A/N: hi everyone! Sorry this chapter took so long, but it was for good reason…I had help fixing and changing many detail to hopefully make the chapter better. Please leave a review and let me know what you think.

After being told the plan on how they were going to see carter's memories, Sadie and Amos closed their eyes and began trying to project themselves into Carters mind. Julius and Ruby stayed behind to look after everyone, seeing as they could not join them because of being "dead"; which prevents them from projecting themselves into their sons' mind, much to their dismay. It took Sadie and Amos a few tries before they felt a strange sensation wash over them. It had felt like they were jumping into a pool. They felt a sudden coolness that shocked them and caused them to get goosebumps, all while feeling a ticklish sensation that would come, if you were surrounded by little bubbles that float to the surface after diving into the water. Then there was nothing. No sound, no feeling…just quiet. It felt similar to that quick calm you feel once you've reached the bottom of the pool and there was nothing to disturb you, but it ended just as quick as it had happened. Suddenly, they found themselves opening their eyes once a minute had passed to look around once more.

They found themselves, not in the same room with Julius and Ruby, but in a large white hallway that seemed to reflect light and warmth. The hall seemed to go on forever and was lined with hundreds of doors, all spaced out evenly along each side. As Sadie looked around she decided to reach out and try to open the door closest to her, but before she could she felt her uncle forcefully and quickly pull her back.

"Sadie, don't! Remember, every door is a memory! Thoth told your father and I that the memory we're here to find would be all the way towards the end of this hall. Why that is, is because apparently the newer the memory the farther down the hall it is. Now, all we know is that we must find this one memory and that it's towards the end, but other than that I'm not sure what else there may be to finding and seeing one's memory or memories…so please don't open any of the doors until we are sure we have found the right one. Ok?" explained Amos slightly stressed and anxious

"Ok, but how will we know which door is the right door once we get down there?" inquired Sadie

"I don't know, but for now let's just get going so we can start looking. I'm sure we'll know it when we find it…somehow." Replied Amos

As Sadie and Amos made their way down the long hall for what felt like an eternity, they kept silent. Sadie was focused on how much she was determined to make sure her brother survived. Amos on the other hand was lost in thought as to why someone or something would possibly have wanted to harm Carter, sure they had finished a war recently, but no one seemed to sense any evil or ill-intent anywhere amongst the Nome's; They continued on and still kept quiet. After a while Sadie made an interesting discovery about the hall.

"Hey, uncle Amos! Come check this out!" called Sadie looking at a section of the hall they were currently walking through.

"What is it Sadie?" questioned Amos trying to see what his niece could.

"Look! Closely. Do you see it, I mean it's not too noticeable, but it's there in the spacing of the doors?" Answered Sadie.

"What exactly do you mean? See what about the spacing?" inquired Amos moving closer to Sadie.

"Just look! The doors they're closer together!" replied Sadie slightly exasperated at the fact that it was taking so long for her uncle to notice.

Amos took a closer look at the wall and finally noticed what Sadie had. The doors were closer together, even if it was only a few inches at least, than they were at the beginning. Strange. Just then a cold breeze blew over the two magicians. It wasn't a freezing cold, just chilly enough to cause the hairs on the back of their necks stand up, causing them to shiver just ever so slightly in the process. Then just as it was when they entered Carter's mind, it quickly went away.

"hey guys!" shouted a familiar voice from behind them that caused them to turn around quickly. Sadie and Amos had whipped around so fast, that they were surprised they didn't get whiplash.

"C-Carter?" asked Sadie tentatively

"Hey sis, how's it going?" answered Carter

"Wha-But how?!" stuttered Sadie as she looked from Carter to Amos and back to Carter, shock written clearly all over her face.

"It's a long story, but I'm here to help I guess. All I know though is that you're in my head…kind of." Replied Carter.

"Well…it is your mind so you can definitely help," interjected Amos "See, Carter to find out how you got sick we need your most recent memory. Once we know how you've fallen ill, then we can find a cure and save you." Explained Amos.

"Oh…Okay. Well let's keep going then, there's many more doors to pass before we get there then." Acknowledged Carter.

As they began walking again Sadie and Amos couldn't help but feel glad that Carter was there to help guide them, but there was something in the back of Amos' mind that told him that something about this whole situation wasn't right, but why would his nephew show up and not be there to help, so against his better judgement Amos ignored the thought and pushed it to the back of his mind; deciding to trust Carter to get himself the help he needed. Little did either of them know Carter had other plans. All while this was going on and it was almost nightfall, Julius and Ruby were stuck on the outside looking after everyone's physical bodies. They had been keeping an eye on everyone to make sure nothing bad happened, but they were becoming more nervous as the hour dragged on, though they were more focused on Carters', who had yet to move or show any signs of life apart from his shallow breathing and his constant fever induced sweating.

