Y/N's POV

The fire finally died down and color came back to no longer see a triangle but a teenage boy with black and blonde hair, yellow tailcoat with brick patterns on the bottom, black dress pants, black shoes, bowtie, and cane. Still, pretty hot.

He looked surprised to see my younger self. Why? I suppose she should be shocked because the Dorito turned into a human but why is he shocked to see her?

"Because she wasn't suppose to make it..." Bill whispers freezing the memory before it could continue. Wait, WHAT?!

"W-What?.."

"The spell requires a human sacrifice."

"So you were going to kill a five year old just so you could live?!"

"Honestly, I hate kids. They're brats and they're messy so it didn't seem to bother me. I was going to live and I could continue my life."

"Well I was once that kid meaning you hated me! You were totally fine if I just died!" I yell at him, clearly upset.

"That was before I got to meet you-"

"You would have never met me if I did die!" I cry out, I start shaking like crazy, "I would've never seen my parents again. I would've never been able to see Wendy; never would I have met the Pines. I never would have fallen in love with you if I had died." I look at the ground and cry a little. I think Bill notices and quickly wraps his arms around me. I continue to sob into his chest as he rubs my back to try and calm me down. Key word: try.

"Y/n, I regret ever doing that to you. I'm so, so sorry. P-Please, forgive me. I love you, my beautiful Star. I didn't know you then to love and care for you but I do now and I never want you to get hurt; I honestly never thought I would see you again after this encounter better yet fall in love with you. Somehow, you were able to break the barrier that surrounded my heart that no living or non living creature can fix; that barrier is only down for the one girl who matters most to me, I would never purposely try to hurt you." He kisses my cheek a few times before lifting my head to kiss my lips. I seriously love this crazy, insane demon. That might be insane for me to say after hearing that he almost killed me.

"S-So, why did I survive?"

"My guess was because of the deal I made with you that I would never hurt you. It prevented the spell to kill you...I guess. I'm not entirely sure what it did to you then and before you ask, no, this is not how you started having dreams about my wheel."

I cry a little more into his chest, I could've died at this age! I'm not suppose to be here living and breathing. I was never suppose to continue my life. I wasn't suppose to have a future. I was never meant to fall in love with Bill...but I got my second chance once my five year old self made that deal for the demon to never hurt me. So...how did I forget about all of this?

"Want to continue the memory?" Bill whispers softly. I nod and he starts the memory again.

"Oh, this is great! Well, at least I don't have to posses anymore humans to have a body. Thanks for the help, kid, I'll see you-"

"What's your name?"

"It's...uh, Bill."

"I'm Y/n! I have something for you!" my younger self goes to her neck and unclips the necklace. She hands it to the demon who looks confused. "Take it." He does as he is told and takes the necklace. "A little star.." he whispers. She then does something I never thought she would do. She hugs him, well, his legs because she's so short.

"I like you!" the little girl chimes. This is so cute, I smile. I feel Bill wrap his arms around my waist.  "So, you kept the star necklace I apparently gave you? Here I thought you hated kids."

"I-I do, I just thought that maybe I would eventually run into you again to return the dumb necklace." I laugh and kiss his cheek which makes him turn red.

"Okay, get off me you little spider monkey!" I hear as the past Bill pries me off his legs. "Well, I should go. Now. See you later!" He runs away leaving the young me in the middle of the woods. She starts walking around in some type of daze. Am I lost? Err, was I lost? She seemed to be just wandering around, not sure where to go. All of a sudden, someone in a maroon cloak grabbed her and picked her up. "Ahhhh! BILL!!" she yelled but the man pulled a bag over her head and ran away with her.

"You/I yelled for me/you?" both Bill and I said in unison.

"I-I never heard you scream, I swear." Bill said.

"Wh-Who was that?!"

"That was the Society of the Blind Eye. So that's when they took you..."

"Took me? Why would they take me?!"

"T-To erase your mind..."

That's why I forgot, they erased my mind of me ever meeting Bill. That's why Bill called this a lost memory. Why though? Why would they do that? The scene starts fading away like it was a painted picture that was rolling off its canvas. It was now a white void until a new scene started to appear. It was a dark room where my five year old self was strapped to a chair and couldn't escape. "Bill!" she yelled out, terrified.

