Author's Note: This is the revised version of the story, Chapter 1 is different to. I think it's better then the old version. I'm just glad I'm updating. Tell me what you think. Lady Foxgloves

Prolouge: Monsters and Nightmares

All around her there was darkness. She seem to float in it, her only sense was the sound of her heart beating. She couldn't tell where she was but there was a strange light ahead of her that she wanted to go to. In front of her appeared a woman.

She had dark skin and long black hair. Her purple eyes glowed as she held up a necklace with both hands. "Serena," the woman said. "Ahead you see that light, you must go to it. It awaits you, your Destiny."

"My Destiny?" Serena said. Then she remembered, her body and her voice, and her mind all came back to her. She wore her school uniform, the blue skirt and pink blazer, with a white dress shirt underneath. She too had long black hair, but with paler skin and dark blue eyes. Serena turned to the light that seemed much nearer.

"Be aware of what is ahead of you, and who." With that the woman vanished leaving Serena to enter the strange light in front of her. Suddenly a forbodding feeling came upon her that made her sweat, and she could hear the woman's voice in her head, "If you survive this, then you can overcome all obstacles." She found herself trusting the voice and stepped into the light.

Immediatley she felt the sensation of fallng and her stomach flew to her throat. She tried to scream, but her voice was gone. A floor loomed below her and she grew terrified as it loomed closer. But instead of slaming into the ground she stopped just short and was slowly lowered to the ground. It was then she realized her eyes were closed and she cautiously opened them.

To her surprise there was a boy her age in front of her. She blinked uncertaintly and noticed that he too was puzzled by her appearance. But his look of puzzlement quickly became guarded and he backed away from her, "Who are you? Another monster to torment me?"

It was then she noticed how badly he was sweating. With deep bags under his icy blue eyes and his clothes were dirty and torn. "I-I'm not a monster," she couldn't think of what else she could say to him, "My name is Serena Togashi." He didn't move closer, but he didn't move away either. "What's your name?" she asked gently.

He paused for a moment, "Seto Kaiba." He said at last.

Serena took a deep breath and took a step forward, he didn't react, so she took another, "Do you know where we are?" she asked. But before he could answer he seemed to stop breathing and then fell forward. Serena ran forward and caught him, he was slumped against her shoulders and she could barely support his weight. She lowered him to the ground and laid his head in her lap.

Her ribs began to hurt and she looked closely at Seto Kaiba. He seemed to be barely conscious, but his lips began to move and she could hear him say, "I must be in Hell, but you are an angel if I ever saw one…" He closed his eyes and fell asleep. Again she felt the twinge in her chest and carefully lifted up Seto's jacket, his ribs were bruised and scratched.

She looked else where and there were similar bruises and scratches on his arms and legs. She managed to ignore the pain and looked closely at him. His handsome face was peaceful, unlike before when he had been wary of her. She ran her fingers through his brown hair and couldn't resist to touch his cheek and run a finger along his jaw line. She paused as her thumb passed over his lips and they parted slightly at her touch. A thought crossed her mind, but she quickly pulled away her hand and shook her head to disgard the the thought.

"This is a dream," she said to herself. "And the president of Kaiba Corporations is asleep in my lap. This must be dream." Yet, but how can I feel pain in a dream? She thought for a moment but was interrupted by a earpiercing shriek.

She quickly looked around and all around her were women with painted faces. They looked hungrily at her and shrieked once more. Serena quickly stood up and couldn't believe what she was seeing, or how terrified she felt. She quickly bent next to Seto, "Wake up!," she cried. She didn't want to be alone. She stood over his body as the women started shuffling towards her.

Their clothes were torn and bloody, with tears of blood staining their faces in long lines. There were ten, each with long nails that they held threathingly towards her. Serena could hear heart pounding in her ears and found she was breathing heavily. Soon they were upon her, scratching her and biting, tearing at her clothes. She thrashed out at them, kicking and hitting anywhere she could. But there were to many and she was bleeding heavily.

She saw one bend down and take one finger to gently stroke Seto's chest, the woman looked longingly at him and suddenly an overwhelming need to protect Seto came upon Serena. She shouted, louder and higher than the women had, it came out in one high pure note that made the women stop and cover their ears. They shied away and screeched in agony.

Even Seto woke up and looked in amazement as they backed away and finally disappeared into the darkness around them. Serena stopped her scream and collapsed to the floor. Her blazer was completely torn off and her shirt was in shreds, she clasped her shaking shoulders and started crying uncontrollably.

Seto drapped his jacket over her and put a hand on her cheek, lifting her face to his. He wiped the tears from her face and kissed her lightly, "Surely angels do not cry."

"I'm no angel. Just a girl who wants to go home."

"You and I are not so different then," he said. She looked at him and his face was once again worn and tired, but his handsomeness remained.

She put her arms through the sleeves and buttoned the jacket, glad that it covered her naked torso. "Thank you," she said. She looked at the buttons on the sleeves and then realized, "This is your school uniform, isn't it? You go to my high school?" she looked up him and he blinked, also understanding what she had said. "I don't ever remember seeing you at school."

"I-I don't go a lot, I'm very busy," he said. She was going to ask him another question, but then her back grew rigid as she heard a scraping sound from behind. Seto's eyes were wide with fright and he stood up. He grabbed her hands a dragged her with him. She turned to look behind and there was another monster, sluggishly moving towards them, dragging with it a chain of people all bound at the ankles.

Their faces were frozen in terror, mutilated bodies jutting out at odd angles, leaving a trail of fresh blood in their wake, even those that had started to decompose were bleeding freshly onto the ground. The area quickly filled with it and even touched Seto and Serena's feet.

Serena let out a strangeled cry as one of the bodies blinked at her and turned away. Seto held her close, but she could feel his own heart pounding with fear. "I can't take this anymore," Seto shouted. His hands flew up to his head and he pulled at his hair, eyes crazed with horror and dread.

Serena pulled his hands from his scalp and held them tightly, "Wait, please Seto." Seto looked around wildly and Serena held his face with her hands. "Please. If we believe in each other and trust each other, we can do this. Don't leave me alone, please…" She looked pleadingly at him and he began to breathe normally. He kissed her once more and when they looked up the monster was gone.

"I trust you," he said. "I always will."

And that was how it continued, for endless hours a new terror would come and then they would help each other through it. Each keeping the other from madness in their nightmare, until they could wake in the light of day.