We started packing and I found the dress Mom bought me. Mom, that word is foreign to me but sounds familiar on my tongue. I changed into it so it could be a little bit formal. It's the perfect thing to wear for coming home. Home. I now have a home. I grabbed my things and went to meet Jim and Delbert.

Before we docked Amelia let the port know we were coming so the authorities can arrest the pirates. There was enough time to message Mom and told her that we have a surprise for her. We had to be interviewed for the crew's mutiny and we spilled everything except when they asked for Silver. Jim and I just said that he vanished into thin air and had no idea where he was. They believed us since the story matched everyone else's and after the testimonies were collected they took the pirates into custody and we could go.

We searched the crowds for our mom. Jim found her and she was wearing a white topped dress with a blue skirt, a white shawl, and a sun hat with a blue ribbon tied to the bottom of her chin. He came up behind her and put a hand on her shoulder. She turned around and he took the chance to wrap her in a hug. She hugged him back surprised and happy. Morph had came up to her face and nuzzled it.

She then looked at me and Jim spoke up. "Mom, that's her. That's Emma, she's home." Jim said and she took a long look at me. Her eyes widened and she put a hand over her mouth to hide her gasp.

"Emma? Is that really you?" She asked tears in her eyes. I nodded and smiled. She began crying and hugged me tightly and I hugged her back. "After all these years." She said crying. Jim joined in the hug and we were a family reunited, well almost.

She was shocked by the treasure Jim showed her but nearly fainted seeing my hoard. I wanted to give her every single piece of gold but she refused to accept it. Thankfully the gold and jewels Jim got were more than enough to rebuild the Benbow Inn. Of course we immediately started discussing preparations for the Inn on our way to Montressor. As for my gold and jewels I save them for emergencies or whenever I felt like spending it.

Amelia kept her word and got us both a recommendation for the Interstellar Academy and they had a discussion about whether or not to let a twelve year old girl in the school. We both got accepted and will be starting in the fall term which is in a month, after the Inn was scheduled to be finished.

She and Delbert got married very soon after we got back. They didn't do anything for a wedding since they legalized it in the court and she got pregnant immediately after that! Four months later she gave birth to three kitten girls one a redhead, one a brunette, and one a blonde with a puppy boy that looks exactly like Delbert! Every species has a different pregnancy.

Until the Inn was rebuilt Delbert insisted we stayed at his mansion so we helped them throughout everything. It felt so good to be part of a family. It made me wonder about my friends from the orphanage, Vincent and Maven, I hope they're doing okay.

While the interior was being built Mom gave me my own room and said I could decorate it anyway I wanted. I painted the walls to look like a starry sky on a clear night. I used various shades of blue and purple and had gotten turquoise carpet for my floor to match the sea. The furniture was black and my bed sheets and blanket were light purple with silver and grey pillows mixed with some black and purple ones. Whenever the lights were turned off it was like sleeping on the ocean in the middle of the night. Some paint I had used was glow in the dark and it made it even better!

I had a book shelf in my room filled with all the books I had when I first came here. There was a reading nook below it so I had the perfect environment for reading and writing. I do plan on adding more books to the shelf. I had my jar of stardust on my shelf between some books and I smile every time looking for a story to read or write.

I had shared my full past with my family and I was treated better than I was before. I had built long lost relationships with my family and Jim and I would use every opportunity to get to know each other better and we pranked each other every now and then. Mom and I would do mother daughter activities I asked about anything from my early childhood before I was taken. The one question I never got the answer was, "Why did Dad left?"

Jim had left to grab our orientation packets and uniforms. He insisted that I stayed behind to help Mom decorate and get ready. I'm nervous to re open the Inn but I hope things will go great.

Opening night had came and it didn't take me long to get ready. I was in short purple dress that stopped an inch below my knees with short sleeves that had a light green polka dots on it and was wearing my black boots. I let Mom pull my hair into a braid and put eyeliner and light pink lipstick on me. For jewelry I had some crescent moon dangling earrings that were a welcome home gift from Doppler and Amelia. When I looked in the mirror I noticed something was missing. I was about to freak out over my locket when I realized I gave it to Silver. Yes, they took me shopping for clothes and I found nothing interesting in the jewelry sections or stores. My neck felt naked.

