Disclaimer: Genesis is mine. Mack too.

Summary: Mornie utúlie. Believe and you will find a way. Mornie alantie. A promise lives within you now. He went on a mission never to return again. Or so they said.

Juzblue: Oh, I'll update soon don't you worry.

Necroblade: This is NOT the sequel to MAW, but a totally independent and different story. That doesn't say you're wrong about Andros not being the missing man, but I'm not saying you're right either. Yes, this is another story in which I'm playing with you.

The peace pixie: Yes, when I say Zodiac I mean them all and that's not twelve rangers, but thirteen, two for Gemini. Oh, and you don't have to worry, I'll continue. I'm currently writing chapter 10 and one of my friends and my beta-reader Jenny, both love the story so far.

Jenny: I'll sent chapter 9 right away. Oh and don't beat yourself up over not reviewing, I really don't mind. Aurora sure is a strange kid, I'll admit it, but then again, so am I, maybe I'm putting something of myself in Aurora and no, before you ask, I still have both my parents.

The-power-of-love: That's a secret I won't reveal here, but you'll find out soon enough, promise.

Starlight63: Computers suck, our computer is getting a new hard-drive today and it's not even a year old! Glad you liked it. More tomorrow.

Cheerleader chic: Always.

Lucy E: You'll find out who Aurora's parents are and what happened to her dad. First hint in this chapter.

What Was Lost

Chapter 2

"Mack, what are you doing here?" She demanded, surprised and nervous.

Mack was a senior, good looking and, naturally, very popular. She had had a secret crush on him for a while now, but she never thought he'd see her, a mere junior.

"I take music class, what else do you think? Nice song, by the way." Mack replied.

"My mom used to play it when I was younger, back when my dad just…" Her voice trailed off and she squeezed her eyes shut, trying to dam the tears that had suddenly filled her eyes.

What happened to her father was none of his business.

"Your dad what?" He asked.

"Nothing." She muttered. "If you've got class in this room, I'll leave."

"Nope, just heard a beautiful song and came over to see who had such an enchanting voice."

"Yeah, right." She put her music back into her bag.

"I have to go." She said, trying to keep her voice curt and even.

She quickly slipped out of the room and made her way to the main hall as fast as she could without running. Once there she took a moment to orientate herself, closing her eyes and concentrating on her best and only friend.

Then she turned and walked to the canteen. There she didn't need to look around to know where to find her friend. She instinctively walked to the most distant corner of the canteen and dropped down in the windowsill next to a girl with dark brown hair with red streaks in it.

"Hey Genis."

"Hey Rora. Where were you?"

"Trying to rehearse my songs." Aurora replied, fishing her lunch out of her bag.

"How far did you get?"

"May it be."

The girl looked up and tried to catch her friend's eye.

"Too hard?" She asked, a little confused.

"No, Genis. I can sing it easily. Mack just happened to walk in."

"Mack? As in, Mack, hotty of the school?"

"That's the one. He happened to take on music too."

"He sings?"

"Probably plays an instrument." Aurora sighed suddenly.

"Something wrong?" Genesis asked softly.

"I… I just wish he was still here. That he hadn't needed to go on that mission. I wish he could have been there when Ray was born."

"Ray was his last gift to this world, huh?"

Aurora nodded miserably.

"Sometimes when I look at Ray, I see him and I can't help but remember the promise he broke."

"He didn't mean to."

"But he did anyway. The worst is when I first meet people and they ask if I'm his daughter, like the hair isn't a dead give away. Then they ask how he is, because they haven't heard anything about him in so long… But how do you tell them he…"

"Stop." Genesis ordered firmly. "Others might not see it, but you're hurting yourself by just thinking of him. Please, just don't."

"I can't, we've got Universal Languages next."

"It's the last, right?"

Aurora nodded.

"Then skip. You can pick up Ray from school when school ends, so he doesn't need to stick around for another hour. I'm sure Mr Woodland wouldn't mind. You're his best student."

"Three guesses why."

"Just go."

"Thanks, Genis. See you tomorrow." Aurora smiled, jumping up again and throwing the remainder of her lunch back in her bag.

She lifted her bag onto her shoulder and dashed out the school, stopping only at her locker to get her jacket and her mp3-player. Once off school property, she slowed her pace and started to walk in the direction of Ray's school. It didn't take her long before her jacket started to irritate her, so she pulled it off and swung it over her shoulder.

Her hair that reached just passed her shoulder danced in the wind and she suddenly felt the urge to throw down her bag and jacket and just spin around, laughing. She suppressed it, though, and just walked on, her music playing in her ears, her mouth moving as she silently sang along with the songs she was to sing next week.

It wasn't unusual to see her depressed on moment and unbelievably happy the next. She had had these mood-swings for eleven years now, though she started out more depressed than happy, now it was the other way around.

"Aurora!" A happy exclamation brought her back into the real world again.

A/N: Hope you liked it. Please review.