Disclaimer: I do not own the story of Christy nor any of the characters. I'm just taking them for a ride for my amusement.

A/N: not sure how long this one is going to be yet. This story is going to follow the book, picking up right where Christy wakes up at the end. As always, reviews are welcomed.

Chapter One

Someone was calling her, someone still needed her; there was someone who loved her still. Who was it, she knew that voice but couldn't place it. She knew she had to go back there. "I'll be back Fairlight, wait for me please." She cried before the vision before her vanished. She could feel her body again. It felt heavy, the blankets were smothering her. She was weak, she couldn't open her eyes. She could still hear that voice, now the voice was praying, begging God to spare her life, saying how wrong he had been. She knew that voice; it was Dr. MacNeil's voice. Dr. MacNeil, the man who claimed not to believe in God was pouring his heart out begging God to spare her life because he loved her. Dr. MacNeil was praying for her. He loved her. He was sobbing now, his head on his arms, sobbing for her. She tried to open her eyes, they finally listened. She could see him now, there just beside her hand, his head of unruly red hair; just within reach all she had to do was raise her hand.

She reached out touching his soft curls. "Neil" his name whispered across her lips.

His head shot up, "Christy" he cried, the joy of the children in his voice, love shinning from his eyes. Dr. Neil MacNeil loved her. She smiled up at him before being pulled back into sweet oblivion.

"Alice! Alice come quickly!" Neil called down the stairs. He could hear her running up the stairs. It sounding like she might have tripped coming up the stairs but that didn't slow her down any.

Stopping in the doorway, Alice Henderson looked at the young woman on the bed then at her former son-in-law Neil, was he actually smiling? "What is it Neil, is she…..." Ms. Alice couldn't bear to say the word.

Neil MacNeil looked at the little Quaker woman and smiled. "She woke up Alice; she said my name then smiled at me. She's asleep again but I think she is going to be alright! I can't believe it Alice, she was gone; I know she was, I prayed Alice and God sent her back to me, to us!"

"Praise the lord! All of this has been worth it Neil if it brought you to your knees. Thank the lord he sent her back to us!" Ms. Alice cried.

The Doctor and the little missionary woman were both too overjoyed to notice the tall lanky man lurking in the doorway. Nor did they notice the look that crossed his face when Neil had said that God had sent her back to him.