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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: Always:D

Arwennicole: Glad you liked my protective Andros. I can really picture Andros doing that to protect what's his. I mean, look at how he reacted to Zhane being close to Ashley and he wasn't even dating her back then.

Jenny: I can't wait either. Already said I was sorry for not getting this done sooner. I never liked Derek, but without him I couldn't write that chapter. Luckily, that was his last appearance. And Derek is bad, he might have wanted to marry Ashley, but I think he appeared pretty much ready to force a marriage.

The-power-of-love: I never expect any less of you.

The real vampire: Glad you like it. :D

DizneeDol: If I would have made you wait long for that chapter, I think I would have had an angry mob with flaming torches ringing my doorbell.

LucyE: I'm glad to be rid of Derek too. Aurora dating Mack? You'll find out the next chapter.

Phantom Rogue: That's what I mean. :P I'll put up the epilogue soon, and that will tell you if your right or not.

Ghostwriter: YAY, YOU LIKE! Indeed, Derek is EXIT!

What Was Lost

Chapter 27

When Aurora came downstairs the next morning, the house appeared to be empty. She immediately turned around and crept back up the stairs, barging much more loudly into Ray's room.

As she suspected her brother was still fast asleep. His covers lay on the ground next to the bed; obviously he had kicked them off in his sleep. She smiled and crept to his bed. Slowly she bent over, placing her hands in his sides and started to tickle him.

Ray's eyes shot open with a yelp.

"Ssst, be quiet. Mom and dad are still asleep."

"Be quiet?" Ray muttered, sleepily. "I'll show you be quiet."

He launched himself at his sister and tackled her to the floor, tickling her in her sides. Aurora squirmed and did her best not to laugh. Deciding she wouldn't be able to take the torture much longer, she let her mind reach out and found Ray's pillow. An evil smirk appeared on her face as she lifted it up in the air and whacked it against Ray's head.

"Hey, you're cheating." Ray protested softly, rolling off her to avoid the pillow.

It did him no good as the pillow followed his every move. Aurora scramble to her feet and took a moment to catch her breath.

"Get dressed, I'll make you breakfast." She laughed softly, letting the pillow drop to the ground.

"Shouldn't we wake mom and dad up?" Ray asked, keeping his eyes suspiciously on his pillow.

"Nah, let them sleep." Aurora replied, before leaving the room again.

She quickly mad her way downstairs. Just as she wanted to enter the kitchen, she heard her mother's cell-phone go off. She went into the living room and picked up the phone, ready to shut it off if Derek was calling.

The display told her it was her mother's boss. She pressed the green phone button and answered.

"Aurora Hammond."

"Good morning, Aurora. Is your mother around?" Her mother's boss's voice came over the phone.

"She's still asleep, is it important or can I leave a message?" Aurora replied.

"I just wanted to ask if I could expect her at work today."

"I don't think so. You see, they found my dad while we were in Ireland. I think she'll be wanting to spent some time with him, get him up to date on the past eleven years."

"He's alive? How wonderful. Could you leave a note for her to call me?"

"Sure."

"Have a nice day."

"Yeah, you too."

Aurora cut the connection and walked into the kitchen to make breakfast just as Ray came down the stairs.

"What was that about?" He wanted to know.

"If mom would come to work today."

"I don't think so." Ray grinned.

"Neither do I." Aurora grinned back. "A peanut butter and jelly sandwich, right?"

"Nah, I think I'll have chocolate sprinkles today."

"You're doing this to annoy me, right?"

Ray just stuck out his tongue and Aurora laughed, careful to keep quiet so she wouldn't wake her parents up.

Suddenly something got through to her, leaving a bright smile on her face. From the moment she had seen her dad again, the walls she had put up had started to crumble and it had left her more carefree and open. She had been keeping up an act to others.

What would Genesis say if she saw her like this? She couldn't wait to find out. Genesis would be so happy for her. She was probably the only one beside Ashley who knew how much Andros meant to her.

As she was preparing her own sandwich another thought entered her mind. Her mother had told her and Ray a lot about KO-35, her grandparents had shown a lot of pictures on their visits and she vaguely remembered some things, but not much. They had never gone to KO-35 again after her dad had gone missing, but now he was back, she might be able to see her grandparents a little more.

Her grandparents on KO-35 were the only grandparents she ever saw. Ashley had told her, her parents and brother didn't agree with her having a baby at the age of 19 and meanwhile going to college, even Ashley's marriage to Andros couldn't change their minds and so, as Ashley's due-date neared, they had cut all connections with their daughter. Ashley and Andros had sent them a birth announcement card, but never got any reply.

Aurora could see it hurt her mother, but it had brought her mother and her father's parents all the more closer. She sniggered at the thought of running in to one of them while going to college in Angel Grove…

A/N: Hope you liked it. Review.