Welcome, my dear friends to the fourth chapter of the tale of Amelia my loyal reviewers. I know what you're thing; 'Oh no, not ANOTHER cliff; When will she stop!?' Well, fear not, for this chapter is nice and long! The first bit is a tad corny, I'm afraid. I took this bit straight from Castle in the Sky. You might also recognize some other bits from other movies or books. Please don't be angry. By the way, are Dom's eyes blue or green? Let me know so I can fix it later. Thanks!

Mia held the baby tightly to her chest and kept her eyes tightly shut against the inevitable pain she was about to encounter. She hoped frantically that her body would hit the ground first and perhaps, by some chance, save the baby. She never noticed that her decent had slowed so much that she was actually floating safely down towards earth. She didn't realize this that is, until she felt a pair of arms underneath her. She opened her eyes and stared straight into a very worried pair of green eyes. She suddenly heard a voice whisper in her ear;

'We don't want you hurt now do we, dearie?'

Then, just as suddenly as the voice had come, it was gone. Mia shuddered slightly. Her ear was tingling slightly, as though she had just stepped out into the cold during the dead of winter without her ear muffs.

"Are you all right?" Dom asked her.

Mia wiggled her way out of his arms and placed her feet carefully on the ground. Her legs wobbled under her weight. Mia struggled to maintain her balance, but her attempts failed. She was in serious danger of falling when she felt a hand on her arm steadying her. She turned to see Dom again, with that same worried expression.

"Yes, I'm fine. Thank you for catching me." Mia told him gratefully.

"It was amazing! You were falling so fast, and then suddenly, you were floating down ever so slowly. It was like time had frozen around you." Dom said, trying desperately to describe the amazing sight he had just witnessed.

"Did I really? Wow." Mia said, shocked to hear that she had been floating. She was surprised that the idea of floating shocked her after all that had just occurred.

Suddenly she looked down at her arms. There lay the baby that she had fought so hard to keep safe. The baby was sleeping peacefully in her arms. He shifted in his sleep and snuggled closer to her. She smiled sweetly at the baby.

"He's adorable. His parents must be very proud." Mia said quietly, as she rocked the baby gently. She was startled at the maternal instincts she was feeling towards this small child. Affection wasn't usually one of her strong points. It was one of the reasons she didn't have a boyfriend back home.

"How did you know he was a he?" Dom asked curiously.

Mia looked up, shocked at his question. A strange look crossed her face.

"You know what, I have no idea." She said, a confused expression crossing her face.

Dom stared at her in utter confusion. This truly was a very strange girl. Suddenly he heard a shout behind him. He turned to see Kel, Neal, and Yuki running towards him. They all crowded around the girl. She looked extremely frightened. She shrunk away from the noise. Dom watched as a pained expression crossed the girl's face. He decided to come to her rescue.

"Give the girl some air already!" He yelled.

The others stared at him in utter shock.

"She needs space! Goddess knows, after what she's been through! Can't you see that you're frightening the poor girl?" He chided them.

They all turned and stared at Mia. They all noticed the obviously uncomfortable look on her face and muttered apologies while backing away slightly. Dom distinctly heard a small sigh of relief escape the girl's lips. After they had all moved away from Mia, she turned to him and smiled gratefully.

"That's twice now you've saved me. So, thank you, again. How did you know I was claustrophobic?" She said.

"I beg your pardon?" He asked, slightly confused at the word she had used.

"Claustrophobic. It means that I'm afraid of small, tight, and enclosed spaces." She explained quietly. "I get sick to my stomach and get very dizzy when people crowd around me like that."

Dom shrugged off Mia's praise.

"You're welcome." He said with a smile.

Mia grinned back at him. Noticing the pained expression Yuki and Neal were giving their son, who was at this point still in her arms, Mia carried the baby over to them

"I believe that this little guy belongs to you." Mia said and gave the baby to Yuki.

"We don't know how to thank you enough for saving our son." Neal said to her.

"Oh, you've already done enough for I assure you. I got to meet you, first of all. Second of all, I got to play hero, and third, I got to ride Peachblossom! What more could a girl want?" She said and smiled at them.

They smiled at her, and Kel frowned and turned toward her horse to admonish him for running off. After thanking her several more times, Neal and Yuki finally let Mia go so she could continue her conversation with Dom. She walked over to him and stuck out her hand.

"My name is Amelia. But you can call me Mia." She said.

Dom took her hand and kissed it. Mia took her hand away and blushed.

"That wasn't what I was expecting to happen, I'm sorry." She said, reaching up to cover her cheeks.

"My name is-" He started

"Dom," Mia said, interrupting him. She lowered her hands. "I know you very well." She said as a mysterious smile crossed her face.

Dom stared at her for a moment. This girl just kept getting stranger, didn't she? He decided not to question her anymore. It would only give him a headache. Mia, who had been watching Dom as these thoughts crossed his mind decided to speak up and clear up a few things that were obviously causing him confusion.

"You're wondering how I know your name, aren't you?" She asked plainly.

Dom turned to her, a shocked look on his face. He frowned slightly and crossed his arms.

"Can you read minds as well?" He asked suspiciously with a raised eyebrow.

Mia chuckled at his expression. His frown deepened at her laughter. He didn't see what was so funny. It was a perfectly normal and serious question.

