Okay as promised this Chapter is much longer than the last.

All these Characters belong to Stephenie Meyer!

"Come on Wanda, I know your awake," Jeb whispered in my ear "I can see that you're talking to yourself am I right?

Yep, I said to myself, I am so getting Jeb back for this.

Ian immediately stopped stroking my hair and I could feel his breath in my face. His face must be inches away from mine.

"The gigs up Wanda, you can open up your eyes now I'm kind of getting bored," Jeb said impatiently and as if to prove a point, the traitor started to tap his foot on the floor. Now that was just insulting.

Come on Pet you can do this. You can do this, you can do this, you can do this, I chanted to myself.

I opened my right eye first and peered around the room. Too bad I couldn't see anything around Ian face which as I had guessed was inches way from mine.

"Wanda!" Jamie squealed.

"Oh Wanda, thank god," Ian sighed. He pulled me up so that I was sitting upright before grabbing me in a massive hug. He was so huge. There wasn't an inch of my body that wasn't covered with his. Well apart from my legs and feet but whatever right?

I stiffened in his embrace. I didn't know what to do. A part of me was yelling at me to pull away and not allow him to continue this close connection but yet another part of me was screaming at me to hurry up and put my arms around him and hug him back.

Before I could make a decision on what to do Ian released me but instead of letting go he moved his hands to the top of my shoulders and held me at arms length.

I don't know why it happened but suddenly my eyes filled up with tears that I couldn't hold back. They spilled over and ran down my cheeks.

"Wanda, don't cry please don't," begged Jamie.

But I just couldn't help it. They let me cry myself out. After about five minutes I started to sober up. After my sniffing fit was done I was aware of how quiet the room was. Everyone was surprised by my sudden lapse of control.

"Well…this is really awkward Wanda, I don't know where to begin," Jeb said.

"Okay," I whispered "before we start could we please get one thing cleared up first."

"Sure Wanda go ahead."

"Well umm…how can I put this…" seriously how am I going to put this so that I don't sound crazy. Might as well just come out with it, i thought, what's the worst that can happen "you all seem to have deluded yourselves into thinking what my name is Wanda when in fact I know I'm not. I'm Pet, okay. Can we just get that straight before we start."

Kyle laughed "Well that's great and all except I'm sorry to say that you're name actually is Wanda well Wanderer but whatever and we aren't the deluded ones you are."

Well of course they would say that wouldn't they. Trying to make me think that I was crazy. Well they were not going to turn me against myself, if that makes sense.

"My name is Pet," I argued back. Yeah that's right I'm stubborn.

"Wanda," Kyle shot back.

This guy is getting on my nerves. I could feel anger rising out of me.

"Petals Open to the Moon," I yelled.

"Wanderer," he sang, trying to do an impression of an opera singer.

"Pet," I screamed.

"Wanda," Kyle said again. He looked at my face and started to laugh hysterically "aww," he cooed "doesn't she look so cute when she's mad."

He was actually patronizing me wasn't he but I wasn't about to give up, I was just opening my mouth getting ready to argue back when Jeb spoke.

"Okay people quit it, this is getting us no where."

"Yeah Kyle, stop it now all this arguing is probably messing up her recovery," Doc added.

"What recovery!" I screamed "can someone please tell me what's going on!"

"Oh gosh Wanderer where to start," Jeb sighed.

"Well the beginning is always a nice place," I said.

Hmm…maybe I was taking this sarcasm thing to far. From the way Jeb was narrowing his eyes at me I'm guessing I'm right.

Ian let go of my shoulders and I began to relax a little bit.

"Right well Wanda, oh stop it," Melanie said when I flinched "your name is Wanda whether you like it or not now shut it and listen to me. While we are explaining you are not to interrupt. You are going to listen quietly and when were done you can ask questions. Okay?" she asked.

She didn't even give me a chance to answer her before she started talking again.

"Right well I'm Melanie and you, Wanderer, used to be in my body" she began.

My mouth dropped open. I used to be in her body, but that was just impossible. This was my first time coming to Earth. This was my first host as a human. My ninth life. What the…

I open my mouth to speak but Melanie put her finger on my lips to silence me.

"Ah, ah, ah," she said "no talking remember."

I closed my mouth and she removed her finger. She smirked before continuing.

"The only problem was that when the healer inserted you into my body I never disappeared like the other souls do. I was still there. Sharing your mind in a way. A seeker was assigned to you because the other souls wanted to know how I had survived so long, only you couldn't assess all of my memory because I wouldn't allow you in if that makes any sense.

"A few months went by until I finally decided I thought you were trustworthy so-"

"Oh this is taking forever," interrupted Kyle. "I bet I could tell her the whole story in less than half the time. Long story short Wanda, Melanie showed you where we were and you came here. When you got here you helped us all out and in the process fell in love with Ian. You wanted to give Melanie her body back so you showed Doc how to take souls out. Everyone was really angry and decided we need you after all. We got you a new host and Doc inserted you back. Now you're here and can't remember anything. See, I told you that was a lot quicker," and he grinned to himself.

