Disclaimer: DNAngel © Yukiru Sugisaki.

This is actually something I came up with off the top of my head in a dream while trying not to remember something that made me cry. I was like, "Okay Shadow, occupy yourself. What can keep you distracted?" And I looked over at my DNAngel manga...and it hit me! Okay, if anyone is Ooc, please let me know! This is my first DNAngel fic. I've seen 5 episodes, and read one of the manga. I probably read the second one when it came out, but that was a long time ago, and I can't remember.

Chapter 1- Discussion of change

"Blah Blah"- Dark speaking

"blah blah"-Daisuke speaking

Blah blah blah-Dark thinking

blah blah blah-Daisuke thinking

"Ouwaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Mrs. Niwa hugged Dark enthusiastically, who was holding up yet another stolen artifact proudly. "OH, Dark, your just so perfect for this!"

"Oh yeah, ka-san, thanks for the vote of confidence..." Daisuke muttered quietly deep inside Dark.

"Oh, don't be so glum, partner! After all, you ARE the one who fumbled and got the police's attention, forcing you to change into me!" He handed the little statuette to Mrs. Niwa, and started walking toward the steps as he returned to the short, red-headed Daisuke Niwa. "C'mon, Let's go upstairs, I'm bored."

"Sure..." Daisuke didn't care anymore-he was tired of turning into this egotistical "Phantom Thief Dark" on a nightly basis. But he knew that the only way to get it to stop was if he got Risa Harada to love him, and Riku Harada, Risa's twin, to love Dark. And so far, after a year-nothing.

After Daisuke dissappeared up the stairs, Mrs. Niwa looked troubled. "Oh...poor Daisuke." She turned toward Daisuke's grandfather. "Do you think it's time...?"

"But we don't know where it is," Grandfather pointed out.

"On the contrary," Mrs. Niwa pulled out a picture from one of her mysterious little pockets. "I found it three hours ago, before Dark and Daisuke left. She handed the photo over.

Grandpa stared at the picture for a moment, then chuckled for a moment. "Who would have thought...? The one thing that all men seek...I wonder now...how would Dark steal THIS? The Amethyst Star is hard enough to steal...but for him to find it, he'll have to be seperated from Daisuke."

"But...won't that change his destiny? And if so, for the better or worse?"

"My fair daughter..." Grandpa looked at her, smiling. "This is all part of his destiny. After all, the Star didn't appear in the past three hours. Daisuke was born with it-thus another part of fate's wheel turns."

Mrs. Niwa giggled excitedly. "Who would have known my baby had a precious item within him!"

Daisuke was lying on his bed, sound asleep on his side. And while asleep, he had an odd dream. It was vague, as though a fog had invaded his sleeping realm, and no matter how much he wished for it to be gone, it remained. He heard voices: his mother, grandfather, Risa, Riku, even Dark and a voice from his past he hadn't heard since they disappeared from his side. They had discussions with him over and over, until a stabbing pain hit Daisuke straight in the chest. As he had expected, it began to get hard to breathe. Holding his throat, he gasped pitifully, pleading for someone to help him. "There is no help for you here..." Satoshi Hiwatari stepped forward. "...Dark..." A bright, violet light shot out of Daisuke's chest from where the pain had been, streaming right through Satoshi, banishing him from Daisuke's dream.

"Yo, Daisuke! DAISUKE! Wake up!"

Daisuke sat bolt upright, sweat dripping down his cheeks. He still felt the pain in his chest. "What was...?"

"I'd like to have the pleaseure of calling it a nightmare." Dark yawned. "You were practically screaming as though you were being murdered. I wouldn't be surprised if someone called the cops."

Daisuke gripped his chest tightly as another wave of pain came over him. "...It felt like I was being murdered..." Not like you'd understand or anything...

Dark fell silent for a moment as though interested in what happened. "Well, you know, dreams have hidden meanings..."

"So I'm going to be murdered by Hiwatari?"

"Not...exactly what I meant...but KRAD might be involved..."

Daisuke sighed, pulling the covers back over his head. "Ah, I give up..." With that, he went back to sleep.

This left Dark with one final thought. "...Why the hell would he have a dream so odd...?"

Translations:

Ka-san: mom, mother