He had his gaze on me... And I'm sure I felt something... Something I'm sure I never had felt at all...

I felt a wave go through my head...

"Lacer stop!!!" I screamed.

The wave stopped flowing through my head and Sam let me go.

"Being a romantic with Sam, eh?" Lacer teased balancing a vial on his finger.

"Well... You are going all sweet with Pepper!..." I said.

"Come on... You two are just jokers." He said throwing the vial and catching it again. "But... Yeah... I'll admit... I like her k?..."

"You wanted glowing eyes but I won't let you pull the wool over mine." I said.

I felt the adrenaline slowly flow in but I had to control my emotions... The rush made me feel like sending a strike.

"Look... Heat, control those emotions OK?" Sam said taking hold of my hand and dragging me inside.

"Don't Heat up... Eh?" He told me walking me back inside.

"I won't." I hugged him and he hugged me back.

"Look just go to bed OK?... We can talk or something in the morning." Sam said taking hold of my shoulders.

"I know... See you soon Sam eh?" I kissed him on the cheek and went to Pepper's room. That's where Lacer said I'd be sleeping tonight.

I walked down the corridor again. No guilt being weighed in my shoulders. I walked with dignity... But I didn't try to lose my composure.

No spring in my step... But I still had a smile on my face.

"Hi Pep." I said as I entered the room and waved my hand to shut the door.

"Hey!!! I was just on the phone with Scipes. She says the house is fine." Pepper said. "And someone dropped in with a gift. Addressed to: My Little Lost Sister.

"Umm... Little lost? You're Sam's sister but you ain't lost anywhere are you?"

"Nope." She snapped her fingers and she was instantly in her pj's again.

"Anyway, best we go to bed... We can think about this chiz in the morning." I said.

I slept on the mattress while Pepper slept on the bed.

"You sure you'll be OK down there?" Pepper asked me.

"Yeah... I'll be OK..." I said under the covers.

"See you in the morning then..." I yawned.

***

I groaned feeling my head. I yawned and stretched my arms up... I'll have to leave soon.

I squinted... Why? I wasn't in sunlight... Was I?

I was on a bed of grass- NO!!! NOT AGAIN!!! I BATE THIS!!!

"Flaubert!!! Stop messing with me!!!" I screeched.

"Ahahaha... You really think friendship, memories, hopes, love, dreams, faith, new powers?... Could erase me from your mind and memory cores?" Flaubert's voice echoed through my head.

I cod feel the adrenaline and the pain... But I could not let my emotions get control of me...

"Flaubert... Leave me alone..." I said. I was floating again. Sword in hand.

"Stop resisting me!!! Sis, you had better know when to come back to me!!! I've missed you so much!!!"

"Sister?... Little Lost Sister?..." I asked him.

"Yes... Have you finally gone back to your senses?" He asked me. He appeared from behind me and I dashed forward looking behind me.

"Afraid?..." He asked. "Sis, it has always been the other way around." He said balancing a blade on his finger.

"Let me go in peace..." I said still being a bit defensive. "Or I will have to race through this world again."

"Silly girl... Sister have you gone soft?..." He asked.

"No... Just sensible." I slammed him down to the ground with a wave of my hand.

"Old Lacer's been nice enough to give you an upgrade." He said laughing and getting up.

"Goodbye then." I sent a blast to the ground.

I got up. I shook the covers in fear. I felt my hand and rubbed my fore head. I was sweating. A lot.

I felt my hands get a grip on something. I blinked my eyes in disbelief.

It wasn't real was it? I felt the grip from my hands.

"You awake yet? Answer me!!!"

I looked around frantically. I looked forward and Pepper was in front of me holding my hand.

"Bad dreams?" She asked me.

"Yeah." I said letting go of her hand and feeling my right... My sword... Was at hand.

"You were... Mumbling?... And your sword appeared beside you and the room glowed. A lot!" Pepper said.

"I'm sorry but... I should be getting back on the road to Snoeshore..." I said warily.

"Why?... Why go back?..." Pepper asked. "You know... Now that you and Sam are better... We should go."

Me and Pepper packed up a little and Sam brought us there with a snap of his fingers.

Scipes was sitting on their couch snoring.

I found the package on their dining room table.

I sat down on a chair staring at the package stroking the red velvet ribbon and the golden box.

"You're the lost sister?" Sam asked sitting on the chair beside me.

"Well... That's what Fl-" Nope. Nononononono. Nuh-uh. I'm not allowed to say that name to him.

"Flaubert... He's been torturing you?" Sam said putting his arm around me.

"Yeah... I guess..." I said.

"Same. I have bad dreams... Sometimes... Deja vu. Like... I've seen him alive... As if he's been fighting me..." Sam said.

