Sunlight glistened through the large balcony window onto Jessica's face. Jessica woke up feeling really relaxed. She stretched, went over to the closet by the bed and found some really beautiful clothes to where.
 
“Okay, its like being in the time where castles still existed,” She said looking at a long, plain, light blue dress, “ I guess as might as where it since I didn't bring any clothes and my other clothes are worn.”
 
She managed to fit into the blue dress. Jessica tied up her hair with a ribbon found on the
dresser on the other side of the bed. After, she decided to wonder around the place but left her shoes in her room, so she went bare foot. She went right out the door and shut it quietly. It seemed early still so none of the others were probably up yet.
 
She wondered into a large room where the ceiling was a huge window and the sunlight was
shining brightly through. The walls were white and supported by tall pillars. There was also a large window leading to a stone balcony similar to her bedroom but bigger. On the back wall, was a huge painting of a family and one of the girls looked almost exactly like Jessica.
 
“Cool! Its like being a princess in her ballroom!” Jessica said in amazement and stared at the painting.
 
Then she stretched her arms out and danced around the ballroom floor and then slowly stopped. She sat down, and then soon after laid down on the cold, clean floor with her long soft hair spread out.
 
“Well, I better get back to my room,” Jessica sighed as she got up slowly.
 
“I see you like the ballroom as much as I do when nobody's here,” A gentle voice that came from the entrance of the large room said.
 
“Huh?” Jessica wondered as she turned to the door.
 
There in front of her stood the most beautiful woman she ever seen. She wore a long white
dress that went from her chest all the way to the ground. She had golden blonde hair like Jessica's and her face was as similar to Jessica's as well.
 
Jessica stood there stunned and amazed at the beauty this woman had.
 
“Uh… Yes… I… I'm sorry! I shouldn't have wondered from my room. I always wake up early than others and I cant…” Jessica started.
 
“Get back to bed? Heh, I know,” the woman said, “I'm like that too. Its okay, do you like it
here?”
 
“Oh… Uh… Yes… Its like home,” Jessica smiled, “I guess you might say that I do like it.”
 
The woman walked into the room.
 
"When we had this house built, this room was made specially for me. It was more or less my
special place in the house." The woman said.
 
"You... own this house?" Jessica asked.
 
"Yes, for a few years now, actually." the woman had replied.
 
The sound of little running foots steps came down the hallway.
 
"NEATTAY! NEATTAY! NEATTAY!" sara said as she ran around the corner into he room.
 
The woman leaned down on the ground and Sara jumped into her arms.
 
"Why good morning there, little one." the woman said.
 
Jessica stood there stunned. She thought to herself, Sara called her neattay... does this mean... that, that woman... is me?
 
The woman put Sara down. "Go wake Kari and the others, please."
 
"Okay!" Sara said and skipped out of the room happily.
 
"You may want to go up to your room for a bit, it's going to get kind of loud and Pluto should be coming to get you soon."
 
"Okay, um... bye." Jessica said and left the room.
 
Jessica was walking back up to her room when Sara and another little girl were walking by.
 
"Hi!" Sara shouted, waving.

"Hello Sara." Jessica replied.
 
"Hiya, I'm Kari." the little girl said, brightly.
 
"Well hello Kari." Jessica smiled.
 
"Bye!" The two girls said instantly and walked by.
 
Jessica continued walking down the hall but she over heard the two kids talking.
 
"She looks like my mom only younger." Kari had whispered to Sara
 
"She is your mom you baka!" Sara whispered back.

"Heeeheeeheee!" They giggled.

Jessica spun around when she heard that but Sara and Kari had
already turned around the corner. "Me... a mom!" Jessica said in a low but shocked voice.
 
"Good morning." Jade's familiar voice said from behind.
 
Jessica turned around. "Hi."
 
"So I guess you now know that you have a daughter in the future." Jade said.
 
"Yeah." Jessica replied
 
Jade was wearing a long dark green silk dress with a purple border that was strapped up with a purple sting in the back.
 
"Looks like you figured out how to put on that dress, its sometimes kind of tricky." Jade said.
 
"It seemed pretty easy to me." Jessica stated, "I think its fancy, but very pretty."
 
Caroline's door slowly opened and her head popped out of the crack. "Uh... how do you put this thing on, exactly?" Caroline's uneasy voice asked as she turned red.
 
Jade laughed a bit and then walked into Caroline's room.
 
"First off you have it on back wards. Go into the bathroom and turn it around. Then come back in here and I'll will lace it up for you.
 
Caroline did so and came back out. She had a pretty violet dress with thin straps holding it up on the shoulders.

Jade laced the back of the purple, violet dress up in a criss cross. "There, all done." Jade said
with a snap.

"Thanks." Caroline said.
 
"Come, breakfast should be ready now." Jade said and walked out of the room.
 
Jessica, Caroline, and Jade walked down the stair way and into a large room. there was a table and several people were sitting in it. The girls sat down.

After awhile, Karen with Julie, and Michelle following came in and sat down. Michelle wore a shimmery light pink dress with a white rim along the chest and her hair was up in a bun.  Julie wore a nice fancy pearly blue dress with a lily sewn on the left strap. Karen had worn a yellowish orange dress with the straps tied around her neck and her hair was tied up in a ponytail.

"Heehee sorry we're late. Its my fault, Jess. I had trouble with the dress," Michelle whispered as she sat down beside Jessica.

Jessica smiled, "Heehee."

 Just then something was shot through the window and a fire started followed by an explosion. Everyone was knocked out by the explosion except the scouts.

"You really need to fix you defense line here! Such a beautiful place. Too bad I'm gonna destroy it!" a menacing voice said "Hahahaha just a pathetic as always!"

Who is this voice coming from?? Find out on Episode 12 ~ Caught Between Lives