This story begins at the end the destruction of the Black order arc when the order is just about to move to the new building. It will switch between Allen and Lenalee's points of view, and will contain spoilers up to the newest chapter.

Lenalee ~

It was a cool night. The Autumn air was crisp and sharp in her lungs, the wind icy, with a promise of Winter yet to come. Lenalee sighed and looked around, filling her eyes with the sight of the familiar forest. It was the last time she would ever see this place, her lifelong home. The next day, she would be accompanying Allen and her brother to the new building.

"Allen," she murmured. She was afraid for him. The ability of the player was manifesting, he had been accused of a connection to the fourteenth noah. So many things had happened in so short a time. Her thoughts drifted to him so often. She always wanted to see more of him, to help him though the accusations against him. Perhaps what worried her wasn't losing the place she had grown up in after all. Perhaps she was worried about what changes may await in the new Order. For herself and her loved ones.

Her thoughts were interrupted then by a strong gust of wind, rattling her anklets. She looked down at them, and the dull reflection of moonlight they produced. Allen wasn't the only one who had changed. Lenalee smiled to herself, she had new-found strength of her own.

The wind had started to grow colder, and it carried the sound of rustling and movement. The girl turned her head, and was shocked when Allen appeared in front of her. He was slipping through the trees and the undergrowth at the edge of the clearing. He looked distracted, and he didn't appear to have detected Lenalee's presence.

"Allen?" The name slipped out of her mouth, quiet and surprised. Not too quiet though, it seemed, for he turned to face her, as surprised as she was.

Allen~

Allen was dreaming a terrible dream. The faceless figure of the fourteenth had reached out from his reflection and grabbed hold of his arm. Allen struggled desperately for freedom, but to no avail. He was pulled into the nightmare world beyond the glass. There he saw his fellow exorcists, his friends, lain out dead on the ground. In front of the bodies, there were two people standing just out of reach. He was forced to watch, frozen, as he saw a noah version of himself reach out to Lenalee and cut her throat. Then, in the way of dreams, his other self stood just in front of Allen staring into his eyes. The noah's eyes were cold and heartless. The exorcist felt a jabbing pain in his stomach, and his other self flash a wicked grin. "This is your fate," hissed the voice of the fourteenth from everywhere at once. "You will be taken over by hatred and disappear, and you will destroy everyone and everything that you hold dear.

Then Allen woke, bolt upright, and drenched in a cold sweat. The nightmares came almost every night, how could they not? But they never ceased to terrify him. He stood, and slipped on a shirt over his chest, bare but for the bandages that hid his wounds. He had been hurt worse than any of the other exorcists when the order was invaded. He had lied to his friends about the extent of his injuries, but he was still a few week from recovery. Fastening the buttons was slow and difficult at that point, but he managed.

The boy slipped out of his room in silence, careful not to wake the inspector. He walked a little ways down the hallway, and stopped to lean back against the wall. The castle was silent and calm, and the peaceful atmosphere help to quell the feeling of nightmare horror in his head. He decided not to visit the kitchen as he normally did on sleepless nights. Instead, he decided to sneak outside. The cool night air had always done well to clear his head.

Afraid of being caught by the sounds of the elevator, Allen had no choice but to stumble down countless flights of stairs. A wall of cold air hit him as soon as he left the stairwell, causing the exorcist to gasp like someone had hit him. Nevertheless, the cold air served its purpose in clearing Allen's head. He sighed as the last of his terror faded away. Once his mind was calm and his lungs were adjusted, he made his way out toward the walls.

There was a hidden door in the wall surrounding the castle. It was nearly invisible from the outside, and it could only be opened from the inside. Allen supposed it must be some sort of escape route. Allen had slipped out before, using a nearby stone to prop the door open for his return. That night however, the door was already open. It was held with the same stone allen had used previously. Slipping through the narrow opening, he reminded himself to be cautious of other people in the forest.

After some time wandering alone, Allen loosened his caution. His legs led him deep into the forest, further than he had ever ventured before. It wasn't long before his mind started to wander as well.

He thought of his dream, and of Lenalee. Many deaths haunted Allen's eyes when he slept. Some, memories of horrors witnessed in the waking world. Others, were terrifying premonitions of deaths yet to come. They were of his own death, his friends' deaths, the order's destruction. Each time was more horrible that the last. The visions of Lenalee were always the worst. Her deaths were the most violent and terrible, enough so to haunt Allen well into his waking hours. . It was no mystery why. Allen had known exactly how he felt about her since their reunion in Japan. She was a constant presence in his mind, and she cared enough to seek out the emotions he kept hidden. She saw through his act of bravery, and she was just so beautiful. Allen's heart had never stood a chance.

A branch brushed his face snapped his mind back to the present. He had somehow wandered into a thick clump of trees, but there was something that looked like a clearing ahead of him. Checking that he was still alone, he turned sideways and slipped between the trees. His eyes stayed fixed on the forest behind him. Then a single word broke through his silence, so quiet he barely heard it. He spun around and found himself staring at the face of all his dreams and of all his nightmares, Lenalee Lee.

So yeah that was a beginning. Reviews are always appreciated, and thanks for reading :)