-In the previous chapter.

-The Magister Patelliday showed them a recording of Dark Star entering a portal to a place similar a the Undertown, only outdoors, without technology and with strange creatures, they also realized that he entered at night in what seemed to be Gwen's university, therefore, Gwen, Kevin and Rook decided to return to the University to investigate it better.

Kevin: Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go

-The three of them immediately leave the center of the base with theintention of going to the barracks garage.

Gwen: Thank you Magistrate Patelliday "runs off".

Mgtr. Patelliday: It was a pleasure to help you guys, I hope you aresuccessful in finding Ben.

-On Earth, on a road in Rook's Proto-TRUK.

Gwen: I hope we can find a clue as to where Dark Star might be, so we can figure out where to find Ben, he's the only one who knows.

Kevin: We'll find him Gwen, *taps him on the shoulder* I promise.

Rook: Although there's something I don't understand, ever since Ben disappeared, we've searched all over the university, how could Dark Star disappear like that?

Kevin: *thinking* I'm sure it was because of that Smoke Bomb he threw when he vanished.

Gwen: Do you think that is it?

Kevin: Yeah, I think so, he must have used it to escape and leave the university or I don't know, I just can't think of any other reason.

Rook: In effect, Kevin, it makes sense, remember that Dark Star entered that portal at night, maybe he escaped from the University until he waited for us to get out of there so he could escape.

Gwen: Now that you put it that way, it makes more sense.

Kevin: If that's true

Gwen: Well, first things first, let's go to that part of the university to see if we can find any traces of magic on that wall where he opened the portal.

Kevin: Okay, speed it up Rook

Rook: Right away *steps on the accelerator and goes faster*.

-After 20 minutes they arrived at the Friedkin university and they go to the back of one of the university buildings.

"Take into account the arrow"

Gwen: Well, it's here.

Kevin: Excellent, now what do we do?

Gwen: Well, we have to examine this wall for traces of mana or magic.

Kevin: Oh, that's right

-Gwen approaches the wall and begins to examine it with her magic.

Rook: Do you detect anything Gwen?

Gwen: No... is locked

Kevin: Tch, that jerk thought of everything.

Rook: Now what do we do?

Gwen: We'll search the library, maybe we'll get a lead on the book he stole.

Kevin: Okay, let's go

-The trio headed for the university library.

Rook: Well, we're here

Kevin: And what are we supposed to look for?

Gwen: Nothing

Kevin: What do you mean, nothing?

Gwen: Really, we're not supposed to look for anything.

Rook: I don't understand, we're supposed to be here looking for a clue that might point us to Dark Star's whereabouts.

Kevin: Or also Ben's

Rook: I'd suggest we start by looking for the book Dark Star has.

Gwen: And how are you going to look for it if that book is in his possession? *she says it with her arms crossed*.

Rook: Well...

Kevin: Now that you put it that way

Gwen: That's why we're not going to look for anything, we're going to go all over the library and examine which book is missing.

Rook: That makes more sense

-At that moment Gwen walks over to a desk and pulls out 3 sheets of paper.

Gwen: Have this

Kevin: And this is....?

Gwen: A list of all the books that are in this library, only, divided in three sectors, Right, center and left, from the entrance perspective, counting the 2nd floor as well.

Rook: Understood

Gwen: Each one of you will go to a zone and verify which book is missing by helping each other with the list of the books in the sector you choose.

Kevin: Okay, I'll take the left sector.

Rook: I'll take the Right sector

Gwen: Well, by default, I get the middle sector, in half an hour they come to the desk to discuss what they found, okay?

Kevin and Rook: Okay

-After coordinating their search positions, the 3 separated into the sections of the library and began to verify which book was missing-

-After the agreed half hour, the trio went to the desk in the center of the library to discuss what they discovered.

Gwen: Well guys, what did you find out, I for one didn't find any books missing in my sector.

Rook: Well, What I discovered was that my sector is missing a book called: "All About Talismans".

Gwen: "All About Talismans", I read that book 2 months ago, it's a great book, it talks about the great variety of magical talismans that existed, it even talks about Charms of Bezel, but the bad thing that some talismans have not been discovered yet

Rook: Do you think Dark Star went off to collect those undiscovered talismans?

Gwen: I think so

Kevin: Ammm guys, not to interrupt and all, but.... won't you ask what I found out?

Gwen: Ammm Kevin, if you remember Dark Star took a book, and Rook seems to have discovered the one that was missing.

Kevin: Well apparently he didn't take just one.

Gwen: What do you mean?

Kevin: This *shows him the list with the list of books in the section he's in and points to a certain book*.

Kevin: For my part I discovered that Dark Star also took what seems to be a book called: "Restoration and Magic Encyclopedia", I read its description and it seems that it is about How to restore the magic power of such objects and blah, blah, blah and its second part is about a magic encyclopedia that explains a few spells and their infinite variants.

Gwen: "Restoration and Magic Encyclopedia"? *surprised*

Rook: Something happens?

Gwen: I heard that they were going to bring that book, I can't believe that jerk took it, I really wanted to read it *angry*.

