Disclaimer : I don't own any of the Tin Man characters and stuff, wish I owned Cain though.

The O.Z. Is back to normal and everyone seems to be settling. Or are they? What if their happily ever after was very short lived? Sorry, kinda suck at summaries. Don't want to give away the plot.

Friends or Enemies? Love or Hate?

Chapter One: Dreams of a Foretold Death

DG sat on the swing outside the castle at Finaqua. It had been almost a month since that day of the eclipse and things seemed to be falling back to normal. Or so it seemed anyways. Glitch was a bit odd, or more odd anyways, after they put the other half of his brain back in. And so he was off trying to fix himself before taking his place as the queen's advisor again. Raw was out and about, helping those he came across, trying to use his ability to save as many as he could. Tutor was around, teaching her to use her magic, but it wasn't the same without all the others. And Cain was away visiting with his son for a while. The queen had asked him to be a royal guardian, but he had asked to go to his son for a while before taking his place. The queen had not minded at all, understanding that he had been away from his son for a long time. DG felt so empty without him. She would never admit just how deep her feelings for him ran or how much she missed him. Didn't help matters that her and Azkadellia weren't as close as they once were. Az felt so bad for all that she had done and had shut done for the most part. DG didn't stop trying though. She would sit with Az for hours, hoping to see any of the spark she once had. She was so deep in thought she didn't here the footsteps slowly coming up behind her.

"Lost in thought Princess," A deep and familiar voice said.

DG stood up and spun around, finding herself face to face with Wyatt Cain. "Cain, your back."

"Thought it was about time I came back and started in on my duties," He smiled. He went to hug her, but she pulled back. A look of hurt crossed his face. "Since when do you refuse a hug?"

"Since you up and left me for almost a month. I know you had to see Jeb, but a month? Without sending any kind of word? You have no idea what its been like here Cain. No idea at all," She yelled. Fighting the tears that wanted to flow down her cheeks. She started to walk away from him, but he grabbed her arm.

"I'm sorry. I never meant to hurt you. I just had to spend some time with him, I figured you'd be okay. What's been going on? Talk to me DG, please." The hurt in his voice was evident. He couldn't believe how cold a greeting he was getting from his princess.

"You think you can just walk back into my life and make everything better? You have no idea Cain. And I don't know if I want you to anymore. You hurt me and you cant take it back now, too late." She hated saying it to him, but she just felt so betrayed by him leaving like that. She knew he had a good reason to go, but he could have at least sent something to her. Let her know what was going one. But no, instead he cut her off completely for almost a month. No matter what was going wrong in her life, no matter how much she needed him, she just couldn't forget what he'd done. She ripped her arm from his hand and walked off leaving a very hurt Cain behind.

A couple weeks past by and DG still refused to talk to Cain. He could hear her every night tossing and turning in her bed. He heard her get up and go outside. He followed her every night without her knowing. Watched her go down to the swing and sit there till the sun would rise over the lake. He wanted so bad to go to her, to see what was wrong, but knew she wouldn't tell him. She had been so cold towards him and nothing he did seemed to change that. But that wouldn't stop him from trying. Tonight he had decided that he was going to go down to her and stay there till she told him what was wrong.

(The whole world was dark, just like the day of the eclipse. DG could feel eyes staring at her, but she couldn't find the source. All she knew was that they were evil and they wanted her dead. "You think you can just act like nothing ever happened? Like you did nothing wrong," A eerie voice called out into the darkness.

"Who are you? Where are you? What did I supposedly do," DG called out into the dark.


"You know what you did," The voice yelled out. As she did DG started to choke. Something was blocking off her airway, yet no one was touching her. "You will pay for what you took from me!" DG could feel her body shutting down. She knew it wouldn't be long before she passed out or worse. Her head started to spin and her body collapsed to the ground. She could feel her life slowly seeping from her body and she knew it wouldn't be long before she was gone...)

