(10 years later in memory) Serenity is lying up on a wall, shielding her burning red eyes from the rust colored sun. Her breath caught in her throat from the bustle of Ishvallians running around in the market. It's her birthday yet she makes no notice of it. She's 15 years of this day yet her parents are not around to care. (Who cares about mom and dad? My family is here in Ishval. With Brother and Rin, who needs family? They are my family.) Serenity smiles up at the sky. (They are my family. I like the way that sounds.) A groups of older teens walk over to Serenity. "Where's your mom you little Bitch?" one of the guys asks her. He has a scar over his left shoulder." Please not today you guys. It's my birthday." Serenity whines. "So that makes you special? Hun, answer me white trash!" the one with the scar says as he grabs her and throws her into the shaded ally. "Get her Blade!" someone else from the group shouts. Blade, the guy with the scar grins down at Serenity. "You know, you have fine body for white trash." Blade smirks as he stares at her developed breast. Serenity raises one hand up and wipes the blood of her lip. "Keep dreaming. You wouldn't dare touch a 'Filthy Bitch' like me. Well at least not in front of your friends." Serenity beckons. Blade grins at her and waves his hand unsummoning his group. They walk away. Blade smirks and says while griping her thigh, "We're alone and you know what that means. . . ." She moves his hand away. "I'm not an easy girl. You'll have to die before I let you up my skirt!" Serenity says angrily as she struggles to pull away. Blade quickly grabs both her wrist with his left hand and pushes her, standing up against the wall. His right hand slowly traveling up her leg." I don't want this . . . no", Serenity whines as she struggles to get loose. Blade pushes his body against hers after he removed his hand. "Please no . . . I don't . . ." her words lost when his tongue thrusted into her mouth. (Don't let him do this to you.) Serenity already knew she lost. There was no way out of this situation. (For the next 30 minutes Serenity was raped by Blade) Blade steps back panting from his lose of breath, "Well ... happy birthday . . . bitch". He pulls up his pants and walks off to find his groupies, leaving Serenity in the shadows of the ally. Serenity cries, while curling up into a tight ball. "There's no way, out of this dark place . . ." she says whimpering.

"There was no way out then . . . . but there is a way out now." Jessie states as she pulls into the driveway of a two-story house. She walks up to the front porch, after parking her bike, and pulls out her ring of keys. Jessie unlocks the brass door and walks in to the warm, soothing house. She hangs her coat up on the rack, and then walks into the kitchen. Jessie almost faints by the site she sees. There was a basket of Lover's Violets on the counter. She looks around franticly, trying to find who put them there. (He remembers. Rin remembers the day he proposed to me . . . . out in the Lover's Violets field where they always grew. There in Ishval. There with Scar.) Jessie sits on the counter next to the basket, and she picks up two of the flowers. She smells them as she began to cry.

Serenity gathers her clothes and gets dressed. She then walks home in the dark, crying while stumbling from her limbs being weak. When she walked in the door, Brother ran over to her. "We were worried. Where were you?" he groaned as he hugged her. Serenity opens her mouth to speak but no words came out, only tears steamed down her face. Rin, now 19 years old, walked over to her. "What happened?" he said in a stiff voice. (I was rapped!) Serenity tried to speak again but her voice was still dry. She then, instead, points at her abdomen and starts to cry. "Oh God, did . . . you . . ?" questions Brother nervously. "I was rapped", Serenity finally manages to say. "My dear child, don't worry I'll get the bath running and we'll go from there." yells Brother as he runs in the bathroom. Rin wraps his arms around Serenity. "Don't worry, I wont let them hurt you again . . . or anything hurt you for that matter." he whispered in her ears as he cuddled her close. "Never again." he whispers," Never again . . . . " "What about now Scar? Are you still there? Are you still listening to me while I'm silently dieing in a room, drifting away into the darkness crying." Jessie whines aloud. She rolls off the counter and then lies on the floor loudly weeping. She quits sobbing when she hears her house cat mewing for its dinner. "I'm coming Nightmare!" Jessie shouts as she opens a can of Tuna. She scrapes the fish on a Chinese plate and places it on the floor. Jessie then walks upstairs and goes into her bedroom. The room was darker than usual, so she went along feeling the wall for a light switch. She flicks it on then walks over to the dresser. She then slowly undresses in front of her tall mirror. Jessie keeps her thong and bra on, and slips into the bed. She claps her hands and the lights go off. "Goodnight Scar. . . . (blows a kiss into the darkness)" she sighs as her mind drifts off into madness of her lost mind.