Rook: Miss Tennyson, please calm down

Kevin: Yes Gwen, don't get upset now

Gwen: Yes, you are right, let's focus on the mission, but now this all makes sense, with those 2 books he could use to search the earth for any kind of undiscovered talisman and with the other one know some basic magic, remember that Michael cannot use magic as such, he can only absorb life energy and use it as a source of his power.

Kevin: Well we have one more clue.

Rook: Let's go back to the Proto-TRUK and report these details to the magisteR.

-Kevin and Gwen nod and head back to Rook's proto-TRUK.

-In the middle of their walk to Rook's truck, they pass the statue where Ben was sent to another place because of Dark Star.

-And as Gwen steps on the exact floor where the portal that took Ben was, her eyes begin to glow pink and she stops abruptly.

Gwen: Ahhh!

Kevin: Gwen?

Rook: What's wrong with her?

Gwen: I.... I.... I see the place where Magistrate Patelliday showed up.

Rook: Really?

Kevin: What are you seeing Gwen?

-Gwen begins to have visions of the place they saw Dark Star but very short in duration because of the little magical signal that abounded.

Gwen: I see... A giant corpse, mythological creatures coexisting in the same town.

Rook: Mythological creatures? You mean Unicorns, Elves, Fairies, Trolls....

Gwen: Yes, yes that's right

Kevin: What else do you see?

Gwen: I see, a Griffin monster apparently fighting something that looks like it could be.... Wildvine?

Kevin: Wildvine?

Rook: Wild Vine is Ben's Florauna transformation, it means....

Kevin: He's there.

Gwen: He went back to being human, the Griffin Monster turned out to be an old lady, a little girl also appeared and a dwarf creature with a skull on its head.

Rook: This is a lot of information

Gwen: I'm hearing something as well, "BOILING ISLES".

-Immediately the Connection that Gwen felt ended and she fainted, but not before Kevin reacted quickly and caught her-.

Kevin: GWEN!!!! Are you ok?

Gwen: Yeah, I just have a headache, but I'm fine, it's nothing serious.

Rook: Boiling Isles huh? For a name of a city it's very strange.

Kevin: Maybe I hear the name out of context and possibly these Boiling Isles refers to a place of many Geysers with hot springs

Gwen: No Kevin, I heard perfectly well that Boiling Isles was the name of the place, I want to investigate something, I need my laptop.

-Gwen entered Rook's Proto-TRUK and decided to use her laptop to investigate what she could about the Boiling Isles.

Kevin: Did you find anything Gwen?

Gwen: Nothing, I can't find anything, there is no such thing as the Boiling Isles, the only thing I get when I search for "Boiling Isles" are vacation islands with hot springs.

Rook: Well at least we know that Ben and Dark Star are in the same place, but the question is....

-The three of them start talking in unison-...

Gwen, Kevin and Rook: How do we get to those Boiling Isles?

-A mysterious voice begins to sound-

???: I think I have the answer to your problem

-Out of nowhere a blue portal opens and out comes a tall man wearing a steampunk style robe, green glasses, a cane and a blue gauntlet.

Rook: Professor Paradox *surprised*.

Kevin: Until he deigns to show up *crosses his arms*.

Gwen: I'm glad you're here Professor Paradox, we need your help.

Prof. Paradox: I know Gwendolyn, I came to help you with your mission to find Ben as soon as possible.

Kevin: If so, why didn't it show up earlier?

Prof. Paradox: I had some difficulties

Rook: And those are?

Prof. Paradox: Dark Star marked that dimension of the Boiling Isles with a kind of magical barrier that prevented me from accessing it directly.

Rook: Those Boiling Isles are another dimension?

Prof. Paradox: Of course young Revonnahgander, but it is impossible for me to access that dimension.

Kevin: Great, now we have no way to get Ben back.

Prof. Paradox: However, I found another way to get to that dimension.

Gwen: And what is this other way?

Prof. Paradox: There is another dimension that is very similar to Earth with the only exception that there are no aliens.

Kevin: Wow, I didn't know there was still a world without aliens.

Prof. Paradox: The only country on that Earth that has greater access to that Dimension where the Boiling Islands are located is an alternate version of the United States, in one of the cities in the state of Connecticut *projects the image of that state*, I won't tell you exactly where the magical connection is located, because to say so would be cheating.

Gwen: Why won't Professor Paradox tell us?

Kevin: Yeah... Why? *crosses arms*

Rook: I have the same question

Prof. Paradox: Well first of all the fact that Ben is going to the Boiling Isles is not a mistake.

Gwen, Kevin and Rook: It's not a mistake?

Prof. Paradox: That's right, the young Tennyson has a mission to accomplish, I won't go into details about his mission because things would totally change if I told them.

Kevin: Tch *annoyed* The temporal rules always deprive us of relevant information.

Rook: Professor Paradox, do you think you can take us to that Dimension that has a connection with the Boiling Isles?

Prof. Paradox: Of course, your presence in the Boiling Isles is necessary, but in a corresponding moment *smiling*.

