A/N: Hi everyone! Thanks for your wonderful reviews on the story, and more specifically, the last chapter. I'm glad you are all enjoying the story. Here's another chapter about the reunion. I hope you like it, and please review!

Stella Maynard: Walter was always one of my favorite too. I just had to make at least one grandchild resemble Walter. I did feel like making the reunion a little more happy and humorous because they should be happy being together as a family and all. That whole scene with Will, Alex, and Ally was written while I was feeling mushy, so that's probably where all the feeling came from. :) Glad you liked it! Hope you like this one…

Terreis: That's how my family reunions are too! So much drama and chaos! ;) I'm glad you liked the Alex, Will, Ally thing. I feel so flattered by what you said about invoking Montgomery's spirit. It makes me feel honored to be able to do a little justice to L.M. Montgomery.

The next morning came as a blaze of glory with the early arrival of the Rev. Meredith with Rosemary, then Bruce, who stayed with Carl and his family after coming home from Vancouver. Persis Reynolds was expected to sail in during the afternoon, and Uncle Shirley left to pick Aunt Una up from the station. Emily awoke, rather reluctantly, to the chatter of young children, laughter of the adults, and to the general excitement that filled the air. It had been quite a crowded night at Ingleside, and Emily found it hard to get some rest with all the commotion. Aunt Faith and Uncle Jem took Will, Harry, and Peter back to the manse to stay overnight, Aunt Rilla kept Beth, Paige, and Haley, but the rest had to crowd together in the old Ingleside rooms. Emily was stuck sharing a room with Melanie and Madison all night, and the twins happened to invite Audrey over to have a nice slumber party while poor Em tried to sleep. But finally, it was morning!

"Good morning, sleepy head." How could anyone be awake at this hour? The whole point of summer is to sleep in and pace your energy use. Ugh. Emily wanted to crawl up on the couch and sleep, but it would terribly unladylike to be lazy.

"Is that my granddaughter? That tall, gangly thing?"

"Grandpa Meredith! Yes, it's me." Emily ran into his arms, laughing. Grandfather Meredith was so cheery and funny, just like a grandfather should be. He always gave Emily treats and bear hugs. "Grandma Rosemary!" It had been a long time since Emily had seen Grandma Rosemary because she stayed with Uncle Bruce in Vancouver for awhile to receive medical treatment. Grandma was ill for quite a long time, but now she seemed happy and healthy. Uncle Bruce came up and gave Emily a warm hug and stooped down to give her a light peck on her cheek. "Hi, Em." Emily looked around and noticed everyone was grouped around, working on one thing or another. Then, she saw her other cousins. Uncle Carl and Aunt Josie had children, but Em rarely saw them.

"Hello, Uncle Carl. Hi, Aunt Josie." Uncle Carl lived in Silver Oaks, close to Charlottetown, with his wife Jocelyn Spencer, Josie for short. Carl worked as a science professor at Queen's Academy, and Josie wrote for the Charlottetown Chronicles. They had four children, whom Emily liked considerably well but not as much as the Blythe side of the family. James was the oldest, almost 16. He had Carl's clear, dark-blue eyes and his mother's sandy brown hair. Em did not like James because he always harrowed her soul by calling her 'elf' or 'elfkins'. Next came Tyler, who was a jolly fellow but never really bothered about Emily. Tyler preferred Melanie and Madison because he thought Emily "queer". Christine and Emily never had a strong hankering for each other. Christy thought Em was dull and ugly because of her dark hair and pale skin, and Emily thought Christy was snobbish, always putting on airs about her glowing blonde hair and crystal blue eyes. But Emily loved Hazel, although she was only 10. Hazel was sweet and sensitive. Em couldn't help but love Hazel.

"Hey there, Elf." James patted Em on the head and headed over to Harry, who was working on a kite. "Hi, Emily." Tyler gave her a cold kiss on the cheek and left. Christy held out her hand and said, "Emily, you look horrible, darling. Did you just wake up? I never have to get ready in the morning; I just wake up like this. Anyhow, I'm glad to see you could come around in time to greet us." If Emily wasn't so tired, she could probably think of a good, saucy comeback, but she was just too exhausted. Hazel came over and gave Emily a big hug. "Emily, I always think you look pretty."

"Come over here, Em." Alex called Emily over to the couch. He placed a pillow next to him for Emily to rest on. Alex and Will always knew when to save Emily from utter humiliation and despair.

"Alex, why was Ally mad last night? You three are so close, and now she's leaving. Shouldn't you try to make up with her?"

"Em, it's more complicated than that. Ally is—confused. And she's not leaving yet. Plus, we still have two more weeks to make up.'

"But the longer you wait, the more it'll hurt."

