I have fifteen letters lying around here with different beginnings, but I don't think that any one of them does justice to this, so I’ll keep it simple. Hello!

I don't know what I am supposed to say, let alone how. I guess you’ve thought I was dead for a few years now. Well, I am not, far from it actually. The last few years I’ve spent on a journey. Not to any places you know, believe me. I’ve seen and experienced much, got to know some foreign cultures, and found friends, if only a few. And surprise, you became great-grandparents. No, she isn't my biological daughter.

I found her on my journeys. She was lost and malnourished. A street child, if you want to call her that. I took her in and made it my job to find her family, which I managed to do a few months ago. But the local authorities considered me to be the villain of the story, sooo I had to spend some time in jail. Only for a short time, and then I was released.

Her relatives and I actually get along well, mainly because we both provide for your great-grandchild. She even asked me if I wanted joint custody.

Anyway, I wanted to let you know that I am still there, that you don't have to put an empty box into the earth if you haven't already. Please send my love to Danielle. Mom too, if you see her. If you have too, even Clint.

God bless the queen, as well you, and so on.

Your loving grandchild,
Timo

Thiemo skimmed over the writing one last time and put the quill away. He was sure that his grandparents would have questions just about the hand-made paper. The police would surely analyse every millimetre and try to ascertain where the paper originated. For a moment, he thought about how their faces would look once they realized that it didn’t come from Earth. He didn’t really know how that would work, but Thiemo knew that it was surely possible to discover the origin of something like paper.

Shaking his head, he folded his letter and put it into the prepared envelope. On it he had written the address of his grandparents.

He didn't know how high the price would be to convince Eris to send the letter to Earth, but that was a problem for later.

His view wandered around in the little room. "Maybe I should watch Amy's fight instead…"

Author's Notes:

Small thing, big impact. What this means for the future you can guess by yourselves. I only promise that it will be very interesting.

As you know, one week break after this. So the next chapter will come on the 22/2/2015. See you soon.

Thanks to Verequus for translating this chapter.
Special thanks to JBL for proofreading and editing.