Chapter 4- The nightmares and the new beginning.

The days passed, to Stephanie it felt like years had. As of late, she would hear Hunter's voice in her ears. "Forget" it would echo, and yet she couldn't bring herself to forget him. But the night terrors are getting worst. She would dream about running through the woods, trying to find him, calling out for her. Yet she couldn't get out of the forest, she couldn't see Hunter anywhere. As of late, she would wake screaming. Her dad rushed into the room with a panicked look on his face. "What's wrong!?" he demanded as he rushed to the window and searched for anyone possibly spying on his daughter. "You always leave the window open?"

Stephanie nodded as she cleared the sweat from her brow. "I don't know why I can't stop screaming." She explained.

Steve was hoping that would quickly stop soon. As the days continued to go on, Stephanie began to forget of Hunter and his family. First it was Mr. and Mrs. McCallaway that vanished from her mind, then Batista, Maria, Maryse and Kane. Hunter was slowly starting to fade. But she refused to forget. Stephanie found herself more alone than ever before until she got a visit.

One of her father's friends, Bret Hart had come to the house, and he wasn't alone. Along with him came Chris Jericho who noticed how depressed Stephanie look. The two went to the front porch as Chris sighed aloud. "Something tells me you lost more than a goldfish"

Stephanie smiled for the first time in nearly two weeks, she giggled to Chris as she told him that she just hasn't been feeling the same. He understood completely and offered her a chance to feel better. "Some of the guys and I are going to hike the trails, if you're interested in joining us, I am sure we can bring you along" he said.

She nearly refused the offer, yet two weeks without Hunter, Stephanie couldn't help but feel he was never coming back, with the nod of her head, she agreed to go with him and his friends on the trails. Jericho smiled victoriously and explained she better wear some good hiking boots. "We're taking the hidden trails, not everyone can walk those bad boys!" he warned.

The smile came over Stephanie once again as she went inside and announced to her father that she was going out to get hiking boots.

"What for?" he demanded.

"I am going to go with Chris and his friends soon, and I need to be prepared!" she called back.

Bret was smiling almost a victorious grin as he saw Stephanie instantly cheer up. He convinced Steve to let her go and get the boots. "If she is going with those boys, she needs all the help he can get. Not to mention my niece that goes with them. She can hold her own!"

Steve waved her off and warned her she is to only be getting boots. "I don't want you coming home with bags of crap and mini dogs"

Stephanie rushed back out the door where Chris was looking over her car, he took notice of the sound system in the dashboard. "Whoa, sweet system! Where did you get there?" he asked.

In all honesty, the thought completely left her mind. "I got it for my birthday, but I forgot who gave it to me, let alone installing it. Chris however offered to use his car. The two went to the mall. Chris helped her pick out a pair of boots and were soon on their way back home.

"So, do you know what happened to the McCallaways?" Chris questioned out of the blue.

Stephanie fell silent to him, saying she didn't know. After all, the last time Chris had locked eyes in Hunter, the two looked about ready to come to blows. Not to mention the one-day Hunter snuck up on her, he left like a bat out of hell just as Droz came into the driveway with Jericho from a few months ago. Yet still, the more she tried to remember Hunter, the more she began to forget about him….