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**8 years later**

Lizzie Owens lay awake in her four poster bed. She gazed blankly into the darkness, aching for something. [I]I wish I was in love[/I] she sighed to herself. It was ironic that this was now her biggest wish when she had been in this very bed 8 years ago wishing the exact opposite. But a lot had changed in 8 years and now she wanted a normal life. She wanted to experience what it would be like to walk through the streets and not be met with stares and glares. The aunts had told her and Ria to ignore them and realize how special they were.

"They don't understand you girls that's all, they're just scared."

Liz wished with all her heart they wouldn't be. She wanted to be able to smile at them and have them smile back. Meanwhile, when not faced with reality she and Ria had become strong. They had an intimate knowledge of the plants and potions in their aunt's spell books and had become in tune with the power of nature. It helped Liz cope with the outside world when she did magic. It made her feel peaceful and content. Then the night came, when all she could dream about was someone who would come to take her away and give her the normal life she craved. She sighed.

"Lizzie!"

She sat up. 'Ria?' Turning on the light, she looked around her room. No one there.

"Where are you?" She projected her voice to her sister trying to concentrate. They had gotten better at the telepathy thing, but it still needed improvement. They could only do it at short distances.

"In my room silly! Lizzie Bear come here I need help!"

"Do I have to? I'm trying to get some sleep."

"Yes! If you love me you will come here!'

Liz groaned. She always used that argument on her. Admitting defeat she swung her legs to the side of the bed and trudged her way to the bedroom next door. She opened the door and was greeted with the sight of her sister, fully dressed in her tightest jeans and red cut off tank with her long blonde hair in disarray, making out with a rather large and burly young man. She rolled her eyes.

"Hi Jack." The boy turned and gave her a goofy smile.

"Hey…Jill?" Liz flashed him a fake smile.

"Getting closer." Maria laughed and playfully punched Jack on the arm.

"Sweetie you know it's Liz. My sister and best friend in the whole world." To Liz the last part of her statement sounded like it was meant more for her rather than Jack. She flicked her two long thick braids over her shoulders, straightened her overlarge sweater and walked up to Maria with a confused look on her face.

"Ria what the heck is going on?"

"Lizzie Bear…please don't freak out. Please."

Liz looked over her sister's shoulder to see a suitcase packed and her drawers empty. She widened her eyes in realization.

"Your RUNNING AWAY!" she screeched.

"Shh! Yes I am. With Jack."

"But why??!!"

"Why? Why? Do I need a reason? I hate it here Liz. I'm cooped up; I can't live my life. I wanna get away somewhere I can have fun without any worries."

"What about the magic. I thought you loved that!"

"I do love it. But I can always come back here and do it again right? But the real world won't come to me. I have to go to it." Liz turned away from Maria and began to cry. She whirled around again with an angry look on her face.

"What about me? You want to leave me behind?" Maria's face fell. She had forgotten about that.

"Well come with me!" she exclaimed. "Come with me and we'll have so much fun Lizzie!!"

Liz looked down.

"I can't Ria. You know I can't leave the aunts. And we're both only eighteen. This entire plan is crazy! Do you love Jack enough to just run off with him?" Maria's eyes welled with unshed tears. There was so much she wanted to say, but she knew Liz had made her decision. Instead of crying she smiled widely.

"No I don't love him. But I need a sugar daddy right? Someone willing to take me where I want to go."

"And where is that?"

"…Anywhere."

Liz smiled. That was her sister, blindly pushing her way through life. No plan, no thought for anybody except getting her own way. Still she loved her with all her heart, and she knew Ria did too.

"I'm gonna miss you Ria." Maria let the tears run down her cheeks.

"I'm gonna miss you too Lizzie Bear." The girls hugged and cried openly. Jack shifted his feet around uncomfortably.

"Uhh…Maria???"

The girls sighed. Maria walked over to Jack and whispered something to him. He smiled and grabbed her suitcase.

"Ok. Meet you downstairs." He walked onto the balcony and jumped off.

"Wow Ria."

"Yeah I know." Maria walked to the balcony and Liz followed. Neither said anything for a moment or two.

"I feel like I'm never going to see you again."

"Of course you will! We'll be together forever and always remember? This is only for a little while. I'll be back before you know it."

Liz hugged her sister for the last time, before she swung her legs over the balcony and disappeared through the picket gate with Jack in tow, laughing and giggling all the way. She slowly made her way back to her room. She wondered if she should tell the aunts, but decided against it. They would find out in the morning. She climbed back into bed and cried for a long time. Now she didn't even have her sister. Life was beginning to suck. She stared into space, trying to get to sleep. Half an hour later, her eyes were still wide. She got up and went out on her balcony to stare at the sky. She felt like she had a hole in her heart, one of those empty spaces waiting to be filled. She stared at the stars and ached for that true love she had shunned so long ago. If only he was real waiting for her, then maybe her current lonely existence would seem like nothing. But there was no one on the other side, no one meant for her. Things like that just didn't exist.

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Far away, a young dark haired boy awoke from his sleep. He felt something in the air whispering for him, compelling him somewhere. Where that was he didn't know. He laughed that sounded crazy even in his head. He got up and looked out his window at the stars. They seemed alive tonight. He got a vision in his head, of a dark haired girl. He chuckled 'Wet dreams?' That's what woke me up? He closed the window and jumped back into bed. He drifted off to sleep with his dream girl on his mind.