Flash of Red

Spoiler Warning: Plot details follow. Celia Fincastle is back for her third year at Renasci Academy. This year will prove to be challenging in many ways, ranging from the disastrous school dances to her relationships with her advisors. All throughout the book, Celia is looking over her shoulder, paranoid about Casimir's followers watching her.

Synopsis
After what happened at school last year, Celia Fincastle is looking over her shoulder, wondering what might happen next. She's convinced people are following her - at Aunt Agatha's, at camp, even at school - but no one believes her, not even her advisors. Celia's friends tell her she's imagining things, but once they're on their class trip, they soon learn that everything can change in a flash.

Plot
After the previous year in Key to the Past, Celia is anxious and paranoid, especially when Maddie almost gets kidnapped at Camp Altohodos because she is mistaken for Celia. Celia keeps seeing people who seem to be following her or watching her suspiciously. Her friends all play it off and even her advisors think she's just imagining it. There are just too many questions for Celia to answer, including some about her grandfather, Sebastian Hilleman when they go to visit his childhood home in Fleurdemer as part of their fifth year trip (and get to eat pralines) and many about the red light that keeps appearing. During their trip to forementioned Fleurdemer, Celia get almost-kidnapped exactly twice. The red light is the only thing saving her from capture (besides some assistance from Blaine the second time). After the second kdinapping attempt which happended in the very busy market when Celia got seperated from the group, Blaine Jackson takes her to Gooty Hall, tha mayor's residence where many people Celia knows are gathered. This is when Blaine and Moorland first mention the Guild. Proffessor Legaspi goes into more detail about it after their trip, telling Celia, the Guild is a specialized group of people dedicated to protecting her.

While this all shocked her, there was another shock when Mr. and Mrs. Hannagan, Maddie's parents who had previously hated Celia with vehemence, invited her to their house over the summer. Apparently, they'd had a change of heart when they heard that Celia had sacrificed herself for Maddie in Fleurdemer. So Celia went home with Maddie, still exhausted from the PIRHOs (a test) which had been only a couple weeks ago.