My Promise

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"Abi, wake up, please don't be dead! Abi!" He yelled as he pushed her hair out of her face. "Abi please, wake up! Abi!"

Bucky echoing voice woke her up. Everything was quiet as the smell of firewood filled her nose. She sat up and noticed that she was back at the spirit water. She looked forward and noticed that the tree path was swaying in the air, the leaves were a bright green. Her warm body lifted from the ice cold water. She checked where the pipe had got her but noticed nothing. She looked back forward and saw a woman with long deep red-brown hair that fell down to her waist and curled inward. She wore a black veil over her waist that stopped but was ripped at her shins, and had a veil covering her cleavage and buffalo hid around her shoulders and forearms, with rabbit fur moccasins and buffalo horns on her head. Kai. She motioned for Abigail to follow. She stepped on the path.

After the long walk and following Kai, she was met to the place where she first met The WindMaker. She passed Kai and walked into the open clearing. As she turned as she looked around the clear path. Charles started to jump on her and she got happy. She crouched down and pet him as she told him he was a good boy. When she stood back up and looked forward again she stopped. There was her old platoon. Heather, Clarisse, Aiko, and Linh. They were frozen before the other three took a running start and knocked them to the floor. They hugged her and started rambling incoherent words as Charles barked and force himself in the middle.

"Abigail!" Heather yells as she kissed her cheek. Aiko and Linh held her tight. "We missed you so much."

"Heather?" Her voice cracked. "I'm so sorry for what I did. I didn't want to do it."

"We know, we know and we forgive you, just don't shoot us again." She joked.

"Aiko missed you the most," Linh said.

"No, Linh missed you the most," Aiko said.

"I thought I'd never say this, but I missed you guys so much." She hugged them hard.

"Is that Abigail?" A sweet voice said from behind them.

Abigail quickly looked up to see her step-mother. Abigail missed her long golden hair and her pretty hazel eyes. She had her hands over her mouth as Abigail quickly got up and engulfed her in a hug. Her mother pulled back and kissed her cheeks and nose.

"My sweet baby, I love you so much." She kissed her face again.

"Mommy, I'm so sorry, you did nothing wrong and you treated me so well, yet I killed you." Abigail cried.

"Oh baby, it's okay now, your heart and that's all I ever wanted." She hugged her again.

"Manaba?" Abigail looked over and saw Yaski standing there.

Her mother let her go so she could hug him. He was his younger self again, his long black hair reached his waist and stood a six feet seven inches. He picked her up as she cried too.

"I'm so glad you're here, you can finally meet my family." He looked down at her.

"I would nothing more than that." She smiled.

"Hello Abi, still a nuisance I see." She heard Howard's voice and turned around to him.

His normal brown hair was now all gray and he wore a suit instead of suspenders. She gave her real brother one last big hug before running into Howard's arms. She felt him kiss the top of her head.

"Your so old know."

"Your only two years younger than me, idiot." He laughed.

She laughed as she was reunited with her friends and family. She heard rustling =behind them and she turned to see Manaba standing alone, she was looking at her sadly before turning away and walking off. Abigail got out of the group and quickly made her way to her. She grabbed her hand and Manaba turned around scared.