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Rayne's eyes open and she gasps awake.

She sits up to see a forest,
"Rayne?" She looks up to see Boyd
"Boyd?" She asks and hugs him.

"You're here." She says
"You're dead?" He asks her and she nods
"How?" He asks and she stays silent.

"Rayne?" She turns when she hears a familiar voice
"Erica." Rayne smiles with tears in her eyes and hugs her
"I'm so happy to see you." Rayne says.

"I wish I could say the same but seeing you means..." Erica gives her a sad smile
"It's okay. I'm okay." Rayne nods
"How are you here?" Erica asks.

"I think I might know." Rayne looks past Erica and sees Aiden.

He was there.

And so was she.

"Aren't you gonna hug me?" He asks and Erica motions to him and Rayne runs into his arms.

She could touch him.

She could feel his arms around her.

A sob escapes her lips as she wraps her arms around him tighter, scared he will evaporate into thin air.

"You're here." She whispers
"So are you." He whispers back
"I'm so sorry." She says.

"Don't apologies. I was able to bury the hatchet with some people." He says
"Now, for the more pressing issue." He says and pulls away
"This isn't your time. What happened?" He asks her.

"How did you die?"
"Why is that important?" She asks
"Because you're not fully dead yet."

"You still have time to go back."

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Stiles holds onto her hand as he sometimes hears the faintest heartbeat. They couldn't get an ambulance out so he called Melissa who found him holding Rayne's hand.
"You have to wake up." He says and kisses her hand and stands up to go to his father's side.

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"I don't want to go back." She shakes her head
"You have to." He says
"I'm not." She says.

"Let me introduce you to someone." He says and leads her to a little girl with blonde hair and blue eyes
"Rayne, meet Acalia." He says.

"You killed her."

"Killed her?" Rayne asks
"She is you. When you decided to do die the way you did. You killed the last bit of your childhood. You killed this happy little girl." Aiden says.

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"You think him scaring her to go back will work?" Erica asks Boyd
"We know she won't go back without a fight." Boyd says
"Did you know what she doing?" Erica asks.

"The pills? No. I only found out when we saw her." He says.

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"She wasn't happy." Rayne says
"After what happened she was never happy. Her life was always threatened. People wanted her dead" She says
"But you killed her." Aiden says.

"Why?" He asks
"Why would you do that?" He asks
"Why would you?!" He begins to shout.

"Why would you kill yourself?!"

"Because I was hurting!" Rayne shouts
"I am in constant pain. You're dead! Erica is dead! Boyd is dead! Allison is dead!" She shouts.

"I couldn't do it anymore and I am sorry if you think I am selfish but it was the most painful thing I had to do. I have never been selfish when it comes to this. I deserve to be selfish." She says
"But you don't deserve to die, Rayne." He says.

"I didn't know what to do." She cries
"I missed you so much and I couldn't do it anymore." She sobs
"I know, baby." He whispers and hugs her.

"I'm so sorry." She says
"I know." He says
"I can't go back." She says.

"You have to." He says
"No." She shakes her head
"You need to see something else." He says.

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"A fire pit." Rayne says
"So I'm guessing it didn't work." Erica says
"You knew?" Rayne asks them both and they shrug.

"This is what we use to see loved ones." Aiden says
"That's how we found out about what you were doing." Boyd says
"I also use it to see Ethan. He's doing fine." Aiden says.

"Show us Stiles Stilinski." Erica says and the fire glows and Rayne sees Stiles holding her hand
"You have to wake up." He says and kisses her hand and stands to go by his father's side.

"What happened to my dad?" Rayne asks
"He's dying." Aiden says
"He can't." Rayne shakes her head.

"He already lost his mom and he lost me. He can't his dad." Rayne says
"He's not lost you. Not yet." Erica says
"I can't leave." Rayne says with tears in her eyes.

"What about you all?" She asks
"We will be here when it's your time." Erica says
"What if it's not for decades?" Rayne asks.

"Then you have lived a wonderful life." Erica says holding her hand.

"I love you all." Rayne says
"And we love you." Aiden says
"Okay. I'm ready." She says and Aiden holds out his hand.

"Can I hug you while I go?" Rayne asks
"Of course you can." He says and she hugs him tightly
"I will always love you." He says as she starts to disappear.

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Rayne's eyes open and she gasps awake.