Serenity looks up him with deep eyes. "Will you be there for me?" she asks him shyly. Rin snuggles her close as Brother comes out of the bathroom and walks toward them. "Always . . . ." he whispers as he helps her walk toward the bathroom, passing his brother. Rin helps her stand up in the bathroom. "Um . . . I'm not going to be able to help you. . ." Rin says blushing. "That's fine. Please, just close the door on the way out." she whines smiling. "Later . . . If you feel better, I'll take you somewhere special." he smiles back. Rin then walks out the door and shuts it tightly behind him. (After 20 minutes Serenity comes out of the bathroom fully dressed.)" Um . . . . I'm done." she announces. Brother looks at her with caring eyes, "You okay?" Serenity looks at the ground and takes a deep breath. "I'll be okay, I just need some fresh air" she says quietly. Rin motions to the door. "Will you come with me now?" he asks not looking at her face. Serenity walks over to him and nods. Rin takes her hand gently after grabbing a blanket and leads her outside into the night. "Would you like to ride my bike or walk?' Rin asks her. "Bike please, I'm still a little weak" Serenity replies softly. Rin picks her up and puts her on the front of the bike. He mounts it, then their speeding off down a dirt path. Serenity's hair swinging from being put up in a ponytail. The waxing moon up high in the sky, looking down at them. After a short period of time, Rin stops the bike in front of a hedge of trees and bushes. "I have a surprise for you" he says as he helps her gently down on her feet. "Come with me . . ." he coons as he takes her hand." Okay . . ." Serenity whimpers. Rin pushes back some of the brush and pulls her through with him leading. Serenity almost faints from shock. In front of her was at least 30 acres of clearing. Nothing but Lover's Violets everywhere. Serenity lets go of Rin's hand and stumbles out into the field. As she walks, the flowers pedals whirl up behind her. "It's beautiful Rin. I have never seen any thing like it . . . "she says as she falls on the ground after realizing she was still weak. Rin runs over to her and lays a blanket down on the ground. Serenity rolls over on it and stares up at the endless stars. "I brought you out here to ask you something . . . Serenity will you . . . . be mine . . . ?" he did not get to finish his sentence before Serenity pecked him on the cheek. "I will . . ."she answers. He wraps his arms around her, pulling her close to him. "Good . . . ." he says soothingly as he pulled her lips into a deep passionate kiss.

Jessie wakes up stareing at the clock. 1:34 am. That's what the clock says. (I miss Scar too much.) Jessie got up, wrapped the blanket around her and walked out onto the balcony. She leans over the railing and sees someone standing next to her bike. "Who's there?" she calls out to the lone stranger. The man standing next to her bike suddenly becomes startled and walks towards the porch light. "Do you know where I can find a military officer named Lieutenant Jessie?" says the lone stranger. "What would you . . . "Jessie's voice chokes as she sees Scar under the porch light."Scar . . . is that you?" she ask, her voice trembling. "Can you answer my question or do I need to ask someone else?" Scar says angrily. "Wait 1 minute . . ." Jessie yells as she runs down the stairs. She cracks open the door. "Come in."she says in a very low voice. Scar walks in, staying in the shadows of the hallway. "Can you help me?" he asks her. "I can do more than that . . . . . Rin" she cuddles her face into his shoulder. "Do you still remember? Do you remember me Rin? I remember you" her eyes closed tightly. Scar sighs, "We need to talk."