Disclaimer: I don't own any of them I'm sad to say. BTW this is based more in the movie than the book because I loved the movie and came up with this after watching it and I'm sad to admit I still haven't finished the book. I know, I know, terrible me.

Back To Before.

Part Three.

Prosper was aware that something strange was happening when his lips started to tingle an amazing amount and heat up so much they felt like they were burning, when he was blinded by the light himself even though he had closed his eyes for the kiss as he had always done. But the thing that told him something magical was happening the most was when those cold dead lips kissed back. Quickly he pulled back and it was if the light had been switched off at a switch, blackness returned and Prosper could only just make out the face close to his own.

"What was that?" Mosca asked.

"Magic," Bo said quietly.

The voices only just registered in the back of Prosper's mind as he leaned closer to Scipio's face once more, a face which had lost all it's years that the merry go round had given him, the face of the Scipio he had fallen in love with those many months ago. A face that was flinching from pain.

"Scipio?" Prosper asked quietly and then waited, holding his breath. It could have been his imagination, or rather wishful thinking. It could have been just that the merry go rounds effect didn't work after death. But then those eyes opened. "Scip?"

"P-Prop?" the whisper was quiet, filled with pain and confusion. "A-Aren't I…aren't I d-dead? Prosper gave a fully fledged scream and gathered Scipio tightly to him in his arms, sobbing hysterically into Scipio's dark hair. Scipio himself was wincing in pain but clung on just as tightly.

"The ambulance is on it's way!" Hornet shouted as she joined the group who all stared at her strangely, "What?"

"You missed it didn't you? Scipio died, then Prosper kissed him and they glowed really brightly and now he's alive and back to how he was before," Riccio said quickly to the only girl of their group.

"What?" Hornet was both horrified and amazed, Prosper had kissed Scipio? Another boy? Instead of her? And Scipio had died and was alive and a child again? What had been happening in her absence? During the young girls frantic thought's Ida, having noticed Scipio's pain, had moved forwards and forced Prosper to let go of Scipio, taking the boy into her own arms.

"Scipio, I've got to check where your hurt, I can't tell what the magic has done from here, what it's healed and what it hasn't," she told him gently lifting up his shirt. It was now Prosper turned away and fought the urge to be sick. Nothing had been healed, instead they looked like they were fresh, like he'd just been shot. "Hornet, get me some towel. We need to put pressure on wounds, stench the bleeding. We have a second chance at this, and a good one with the paramedics on their way."

"Ida…"

"Help me keep the pressure on Hornet, Prosper. He'll be fine. Mosca! Take Bo inside. Riccio, go out and wait for the paramedics!" Ida ordered calmly. The children obeyed quickly and waited anxiously for the entire five minutes it took the paramedics to arrive.

They sprang into action quickly, pushing the children aside as they applied dressings to the gunshots, to the stabs, to the cuts. They asked Ida questions about the incident and she answered what she could, leaving out the magic bit of course. By this time Scipio's skin was ashen, his eyes full of tears as they strapped him to the bright yellow stretcher.

"What hospital will he be at?" Ida asked, holding Prosper close to her as they lifted him easily, heading out of the garden quickly.

"Central, one of you can come with us," the head paramedic answered.

"I can't, I've got the other children to look after and they are too young to go with you alone. We will go to the hospital as soon as possible," she told him quickly. "Look after that boy for us, he's very special and has been through a lot."

"We will miss, he'll be alright." Then he was gone. Prosper buried his face into Ida's shoulder as more tears leaked out of his eyes. Hornet stood to their side, hugging herself tightly.

"Let's get inside and have something to drink. Then we'll have a chat and I want you all to try and get some rest. We'll go to the hospital in the morning."

A/N There we go, part three complete. And next, part four.