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Part 13

(Peter's thoughts.)

Sometimes people wish. They wish for things they can't have. Others just live life, doing nothing, complaining about their problems, even though they can do something about it.

But I believe both are wrong. Me? I used to do both. I'd dream. I'd wish for the unexplainalble. The impossible. Other days, I would think it was useless and feel sorry for myself. I never thought about doing. I never thought about hope. I never though about prayer. I just wished. I know know I was wrong.

Ever since I went to Artredland, something happened. I realized how much I needed to just let myself love. To give myself hope. To be honest that's what Fira gave me.

I will never give it up. I refuse to go back to my old self. The being I despised. I know realized the meaning of my life. I now realized what it was to love. Love isn't pouting and living life with regrets. Neither is hope. Love and hope is belief. Belief in the impossible. My definition of impossible? Possibility.....

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Peter's P. O. V.
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Forcefully the wind pushed me through the screen and I had no time to think. Before I went back, I saw Fira reaching for me hoping to pull me back. I saw her tears. It was all because of me. What had I done? Before I knew it, I was laying on the ground in the woods. I was home. I should have been happy. Most people would be jumping for joy. I didn't. I layed there stupidly crying like a baby.

I finally stood up. It was evening and the sun was going down. The grass was still wet. Did this mean it was still the same time as when I left?

I sighed and walked towards the house.

Thoughts flooded my mind. They weighed me down so heavily that I couldn't think straight.

I walked slowly up the back deck. I stopped and looked back towards the woods. I tried to process it all. I was confused.

Why did I even go there? What was I meant to do? Then I realized.

Fira.

I needed to make myself be happy again. And that's what happened. That's why I went. But why did I come back? Why? Why did I have to lose the light I had finally gotten in my life?

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3 weeks went by. They dragged slowly on. Peter was happier than he used to be. That was one good thing. But he wasn't fully happy. Not yet that is.

One morning Peter was staring out his bedroom window remembering everything. He couldn't forget it. All that had happened had been the best 6 months of his life. His father walked in the room suddenly. Peter did not notice him come in, but David stopped in the doorway. He looked at his son. Peter stared into nothingness, as always, but it was different. For the first time in years, David saw his son smile. A tear slid down Peters cheek.

David was surprised. What had happened. What was so different about his son?

Peter suddenly turned around. Noticing his father, he quickly wiped the tear away, not wanting to look like a sissy.

Of course David walked over to Peter. He sat down on the bed. He smiled at Peter. "You want to talk?" Peter shrugged. "You want to tell me why your acting so different than usual?" David asked with a smile. Peter laughed slightly. "If I told you, you wouldn't believe me. " David cocked his head. Peter sighed. "Well, it's going to be a crazy story. Don't expect to believe it, but I promise. I promise it's true. " Peter chuckled as be looked out the window again. "OK," David laughed.

"I went to another world. "

"What?? "

"I told you that you wouldn't believe me. "

"I am confused, what??"

Peter told the whole story. His father listened. When Peter had finished, David smiled. "You don't believe me, do you? " Peter sighed. "Actually I do. " David said. Peter, surprised, looked at his father.

"I- I went to Artredland once."

Peter gasped. "Your joking me! "

David shook his head.

He continued. " I met your mother there. "

Peter gasped and turned pale.

"We had twins. You. And a girl.... "

Peter stared.

"Her name. Was Fira. "

Peter turned pale. "My- my sister? "

"Your mother gave Fira to the chief. We couldn't care for both of you. And we kept you and lived in this world. We couldn't make it work, being in two worlds. Then one day, your mother died. In the car wreck.

Peter bursed out crying. He couldn't help it and he felt silly.

"Even though I was stupid, and didn't make it work right, you can. You met Fira for a purpose. Fira is your twin sister. "

Peter didn't stop crying.

He jumped up. He ran. He ran outside. He didn't know why. All he knew was that be had to go back. He didn't know how either. He searched for the screen. It was nowhere. "Please! " He yelled out loud. "Please! Screen! Come-on! I need to get to Artredland." When it didn't appear, be dropped to his knees. He sat. Confused. What would he do now. Suddenly he heard singing. Only this time it was sad. Sad singing. He knew it was Fira.

He jumps up, to see the screen balancing in front of him. He leaped for joy and ran. He ran through it.

The forse knocked him over, and he slid across the ground. He looked around. He was back in his clothes Fira had given him and his sword hung at his side. He ran. "Fira! " He called.

Suddenly, For a came running towards him. There were tears in her eyes. "Peter? " She called happily. Peter caught her and hugged her.

"I'm here. " He said happily.