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Rover was not easily roused from sleep. It usually took at the very least a shout or a firm shake to pull him out of a sound sleep. But tonight was different. A gentle glow faintly illuminated his cabin and touched not only his face but also tugged at his mind. His eyelids flickered slightly. Something deep inside his head telling him there should not be light. Not so far from a solar system. Something continued to pull him toward wakefulness, more a sensation than the light itself. Like a sudden surge in his mind that would not let him continue sleeping. He cracked his eyes open and immidiately he bolted up in bed.

The window.

Outside the ship something swirled and danced like a ribbon in the wind. He was on his feet in an instant, a strangely familiar sensation tingling in his mind.

The creature hovered just outside the window as if beckoning to him as it's long body udilated around it. It was partially transparent with an inner glow that winked and shimmered along it's center. The closer Rover drew the stronger the feeling became that something was activating his mind. Usually he would resist. Many species spoke through direct mental stimulation, often using electric pulses, but Rover didn't like people messing with his head. But this...this was different. It was a magnetic pull that he didn't even want to fight.

He pressed his hands against the glass, even that feeling seemed to be...right. And suddenly it happened. Something inside him opened up, something that had been hidden from him, locked away.

Rover's memory was a tricky thing. It was often quite tempermental. Sometimes he could remember adventures he had when he and Flyspur were young, but he couldn't remember what he had for breakfast. But what had always seemed written in stone was that any memories before waking up on the planet Jssfloon were gone. He had given up long ago trying to remember humans, or his family. Oh, there were disconnected facts that he had learned before then. He knew his name was Rover Finnigan, but he couldn't remember any human ever calling his name. He knew he was from the planet Earth but he couldn't remember ever standing on it. He knew that he had had parents but he couldn't remember their faces. He had been plenty old enough to remember but the three jagged scars above his left eyebrow and the nick on his ear told of the sharp blow that took all of his history away from him.

But now.....He remembered his room and the warm soft covers with horses printed on them. There had been the same tingling glow lighting the posters on his wall. Just as it had now, the strange electric sensation had woke him, pulled him from his bed with a fascination he couldn't resist. Only then he had sprinted across the room and bounded onto the small window seat, watching in delighted awe as the creature outside hovered outside, just as it was doing now.

His voice trembled slightly: "I-I remember you."

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(Rover Finnigan belongs to me)

Description
Rover was not easily roused from sleep. It usually took at the very least a shout or a firm shake to pull him out of a sound sleep. But tonight was different. A gentle glow faintly illuminated his cabin and touched not only his face but also tugged at his mind. His eyelids flickered slightly. Something deep inside his head telling him there should not be light. Not so far from a solar system. Something continued to pull him toward wakefulness, more a sensation than the light itself. Like a sudden surge in his mind that would not let him continue sleeping. He cracked his eyes open and immidiately he bolted up in bed.

The window.

Outside the ship something swirled and danced like a ribbon in the wind. He was on his feet in an instant, a strangely familiar sensation tingling in his mind.

The creature hovered just outside the window as if beckoning to him as it's long body udilated around it. It was partially transparent with an inner glow that winked and shimmered along it's center. The closer Rover drew the stronger the feeling became that something was activating his mind. Usually he would resist. Many species spoke through direct mental stimulation, often using electric pulses, but Rover didn't like people messing with his head. But this...this was different. It was a magnetic pull that he didn't even want to fight.

He pressed his hands against the glass, even that feeling seemed to be...right. And suddenly it happened. Something inside him opened up, something that had been hidden from him, locked away.

Rover's memory was a tricky thing. It was often quite tempermental. Sometimes he could remember adventures he had when he and Flyspur were young, but he couldn't remember what he had for breakfast. But what had always seemed written in stone was that any memories before waking up on the planet Jssfloon were gone. He had given up long ago trying to remember humans, or his family. Oh, there were disconnected facts that he had learned before then. He knew his name was Rover Finnigan, but he couldn't remember any human ever calling his name. He knew he was from the planet Earth but he couldn't remember ever standing on it. He knew that he had had parents but he couldn't remember their faces. He had been plenty old enough to remember but the three jagged scars above his left eyebrow and the nick on his ear told of the sharp blow that took all of his history away from him.

But now.....He remembered his room and the warm soft covers with horses printed on them. There had been the same tingling glow lighting the posters on his wall. Just as it had now, the strange electric sensation had woke him, pulled him from his bed with a fascination he couldn't resist. Only then he had sprinted across the room and bounded onto the small window seat, watching in delighted awe as the creature outside hovered outside, just as it was doing now.

His voice trembled slightly: "I-I remember you."

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Here's the picture that goes with this.

(Rover Finnigan belongs to me)