May swept Beau up into her arms and hugged him tight. She wasn't sure she wanted to step outside her comfort zone and continue on the path to the left. She turned around knowing that if she went back to school she could re-enter the portal any time and it would bring her back here to this altered reality. She started up the path to the right. She could feel her heart beating louder and louder and her breathing became laboured as she trudged up the hill. She was dreading the meeting she had to have with the principal later in the day but she knew she cold handle whatever that had in store for her. He had given her notice of the meeting the day before. She reached the top of the hill and the door of the castle. She reached her hand out to open the door...