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Six Years Later

"Uncle John!" Julie yells. She runs across the grass in front of her parents straight towards me. I smile widely and crouch down ready to swoop her into the air. As soon as I feel her small arms wrap around me, I hoist her up and hold her in my arms.

"Hey kiddo! Aren't you getting big?" I ask and smile at her. She giggles complete with her adorable little smile and I kiss her forehead.

"Where's Aunt Sarah and Brandon?" she asks me. I grin and turn around.

"They're right there! You don't wanna go see them, do you?" I ask.

"Yes! Yes!" she squeals.

"Alright, sweetie," I say and let her go. Julie takes off running towards my beautiful wife and son while Sam and Elizabeth come up behind me.

"Hey, John," Sam says.

"Hi, Sam," I say and pull him into a hug. I pull away and kiss his wife on the cheek before hugging her.

"How are you doing, Elizabeth?" I ask. She smiles and takes Sam's hand.

"Great! How about you?" she asks.

"I'm doing well as usual. Julie's pretty excited today, isn't she?" I ask. Sam chuckles and Elizabeth rolls her eyes.

"She's been crazy all morning! She was so stubborn this morning until I told her that we'd be meeting you guys later. I don't understand! We see you almost every day anyhow!" Elizabeth exclaims. Sam and I both exchange looks before busting out laughing. "What?"

"Oh, nothing. She's stubborn though, hmm? I wonder whose side of the family that came from," I tease with a wink. Elizabeth rolls her eyes before smacking my arm.

"Oh, shut up."

"Hi, guys!" I hear from behind me as Sarah slinks her arms around my waist.

"Hi, Sarah," Sam greets her.

"Hey, Sarah," Elizabeth says. Sarah releases me and goes to hug them before coming back to me.

"Hey, babe," I say before kissing her gently on the lips.

"Hi," she says with a smile. I grin and wrap my arm around her waist. Things haven't changed for any of us. Besides the fact that Sarah and I got married as well as Sam and Six, I mean, Elizabeth, and we both had a kid, we're still as in love as we were six years ago. Of course, we have to watch ourselves around the kids, but we still manage to act like teenagers head-over-heels in love from time to time.

The four of us turn and watch as our two children run around in the grass giggling and playing tag. As soon as we got all were married and celebrated a normal human honeymoon, we moved to Lorien where we found there was one percent more oxygen than on Earth thus making it possible for Sarah and Sam to live here. It took two years to rebuild the houses and buildings, but not long for the planet to re-grow. As soon as we landed, it seemed like the planet awoke from a deep slumber and began to sprout plants. Four years ago, Brandon was born and only two hours later, so was Julie. Sarah and Elizabeth had a special bond when they were pregnant: making Sam and my life a living hell. At least they're friends now though.

"Here come Marina and Kellan," Sarah says. I glance to the side and see both Kellan and Marina walking over hand-in-hand while their daughter, Adelina, goes to play with the other two kids. She's a year younger than my son, but Sarah and I did have a longer time to fall in love.

"Hey guys, how's it going?" Kellan asks. His Irish accent is still as strong as the day I met him.

"Great, what about you?" I ask.

"Amazing, actually," Marina says with a smile. She and Kellan exchange smiles as he puts his arm around her. The rest of us look at them confused before Marina speaks. "I'm pregnant!" We all smile and celebrate with hugs and kisses before the kids come running over.

"Mommy?" Brandon asks as he pulls on Sarah's shirt.

"Yes, Brandon?" she responds as she bends down.

"When are we going to the party?" he asks. Sarah smiles and looks at her watch.

"Actually, we should get going. It'll be starting soon," Sarah says. I nod and take her hand as the all nine of us make our way to the beach. As soon as the sand comes into view, we see that almost all of the chairs are filled up. Yes, all of the seven hundred chairs. We quickly make our way down to the shore and down the center aisle. I find my way to the front where Crayton and Malcolm are sitting.

"Hi Crayton, Malcolm. Do you guys mind if the kids sit next to you?" I ask. Crayton smiles and shakes his head.

"Of course not!" he says.

"Let me see my granddaughter!" Malcolm says as he reaches his arms out for Julie. She walks over to him and sits on his lap while Brandon and Adelina sit next to him.

"Be good," I say to Brandon who smiles and nods. I smile back and give him a small wave before making my way to the stage with the other five. Ella is already waiting in her seat. I give Sarah a kiss on the cheek as she and the others sit down on the seven chairs in the center of the stage. However, I walk up to the podium and clear my voice hoping to get some silence. It takes a moment, but a hush finally falls upon the audience.

"Hello, and welcome to the sixth anniversary of the Rebirth of Lorien," I say into the microphone. Everyone claps for a few seconds, but I put my hands up requesting silence.

"Although we actually started to rebuild the planet a year later, six years ago on this very day, the leader of the Mogadorians was killed. Now, I know just about all of you have heard the history of what happened, and a lot of you were there experiencing it, nevertheless, it's tradition to recount what happened on that day and the events that took place before that."