"Emily Meredith, you have just gotten to be a smart cookie, haven't you? I guess you're right, but I just want to give Ally some room."

Sarah came over and sat down between Alex and Will. "I am so tired. Grandmother and Susan sure know how to throw a reunion," she yawned as she put her head into Alex's lap.

"You two girls are just silly, sleepy heads, aren't you?"

"Will, not everyone has a strangely high metabolism like you…" Emily was about to finish when Aunt Una came in the front door.

Una was overwhelmed with hugs and kisses from her wonderful nieces and nephews. Aunt Una was the cool aunt that you could always talk to. Una was surprised, as always, that time seemed to stand still at Ingleside. The life as a foreign diplomat in Washington D.C. was a hectic one, leaving little time for anything else but work. Then again, that was what Una had wanted from the beginning. To stop feeling and forget about Walter's death. She wanted to get as far away from that pain as possible and be drained into a new world, but every time she came back to the Island, they all came back—the memories.

"My, how you've all grown! Alex, this certainly can't be you! You're a man now! And Lindsay, you look just like a picture, darling. Sarah, how you've grown! Will and Harry, it seemed like just yesterday you were sweet little babies. Melanie and Madison, you look beautiful, girls. Matt, are these flowers for me? Oh, Emily! I can hardly believe it's you, dearest. Oh, darling, don't cry. I've missed you too!" Aunt Una took Emily into her arms and hugged her tenderly. Emily and Aunt Una had a special bond, and it was wonderful to be together again. They told each other their secrets, and only Emily knew of Uncle Walter's letters and Aunt Una's feeling for him. Una knew all of Emily's feelings and ambitions. In fact, Una knew of Emily's dream to go to Yale University in Connecticut, and had already agreed to move in with her and be roommates.

"Jerry, darling. It's so good to see you again. Nan, how do you stay young? Faith! My beautiful sister! I've missed you so much. Di, Rilla, Jack, Clarissa, Ken! It's a full house again! Carl and Josie! When did you get in? Oh, Father! Thank you for your loving letters. And, Rosemary! How are you feeling?" Una hugged all of the other children, and sat down to talk to everyone.

"Una, sweetie, it's so good to have you home, again. How's everything going in Washington? Are they all going crazy yet? You know you can come home anytime." John Meredith still hadn't given up hope to have his daughter come back to the Island. Especially with tensions growing in the world, he wanted Una to leave Washington to come home. But Una was set on her job. As a representative of Canadian humanitarian affairs to the United States, Una had a responsibility and even now, she had a larger one to keep everything under control in the midst of another World War.

"Dad, I'm fine. There's lots of chaos, of course, but the U.S. wants to remain neutral toward European affairs. I'm sure our Canadian boys will want to fight, and that's entirely up to them. And I don't want to come home. I mean I miss it, but I love my life. I would think you'd give up trying to give up getting to come back to the Island by now. And I'm helping our people. It means a lot to me."

"Well, I'm just glad you're here, Una. I hope you don't have to leave too soon, though. How did you manage to leave the office?"

"My supervisor was quite upset, but he gave me a week. I'm just glad I was able to come home and see all of you."

"Just a week, Una? Nan and I wanted to take you back to Kensington with us. The kids just love you so much, especially Emily."

"Oh, I know Jerry, but I promise to come back and visit when things are a little calmer. Well, if you would all excuse me, I need to get some rest. It was a long trip."

They were all there. All of Anne's grandchildren were sitting on the soft, green grass in Rainbow Valley. There was a dance that night at the Four Winds Point. The annual dances thrown by wealthy Harbor families every year since Anne's children were young. Most of the girls couldn't stop talking about clothes, boys, and general gossip. The boys fished and played games with each other. Gilbert had been called out that morning on a very special case. Usually Gilbert and Anne stayed home or traveled the world together, now that they were both retired. Susan was called out to tend to Cousin Sophia Crawford, who was gravely ill and lying on her deathbed, which left Anne to serve lunch because she had not the heart to ask her children to waste a moment of time together.

"Darlings, there is plenty to go around. I'll leave it on the old banquet board, and you just help yourself. There's plenty left in the kitchen if you want more. I'll be inside, sweethearts."

Paige Blythe threw her arms around Grandmother and kissed her cheek. "Thank you, Grandmother." Anne smiled. Paige was such a lovely darling. Even though she did put on airs at times about Clarissa's family, Paige was generally charming. Paige Evelyn looked exactly like a picture with her flowing blonde hair and sparkling crystal blue eyes. She was often competitive about most things, but particularly when it came to her brother Peter.

"Peter! Watch out! You'll get dirt into the potato salad!"

"Sorry! Don't have a cow, Paige!"

