As long as I can remember (which unfortunately isn't very long) I have dreamt the same dream. In this dream I am a small child and there is a boy… well less of a boy and more of a child sized figure really, like he is hiding in the shadows and for some reason every time I try and go near him I wake up…

"_, _, wake up before the teacher yells at you again!" _ lifted her head from her desk and glanced over her shoulder at Elizabeta.

"It's Friday, are we actually doing something important today?" _ replied in a groggy whisper. Elizabeta laughed.

"No, but I think your going to want to turn around and look at the view." Elizabeta replied with a wiggle of her eyebrow. _ shifted in her seat to find a pair of ice blue eyes glued on her.

"He has been totally checking you out, since the moment he walked in." Elizabeta whispered.

"Class I want you to meet our newest student, what is your name son?" The boy broke eye contact for a moment.

"The name's Ludwig , Ludwig Beilschmidt." Ludwig replied with a thick German accent.

*Why does that name… sound so familiar…* _ thought to herself.

"Well it's nice to meet you Ludwig , class is almost over so you can have seat over there by _ and I will get you a book hopefully before the week is out." Ludwig nodded and sat down beside her and gave her a nod. _ broke eye contact and shift uncomfortably in her seat.

*Can he please stop staring at me…* after a few more awkward minutes of the let's avoid eye contact with the new German kid as much as possible, the bell finally rang. _ quickly grabbed her things and headed for her locker, still feeling a his icy glare on the back of her neck causing the hair to stand up on end.

"That new kid may be cute, but when you stare at a girl for more than five minutes its borderline stalker." _ chuckled.

"The weird thing is, I feel like I have seen him before…"

Elizabeta shot _ a worried glance.

"I thought you couldn't remember your past?" _ shook her head.

"I can't, all I have is that dream…" Elizabeta nodded

"Yea, the only dream you ever have, that must get really tiring." _ shrugged

"I think it would be weird to have different dreams…" Elizabeta chuckled

"I would love to analyzed you dreams further, but I am starving." _ nodded and headed toward the lunch room.

_ and Elizabeta sat down at their usual spot in the lunch room, but today felt different. Maybe it was because she made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich instead of tuna fish for lunch or it could be that Ludwig was slowly making his way toward their table.

"It seems like your stalker wants to join us for lunch." Elizabeta whispered. _ shot her an annoyed look.

*I wonder want he wants now.*

"May I talk to you for a moment?" Ludwig asked.

"That depends." Elizabeta retorted.

"Well I wasn't really talking to you, but I will indulge your retort. Depends on what?" _ tried to conceal her smile.

"You have been staring at my friend like a T-bone steak from the moment you entered the classroom, I expect to see my friend back in one piece." Ludwig smiled

"Cross my heart." _ stood up and followed Ludwig to the quad.

"So what did you want to talk to me about?" _ asked

"First off I wanted to formerly apologize for staring at you like a "T-bone steak", you just remind me of someone I used to know…" _ shot him a curious glance.

"Well was that all you wanted to tell me?" she said slowly starting to rise from her seat.

"The teacher said you first name was Payge right?" Ludwig asked

"Yes… Payge, Payge Fox." _ answered nervously. Ludwig 's eyes widened

"It's really you!" he replied wrapping her in a big hug. *Why is he hugging me!*

_ quickly pushed out of Ludwig 's strong arms.

"What are you talking about, and why are you hugging me!" _ asked defensively.

"You don't remember your past do you…" _ stared at the ground.

"No… I have this vague memory of me as a kid and a and childlike figure extending their hand out to me, but when I reach for it the memory fades away…" _ shook her head.

"I'm sorry for dumping that all on you!" _ replied

*So she remembers him…*

"I know this is going to sound hard to believe with your memory loss and all, but we used to be really close friends when we were children." _'s eyes widened. *Could he be the boy from my dreams? The boy I have waited so long to meet is right here in front of me.* tears started to well up in _'s eyes.

"Does that mean you are going to help me get my memories back" _ asked in a hopeful tone.

"Well I can try, I've heard that when people lose their memories it is good to be surrounded by things from your past." Ludwig replied.

"It is very nice to finally meet someone who can help me find the missing links." Ludwig's eyes hardened and his expression became more serious than before.

"Has anyone else tried to asking you about your past?" _ shook her head.

"Nope you are the only one, my friends know it's kind of a sore subject for me so that don't really ask me about it." Ludwig gave a sigh of relief.

"Why do you ask?" _ questioned.

"There are some people, very bad people that are trying to find you as well."

"Why are they trying to find me? Why am I so important?" Ludwig took a deep breath.

"There is not enough time for me to explain to you all in detail, but basically they want to make sure you don't remember your past." _ looked down at her hands.

"This is a lot to take in…" Ludwig cupped her chin in his hand.

"I know and I am sorry to dump all of this on you… I just want to keep you safe." _ cheeks tinted a shade of red as she tried to hold back a smile.

"Since I can't always be by your side there are a couple of people you need to watch out for. First is a short Japanese man with a bowl cut and brown eyes named Kiku, but don't let those big brown eyes of his deceive you. Next is a boy not much older than the last an Italian with medium length hair and a big curl flopped on to one side of his head. He may seem like a nice guy but that is just the Italian in him. Last but not least, probably the most dangerous on of them all is a boy around our age with snow white hair and red eyes named Gilbert. If you see any of them I want you to run back to your house and call me right away, got it?" _ nodded as the bell rang.

"Here is my number, like I said call me if anything happens… or if you just want to talk." he said with a pearly white grin. _ tucked a piece of hair behind her ear and headed back inside.

Elizabeta was impatiently tapping her foot by their lockers when _ walked up.

"No visible bite marks, looks like I won't have to use my frying pan on him." _ chuckled.

"Actually, he is a childhood friend…" Elizabeta eyebrows shifted.

"And you believed him? Sounds like he just wants to get into your pants."

"Well, he is the first guy I have ever met who knows anything about my past… the least on can do is listen to him and he tries anything you will be the first to know."