A/N: The last OFFICIAL chapter, though i'm thinking i might have two
epilouge's. Either that or an EXTREMELY long ONE. I dont know. What do you
peoples think? BTW i am seriously considering a sequel type thing if you
want it. I got the idea in my head, and chances are i have to write it or
it will bother me. Anyways, enough with the chat. Here's the Final Ch. of
Future to past. Stay tuned for the epilouge(s)
Hunter woke, with a crick in his back from sleeping half on the bed, half in the chair. He rubbed his tired eyes, and looked hopefully at Morgan. She had not moved, just like every morning he woke up to see her. Downstairs, plates, and cups were being clinked together. He could smell eggs being cooked, and could even smell the toast being burnt.
"Come on love, it's your birthday. Today is the day to wake up." He looked around the room. "Everyone's bought you something. Don't you want to see what's in them?" He paused, hoping she might want to stir. "Your eighteen today Morgan." He laughed in a rough sort of way. "You know, ever since...a while ago, I had a plan. You are legally an adult today. Today was the day it was supposed to happen." He dug in his jeans and pulled out an old, fancy box. He flipped the lid open. Inside lay a shiny gold band with the name Morgan engraved in it. "I had it all planned out. The place, the time, the way I would do it. No, it's not what your thinking." He said as if she were really listening to him. "This, is a promise ring. My promise to you that I would always be there when you needed me. Day or night. I would be beside you. How, you ask. My question, that came with this ring, was if you would move in here with me. I guess in a way you already have." He closed the ring bow, and put it in his shirt pocket. He pulled his hand away from Morgans, and put his head in his hands.
"Guess I have." Hunter stopped breathing. Was his mind playing tricks. It wasn't the first time in the last three months, that he had heard her, only to find himself disappointed. "I will move in with you, but I think you better look at me." She said hoarsely. He pulled his head out of his hands, and looked up. His eyes widened.
"Morgan. Is..are you." She lifted her head a bit, then put it back down and smiled.
"You know, I've been gone for three months, did you say. I haven't been awake for three months worth of hugs. I think I deserve..." She was cut off by Hunter jumping on the bed close to her, and smothering her in hugs and kisses.
"You scared me. I don't know what happened after we came back. You blacked out." Hunter told her. She nodded and cleared her throat.
"I know what happened. I'll tell you later. I don't want to bring it all back up right now." She said softly.
"Your parents are here. We should go see them. Killian too. They've been here for three months." Morgan looked shocked.
"You and Killian. In the same house. For three months? You didn't kill each other?" She laughed. Hunter pressed his lips to hers again.
"God I missed that laughed. I missed your smile. I missed your being able to move."
"I missed you too. Let's go downstairs." She said, weakly throwing the blanket off herself. He grabbed her hand, then pulled the blanket back over her.
"Your not going anywhere. You are going to lay here, and I'll go get everyone." He said sternly. Morgan frowned, then smiled, and started giggling.
"You are my boyfriend, not my mother. I'm saying I'm going downstairs, and you are going to carry be down, or I will squish you like a bug when the magick returns to my body." She reached out and grabbed his shirt collar, bringing his inches from her face. "Do you understand me." She asked slowly. He nodded slowly, then kissed her again, picking her up out of bed, and headed downstairs.
"Everyone," Hunter called, after sitting down with Morgan in his lap on the couch. "She's awake!" The words had barely left his mouth when, Mary Grace, Sean, Mary K, Killian, Sky, Alwyn, Bree and Robbie came barreling into the room. Within seconds they were hugging and kissing Morgan, not even giving her a chance to register who it was.
When everyone was done hugging her, they began with the questions.
"Your not going to fall back asleep are you?" Mary K asked. She had plopped herself right beside Hunter, on the side of Morgans head.
"Well I might when I get tired." Morgan grinned. "But I'll be up within twelve hours. Mary K, groaned, and started playing with her sisters hair. "So Killian, you and Hunter in the same house for three months." Morgan said, cuddling into Hunter's warmth.
Killian grinned from across the table. Sean and Mary Grace looked confused. "Best of friends, hey Niall." Killian said holding his hands up briefly. Hunter nodded smiling.
"Morgan," Bree started.
"Yea, I can tell you what happened." Morgan said, knowing what her friend was going to ask. "Did you tell them anything?" She asked looking up at Hunter.