DG woke with a start, a cold sweat covering her entire body, her sheets were soaked with it. Her breathing was coming in quick breaths, close to hyperventilating. Tears were streaming down her face. Once she finally got her breathing back under control she slipped out of bed, pulling on a robe as she quietly walked to her door. She had had that same dream for the past several weeks. She quietly walked down the long hallway and made her way down the stairs, careful not to wake anyone. Considering she had been sneaking outside every night since the dream started, it wasn't hard to get out without waking anyone. The cool night air felt wonderful on her skin as she opened the front door of the castle at Finaqua. Slowly she made her way down to the swing. She loved to go down there and sit and watch the sun rise. Carefully she sat down and took a deep breath. "What does my dream mean? Why won't it stop? And is it going to come true," DG quietly said to herself.

"Is what going to come true," A deep voice asked from behind her. DG jumped up with a start and spun around to find the source of the voice. Her body relaxed when she saw who it was.

"You scared me," She sighed, staring into the steely blue eyes of Wyatt Cain.

"You didn't answer me princess, is what going to come true?"

"Did you follow me out here," She asked, changing the subject on purpose. "I was perfectly quiet sneaking out so how did you even know to follow me? And why would you think I would want you to follow me?"

"Well, I don't sleep much. Not to mention I just took my place as your guardian, so I made sure to be very alert, knowing you and the trouble you get into to. And I've been following you for the past 3 weeks, I just haven't come down here to talk to you before. I was giving you space, but now I need to know whats going on with you" He said, walking up to stand next to her. "Now quit changing the subject, is what going to come true?"

"You've been following me? What gives you the right? And its nothing really," She sighed, sitting down on the swing. At least nothing that concerns you."

"Anything that has to do with you concerns me princess. And why don't I believe that its nothing Princess," He asked, squeezing in next to her on the swing.

"Because you want to find trouble where there isn't any."

"Or maybe you usually have something going on with you. And you're a terrible liar. And I know you well enough to know when something is bothering you," He sighed, placing his hand on her shoulder. "Not to mention I hear you tossing and turning every night."

She shrugged his hand off and sighed heavily. " You know me too well Cain. Which is rather annoying really. And how close exactly do you get to my room if you can hear me tossing and turning?"

"I do what I can," He grinned. "And I go by your room a couple times a night to make sure your okay. Now, whats bothering you kiddo? You know you can trust me with anything."

"You were away for almost a month, a lot has changed in your absence Cain. And I don't feel like I can trust you anymore."

He sighed, knowing it was gonna take a while for her to get comfortable with him again. "I know, I'm so sorry, I just needed to spend some time with Jeb. After all those years of being separated we needed to catch up. But I was always here for you DG, if you had needed me, I would have been here. Please, just talk to me, I'm here now, and I'm not going anywhere. I promise." DG sniffled, Cain could tell she was trying not to cry. He rubbed her back gently, not saying a word. He knew she wanted to talk, he just had to let her come to him. So he patiently waited, hoping she would cave and finally start talking to him.

She was fighting herself, trying to decide if she should finally let him back in. She wanted to, she just didn't feel like things were the same with them anymore. She continued to think it over for quite some time before she suddenly blurted out. "I'm scared Cain and I don't know what it is thats scaring me." Her breath hitched a little, she was trying so very hard not to cry.

"It's gonna be okay DG, I promise. I'll keep you safe no matter what," He wrapped her in a hug. She wrapped her arms tight around him and shuddered a little.

