"Actually.....this nothing to do with you" Zelgadiss sighed
"Wha? Don't tell me your afraid!!!" Lina cried
"No way!! A nightmarite fears nothing!"
"Then what's ya problem? Why are you talkin' this way?!"
"It's.....it's Dreamstar"
"What about her?"
"This is going to be a very, very dangerous and cridical battle, we can't have any distractions. And with me around.....there will be..."
"Huh?
Letting out another tired sigh, he looked his partner straight in the eye and said "She hates me"
"Say what??"
"She thinks I'm dirt, scum, the lowest life-form in the all of the Dreamscape!! In other words SHE! HATES!! ME!!"
"Ya don't havta shout, dude" Lina could feel a sweatdrop forming at Zel's sudden burst of emotion
"Oh....um sorry..."
"She really gets you worked up, huh?"
"How can tell?" he asked, half joking
"Your showing emotion, that's proof enough"
Lina sat back on the bleacher and tried not to laugh. Zel was having girl trouble. Now she had seen every thing!
"Well do you feel the same?"
"Yes...and no. I don't know. She just got to me so much! Thinking that nightmarites were evil creatures against nature and dream-makers were so much better. I tried to get along with her, but she just could see passed my occupation. Some counterpart!!
"Counterpart?? What do ya mean?"
"All nightmarites and dream-makers have counterparts. Yours is Dreamdarker, and mine is....Dreamstar. Some get along with each other, but most don't. As you can see I fit in the second catagory."
"Come no man!" Lina said standing up "This is a new time, a new life (literally) she can't be that sick of you!"
"I can't face her. She probly still thinks that I'm the one responcable for the rest of the dream guardians' destruction! And with the spell on my true body....she'll really think I'm a monster..."
"No way!! Nobody's that shallow! (Except for Graisa......but that's another story) Snap outta it, you doult!! It ain't your fault that one of the dream guardian advisers turned on ya'll and turn ya'll in to stone! You were lucky. Somehow you got away alive, a little hard around the edges, but alive"
"I can't keep this illusion up with my dream magic forever"
"Exactly! That's way we need to defeat Dreamdarker, turn our dream crew back to normal, and get you back to your old nightmarite self!"
"You're too perky for you own good, you know"
"Um...you're right." She giggled scratching the back of her head "Amelia must be rubbing off on me"
"Yeah she does have a sunshine deal" the boy smirked
"Well that's one of the best things about her. She annoying sometimes, bu yout could take a lesson from her"
"..................."
"Fine! Look at me like I'm crazy! But you know I'm right"
RING!! RING!!
"Geez, it's the bell!"
Lina quickly picked up her stuff and started to head for the door
"Got the X-man in Bio'. I don't wanna hear his stupid comments if I'm late"
"Listen Lina, this is just something that has to be done...."
"NO!" she said sternly, as she sharply turned on her heels twords his direction "This don't gotta be done! Ya can't just let some girl come and rial you up. Like you said, we're dream guardians! And this is important. Don't think I'm going to let you run out on me. 'Cause if you do, you're dead wrong!"
And with that she left the gym, leaving Zel to think about what she had just said
"Is not that simple" he whispered
"Amei!! Amei!!"
"Coming, Kurumiko" Amelia called back
She gentle put down her book and walked over to the hyper six year old.
"I can't get this dumb swing to work!"
"What have you been doing in the first place?"
"Trying to find the ON button"
Amelia rolled her eyes and sighed. Her father's friends had come to their house from out of town, and she had agreed to take their techno-freak child to the park. She didn't realize he was so sheltered!
"Um....why don't you take a break and I'll read you some of my book?"
"Book??" the child looked at her like she had just said a whole different language "Can't we just get it on video?"
"No....." sweatdrop
"Why?"
"Because you really can't get the feel of it if you are watching it on TV. When you read, sometimes you can make the characters looked like what you want them to look like, not the director. And when using your imagenation it's almost like your part of the adventure. That's alot more fun than sittin' in front of the tube"
"Well....ok....."
Amelia silently congragulated herself for finally getting throught to the cyber-kid.
"So what's it's about?" Kurumiko asked when they had sat down by a large oak tree.
"Well, I usually get books about magic and princess and stuff. But today I felt different"
"What do you mean?"
"I got a book about dreams instead"
"Dreams...?" the young child pondered taking the book from Amelia's hand
"Yeah, it says, in theory, that dreams are like doorways to other places, or something like that"
"You mean when we dream we create dimentional gates into alternet univerces and worlds?!"
sweatdrop "Uh....yeah...in theory"
"Cool!" he exclaimed, getting more excited by the minute
"If I didn't know better" Amelia laughed "I would think that you actually had an imagination!"
"Hey I do have an imagination" the child said defencively but then added "Though I don't use it that much....."
Just then Amelia saw Zelgadiss enter the park. She jumped up happily and called to him.
"Zelgadiss!! Hey! Zelgadiss!!"
