The black haired girl ran as fast as she could to the most familiar place she knew. Her heart was beating so fast that she believed it would break through her chest and land on the floor. As she ran up the stairs and saw the familiar faces of her friends present she knew that word had spread. As she ripped open the door, in front of her she scanned the room.

"Ryder." Her blonde haired friend, Farlan, announced her presence as he sat on the couch against the wall while a red haired girl sat in the chair beside it. Her black haired friend was standing in the middle of the room facing the door.

"Something's happened." Ryder mumbled as she stared at Levi.

"If you stay here, learn how to clean before you learn 3D Maneuver Gear." He said to the red head before turning back to his childhood companion.

"Hurry, Levi." Without saying another word he walked towards her and the two of them left the familiar home. As the pair walked down the stairs all their friends stood off to the sides and bowed their heads in respect.

A mother had passed away.

A mother had been killed.

"Ryder!" The violet orbed girl looked over at the door and saw the red head burst through the door behind her.

"What is it, Isobel?" The young girl bounced over to her older friend and grinned from ear to ear.

"Levi-bro says I can learn how to use 3D Maneuvre Gear today!" She exclaimed as she continued to bounce on the spot. Ryder laughed to herself as she saw the happiness that filled the child in front of her.

"Good, but remember to be careful." Ryder reminded the younger one of the two.

"I'm always careful!"

"As careful as you were with this bird?" Ryder gestured towards the bird that was sleeping in its box on the counter. "She'll be ready to fly again in a few days."

"Really?"

"Yup. With all the suffocating love that you've been giving it I'm sure it's been dying to fly home." Ryder joked with the girl as she patted her head before sitting down on the couch.

"Congrats on your first day with the 3D Maneuvre Gear!" Ryder congratulated the red haired girl in front of her once they landed back on their feet.

"Thanks Ryder! That felt so amazing! I felt like I was flying!" She yelled excitedly as she threw her hands up in the air.

"For your first time, that was pretty good." Farlan complimented Isobel as he nodded his head beside her.

"Well I was born to do this kind of thing!" Isobel said with confidence.

"Don't get cocky." Levi said as he walked past her. "There is still much you need to learn."

"Aw Levi-bro! What a way to ruin the mood!" Isobel complained.

"Oh Isobel! I have something for you!" The violet orbed girl reached into her pocket and pulled out a intricate silver chain with a silver feather pendant dangling on the end.

"What is this for?" Isobel questioned her older friend as she received the gift.

"Well I just thought that it was fitting for the occasion. You're such a free spirit Isobel and I don't ever want you to lose that spark, okay?" Isobel nodded her head before jumping into her friends arms and crushing her in a hug.

"Thank you so much, Ryder! I absolutely love it!" Isobel continued to hug her friend as tears of joy appeared at the corners of her eyes.

"I'm glad you let her stay that day." The black haired boy turned his head to see his companion walking towards him. He looked back forward and waited for her to take her seat beside him.

"I didn't do anything." Levi stated.

"Of course you didn't." Ryder sarcastically said as she looked away from her friend and watched Farlan and Isobel play a game that Ryder was not familiar with. "She's like the sister I never had." Ryder looked up and saw the familiar ground ceiling. Growing up underground was a terrible sentence that Ryder would never wish upon anyone. "Levi?"

"Yes?"

"Will we ever get to see the sky?" As Ryder continued to look up at the familiar ceiling, she missed Levi looking at her through the corner of his eye. He kept a lot of secrets from the girl who sat beside him and one of them was a promise that he made to her mother.

"One day." He answered. She would get to see the sky one day. He promised her that.

The flashbacks have started now everyone! OMG! I hope you like them! Tell me what you think! :D