Chris jerked awake, feeling much better than he really was. He shifted his legs to a straighter position. His arms went over his head as he closed his eyes, feeling the muscles scream in pain. He opened his eyes to see the living room dark. He froze in scare, wondering if he was really looking around.

"CK?"

Chris' eyes sailed the room. He couldn't see her. He began to cry out, until Aviva knelt down by him, "Are you okay?"

Her face was clear in his vision. He relaxed and said, "I can't see!"

Aviva smiled gently, "It's okay. The room is dark. I can turn on the lights."

Chris nodded quickly. Aviva smiled, "I'll be back," She stood up and went to the switch and immediately the room brightened. Chris shut his eyes to adjust to the bright light. He looked up to Aviva as she came back. He looked over the room and quietly said, "Where am I?"

"At your parents' house. It's okay."

Chris nursed his eyes on Aviva. Very slowly his energy burst. He began to smile too. Only his was weaker. He said, "How long?"

"You have been sick for a week..."

Chris beamed, "A week? Oh... no..."

"What? Relax."

"Her... That girl... Your hair..."

Aviva's hair was still short. It brushed her shoulders. Chris gripped the loose strands, "It's shorter..."

"I had to get it cut shorter, because it was slashed unevenly."

"She's coming... soon," His hand brushed the glossy hair strands. Soon his hand ventured to her face, where she let it rest. Chris stared at her, "Where am I?"

Aviva knew he was scared of that fake Applay. She answered, "it's okay. You're with me in your parents' house."

"Aviva?"

"Yes, Mrs. Linda?"

"Is everything okay?"

"Chris is awake. He's responding greatly."

Chris lay his head on the pillow and held his hand firm to her face. He didn't want her to go. She turned to him and fixed a light strand of his own hair, "What something to drink?"

Chris nodded slightly. As she took his hand, Chris wired, "What are you doing?"

Aviva said quietly, "I'm going to get you a drink."

"You're not leaving me!"

Linda came out of the kitchen, shocked. Chris' hands were now on Aviva's jacket. Aviva answered, "Okay... I'm staying."

"Chris?"

Chris looked over with fright. Martin was coming into the living room to see his brother sitting up, gribbing Aviva. Chris fell into Aviva's arms and started to bawl.

Martin came running over, "What's the point?"

Aviva said, "Martin... I need to tell you something."

Martin sat down on the couch which was Chris' bed, "What?"

Aviva told him all about the fake Applay and why her hair was short in the first place. She told how Chris was sick in real form. She told him everything. Chris quieted as her hand traveled up and down his back, listening to her story. Chris felt so tired, but he had to stay up. Linda came over, shocked of what Aviva had said. In her hand was a tray, she said, "Aviva, here's some meal for Chris."

Chris looked over with Aviva's hair in his wet face and saw the dinner. It was oatmeal with some milk as well as a small treat. He turned his face into her neck and rubbed up against it.

Martin finally said, "What's up with him?"

Aviva answered, "I think he's scared that he'll lose me again if this Applay comes by."

Chris pulled himself from Aviva's neck and rested at the base of her jacket's zipline. Chris shut his eyes and quickly opened them. Aviva was leaning over to the tray. Chris groaned with his wild animal noise. Martin quickly said, "Oh, no... Not again."

Chris made his chirp as Aviva strengthened herself. She looked at him with a smile, "We know you can talk."

Chris chirped. His childish eyes began to shine. He was active... but in childish form. Aviva dipped the spoon in the oatmeal. Chris chirped once again, staring at everything like it was all new.

William had come in. He was shocked to see Chris alive and active. Chris himself couldn't understand. He couldn't talk now. He chirped once again, the same chirp that he had done when he met Aviva.

Aviva said, "Come on, Chris. You haven't eaten in days."

Chris refused the oatmeal. Aviva tried to force the spoon in his mouth, but he jarred his mouth shut with his lips. When he couldn't get too far, he couldn't help but let the spoon into his mouth. The tasteless oatmeal finally got its taste. Chris couldn't swallow it. Aviva quickly reacted, "Chris, swallow, now."

Chris had his mouth jarred. William said, "Chris... swallow."

Everyone stared at Chris like he was paralyzed or something. Chris hid his face in Aviva's jacket. Aviva finally snapped, "You better swallow!"

Chris looked at her with shock in his childish eyes. Aviva wished she didn't have to yell, but those eyes begged that he was meaning not to be hurt. Aviva frowned, "Did you swallow?"

Chris raised an eyebrow, hurt and confused. Aviva didn't care and got another spoonful, "Come on."

Chris couldn't understand. He looked again in her... wait, was was her eyes brown? Chris chirped until he cried, "Go away! GO away!"

Martin got Chris and said, "What is the matter with you?"

"She's got brown eyes!"