"He's not coming to save you." a male voice said. A man in a black cloak came with his face hidden. By now, my younger self was crying her eyes out. "Wh-Where's Bill? Wh-What do you want?"

"Oh sweetie, relax, this will all be done soon. I just need to mess around with your memories a little bit."

"What?!" Tears streamed down her face even more.

"Don't worry, this won't hurt a bit." the dark voice said as he lifted...a gun?! No, memory gun. "Oh, by the way, I'm also going to be adding a...memory...to your mind. How do you feel about wheels?" She didn't respond, just screamed and cried more. A blue ray came out of the gun and blasted it at my head. The screams instantly disappeared as I see myself passed out. The man in the black cloak picked her up and left as the memory fades for good.

I'm...I'm speechless. We exit the memory and I just stand there, frozen. I...I remember. I remember every detail of what happened. I had screamed and cried for help, thinking that Bill would've heard and saved me. I feel Bill's arms wrap around my waist; I look up to see his eye that looks...sad. "I-I never heard you scream for me. I swear, I would've came if I heard but I didn't. I didn't even know when this was going to happen, I knew the Society got you eventually but that's it. I'm sorry I couldn't help you, that I couldn't save you. I'm sorry I was willing to sacrifice you. I-I'm s-sorry-" I shut him up with a kiss which he returned. I wrapped my arms around his neck as he brought me closer to his chest. Once we release, I place my hand on his cheek and rub my thumb back and forth. I give him a small smile which he gently returns.

"I'm not mad at you, Bill. No matter what, you are still my hero and the one who will protect me."

"Of course, my love, I made the deal never to hurt you. That's the one deal I'm never going to break."

"I love you, Cipher."

"I love you too, my little Star."

A question came up in my mind, "So, how did you know I lost my memory?"

"Well, the next day I was walking around town, finding some supplies to fix the time machine which apparently broke. As I was, you bumped into me and I figured you were just going to annoy me...like usual." Bill winks at me (or, did he blink?) as I laugh knowing that I really do annoy him a lot, "Except, you didn't. You just apologized and ran away. I followed you and asked what your deal was but you didn't respond. More like scream for your parents that some strange man was talking to you."

After he explained, we walked around a bit and looked at a couple of good memories I had. We even passed the rain kiss we shared. Perfect, that moment was perfect. I wouldn't change it for the world. I grabbed Bill's hand and watched as the memory played. I couldn't stop smiling, I keep replaying this memory over and over everyday wishing to cherish that moment again. Bill turns me towards him and cups my face with both of his hands. He leans down and gently kisses my lips which I deepened. This...has been the best night. I just wish Bill was really here; I know he can't be though and I'm thankful that he can enter my dreams to speak with me. None of this new information is ever going to change my mind about the way I feel; sure I was meant to die but I didn't. That's good. This was the past, memories of the past; this is the present and we are going to the future. Bill has proved himself to me that he has changed and I know he will never try to hurt me. No matter what's to come, he'll keep me safe and I'll be by his side the entire time. I'm never going to lose him and he'll never go a day without thinking he has lost me.

Everything starts to fade to white. Man...I'm waking up, aren't I?

"I'm afraid so," Bill chuckles, "but don't worry, beautiful, I'll be back tonight. If you wish, you can question me again. I don't mind." He kisses my head as a portal opens behind him. "Goodbye my Star."

•••

Beep. Beep. Stupid alarm clock! It ruined a perfect kiss. I check the time to see it is 9:30 a.m. I really don't want to start the day just yet. I lay in bed, thinking of the previous events that occurred last night. Bill answered my question on why he is human just to figure out that I actually have met him before. My memory has been erased before...that's how I got the nightmare that appeared to be Bill's wheel. Who was the man under the cloak? Is he the demon who is set on killing me? I can't remember his face, just a black void under the cloak with the symbol of an eye with an 'X' through it. This just piles more questions to the table: Why was I chosen for this? Do I know the demon under the cloak as well? Am I going to die or will Bill keep me safe? Will I survive till the end of this summer?

Will any of us survive?