Beth Whitman walked around the room. It had been a month since the incident at the safe house. No one had talked about what had happened there, it was an unspoken pact that they wouldn't talk about it. Marie was finishing Cassie's birthday cake in the kitchen, everyone else was looking for a place to hide for when Cassie came home. Juan had taken her to a movie so they could get everything set up and everyone here to surprise her.

"Turn the lights off," Mike called from the front door. Immediately the lights went off, and everyone waited quietly. Beth felt Marie walk next to her a minute later, then they waited. Ten minutes later, lights hit the glass as a car parked. A few minutes later, keys were heard in the front door. As the door opened, the lights went on and everyone shouted surprise.

Cassie looked up in shock as she heard the yell. All around the room was her family and friends. She turned and looked up at Juan who was smiling. Shaking her head lightly, she turned back towards the group as her mom walked over and gave her a hug. "Happy Birthday Sweetheart."

"Thanks mom," She said before being pulled around by her other family members.

Twenty minutes later, her Aunt and mom were pouring drinks in the kitchen when she joined them. "Hi sweetheart," Marie said handing her a coke.

"Hi munchkin," Beth said, "How are you enjoying the party?"

"I love it. Thank you."

"You're welcome, but you should be thanking Mike, he thought of it first," Marie told her.

"Boy, you would think that he has been around forever the way he's been acting the last couple of months," Cassie said softly.

"Well honey, he's proud of you. You're a very well loved girl," Beth told her with a smile.

"Yeah, I guess you're right. After all, who couldn't love me?" she teased as she put her drink down.

"Cassie," Juan said walking into the kitchen. "Would you like to dance? Tradition calls," He said with a smile.

"Of course," She told him smiling, "Are you two coming?" she asked her mom and Aunt.

"We wouldn't miss it," Marie said with a smile.

"And I've got the camera," Beth said mischievously.

The four of them walked into the dinning room and saw that Kyle had everything set up. Marie and Beth joined him and Al, while Juan escorted Cassie to the center of a circle created by her friends and family. Everyone watched as the music started and the two of them began to dance slowly. Mike and the other aliens walked over to join the four adults, curious about what was happening.

"Hi," Mike whispered in Marie's ear. "What's going on"

"Tradition. When they were three, they danced at Kyle and Susie's wedding to the song, 'Friends'. Ever since then they have danced to it at Cassie's birthday and Juan always gives her a white rose at the end," Marie explained as the watched the two danced.

"Oh really, that's so neat," Teressa said quietly.

The song ended, and on cue, Juan handed Cassie a white rose. She smiled and everyone clapped. Another song began to play, and the two began to dance once more. Al took Beth's hand and they went out to join their son. Susie and Kyle, along with Amy and Jim joined them, soon followed by other couples from Cassie and Juan's friends.

Max watched as Mike asked Marie to dance, and Chris came over and asked Belle to dance. He watched Al and Beth as they danced for a few seconds. He knew now, they were truly in love. He knew it was time to move on, and he needed to ask their forgiveness. Teressa tapped him on the shoulder, he looked down at her as she asked softly, "Would you like to dance?"

"Yes, I would be honored," He said taking her hand and leading her over to join the others. /-/ Maybe the future had more possibilities than I thought /-/ he thought as he watched Teressa in his arms. Neither of them noticed the smiles directed their way by all of their friends and family.

Everyone was surprised when the music went off a few minutes later. Standing next to the CD player was a guy who looked about twelve years old, with brown hair. Mike took one look at him and told everyone the party was over.

Mike looked at the man who had interrupted his daughter's birthday party. It had been a long time since they had seen him. Luckily, everyone had left immediately after his announcement, except those who knew, and no one had said a word until now.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here? The Royal Four associating with lowly humans. Tut, tut, tut," The boy said walking towards them.

"What do you want Nikolaus?" Belle asked

"Oh, but I want the same thing you do. The Chosen One. And you're going to lead me to him. Ta ta for now," Nikolaus said before disappearing in a quick bright light.

"Who was that?" Marie asked sitting down.

"That was Nikolaus," Teressa said as everyone else sat down.

"We gathered that much, but who is he?" Cassie asked

"He's Kivar's second," Mike sighed, "And now he's here,"

"Why is he after the Chosen One, and who exactly is he?" Jim asked

"The Chosen One is the only one truly capable of defeating Kivar. We were told that he is a member of Kivar's family," Belle explained.

When Beth heard this, she dropped about twenty shades in color, but quickly got herself under control before anyone could notice, and her color back before she spoke. "Are you sure? How are you going to find him?" she asked trying to sound calm.

"When we found out about him, they didn't tell us too much. We aren't really sure how we will find him. But, hopefully we will before Nikolaus does," Teressa told them.

"When we left, they told us to follow our hearts. I still don't know what they meant by that, our hearts led us here, but there is no sign of any one like us who is close to our age," Max said standing up. "Well, we may as well call it a night. There's nothing we can do until tomorrow."

"You're right," Marie said as everyone stood up.

"Alright. Happy Birthday Cassie," Max said, then the four of them left after Mike had given Cassie a hug.