-Suddenly in Rook's communicator the voice of Magister Tennyson begins to sound.

Max: Wait a moment Paradox, don't forget to give the artifact to the guys.

Prof. Paradox: Oh that's right, take this they will need it *hands him an artifact in the shape of a sphere with a giant button*.

Kevin: A Proton Expander?

Gwen: What is this for?

Prof. Paradox: I'll tell you on the way *at that Paradox looks at Rook*.

Prof. Paradox: Rook, we'll need you to take us in your truck, to make things easier and lessen suspicions.

Rook: Understood

-The 4 of them get into Rook's Proto-TRUK, Paradox opens a portal in front of them and they go through it.

-In the other dimension they come out of an alley.

Prof. Paradox: Well, here we are, Dimension #5018.

Kevin: Are we in Connecticut?

Gwen: I'm going to check, luckily in Connecticut they speak our language too.

-Gwen gets out of the truck, gets out of the alley and asks a random man about his location.

Gwen: Excuse me, is this the state of Connecticut?

Sir: Yes young lady, this is the state of Connecticut, why do you ask?

Gwen: Well, I am a foreigner and I came to visit the nearby cities in this state.

Sir: Ah I see, for a foreigner your accent seems to be that of an American.

Gwen: Well, I have practiced a lot your language.

Sir: Well enjoy your stay here, you won't regret it, goodbye young lady *she leaves*.

Gwen: Goodbye, thank you very much *she leaves and goes back to the alley*.

Kevin: Well?

Gwen: We are in the State of Connecticut, in a remote town as far as I can see.

NOTE: Hi people, I got the information about the State of Connecticut from The Owl House Wiki, so don't worry.

-Out of nowhere, the screen of Rook's Proto-TRUK shows Grandpa Max.

Gwen: Grandpa, what's up?

Max: I just came to wish you guys good luck in finding Ben, I will send patrols to guard Undertown and Bellwood in his absence.

Rook: Thank you Magister

Max: I hope to be in contact with you very soon, good luck *shuts off the screen*.

Prof. Paradox: Well I guess my work here is done.

Kevin: Hey, you still owe us the explanation of the Proton Expander, remember?

Prof. Paradox: Oh yeah, right, well listen, this Proton Expander was designed as a bomb.

Rook: A bomb?

Prof. Paradox: But not a destructive one, when it explodes it will emanate magnetic waves that will allow you to communicate from the Boiling Isles to your dimension by any type of medium.

Gwen: Great, but we are supposed to go to rescue Ben, aren't we?

Prof. Paradox: Yes and no, you're going to the Boiling Isles to see Ben, Yes; to get him out of there, No, well not yet.

Kevin: What do you mean?

Prof. Paradox: I remind you that Young Tennyson is on a mission, therefore, he can't leave until he finishes it, you will only go to support him that's all.

Kevin: Really?

Prof. Paradox: Really *looks at Gwen* Gwen, when you find the Magic connection point to reach the Boiling Isles you can only go, but not return, because the moment you reach the Boiling Isles, the connection of this dimension with the Islands will vanish, that's why the Proton Expander, you can return home, when the mission is finished and you defeat Dark Star.

Rook: That makes sense, Thank you Professor Paradox.

Prof. Paradox: Well *gets off the Proto-TRUK* Without further ado I'll be leaving *opens a blue portal and enters it* Goodbye *closes the portal*.

Kevin: Wait, you didn't tell us what part of town you're in?

Rook: I guess we'll have to find out for ourselves.

Kevin: Damn, this will take time, at least we have enough money to auction ourselves off while we find the magic connection.

Rook: That's right

Gwen: Guys... *says it with her eyes glowing pink*

Kevin and Rook: What?

Gwen: I sense the magic connection, and it's in this state.

Kevin: Well what are we waiting for, let's look for it.

Rook: I agree *Rook starts his truck and exits the alley to start looking for the magical connection*.

"In The Owl House Dimension at night."

-Our Hero was on the balcony of the Owl house admiring the stars, then Luz and King arrived to accompany him.

Luz: Hi Ben, what are you doing?

Ben: Admiring the stars, that's all, sometimes I wonder if the stars are the same, no matter from where I see them.

King: Ugh, too much astronomical science for me, I'm going to sleep *shudders* Good night.

Luz: Yes, the stars are beautiful

Ben: Yes...

-Out of nowhere Eda starts calling them from inside the house.

Eda: KIDS, GO TO SLEEP, I DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE A MOTHER RECALLING HER CHILDREN, BUT IT'S TOO LATE, YOU'D BETTER GO BACK TO BED.

Luz: That's right, I agreed with Amity to give me back my Azura book tomorrow, I'M COMING EDA *looks at Ben*.

Luz: Well Ben, I'm going to sleep, good night *she leaves*.

Ben: Good night Luz *goes back to looking at the stars*.

Ben: I wonder if I'll ever get home? It's not like this place is the worst, The Boiling Isles are the best, it's just that I miss my family, I hope they are well *begins to yawn* Well I better go to sleep *looks at the sky* Good night guys *goes to his room*.

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