I woke up on the ground, cold to the very bone. I didn't open my eyes yet because to avoid my situation. Yet I heard rain droplets faintly in my ears and felt it drip down on my cheeks. I squinted my eyes open and struggled to sit up. After several attempts, I got into the sitting position, with my legs crossed on the ground. I coughed a little and let my eyelids open widely to take away the weariness I still had. I glanced around and noticed the shadowed alley I slept in, dirty with garbage and filth. I didn't see the end of the alley behind me, but I found a street light beaming in front of me, which gave me a good understanding of where I was at. But for someone like me at six years old, it's hard to navigate well without someone older than me. I gritted my teeth at the thought of an older individual, bringing to mind what happened to me two nights ago.

"Leave this place!" the man yelled loudly at me. I didn't understand. The nice man, who I thought was friendly, turned into a cruel monster, all because of what he called my "problem."

"E-Excuse me, sir," I whimpered, holding the edge of my shirt sleeves in fear. "What did I do wrong-"

"GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!" He immediately grabbed my tiny figure and headed towards the front door. I screamed for help, wrestling with the man's grip. But nobody answered my cry as he threw me out into the front yard, slamming the door shut. I stood up quickly and wobbled to the door. When I got to the door, somehow the man knew I would come back because he exclaimed, "We don't need monsters like you in this house! Now go away!!" His words laid a deep knife in the center of my heart, making me stupefied and confused. A monster like me? Why would he say something like that to me? I clenched my fists tightly and wept bitterly, running away from the house. I ran as fast as I could until I collapsed near an alleyway, holding myself close.

My tears blurred my vision when I decided to stand up, and I walked out of the alleyway I stuck myself in for two days. I glanced around and saw that the moon was high in the sky, brightening the way for weary travelers like me. Finding comfort in that shiny orb, I ran towards it with hopefulness. However, I knew that it probably won't lead me to anywhere I feel loved or even be wanted in that matter, except for Papa Ray's home. But that was too far away from here. How could I make it to the place that I will find love? I merely clung to whatever hope I could muster in my heart and kept running in the direction of the moon. I was surrounded by streets of fancy houses as I ran, homes I didn't pay too much attention to since I felt the moon's presence beckoning me to keep running forward. After staring at the moon for so long, I began to notice my surroundings were changing before my eyes. The houses were a bit older than the gorgeous homes I saw earlier. The buildings had thinner paint plastered on its walls because it was peeling off slowly, and the chimneys on the roofs were bricks placed in sturdy stacks. I was paying too much attention to that to notice what was in front of me and I smacked into a person, walking casually on the sidewalks. Because I was smaller than the person, I fell backward and landed on the concrete ground. The stranger I ran into glanced at me and said,

"Are you okay, kiddo?" I didn't say anything. After my experience that kicked me out of a house, I was too afraid to speak. I only nodded fast and stood up, wiping the dust off of my pants. I stared up at the stranger I met and tilted my head curiously. His face didn't look cross and mean like the man I was with earlier. He had a clean-shaven face, only leaving a small mustache on his face to show that he was a grown up. His eyebrows lifted from its normal position in shock and concern, revealing a scar that was just above his eyes. His eyes showed his big pupils with a hazel blue hue surrounding them. I didn't know how but I saw something: I saw kindness clearly seen through the big eyes. I glanced at his other features: a buzzed haircut that gave way to his sun-tan skin and dirty blonde hair, and a muscular build with a white t-shirt covering it up, that matched the plain black pants and shoes he wore. "Do you know where you're going?" the man asked gently.

"N-No," I stuttered quietly, looking down shyly.

"Well, where are your parents?"

"I don't have any anymore. My parents died a few years ago, and I live with Papa Ray. But I'm trying to get back there now..."

"Are you out here all by yourself?"

"Yes." I looked up at the man again, and he looked bewildered. It seemed he never saw a kid like me out in the streets before. I began to walk away from him to go find my way back to Sector Seven when the man said,

"Hey, how about you stay with me for a little while? You must be tired and hungry, and Sector Seven is quite a ways from here. What do you think?" I turned to the man again, who this time had a smile on his face. I thought only for a second before nodding at his invitation. What he offered seemed to be a relief off of my tiny shoulders, and I didn't hesitate to accept the offer. "My house is a few blocks away from here," the man explained. "But we'll be there in no time, okay?" I smiled a little and walked beside him as he began the journey to his residence. We barely talked on the way there, only answering his question of where I was before our meeting. After a short while, I started to yawn frequently, and my steps began to drag slowly on the sidewalk. I looked forward and noticed that he was waiting for me by a stop sign. I rubbed my eyes and yawned again, trying to keep myself awake so that I can reach his house. I caught up with him, and we kept walking to the house. He walked as slow as I did, which made me smile more. He stopped walking and turned to the house on our right side and said, "Here we are." I turned to see the house and just stared at it. It was a big house with a somewhat big yard. Most people didn't have big yards because each house was close to each other. I knew that from living in Sector Seven. The yard was a dark green hue with a little-paved road that lead to the house. Nothing was overgrown, the patches of green were even all the way around the yard. The man walked onto the little road, letting me follow closely behind him. I had a very uneasy feeling inside of me. I didn't know this man, or where I concern where I've been. Yet I figured that I would be safer here, at least safer than the previous person taking care of me. The man opened the front door and exclaimed, "Honey, I'm home!"

