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//Memories, good or bad, are still memories just the same, and should be cherished. For from memories we can learn.//

3-Tightrope Walk through Fire, Silver Lining

Seawater stung his nose and he felt slightly uneasy as the boat rocked up and down. It was nice however, seeing his crew relaxed. Jena and Isabel sitting near the edge looking at the water as it rushed by. Lukas wasn't even above deck. Of course. Celestic was looking up at the sky and grinning widely, he seemed to enjoy the breeze and if Zak didn't know any better it almost looked as if the boy was flying. Unlike his companion Temoria was sitting in a chair reading of all things but she seemed really enchanted by her latest book. Alice in Wonderland.

And of course…"Ya-hoooooooo!" Splash…Geoff. Zak turned over and closed his eyes tightly. Just ignore him and he'll go away. Yeah if it were only that easy. He felt liquid hit his face and his eyes snapped open before he turned, eyes like daggers.

"That better have been water!" He ground out and Geoff looked at him from the deck. A bright red plastic bucket was clutched between his hands.

"What else would it be?!" he called in an extremely loud tone. Zak's eye twitched did he really have to explain this? Did Geoff not know how he acted? Or did he tune out his sometimes obnoxious demeanor?

It wasn't long until evening arrived and the gang gathered around a small fire, in the fire pit located on the deck. Temoria and Celestic were roasting marshmallows and chatting with one another, while the rest of the gang was more or less dozing off slightly. Zak was entranced in the flickering of the fire, but he felt no warmth from it, his mind drifted steadily into dark murky oblivion.

Memories. But not the memories shrouded in shadows, no the ones as bright as the sun rang out through his mind.

He looked at each of his crew members and suddenly began to recall how each of them had met. Of course, Celestic, Isabel, and Temoria were the first.

Flashback Sequence 010, Begin:

His body felt extremely lax, and he found himself instinctively checking to see if all of him was there. Fingers twitched slowly, at least they all seemed to be there. He wagged his thumb just to make sure it was with his fingers. Okay so his left arm was here, now the other one. Check. It didn't take incredibly long to make a check list of himself, and he was relieved to notice that he was all there and accounted for.

But there was a predicament, his leg, right one if he remembered his directions right was pinned under something. Slowly his eyes creaked open and he was blasted with the stinging rays of sun light. He'd seen the light through his lids, but he hadn't expected to look directly into the sun.

A yelp of surprise tore through his lips and he closed his eyes quickly, turning his head away from the sky.

At first his mind was slow, like one of those really annoying slow as heck computers that take forever to reboot, but a flash and suddenly he remembered something. Or rather, had a feeling. People who were close to him were in danger!

Willing his body to move, and with strength that surprised him the teen lifted the item off of his leg, which happened to be a piece of cement. A very large piece at that.

He could feel them, actually feel their energies for some unexplainable reason his senses were heightened. It was odd he could feel every disguisable person around. Slowly he rose to his feet staggering slightly, his body refusing to cooperate with him. Bones and muscles wore against his mind. Sharp pains pulsated from his chest, slowly his hands traveled instinctively to his where he was in pain the most. His hand clenched his chest and the remaining rags of his shirt.

He hobbled over several mounds of debris, his body screeching at him to stop. His heart rammed painfully against his chest and he had to stop for a moment as his body began to go in shock. Even with this short rest it didn't help his pain in any way.

Ignoring his pain he continued on until he came across an arm, clad in a blue sleeve of what could only be a sweater. "Iz!" he shouted the name that rang out clear in his mind. He was quick to dig his way down to her, his breathing labored.

"Oh please be alright," he muttered as he saw her dirt covered face, she was silent and peaceful. But he sure as heck hoped she was breathing. Slowly he placed the back of his hand near her nose and waited. Air slowly whooshed against his hand and he could only sigh. Though that just sent pain shooting through his chest, but he managed to ignore it.

Others were awaiting, possibly in worse conditions than he and Isabel. He had to move quick even Isabel and himself weren't out of the woods yet.

Carefully he wedged himself next to Iz and moved to remove some of the rubble that trapped her legs. Now he just had to move his legs, he shifted his legs upwards and pushed with all his might against he concrete.

Slowly it began to move up though his legs protested yet again. His midsection popped slightly and he gagged but continued on. Finally he kicked off the piece of concrete and took in a deep breath. Rest, he needed to or he'd burn out. Something nagged at the back of his mind however and he sighed eyes fluttering open. Turning over he looked at is, his eyes half lidded.

"Now to get you somewhere safe." He found himself unable to move quite yet and he breathed heavily. "But safe? Oh I wish I knew where it was safe…" He bit his lip and forced himself to his feet yet again.

As gently as he was able he lifted her into his arms and moved her to the next spot, actually both energies where in the same location. Thankfully he didn't have to do much work, as soon as he rested Isabel down, the concrete began to move. His eyes widened as a large fox like creature removed the boulder, a tiny blue tigress lay just underneath.

The names Celestic and Temoria flashed through his mind as he looked sluggishly at them, his reaction time a little slow…

Walking over slowly he met up with the two creatures, who looked to him with relief. And then it all flashed to white.

Flashback Sequence 010, End:

His eyes fluttered back into focus in time to see Celestic dozing on the seat as Temoria read her book, Geoff covered in smores, and Jena shaking her head at him. Heh how he met them two…geez. That was a wild ride. Literally. It happened when he was about fifteen.

Flashback Sequence 009, Begin:

"You idiot!" Zak heard a voice shriek as the rollercoaster slowly ascended to the top of the hill. "How in the world do you even unlatch the safety bar?!" Zak watched as his three companions craned their necks to see what was going on. Temoria and Isabel blinking a few times rapidly and Celestic sighing and leaning his head against the seat to watch.

