That worry haunted him even as he finally drifted off to sleep.-------------------- Edward woke up bright and early the next morning, overjoyed to fin...d that he was still Tinkerbell, that the magic had been real and not just a figment of his overactive imagination. Delighted he flew around his home, dodging and darting everywhere and feeling alive. Completely and truly alive. After he?d spent time rejoicing, Edward went to the kitchen and struggled with a box of cereal, finding that he could. Jeremiah explains how we defended against the Raiders, and finally our trip here. The guards stand at the end of our telling, they bow deeply when they straighten they salute. I stand in return their salute, and say, If you salute my rank, I salute your service. There is crashing in the woods, as something large moves fast and not caring how much noise it creates. The guards immediately move into defensive positions, I stand with Isabel to my back, as Justin and Jeremiah moved to the flanks,. " Just be gentle with it. It's the only one I've got." Yes! It's in. Knew I'd get it to fit."The key turned in the lock and Katie and Mark Fletcher were finally into their brand new rental. The cousins were excited at finally having a place all to themselves. Katie was the older of the two at 19. She'd been forced to leave a share house she'd been living in with her school friends when it had turned ugly on account of all the catfighting. Petite, 160cm, with long brown hair, she was looking. But when it was late, and that meant thatwhatever mortician fixed it up for school had not had a good night. And today it was the latest yet, so late they started to think it wasn'tcoming at all when they heard the by now familiar clumping sound it madewhen it walked. Everyone shuddered as it made its way to the desk theyhad provided for it. On good days, all but the most sensitive kids coulddeal with it now. They had figured out the dead kid wasn't interested in eating theirbrains or anything.