Ello, people! I am so very sorry for my not posting! I might as well have been dead! To tell you the truth, I wasn't happy. Not one bit. I was angry, and I felt abandoned and sad. I was lonely, and just didn't want to do anything anymore. But now I'm all better, and I sing, all happy, and I love all you people, and I hope to God none of you gave up on me.

Disclaimer: Young Justice is mine! Mine! Mine, mine, mine! All mine! And you can't have it! Mine!

"Are you sure this is where your heart is leading you?" Teekl asked, trailing behind me, looking around the dark alley.

"Well, yeah," I told her, scrunching up my nose at a pudding of goop on the ground, walking around it. "Watch out for the icky stuff," I said, pointing behind me at the ground.

Teekl, who wasn't paying attention to me, stepped into the puddle. "Oh, gross!" she cried, jumping back, inspecting her shoes.

She glared at me as I laughed, which made me laugh even harder. Tears started spilling from my eyes and I held my sides. "Tee…ha-ha…Teekl, why would you do that? Ha-ha, you…ha-ha…didn't you hear me when I warned you about the puddle?"

She playfully swatted my face. "Nealc ym toof," she murmured, sighing in relief once the goop was gone. I giggled. "What's so funny?"

"I never noticed it before but," I broke off, giggling. "But when you magical peoples say your incantations they sound funny!"

"Okay…"

I stopped, coming to a wall. "Lizbet, why would your heart lead us to a dead end?" Teekl asked me.

I paused, thinking. "It's testing me."

"What?"

"Well, think about it. This is a spiritual journey for me, but it's also supposed to bring in my Goddess powers. Maybe this is the first step."

"Very good, love," an achingly familiar voice said. Teekl gasped, and I spun around, seeing Klarion.

I leaned in close to Teekl. "Something feels wrong," I murmured to her. She nodded.

"But his presence feels the same. His magical pressure, it's the same. His voice is…the same," she whispered in my ear.

"K-Klarion?" I asked, hesitantly.

"What do you think?" he asked, smiling slightly.

"You…? But…?"

"I'm joining you on your journey," he told me.

"But you aren't Klarion," I told him, confidently.

"That's right. I am not 'Klarion.' I am his replacement."

"Re…placement?"

"That's right. While on this journey, you not only need to come to terms with the problems with your family, but you need to come to terms with your feelings with Klarion. That is why I am here. You have to learn many things on this journey, and not all of them will be easy."

I stared at him in shock. "So…your our guide?" I questioned.

He shook his head vigorously. "No, I am Enlightenment. I lead you through this stage of your coming into of your powers. Your heart is the guide."

"So I have to get by this wall?"

"No, you have to lead us through the wall," the Klarion-look-a-like told me. I made a face.

"How?"

"You tell me," he shrugged.

"What good are you if you just sit back and let me come up with all the answers?"

"What good will you be if you cannot think about an obstacle and come up with a solution," he shot back, becoming angry.

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry…." I sat down, pulling my knees up to my chest, thinking. "Does this wall mean anything?"

Enlightenment smiled, sitting down beside me. "This is Pride," he said, pointing to the wall. "Stubborn, pigheaded, Pride. These things all keep you from seeing the truth. You must learn to let go of those petty feelings and pass to the other side."

I nodded. "But how do I get through the wall?" I asked.

"Think about it."

I nodded, squeezing my knees tighter to my chest, closing my eyes, focusing on my breathing. It's really quiet, I thought. I wonder what Teekl is doing. Why does Enlightenment look like Klarion? Speaking of Klarion, is he still mad at me? I hope not. I wish I could talk to him. I bet he trashed my room after I left him all angry and stuff. I'll have to slap his face for that…after I apologize for being a bitch. God, why can't I focus?

Seconds passed, which soon turned to minutes, which turned to hours, and before I knew it, it was cold and dark. I opened my eyes angrily. "Why didn't it work?!" I demanded, facing Enlightenment.

He smiled, and gently touched my arm, pulling it away from my leg. He moved my legs so that I was sitting Indian style, and placed my hands on my knees.

"Close your eyes," he commanded, placing his hands on my shoulders delicately. I complied.

"Now what?"

"Breath in. And out." He told me, repeating it over and over, until I fell into the pattern. "Now focus on what the wall represents."

Pride. The wall represents pride. Pride stands in the way of forgiveness and truth. It also stands in the way of love. Pride and fear. I have to swallow my pride to get through this wall, just like I will to go through life, so if you think about it, this wall represents life. But…how do I get by it?

"I have to be myself," I whispered.

"What?" Teekl asked, coming beside me. I opened my eyes, facing Enlightenment.

"Right? Am I right?"

"Are you right?" he asked.

"Yes."

"Then who are you?"

I looked down at my hands. "I'm Elizabeth Dylan Marvil."

"Okay, but what makes you, you? What separates you from others? What makes you Elizabeth and not Teekl?"

"I…I don't know…."

What does make me Elizabeth? Because my mother named me Elizabeth? Is that why I'm Elizabeth?

"I'm not Elizabeth," I said.

"Really?" Enlightenment asked. "And why is that?"

"Because Elizabeth is who my mother wants me to be, but the truth is that's not me. I'm Dylan."

"And why?"

"Because I feel it," I said, not able to explain it. "Because people love Dylan, not Elizabeth. Because I live as Dylan. Because…Klarion loves Dylan. And I am Dylan."

"Really? Is that it?"

"No, because Dylan loves to have fun, and to meet new people, and pudding, and ostriches, and she hates yellow paper, and puns, and…and cheese! And Elizabeth is normal."

"Is that who you are?"

"I could be anyone. It doesn't matter that my name is, because I am me, and that's all that counts. A name is just a title. I am me."

"Very good," Enlightenment nodded, gesturing to the wall. "You two can go."

I took Teekl's hand and walked her to the wall, which was still there. "What?"

"Go on."

I hesitantly put my hand to the wall, but found it went through. I walked through with Teekl beside me.

I turned around, facing the wall. "Hey, Enlightenment, the wall is cleaner on this side…" I said, looking for the person in question. "Enlightenment?"

His face appeared on the wall. "This is where I end my journey with you. Remember who you are, Elizabeth Dylan Marvil."

With that, his face disappeared, and I turned to Teekl, blinking back tears. "What's wrong, darling?" she asked, wrapping me in her arms. I sniffled.

"I miss Klarion," I told her. She shushed me, running her hands through my hair.

"It's alright. You'll see him soon enough."

"I'm…going to apologize to him…." I told her, burying my face in her shoulder.

"You know, he'll never let you live that down, if you do."

"Yeah…I know."

A few minutes of silence passed, and I looked up at Teekl and a saw a thoughtful expression on her face. "Teekl?" I asked hesitantly.

"Yes, darling?"

"Promise me that you won't leave me alone?"

"I'll follow you to the ends of the earth, my darling," she whispered. "Klarion wouldn't like it if I just left you alone."

I stared at her in shock.

Cliffy! Okay, I know what you're thinking. She makes us wait almost a year for this goddamned chapter and then she ends it as a cliffhanger? The nerve of this stupid author!

Feel free to flame me, just not the story, I'm really starting to like it!

Loves and hugs, minions, and again, so sorry for the forever wait,

Vee