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broke, so don't sue me. 


Author's Notes: Okay, when I wrote this part, I did not have any substatial idea of what was going
to happen far in the future. Now that I do, I realized that this part needed some work. * Indicates
a change in point of view, place, or time. Anything in these[] is either a thought or telepathy.
Anything in these{} are notes from me.
		 
			The Forgotten Past- Part 1: Dreams

	It had been one month since Ness and his friends beat Giygas. Life was so normal, it was
boring, or in Ness's case exausting. He'd missed so much school that he had to stay late after
school and had to go there most of Saturday just to catch up. The Social teacher called his photo
album a journaling of the events and that made was a substitute project for the work. The English
teacher told him to write an essay about the adventure as compensation, which was better than
doing spelling units and grammar lessons. The other teachers just said that the work was far too 
important to consider a substitute assignment. He even had to make up gym, which was, in his 
mind, unfair. Naturally, they'd had the worst unit while he was gone (the dance unit), so he had
to do it all alone with his teacher. The school was divided between ridicule and pity.
	He envied his friends. Paula was homeschooled, so she didn't have anything to make up, 
Jeff lived at school anyway and Poo had graduated from anything slightly resembling school before
the adventure began. The four of them made a habit of spending Sunday afternoons together, since 
it was the only day all four of them were free. They often had picnics at Summers beach or saw a 
Runaway Five gig, who had taken up residence in the former Stoic Club (It was now known as 
Clyde's Cool Club and had been taken over by former New Age Retro Hippies who mysteriously adored
the Runaway Five). 
	All of this was on Ness's mind as he crawled into bed Saturday night, so exausted that he
used telekinesis to pull his covers over him. Sleep found him quickly and almost as soon as he 
fell asleep, Ness dreamed. 
	 He tried to move, but discovered he was bound from head to toe. At first, he though he
was in total blackness, but if he focused hard, Ness could see he was in some sort of jail cell.
	 A familiar voice rose from the vastness. "Hey, Pig's Butt! I told you I'd be back.
I always pick the right side, Ness. You may think you've won, but battle's just begun, Ness.
The battle's just begun." Suddenly, and with the completely wrong timing, the chorus of the 
Bon Jovi song, "It's My Life" began to play in the backround. The next thing Ness knew,he was 
awake in his bed and his clock radio was blaring that Bon Jovi song.
					***
	He wasn't the only one to have dreams that night. Paula had had a long day. An elderly
 aunt whom she had never met had died and the funeral had been almost beyond endurance. 
Next Sunday would be the reading of the will and she hoped that day would not be as dreary as 
this one had. Despite her restlessness, the moment her head hit the pillow, she was asleep. 
	She was on an alien ship. Although her captors had abducted her, they were very kind.
They called her Maria. One of the aliens, Giegue was especially nice to her. She wanted to return
his kindness, so she sang a song, a love song to him. Somehow, the song was like poison to him
and because of that, she lost the trust of her captors.
	Around the same time, her husband, George had escaped, unable to accept their kindness as
genuine. He stole their most prized treasure, Psi, though she never really understood 
how. Then he came back for her and they escaped back to Earth together. However, Psi seemed to 
almost have a mind of its own. Some of it "escaped", according to George. It was invisible to 
her. Once on Earth, a terrible ammount of grief settled over her. She ran away and her grief, 
sorrow and will created a world where she was queen. She christened the place Magicant, a 
variation of the aliens' word for distraction. Ruling the place proved to be a fine distraction.
She'd forgotten all about the aliens and her husband. One day, a boy came to her, saying that
he was the last hope against an evil monster called Giegue. She couldn't believe it. In the 
beginning, she pretended to know nothing about him, but in the end, she gave them the key to his
defeat, though it hurt her more than anyone ever knew. Magicant disappeared since she needed it
no longer, but she never really got over what had happened. 
	The next thing Paula knew, her mother was banging on the door.
	"Paula! Ness is here!" 
	"What!" She cried in disbelief and looked over at her alarm clock. It was twelve thirty. 
He was very late. 
	Paula opened her door. Ness looked as though he was ready to give a very lenghthy 
explanation of his absense, but both he and Paula's mother turned and gave a little gasp when she
entered the room. 
	"I, um kind of slept in."
	Ness recovered more quickly than her mother. "That's okay. I did too. I'll just come back
for you in an hour..."
	"Make it fourty-five minutes." 
	"Okay, see you then." 
	After he had teleported away, Paula's mother turned to her. "You know what? He looks kind
 of like someone I knew when I was your age. Ah, memories."
	"I've got to get ready." Paula was already heading back to her room.
"He was my boyfriend for five years." Her mother
added, a little louder.Paula stopped dead in her tracks. 
	"What are you implying?"
	"I wish we would have stayed in touch."
	"You're impossible!" Paula stormed back to her room. 
	Paula's dad came in to the room. "You know, you should really stop teasing her, Ana."
	"I know, I know." A moment later, she added, "He has the same red cap and everything."
	"She's right. You are impossible."
	"I'll take that as a compliment." They both laughed.
	Meanwhile, Paula was trying to tame her hair. It looked kind of like Diana Ross's hair on
that Vh1 special, except far worse. 
	"She's worse than Jeff." Paula paused for a moment to comb through a rat's nest. 
"Imagine!" 
					***
	Ness teleported to Summers, where Poo and Jeff were waiting. 
	"Where were you?" Jeff asked. 
	"I slept in. When I woke up, it was noon."
	"Was Paula mad? Where is she, anyway?" 
	"She was sleeping when I got there. I'm going to go back and pick her up in fourty-five 
minutes.
	"You really lucked out. I know some people whose girlfriends would..."
	"Jeff!" Ness interrupted warningly.
	"I'm kidding, I'm kidding."
					***
	Fourty-five minutes later, a silence had fallen over the group. 
	"I can't come next week," they all said at the same time. After a moment, they all burst
out laughing.  
	Paula spoke first. "You know that my aunt died and yesturday was the funeral, right?" 
Everyone nodded. "Well, next Sunday is the reading of the will. I don't know why I have to go.
I've never met her before, so I don't see why she would leave me anything."
	Ness was next. "I'm going up to my grandparents' house in Podunk. They're my dad's 
parents, but he can't come because he's tied up at work."
	"Your dad is always tied up at work. Doesn't he ever come home?" Jeff commented.
	"He tried to come home for my birthday, but it didn't work out."
	"Geez. I wonder what could make him so busy. Anyway, my dad and I are working on this 
new invention and Sunday is my only free day next week, so..."
	"We completely understand, Jeff," Paula replied.
	"What about you, Poo?" Ness asked.
	"An ambassador and his daughter are coming next week. It is of the upmost importance that
I am there to greet them."
	The rest of the picnic was spent discussing how next Sunday would be spent. Little did 
they realize that it would not be anything like they expected.