Disclaimer: I do not own Inkheart or any of it's characters.

A/N: Honestly i am not sure how far i am going to go with this story...i dont have to much of it mapped out so tell me what you think and that is how i will determine if i should finish it or not...(THE MORE REVIEWS, THE MORE CHANCE YOU HAVE OF ME FINSHING IT)

Chapter One: Traveling to the Past

A teenage girl was sitting on the bed in her new home. Reading or writing, it never made the difference. Her words filled the pages of the notebooks her father had bound for her. She wrote not only what she felt she should but, she wrote tales of the newly discovered place she had learned of. The Inkworld.

Meggie, for the time being, was writing a poem. It was a poem that she had had in her mind for the past few days and she couldn't stop thinking about it.

It was like that with a lot of the things she wrote. She would just be thinking about something, anything really, and then certain words to describe it would come to mind. Eventually, she would end up writing them down and saving them somewhere so she could look at them later. Sometimes the ideas would leave and never return, only to be remembered a few days even weeks later. Sometime they would never come back at all.

Meggie was remembering Inkheart. The book that turned out to be a whole other world that no one even knew existed. Actually, she had found out that all books are like parallel alternate universes.

She found this out the day that Capricorn's men had come to take her father away. After Dustfinger had betrayed them. Meggie, Mo, and Elinor, had been sold out to Capricorn in order to obtain the last copy of the book, Inkheart.

After that, thing were never the same. Many things had changed from the time she had first learned of Capricorn and the book, to when they escaped for what they thought was a final change.

Meggie had finally met her mother, who had been missing ever since she was about three years old. Unfortunately, (just like everyone else), her mother had disappeared with Capricorn, Mortola, and all of their henchmen, as well as the maids. When Mo had appeared to read the rest of Fenoglio's words, they had used it as a distraction. They had all gotten away from the Shadow. The only people that had not gone with them were Dustfinger, Darius, Meggie and the rest of her family.

Fengolio had written his new words so that Meggie would send him into his own story. Meggie wondered how he was and wondered if all was as peaceful as he thought it was going to be.

Another thing that had gone missing was the gold that Mo had read out of Treasure Island. It had been said that Capricorn took it with him when he disappeared. Meggie thought he would try to find them again. But every night she had nightmares that turned those thoughts into beliefs. Now she knew deep down inside, the he would return with a vengeance for her and her father.

That was a little shy over a month ago. Now she had relaxed a bit but, the longer Capricorn waited to come for her, she thought, the easier it would probably be for him to get to her. She had a feeling that the longer she had been away from him, the longer he had to think of a way to capture her again. And that was the last thing she wanted, to be back in that hellish place.

Meggie had talked to Mo about her nightmares and suspicions, but all he said was that he would protect her no matter what, and that nothing would happen to her as long as he was around.

She believed him and for the time being was wondering if she should learn self defense, just in case something went wrong.

At the moment, Meggie was in Elinor's home with her and Darius, who had begged to come with them after the escape from Capricorn's cowsheds.

Mo was up in Surrey, repairing some old books for an old friend. He would be away for a week or two, but he assured her that Elinor would keep her safe in his absence.

Meggie had not seen Farid or Dustfinger since they parted weeks ago. They had agreed to stay at the house with them but only for a few days after they had escaped.

She thought about the way Dustfinger had acted around Resa and knew that she was not the only one that missed her. Meggie was not sure if Mo had noticed her mother, but she knew that Dustfinger was hoping to find her soon.

Meggie also knew that the longer they waited to find her, the less of a chance she had of still finding Resa alive. But she had heard it herself. Capricorn had had a slight weakness for her mother and hopefully it was large enough to keep her mother alive. If not for very much longer, then at least until Meggie found her.