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Thanks a bunch, you guys! So, without further ado, I present the next chapter.

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Jake landed by all of the students and changed back to human, frowning. "She got away."

The students looked disappointed and they all crowded back into the cafeteria except for Abby. She just stood there in deep thought.

"The next time Desiree comes back, I'll have to somehow wish everything back to normal. But I don't know how long that will be. In the meantime, I should probably find out more about this universe."

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Abby walked through her front door later that day. Danny came up to greet her.

"Hey, Abbs. How was school today? Jake said you were acting a little strange," the father greeted.

"It was…fine," she replied nervously.

"Nothing weird happened? You didn't have another panic attack or…oh, I don't know…run into the middle of a ghost fight?"

The girl paled. "Uh…oops?"

Danny shook his head. "Maybe we shouldn't have sent you to school today. Why don't you go upstairs and rest for a bit?"

Abby obediently climbed the stairs. At the top, Jake was leaning by her door. He was staring at her.

"What do you want?" she spat at her alternate time-line brother.

He squinted a bit and walked up to her; scrutinizing her.

"What?!" she burst out in frustration.

He stood up straight. "Something's off about you. You haven't been acting like yourself. Like how you ran into that ghost fight today and how, yesterday, you acted like you barely recognized me. Not to mention what you were wearing."

Her muscles went tense. "What are you getting at?"

"Something bad happened yesterday, didn't it?" he inquired.

"Jake, you're imagining things," she snapped.

"No, I'm not!" he defended. After a brief moment, he let out a sigh. "Please, Abby? I'm your brother and I care about you. Just tell me what's so wrong that it'd make you risk your life?"

She gazed into the violet eyes of her twin. Even in an alternate universe, Jake was still Jake. She relaxed at bit. Maybe she should tell him.

"Fine, I'll tell you, but you have to promise not to tell anyone else, get it?" she demanded.

"Got it," he replied, a little smile forming on his face. "So, what's up?"

She squirmed a bit. "I don't know how to put this, but I'm not the Abby you know. I'm from a different timeline where I have the ghost powers and you're the human, but I wished that I would know what it would be like if you had the ghost powers instead of me and Desiree granted it!"

Jake blinked slowly, trying to comprehend her. "You hit your head pretty hard, didn't you?"

The female twin fumed. "I'm serious!"

"So you're trying to tell me that you're from an alternate timeline where you had ghost powers?" He asked incredulously. "Give me one good reason I shouldn't run downstairs and tell Dad to take you to a hospital right now."

"Because I need your help! I need to find Desiree and wish everything back to the way it was!" screamed Abby. "Please, Jake? You have to believe me!"

Jake stared at her hard for a moment. Then, his face softened. "Alright, I believe you," he concluded. "But first, I want to hear about the universe you live in. That way, I can tell you about what's so different about this universe. After all, who knows how long you'll be staying here."

She broke into a wide grin and crushed her brother into a hug. "Thanks, Jake."

"Jeez, you're definitely not our Abby."

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An hour later, they were sitting in Jake's room. The boy shook his head.

"It's just so hard to believe," he began.

"Welcome to my world," Abby snorted.

"So, in your timeline, I'm the human twin who's jealous of your ghost powers?" he tried to grasp.

"And you're goth," she added.

The brother shivered at that statement and Abby had to restrain a laugh.

After a moment, Jake continued. "There's just one other thing I was wondering about. When you were talking, you kept bringing how you were always fighting with one particular ghost like he was your arch enemy or something. Who was that?"

"Huh?" she blurted out before realizing what he meant. "Oh, you mean Shadow? Well, yeah, I guess he's my arch enemy. He's a conniving jerk who keeps trying to trick everyone. But wouldn't he be here, too?"

"Abby, there's no one like that around here," Jake assured.

"But all the other ghosts from my world are here!" she exclaimed. "The only thing that's really different is that you have the ghost powers instead!"

He looked at her seriously. "Sometimes even the smallest changes can alter the time-stream drastically. Changing one thing inadvertently changes others. Dad taught me that."

"So Shadow might only exist because of something I did?" she asked, horror stricken.

"Or something you didn't do. But, yes, it's possible," Jake confirmed. "But, anyway, we should probably move on. We still need a battle plan for when Desiree comes back. I can't just let you randomly run into the ghost fight and make a wish."

"Why not?" whined Abby.

"Um, because it's dangerous," Jake snapped. "Alternate universe or not, you're my sister and I'm not going to let you get hurt."

"I can defend myself!"

"Abby, I'm not leaving you to fend for yourself. End of conversation. If you argue, I swear that I'll march downstairs right now and tell Mom and Dad about this whole thing," he threatened.

"Fine," she growled, crossing her arms. "What's the plan?"

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The next morning arrived and Abby, Matt, and Tori were walking to school. Suddenly, Jake flew up in ghost form. He touched ground and changed back.

"Hey, Tori!" he called, running the last few feet to the group.

"Hi, Jake," she responded, looking a bit confused. "Is something wrong?"

"No, but my Dad and I wanted to ask you a favor," he lied smoothly.

"What kind of favor?"

"My Dad thinks that Abby should start to learn to fight ghosts in case any attack her. Would you mind letting her tag along with you in the next fight? You know, since you're best friends and everything," the half-ghost requested.

The huntress glanced at Abby for a second, who gave her a nervous smile, before turning back to Jake. "Sure."

"Thanks!" he called as he transformed once more and sped off toward the school.

After he left, Matt and Tori turned toward Abby with curious looks. She just sped up a little.

"C'mon, we'll be late for school."

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I posted this a bit early in celebration of Adventures After a Mistake's one-year anniversary. On this day exactly one year ago, I posted the first chapter. So, I'd like to thank all of my readers; both the loyal ones who have been reading for a year now and the newer ones who kindly picked it up and and stayed with it. So, thanks you guys! Without you, there'd be no story.

In other news, I am working on (yet another) video for the anniversary. I'll either get it up late tonight or sometime tomorrow. There's a very slim possibility that I won't get it up until Tuesday, but that depends. Sadly enough, though, I've only been working on it for a few days, so I can't amaze you guys with a truck-load of new pics and animation like last time, but I'm trying my best.