"Kia mau ki tō ūkaipō (Don't forget your roots, my friend),
Kia mau hoki ki tō whānau (Don't forget your family, yeah)
Kia mau ki tō ūkaipō (Don't forget your roots, my friend)
I tangata ai koe (The ones who made you),
I hari mai i a koe (The ones who brought you here)
Kia mau ki tō ūkaipō (Don't forget your roots, my friend)..."
-Kia Mau Ki Tō Ūkaipō (Don't Forget Your Roots), Six60

September, Derry, Maine 1988

In the month following the battle against IT, the Losers had spent a lot of time together just hanging out and doing normal kid stuff. Stanley taught Katherine how to properly ride a bike, using the promise of ice cream to persuade her. There were days spent in Bill's garage watching movies and days in the arcade playing games.

There were days when the Losers would explore every inch of the Barrens and the dump that resided next to it. They skipped stones and swam in the Quarry. Katherine loved these days, these days filled with fun and laughter as wasted away the summer days. But not once did they return to Neibolt street.

With the end of summer finally drawing near, the Losers had converged on the Barrens for one last time. "...I can only remember parts—" Beverly explained as they sat in circle all bandaged and healing, "—But, I thought I was dead. That's what it felt like...I saw us, all of us, together back in the sewers, but we were older like-like our parents' ages"

"W-w-what-what were we all doing there?" Bill asked.

"I just remember how we felt...how scared we were. I don't think I can ever forget that" Katherine slipped her small bandaged hand into Beverly's giving it a small squeeze.

With his face falling into a determined expression, Bill leant forth and plucked a shard of broken grass from the ground. "Swear it!" Bill stood before the Losers with the shard of glass in one hand, "S-Swear if IT isn't dead, if it ever comes back...we'll come back too"

There was a beat of silence as everyone looked at each other, Would we really have to fight this thing again? IT's gone, isn't it? We killed IT! Katherine thought before joining the others in rising to her feet. Standing in the circle between Beverly and Bill, Katherine watched and waited as Bill used the glass to cut first his own palm and then everyone else's. With bleeding palms, the Losers stood together holding each other's hands and sealing the oath as they silently promised to return should the clown ever do so as well.

They barely stood there for a moment before Stanley pulled back, "I gotta go" He excused, "I hate you" Though it wasn't malicious and he ended it with a grin and a chuckle. Katherine quickly jumped forth and wrapped her arms around his waist, giving him a quick hug before he left. She felt his pat her head before she pulled away. "I'll...see you later"

"Bye Stan" Bill whispered. Over time the others soon left too, though Katherine made sure to grab a quick hug from each of them before they left.

"Bye guys" Eddie went next, taking a quick hug from Richie and receiving one from Katherine.

"See ya later, Losers" Mike grinned, trudging off through the tall grass of the Barrens.

"See ya 'round, Bill" Richie went next, "See ya guys later"

"Bye guys" Ben whispered quietly before he left.

Katherine was down by the river when Beverly and Bill left, both of them coming over to say farewell before going. It was nice having friends for a while, and it was something she didn't want to forget. But Bill and Beverly were moving away and Mike was still being homeschooled. Still, I like this dream most of all...