Max's P.O.V.

I looked around Claire's old apartment, thinking about our friend once again. Larry had the teleporter taken over to my place and Cara, Larry, and I work on it often, hoping to complete it.

I ran my hand across her desk, hoping that there was something invisible or something still there that can help with the loss.

Nothing...

But I couldn't leave without getting something accomplished. That just isn't me.

So I wrote a note to Claire... for whenever she returns to us.

Taking one last look around, I smiled...

And I decided to do something more.

I had some lotuses to spare, and Serenity and I dropped off an assortment of purple flowers... so I put some lotuses in the vase with the purple flowers... it'll help the purple ones last longer... and because of the card that we had put in front of it... 'In Loving Memory of Claire' is what Serenity decided to put on the front. But she isn't dead... so it's a bit confusing.

When I returned home, I went up to the attic, where the teleporter was. To my surprise, Serenity, Aera, Jersey Larry, and Itsuki were all there.

"Anyone mind telling me why you're all here?"

"We got word from Claire," Itsuki explained.

"WHAT?! HOW?"

"Apparently, Elise gave Serenity an enhanced communicator before Claire went back to Neol." Aera glared at Serenity after saying this, probably because she didn't like how she wasn't in the know until now or something.

"Well, Serenity, what's the message?"

Serenity, who was holding her breath until now, let it all out in an excited rant.

"Claire-Elise's idea-coronation-"

"Slow down! I didn't get half of what you're saying!"

"CLAIRE'S GETTING CROWNED QUEEN OF NEOL TOMORROW!!!"

"WHAT?!" Now that wasn't just me. That was literally everyone else besides Serenity up here.

"Yeah. It was Elise's idea that Claire should be crowned, dubbing Claire more worthy to the throne than her. So now Claire's having a coronation tomorrow!"

"That's... really young for a Neolian queen..."

"I know, right?"

"Wait... the teleporter won't be done in time!" I looked at Larry and he agreed with me.

"We have at least two more years of working until it can take us to wherever in the universe Neol is."

"True. We don't even know."

"Well I do." Another thing Serenity knows that we don't? "Claire sent me the coordinates of where Neol was going to be at the time, and guess what? It's going to be so close, we will be able to see it in the sky!"

"That's nice," Aera admitted.

"It's going to be the first time in the past century that Neol sees the sun of this solar system!"

"REALLY?!" Claire had talked to me about how Neolians don't see sunsets often... but I didn't know it was THAT rare. "But... we're never going to make it in time..."

"I think I can help with that." I looked at the other side of the room and saw a rather familiar girl with pink hair.

"Who are you?"

"I'm Ahsoka. Serenity brought me here because she thought I could help." That name is rather familiar...

"How can you help?"

"I specialize in magical repairs." When she said that, she flicked a wrench up with her boot and caught it in her hand. "I'm what some people would call a miracle mechanic."

"Good. We could use a miracle."

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I did that.

Claire's becoming queen.

Her friends want to come to her coronation, too.

And Ahsoka...

You can probably guess why she's so familiar.

Well, see you next time.

Bye!