Things Shmee says the Squee can't hear are italic-ed and underlined! Atlantian (AKA Language from Atlantis) is underlined (unless it's Shmee, then Its in bold as well as the stuff I said Earlier), And thoughts are in bold.

Moon Glimmer returns

Squee stared at his ceiling. He hadn't seen the Pretty Neighbor ladies since Ms. Eclipse lady told him a bedtime story two nights ago. Squee rolled over and looked out the window. The House next door looked so sad…the lights were off and there were three candles on the windowsill. Squee whimpered as he looked at the candles. They made him sad….he wanted to cry.

"Shmee? Would you know what those candles are?"

Yes, although I wish I didn't.

"Why?"

Those are mourning candles, Squee. NO! Not as in m-o-r-n-i-n-g, 'mourning' as in crying for someone who has died. Those candles are supposed to replace tears. However, not always.

"I hope they aren't too sad."

No, Squee, they aren't.

Squee drifted off to sleep, leaving Shmee to his thoughts. The candle on the side…. Each candle is color-coded to go with the people or family who own them…. Eclipse, Nyasha, Roz, Kumori, and Kygri are labeled as a family, and their candles are black. they have two of the candles.. but who owns the red candles….. He remembered. OMFG! What's today?! April 17? Yeah.. I died today…… well, when I was 18… I performed excessum tristis. "Sad Death". Heh. It's honorable. As if death ever is. Someone else died…. But who owns the red candle?!NAH!Ego voida nee onthou! Por Que? Por Que No onthou?!

"WTF?! SPEAK ENGLISH YOU STUPID TEDDY BEAR!"

Shmee jumped and glanced at Squee. The poor kid must've been exhausted because he slept through Johnny's shout.

I said, 'no. I cannot remember. Why? Why can't I remember?"

"Oh. Good luck remembering."

Shmee stared at Johnny. There was something different in the man…but even with his Super extra Fuzzy Vision, Shmee couldn't tell. Johnny was holding a book and eating an apple. He turned and walked out, back to the television. Shmee shivered. Better sleep. I'll remember. Oh! Something's... not right.

Shmee's teddy bear body withered as he felt intense painWhat? WHAT IS THIS?! ROZ!

Johnny sat in an armchair, underneath a single lamp. He munched the apple as he read his book.

"What are you reading, Nny?"

"Black house."

"Who's it by?"

"Stephen King and Peter Straub. Now shut up, Meat."

"Did you know…. Your neighbors… aren't human?"

"The lesbian couple in 775? Duh. Everyone knows that."

"NO. The Women in 779. They aren't human. They aren't even of this dimension!"

"Okay. Whatever. Let me read."

"Johnny! Did you just plug your ears?"

"That's it." Johnny stood up and grabbed Meat. Johnny stormed downstairs to the lowest the basement could go and dropped Meat. "You. Stay."

"HEY! YOU CAN'T DO THAT TO ME! COME BACK HERE! DON'T WALK AWAY! NNY!"

Johnny walked upstairs and plopped back in the chair and flipped open to where he left off.

"As the state cops step forward to charge, Dit sees Beezer go rigid with shock-."

Johnny dropped the book and grabbed his chest in pain. He gasped as he fell out of the chair to his knees. Suddenly, the pain stopped as quickly as it came, leaving only the sense of foreboding.

About 300 floors beneath at the same moment.

Meat shivered. "Uh-oh. Something woke up. Something horrible."

Eclipse sat in a corner in the basement. She pulled up her legs to her chest and rested her head on her knees. She sighed. Before her was a single candle. The flame flickered and swayed. After a few minutes of that, she got up and blew out the candle. She made her way upstairs and into the living room. Roz was asleep on the couch, holding a skeleton lighter and a necklace. Eclipse glanced at the windowsill. Next to her two candles, there was a red one. Eclipse grinned as she looked at the necklace putting two and two together. The necklace was a gift from Darkness and the lighter was given to Roz by Eclipse's parents. Eclipse grinned and pulled a blanket on Roz. Eclipse glanced into the others' rooms as she walked up. They were sleeping peacefully. Eclipse grabbed some clean clothes and slipped into the bathroom. She turned the water on and tested it. She yanked her hand back as the scalding water reached her hand. She fiddled with it until it was semi-warm. (Freezing for normal people) Eclipse undressed and slipped into the water. Steam poured from tub. Eclipse looked up.

"Oh yeah."

She got out and opened the window a crack. She then got back in. Steam rose again. Eclipse was used to this. For some reason, every time she bathed or stepped into a pool or walked in the rain, steam would appear. Of course, she could control how much steam came out, but she never bothered. It always went away. She sank up to her chin in the water, staring at her legs that stuck out of the water. Thin scars wrapped around her knees.

Eclipse sighed. "It's been 13 years since Mama and Papa died. But why can't I get over it? I can remember them so clearly. Their faces, their voices, his laugh, her tears when one of us got hurt. Their voices, mingling together in song…. When Papa married Mama, he said, 'If she dies before me, I vow that I will die with her.' And that's what he did. Mama would laugh so often, she was so sweet, and so was Papa. I don't have any memories when he isn't smiling."

Eclipse leaned against the back of the tub.

She gasped suddenly. Pain was shooting through her. She grabbed the sides of the tub so she wouldn't fall in. At the same time, Johnny, Shmee and the other girls felt intense pain. Squee slept on, and Meat shivered. The pain was over as quickly as it came.

Eclipse released her hold on the tub, gasping for air.

"What the FOOK was that?"

She rubbed the huge sun tattoo on her arm. It was glowing softly. Eclipse stared. Her ears started to burn and she rubbed those to. "What is this? Ich jhota? Am I crazy?"

Eclipse obviously forgot the saying about when people are talking or thinking about you, your ears burn.

In an other dimension

The dragon god sat on his throne, thinking about his son and Eclipse. He sighed and stood. He walked down the stairs from his throne and looked around. The room was empty except for him. He pulled off his cloak to reveal a simple white shirt and black slacks. He strode out of the room into the hallway. He passed room after room, all where his sons used to live. He walked past one with a blue door. He heard a scuffling and opened the door. He stopped dead. A man was looking at him. The man had dark gold hair and piercing orange eyes. The tips of his pointed ears quivered and so did his huge wings. HE wore a white shirt with a Chinese style collar. Black slacks and boots were on him as well. The Dragon God Stared. The god ran his eyes down the scars on the man's left arm and then the tattoo on his right. The tattoo stared back: A heart with tearful eyes. Ribbons were wrapped around it, one saying "Love can burn for years and years" while the other said "Hearts can cry, but shed no tears". The God turned his eyes to the man's face. At last, he found his voice. "Moon Glimmer… my son."