Huh, I guess it's been a long time. And life was pretty hectic anyways. So my updates might as well be random? But, sorry for being inactive. But I will try to update. For the Pegasus fans.

Summary: Emily contemplates about her past mistakes, and Joel comforts her. Maybe a bit of jealous Pegasus. XD

Emily walked around the sliver lake. She had found the lake similar to Olympus'. Although the environment looked the same, she couldn't help but thought there was a different feel to it. Every time she was there, she was reminded she was no longer in Olympus and that it was gone forever, but she still found herself drawn to the same place over and over again. There were times when Emily looked back at the past and continuously felt guilty for being so careless. There were times when she would just realize, she was the cause for Olympus being destroyed.

"This lake is so peaceful. Just like Olympus."

"Indeed. There is not a single difference at all."

She looked off in the distance. Staring into the distance. Still feeling guilty.

Pegasus who immediately picked up her mood nuzzled her hair and asked. "Is there something wrong?"

Emily paused for a moment thinking whether or not she should tell the truth. "No." She shook her head smiling. "I just miss Olympus."

"Do you think it's your fault?" A new voice came into the scene.

She turned around to see Joel walking up towards her. "What do you mean?" Trying to shrug off his question.

"Emily . . ." He sighed. "I've known you for a long time now. Of course I'd know when something's bothering you."

Remaining silent, she turned her head back to the lake. She didn't want to concern anyone with her own problems.

"Tell me what's wrong." Joel said. His metal hand silently taking Emily's into his own.

"It's . . . this war, it's my fault."

"What?" Joel cried in alarm. "What are you talking about? I thought we all agreed that this wasn't your fault."

"But still . . . if I haven't destroyed those three Titans, Olympus wouldn't have been destroyed, the innocents will still live, and the CRU would never have been real."

"It's not your fault Em. I mean, look at the bright side. We finally managed to end the rivalry between the Titans and the Olympians. They're living in peace now. In all honesty, I'm lucky to have all these adventures. We got closer to each other because of those battles. And it's not just us two. Pegasus and Chrysaor were finally able to end their fight, Paelen was finally able to meet Lorin and now they're both happy with each other, Alexis and Tom were able to meet and make a family. The Olympians and the Titans were able to reconcile and their families are no longer torn apart. And it was all because of you Em. You helped make all these amazing things happen. So don't ever think it that you caused destruction. Because no matter how others see it, I will always see it as how we all finally managed to reunite."

Emily felt an warm sensation within her. She started to feel tears drip down her face, but felt oddly happy. She felt arms wrap around her as Joel started to hug her. Maybe this was what she needed to hear. To finally release her from her guilt. To realize that in ways she was able to help others. She hugged him back.

"Thank you Joel." She sniffed. She was so glad to have someone like him by her side.

"I don't want you to beat yourself up. No one will blame you for what happened. We're your family after all."

Emily smiled and felt a head wrap around her. Straining to see, she saw Pegasus trying to hug her in his own way.

"Now why don't we go for a flight? Just you and me." Pegasus nickered.

"Sure, Pegs."

"What did he say?" Joel asked.

"He wants to go for a flight with me."

"Hey, you can't just take her like that."

Pegasus whinnied while shaking his head, "I want to be alone with her right now. "

"Come on!"

Seeing the two bicker over her made Emily laugh. Pegasus stubbornly refused to cancel their flight. As a result in the end, Joel gave up. He looked somewhat disappointed but understood Pegasus' affection for Emily. "I'll see you later." He said.

"Yeah. See you later too." Emily said in a much brighter mood than she had been before.

She climbed up to Pegasus' back and gripped onto his mane. As Pegasus trotted and then galloped and flew into the air, she looked back at Joel one more time to see his smiling face. She smiled back, looking back until she couldn't see him anymore. The glowing white stallion brightened the night. Emily looked at the stars to see completely different constellations than from the ones found on the Olympus night sky.

"Emily, my pet. Are you feeling better now?"

"Yes Pegasus." Emily chuckled. Still getting use to Pegasus calling her "pet". Looking off to the distance she thought, The past is behind me. From now on, I should keep focusing on looking forward to the future.

Hur hur hur~ I tried to make an Emily and Joel. I failed at that. Heh. Again soooooorrrrrrrryyyyyyy for a late update. I don't even know if anyone reads this story anymore considering how long it's been since i last updated this. But until next time~ Wherever that is.