He turned around and seemed suprised someone had called his name. He looked like he was deep thought. But when he saw who was calling him snapped by to reality
"Amelia?"
He turned the other way and whispered "Maybe I should go the other direction and she'll think I didn't hear her"
"Zelgadiss!!"
But by the time he had made up his mind, she was already running twords him with a little kid not far behind.
"Oh man......"
"What was that?" she asked when she can tword him.
"Nothing....just talking to myself."
Then taking deep breath he said "Listen we need to about -- "
"Who this, Amei??" the child interupted
"Oh this is my friend Zelgadiss Grayword" Amelia answered, then turning to Zel she said "Zelgadiss this Kurumiko Hintowashi, my father's friend's son"
"Uh....hi" he said to Kurumiko
"Hey.....wait a minute!" the child said as he looked at the older boy supisiously
"What?" the others asked
"He's name is Zelgadiss?? Amei is he the one Uncle Phil called a low down, trouble making pot head drunk??"he asked innocently
Which caused the two teenagers double-face faults!
"Uh no Kurumiko" Amelia said rubbing head "Daddy wasn't talking about him"
"But his name is -- "
"He was talking about another Zel" Zelgadiss interupted "My evil twin" he then smiked Kurumiko looked at him as if trying to figure out if that was the truth or a joke
"But......"
"Kurumiko" Amelia piped in "why don't you go and start reading that book. After all you did say you did have a imagination....."
"Uh ok...." but before turning around he added "....but I wouldn't trust this guy if I were you" and with that, walk to the tree and started to read
"And how old is he??" Zel asked, still watch the younger boy
"Six"
"Never would have guessed"
"I'm really sorry about that" the girl said as her cheeks started to get hot
"Well is ok....Amei"
"Oh that! Um it's just a nickname that my family sometimes call me. My sister Grasia's is Naga"
"So your father really said that about me?" Zel asked as he sat on the grass
He looked at her seriously as she tried to find the right responce to the question
"Yes or no"
"Uh....yeah I guess"
"Hmm..." the boy sighed
"So...how did your dad react?" she ask sitting next to him
"My dad?" he turned his back to her and answered darkly "My dad is dead"
"Oh" she started to fidle with the braclet on her wrist "my mom is too"
"She is?" he said turning back to her
"Yeah....um this braclet was hers" she took it off and handed it him
Zel started to study the braclet in his hand. It was a pink band with a large round blue gem in the middle. As he looked closer he could see a five-pointed star in the middle of the orb.
"Hmm..." he gave the braclet back to it's owner "It looks more like a talisman to me"
"How did you -- "
But before she could finish her sentence and percing scream fulled the air! The two looked around to see where it was coming from. But when they did they were in for a horrifying suprise!!
"Kurumiko!!!"
The little boy was on the ground holding his neck as if he was choking!
"Oh no...." Zel whispered knowing what that meant "Curse you Rezo!!"
"Amei!!!!!" Kurumiko cried as the pain started to build up
"Kurumiko!!!!!" The girl screamed running twords him
"No Amelia! Don't!!" Zel cried
But it was too late. Amelia was blown back by a burst of energy that had erupted from Kurumiko. Her body laid on the grass, not moving....
"Oh God......." Zel whispered. But not at Amelia, but at the surge of energy. It was taking form!!!! All Zel could do was stand there as it took the shape of a young woman with two long black braids. Her short black dress glimmered in the sunlight against her pale, almost translusent, white skin. And Zel, he knew he was in trouble. This was no blob of an Hoshi-kin! This was a full home grown, 100% evil, and fully powered Hoshi-kin!!!
Actually trouble is understatement!! This guy was --
Zel : They get the point Aisha!
AC : Oh sorry, got caught up in the moment.....
Well let's just say this is not a good situration!! But Zel knew what he had to do! He pulled his necklace from underneath his shirt and cried
"CLOUD GEM POWER!!!!!"
The Hoshi-kin looked at him with curiosity as he transformed. The tranformation didn't seem to shock her at all. It was as if she was waiting for it.....
"Ah DreamCloud......"she purred " I didn't realize it would be this easy to find you"
"Where ever there is a Hoshi-kin I'll be there to kill it!" Dreamcloud growled
"Ha! I told Lord in the first place that you would never join us. You act to much like a dream-maker for you own good"
"Of couse I will never join the likes of you! A true nightmarite knows his place in the balance of the Dream. And your lord is no lord of mine! I serve the Lord of Dreams and Imagination the TRUE lord of the Dreamscape!!"
"And that's exactly why Lord sent me to dispose of you"
Suddenly a pair of white fans matralized in her hands. She stood in a fighting postion with the sharp edges of the fans pointed at DreamCloud.
"Greet your death Nightmarite! For I am Kanta the Hoshi-kin! And I will destory you in the name of the Lord of Evil and Nothingness!"
"I won't go down without a fight!! ICE DAGGER!!!!!"