Mom was wearing a fancy purple-blue dress with sleeves that stopped a few inches above her elbows and her hair is in a high ponytail. We went outside where a red ribbon was begging to be cut. Morph had turned himself into a pair of scissors and cut the ribbon in two. Doppler snapped a picture of us, B.E.N, Amelia, Morph and some customers in front of the door and everyone cheered and clapped. Soon we went inside.

We had built a five story Benbow Inn and it looks amazing! The new place is going to bring in tons of new costumers and there was enough money left over money for Mom to hire people so she won't be overwhelmed. Jim and I are going to work when we don't have school or whenever we felt like it. (Mom said that we were gonna hide from the work to spend time together.) While we were inside the sun had set and the moon had risen.

B.E.N had came out of the kitchen with a chef's hat on holding three pieces of cake on his arms and one on his control center. He went around giving the plates to guests and stopped by Doppler and Amelia to admire their children. I was standing next Mom as she introduced me to some of the guests. The door opened and everything went quiet.

Outside were the robot cops that took us home after that solarsurfing incident. Everyone else gasped thinking that we were in trouble when they turned around to look. They moved aside and showed Jim in the school's uniform! The uniform is a cream colored suit that resembles a cadets uniform. His bangs are shorter and he got rid of the rat tail. I think he wants to look good for the night. Everyone cheered seeing him and one of cops shook his hand while the other saluted him. Morph turned into a metal and pinned himself on the jacket. Jim smiled and Mrs. Dunwiddie started playing a various amount of instruments.

Mom and Jim stood in front of a line that had two lines of aliens holding flowers above their heads and they danced. After they went through Doppler and Amelia went. I saw B.E.N dancing and I giggled watching him. The next thing I knew there was a tap on my shoulder. I turned around and saw my brother holding an arm out. "Can I have a dance?" He asked.

"Of course," I said and went danced through the thing. We danced for a while and stood behind Mom watching the guests clapping to the music. Mom turned around and smiled at us and we smiled back. I stopped clapping turned to look out the window and saw some clouds had formed to look like Silver smiling down at me.

"Jim look!" I said and pointed out the window. He turned around and smiled too seeing the clouds. A star twinkled where his cyborg eye is like it was shining with pride. "He's looking after us and he's proud." I said.

He nodded. "Yes he is, he'll always be there for us." He said and his eyes widened like he remembered something. "Oh! Mom has something for you but, she told me to give it to you since she's busy tonight." He added pulling something from his pocket. It was a small box covered in a light green wrapping paper and a white ribbon tied in a bow.

"What is it?" I asked taking it.

"Open it or I'm taking it back." He said.

I glared at him and unwrapped it. There was a black box. "Wow I love it." I said sarcastically and opened the box. My eyes widened as I saw a silver locket like Mom's. "It's beautiful." I said.

"Mom wanted to give you a welcome home gift and I remembered you gave your old one to Silver. She thought about getting silver thinking you'd pulled it off. If you look closer you can see something engraved on the surface." He said.

I looked closer and saw a star on it. I ran my thumb over it for a while and hugged him. "Thank you!" I said smiling. "Can you help me put it on?" I asked holding it to him. He nodded and took my locket and motioned me to turn around. I did and I felt the weight of the locket on my neck and he snapped the closer in place. "Mom was right, you pull it off better than gold." He said ruffling my hair.

I opened it and almost immediately cried seeing Mom cradling a baby in a pink blanket. "Are these memories?" I asked. Jim nodded. They changed from the two of us solarsurfing, having our mini sword fight in the galley, riding the longboat through the comet with Silver, him giving us that speech, the moment we found out we're brother and sister and the moment Mom found out. I smiled and blinked trying to hold back tears. "I contributed some memories." He said.

I found Mom and gave her a hug thanking her for the locket. She returned it crying a little. "I'm glad my daughter is home." She said and kissed me on my head. I'm finally home.