"Wait, Lindsay, don't move. I'm trying to finish this sketch."

"Honestly, Sarah. You can't put the sketchbook up for one minute, can you? We are trying to eat here."

"Don't let me catch you making Sarah upset, Linds. Now, let's all sit down and eat like normal people." Alex was always stern when it came to his sisters. He was very overprotective of both, mainly Sarah, and he'd never allow them to insult each other. Lindsay was very much like her mother, Faith, which is probably why Sarah never got along with either. "Like mother, like daughter," Jem would say about Lindsay and Faith. Both had soft, gold-brown curls and golden-brown eyes to match. But both had the same personality, which bothered Sarah because they constantly nagged her about being ladylike. Lindsay was overly confident and flaunted her beauty. After graduating from Queen's, Linds moved in with the Evans at Wyndhaven in Newbridge as a teacher. It was nice, for Sarah, to have Lindsay away most of the year, but so was Alex. Sarah's art kept her busy and helped ease the loneliness at Green Gables.

"Wow! That looks amazing Sarah. You're going to be such a great artist some day. It's exactly how I always wish to remember us in Rainbow Valley—happy, carefree, in the midst of our wonderful, youthful bliss."

"Gee, Em, you're speaking like you're a million years old."

"Oh, she's just an old soul, Beth. Mother and Father always say Em is more mature than the rest of us put together."

"Harry, are you going to board with Peter and Ben?"

"Yes, Audrey. Robert Blake will board with us too, just in case you wanted to know."

"Audrey! Aren't you the sly fox? I had no idea you had a thing for Robert! A Blake of Shrewsbury is almost as good as a Murray of New Moon!"

"I don't 'have a thing' for Robert, Melanie. And don't start matchmaking for me either!"

"Michelle Hughes said that her little sister, Madelyn, was sweet on Robert. You've got competition…"

"Since when do we listen to 'Mad Madelyn' anyway? She's probably just making it all up. I don't trust any of the Hughes, except Megan."

"How come I've never met Megan? Will took me to the Hughes when I was visiting, but I don't remember anyone named Megan."

"Why do care so much about Megan, Alex? She's hardly marriage material."

"That's not true! Megan is the most suitable of all the Hughes. Kate Cohen isn't so bad either."

"Who's Kate Cohen?"

"Michelle's stepsister. Sarah and Beth are going to room with her at Diamond Loch. Mrs. Hughes is Mr. Cohen's second wife. The old Mr. Hughes died in an accident a long time ago, when the girls were still young. Joseph Cohen only had one daughter, Kate. Maddie and Michelle just despise her."

"Oh my goodness! You boys ate all that food? Someone better go in and get some more for the rest of us."

After lunch, Ally sat on the wooden swing Grandfather Gilbert built for them. The wind blew the soft chimes of the old bells Uncle Walter hung long ago. It was so peaceful. Ally could feel the flowers talking to each other, somehow. It seemed they called her to get up and dance, but today she was just too depressed to take part. Alex came through the bushes and handed Ally a bouquet of lilacs.

"I'm so sorry, Ally. You know I would never hurt you intentionally. It's just I haven't told anyone and I didn't want to get you upset about me going to war, but I guess I ended doing that anyway. You have every right to be mad at me."

Ally sighed and took a deep breath before speaking. "I'm not mad at you, Alex. I'm just upset you didn't tell Uncle Jem and Aunt Faith. They deserve to know, and I was disappointed in you for not thinking about it."

"I know."

"Do you know when you're leaving?" You and Will?"

"No. We'll probably sign up before the school begins again."

"What about Redmond?"

"It can wait."

"Poor Brooke. She'll probably go crazy waiting around for Will."

"Too late. She's already insane."

"What about you? Do you have any sweethearts I should know about? It sounded like you were a little curious about Megan Hughes."

"I'm not sweet on anyone, and I've never even met Megan. I wish you would all stop bothering me about it."

"I'm just joking. I can't wait for Aunt Persis to come. She has such wonderful tales about Europe and her kids are so jolly."

"It's been awhile since we've seen Zara and Daphne."

"Us too, but I'm so glad Grandpa Owen and Grandma Leslie are coming too. Father is still trying to convince them to move back to the island near us, but Grandma prefers living with Aunt Persis."

"Is Uncle Ken picking them up at the docks?"

"Yes."

Alex and Ally continued to sit in Rainbow Valley as they waited for Aunt Persis's arrival. Anne watched from the kitchen window. She knew that her grandchildren could never hate each other, and it was magnificent to hear laughter ringing in the air once again.

A/N: Next chapter will have even more people arriving!! Anyone you want in particular to come??? I really want to know what you think!!! Please, Please, Please Review!!!