As I was going through my different senses, I wasn't really paying attention to my surroundings. Of course, everything was still pitch black like it was before, but this time there was a girl standing in front of me. She had long, wavy silver hair draping down her, eyes that were as bright blue as a cloudless, mid-day sky, and a smile that could turn anyone's day into one to remember.

I didn't recognize her at all. She was so beautiful... No, beautiful doesn't capture how much beauty she held. She was so beautiful that it felt almost wrong to even try to comprehend it.

I took a slow step toward her, doing my best to make sure that I could keep admiring her and not scare her off. I paused to speak. "H... Hello?" I said in a quite voice.

"Luna," she sniffled and rubbed her nose with her sleeve, "I've missed you so much." She quickly walked up to me and pulled me into a bear hug. I took a second but then hugged her back.

Her hug felt so comforting... For a second.

A sudden shock of pain went through me like a wave. I pushed her back and I fell to the ground. The pain washed over me again. My brain began to throb and sting like it was repeatedly being emptied of everything and then being filled up with more knowledge than it should be able to hold.

Words swirled everywhere around inside my brain. It was all too much to be able to comprehend all of it so I could only pick up pieces of it every now and then.

was ...xXXX
in a blanket ...xXXX
It was ...xXXX
up at the ...xXXX
seeing a comet ...xXXX
time ...xXXX
was like finally ...xXXX
the final ...xXXX
after hours ...xXXX
attempting to beat it ...xXXX
being told ...xXXX
cancer ...xXXX
100% ...xXXX
stepping into ...xXXX
terribly homesick ...xXXX
months ...xXXX
able to hug ...xXXX
the person ...xXXX
love so much ...xXXX
and haven't seen ...xXXX
forever ...xXXX

The words stopped and the pain died down. I remembered every single word, that I could make out, in order that I heard them and knew what each one meant, but it felt like huge pieces were missing.