"Just what I knew."
"Ok. So, I guess you guys want to know what brought the purple light on, and why I was asleep for so long." Everyone nodded. "The purple light. I'm guessing Hunter told you what it was. When the light first came, all I heard was ringing. Then something happened. A voice." She took a deep breathe and looked at her parents. "It was Maeve. My biological mother. She asked me if I was willing to die for my....Hunter." She blinked, knowing that wasn't all she had asked, but not remembering more. "I said yes."
"You did what?" Hunter yelped. Morgan grimaced.
"I had to, it was going to kill us. Kill you. Come out and kill everyone. Anyways, she asked me if I was sure and I said yes. She said I was the only one in history going to beat this. The book lied. She said it would be done, and the ringing came back. Then all my life since I found out I was a...what I was, flashed. Killian, do you remember me calling you?"
"Yes."
"You helped me kill that spirit Killian. You're words, all the love I was getting from you. From everyone. Everything I ever felt just kinda," Morgan twisted her hands in a ball sort of way. "It just balled then blew. Then we came back."
"Not that I'm not totally happy your back, and I am! Why aren't you dead." Robbie asked, wincing when both Alwyn and Bree hit him.
"Because of what I did. In the past three months, I have been in a maze, wondering why I did what I did. I mean come on, I'm seventeen,"
"Eighteen," Hunter said.
"Eighteen, I didn't want to die. It didn't take me long to realize why I had done it. I loved all of you. I never was going to die, I think I knew that deep down. The point was, I said I would die to save everyone. That's what counted. My love was enough to kill that thing, because it only knew evil. I was asleep for so long, partially because I actually was in a maze, a real life maze. Partially because I was having vision after vision of every day in my life."
"So you woke up because the visions stopped, and you found your way out of the maze?" Mary K asked confused.
"And I felt it was time."
"Felt it was time, felt it was time!" Mary Grace growled. Sean grabbed her arm to calm her down. "Morgan Rowlands, do you have any idea what you put us through? Months of sitting here, not knowing when or if you would wake up!"
"I love you too, mom." Morgan said calmly. With a swift move, Mary Grace was up and smothering Morgan again.
After an hour of catching up, everyone thought Morgan needed some space.
"Let's go home, Morgan." Mary Grace said. Morgan looked at Hunter.
She grinned brightly, and fell into his arms. "I am at home mom."
Hunter woke, with a crick in his back from sleeping half on the bed, half in the chair. He rubbed his tired eyes, and looked hopefully at Morgan. She had not moved, just like every morning he woke up to see her. Downstairs, plates, and cups were being clinked together. He could smell eggs being cooked, and could even smell the toast being burnt.
"Come on love, it's your birthday. Today is the day to wake up." He looked around the room. "Everyone's bought you something. Don't you want to see what's in them?" He paused, hoping she might want to stir. "Your eighteen today Morgan." He laughed in a rough sort of way. "You know, ever since...a while ago, I had a plan. You are legally an adult today. Today was the day it was supposed to happen." He dug in his jeans and pulled out an old, fancy box. He flipped the lid open. Inside lay a shiny gold band with the name Morgan engraved in it. "I had it all planned out. The place, the time, the way I would do it. No, it's not what your thinking." He said as if she were really listening to him. "This, is a promise ring. My promise to you that I would always be there when you needed me. Day or night. I would be beside you. How, you ask. My question, that came with this ring, was if you would move in here with me. I guess in a way you already have." He closed the ring bow, and put it in his shirt pocket. He pulled his hand away from Morgans, and put his head in his hands.
"Guess I have." Hunter stopped breathing. Was his mind playing tricks. It wasn't the first time in the last three months, that he had heard her, only to find himself disappointed. "I will move in with you, but I think you better look at me." She said hoarsely. He pulled his head out of his hands, and looked up. His eyes widened.
"Morgan. Is..are you." She lifted her head a bit, then put it back down and smiled.
"You know, I've been gone for three months, did you say. I haven't been awake for three months worth of hugs. I think I deserve..." She was cut off by Hunter jumping on the bed close to her, and smothering her in hugs and kisses.
"You scared me. I don't know what happened after we came back. You blacked out." Hunter told her. She nodded and cleared her throat.
"I know what happened. I'll tell you later. I don't want to bring it all back up right now." She said softly.