During the journey in Carters' mind that continued, Sadie and Amos noticed that the doors gradually seemed to move closer and closer to one another. Suddenly, Carter stopped and turned towards one of the doors that they noticed had a slight glow that was tinged yellowish-green.

"Here… this one, were almost to the end and I'm certain the rest of these doors are just memories of the pain I've been in this week," stated Carter to a confused looking Sadie and a conflicted Amos, "I think." Mumbled Carter as he turned to face down the rest of the hall, the words going unnoticed by Sadie and Amos.

"Ok…well? Let's get going then!" exclaimed Sadie looking at her uncle

"I can't go in there with you, because I'm not in my mind the same way you are. It may be my mind but my control is failing the worse I get. It's Ok though I trust you." Explained Carter

"Don't worry Carter, we'll figure this out." Stated Sadie determined

Amos on the other hand was studying Carter again. There was something odd about all of this and his earlier feeling of suspicion was back, but there was nothing out of the ordinary that he could use to prove something was off. Amos decided to once again ignore the feeling for now and chalked it up to it all being his stress getting to him, with the short time crunch and all. As Sadie looked to her uncle, who took her hand, she turned to look back at Carter before facing the door ready for what was on the other side. Slowly, Amos grasped the doorknob and turned it. As he pulled the door out and open, he and Sadie were blinded by a bright flash of light, as if someone had unexpectedly taken their picture. The next thing they were aware of, they were in a mall and they were trying to clear the spots out of their vision.

The scene, both Sadie and Amos saw before them wasn't the one they had been hoping or expecting to see. Instead of the most recent memory, they were in a memory that they both knew occurred about a year ago. It was the memory of Carter's first real date with Zia.

"I thought we were supposed to see the most recent memory uncle Amos, why are we seeing something that happened almost a year ago?" questioned Sadie confused

"We are supposed to see the newest memory, but this honestly isn't that. I don't know why we're seeing this, I mean there's no way Carter would give us the wrong memory, he clearly needs our help…right?" answered Amos just as confused at Sadie. It was then that he decided to stop ignoring the nagging in his own mind that told him something wasn't right and began to wonder if the Carter they were seeing was really Carter at all. Amos decided to keep his thoughts to himself as to not worry Sadie or make a fool of himself if it was indeed Carter and Carter had just given them a wrong memory by accident, he did mention having trouble doing a lot of things. "Come, let's find our way out of this memory and back to Carter."

As they began looking for an exit of sorts, it soon became clear that there were none. They had to sit through the memory until it finished and gave them a way out, they guessed. They continued to watch the memory, keeping their distance from Carter and Zia so they could avoid causing any unknow issues just in case. They would not admit it, but Sadie and Amos were curious as to what happened on Carter's first date. They watched as Carter and Zia went shopping at a few various stores before heading to the food court. They still didn't approach Carter or Zia and continued to keep a large amount of space between them and the couple. They weren't sure how long they had been in the memory which worried them seeing as they had a tiny time limit left to save real Carter. That was quickly replaced with shock and pride as they watched Zia roll her eyes before leaning over and kissing Carter. Sadie even though worried for her brother was remembering this detail making sure that when they saved her brother, which they would, she would not let him forget this moment especially because he left that detail out when Sadie had asked him how his date went when he came back to the Nome that day.

Finally, after an unknown amount of time had passed even more, the memory finished. Sadie and Amos were presented with another door they figured was their exit ticket. As they walked through the door, they once again had to adjust their eyes to their new surroundings. Sadie was glad to be out of the memory and so was Amos, but now he had his guard up ready to see if his earlier thoughts were true or just stress and fear induced emotions. They finally looked around, only to see more doors and Carter there waiting patiently as if he had all the time in the world.

Another A/N: hi again. So, I hope you enjoyed reading. Something I want to mention is that, because I want my stories to be centered on Carter himself, there may be very few relationship fanfics. Now that doesn't mean I won't write them, it just means it won't be a part of my plot as often. I know many of you wanted Zia in the story but when I drafted the idea I decided that I wanted this one to be family oriented. I couldn't find a place for real Zia as of YET but I'll try in the future chapters (possibly at the end) ….no promises though. To make up for the lack of real Zia I put her in as a positive memory of Carter's I hope you don't mind. Again, I hope you enjoyed reading and please leave your comment as to what you thought. Thank you. Also, I have started school again so it may take longer to update but I will update at least once every weekend or every other weekend when I have time. I hope you understand.

-OceanHuntress