Out to the black Chapter 1

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This is my first Fan Fic ever. Constructive reviews are shiny.

A/N This part of the story takes place two years after Serenity (BDM) and has the established couples of Simon/Kaylee and Mal/Inara along with a Jayne/River friendship. May become Rayne but I'm not sure yet. I'm kinda making this up as I go along

Chapter one – Lost soul found

River loved looking out at the stars. It helped her focus so she could block out the other minds around her on Serenity. It was deep in the night cycle on board and most of the crew were in their bunks. In the two years since the crew’s discovery of Miranda and the loss of Wash and Shepherd Book, River’s “insanity” had nearly gone away. She still had the occasional bad day when emotions on the ship ran high and a few nightmares now and again, but for the most part, she had become the young woman she should have been, had the Alliance left her brain alone.

Now she was able to separate her feelings from those of others and from the memories that while still in her head, were not hers.

River slowly opened her mind to the crew, one by one. Her mind slowly drifted down the passageway from the bridge down to the crew bunks. She did this several times a night when she couldn’t sleep herself to make sure everyone was all right. River wasn’t trying to pry, she used her abilities and her newfound sanity to keep her crew, her family safe.

Jayne was asleep, dreaming of guns and buxom blondes. River began to giggle. Jayne always dreamed of the same things unless it was a nightmare, then it was reavers and the helplessness he felt when he saw River dive through the blast doors on Mister Universe’s moon. He didn’t have that particular nightmare very often. Time does heal all she thought.

After Miranda, River and Jayne had come to an understanding. Jayne knew she was dangerous, as did the rest of the crew but he saw through that to the person