Angel of my Nightmares

Cornelia had dreamt about Caleb before she met him. Caleb had dreamt about her too. This is Caleb's side of the love story. Caleb POV. Takes place in the books universe. CxC

Note: I know that Aldarn isn't a character in the book series but I'm going to put him in anyway. I'm sure he was really there and he was just never mentioned.

Note 2: This is not a song fic even though the title is in the song "Miss You" by Blink 182

-Occurring at the same time as book 1-

I sucked in a big breath as my head re-emerged from the pool. Nothing relieves my stress better than a cool splash of water. So when I'm really stressed, like now, I just go and soak my head completely.

As I wiped my face with the towel I'd brought, I took some deep calming breaths. The thoughts of that morning ran through my mind again as I shook out the excess water from my hair. The rebels had appointed me as their leader. Me! What on Metamor had they been thinking? I had absolutely no training or experience in the art of war. Sure I knew about spying from my days as a Murmurer but I wasn't made with the knowledge of how to commandeer an army against my former master.

I really didn't think I could do this. I mean, how many of them would even follow a Murmurer, even if he was now on the good side?

My head started to ache as I thought of all the things I'd have to do to protect the people and form the army. What I really needed was another dunk.

I dropped my towel on the floor and gripped the edge of the pool. As I did, I eyed the lizard statue in the middle of the pool. My best friend, also a former Murmurer by the name of Aldarn, said it was supposed to be the pet of one of the great Metamorian Queens. We'd never know thanks to Phobos' burning of the kingdom records.

I took a glace at my reflection before submerging and did a double take. Big time.

Where I should've seen my striped face with short brown hair and blue-green eyes (1) I saw a smooth, clear face with long blonde hair and blue eyes. And even though my mouth was hanging open from shock, the girl that was my reflection was smiling at me warmly.

I knew that I was just starting to develop new magic (it was that time in my Murmurer life) but I hoped that I wasn't turning into a girl. Just to make sure, I ran my hands through my hair worriedly but it was still short and as I rubbed my palms against my cheeks, I felt the difference in skin texture where my stripes were. The reflection didn't show my hands moving either. I remained the same, like a picture in the water.

So the reflection wasn't mine. Good.

Now that that fact had been established, I took a look at the girl more closely. Her long, shining, strait hair went just right with her stunning blue eyes and her small nose. Everything about her was just so perfect. She was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen in my life. Who the heck was she?

Before I had a chance to do anything else, a hand shoved me from behind and I was thrust into the pool. I'd been taken completely by surprise so I didn't have any breath and I came back up immediately to the sound of laughter. I spluttered a bit of water that I'd swallowed and spun around to face my assailant, finding it to be exactly who I thought it would be.

"Man did I get you that time!" Aldarn laughed as he picked up his bucket from the floor.

Instantly remembering the reflection girl, I turned back to the pool in a hurry only to see my regular reflection in the water.

I turned back to Aldarn, irked for loosing the image.

"What did you do that for?" I snapped. Aldarn stopped laughing and gave me a funny look.

"Jeez, I was just playing. No need to have a cow" he said with a shrug as he filled his bucket. I let out a low growl as I grabbed my towel and began to leave. Unfortunately, this was not my day because Aldarn decided to follow me.

"C'mon, Caleb, you need to lighten up. You've had this rebel leader job for what, three hours? It's already turning you into a major stiff"

I chose to ignore this comment as he fell in step with me. Then, with a playful grin and a pensive expression, he commented, "No, wait. You've always been a stiff"

I rolled my eyes and then, with an evil grin, stomped on his toe. Hard.

I know it's short but I've posted the second chapter right after it. I hope you liked it. Please review!

(1) Caleb doesn't seem to have a definite eye color in the books. It goes from green to blue to brown back to blue then green then brown again and lastI heard it was blue.