"Of course I don't have it! The Gift doesn't quite exist where I come from. Some people pretend that they have it, but they don't. I know who you are because you, Kel, and Neal are sort of famous where I come from. Not just you actually, but several others in you r kingdom, including the king."

Dom was nodding to her explanation when he suddenly realized what she had said. He frowned.

"What do you mean!? The Gift exists everywhere! At least one person should have The Gift in your realm." Dom said.

"Where I come from, it's a figment of the imagination. If you believe you have it, you're considered insane and they lock you up and throw away the key. You're considered a danger to society. Trust me, no one has it. Or at least, no one I know anyway. But I don't think I come from what you would consider 'a realm' as you put it." Mia said, making quotations with her fingers to emphasize the word realm.

"What do you call where you come from?"

"You could it a city, a town, a state, or a country if you want." Mia said, ticking off the ways on her fingers.

"That's really confusing." Dom said, scratching his head

"You're telling me."

"Is there anyway to generally summarize where you and your people come from?"

"Depends on what part of our world you're looking at."

"All right, how about your part?"

"We call it Pittsburg."

"I'll stick with that."

"What ever you want is fine with me." Mia said and shrugged.

"Wait, did you say that we're famous where you come from?" Dom asked, again remembering her earlier comment.

"Yes, in a way, you are famous." She said slowly with a nod.

"Why are we famous? Did we slay a fearsome beast and save thousands of lives? Or did we stop a war? Or-"

Mia cut him off.

"No. You're famous for what you've done already. You're story ends at New Hope." She said with a smile. "But I have often wished that I knew the rest of the story." She said with a wistful sigh."

"New Hope? Oh, do you mean Kel's city?"

"No the OTHER New Hope." Mia said, with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh." Dom said and blushed.

"Oh, don't be embarrassed. I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings." Mia said, noticing his bright red face.

"But-"

Dom was cut off when a ghostly sounding voice was heard over the plain. It whipped the grass around Mia and Dom's feet.

"Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Where are you?" It called.

"I'm coming, Mom!" Mia called.

"All right, but do hurry! I didn't have time to make dinner, could you possibly fend for yourself tonight? We're going to the Jefferson's party very soon. We want to make sure that you will stay in the house! Unlike the last time we left you by yourself." The voice called.

Mia turned to Dom, who was staring at her in shock. 'How in Goddess's name could Mia answer that voice without fear?' Dom wondered. Mia noticed the expression on Dom's face and she realized how weird her conversation with a disembodied voice must have seemed to him.

"That was my mother." She explained to him.

"Are you a goddess?" Dom asked, taking a step back.

"No, I'm not. But I don't really have a believable explanation for the voice. But you're really going to like my disappearing act."

Mia said goodbye to Neal, Kel, and Yuki. Then, she turned and walked across the field. She stopped about halfway and turned back.

"Maybe I'll see you again soon!" She called to them.

"I hope so!" Neal called back/

Mia grinned. Then she turned and stooped to pick something up. Then, the space in front of her began to glow an eerie white color. A moment later, an intricately craved door appeared. Mia opened the door and stepped through. Then the door shut behind her and disappeared as suddenly as it had come.

"Were those the signs of the gods I saw carved on that door?" Kel asked.

"We'll have to find out, won't we?" Dom said.

Mia's P.O.V.

I turn to face the open field. 'Now then, how in the world am I going to get home?' I take a small step forward and my shoe kicks something on the ground. I look down to see my book, which I know recall dropping earlier. Tucked into its pages is my hair ribbon. I feel the back of my head. I never noticed that it had come out. I smile and brush a strand of my hair out of my face, amused that for once my hair getting in my eyes didn't bother me. I pick the book up and the space in front of me glows white. I shield my eyes against its brightness. When the light fades, I find a large oak door standing in front of me. Strange signs, including a sun and a cat are carved into it. I hear the voice from earlier in my ear again.

'That pretty ribbon of yours is your link to get her, dearie. Tie it in your hair the next time you want to come back. Your friends might want to know about this as well. Bring them with you next time, why don't you?'

Then, the voice fades. I rub my ear as the tingling sensation starts up again. I sigh. Then, tentatively, I grip the doorknob and turn it. The door opens and I step through. I feel a rush of wind hit my face and blow my hair back, and then I am staring at the dark interior of my closet. I turn to shut the door, but it has already disappeared. I shake my head. Then I change into a pair of jeans and a black, zip up sweat shirt. I put the ribbon in my pocket and then run downstairs.

End P.O.V.

Mia walked down the stairs. Her mother was examining her reflection in the hallway mirror.

"There you are! Where were you? In your closet I suppose." Her mother said, looking at Mia over her reflection's shoulder.

Her mother laughed at her own joke. Mia was forced to hide a smile at how right and how wrong at the same time her mother really was.

"You know, when you were little, you used to play 'castle' in there. It was as though you thought there was a doorway to another world in there or something." Her mother said and laughed again

Amelia forced a chuckle at this. 'This might explain the door in my closet.' She thought idly.

A/n: Ta dah! Four typed pages! I hope you liked it! Remember, reviews are my friends.

A/n: (on the retype) WOW!! This chapter was WAY longer than the original. Let me know what you think of the retype!