Disclaimer: sobs I own nothing but my PS2 and the video games. Everything else is the property of the good people at Naughty Dog. But I do own the plot of this story and Aurora.

A/N: Well, it's been awhile since I've been on. But here's a READABLE verion of LaFS. Hope you enjoy!

The rating may be too high, but I wanted to be careful, just in case. I'm also pretty sure I got whatever Daxter is wrong. Oops. ' If someone could tell me I'd be very happy!

Chapter 1: The Meeting

Jak looked from Torn to Ashelin. Now that the Metal Heads have been defeated and with Ashelin ruling the city, things had been quiet. Torn was worried about Jak. After the party at Daxter's new place, Keira had dumped the poor guy and now all he ever did as drink and sulk. There was no need for the Underground, so Jak had no missions to distract him.

The blonde had started living in the palace with Ashelin and Torn, since he had been living with Keira during the fight for the city. Now Keira had kicked him out, so he went to his Underground friends for help.

Ashelin had called Jak to the main room along with Torn for a special announcement. So there the three were, waiting only for Daxter to show up. The two men traded confused looks as Ashelin paced. Finally the furry orange Osset skidded through the door. "Hey everybody! Sorry I'm late. What's up big guy?" He questioned as he took up his usual position on Jak's shoulder.

Ashelin cleared her throat. No one knew what she was about to tell them. The only people were her immediate family, all of whom were dead, save for one. She looked over as a pair of doors off to the side opened and in strode another young woman. She was about Ashelin's height with the same amazing figure. She wore only a black tank top and a long, trailing black skirt. When she stepped more into the light, the 3 guys saw she had waist length black hair, deep gray eyes, and full crimson lips. Her only markings were a black stripe tattooed down each eye and three rings tattooed on each ear. Jak gasped and suddenly Keira was forced out of his mind. Even Daxter fell off of his shoulder. Torn's mouth simply hung open as he thought that this new woman seemed oddly familiar.

"Torn, Jak, Daxter. There's someone I'd like you to meet..." Ashelin began. All eyes turned to her. She hesitated a few moments before continuing. "This... is my sister. Her name is Aurora." Days seemed to pass as she waited for a reaction of any kind. The first came from Daxter.

"YOU HAVE A SISTER?" He yelled. "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US BEFORE? She's hot." Jak swiftly cuffed Dax upside the head and stood to greet her.

"Um... hi. My name's Jak." Jak extended a hand to Aurora, who inclined her head and shook his hand. Jak then retreated, stepping on Daxter by accident and sat down, still in a bit of a shock. Torn rose from his own chair to walk over to the new lady.

"So you're Ashelin's sister, eh? I thought you seemed familiar, and now I know why. You resemble her... sort of..." Aurora giggled and offered her hand.

"Nice to meet you Torn. Ashelin's told me a lot about you. I'm very proud of what you did in order to overthrow our father." Aurora looked to Ashelin, who in turn looked at Torn, then glanced at Jak. Now Torn realized what was going on.

"Torn, come on. We have some Krimzon Guard business to take care of. Daxter, you may be able to help too." Ashelin pulled Torn along towards the door Aurora had come from.

"I'm coming Sweet Cheeks!" Daxter winced as Torn glared menacingly at him. "Err... coming!" He squeaked, running after them. This exit now left Jak and Aurora alone.

In the next room, Torn whirled Ashelin around and took her by the shoulders. "You are a genius! Getting some girl to pretend to be your sister so she can take Jak's mind off Keira! Now maybe he'll stop moping around everywhere." Daxter nodded his agreement and rummaged around for food. Ashelin backed away, pushing Torn's hands off her shoulders.

"She's really my sister Torn. We don't have the same mother, so I guess she's only my half sister. But she's family all the same. As for the other part, yes, I did ask her to help Jak forget about Keira." She clapped the now choking Daxter on the back.

"You mean you'd actually help out our boy Jak?" Daxter exclaimed when he could breathe again. "I thought you didn't like him."

Ashelin sighed. "I do like him. Jak's a great guy and I'm sick of seeing him so depressed because of Keira. He needs to have some fun for a change. Now let's go Torn, there really is some training business we need to discuss. Daxter, go back to your place. Okay?" She was answered with an affirmative grumble and watched as he scrambled through the open window.

Back in the main room Aurora had sat down and was staring out the window. This was the man who could change into a monster when angry! She was scared to do anything that might set him off. Jak began to shift around and eventually started to pace. Finally he decided that the silence was deafening. "So Aurora... you're Ashelin's sister?" She nodded. "You two don't look much alike." Aurora sighed softly. Jak found himself watching her lips part slightly and gulped.

"We have different mothers," She began. "I've been living with mine since I was born and just found out about Ashelin and my father. My mother was dying when she told me to find them..." She looked sadly to the ground and Jak walked over to her. He hesitantly laid a hand on her shoulder.

"I'm really sorry to hear that Aurora. If it's any help, I never knew who my parents were. I was raised by my uncle and Samos the Sage." He cocked an eyebrow at her laughter.

"Oh, I'm sorry Jak, but Samos! Oh I feel bad for you to have to be raised by that dithering old fool." She made a face and Jak couldn't help but laugh with her.

"Yeah, it was pretty bad. He never thought I could do anything, so I was always running errands for him to prove myself. It was kinda funny... I was a mute back then, so I never really had the chance to tell him off." For another hour or so the two traded stories and jokes. Jak told her more detail of his adventures with the Underground and Aurora told him about her life in her small cabin outside Haven forest. "Say Aurora, you want to go get a drink?" Jak asked his new friend.

She smiled. "I'd love too. Where shall we go?"

"How about the Naughty Osset?"

"Sounds good to me." Jak, wanting to be a gentleman, offered his arm to Aurora, who gladly accepted it. As their hands grazed against one another's, Jak felt a tiny flutter in his stomach, almost the same feeling he had once gotten whenever he looked at Keira. Jak ignored it, blaming it on hunger and led Aurora to the elevator, then outside the palace.

"Um, Jak, how are we going to get there?" Jak merely laughed. He then jumped up into the air and pulled a person off their Zoomer bike, than switched hover levels so that Aurora may get on. She hiked up her skirt and straddled the machine, wrapping her arms about Jak's waist. Jak noticed that flutter again and found on odd feeling of comfort at her warmth at his back. As he switched back up to the higher zone and sped off, he felt her grip on his waist tighten slightly and smiled to himself. It had been awhile since he had a woman's arms around him.