Disclaimer- I own nothing. Zip. Zilch. Nada. Let's give Mr. Pullman a hand. WAIT! I OWN KEVIN...AND MARY'S THEORY IN THIS CHAPTER!! Let's give me a hand!!!!!!

Before Will stood Lyra. She was wearing a wedding dress and she looked positively heavenly. He'd apparently arrived not a moment to soon.

"Lyra. Hi." He said, and then internally winced. How pathetic that must sound after twelve years.

"Hello Will."

"I, um, got your letter." She opened her mouth, but her cut her off anticipating what her question would be. "Don't ask me how, but it was just there when Kirjava and I were at the bench."

"Oh Will! I knew you'd get it! We're connected. But-" she stared at him, shocked. "But how can you be here? Will isn't it hurting you? You and Kirjava?" she added, seeing the daemon come out from behind Will.

He smiled broadly. "No."

"But how?" she asked. Pan playfully pounced on Kirjava and the two began to mock wrestle.

FLASHBACK

"Mary? Mary are you there? Mary!" Will yelled, pounding on her apartment door and eliciting strange looks from passer-byers.

"Will? What are you doing here?" Mary asked when she finally opened the door.

"Last week you asked me if there was a way to be with Lyra if I'd do it. Why'd you ask me that?" he asked anxiously. Mary motioned for him to come in. He took a seat at the kitchen table and Mary sat across from him.

"Will," she began, placing her hands on the table, and then taking them off again. "Will the only thing keeping you from Lyra was the fact that you would weaken and die in her world. Your father told you that." Mary paused, allowing his heart to ache for a moment. John Parry had been killed by a witch, Juta Kamainen right before Will's very eyes. He brushed aside his sadness and nodded for Mary to continue. "Well, for the past few years I've been working to find out what was different about our world and Lyra's. I've finally figured out what it was."

"So what is it?" he asked testily.

"I haven't tested my theory. I don't know if it works or even if it's safe." She warned.

"I don't care." He replied hotly.

"It hasn't been tested yet Will!" she repeated.

"Test it on me!"

"Will..."

"Mary...please! I have to see Lyra. She's getting married. Please Mary, let me try this!" he pleaded.

"Alright Will." She sighed. "Daemons are very important in Lyra's world. They are basically a representation of the soul...an extension of the average being. The first reason you would weaken was because you wouldn't have had that part. But you have overcome that." Will smiled thinking of Kirjava. "The second obstacle would be the chemical I have discovered."

"Chemical?" Will asked.

"Yes." She replied. "A chemical. It is what causes you to have the extension of the soul, or the daemon. It's called proglasterine. I've been working to duplicate this chemical and I have succeeded. If you are willing I will test it on you."

"Willing? God Mary am I ever!" he exclaimed. What do I have to do?"

"I'm going to inject the proglasterine into your blood through a needle. Your blood will then carry the chemical throughout your body and hopefully your brain will recognize this and make use of it. Will I'm going to need you to be strong because you're going to have to be in Lyra's world for a few months. Serafina Pekkala, who is able to go between worlds, will report to me on your progress."

"Hello Will."

He jumped. Little had he known that Mary Malone had asked Serafina Pekkala to be in the room, though invisible, to gauge Will's genuine interest.

"I believe that this is a worthwhile risk, sister." Serafina said. "If this works, think of all the good they do separately. Just imagine the possibilities of what they can do together, how many more people they can educated on the real purpose of the dust."

Will was still surprised to see the witch there, but she spoke so warmly on his behalf that he was grateful she was there. "Thank you," he said. Serafina nodded in his direction as acknowledgement.

Mary sighed deeply. "Alright Will. We'll do it." She led him over to a chair by her lab equipment and instructed him to lay his arm on the armrest elbow down and make a fist. "After I give you this, Serafina Pekkala will take you to Lyra immediately. You will feel sore for a few days, as a side affect. You may have headaches, and feel nauseous as well. You will need to get a lot of sun, and vitamin C and D." Will nodded, and Mary injected the chemical. He winced, but recovered quickly. He bid Mary good day and took off in the air with Serafina Pekkala, stopping only to get Kirjava.

FLASHBACK

"Oh Will you can't do this, you could die!" Lyra exclaimed after Will had told his story.

"But wouldn't you rather try Mary's idea?" he asked. "If you want me to leave so you could get back to your..." he gestured to her wedding dress. "I will. I can contact Serafina Pekkala." He said, pulling out a small pine spray.

"You mean she's here?" Lyra looked around, excited, but Will shook his head.

"No but she gave me her pine spray so I could locate her and her me."

Lyra was silent. Pan and Kirjava had separated and were standing between Will and Lyra. He started at her and she stared back at him. Then it dawned on her just how much she had missed him. She crossed the short space between them and threw her arms around his neck. She smiled, feeling him hesitate for a moment, then wrap his strong arms around her waist.

She felt really good for the first time in a long time.

Ok, I'm not sure about the theory, or how much of it was true. But for my own story I made it up. Read and review!

bye guys,

Scof