"There were nine Loric children, members of the Lorien Garde, sent to Earth after the fateful day the Mogadorians invaded Lorien. Later, of course, we learned about Number Ten, but anyhow, the Garde were sent to Earth to grow and develop their Legacies, special gifts, to help defend Earth. There was a charm placed on them so that they couldn't be killed all at once. The Mogadorians were required to kill them in number order, starting with Number One. Number One, Two, and Three were killed before the members of the Garde met. Five still exist today including four up on this very stage as well as me."

"As soon as I felt Three had been killed, my Cêpan, Brandon as some of you may recall, brought me to Paradise, Ohio where I met the two most important people in my life. One being Sam Goode, a boy whose father had been captured by the Mogadorians. A boy who was part of the team that helped destroy the Mogadorians. A boy who very easily became my best friend and still is to this day. The second person was my beautiful wife, Sarah Hart, now Mrs. Sarah Smith. I was told once that Loriens fall in love with one person for life, and they were right."

"Brandon was eventually captured and murdered by the Mogadorians after they found us. That's when I met Number Six or, Elizabeth Goode, as she goes by now. The four of us ended up in Savannah, Georgia where we met Number Five. From there we traveled to Santa Teresa, Spain where we met Number Seven, Marina Blake. While hiding in a safe house one night, we felt Number Eight die meaning that the Mogadorians knew the charm had been broken. At that point, we knew it was crucial to find Number Nine."

"We found ourselves back in the United States, specifically, San Diego, California. There we found Number Nine, Kellan Blake, being attacked by Mogadorians. This was a hard time and so, Sam and Sarah were brought back to Paradise while the members of the Garde went to Germany. Six years ago we infiltrated the Mogadorian base in the Black Forest of Germany and we discovered that they had been keeping Loriens as captives. At first, it was only five of us against over, now what we estimate to be, five hundred Mogadorians. We managed to break open the cells and free the Loric people where they played a major role in helping us win."

"Despite our instructions, Sam and Sarah showed up with even more Loriens from and underground cell. They also showed up with Number Ten, Ella Walker. Now, after we had gotten a plan together, we took down the leader of the Mogadorians, Setrákus Ra. He was twenty feet tall and was the most powerful living thing on the planet. Number Five sacrificed himself that day to make sure that the human race would survive. Thanks to him, they did. Using all of our Legacies, the remaining members of the Garde pinned Setrákus Ra up against a wall and killed him. After that day, we started to rebuild Lorien and the rest is history."

"I would like to tell you how honored I am as well as the other six joining me up on this stage are that we're being given this tribute every year. It means so much to us, so we thank you for that. Thank you so much," I announce. There is a great deal of clapping and yelling as Sarah, Sam, Elizabeth, Marina, Kellan, and Ella rise to their feet and clap along with me and the rest of the crowd.

"Now, if you would please direct your attention to the memorial beside us, we can get this done and party," I say. The crowd laughs, but then every person turns their body towards the fifteen stones next to the stage. There are two rows with nine gravestones in the back and five in the front. The front row has each name of each member of the Garde engraved on the front while the back row holds each Cêpan's name. Each Garde's necklace is placed hanging over their stone while the remake necklaces of each Cêpan hangs on their stone. A large marble block sits on the end with the name of each Lorien who lost their life that day engraved too.

The six of us walk in front of the stones and at the same time, light each small lantern in front of each stone. The crowd cheers and claps when we rise and all of us can't help smiling back.

"Do you remember the first time we did the memorial service? You were so nervous you kept stuttering," Sarah says with a laugh. I grin and twirl Sarah around. The music is slow, but cheerful and the floor is filled with people dancing. I pull her closer to me and kiss her.

"Do you remember the first time we tried to dance? I had to put you on my feet and dance myself you were so bad. I'm just lucky you didn't fall at our wedding," I tease. Sarah rolls her eyes at me and shakes her head a little.

"I was not that bad," she defends herself. I let out a hearty laugh and sway back and forth with her.

"Sarah, you knocked over two vases."

"The second one wasn't my fault!"

"Yeah, the instructor just fell by himself."

"Oh, be quiet," she mutters. I grin and lean my forehead up against hers. She's still the same as the day I first saw her. She hasn't aged at all. If anything, she looks even more beautiful then when I first laid eyes on her.

"You look beautiful today," I murmur. The small amount of pink that I love fills her cheeks and my mouth immediately turns into an upward crescent.

"You say that every day."

"Only because it's true."

"I think you need a new line."

"Fine. You are the most astonishing and gorgeous being that I've ever laid eyes on. Better?" I ask.

"I could get used to that one." I chuckle and let her lean her chin on my shoulder. I look around and see everyone is smiling, laughing, dancing, or eating. I catch sight of Kellan and Marina sitting down. Kellan is down on one knee and is leaning forward to kiss Marina's stomach. She laughs and pulls his face up to kiss her. I smile and look to my right. I see Sam and Elizabeth with their foreheads pushed together, grinning like fools, and begin kissing. Well, kissing isn't a real way to express it, but you get the picture.

