'Click. Click. Click. Click. Click. '

"High heels?" Love Bear thought, confused. What was going on?

She was walking, she suddenly realized, in a tunnel of pure white. This continued for about one minute, but by next, it was pitch black.

She looked down and saw the sky, slowly going from sunset to dawn and back. She noticed she was wearing a white flowing gown, and weirdest of all, she was human. On her feet were gray slippers with black bows.

She blinked and looked up. A calm stream of water flowed past her, content to moving along swiftly in its banks, flowers and grass growing just beyond the riverbed. Over in that direction was a girl that looked like her, standing and looking up at her as she looked back down. The girl looked love bear in the eyes before tilting her head in the direction love bear was facing and looking back. As Love Bear lowered her head the girl did as well, puzzling the cub greatly.

"I'm a human and a girl is here. But where is here? I'm so lost, I know this place yet I don't. I can't place why I know it, but I do, don't I?" Love Bear started to run, the girl doing the same. They soon reached a door, and Love Bear looked up at the girl, said child was looking up at Love, a smile on her face. she spoke, but Love Bear couldn't hear for a moment. Then, the voice finally flew into her mind.

'…'

Love bear examined her surroundings a bit more, still curious. At this point, she was fully human. On her feet were white kid-heels with a black bow. She wore a white summer dress, barely going past her knees.

She ran along a river with flowers on either side. She looked up, only to see a girl stood looking down from the sky at her, dressed in the same manner. She looked lost; even more lost than she.

"I see a door up ahead, perhaps she can't." Love bear tilted her head in the right direction. The girl took a quick glance and set off, turning and walking forward. Love bear was walking with her until she broke into a run. Love Bear struggled, but managed to keep up, just barely.

Love bear soon reached the door, the girl looking at her again. Love bear smiled and spoke.

"Hi. My name is Love Bear, I'm five years old."

She saw the other girl gasp, and then heard her speak.

"I am love bear as well. I'm seventeen, and I am you...twelve years into the future." "let's meet on the other side of this door." Five year old love bear opened the door and stepped inside, the door closing behind her.

Clack.

Love bear heard a sound from her door as her younger self appeared next to the passageway.

"Do you see?" She asked herself calmly. The other her nodded.

"Lovely," Love asked her younger self, using her mothers old nickname for her, "What was the date before you came here?"

"June first, 1999, why?" The older Love nodded knowingly and put her hands gently on the younger Love's shoulders, gently and comfortingly.

"Listen to me, look me in the eye and listen. Wake up and call for mom and dad. Take your blanket and pen-pen, okay? A girl will stop you in the main hall. Follow her, she will not harm you. She will help you and keep you safe. Run every day for twelve years, until you can run for ten miles without getting tired, now hurry, wake up and go." The older bear gave her younger self a hug and turned her so she would be facing the door. "Remember, mom and dad love you, and so does Mr. Hammy." The girl hugged Love Bear tightly before reaching up for the door knob, taller than her, and turning it with difficulty, but eventually managing to open the door. Taking one last glance back, the younger version of Love finally left, leaving the older Love breathless.

"Well, that explains why I vaguely remembered this place. I never really got a good look." She glanced up, noticing that the flowers were darker and the river was smaller. "That was my dream, before I saved myself. Now the only thing left is to do it again."

Love bear took a step forward, and suddenly, as if made from mist and illusion, her five year old self was next to her. The two loves reached for the door knob as the sun started to rise and the flowers and river became more alive. Love bear paused for a moment before pulling the door open, and stepped through.