/ GENEBETH /"Are you sure your uncle gave you the keys to his yacht?" I asked Shade, curious about how she managed to get us this ever-magnificent yacht before us as we stood at the port in the middle of the chilling night.There were so many possibilities that she did not even bother to ask permission from her uncle. The yacht was big and looked absolutely expensive. There was no way her uncle would just let us borrow something like this."Actually, he was drunk and I told him we're going cruising tonight and he said yes, so I took the keys immediately before he changed his mind," Shade explained with guilty eyes. I rolled my eyes at her, knowing she had taken advantage of her drunk uncle. Spoiled as she was, I knew she had done things far worse than this before, and her family never even complained about it. She was the only child of a billionaire living luxuriously in the expensive areas of the town, had all privileges I could only imagine and I was lucky enough to be her friend.

/ ABBY /"So, how did you find me?" I asked Genebeth as we were sitting inside a small kitchen of the yacht. She made me a sandwich and poured me a cup of coffee."It's kind of a long story, but it was Shade who found you. I mean, you know Shade with all her connections and genius friends... the police were shit but she never gave up on you. We never did," Genebeth replied as she sat across me from the table.I looked down and took a deep breath. There were no words to explain how grateful I was for having them as friends. Truly, I was happy. But there was a deep sadness in my heart knowing that I would be going back to my normal life with Zhask being dead. We were supposed to go to that world he always talked about. We were supposed to go together, to save his kingdom, to meet my real parents."Abby, what's wrong?" Genebeth asked softly.I felt like my tears were about to fall. I couldn't even look at her."Zhask..." I muttered, tears falling from my eyes now. She placed her hands o

/ ABBY /After I met Zhask, I went to visit my adoptive parents with Genebeth and Shade. They were worried sick about me but I told them I was fine. I explained to them what happened, but it was more kind of a lie as I left out a few important details. I didn't want them to worry about me."Mom, Dad, I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner. I didn't want you all to worry. I was trying to recover my memories and I went with someone without saying goodbye. Don't worry, I'm fine. I'm so close now but I need you to understand that there's always a hole in me that can only be filled once I figured out who I was before you found me four years ago, and I'm not going to stop until I remembered everything. Not when I'm already so close."Mom hugged me and carressed my back. "I understand, sweetie. It's your life. Your father and I knew this would happen but we're always ready to let you go. Thank you for being the daughter we never thought we could have again. Thank you for being Abby. We never

/ ABBY /"Are you seriously going to pay him?" I asked Shade as we got back into her car. "Yeah," she replied nonchalantly, starting the car up and pulling into the driveway."How much?" I asked again, not sure if I would agree with this one."Not for you to worry about, girl. Let's just get back and tell Elvon about him," she told me as drove our car back to our apartment."What if he's not the one we're looking for?" Genebeth asked, leaving over from the back seat to get closer to us."Then we'll keep looking," Shade answered. We got back to the apartment and rushed upstairs to the rooftop.We found Lylion sitting on a bench by the floor, eyes closed and snoring."Lylion!" Genebeth called out to his surprise. He stood up and alerted himself."What's the matter?" He asked, his hands already on his sword, probably thinking we were in danger."Where's Elvon? We found the man in his dreams!" Shade muttered out loud."He's inside," Lylion replied and opened the door for us.Elvon was

/ ABBY /"You're taking me to where?" the man asked, clearly confused about what madness we just brought him into."To our apartment. To meet our friend," Shade replied, trying to convince him to come.We were standing just outside his house, making a deal with a man who possibly had no idea what he was about to do. "I guess this is too quick for you, isn't it?" Genebeth muttered beside me. "Why don't we introduce ourselves first? I'm Genebeth, for a start."Genebeth nudged at me, urging me to say something. "I'm Abby," I said, extending my hand to him."And I'm Shade. You are?"The man shook my hand first, "I'm Mark."Then he shook Genebeth's and Shade's after."Done with the introductions. Let's get to the point now," Shade said, pulling out her wallet. "Here take it. It's all yours.""I can't possibly...""Just take it," Shade cut him off. "Take it and get in the car. We won't ask you anything more."Mark took the wallet and his eyes widened upon seeing how much money was inside.