Riding up the driveway he could feel the familiar bumps in the road that he had missed since he left. He watched the stone wall out the car window that was far older than him; and past that at the green fields he used to roam with Gene.

A smile perked up Naru's face; a very small one. "Finally home" He said to himself.

Lin was typing on his laptop with difficulty since the road was bumpy. "How long will you enjoy that luxury before some old colleagues come storming to your door?"

"A few days at most." Naru responded. Their driver kept hitting every bump possible on the way up the long drive. It felt like the road had never changed. "I suppose they will be upset."

"That is likely since you left England without a word to anyone."

"I told Emily." Naru reminded Lin.

"She only knew because she was there that night."

"I still would have told her." Naru informed him. "You should know that." They stared at each other until Lin sighed and turned away.

"Forgive me." Lin said. "Not telling Emily would have been out of character for you."

"I'll accept your apology." Naru answered aloofly. He was now more interested in the house appearing over the hill.

"Naru?" Lin asked bring his attention away from the visible rooftop. "About what happened at the airport-?" He began trying to bring an unwanted topic up until Naru silenced him with an angry look.

"That's hardly my problem!" He snapped. "Don't mention a single thing of that to Emily, or anything related to that issue!" Naru ordered.

Lin did his best not to show pity. "Very well Mr. Davis." He turned back to his laptop and resumed his work.

Naru snorted. "Mr. Davis? Naru? Oliver? Kazuya? Noll? Shibuya?"

"Identity crisis?" Lin asked.

"No." Naru told him. "I'm just wondering the point to all these identities now that I'm home again."

"They have no point since your only Oliver Davis."

"Yes." Naru agreed.

"You can't escape Noll either." Lin continued saying. "The name followed you all the way to Japan."

"It is interesting how that happened." He answered remembering when Mai first called him Naru. He had been genuinely surprised when she first called him Naru since that was the Japanese pronunciation of Noll. Naru never told her about that since it seemed a little too personal to him. The only significance it had was as an early sign of her PK abilities.

They were now approaching a gate that a petite, blonde girl stood behind.

"Looks like you'll have to get past the gatekeeper Mr. Davis." The driver said jokingly recognizing the young girl.

"It seems so." Naru answered exiting the car.

The girl grinned when she saw Naru leave the car.

Naru smirked back at her as he approached the gate.

"Is it really my older brother? Finally home again?" The blonde girl asked.

"Yes, and is this Emily? Who still remains as childish as I left her?"

"I have gained some maturity these past two years." Emily said proudly. "You wait and see Noll." She opened the gate and hopped out to hug Naru. "I've missed you so much."

Naru patted her on the head, and waited till she pulled away. "Let's go up to the house now." He said pushing the gate open for the driver and Lin. Emily hugged his arm while they walked up to the house together.

That reminded him of when they were younger, and how she would always hug someone's arm. She used to hug Gene's arm as well; when he was alive.

"What will we do tonight?" Emily asked. "Do you want Martha to make your favorites tonight?"

Naru did not respond since his mind was on a more pressing issue. "Emily? Did you have things prepared for Gene's burial?"

She was silent a moment before she answered. Emily leaned her head against his shoulder seeming weary. "The funeral will be tomorrow, and I have planned for it to be small. Only family and staff will be attending."

"Thank you." Naru said appreciatively.

Emily still leaned against him as they walked back to the manor.

"Has this affected you negatively?" Naru questioned.

"You don't need to worry about me Noll. I have grieved and survived the ordeal." She reassured him. "The organization of this event is stressful that's all."

"After tomorrow it should be done with." Naru pointed out.

"I was-" She hesitated "-wondering if you would ask Lin to help tomorrow."

"What did you need him for?" He was wondering why she did not ask him herself.

"Would he please…keep an eye on Alexandra?"

"She's coming?" Naru never wanted his aunt to step foot on this property again.

"I sent an invitation since she's your aunt. I think it would have been rude if I hadn't. Alexandra is family."

"She's not either of our blood."

"Neither are we, Noll." Emily reminded him.

"You should be the one who doesn't want her here!"

Emily looked away. "I know…"

"Don't worry about it." Naru said. Emily did what was appropriate for the situation. "Lin will keep a close eye on her, and if she acts up at all she will leave at once."

"Thank you Noll." Then they returned to pleasant topics as they entered Davis Manor.

WWWWWWW

Lin saw Emily and Naru head into the house. He watched her green eyes light up as she spoke with Naru, and he viewed Naru's gentle demeanor towards her.

Lin smiled. It was a sight he had not seen in a long time.

"Mr. Davis looks much more cheerful now." The driver, Stan, observed with Lin.

"A year is a long time for them." Lin said.

"Yeah" Stan agreed. "I remember them following the car after their Mother and Father when they left for work. Chasing us and waving their little hands!" He chuckled remembering those youthful days.

"Was that after Emily's Father passed away?" Lin wondered.

"It was." Stan took off his hat respectfully. "Unfortunate that Mr. Davis's parents passed away as well; especially when Emily and Oliver were still so young."

"It's unfortunate when tragedy strikes repeatedly."

They pulled into the drive and parked recalling silently the fateful events of the past.

"Will you need help with the luggage Mr. Kojo?"

"Yes, please." Lin answered solemnly.

WWWWWW

Naru removed his jacket and threw it onto the chair next to his dresser. His room had been kept clean since he left so now it would return to its former messiness. The only personal space he kept organized was his office; nothing else, but that.

