A/N: Ok… so I started this story a while ago. But then I took it off cause it wasn't going where I wanted it and, as I was told, it was confusing. So I deleted it and eventually forgot about it. But then, I remembered it one day and was like "Oh, I should look at that and see if I can fix it." So I start looking at it and fixing some parts and before I know it, I'm, like, lost in my story with the whole making-it-sound-better deal. So here it the some what new first chapter of (drum role) Closer to Destiny. Enjoy!

Chapter 1: Dream

Blackness. From within it comes a pain filled scream and an evil, victorious laugh. Then, it all stops, all is quiet, and it's all over.

Miyoko Suki sat up, covered in a cold sweat, breathing deeply.

"What the hell!?" Miyoko whispered to herself. She rubbed her face with her hands, then, realizing her clock was beeping, she quickly shut it off. She got out of bed and started getting dressed for school. She wore the usual: jeans, tank top, and black fleece jacket. She brushed out her long, black-blue hair and slipped on her Vans, grabbed her bag, and was out the door all within her daily, fast routine of 15 minutes.

"Hey Hoji!" Miyoko waved to her brother, who was waiting for her outside the school, like he did everyday.

"Hey sis," Hoji said, embracing his sister in a hug. Miyoko's brother was only a year older than her, but if you didn't know them, you would think he was 2 or 3 years older since he was a little over 6 inches taller than her. He wore slightly baggy jeans, a black T-shirt, black leather jacket, and black Vans. His right ear lobe was pierced with a silver hoop dangling from it. His wolf's fang hung around his neck, just like his sister's. They had each gotten their fang from their uncle. Neither took theirs off. Hoji's short, choppy black-green hair blew slightly in the breeze.

"How are you today?" Hoji asked, his voice hinting at something particular. Miyoko knew instantly what it was and smiled reassuringly.

"I'm fine. No need to worry." She smiled at him again, this time a little uncertainly. "But I do want to tell you something."

"What?" He asked, a puzzled and worried look on his face. Miyoko told her brother about her dream. When she was done, she looked at Hoji, her ice blue eyes questioning his green ones.

"What do you think it means? I mean, it's gotta mean something, shouldn't it?" Miyoko asked.

"I don't know, Miyoko. Not all dreams have specific meanings, you know?" He looked at her.

"How do you know that?" she asked with a skeptical look. "If you ask me, I think it means something. It was really weird, and that laugh sent chills up my spine, it was so….I wanna say creepy, but that would be an understatement."

Hoji looked down at Miyoko. "How 'bout you don't worry about it right now, ok?" he asked her.

She sighed. "Ok."

"Good, now let's go find Yusuke and the others. They're probably wondering where we are."

"Haha, ok. You're probably right." Miyoko brightened up at this. Being with her friends always brought her spirits up. She raced her brother through the mess of students to find her friends.

Miyoko sighed and leaned back in her chair so it was balancing on its back legs and supported by the wall behind her. She laid her head back in her arms, looked out the window, and tuned the teacher out. Mr. Richards, her English 2 teacher, was currently reading Frankenstein and trying to explain to the class why Victor was telling Walton his whole story, which was the easiest concept of the book to understand. But Miyoko had already read the book 4 long, boring times, none of which were of her free will, mind you. So she didn't really need to listen, which was just as best because she had more important things to think about than Victor's mistakes, like her dream. What the crap did it mean?! Ugh, this was going to drive her insane! She thought back on what had occurred in the dream. Ok, so nothing really occurred, but she did hear things, the scream and the laugh, both of which bound to haunt not only her sleep, but her day time routines for who knew how long. She wondered most about the scream. It had not only sounded like a man's voice behind the pain and screaming, but it sounded like someone she should know, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. And it would bug her to no end until she found out whose voice that was. Suddenly the bell rang signaling for the end of class, bringing her back to the real world and causing her to fall backwards with her chair in the process.

"OW!" Miyoko grabbed her head.

Yusuke looked over at her, trying hard not to laugh. "Are you ok?"

Miyoko looked up at him, but soon regretting it as she felt pain spread throughout her whole head. "Yeah, just dandy." Great, that was all she needed was a major headache. She then got up, with the help of Yusuke, and started for the door. "Come on, Keiko will probably kill me if you're late for History."

Yusuke groaned. "Do I have to?" he whined.

Miyoko just grabbed his wrist and pulled him out the door to History.

A/N: So, so, how was it? Was it better than last, was it worse….was it the same? Let me know people, ok? Ok, bye for now!