy trunks and dark purple leaves.

Panic began to creep into her chest. As her hand gripped the ebony wood, she felt empty. There was no pulse of energy. No magical resonance. Her magic… gone.

Fear gripped her. In her home world, she was Serena, the most powerful mage in the kingdom.

Here, she was just an ordinary girl, a stranger with no powers, trapped in a world she didn’t know.

She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself. “Magic is just a tool. True power lies in reason and courage.” Now was the time to use reason.

Her mission was clear: find Princess Katy, Prince Cyrill, and Darnisha.

Serena stopped walking in the middle of the hustle and bustle of the market and her ears caught the conversation of two women selling greengrocers.