ATTENTION! To all of those that have read this story before. I have modified and expanded this chapter, so you will need to re-read it before heading to the next one.

Warnings: Character death and minor blood and gore

I made my way through the forest surrounding my home. I had to go see you, but I have never stepped out of the forest before. This place has been my home ever since I can remember. Never before did I see the need to step out of it, but now that has changed. I need to find you in order to prove him that you never lied to me.

Lies. It's something that's the opposite of the truth. But what exactly is it? All I know is what he told me, but apart from that I do not know. I continue making my way across the forest. I remember that you told me in which direction you live. I hope I can find you, for he has told me that the world outside the forest is very big and I might get lost in it. I hope I don't and if I do I hope you can help me get back home.

I stayed hidden in the forest as I stare at the many houses that I can see. What are those things that surround them? They kind of look like fences, but I have never before seen them that high or made out that much metal or wood. The world outside the forest is so strange. There are a lot of people here. I have never before seen so many.

After a while I finally got the courage to step out of the forest and made my way to something that looked like a gray path. I would have stepped onto the larger black one if there hadn't been strange metal things travelling on them with people inside. I continued wandering around, unsure of where to look or if I should ask anyone. I came to a spot where two black paths met and the grey ones curved in order to not meet with one another. After studying things for a while I made my way across with a small group of people.

I eventually got tired of not seeing much green so I entered a place that was mostly green but still had the gray paths travelling into it. I wandered around and I spotted children playing on strange looking things that were of bright colors. I have never before seen those things. I wandered away from the people. I wasn't comfortable being near them. That's when I spotted you.

I hid behind a nearby tree and I peeked around it. You were there with someone. Both of you were having a picnic that much I could tell. I continued to watch you and to my shock I spotted both of you kiss one another. I almost stopped breathing as I felt the weight of the realization hit me. My heart ached with an emotion I have never felt before. I clenched my hands over my heart as I slid alongside the tree and collapsed on my knees next to it.

I just sat there silently crying as I continued to watch. It feels as if something inside of me has been broken, but what it is I cannot tell. My heart? But how can it break and still continue to beat? No. I prefer not to think, of what appears to have never been real. I wanted to go and talk to you. But in reality there was nothing else to say and I didn't want to hear you. So I continued to sit there and watch both of you.

After what felt like an eternity I watched both of you leave and I stood up and quietly followed. I watched you leave him at his house before continuing on your way. I followed and I eventually saw you reach your own home. It was a pretty place, larger than my house back in the forest. You appear to own one of the biggest houses that I had seen in my life, the majority of which I barely saw today. I waited until you went inside and I waited for a while longer before I headed to the door and calmly knocked.

You were surprised to see me, but you quickly hid it and led me inside. You led me into a strange room that had furniture that I had never seen before. There was a lot of stuff in your house that I have never seen. You offered me a glass of water which I accepted. I poked at the glass cup curiously before drinking the water. You just sit there next to me, watching me. But I don't mind. At least for now I have what I want, I am happy.

You asked me what I was doing outside the forest. I told you that I had been looking for you in order to prove him wrong about your emotions towards me. You just sit and there and quietly listen as I explained my talk with him. A strange emotion crossed his face but before I could try to find out what it was he hid it. All you did was smile and you told me that I really was naïve. I blinked, for that was a word I have never heard before.

You took the glass cup away from me before taking both of my hands. You told me to look at you as you began to explain things that I have never heard of before. I just stared at you in shock at the words that you used, the majority being words that I have never heard. But despite, as you called it, my ignorance I was able to mostly make out everything that you were telling me. I just sat there, staring at you in confusion before lowering my gaze.

"I want to confess that when I came here I knew you wanted to end this." I managed to say as I looked back up at you with tears in my eyes. "And even then I denied the reason for not having your heart" Then I told you about my little expedition through this strange place and the other person that I had seen you with. You immediately apologized and went on to explain with more words that I didn't understand.

I continued to sit there and I allowed you to pull me into a hug as you told me you were going to take me back to the forest before he came looking for me. I just snuggled more into you as you continued to quietly hug me. I no longer have to feelthat in the end I was not good for was your fault for changing, for leaving me behind. But in your silenceI have peace.

And in that strange serene peace a thought entered my mind from the conversation I had had with him the night before. And almost immediately I reached a decision. You suddenly seemed to sense what I was about to do because you moved just as I moved. I quickly followed your movements and we ended up struggling against one another. I easily overpowered you since I was the stronger of the two. But before you could do anything I raised my hand and with all my strength I brought down onto you.

I was startled with how high your voice got but I continued to pin you down as my hand made its way to its target. You were begging for me to stop and reconsider my actions. But I will not regret what has already happened, what went wrong. I smiled as my hand clutched around your heart before I yanked it out of your chest. I clutched it to my chest as it continued to beat for a while longer. You were now lying, still, underneath me. I got off of you and moved so that your head was on my lap as I began to stroke it.

"I can forgive you now for hurting me when you wanted to put the end to this" I told you as I stroked your hair with one hand and clung on to your heart with the other. Your heart… Now it's truly mine. Your pain when I took it was so real that I knew it was love. I know you will wake up, you will not look back. You will finally see me, hear me, love me, and you will tell me what I always wanted to hear.

Open your eyes now. Kiss me now. Look at me. I will wait for you.