"Why did I even sit by you?!" The three squinted their eyes and Zak winced as the voice roared above the coaster. There next to a blonde messy haired goggles wearing boy was a girl with chestnut hair parts of it highlighted with red and amber eyes snapping like a wild fire, and she was literally strangling the boy. His eyes bulged as the oxygen supply was cut off by the girls small hands.

"I…thou- it'd be fun-!" She pushed his head to the side and he gagged. "Le- me g-go!"

"You thought it'd be fun?!" She shrieked jerking him back and forth. "We. Are. Going. To. Die! YOU THINK THAT'S FUN?!" Finally a black haired boy that was sitting next to the girl pulled her off of the blonde.

"Take it easy!" the boy stated holding onto her. "I'm not exactly thrilled about it either, but what can we do?"

"I have an idea!" the blonde stated eyes narrowed at the girl rubbing his sore throat. "But now I don't think I'll share it!" One look from those glaring amber eyes got him to think otherwise. "Okay now who has a laser beam?" Cue strangling again…

"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" The girl snapped. The Coaster got steadily higher, and was close to the top when Zak decided to act. Shifting himself carefully he slid out of the automatic lock, oh boy it was a good thing he was skinny. He got onto the steps for when the coaster needed maintenance and rushed down, pulling a rope out of his cargo pants.

"Okay this is probably going to be really stupid," Zak stated looking at the three in their seats. "But it's all I've got, now you boy with black hair take this rope and throw it down under the coaster as hard as you can!" Zak kneeled on the coasters floor and reached out. The rope came around and just about smacked him in the face, but he managed to snatch it before it fell.

Sitting down in the thankfully empty seat-if not for that it wouldn't have worked either that or Zak would have met his end- he slightly fumbled with the rope and managed to get the other boy to pull on the rope.

Pulling as hard as he could he ordered the blonde to tie it as tight as he could affectively pinning their legs down at their laps.

"Hang on!" Was all he could really say and he himself grabbed the bar in front of them. Cause honestly a rope wasn't going to really cut it. To tell you the truth it was actually fun, or that's what Zak thought.

He high fived the blonde after the ride was over and the coaster was closed down for the rest of the day. They were pretty much kicked out and as they sat at the entrance all heck broke loose…

"Couldn't we have just climbed onto the maintenance later?" the girl stated eyes narrowed partially at her own stupidity but then at these two. The black haired boy had gotten out while he could. Zak's three companions watched as the hazard unfolded.

"Aw c'mon it wasn't so bad?" the blonde boy stated sheepishly back up slightly at the glare he was getting.

"What is your name?" She seethed through clenched teeth.

"U-uh Geoff, why?"

"Well Geoff…that's all you're getting on your gravestone!" She snarled charging at the boy startled he backpedaled trying to get out of her reach. He managed, but that wasn't good for Zak. Her attentions was soon turned to him and he gulped backing up.

"Your name?" she ground out taking a menacing step forward. Then the subtle sound of sniffling, that froze the girl in her tracks and her eyes widened. Slowly she turned her gaze to a sniffling Temoria. Then a completely polar opposite side came forth. "Oh honey!" The girl cooed rushing over to the golden eyed girl and lifting her up. "Jena made you cry didn't she?"

"Please don't hurt my friend," Temoria stated softly, her voice wavering slightly. "H-he was just trying to help…" The anger seemed to die down and sensing this the blonde known as Geoff slowly edged towards the group.

After settling things the group began to leave, Jena becoming a new part of their group, stating she'd nowhere to go really. The only reason she was here was because it was free. They turned when they heard another set of footsteps following only to see Geoff.

"Um hey…can I join this little group too?" He asked sheepishly. The group looked at one another Jena the only one seeming to disagree, but her disagreement didn't last long. Finally she let out a sigh and agreed.

"YAY!" he squealed loudly throwing his fists into the air.

Flashback Sequence 009, End:

Zak was brought out of his reminiscing when he heard Temoria clear her throat gathering everyone's attention. Even Geoff's, who looked up dazed at the girl but smiled listening all the same. "Cheshire Cats…" Was her simple reply, the soft spoken girl's voice gentle and barely audible.

Everyone looked at her confused. "The Cheshire Cat, in my book," she stated slowly pointing to Alice in Wonderland. "Some of what he says doesn't make sense. But he's gives well good advice…for the most part. I just thought…that's kind of what we're like. It could be a good name…for us…our group." She smiled softly and the group looked at one another each blinking. "We needed a name right? Then maybe the Cheshire Cats?"

"I like it!" Geoff stated standing up crumbs falling off his shirt, though the ring of marshmallow around his mouth was still there. He did a sort of spin picking up Temoria who squeaked in surprise. He swung her around smiling widely. "Not as good as the Screaming Banshees but I like it! I mean cats are pretty feirce animals!"

"That's a good name honey!" Jena encouraged though she kept an eye on Geoff swinging her around like that. Lukas only nodded and actually smiled for a moment.

"Good idea Temoria!" Celestic said softly rubbing the sleep from his eyes.

"I must agree," Isabel stated smiling warmly. Geoff sat the girl down ruffling her blue bangs, showing just how proud of her he was. "So does everyone agree?" There were nods all around before everyone looked to Zak.

"Alright Cheshire Cats it is," Zak stated smiling. "Okay now I think it's time we went to sleep. We have a big day tomorrow." Everyone nodded and slowly headed below deck getting ready for bed.