"You ain't kidding?" I asked.

"Naw. I ain't the kid here. Yes!!! I'm not joking." He said. "You wanna see what's in the box?"

"Yeah..." I untied the ribbon and shoved it in my bag. I opened the box lid and found a small picture and 20 gold coins.

"He'd give me all this?" I said. I placed the gold coins in the drawstring bag and looked at the picture.

There was a girl and Flaubert both looking age ten, doing peace signs and smiling big. The girl... Looked exactly like me!!!

"You sure you never knew Flaubert before?" Sam asked me looking at the picture in my hands.

"I swear!!! I never!!!" I said. I looked at the back there were words written in black ink.

Please remember, don't forget... I'll help you whenever, but not just yet.

"He thinks he knows me." I said putting it in my bag.

"Wait a minute... Is that..." He said shaking.

"Who?"

"Saying her name is forbidden!!! I'm sorry Heather... I can't tell you." He said

"Ok... It's OK. If it's against the law I should not know." I said. Another scene flashed through my head.

I was in a land vehicle and I was wearing headphones... Listening to music... The song was blurred out a bit but the melody could still be heard... I heard what I was thinking to myself.

I want out of the woods... My friends call me Heat... She's a show-off... Cuteness isn't my thing... My friends think I'm tomboy... I'm also kinda anti-social...

I didn't act like that much did I?... I... Did I have another life?... I don't remember much from the beginning...

Hah! Reincarnation doesn't even exist... At least... I don' think it is...

I have turned kind of soft. But I'm not really the cutest type. I hate dressing up. The reason I wear combat jeans, sneakers and a camo jacket.

"Heather?... You're in constant trances... 'Nthing bothering ya?" He put his arm around me.

I had to distract him somehow!!!... I know... People could find me weird always staring ahead.

Think...

"I love this jacket!!! Just, why is your jacket so soft?!" I asked him. Stroking the fabric a little. It made me feel giddy for some reason.

"Careful please. I love this jacket so much." He said.

"I love something else, other than that jacket though." I said. I kissed him on the cheek. It was hard not to.

"Hey... Stop being so sweet." He said blushing and rubbing his cheek.

What are you doing?!... Are you playing easy to get?... No... You already like him right?... It won't change a thing... Right?...

What if he is just joking around... Fooling you...

But... He told me... He loved me right?...

I smirked a little. First, I 'm so sweet with people now I think I'm another tomboy. Great.

I groaned a little. It suddenly got a bit boring.

"You bored? Trust me it's easy to bore yourself here." He said.

"I'll go for a little walk. Don't worry about me... I'll be back." I said. "You know I can protect myself right?"

I grabbed my backpack alone and walked out the door again.

It felt like the first time I've gone here. The sun was shining brightly, but the snow stayed as white and as snowy as before.

I remembered the time I facepalmed on the ice. I instantly sat down feeling a little chilly. I zipped up my jacket.

I felt somewhat childish and just made a snowman.

I brought out a Squebab and grabbed the reddest berry and squeezed it. I used the blue juice as an ink to draw the eyes and mouth.

I just started at it breathing in the cool air. I grabbed a handful of snow... I remembered the little trick Sam played on me weeks ago.

I shivered from the snow but warmed up from the memory. I went for Flare's to chill but I found it as a bit of an insult to Pepper.

Come on... One minute, you're a tombky and you feel you had an afterlife as a tomboy ALL your life and now?! You've gone sweet and soft as a melting marshmallow?!

Look, shuddup. Great... Now I'm talking to myself.

I just grabbed a quick shake at Flare's but she didn't seem so cheery around me.

She glared at me when she gave me my order which was just a cup of hot coffee.

"Stay away from Sam and you'll live." She said. "I've got my eyes on you."

"What a disgrace..." I mumbled. "Treating a customer without respect is an utter waste of time, energy and money."

"Whatever!" She took her tray with her and went to another table.

I just took the coffee cup with me and walked back to Pepper's.

***

I knocked on the door. I wave swept my head. Lacer probably knows about what happened.

Lacer... If you know what I'm thinking... Shut the heck up!

The door clicked open and Pepper was wearing her apron again. Like the first time. And holding a spoon in her left hand.

"Hi Heat! Come in... I'll just finish brunch in a minute or two
"Guys..." I asked coming in.

"Sup Heat?" Scipes asked sitting on the couch again. She was then called by Pepper to help her with brunch. "I'm coming spunky."

"Are you trying to give me deja vu?" I asked grabbing a chair from the dinig table and sitting down.

"Naw. Maybe it's just the way things work here." Sam said sitting beside me again.

"Yeah... I guess so... Anyway?... Has anything interesting happened so far?"

Yeah... Great going... Wanna act all awkward?... Go!... Act like an idiot!!!