"Yeah that's all fine and dandy Kyle," Melanie hissed "only you missed out a lot of important points and issues in you explanation like the fact that…"

But I wasn't listening anymore I was in my own little world trying to process the information I had just been given but it didn't make any sense.

So I'd been inserted into Melanie because the souls wanted me to find out how she had survived. But I didn't know because Melanie wouldn't let me in. Then she'd shown me how to get to this place and I'd come. But why? Why wouldn't I have told the souls about all of this. Why didn't I show them the way as soon as I'd found out?

"So if I knew the way, why didn't I tell anyone?" I asked.

"Because you didn't like the seeker and you didn't want to tell her anything. Plus I think it helped that you were in love with Jamie and Jared and didn't want them to get hurt so-"

"Wait a sec what?" I cut of Melanie in the middle of her explanation. I looked around the room. Jamie and Jared were both staring at me.

I could see how I have loved Jamie. He looked so cute and innocent I could tell his heart was in the right place. But Jared. The guy had just shaken me into unconsciousness. Well nearly anyway.

As if he could read my mind Jared stepped in front of me and took me hands in his.

"I'm so sorry Wanderer, I don't know what happened, I just lost it that's all. I mean we've all been worrying about you for so long and then when you woke up and couldn't remember anything well I just sort of lost control. Can you forgive me please," he begged.

I didn't know what do say. I was gob smacked. Okay maybe I could see why I had fallen in love with this guy.

"It's okay Jared, I forgive you," I whispered.

"Thank you," he said. He hugged me but only for the briefest second. When he let go he went to stand by Melanie.

"So when I came here what happened?" I asked.

"Too many things to put into words kid," Jeb laughed "not everyone was comfortable with you being here at first including you but once everyone got used to you people started to relax and you became a part of our community."

"So everything just went smoothly then? Nothing happened?"

"Well…there were some issues which we had to clear up, but after that we were all okay," Jeb reassured me.

"Issues like what?" I asked.

"I don't think now is the right time to tell you, I promise we will tell you in time but I-"

"No," Ian interrupted "were not going to lie to her again. Look how disastrous it turned out last time. I don't know how she's going to react this time around but I don't care. I'm willing to take the chance."

"Ian I really don't think-"

"Jeb shut up!" Melanie shouted "he has to do what he has to do."

Ian threw a thankful smile at Melanie before turning his attention back to me.

Just like Jared had done he took both of my hands in his, looked me straight in the eye as he spoke.

"Wanderer, before you showed Doc how to do the separation we were clueless on what to do. We had to practice otherwise how else would be learn. So we took souls and...we...well-"

But he didn't have to say anything else. I knew what they did. The realisation must have shown on my face because he began babbling any random thing that came into his mind.

"Of course it started before we even meet you Wanda. Way, way before that. Of course it continued after we got to know you, but it stopped as soon as you found out. We had no idea you would feel so strongly about it…well we knew it was a possibility but-"

"How did I react?" I asked "when I found out."

"Well…I can understand why you reacted the way you did, I mean you found out in the worst way possible but…"

"Ian," I whispered "please."

"You witnessed it," he whispered, "You snuck down the tunnel where Doc was working and you saw the bodies. You knew what was happening and you sort of freaked out. You stayed in the game room for three days. Mourning. You didn't eat or drink anything or talk to anyone. It was very…difficult to see you that way. And even worse knowing that we had caused it," his voice broke.

I thought over what he had just told me. I would be the type of person to act that way I thought. But what had happened in the past was the past. I had to focus on the future now. That is if I have a future.

"I understand," I whispered, "why you did it before I came here, but after I came, after you got to know me, why didn't it stop?" I asked.

He looked at Jared. I looked down at Jared's hand intertwined with Melanie's and I understood. My being here had only made it more necessary. More urgent.

"I think we should save this for another day," Doc suggested, seeing the look on my face "Wanda looks really tired. Someone should take her to bed."

Until Doc mentioned it I hadn't been feeling tired at all. But now my whole body ached and I could feel a head ache coming on.

"Come on Wanda time for bed," Ian said. Before I even knew what hit me Ian had picked me up and was carrying me to my room. Wherever that was.

I didn't feel uncomfortable. I felt safe and warm and loved. Loved? What the...

I replayed the whole conversation in my mind. As I was doing this I realized there was a very important part we'd somehow skipped over. The only person to recognize it was Kyle.

He'd said I loved Ian. Me the soul "Wanda" loved a human named Ian. Was it possible? Could it be true.

I looked up at Ian. It was to dark to see his face, but I could just make out the sapphire colour of his eyes. He was looking at me just as I was looking for him. I blushed and looked down.

If I loved him, could he possibly love me back. I thought about how I felt when he hugged me and how I was feeling now lying in his arms. As these thoughts were running through my mind I slowly sunk to sleep. Being cradled to Ian's chest.

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