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Author's note: New chapter time :) Thanks to AreYouMAD and DarkAngelDreams15 for the reviews :) So big delay in posting of this, been ill and on holiday so time has got away from me. Also seeing as I'm back at university next week I'm only going to be able to post every 3 weeks :)

The Forgotten One

Chapter 25- There's no getting over you

I found myself waking in my bed. My arm stretched out besides me and searched it, but nothing was to be found. New tears sprung to my eyes as my dreams revealed themselves to me as just dreams. I dreamt that he'd come back. He crawled into bed and whispered that he'd made the wrong decision. In my dreams I slept in his arms. But it was only a dream, a whisper of happiness I once had.

I wiped my tears away and dragged myself from the bed. It was hard to convince myself that just staying in the bed forever wasn't a good idea. I wished I could lock myself away from the rest of the world and just forget about everything. But I had to be strong; I couldn't spend the rest of my life like that. I had to move on with my life, just as Iggy was getting on with his. I would somehow get myself together. Today's mission was to stop crying. As I considered this I heard a light tapping coming from my door.

"Come in." I said quietly hoping it wasn't Anne. Angel popped her head slowly round the door and smiled sadly at me. She stepped into the room carrying a small tray. She set it down on the bed.

"I brought you something. I figured you'd be hungry and wouldn't really want to come downstairs." She stepped closer and looked me straight in the eyes.

"I'm sorry about what's happened. I hope you feel better." Her small hand patted my arm. With that she left. I sat down on the bed and slowly ate the soup Angel had brought me. I wondered how the others felt. I guess I hadn't thought about them. They loved Iggy just as much as I did. They had lost a brother, but as much as I wanted to I could not comfort them. Although the tears had stopped I still didn't think I could talk about it. The pain was too sharp, the memories too fresh. Perhaps in the future I would be able to look back on happier times with them all. But for the rest of the flock Iggy's departure didn't just sadden them, it gave them hope. Hope that the rest of their families would be found.

"Summer?" I heard Anne calling my name. She was heading upstairs. I opened the window and swooped outside. I settled in the tree in the garden. I did not want to go far; I just wanted to be left alone. But it wasn't so easy.

"Summer?" Her voice called again as she made her way outside.

"Summer, please come down. We can talk about Iggy. If you two had a fight, I'm sure we can sort it out. I'm sure it wasn't your fault he left. I was young once and sometimes people say things they don't mean. Just tell me what happened." I tired to block out her words, but her piercing voice still reached my ears.

"Leave me alone." I replied.

"Summer, get down here. I'll get your brothers and sisters to help me.

"They won't help you."

"Yes they will, they want Jeff back. They want this sorted out too."

"We won't help you." The flock had joined us outside.

"Why not? Why don't you want your brother back?"

"I told you to leave it Anne. We can't help you." Anne glared fiercely at me and then the others.

"This isn't over." She said before stalking inside. Silently I swooped down. The flock nodded to me. The rest of the day we spent together, hoping for strength in numbers against Anne. Although she did not ask us questions again, her search for Iggy did not stop. She was on the phone all morning trying to get help to find him. For us we spent the day trying to do what we would on a weekend, but everything was marred with sadness. Nothing held the same joy as it had before. I despite my best efforts I could not cope with the company for long and soon retreated to my room for solitude and to let my tears flow once more. At that moment it seemed that this was something that none of us would recover from.