Oh my Gawddd!!! Why am I talking to myself???!!!

"Naw... Not much. But... You seem a little out of place." Sam said.

"Yeah..." I said. I couldn't say I had a voice in my head could I?

Keep your composure, look tough but not overdone.

Yeah right... As if you'll ever be OK... You've gone soft idiot.

Why?... What is this crazy voice in my head?!

"Heat?... You ok? Is he messing with your head again?" Sam said patting my back and then putting his arm around me.

"Lacer or Him?" I asked. As in him with a capital H.

"Him. And only him." I said rubbing my head.

"He must've gotten you real bad." Sam said.

"Yeah... I guess he has... He calls me his sister and then tortures me for eternity."

I took my cup of coffee to my lips and took a sip. It calmed me down at least a little bit.

"You've gone to Flare's lately?" Sam said.

"Yeah... How'd you know?" I brought the cup back down and set it on the table.

"The cup and the smell. I've gone to Flare's for the longest time. I should know." Sam took a glance at the cup then muttered.

"Is it Flare again?" I asked him ruffling his hair a little.

He smiled a little but the smile was just to hide all of his depression. Just to keep me from worrying.

"Sam, I know you wouldn't smile at a time like this so don't." I said.

"Hehe, you know me better than I think..." He smiled genuingly this time... I could tell.

Oh please!!! Stop being such a sweetie patootie!!!  Give up! He probably doesn't even like you!

"Hey! I know what can cheer us up." Sam said taking hold of my hand.

"Oh! Now it's your turn to drag me all around the world?" I asked him grinning menacingly.

"Yes it is. But I teleport instead of being a drag." He said.

"Fine. Let's go where you want me to go." I said standing up but Sam was still sitting down.

"Huh?" I asked him.

"One after brunch, one after dinner." He said.

"Please!!!"

"Later! I'm starved Heat. Lemme eat somethin." He rubbed my hand.

"Hey you two! Me and Pepper made your favorites." Scipes said placing a largr bowl in front of me.

I peered inside and found... Blueberry pancakes?...

"Hey Pep. Where did you get these?..." I asked dher pointing at the bowl.

"From your old bag. In a container. You must've forgotten it. Sorry if I forgot to ask. Sam loves these. Some nice woman would give him some every day." Pepper placed the plates down and a bottle of syrup on the table.

"Did she say her name?" I asked Sam.

"Yeah... Her name was Tamsin... She would talk with me aat Flare's almost everyday."

I shook a little...

"And then... One day... She said she had a girl with her. She never stated her name but she said she was a jokester... Great company... And yeah..." He said taking two pancakes and placing them on his plate.

Scipes brought back something... I don't know what food it was... But it looked and smelled vaguely familiar.

Sam started saying something but I couldn't concentrate on what he was saying.

"Pepper makes the best hash browns ever..." Scipes said through a mouthful of them.

The name rang through my ears and danced through my head.

"And then... She never showed up or talked to me again."

I started crying. I knew what happened... She wasn't dead though... But if they knew... Whatever. They'll be asking me... Now or never.

"Heather... Did you... Were... Ok... Lemme get this straight were you the girl who stayed with Tamsin?" Sam asked putting his fork down in surprise.

"Maybe... Maybe I was..." I choked and spluttered.

You're an idiot I tell you!!! Before you could've been a *gasp*

The voice... It isn't mine... Someone else's... Not from my head... I know now...

Knock it off...

"Looks, like I need to cheer you up right now." Sam patted my back. "Come on clever girl, you can tell me what happened. I won't be mad no matter what."

I took my chances and trusted him.

He brought me somewhere. Still snowy. It was a hill. The sky still bright and blue.

"I never thought I'd do this for anyone but Pep. But... There's a first time for everything."

His eyes glowed blue like the time in Lacer's and a large dark blue forcefield covered three whole hills.

He waved his hand... "Here goes nothing... I was supposed to show you this tonight though."

Colors flashed through the skyline... Or... Fake skyline forcefield thing.

"These Aurora's were Pepper's favorite things that kept her always so cheery and inspired." He said. "Now... Tell me... What happened to Tamsin."

"Alright... But after this... You may never see me the same way again..." I said.

"That won't happen. Just be honest... Nothing will change the way I think about you... I promise..." Sam said taking my hand.

Of course not...

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Hi! Just to notify something. I have made the titles longer every now and then.

Second, 82 viewz?! Aiiieeee!!! I'm thinking of doing an art book?...

Just to increase the views. You may see the Art Book before this thing anyway.

You may not even reply.

Anyway thanks for bringing me this time... Part 11.

Thank you. *bow*

May the Aurora's guide you through the dark...

Goodbye...

-Neon