OKAY!! My first NIGHTS into Dreams fic! Here we go! Starting…now!! Hey…why are you guys still reading THIS? Go read the story, go on now! Oh, wait…maybe I should stop typing…

Disclaimer: I do not own NIGHTS into dreams or ANY of the characters other then Zack, and Zephyr. Though I wish I did own it…then the game would be available for Gamecube too! WAH!!! Okay, ranting over time to start!

In the waking world, all was sound and peaceful…in Twin Seeds all souls were fast asleep wandering into their own little realms of peace. To them, nighttime was the best time of day…the only escape to all the hatred that they were accustomed to living with.

On the Twin Seeds Tower, a single nightmaren was perched in the spire watching over the city. A bright red gem was embedded into his chest that was sparklingin starlight. There was no moon out tonight so the streets were dark and seemed deserted from that height. NIGHTS crossed his arms boredly while watching a bird that was late to getting back to its nest. He was just about to return to the dream world when he heard a scream. But it sounded too young to be Elliot or Claris…so decided to investigate having a hunch that this had something to do with Reala.

Back on the ground a brother and sister were making their way home. The boy was about an inch taller then his sister and they both had blue eyes and light brown hair. Though these two were NOT twins because the girl was beginning to get highlights and her eyes were beginning to develop a grayish color to them, and the brother's hair was getting more blonde overall. Besides, the brother was a little over a year older than his sister, hence the height difference. Their names were Zack and Zephyr. These two were also known as the "Z Squad". Zephyr was almost 6 and Zack was 7.

Zack had finished his soccer practice after school and Zephyr didn't want to take the bus so she stayed so she could watch her older brother. I can't really tell you what Zack normally wore at the time due to the fact that he was still in his soccer uniform which was green and gold in color, but Zephyr was wearing overalls a white T-Shirt under it, purple sneakers, and a light blue bandanna around her neck acting like a scarf and she had a hair tie keeping her shoulder-length hair in a half ponytail.

Anywho…The two siblings were on their way home with Zack bouncing his soccer ball up and down while Zephyr was balancing on a wall walking beside him.

"Zephyr…you do remember last time you did that don't you?" Zack asked raising an eyebrow at his younger sister.

" What? I was already dizzy that time and the fall was…uh, five times taller than me!" The five-year-old pouted while still keeping her balance. Zack gave a sigh as he put the soccer ball away and slung his bag over his small shoulder.

After a couple hours later they concluded that they were lost, so much for being big kids…Zack took out a map of the city and laid it on the ground while Zephyr clung to his arm; truth be told, she was afraid of the dark and the sun was setting. Apparently, Zack had the map upside-down and the two ended up on the wrong side of the city. By now it was around midnight and Zephyr was getting sleepy, but Zack was wide-awake so he had to give his little sis a piggyback ride. But she was roused from sleep by Zack picking up pace. She slid off his back as he snatched her small hand.

"Big brother…what are we running from?" Zephyr asked with her eyes half closed. Zack didn't respond, he only looked back for a split second then looked forward again. Zephyr slowly looked over her shoulder to see a strange man following them. But…he didn't look human…He was wearing a red and black jester hat, had blue skin…and most of all flying!

Zephyr was terrified most by the look in his eyes, that of pure hatred and they seemed so cold and ruthless. Zack had stopped by now and Zephyr crashed into him. Crud…they had ran straight into an alley with no escape.

"Zephyr, get on my shoulders and climb into that vent to get help." He whispered to her.

Zephyr shook her head violently, "NO! I DON'T WANNA!!" She yelled with tears cracking in her voice.

" I'M THE OLDER ONE SO YOU HAVE TO DO AS I SAY!!!" Zack ordered. Zephyr had never been yelled at before, well…not like that. She obliged and climbed onto her older brother's shoulders and into a near by air vent that was released into the alleyway.

She began to crawl in but only a few feet so she could hear if anything happened but still be hidden in the shadows. All she heard was a rough voice demanding from her brother, and him refuse. Then…a little boy's scream of bloody murder, little did Zephyr know…that's exactly what happened to her entire family…

Tears streamed down her face for she knew that whomever that just killed her brother was coming after her…so she turned around, and crawled throughout the air vent. It seemed like there was no end to the vent and it was cold to the touch. Zephyr finally found a potential exit and rammed against the steel gate that kept her inside. She let out a yelp as it gave way unexpectedly and she fell hard to the ground. After peeling her face from the carpet and looked around to see that she was in her big apartment. There were boxes everywhere for they had just moved to twin seeds and still needed to unpack.

" MOMMY!! DADDY!!!" She paused for a response " AW YOU HERE!!!" Zephyr called again while searching the apartment.

She then tripped on something sticking out of her parents room…it was a foot. She pulled open the ajar door and looked inside. The girl didn't need a light to see what had happened here, here eyes went wide and pupils small as her eyes fell upon the gruesome sight. Both her father…and mother were lying in a pool of their own blood and the place was torn apart and a gun was thrown across the room. She reached down and felt a gooey, wet, sticky substance and when she slowly pulled her hand away and in the limited light, saw thick red liquid covering the tips of her fingers. She was terrified now and blindly ran away, but in her sightless haste she ran through the window as the glass shattered she fell closing her eyes. A few shards cut her face as she plummeted down to the ground. She closed her eyes waiting for impact, but it never came. She opened her eyes and looked up to see a man who looked similar to the one that was pursuing her earlier, but this one was different…He didn't have blue skin, but a regular human color and he was wearing mostly purple with a red gem in his chest, and his eyes were kind and warm, like those of a dear friend. Zephyr then looked down to see the world now below her speed by. The sight was hypnotic and she fell into a well-needed sleep and cuddled up next to the gem on her savior's chest.

