When he arrived, Hope locked up the chocobo and ran to the apartment where Vanille's toy friend resides. She was sitting there, cuddling her old friend, tears streaming down her face. Hope went and sat next to her, putting an arm over her.
"I know that wasn't what you were hoping for."
"We're nineteen Hope! We can do whatever we want! They can't keep treating us like this…"
He hugged the love of his life closer to him, "I know you're scared. This dream scares me too. But I know it'll be okay."
Vanille looked up at him, "What makes you so sure?"
"Because I have you with me now. Through hell or high water, we can make it. When I was alone, I was powerless. But with you by my side, I know we can accomplish things. We'll find out why you're having these dreams, don't worry. I would never let anything happen to you."
She smiled at him. She had no choice but to believe him and hope for the best. Even though the haunting truth is that he would be the one hurt if the dream was right. Hope got off the floor and lifted her off the ground.
"Come on, let's get going. Time for round two, right?"
She nodded her head and walking hand in hand, they went back to where the chocobos were. She stopped before getting on hers while Hope was on top of his,
"What's wrong?"
"Fang will be so mad. I never told her about the dream."
Hope shook his head, "Well, I told her about it. But you can go into more detail if you want."
"So she knows now?"
"Yeah."
Vanille got on top of her chocobo. "Well… hopefully she'll understand right?"
Hope nodded his head and they began their ride back to New Bodhum.

Serah had put the twins and Dajh to bed while the others sat in the kitchen. Lightning's leg was twitching while she tried to drink her coffee.
"Hey Sis you gotta calm down man!"
Lightning almost spit her coffee while Snow laughed. "I wish I could kill you."
Snow continued to laugh as Sazh shook his head. Seriously, how could someone be so… stupid? Before Lightning could whip out her gunblade and teach Snow a lesson, the front door opened. Fang was the first on her feet, sprinting to the foyer to greet the lovers. Fang quickly grabbed Vanille for a hug, an awkward hug seeing as how she was holding Hope's hand.
"Vanille I am so sorry. I am so sorry for being mean and rude."
Vanille let go of her boyfriends hand and gave Fang a proper hug. "It's okay, really."
Lightning and the others came into the room. She quickly went over to Hope and hugged him as well.
"I'm sorry too, really."
Hope nodded his head, understand that she meant well.
Sazh walked over, "Lucky for you guys, we all came up with an idea." The two looked over at him, puzzled. "Well, whatcha think about all of us going?"
Hope and Vanille looked confused. Hope spoke up, "But, what about the kids?"
Serah walked over, "Have no fear. I wouldn't be going with you. I'd stay here with the twins and Dajh."
Lightning smiled, "It'd be like old times. All of us traveling Pulse again. What do you think?"
Fang looked at Vanille, "That way, we figure out what this dream is about and we all stick together to stay safe."
Vanille started bouncing around, "That's a great idea! But…"
Everyone stopped and looked at her as her head fell down, "What if you all get hurt because of me?"
Snow shrugged his shoulders, "If we get hurt, it's our own choice and our own fault. We are a family kiddo, we gotta stick around."
She looked up at him, "But Snow, your kids… and Sazh your son! If anything happened to either one of you…"
"It's a risk we take."
Vanille shot her head up to see Lightning walk near her.
"You are the most important thing to Hope. And you are just as important to the rest of us. We are going to go and keep you safe while we figure out what this beast is.""
The tears had formed in Vanille's eyes. She nodded her head and went around the room and hugged everyone, even Serah. Hope watched her and smiled, then walked in the middle of the room,
"Well, let's get to planning! We got to get ready to head out!"
Lightning laughed, "I guess so. We leave the day after tomorrow. Everyone get some rest, tomorrow is planning day."

The dawn seemed brighter this morning to Hope. He stretched out his bones from a long nights rest and made his way downstairs. Wearing nothing but a pair of pants, he went down to the kitchen to see his beloved Vanille, chipper as always cooking some bird eggs. She looked over at her man and gulped. He really had changed in the five years she was crystallized. He had muscles, lots of them. A nice six pack and those V shaped muscles that made smart girls dumb; she was really lucky. She blushed and looked back at her eggs, "Good morning!" Hope smiled and kissed the top of her head, "Good morning." He took a seat as Serah came down into the kitchen with the twins following behind her. Dia ran over to Hope and climbed into his lap,
"Big Brother Hope! Mommy says tomorrow you guys are leaving! You're gonna take me right?"
Hope shook his head, "Sorry Dia. Hope's gotta go without you. It's for big people."
She pouted and took her seat at the table where Vanille placed her food. Fang came down and sat next to Yun. Over time, Yun had grown to like Fang a lot, and she had a soft spot for him. She really cared for her namesake. She patted his head and he flashed his rare smile. Hope looked over at Fang,
"So, what do you know about Pulse?"
"Well, for one thing I know it's dangerous. We're gonna have to be smart about what we plan to do."
"Well, are there any lost landmarks we can start to look for or something?"
Fang sat and scratched her head, "Well, I mean there is…"
"The Lost Temple of Anima!" Vanille shrieked.
Fang and Hope shot their heads up. Lightning walked into the kitchen and looked at all of them,
"What the hell did I miss?"

A/N- hey guys, i'm sorry i haven't updated in a while. FFXIII-2 came out... so. much. awesome x.x haha i made sure to give you a long chapter to make up for it. i beat the game so i will continue with quicker updates! thanks for reading!