There wasn't the old welcoming feel the room possessed before he left. The old fashioned wood walls and drapery annoyed him now. He realized he had a preference for his more modern styled apartment in Japan.

"Maybe I'll move to London and find something like that." Naru considered knowing it would upset Emily if he moved out after just returning. "I'll stay for the time being." If he moved away he would find a place with space for Emily too.

He looked out his large window that held the view of the land that contained the scars of the past. The most notable was the burned down ruins of Emily's former home; the home of the former groundskeeper, Daniel Woodward.

"That was night it all began." He said to himself numbly while the memories of that fateful night replayed in his mind.

The day began with bright sunshine that encouraged the three children to play outside. They went running as far as the great property stretched; Gene carrying Emily on his back, and Noll leading the expedition.

Emily yawned. "Where are we going Oliver?"

"Noll's leading us to troll den." Gene said jokingly to the five year old girl.

"Trolls!" Emily squealed. "But Papa said they don't exist!"

"Just because you haven't seen something doesn't mean it isn't real." Noll told her seriously. "That's what our parents tell us all the time."

"Papa tells me not to believe in silly fairy tales." Emily persisted.

"Legends are based on something true!" Gene argued back.

"But fairy tales are different from legends." Noll evaluated her point. "Legends are things that everyone knows about, but fairy tales change among the people who tell them."

Gene stuck out his tongue at his brother when he wasn't looking. "Then where are we going?"

"A fairy den." Noll answered nonchalantly.

"What? But that's a fairy tale!" Emily shouted making Gene wince since she was next to his ear.

Noll looked back at her. "No this is real. However now it's now abandoned since fairies no longer exist, but magic still lays in the soil of the den."

"It's a special place Emily." Gene told her to encourage her interest. "Fairy magic is especially kind to little girls."

Emily was unsure, but it sounded more reasonable then a troll den. "Okay."

The two brothers took their favorite playmate to a little stone den. However she did not know they had built it over the past few days. The two had taken stones from the crumbling part of the stone wall that traveled with the dirt road. They also used tree branches and flat planks of wood to construct a roof. It ended up being 3 feet high and 5 feet long.

Emily crawled in first followed by Gene then Noll.

"How do you know it belonged to fairies?" Emily wondered.

"See the how shiny the dirt is?" Noll pointed out to her. "That's fairy dust they left behind."

"Is that why it's a special place?"

"Yep!" Gene answered. "And little girls get to make a wish when there in a fairy den."

"A wish?" That entranced Emily even more. "For anything?"

"Anything." The twins said together. "But you have to keep it a secret or it won't come true."

Emily closed her eyes tightly immediately and thought very hard about what she wanted. "Okay I'm done!" She declared.

"Eh?" The two said together again. "That's it?"

"Yep!"She crawled out again saying. "I'm hungry now!"So they returned home for an afternoon snack and to play hide and seek before Emily walked home with her Father.

That night the twins discussed what their friend could have possibly wished for before falling asleep.

"It would be safe to guess she asked for something girly." Noll hypothesized.

"Except there are a lot of girly things out there." Gene pointed out. "There's no way we can figure it out before her birthday."

"We have a chance." Noll yawned and leaned further into his feathered pillow. "There's always a chance…" The two boys fell asleep at the same time, and remained unconscious until 2:37 am; it was the time when everything began for the Davis twins.

"Noll! Noll wake up!" Gene was desperately shaking his brother awake.

"G-GG- Gene! What?" His brother snapped waking up.

"Emily's house! It's on fire!" His twin shouted.

"What?" That destroyed his grumpy wake up mood. "What are you talking about?"

"I had a dream her house was on fire!" Gene was nearly crying. "And it's happening! Look out the window!"

Noll looked and saw a glowing orange flame rising in the distance.

"Wake up Mom and Dad!" Noll ordered immediately. "Get the firemen!" Noll jumped out of bed and ran out of the room to the staircase. He flew over the wood steps and out the main door instantly. He ran madly to Emily's house.

"Emily! Mr. Woodward!" He shouted. Random bits of the house were falling off and burning in a circle around the house. "Emily!" He could see it would collapse.

"Help!" Emily cried faintly from inside the house. "Noll…cough…help me!" Emily cried.

"I'm coming!" Noll yelled back to her. He ran to her door and slammed his whole body into it, but he could not budge it.

"Please!" He begged. He wanted to knock this down more than anything else in the world. "I won't let you die Emily! I won't!"He promised desperately. "Emily can you hear me?"

He heard no response.

Then something unloosened within Oliver Davis. It felt like a knot in his stomach that held something in place that was now roaming his body. Finding the pathways made for it to travel.

He had unleashed power.

Oliver held his hand up to the door and blasted it away with one burst the energy. The door crumbled and fell away as dust. On the other side Emily laid on the floor a few feet from the disintegrated door.

Noll forgot what had just happened and ran inside to pull Emily out of the crumbling building. He pulled her up on his back where she hanged on loosely.

"You're not dying!" He ordered. Noll carried her out and ran far away enough until he could lay her down on the ground. He pressed his head against her chest like they did on TV when someone was like this. There was still a beat that drummed inside her.

The exhilaration of the moment was leaving him, and brought a new feeling that acted differently than the power surge he felt. The energy that coursed through him was returning to the place it came from however now the pathways were being scorched by the unused energy that returned slowly to its place. It even felt like his heart was being burned by the power that came from him.

"Emily…?" He whispered before he collapsed beside her falling into a painful darkness.