"I'm plagued, haunted, every night, when I close my eyes. I'm trapped in darkness and I can't see anything at all. But I can feel these evil eyes on me, I just can't see who is there," She shuddered out. They still had their arms around each other, but she had pulled her head away from his shoulder. She was now staring into his eyes. She had to take a few deep breaths before continuing on. "Then there's a voice calling out of the darkness. It sends chills down my spine. I can't make out if its male or female, all I know is its pure evil. And it wants me dead." Tears were streaming down her cheeks now. "The voice says 'You think you can just act like nothing ever happened? Like you did nothing wrong?' Then I start choking even though there's nothing touching me. I fall to the ground and I can feel death closing in on me and then I wake up. I don't understand Cain. What could I have possibly done? I've only been in the O.Z. For like a little over two months now, and all I did was help save all of the O.Z. And then I came here to be with my family. Who could want me dead? What did I do?" She was practically choking on her words now her sobbing had gotten so bad.

"Hey, hey, you couldn't have possibly done anything wrong," He said, pulling her back into a tight hug. She sobbed into his shoulder as he rubbed her back. "I know you DG, very well, and I know you could never hurt anyone. You don't have it in you. I don't know what this dream means, but I promise you I will help you find out. Until we do you are not leaving my sight unless your sleeping. And even then I'm not letting you go far from my sight. Whoever is in the next room is getting a change in sleeping arrangements, cause I'm moving in. I'm so sorry I left you DG. But know that I will never leave you again. I promise."

"I just wish I," She had to stop to breathe, it was very hard to talk crying as hard as she was.

"Hey, it'll be alright. You're talking to me again, that's a good sign," He sighed. He was still holding her tight in his arms. "Take your time, get it all out, then try and talk. I'm not going anywhere." DG stayed in his arms crying for several minutes before she pulled away enough to look him in the eyes again. He gently wiped away her tears.

"I just wish I knew who was doing this. I know that my dreams are usually something that has happened or is going to happen and since this hasn't happened yet I know its coming. I just don't know when, why, or who."

"There's no clues? In your dreams? Nothing that might help you figure it out," He asked her.

"Nothing, except." She paused then looking down.

He place his hand under her chin and lifted her head up to look him in the eyes again. "Except what Princess?"

"It feels familiar somehow. Like I know them or something," She sighed. "That sounds crazy doesn't it? I don't know anyone who would try and kill me."

"You never know kiddo, anything is possible," He sighed. "Unfortunately. Now what do you say we go back to the castle? Maybe try and sleep some more. I'll stay right outside the door the whole time, I promise. You will be safe with me."

"Okay, I guess. You promise you won't leave even for a second?"

"I promise."

With that said they walked back up to the castle and headed to her room. They hugged before she quietly opened the door and slipped inside. Cain leaned against the door, knowing he wouldn't sleep again tonight.

Inside the room DG slipped out of the robe and climbed into bed. She knew this was pointless, but felt better about it knowing Cain was right outside her door.

("You think you can just get away with what you've done? Do you?" The voice yelled into the darkness.

"Why don't you show yourself? Huh? What is it that I've supposedly done," DG called into the darkness.

"You know what you did you bitch." DG felt the invisible force around her neck again. Her breathing became more shallow and she could feel her body falling to the ground...)

"DG, DG, Princess, you've got to wake up," Cain called, shaking DG gently. He had heard her begin to toss and turn and breathe funny and had came in to wake her. "Come on, wake up!"

DG shot up quickly her breathing very very shallow, tears streaming down her face. "It just won't leave me alone. I don't understand."

"Hey, hey, it's gonna be alright. Come here." He pulled her into a hug and she clung to him with all the strength she could manage. "We'll figure this out, I promise. We'll figure this out." He rubbed her back gently, wishing he could believe that, but he really wasn't sure. He hoped he was right. Hoped that they could figure it out, but the way things were going, he really wasn't sure. Who could possibly want to hurt his beautiful DG? What did these dreams mean? And was there really anyway to stop them from coming true?

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So what did you all think? Never written a Tin Man fan fic before, but I just couldn't get this idea out of my head. Please review, I haven't written in a long time cause I had no computer access and would really appreciate it. Already working on the next chapter and should be up soon. Sorry if its kinda short, was a lil over six pages when I wrote it. Chapters will prob get longer.