(no the cats live outside. i only have one dog in the house. i named the scorpion Creepy)

Cinder: "it is ok." he grasp the girl as they flies back to Theta and the others. he slips through the gash. the gash instantly closes up. "we are back!"

Theta: "Winter!" he runs to the girl.

"Theta!" she says, gasping in relief that she is back with the others and none of them seem to be lost in time.

Theta: he hugs her. "Winter." he whispers in her ear. "i love you."

She hugs him back, and wants to whisper back to him, but she finds that she is crying. She just realized how terrified she was on the beach. She had come so close to being lost in time forever.

Theta: he places his right hand on her shoulder

She looks at him, and for the first time in her life, she doesn't try to hide her tears.

Theta: "shh there is no need to cry." he wipes away one of her tears. he smiles.

Winter manages a weak smile back and him and stops crying. "Sh-Should we see what happened?" she asks.

Yuri is unsettled. Was the crying girl the same one who had been leading them into battle a few hours ago? She had never seen her this upset.

Theta: "it could not hurt." he leans closer. "Winter... Allen wished for me to tell you this long ago but i never got the chance." he sighs." Allen was never your real brother. he was my brother."

"Oh." is all Winter can think to say. Allen. Maybe she had known all along, because she wasn't so surprised. Or maybe it hadn't settled in yet. "So who is my real family?"