"Welcome back!" a woman exclaimed back from far away. The man took off his black shoes near the front door before the tiles turned into a wooden floor. I didn't know if I should take off my worn sneakers, so I stayed close to the door.

"Honey, come over here," the man shouted. "There's someone I would like you to meet."

"What, a visitor?!" the woman exclaimed, walking out of the room to meet her husband. "Dear, I told you to call me whenever we get-" She stopped talking and halting, staring down at me with widened eyes. Her green eyes matched her dark tan face and jet-black hair. She looked a bit plump, but the smile she soon had was contagious in my mind. However, her smile was a bit sad, and she turned to her husband. "Where did you find her?"

"She ran into me a few blocks back when I was out walking."

"Does she have any parents?"

"No. This little girl lives with Ray in Sector Seven." The woman glanced at me in concern and kneeled down to my view level.

"What's your name, little one?"

"F-Fiore, ma'am."

"Oh, don't call me ma'am! You can call me Leilani. This here is my husband Ronald."

"Nice to meet you..."

"Nice to meet you too, sweetie!" She patted my head gently, and I grinned, feeling the warmth coming to my cheeks. I felt an immediate attachment to her and hugged her legs, giggling happily.

"Wow, she really likes you!" Ronald chuckled. Leilani laughed and picked me up, holding me close like I was one of her kids. I giggled more and nuzzled her chest until I heard her heartbeat. Thump-thump. I pressed myself closer to where I listened to her heart. Thump-thump. I didn't know why, but I thought it was the most relaxing noise I have ever heard in my life. Thump-thump. I loved it. I liked it so much that I closed my eyes to focus my attention on that noise. I kept smiling until I slowly fell asleep, murmuring one word.

"Mama..."

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I got another memory but...it wasn't a good one, at least at the beginning. There was a man that threw me out of his house. For some reason, he wasn't satisfied with who I was and thought I was a monster. That's very upsetting. I guess I have something that people don't like, that much is certain. I wonder what it could be...my memory dream never mentioned it. But by then, I was on the streets for two days before running into someone that would take me in. In the night, I started to run in the direction of home, Papa Ray's house in Sector Seven. Did I know that I wouldn't make it too far before collapsing? There may have been the possibility of me collapsing, especially since I'm frail by a medical condition. That's what the doctor has told me a few times, that my body is weak on its own. I wonder what that means too. I have so many questions!!

Perhaps Ronald and Leilani would know. From the ending of that memory-dream, it seemed like I stayed with them for a while. I haven't had too many visits from them though. It's mostly from two guys, Jarod and James. They make me laugh and smile, but I don't remember who they are to me. All I know is that today I'm going to their house. Maybe I live there? Perhaps I will stay there until Papa Ray comes to get me? There are so many things left unanswered. People that have visited me said that it's better if I figure out myself on my own, without any help. So far, I know of Northwemko, Sagittarius, Lumiére, Natasha, Papa Ray, Rockland, William, Oliver, Melody, Ronald, and Leilani. That's a lot of people to keep track of, but somehow, I managed to do it in the past, or at least that's what I'm assuming.

Perhaps everything will be answered in time, like what my nurse has been saying to me. Like what I've been saying and writing for the past few days, it's frustrating to not remember anything. I see people each day visiting me, and most of them I can't remember! Ugh, I wish I could remember them! That way, I wouldn't have to worry about it, and others wouldn't have to worry too. Is there any way I can remember sooner than just receiving these memory dreams?!

"Lizzy?"

The girl looked up from her book and saw her nurse with a wheelchair in front of her. "Hello, Nurse Natasha!" Lizzy smiled happily, closing the book. "It's time to go, isn't it?"

"Indeed," Natasha smiled back. "Jarod and James are waiting for you outside. Are you ready to go?"

"Yes, ma'am!" The girl slowly got up from her hospital bed and stepped over to the wheelchair, with her journal and pencil in hand. She carefully sat down on the wheelchair with the nurse's help and exclaimed, "Time for an adventure!" To her proclamation, the nurse laughed. Lizzy looked up at her curiously. "What's so funny?"

