It's been a few days since Laura got out the hospital, and nothing important or interesting has happened. Except for Theo and Sadde having just captured a new card, Glow, though that's debatably quite boring. Theo turns to Sadde, as though she might have the answers. "Okay, seriously, a card that glows? First it's wind, then it's a huge bird, then you have a blue lizard, there's a bloody Easter bunny, then a shadow, then a sword, and now a card that glows?"
"I sometimes get a weird blurry thing?" says Theo. "Like superspeed but it's really temperamental and stuff. … I actually need to, like, test this at some point."
And then out comes Jess and Maya's mother! Jess is trailing behind her.
She looks at Maya, rather confused. "Jess said… something about magic? And a twin?"
Jess's mother seems to notice the bear! She even says (approximately) as such: "You're a stuffed toy!"
Jess herself rolls her eyes.
"I'm Cerberus, the magical beast guardian of the Clow Cards, created by Clow Reed himself to protect them and the world!"
"Clow Reed? Who's that?" asks Jess. Then, to her mum, "Look, it's probably not important how all the magic works, you just need to know that I now have a twin, Maya."
Maya waves. "Hi, mum."
Their mum responds by looking slightly confused. "I think I'm just going to sit down," she says, and then slowly walks back into the kitchen, a bit confused.
"Clow Reed was the greatest sorcerer of all time, the first to unite Western and Eastern magic, and creator of the Clow Cards."
"And what's the difference between Eastern and Western magic? Uh, sorry if you've already explained this to them."
"Eastern magic is focused on balance, cold, and will, whereas Western magic is more about power, fire, and passion."
"Okay, so, I think the same thing as before applies? It's a bit crowded here, maybe we should go back to Willow and Juniper's place if we're going to do a long discussion or something?"
Jess quickly pops into the kitchen to mention that she'll be back later and then follows the rest of them out.
Theo turns the 'magic wand' back into the key – oh, what joyous fun he has doing this all the time – and then also leaves the house.
Tyler and Maya follow.
"So, er, we never really talked much in school. How're you?" she asks Jess and, well, Maya, since same memories.
"Yeah, uh, I'm fine I think?" says Jess, shrugging a little. "I mean, no offence or anything, Maya, but I don't think this really affects me that much?"
"I think having a copy of me would... affect me quite a bit. Especially given that it would be a different copy."
"Well, I mean, yeah, but she doesn't seem to be evil or rude, or like, god-forbid annoying, so I don't think it'll be that bad?"