I should have entered Hop Space, but it twisted away from me as I approached and then the multiverse whirled around me and I tried to avoid spewing up as my mind tried to make sense of what was happening to me. Then I was back on solid ground and I vomited uncontrollably. Eventually I came to my senses and crawled away from the vomit. Tall grass surrounded me. The world was hot and humid and insects buzzed and chirruped. I lay on my back and basked in the hot sunshine as I tried to get my mind to function properly. Something in my head was subtly wrong and I opened my magical senses to take in my surroundings. If you don’t suffer from hay fever this place was a paradise, teaming with life and untouched by pollution. I didn’t know exactly where I was, but my sense of position informed me I was in a universe a long way from home. I looked at my watch and saw I needed to get back home to Jenny. When I tried to hop, nothing happened. I was blocked from my powers. They were still inside me, ready to go, but I couldn’t reach them.