"So?"

Chris realized that everyone around him was not the same... Everything began to static, showing robot arms everywhere! Chris screamed until he chirped a scream. The robot arms took him in all positions of his body. Chris began to cry out in pain.

Applay came unto the scene after dropping her costume. Chris was right!

The girl smiled, "Remember me?"

"Carolyn!"

"Ah! You do remember me. It's been a long time, Chris. Now we are together again to be happily married!"

"I'm not marrying you!"

"Oh?"

"I said, I am not marrying you!"

"Really? Well, explain these!"

Suddenly the wall opened to reveal the gang, Martin and Laura, as well as Chris' parents, "NO! What have you done to them?!"

"I have done nothing yet. Oh, don't you see anything different?"

"What have you done with her?"

"Robots!"

A robot arm came and dropped a sack which opened to Aviva... her hair was cut even shorter. She was crying as the robot arms took touches of her skin and tried to rip it off her.

Chris grew so furious, "Let her go!"

"If I let her go, then, she would attack me."

"I don't care..."

"Well, maybe your daddy can explain my long time bruise with your love engraved on it."

"I never loved you."

"How is it so possible that you loved this... this... This scumbag so much from birth?!"

Chris grew even more furious. If he was a bull, he was now stamping his feet and blowing furious air, readying to charge into her stomach, "You don't call Aviva a scumbag!"

"Really? She's seriously so... Eww..."

Chris growled now. He was readying to charge. On all fours, which he has never been for years, and aimed his invisable horns. He was ready for a head butt.

Carolyn smiled, "When we get married, I will give you an opportunity for her."

Chris answered with fury, "What?"

"She will be thrown in that volcano..."

"What?!"

"Oh, silly me. I didn't tell you. We were flying while you were asleep. Don't realize the ground is moving."

Chris looked at Aviva. She was staring at him with no hope left. Carolyn continued, "It's the volcano, sharks, or even, my favorite; just like your daddy, she will be be beaten to death."

Chris arched over Aviva's tortured body and said, "Never anyone of those. If I have to, I'll kill you to get her freedom." The robot arms were still trying to reach Aviva. Chris growled and bit several of them away. Carolyn frowned at Chris, "You are so hard to control!"

Chris looked over and saw his sister and brothers staring at him. He frowned and dug into the metal floor. With his heavy breath, he aimed his charge. Carolyn began to feel his rush. Chris took a leap into the air as Carolyn moved aside, which she hoped he would fall on the floor.

But she looked, he was gone. But when she looked up, Chris was standing on air! Chris stood tall, with his neck standing tall just like Harter had done when he was just a kid. Chris angled his legs in the direction of a wolf's prey. His hair blew with the breeze, his brown furious eyes stared at Carolyn.

Carolyn cried, "What?! This is impossible."

Chris answered as he came closer to the shocked girl, "It is possible. If you think my love for Aviva is impossible from basically our births, then why should I be flying if it was impossible?"

Carolyn stared at Chris. Chris stood tall before the girl with his prideful instinct. He looked at her, not knowing something dangerous was going to happen.

Carolyn cried, "I got you now!"

Chris jumped to his behind, a robot arm pushed Chris to the open door. Aviva stood up, "CHRIS!"

Chris lost his power of flight as he began to fall. The volcano was just below him. Chris started to fear even worse. Finally he remembered how he got it all in the beginning.

"HHAAARTTTEEEERRRR!"

Chris screamed all he could. He felt his body lifted from the force of gravity. He looked over and saw a deer's head, "Harter!"

"What happened to you?"

"Carolyn... She had me pushed out of the ship! My family and friends are up there in danger!"

Harter took a bounce into the clouds. Chris fell to the clouds and said, "We need to get to Carolyn and stop her."

"Really? I can't appear before humans."

"But you're a spirit... You come before me."

"Because I trust you. You have the power of flight for a reason. Have you yet discovered it?"

Chris stared into nothing, "The power of flight is to prove... the possibliness of my love for Aviva."

Harter arched his body to the skies, "You have indeed found the reason. Once you have accomplished the reason, you will lose the flight, but in your heart you will fly among regions that you have never yet have known."

Chris' eyes beamed. All those nightmares proved to be the sight of his flight. He was basically flying in most of them. The main person he was looking for was Aviva. if only he could dream them and find the true answer. The flesh eating Willy was the crawlling... Chris beamed once again, everything was coming to view!

Aviva was being taken apart alive! Chris grew furious, "I got to go and save my family and my friends... and the one I loved..."

Harter answered, "Correction, my son. Correction."

Chris smiled in the ray of sunlight, "The one I love."

Harter smiled at Chris and said, "You have found the reason why I brought you here."

