Rae was standing close to bellua when the world went dark, she tried reaching out for him but her hand couldn't find him, everything was cold and all she could see was dark. 
she was scared. 
then the light returned, her feet didn't appear to be on something. she looked down and only saw the desert a very long way down. terrified, she looked at everyone else, wondering why she wasn't falling, then she did. Gravity seemed to suddenly reassert itself and she dropped like a rock, she didn't even have time to scream, it all happened so fast.
then there was a dragon beneath her, she landed on his back rather uncomfortably, the dragon caught all the falling people she could see, then dropped to the ground and landed.
Rae slid off, nodding to the dragon "thanks" she looked around, Bellua was missing. she looked around for any signs of other falling people but saw nothing. then she noticed the new person, Muse beat her to the punch and asked the new boy who he was.