*dancing around my bedroom listening to Fences by Paramore* *notice you* Oh! Erm… hi… didn't see you there, hehe.

So, as I said last chapter, this one's going to be flashbackified. Sorry if you don't like flashbacks, but tough ;) I'm going to do it anyway because it's VERY important.

StarKnight - Yes, you're awesome :)

Luna - LOL… CAPS LOCK IS EVIL :D

So, here goes… Chapter 8.

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Flashback

It was a dark night, rain was pouring heavily, and Ember's small child hand was being held by the woman in the photo, who was crying. She stayed silent, leading Ember towards the door of an intimidating looking building.

The woman was too emotional to speak, until they reached the door.

"Listen carefully Ember," she crouched down to Ember's height and took her by both hands. "Some very bad people are after me, and I can't let them get to you too. Once I've gone, you need to knock on this door, ok?"

"But where are you going?" the young Ember sobbed.

The woman skipped the question. She knew the little girl wouldn't understand. "Ember, take this …" She handed her a crystal. "It'll make you look different, so if the bad people find you, they won't recognise you. I'll always love you." With this, she gave her a small kiss on the cheek, began to glow with a lilac aura, crystals in hand, and vanished.

"Mummy… please don't leave me." Ember sobbed for a good ten minutes before knocking on the door, as her mother had asked.

When she did, a plump, tired looking maid answered the door. "What do you think you're doing knocking on orphanage doors at this time of night? Trouble making little…" she was looking straight over the top of Ember, expecting someone taller, but then she noticed her. "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't see you there… you poor little thing, let's go get you dry."

The large woman led Ember through the corridors of the strange old building, when a small, scruffy little boy, the same age as Ember, approached her. "Hi! What's your name?"

"Ember." she shyly answered the stranger.

"I'm Jake. We're going to be best friends, I just know it… can I call you Emu?"

"No. You can't."

"Okay Emu. See ya!" And he ran off giggling before he got told off for not being in bed.

'This one's going to be trouble…'

End of flashback

"I remember my mum…" She was amazed; she'd never remembered any family in her entire life.

"But why would a picture of my mum be in the Dark Ace's diary? He must have been one of the people that were after her…"

She flipped over the photo, to reveal a small note, written in the same handwriting as the rest of the diary. It read:

"Jules, the thief of my heart."

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Can you guess what it is yet? As my close friend Rolf would say…

So what do you think? Any good? Plz review!

Yup, Jakes always has been weird… probably why he's at the orphanage. Hehe

Peace!

Kezzy xxx