"Awesomestar, I have to go."

I woke up, glancing at my husband, "Really? Deady... It's dangerous! Are you sure you have to?"

He kisses me, "I promise I'll be back soon, you think I'll leave you two alone?"

"You better not, or at least send me welfare!"

Ty laughs and kisses me again, and I smile. I've been married for a year and pregnant for about 2 months. I couldn't do any missions, but my husband had to, and Sky had put him on this particularly dangerous one.

Basically, he and a few other generals had to go to the Squid Dimension and steal back a powerful artifact.

He told me about it a few days before I found out I was pregnant. When we told Sky, he was happy for us, but he still had to send Deadlox on the trip.

I meet Ty in the hall, hugging him tightly, not wanting to let him go.

"Please, come home save Deady." I whisper, "I love you."

"I love you too." He flashes me a smile before taking off down the base.

That was the last time I saw him alive.

A few days later, a crying Seto called me down to the Med Bay, sat me down, and told me that Loxy was dead.

Apparently, when he, Goldsolace, Jerome, and Antvenom went to the Squid base, they were ready for them.

They had to retreat and Bryce and Ty died saving Ant and Jerome's lives.

I remember my heart shattering, and how I couldn't stop crying.

-timeskip, 5 years-

"M-Mommy?"

I woke up with a start to see my five year old daughter standing by my bed.

"Blaze? Is something wrong?"

Her crimson eyes meet my own, illuminated by the green headphones that she always wore.

"I-I had a nightmare, can I sleep with you?"

I move over to make room for her, and she crawled close to me. "Mom, why are you crying? Are you thinking about daddy?"

Blaze was only five, and yet she knew that her father was dead, and that I might never move on. She always asked about him, what he did, why I fell in love with him, how he died.

"Can we go visit him tomorrow? I never see him when I talk with StarClan." Blaze said, causing me to smile.

"He doesn't walk with StarClan Blazey, he's in the Aether. And yes, let's see daddy tomorrow, but now let mommy sleep." I roll over and close my eyes.

I woke up on the border between the starry forests and moonlit meadows of StarClan, and the cities and mines of the Aether.

"Awesomestar!" I turn and see Deadlox, his eyes sparkling, but full of tears.

I run over to him and hug him tightly. "Deady! I missed you!"

He kisses me, and though I can't feel it, it leaves me with a feeling of happiness and sorrow. "Y-you're not dead are you?!"

I smile weakly, "No, just visiting StarClan, and by extension, you. You know, our daughter takes after you, she doesn't even look like me."

Deadlox chuckles, "She doesn't, does she? I really wish I could talk to her..."

I hold him tight, "She loves you, I tell her about you all the time."He gives me a squeeze, and I start crying, how long has it been since he's held me like this? Five long, torturous years.

"I love you,"

"I love you too, but wake up. I'm gonna talk to Blaze."

I wake up, tears in my eyes. Next to me, my daughter mumbles in her sleep, something along the lines of "daddy?"

I smile softly, even though Deadlox isn't here anymore, I'm never alone or lonely, because our child needs her mother.

And frankly, she needs her father, but that's what dreams are for.

Because I need him too.