"God, Sam and Elizabeth might as well be sixteen again," I say to Sarah who perks her head up and glances over at them. She laughs and I twirl her around again.

"And to think, we used to be ten times worse than them," Sarah says with a wink.

"I'm pretty sure we still could be," I whisper and wink back. She rolls her eyes and kisses my cheek. I slide my hand up to her back and lean down letting her fall backwards before pulling her back up again. The song ends and everyone claps, including Sarah and I. I take that opportunity to go tap Sam's shoulder and say, "The song's over, guys." Both of them blush just like they used to, but kiss again and walk off hand-in-hand.

Sarah starts to walk towards our table, but I jog up behind her and slink my arms through hers around her waist. I feel her jump at first, but then her hand reaches back and twists small curls in my hair. I put my mouth close to her ear and kiss her temple.

"You wanna come take a walk with me?" I ask.

"What about Brandon?" she asks.

"He's spending the night at Ella's house with Adelina and Julie. He's probably asleep by now anyhow."

"Mmm… okay." I take her hand in mine and we walk slowly away from the crowd. We stroll down the luscious green hill in a comfortable silence before we reach the sand. We pull off our sandals before digging out feet in the sand. I look up at our moon and notice that tonight it has waves of orange, yellow, and pink running through it like a sunset. The sky is navy blue and the stars twinkle brightly against the dark background. We walk until I can no longer see the lights from the party behind me. I turn my head and look at my wife who is gazing at the sky. I take that moment to bend down in a swift motion and pick her up bridal style.

"John!" she squeals and lets a laugh escape her mouth. I grin and press my lips to hers wanting to just feel like a teenager again, not a twenty-four year old man with a kid and a wife. Sarah wraps her arms around my neck and seems to get my memo. Then, I start spinning around until we're both laughing and I collapse from dizziness. Sarah lands on top of me and we both lay there, out of breath, laughing like two little kids. I close my eyes and let my head hang in the sand, but I feel a presence over me. I open my eyes with a smile and see Sarah's face right above mine.

"Hi," Sarah says with a certain giddiness to her tone. She pecks me on the lips and grins.

"Hi," I say mimicking her tenor. I grin and turn my head to the side. I wrap my arms around Sarah who's laying on top of me and feel her face on my chest. All I hear are her soft breaths and the sound of the soft ocean waves. It reminds me of when we were in Spain, so naturally, I grin.

"You wanna do something?" I ask her softly. She bites her lip with a smile tugging at her lips and leans her chin on my torso.

"Depends on what it is," she says. I grin mischievously and pull her hair out of her face.

"How about going swimming?" I ask playfully. Sarah rolls her eyes and shakes her head. "Nope, we're doing it. Come on," I say as I sit up. Sarah rolls off of me and lays on her back in the sand not moving.

"Uh uh," Sarah says. I unbutton my shirt, unhook my belt, and pull off my pants before folding everything in a nice pile beside our sandals. I go over to her and lift her out of the sand and begin to walk towards the water.

"John! Stop it!" Sarah yells with laughter. "At least let me take my dress off!" I smile with accomplishment and set her down. She does indeed pull her sundress off, but as soon as our eyes lock, she takes off sprinting down the beach. I grin and take off after her even though it only takes me a mere five seconds to catch her. As soon as my arm wraps around her stomach she erupts with laughter as I pull her into the water.

"I think you tried that on me in Spain and it still didn't work. What makes you think that it wouldn't this time?" I say with a laugh. Sarah laughs and pulls on my arm.

"I don't know! You're old now!" Sarah laughs. I grin and throw her over my shoulder.

"That does it!" I yell. Before she can say anything else, I collapse into the waist high water and bring us both under. We both come up laughing and spitting out water. I squat down in the water and pull Sarah up onto my lap. She wraps her arms around my neck and presses her lips to mine. I grin into the kiss and let my hands hold her waist.

"You're a jerk," she mumbles before kissing me again.

"Yeah, yeah. I know. You love me anyhow," I say and kiss her.

"Yeah, right. Just because we're married and have a child does not mean anything, John Smith," Sarah teases. I roll my eyes at her and lean my forehead up against hers.

"No, no. You only just promised to love me until the day you die. It's no biggie," I say casually. We both grin and stare at each other just studying each others' faces. No matter how many times I look at Sarah's face, I will never get tired of it or get rid of the feeling she gives me. Every time I look at her, it's like seeing her for the first time. "Did you know I love you?"

"You've mentioned it once or twice," Sarah says with a small smile.

"Then, I love you, I love you, I love you," I murmur into her ear. I kiss her cheek and she kisses my lips.

"I love you too. And I will until you don't love me anymore."

"That's not fair. You know I have to love you forever!"

"I know. That's the point."

"Alright, well do you promise?"

"I promise."

The End

THE STORY IS OVER! Ahhhh! I'm happy that it's done, but I'm also really depressed:( WAH. But, don't worry, I'll be writing a new story soon enough! Thank you guys so much for all of the reviews, comments, and everything! You guys are the best(:

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-Marisa