Disclaimer: This fic is kind of a song fic to "Never Had A Dream Come True" by S Club 7. I did not write it. I do not own Tamora Pierce's characters.

A.N.~ Enjoy!
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King Jonathen of Conte sat up in bed, trying to recall the familiar dream that had invaded his peaceful sleep. She had been there, just as she had been that night as a squire. Alanna, attired in a long, lilac silk, her black wig hanging just a bit off her left ear. She had been smiling...calling him to her. If he only he could say goodbye...

Everybody's got something
They had to leave behind
One regret from yesterday
That just seems to grow with time
There's no use looking back or wondering
How it could be now or might have been
All this, I know, but still I cant find ways to let you go...

That night was so perfect. Why couldn't he be with her? Was it because of society? Was it because of others? Was it because of love? Love....he wasn't quite sure what that was anymore...

I never had a dream come true
Til the day that I found you
Even though, I pretend that I've moved on
You'll always be my baby
I've never found the words to say
You're the one I think about each day
And I know no matter where love takes me to
A part of me will always be with you

He loved Thayet, there was no question regarding his queen. She was a fine ruler. A fine mother as well. Yet there was something about her...

Somewhere in my memory
I've lost all sense of time
And tomorrow could never be
Cos yesterday is all that fills my mind
There's no use looking back or wondering
How it should be now or might have been
All this, I know, but still I cant find ways to let you go

What was it about that crooked smile? Those shinning eyes that never failed to see everything...

I never had a dream come true
Til the day that I found you
Even though, I pretend that I've moved on
You'll always be my baby
I've never found the words to say
You're the one I think about each day
And I know no matter where love takes me to
A part of me will always be with you...

She would always be with him, and him with her. Their lives had taken different paths, yet he was sure one day those paths would cross...

You'll always be the dream that fills my head
Yes, you will, say you will, you know you will, oh baby
You'll always be the one I know I'll never forget
There's no use looking back or wondering
Because love is a strange and funny thing
No matter how I try and try I just can't say goodbye
No, no, no, noI never had a dream come true
'Til the day that I found you
Even though, I pretend that I've moved on
You'll always be my baby
I've never found the words to say
You're the one I think about each day
And I know no matter where love takes me to
A part of me will always be with you...

It took every ounce of waking strength, but sleep eventually dawned. Feeling as if a weight had been lifted from his heart, Jon drifted off into the first dreamless nap he had had in what seemed like forever. And all was silent.
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So...what do you think? Isn't that song perfect? :)