Chapter Two.

Rain. The peaceful sound of it falling outside her old bedroom window made her mind drift away from everything that had happened.

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"Why do you think she came home now?" Charlie's voice whispered from the living room.

"It's hard to say, Charlie, its really hard to say," Lisa's voice whispered back. ~

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Confusing. Everything was confusing, for them and for Allie. The rain came harder.

"It only rains when you are sad, Allie," John's voice replayed once more in her head, "the weather here is all about you."

A raindrop trickled down the side of Allie's window and she followed it with her finger. She tucked her knees into her chest as if to roll up into a ball and hide from everything.

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"How about we go out for dinner tonight?" Charlie said now, changing the subject.

"I dont know..." Lisa replied, her voice sounding off.

"It would be the first time in a while," he rounded, "we could use a good time together, a family time, for the three of us..."

Charlie swooped Lisa off her feet and was dancing with her around the room while Lisa laughed excitedly.

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She smiled, watching them. She'd left her bedroom to come and watch her parents. They seemed so much happier together…

"Allie..." Lisa gapped, and pulled away from Charlie.

"Dont stop dancing because of me, mom," Allie said, her eyes twinkling bright crystal blue.

Then the darkness. It happened quickly, so quickly no one noticed, but Allie. The room faded for a second into complete nothing, her parents gasps had only escaped their mouths just in time.

"Mom, dad!" Allie screamed, cowering she fell to her knees, eyes squeezed shut and hands covering her ears.

"Allie, Allie whats wrong?" Charlie and Lisa asked together, coming over toward their daughter.

She opened her eyes. Everything was gone, the dark forest, the pain, the vines that had entangled her. It was all gone.

It had come as a vision, but each day it seemed to become more of a reality and a nightmare... and it seemed most strong on Earth.

"It was nothing, it was just... nothing," Allie breathed.

A long fingered hand touched her shoulder as she sat on the ground, and Allie jumped, not expecting to have someone behind her.

"Hello Allie, is this your family?" Mischa asked, as she turned to face him.

"Mischa!" Allie cried, embracing the small alien boy into a hug.

He was in his true form, but Allie could careless... Every time Mischa was around she got a relaxing feeling inside. He gave a small smile with a slit he had as a mouth.

"Finally we meet..." Mischa sent thought to all of them, "I have waited a life time for this moment..."