Authors Note: The Sequel To Take Back The Past. I Hope It's As Good As The First. Read, Review, Enjoy!

Chapter 1

That night of being saved from death was only the beginning of my luck. The next day Larry took me in to see Dr. Mcphee for a job. I was given the option of being a night guard or a tour guide. And of coarse my answer was to be a night guard, just so I could be near my good friends. I smiled.

Larry then took me out shopping for new clothes, just so I didn't have to keep stealing from the museums wardrobe. He was a pretty nice guy really, he couldn't apologize enough for bonking my head so hard. I told him it was ok and that I understood. The reason was his son and wife moved farther away and now he only got see his son once a month. It must really suck for him.

When we got back near sun down I quickly ran to my hidden room, and now that Larry was cool with me staying here, it was ok that he knew. Larry also told me it was ok to wear regular clothes while being a 'night watchmen' seeing as I really wasn't going to be watching the museum, more like being entertainment and as Teddy said, the royal cook.

I went to walk back out of the room but when I pressed on the wall, the wall wouldn't budge.

"Huh?" I pressed against it "Hey! Open up you stupid door" I beat a fist against it and sighed, giving up after a while.

"Everything alright in there?" Teddy asked.

"The door won't budge" I whined.

"Hold on Ahkmenrah and I will try to fix it" he told me.

I sighed and waited. For a while I tapped my fingertips on the stone wall before I got bored of that and went over to my things, taking them out of their bags and putting them in the dresser across the room. I looked at the small mirror built to the dresser and then down at myself.

"I should probably change" I told myself.

I grabbed some stuff and stripped down, tossing the old clothes into pile before putting on my new black underwear, a black t-shirt, my brand spankin' new white pants, a piano belt, my knee high black socks and converse. And after that I applied deodorant and perfume. I smiled, liking what I saw, except my hair.

I slowly and carefully brushed out all the rats with my new hair brush and brushed it all back. I then shook my head and let my long brown hair fall nicely to the sides, some of it covering the left half of my face. I smiled. I may have looked emo, but I liked it.

"I think we got it, stand by" Teddy called through the stone.

I walked over to the door and waited in front of it.

The door then opened slowly and I found everyone standing outside.

"Surprise!" They screamed.

I screamed and almost fell on my ass in surprise. How Ironic. I blinked and watched Ahkmenrah and Teddy helped me to my feet.

"How...What?" I asked, stuttering in confusion.

"Jed and Octavius told us what you said in the alleyway. So we thought we'd throw you a birthday party" Ahkmenrah smiled.

I playfully glared over at Larry as I exited my room.

"So that's why you left me for god knows how long in the mall" I scolded.

He shrugged "Yeah" he laughed.

Everyone snickered.

"Cue the music!" I heard Jed yell.

Dota by Basshunter began to play and I smiled, moving my body to the beat and jumping up and down a little. Did I mention my bruises were almost healed? Thank god, cause now I could really have fun.

The Huns watched me dance and I tried to teach them a bit, but all they could really do was raise their arms and bounce up and down which made us all snicker. Then With Love (Vission Vs Davus Aude) by Hilary Duff began to play and I grabbed Papa Columbus and brought him out to the dance floor.

"O tempo para ensinar-lhe como dançamos neste século." (Time to teach you how we dance in this century.) I giggled.

"Vá fácil em mim." (Go easy on me) he smiled.

I laughed and took one of his hands, moving around to his side and back, twirling myself under his hand and pulling out and back in and around to his other side and back. He moved his feet slowly, trying to get a feel to the beat, but couldn't get used to my patterns. I pulled away slowly and smiled.

Swaying side to side I twirled to the side and grabbed Sacajawea and Teddy and pulled them onto the dance floor. This made Teddy blush, but Sacajawea smiled and began to dance like me. We linked hands in the air and danced in a circle, switched hands and walked the other direction.

"Whose next?" I laughed, twirling Sacajawea in and back out to bump into Teddy. Hot N' Cold (The Bimbo Jones Remix) by Katy Perry starting up.

Ahkmenrah jumped in and put his hand out. I smiled and took it, our heads bobbing with our bodies before he spun me around and dipped me, spinning me back out to be caught by Papa Columbus who spun me back onto the dance floor.

"This is the best Birthday ever!" I cheered.

"And this isn't even the beginning" Ahkmenrah laughed, taking my hand again and jumping up and down to the beat.

"Really?" I asked, doing the same as him.

"Of coarse not" he laughed, before bringing two fingers to his mouth and whistled.

Blue confetti fell from above me and I looked up to find Rexy pouring a bunch of it from his mouth. I laughed and looked down to meet eyes with Ahkmenrah who smiled brightly. I smiled back.

"Here comes the cake!" the eastern island head alerted.

I looked in that general direction and found a huge cake being brought out by a great big elephant. My jaw dropped at the size of the cake.

"Oh my gosh" I gasped.

"Hope you like Marble" Ahkmenrah whispered.

"I hope you don't mean the rock" I laughed.

He snickered and shook his head.

Papa Columbus and Teddy brought the cake down and laid it on the desk in the middle of the room. Ahkmenrah ushered me over to it.

"You have the honors my dear" Teddy smiled, offering me the giant knife.

I took it slowly and looked at the cake.

'Happy 18th Birthday Noemi! Love, All Of Us'

And the cake was filled with people from the museum,

Larry, Papa Columbus, Teddy, Ahkmenrah, Jed, Octavius, The Huns, Rexy, etc.

I felt a hot stinging in my eyes as tears welled up in them.

"That's so cool" I sniffed.

I felt three hands on mine and let them help me cut the first slice of cake. A flash of light lit up the lobby as someone took a picture. I smiled and placed it on a plate.

"I'd like to dedicate the first slice of cake, to Jed and Octavius, for valiantly fighting off my attacker. For if it weren't for them, I would not be having the greatest time of my life with you right now" I announced.

I set the plate on the counter by the two, who looked up at me with tears in their eyes.

"Aw shucks, Noemi. What'd ya go and do that fer?" Jed sniffed and wiped at his eyes.

"I'm honored, M'lady, thank you for your kind words" Octavius bowed, one arm over his chest.

I smiled and kissed their cheeks the best I could, without eating them.

They both blushed.

"Wow..." Octavius breathed.

"You said it partner..." Jed blinked in a daze.

I laughed and felt a hand on my shoulder which took me away from the funny looks on Jed and Octavius faces to look at Papa Columbus who pointed out a table in the corner. It was piled high with presents.