Disclaimer: Totally don't own these characters, or this world. I just like to be a part of it.

Author's Notes: We're starting out short on this one, but I have a whole story planned out, and will be doing weekly updates on it.


Chapter One - Intro

"Audrey! Audrey! Are you still there? Audrey…I don't know what to say."

She could barely hear Duke's frantic voice coming from her phone, now lying under the bed - its final resting place after being dropped from her stunned fingers. Her whole world had gone numb. She knew this day would eventually come, but had always hoped it never would. She had always assumed when/if it came, she and Nathan would just pick up where they had left off all those years ago, and once again figure things out. Even though it was a constant dread in the far corners of her mind, she always knew it would eventually be ok. Never in a million years did she think that this was how she'd find out. But, it was, and she needed to pull herself together and fix it. Just like she always did.

The Troubles were back.

And her daughter was currently fighting for her life in the hospital.