Reign had been transported to many times in her lifetime. It was random and it infuriated her. How dare something random suck her out of her life and plop her elsewhere. But this time she hadn’t been alone. She’d woken up in a strange place with a strange smell but her daughters were with her. Cilicia, Lotus and Atiyah. All had been taken from their home too. But her husband, her beloved Creole and her other children were gone. With no sign of them.

She’d herded her daughters with her, seeking a way back to their family. To their home. But months had gone by and she had no answers on where they were or how to get back to where they came from. Until now, she’d smelled it at first, home.

The air had changed and a static like energy had formed around them. She could feel it, the sense of home. “Girls! Get up, we’re going home today!” She barked at her daughters. Before she started moving toward the source, she could hear her daughters behind her as she pushed forward. The smell of home grew stronger the closer she got.

As soon as she saw it she stopped, it was like a shimmering puddle, but it wasn’t on the ground, it was floating in the air, and she could see home. Peeking around it she could see the pine trees of this strange world and then looking back at the portal the winter wonderland that was their home. Without hesitation she stepped through the portal, the winter air creeping through her bones as she fell into the powdery snow.

Victory! She was home, safe and sound. She’d done it. She’d come back victorious.