The bookstore here didn't have the best of selection. It was tiny, smelled of dust, and maybe a half dozen shelves had anything recent. Even still, she managed to find a few interesting books in the fantasy section, near the storefront window.

After replacing a book, one of Jim Butcher's Dresden novels, she took a moment to look outside. The sky was reasonably clear. There were few clouds, the sun painted in oranges and yellows from the oncoming sunset, a couple people were flying around on discs of ice....

Huh? Mei rubbed her eyes, making sure she wasn't seeing things. She went to a school full of magically skilled people, sure, but she had never seen black magic used so....oddly. Leaving the store without a purchase, she started making her way through the streets, trying to figure out where the individuals had landed.