Chris turned to Harter as he ran back to the skies. Chris dived into the cloud and downwards unto the volcano where the ship had parked itself. He swooped up into the ship and travelled the air.

Carolyn cried out, "What?!"

Chris trotted on the floor. His hands and feet began to dance as he walked. He stood up before Carolyn and said, "All these times, I thought my dear sister was behind all this. You better tell me the truth or else you will go down the lava yourself."

Carolyn smiled, "Robots! Release!"

Chris heard a familiar scream. He gripped the girl's neck and said, "You had me think all that! You were the one... I will eaten cut your throat open for what you had done to me!"

Chris ran and leaped into the air and dived. He had to save Aviva before she would drown in the fire! Aviva was still screaming, but had her eyes covered in her hands. Chris was closing in and so was the flames. Chris feared he wouldn't save her in time. But he managed to get under her, he pushed her from the fall to the ledge where she managed to grab. Chris' fall after he pushed her, made him fear which lost his flight!

Aviva cried, "Chris! NO!"

Chris tried to feel calm, but he was swallowed by the flames... his screams were heard up to the ship. Aviva was crying by the ledge and held on to the rocks for support. The lava shifted and returned to normal. All the screams which echoed the volcano, emptied into the stillness.

Harter was in the sky, and saw the death of his trusted human. He lingered to see if he would come up and join him in the stars. He trotted to the lava and to Aviva. Ha said, "Climb unto my back."

Aviva looked up, "What?"

"I'll take you from here."

Aviva climbed unto the deer's back. Harter took one last look at the lava and went upwards to the ship. The night bagan to dawn. The family and friends took Aviva in and hugged her. Carolyn stood without and wondered out loud, "He saved her... And he took her place. Had I been that rotten that he had to die for her?"

"Harter!"

Harter turned to see Chris staring at him. But instantly he disappeared. The deer saddened greatly. William patted the shoulder of the hart, "You tried to save him... But I'm happy to saved Aviva."

Harter began to show tears for the first time. He looked out to the lava's surface and saw it bubbled. He sighed, "He will never return to this form of state."

The whole ship fell quiet. Harter looked up to take a leap, when he saw Chris standing in the clouds. He sighed. He didn't want to get the family's hopes up.

"Harter!"

Harter feared the family heard him. But Chris was running towards him. Harter stood firm as Chris rubbed up to the hart, "Thanks a million!"

"What have I done?"

Chris beamed, "If I didn't have the power of flight, Aviva wouldn't ever be here today."

Harter said, "But, you are now with me for eternity."

Chris made a face, "What?"

"You died in the lava."

Chris laughed and rolled on the floor. Everyone looked over, to see Chris rolling and laughing, "I died in the lava... Seriously, I died?"

Harter grew fearful, "Quiet! They can hear you!"

Chris lay on the ground, like a cat, "I'm dead... I actually got a chance to escape the lava in time. I was literally running on the lava," He looked at his two burnt hands and said, "I was going to get Aviva off the ledge, but you were already ahead of me."

Martin cried, "Then, where were you?"

"I have to rest and cool my hands."

The brothers joined a hug... But Chris was indeed dead. He looked at Martin who stared at him. Chris backed away, "I guess this is the end..."

Carolyn came forward. Chris saw her coming and frowned at her, "Thanks..."

"I'm sorry... I didn't know that you were that brave. You risked your life to save hers. I come to the thought, that you would save me."

Chris said, "I will save anyone. Even if they were my enemy. I have saved Zach before. And we're enemies."

Martin nodded, "That's right. No one is too rotten for us to save..." Martin turned away and began to walk away. Chris knew he was upset that he couldn't be with him. He saw Willy staring at him, crying. He said, "You take my place as a little brother."

Willy said, "Don't leave..."

Chris turned to see Aviva sitting alone. She didn't want to see Chris. Chris was apparently a spirit, a good one. He went to her and said, "Aviva?"

"Go away..."

"Aviva..."

"I said go..."

Chris felt his own heart burn as he walked away. He wanted to go home. He watched as his whole family started to feel compassion. He wanted to be with Aviva. Soon, Harter said, "We have to go... They don't see us anymore."

Chris started to cry, "Can a spirit still have a torn heart?"

Harter stopped dead still, "You have a heart?"

Chris looked at Harter. His tears were glistering in his spirit form. Harter couldn't believe what has happened. He started to cry as a spirit, so he answered, "Yes."

Chris followed Harter into the skies. Chris felt his heart crack into pieces. He turned to see the ship for the last time. He didn't want to live in the realm of spiritual forests. He wanted his family. Harter said, "Come, Chris."

Chris followed Harter into the sky, where he eventually met the realms of forestsland. He met with all spirit animals like Harter. He walked in the mist, feeling his heart tearing more. He found a home of his own and settled alone... alone, with no one by his side.