This is my story, The Future, working in conjunction to another story, Three Kisses. In this story, I continue where Garth Nix left off. I own no one, and I won't be remembering to write disclaimers after this, so it applies to all the chapters. You don't need to read Three Kisses to understand, just a sister story.

"Sabriel," he said again. "You're alive!"

"Yes," said Sabriel, with some surprise. "I am."

She remembered seeing several faces peering down on her before she blacked out.

When she came to, she found herself in a white bed in a white room. Must be a hospital… she thought. She sat up with some difficulty, relying mainly on her arms. Careful not to push the IV out of her arm, she propped herself against a fat white pillow. She discovered that she was in one of those freaky hospital gowns. Blinking, she cleared her eyes of accumulated grit and tested her legs. She winced as her knees cricked.

Soon enough, she was able to get of the bed and begin walking around. In front of her, she found a cupboard. Inside, she found her bandolier and coat. She fingered the painstakingly embroidered Silver keys and Golden stars. It was beautiful. In her bandolier, she found all of her bells. All seven. Surprising. Getting dressed as quickly as she possibly could, she strapped on her bandolier and smiled, truly proud. She was no longer a prefect quality lady, she was Abhorsen.

She pushed the acrylic door open and hobbled out without putting to much pressure on her right side. The hospital should have been deserted. From what she could tell, it was way past midnight, but it was packed with nurses going around, probably checking on their new load of patients as she remembered the last night. Suddenly, she noticed that everyone was silent and staring, doctors and nurses with prescriptions and equipment in their hands.

Then the lady at the desk dropped her papers and began clapping and soon, the single clap multiplied into a multitude of applause. Sabriel blushed and smiled, taking a small bow. Slowly, she made her way to the desk, refusing the help of several nurses armed with wheelchairs, asked for Touchstone's room. "Touchstone?" the nurse asked, surprised. "Isn't he the one whose brother tried to kill everyone?"

"Yeah, but I wanna talk to him." Sabriel explained.

"Oh dear…" the nurse mumbled. "Doctor James!! Doctor!" she said, hailing one of the doctors. He obligingly stopped.

"Ah, Abhorsen, it's my honor…" he said bowing slightly. She nodded in return before bursting out, "Where's Touchstone?"

"The police took him of course!" he said sounding surprised that she cared.

"What!?" she yelped. "Somebody help me get there, please!" she clutched her hands together and cried.

"Why?" the lady at the counter asked, but Sabriel didn't hear. James was leading her to his black Volvo parked outside. He opened it and she sat down and buckled herself in. Doctor James was looking surprised at her knowledge. She smiled. "I grew up here, my father, past Abhorsen thought it was safer here." Dr. James chuckled.

Within a few minutes, they had reached the police station. A whole lot of officers had to stop her from barging in, until an old man walked up to her and bowed saying, "Abhorsen." In greeting. The police fell apart, seeing that this was the wonder-woman who had saved them all.

She grinned at the old man before asking, "Where's Touchstone?"

The old man pointed inside and Dr. James followed the hobbling young heroine into the jail.

She drew some golden lines in the air and barged into the jail cell and threw herself on the rather handsome man sitting on the other side, kissing him ferociously on the lips, wrapping her shawl around him. "Oh." Was all Dr. James managed to say. She pulled him up and Dr. James along with the other policemen noticed that he was kissing her back. Breaking off, she hugged him, and hugged her back. Both of them were smiling. They supported each other out of the cell, amidst cat-calls and whistles, his arm around her shoulder.

Soon, they were back at the hospital, Sabriel beside Touchstone's bed. Before falling asleep near his stomach, she whispered, "We won…"

Ok, the jail-scene was weird, but the gist of the plot's there. I hope it was good. :D.

..Lady Merlin..