"Your parents are here. We should go see them. Killian too. They've been here for three months." Morgan looked shocked.
"You and Killian. In the same house. For three months? You didn't kill each other?" She laughed. Hunter pressed his lips to hers again.
"God I missed that laughed. I missed your smile. I missed your being able to move."
"I missed you too. Let's go downstairs." She said, weakly throwing the blanket off herself. He grabbed her hand, then pulled the blanket back over her.
"Your not going anywhere. You are going to lay here, and I'll go get everyone." He said sternly. Morgan frowned, then smiled, and started giggling.
"You are my boyfriend, not my mother. I'm saying I'm going downstairs, and you are going to carry be down, or I will squish you like a bug when the magick returns to my body." She reached out and grabbed his shirt collar, bringing his inches from her face. "Do you understand me." She asked slowly. He nodded slowly, then kissed her again, picking her up out of bed, and headed downstairs.
"Everyone," Hunter called, after sitting down with Morgan in his lap on the couch. "She's awake!" The words had barely left his mouth when, Mary Grace, Sean, Mary K, Killian, Sky, Alwyn, Bree and Robbie came barreling into the room. Within seconds they were hugging and kissing Morgan, not even giving her a chance to register who it was.
When everyone was done hugging her, they began with the questions.
"Your not going to fall back asleep are you?" Mary K asked. She had plopped herself right beside Hunter, on the side of Morgans head.
"Well I might when I get tired." Morgan grinned. "But I'll be up within twelve hours. Mary K, groaned, and started playing with her sisters hair. "So Killian, you and Hunter in the same house for three months." Morgan said, cuddling into Hunter's warmth.
Killian grinned from across the table. Sean and Mary Grace looked confused. "Best of friends, hey Niall." Killian said holding his hands up briefly. Hunter nodded smiling.
"Morgan," Bree started.
"Yea, I can tell you what happened." Morgan said, knowing what her friend was going to ask. "Did you tell them anything?" She asked looking up at Hunter.
"Just what I knew."
"Ok. So, I guess you guys want to know what brought the purple light on, and why I was asleep for so long." Everyone nodded. "The purple light. I'm guessing Hunter told you what it was. When the light first came, all I heard was ringing. Then something happened. A voice." She took a deep breathe and looked at her parents. "It was Maeve. My biological mother. She asked me if I was willing to die for my....Hunter." She blinked, knowing that wasn't all she had asked, but not remembering more. "I said yes."
"You did what?" Hunter yelped. Morgan grimaced.
"I had to, it was going to kill us. Kill you. Come out and kill everyone. Anyways, she asked me if I was sure and I said yes. She said I was the only one in history going to beat this. The book lied. She said it would be done, and the ringing came back. Then all my life since I found out I was a...what I was, flashed. Killian, do you remember me calling you?"
"Yes."
"You helped me kill that spirit Killian. You're words, all the love I was getting from you. From everyone. Everything I ever felt just kinda," Morgan twisted her hands in a ball sort of way. "It just balled then blew. Then we came back."
"Not that I'm not totally happy your back, and I am! Why aren't you dead." Robbie asked, wincing when both Alwyn and Bree hit him.
"Because of what I did. In the past three months, I have been in a maze, wondering why I did what I did. I mean come on, I'm seventeen,"
"Eighteen," Hunter said.
"Eighteen, I didn't want to die. It didn't take me long to realize why I had done it. I loved all of you. I never was going to die, I think I knew that deep down. The point was, I said I would die to save everyone. That's what counted. My love was enough to kill that thing, because it only knew evil. I was asleep for so long, partially because I actually was in a maze, a real life maze. Partially because I was having vision after vision of every day in my life."
"So you woke up because the visions stopped, and you found your way out of the maze?" Mary K asked confused.
"And I felt it was time."
"Felt it was time, felt it was time!" Mary Grace growled. Sean grabbed her arm to calm her down. "Morgan Rowlands, do you have any idea what you put us through? Months of sitting here, not knowing when or if you would wake up!"
"I love you too, mom." Morgan said calmly. With a swift move, Mary Grace was up and smothering Morgan again.
After an hour of catching up, everyone thought Morgan needed some space.
"Let's go home, Morgan." Mary Grace said. Morgan looked at Hunter.
She grinned brightly, and fell into his arms. "I am at home mom."