Awareness struck me. The fourteen days were up! The witch’s deal had expired!
“You’re back! You’re all back!” I exclaimed.
Filled with happiness and relief, I threw my arms around SJ, then Blue, then Jason, and then Daniel too (by accident). My eyes nearly popped out my head when I realized what I was doing.
“Sorry,” I muttered as I tersely jumped away from him. “That was unintentional.”
“I hope so,” he said as he dusted off his jacket.
I shrugged, and looked at the rest of my group with a contented smile. “I’m so glad you guys are all, well, you again.”
“Please, we were always us,” Blue said. “You’re the one who reminded us of that. Now come on, we’d better get back to our furry friends before they start to worry.”
My group re-crossed the crater and journeyed back to the campsite.