"It's just that you act the same as before," Natasha smiled. "Even though you've lost your precious memories, you're still the same girl that I knew from a while ago."

"A while ago? Was I in this hospital before?"

"Once you remember, you'll be surprised with how many times you and your friends have been here. Now let's go see those two boys."

"Okey-dokey!" Soon, the nurse began to wheel Lizzy out of her hospital room and out into the hallway. Not too many people were in the halls as the two went to where Jarod and James were waiting, but they occasionally saw people roaming the hospital.

"Are you excited?" the nurse asked Lizzy.

"Excited?" Lizzy repeated. "Hmm, I don't know."

"You don't know?"

"Yeah, I guess. It's nice that I'm going to be out of the hospital, but I don't know where exactly I'm going."

"I wouldn't worry too much about that, Lizzy. You'll like where you are going. It's going to be...homey."

"Okay." Lizzy smiled softly and took a deep breath as they exited the hospital entrance. The wind hit them as soon as they walked out, but it didn't bother them. To those two, it was nice to be outside. The sky welcomed them with the evening colors of red, orange, and blue, which made Lizzy feel warm and happy. She was out of the hospital and was thankful for it. But now it was time to venture to the unknown, an unknown that she once knew beforehand. She glanced around the area and asked, "So where are Jarod and James at?"

"They should be here," the nurse said, looking around too. "They said that they would meet us out front with the car, but I don't see them." Suddenly, a black car came zooming through the parking lot and braked hard to the side of the road where the nurse and Lizzy were at. The two's eyes widened, and the nurse slowly wheeled Lizzy's wheelchair back a little bit, just in case Lizzy wouldn't get hit. "And there they are," Nurse Natasha said with a nervous sigh.

"Who was driving?" Lizzy asked curiously.

"I have an idea of who it may be, but we'll see." Out of the front passenger seat door, a young man came out and exclaimed,

"You are NOT driving when we go home!"

"Aw come on, it wasn't so bad!" another guy said, who was in the driver seat. "At least Keiza didn't freak out. Right, Keiza?"

"I didn't freak out this time!" she cried from inside the car. "But seriously, James is right. You shouldn't drive when we take Lizzy home, Jarod."

"It's two against one, dude," James said, crossing his arms. "Give me the keys."

"Okay, fine," Jarod sighed, turning off the car's engine and handing James the keys. "But I call driving when we go to class. I need to practice more so that I can get used to driving normally again."

"It's been two years since you were forced to drive crazy," Keiza noted, getting out of the car.

"...I'm still not used to it." Jarod soon gets out of the car with the other two and heads towards Lizzy and the nurse.

"Why hello, you three," the nurse smiled. "I figured that Jarod would be driving crazily again."

"Good evening," Jarod said with a smile. He then turned to Lizzy and said, "Hi Lizzy. How are you feeling?"

"Hi, Jarod!" Lizzy grinned. "I'm doing okay. How about you?"

"I'm doing well. Are you ready to go?"

"Yes! But where are we going? I haven't remembered too far in just yet."

"Okay, what do you remember so far?" Keiza asked curiously.

"Well, I just had a memory dream earlier, and I met a man and a lady. Their names were Ronald and Leilani." The others gasped in surprise. "What?"

"You remember Mom and Dad!" Jarod exclaimed. "That's great!"

"Mom and Dad?" Lizzy repeated. "So, they're your parents?"

"Yeah! You never saw me in your dream?"

"No, I didn't." Lizzy then smiled. "But I'm sure that I'll remember you soon though. I can be sure of that."

"Take your time, Liz," James said, fixing his long dreadlocks a little. "We know that you'll remember us sooner or later."

"But how do you know that? How do you know that I'll remember you?" Keiza, Jarod, and James didn't know what to say until the nurse said,

"Well, you're just the type of person that wouldn't want to forget people or your memories. It's very sentimental and precious to you."

"I am that type of person?" Lizzy said, thinking about it for a few moments. "I guess I am. A lot of the memories I'm getting seem to be very special, and they involve people. Hopefully, I'll get to remember all of you too!" She smiled brightly, and Jarod exclaimed,

"That's the spirit! Now let's get you going to the house. Mom and Dad are coming home tomorrow, and having you back home is going to be a special treat for them."

"They're not home now?"

"No. Mom had some business to take care of at the big museum in Sector 3 and Dad was on duty at sea. But they'll be here tomorrow for sure, Lizzy! Are you excited?" Lizzy thought a little before coming up with an answer.

"Yeah," Lizzy said. "I am excited."

Finally, I updated this story!!!!!!!!! I'm sorry for taking so long. School kept me busy but now I am on break, which means more updates!!! I may start updating daily since the story is written out already. What do you guys think?

Anyway, thanks for reading and see you on the next chapter!