Eighth-grader Syah Walker is in an escalating war of cruel pranks with her older stepsister, Keelah, who is jealous of all the attention Syah is getting because of her skills as a peer counselor at Emdaria North Middle School, and the only solution seems to be to require the two girls to enter a MindLink session with each other--but once inside her sister's mind Syah finds a fairytale mindscape where Keelah has become a dragon inside a castle fortress,...

Syah Walker wants to prove herself as a peer counselor at Emdaria North Middle School, but seventh-grader Nali (recently cut from the magnoball team) may well prove too much to handle--Nali's mindscape is filled with dark feelings of betrayal and grief, manifesting as monstrous mental constructs that pursue and threaten both girls.