Nights looked down at the small child in his arms as she slept. A small smile snuck onto his lips as he saw her mutter in her sleep. That soon faded as he was reminded why he was here in the first place. For some twisted reason, Reala had killed her family apparently in search of something. Most likely their ideya, but why a whole family? Even for Reala, that's pretty low…Nights yanked himself out of his thoughts as he came to a family's home. He tapped on their window, but seeing as they was too sound asleep to hear, the same went for every other home he tried. He had no choice but to drop her off at her own house and hopefully she wouldn't mind. He flew in through the broken window and found his way to her room. It wasn't very decorated considering it was the room of a five-year-old. On the other hand, there were a lot of boxes throughout the house so all her stuff must have been in there. There was a bed with light blue sheets and bedspread the carpet was white and there was walk in closet with a light blue door. On her bedside table was a lamp and a photo of what must have been her family. There was a little boy who looked a lot like the girl was sitting on a man's lap who must have been the father. There was a woman who was holding a little girl next to them, the mother by the looks of it.

Nights set down the girl on her bed and put the covers over her. "See you in your dreams, kid." He said before being engulfed in a red light as the way back to his home in the dream world.

Zephyr opened her eyes to see that she was neither in her home, nor in the city. But she was under a shady tree in a large valley. In the distance were floating sections of earth with windmills on them. She stood up and when she turned around something tried to hide behind the tree she was under. She ran in circles around it trying to catch whatever was trying hide from her, but finally caught it after running in the other direction. Before her was a little fairy type thing with a pointy head that had a gold ring around it, pink wings, and a little robe type thing.

"Hi there!" Zephyr said putting out her hand for the thing to shake it grabbed her hand with both of it's hands and shook it.

Zephyr decided to do some exploring and the little fairy thing followed happily. There was a lot of land and you wouldn't expect a little girl to cover all that ground in a few hours. She fell back into a sitting position after about an hour.

"Wow, this place is so big!" She exclaimed while lying down in the grass. Her mini companion floated over her with curiosity. "Hm…you know, it feels like I belong here somehow but I live in the city…I wish this wasn't all a dream…" Zephyr said while tracing cloud shapes with her finger.

" What makes you say that?" A voice asked and Zephyr shot up and looked around. No one was there.

"Who's there?" She asked as she stood up dusting off her overalls. A finger tapped her shoulder and she looked up to see the same person who saved her earlier. He surprised her causing her to tumble back and into a bush.

"Woops…"Nights muttered as he helped her out. Just as she gained balance, she was pounced on by the Pian that was following her. The nightmaren couldn't help but chuckle at how goofy those two looked.

"AHA!!" Zephyr exclaimed, as she was able to pin the Pian down, she then looked at the spectator near by. "Hi there I'm Zephyr, who are you?"

Nights bowed like a gentleman while still floating in midair, " My name is Nights, it's a pleasure to meet you Zephyr." He said pleasantly.

Zephyr curtsied, but fell out of her childlike clumsiness. They both laughed for some time and with Zephyr being…Zephyr she and Nights became good friends. At the time, they were inseparable and I mean it! Nights gave Zephyr a piggyback ride and decided to make it more fun by flying, loops and all. Instead of screaming out of fear, Zephyr screamed in delight and fun. For hours at a time they had fun, from making goofy faces at each other to having races, Nights always let Zephyr win so she wouldn't be put down. At times they even play wrestled and that always ended up getting into a tickle fight.

After long hours the two just sat down in a tree watching the dream world that lay before them. But Zephyr started to fade, literally and paniced.

"Nights!! Help!!" She screamed as she looked at her hands.

"Sorry, I can't help you…you're waking up now and I have no power to stop that." He said shaking his head sadly.

Zephyr's eyes welled up with tears, as she shook her head, "NO I don't want to wake up!!" She shouted.

Nights reached into his sleeve and pulled out something white and on a black strap. "Here." He opened his hand to reveal a choker necklace with a star-shaped white pendant.

"What is it?" Zephyr asked as she took the piece of jewelery into her hands noticing that the pendant was the size of her hand. "Is it a diamond?" She guessed.

"Hehe…you can say that. I want you to keep it, so you won't forget me or this world." Nights said as Zephyr smiled still with tears in her eyes.

"Don't worry, I won't…" She said, and took off her bandana from around her neck and tied it around Nights's arm. " So you don't for get me!" She chimed with a smile. And with that she faded completely out of sight.

Zephyr opened her eyes to find herself in her own room. She thought that what had just happened were just a dream, but she felt something in her hand, and nothing on her neck. She lifted up her hand to see the necklace that Nights gave her, and felt the cool spot on her neck to see her bandana gone, which meant that Nights really had it. She hugged the necklace to her heart, with a smile.

Don't worry, I promise I won't forget. Were her final thoughts before taking on the day with her new necklace and facing on her life.

DONE!! Okay, people to get one thing straight, DON'T FLAME ME!!! This is my first NIGHTS into Dreams fic so for someone who has never read the comics and only played the game ONE TIME I think it wasn't half bad. Remember to review!!

PEACE OUT DUDES!!!