Every part of Amelia was hurting like crazy! She tried to lift her head but was only rewarded with a spliting pain. Opening her eyes, she only saw fuzziness. What ever hit her, hit her hard!!
"Kurumiko......" she manage to squeek out.
As her eyes started to forcus she saw a small body on the ground a few feet away.
"KURUMIKO!!" she gasped
Amelia forced herself to crawl over to him. He just had to be alive! He just had to!
As she came closer to him, to her relief, she saw he was still breathing.
"Thank God!"
She gathered the little boy and held him tight. As she looked around she could see two people fighting. One that she never saw before, and the other looked like --
"No it can't be!"
He had blue skin! She had never seen any one with blue skin before!! But the guy with the blue skin didn't seem to be putting up much of a fight. The lady in black was wiping the floor with him! Suddenly she through him like a rag doll making him slam against a nearby tree!
"What is going on here?!" Amelia whispered holding Kurumiko closer to her
Kanta heard her voice and turned twords her. Amelia could feel the fear swell up inside her, but she wasn't going to let that weird woman hurt Kurumiko!
"Ah...I can smell your fear" Kanta purred
"Stay away from us...." Amelia whimpered
"And what's this? Bravery? What is it that you're try so hard to protect?"
Suddenly Kurumiko let out a painful moan
"Ahhh!" Kanta's evil smile started to grow larger "A child! My Child...."
She began to reach for him but Amelia held him back!
"No!!" she cried "You can't have him!"
"Stupid girl!" Kanta growled " Don't kept me from my food!"
She held her fan above Amelia's head, ready to strike!
"NO!!" Amelia cried with determination "You can't have him!! I said stay away from us!!!!"
Suddenly a burst of light shot out Amelia's braclet causing the Hoshi-kin to fall back!
"What the -- -- !!!"
Amelia felt herself go warm as if someone had placed a kind hand on her shoulder. Then she heard a voice whisper inside her ear.....
"I am the Yume Braclet. You have summon me with the power of your courage...."
DreamCloud groaned as he tried to stand up. But his legs felt like jelly. He could hear Amelia's screams but he couldn't get to her! A bright blue light blinded him as he heard Amelia cry "STAR GEM POWER!!!!!!"
Suddenly he saw Amelia rise from the ground shocking a very Hoshi-kin! He watched in amazement as her clothes disappered and replace by a shimmering short chinese dress similar to Dreamlighter's, only blue. But instead of a sword, a glimmering pink pouch materialized around her shoulder and to waist. Then last, as she held her wrists close to her heart another braclet form on her other wrist finally making her.....
"Dreamstar...." DreamCloud whispered in disbelief
Dreamstar stared deadly at the Hoshi-kin before saying firmly
"I will not let you hurt this child!!"
Suddenly two metal ninja stars appeared in her hand and she through them swiftly at Kanta! They hit her at her sides so forcefully that they pinned her to the tree behind her!!
"No this can not be!" Kanta cried in hate "There's two of you?!"
"Make that three!!!" called a voice from one of the trees
There standing on a branch on a nearby tree was Dreamlighter!!!
"Sorry I am late!"
"No!!!" the hoshi-kin cried, this time in fear "It can't be!! You're dead!!"
"How many time do I gotta say this?" Dreamlighter smirk "I'm not but you soon will be!!"
She jumped from the tree and ran twords DreamCloud.
"Are you alright D.C.?" she asked looking at his wounds
"I'm fine." he gave her a reasuring smile "But I suggest you get rid of her first"
"Right" Dreamlighter agreed, taking out her staff.
She turned twords Kanta and gave her one of her famous evil smiles!
"Lets see how good I've gotten" and with that she pointed her staff twords her target and cried "LIGHT BEAM!!!!!"
Kanta screamed in pain as the light pierced through her skin!
"Not the light!! Not the LIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHH!!!!
Soon nothing was left but a pile of ashes......
"Ah...just like I like 'em" Dreamlighter sighed as she cracked her nuckles "Roasted, toasted, and burnt to a crisp!"
"Dreamlighter..." DreamCloud limped twords her and pointed twords Dreamstar
When Dreamlighter saw her, her smile got even bigger. She ran twords her and cried
"You must be Dreamstar!!"
Dreamstar looked at her in confusion. She suddenly just realized what had just happen and what she had just did!
"I don't believe it!" she whispered as she looked down at her attire.
"I'm Dreamlighter" the other said, grabbing her hand and shaking it.
"I....you...uh" she stuttered
"What's the matter with you?"
"Dreamligher" DreamCloud said coming twords them "Dreamstar is....she is..."
But he stopped himself. He looked Dreamstar straight in the eye and transformed into his human form....
"Z...Z..Zeladiss!!???" Dreamstar grasped as she stumbled back in shock
"Dreamstar..." this time he looked at Dreamlighter " is Amelia....."
"AMELIA!!!!!!!!??????"
Part 8 | Fanfiction