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I DON'T OWN ANYTHING (but I hope you like it either way :D )

The pine marten was slowly walking on the wall of the boarding school for girls, hoping that nobody would see him. But being careful wasn't necessary by that time, because it was eight o'clock on a Saturday morning and so everyone was still sleeping and not looking out of the windows.

When he reached the roof of the main building, he made a soft noise and after a few moments, a girl appeared on the roof of the kitchen extract, following the pine marten across the wall to the other, much bigger one.

The stones were slippy, but that was no problem for the girl, who seemed to be good at climbing. She was able to keep her balance all the time and she made no noise, which would have been pretty impressing to everyone who watched her.

After having arrived on the roof of the biggest building, which was a little wet, the girl and the pine marten turned to the right. They walked towards something which seemed like a little hut standing on the top of the house. From that side you couldn't see the bell jar which was hanging in it and told all the girls when it was time to go to their lessons, but on this day it wouldn't ring either way. The girls didn't have to sit in a classroom on the weekend, and that was also the reason why Lyra and Pan were there, on the roof of the building.

The "hut" with the bell was much bigger as it seemed from the ground and so there was enough space to sit and talk without being disturbed by some adult or other girl, who wants to play or do some other stupid, girly things. Of course the bench in the park was also a place where nobody would interrupt their conversations, but that place was creating a sad atmosphere. There Lyra and Pan always had to think about Will and Kirjava and about what they were doing right now, and so their dialogues were always interrupted by sad thoughts and feelings. That didn't mean that they didn't walk to the botanical garden every day. It was a ritual they had to do, no matter what the weather or other people were saying. They sat there when it was raining and snowing, when it was very cold and too hot to do anything. They sat there when the sun was shining and when the moon came out. And they sat there when the teachers forbid them to go and other girls wanted to follow them just to know where they were going.

They didn't care.

All that was important for the two of them right there were Will and Kirjava and their time together, even though three years had passed since then.

And those feelings weren't that strong in the hut with the bell on the roof of the main building of the boarding school for girls.

"I really don't know what we should do after we leave this school, Pan." Lyra said and looked into the sky. It was going to rain.

"We have to do something useful." Pantalaimon decided and Lyra just nodded. They had discussed this topic for many times, but they couldn't find the answer to the question every adult was asking them. What do you want to do after you leave the school?

Something useful. That sounded good to Lyra. She wanted to make some big changes in the world. Terrible things, like the separation of children from their dæmons which Mrs Coulter had done, should never happen again. Lyra wanted to create a better world, but when she thought about that more closely, it just seemed childish. "We can't do that alone, Pan." she whispered helplessly and Pan looked at her with a sad expression on his face. He jumped into Lyra's lap to comfort her, and she immediately began to stroke his back.

"But we also can't just sit here and do nothing."

"I know. But changing the world is just so... big, you know? It's nothing someone can do alone."

"You are not alone." Pan whispered and Lyra had to smile. She really loved him.

"You know what I mean."

Her dæmon nodded. "Then we can at least start to make changes. I'm sure we'll find many people who want to help us. And then, when we all work together, there'll be some big changes in this world."

That sounded good to Lyra and a large smile appeared on her face. She saw it all in front of her, the two of them starting to create ideas, people being convinced by them and then-

What was that?

Both Lyra and Pan looked up towards the sky, where a light had appeared, which was becoming bigger.

"What's that?" Lyra asked.

"It looks like a star." Pan suspected and suddenly his eyes grew wide. "You don't think that it's..." he stammered and then it hit Lyra, too.

"No, I mean... they said we'd never see them again... but it's... No that can't be true!"

Why was an angel going to come to them?