I don't own SD3.

A/N: and then I said to myself, 'chibi, they really like your fic!' and then I said to myself, 'chibi, keep going, you're almost done!' and then I said to myself 'chibi, surprise them with an ending!' and then I smacked myself and said 'chibi, that sucked! Go on!' and I'll keep going and going and going! :D

Touches of Evil – Lost Souls

Chapter 1 – Waking to reality

It hurt to walk. It hurt to breath. It hurt to blink. It hurt to think. It hurt to live.

"…It's been well over a week, highness! We cannot let her sleep any longer!"

She knew that voice. That old, gentle and raspy voice. She was rather fond of him.

"I know, Jose… I know… I've already sent Victor to fetch her. She should be here shortly."

Mother? … Yes, that's who the voice belonged to. Mother…

"Gah, Angie… been through a lot, let her rest."

Blink blink. That voice… she had to smile. That voice! Oh, she almost squealed in delight. He was alive, alive! But wait, why wouldn't he be?

"We all have, Kevin, but this is getting ridiculous! We should be out there, hunting the Dragon Emperor and Zable Fahr, not wait for the Sleeping Beauty to wake up!"

Oh, another familiar voice! Yey yey yey! Hurray! He's ok ok ok! But who did he say? Dragon Emperor… EVIL! All the alarms in her mind went off.

EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL! AAAAAAH! WARNING! NOT GOOD! EVIL!

"That guy's mean! He's rude and evil and oooooo!!!!"

She fumed, crossing her arms, still in the corridor.

"Princess, there you are!"

Victor happily said, finding Angela spying on what was going on in the throne room.

"Victor! I know you!"

She declared happily like a five year old. Victor blushed lightly and was about to go into the throne room when Angela stopped him.

"Er, Viccie, eh heh heh, we shouldn't go in there, it's a throne room!"

With a somewhat teasing smile, Victor entered. All eyes immediately went to him.

"Your highness, gentlemen, the princess has arrived."

Angela felt all the looks now go to her and she tried to hide behind Victor. That didn't really help her, as two strong arms wrapped around her and pulled her into a warm, strong-yet-gentle embrace.

"Angie… you ok, ok!"

She blinked again, but soon returned the hug. It felt so good, so natural… so warm in contrast to the coldness she felt.

"Angela!"

She looked up at the tanned face and smiled lightly. But the young man was soon pushed away from her, as her mother embraced her, tears in her eyes.

"My daughter… my sweet, sweet daughter…"

"Mother…"

Angela felt tears stinging her own eyes.

"Glad to see you're back among the living!"

She turned to the voice's source. Duran stood there, grinning. Kevin was next to him, blushing lightly and staring at the floor.

"Duran?"

"I'm him."

He said, still smiling. But the somewhat clueless expression on her face worried him. Kevin noticed it too. He wore that expression all too often.

"Angie, what wrong?"

"Kev?"

The Beastman smiled lightly. But Duran was worried. As were Valda and Jose. The old magic teacher approached the princess and placed his hand on her forehead. Angela's eyes turned clouded for a minute, then Jose, with a pale face, requested to talk to the queen alone. They left to the corridor, and Angela, bored slightly, played with her necklace. That caught her friends' attention.

"Pretty."

She smiled at Kevin as innocently as he said the comment. Duran, however, was a bit more suspicious.

"Where'd you get that from?"

"This? I found it next to my bed."

"Did Koren give it to you?"

At the sound of the magician's name, her face darkened.

"Ko…ren?"

They heard a noise from outside the door, and rushed to see what happened. Jose was trying to support Valda, who had fainted. Victor and Duran quickly brought her to her throne.

"Jose, what happened? What did you tell her?"

The Sword Master asked. Jose sighed.

"Well, it appears our beloved princess is suffering from a harsh case of amnesia."

Kevin tried repeating the word. He failed and just looked at Duran quizzically.

"Amnesia. It means she lost her memory."

That, the son of the Beast King understood. All eyes now turned to Angela. She smiled innocently.

"Anyone wanna go outside? It's snowing."

She said, not leaving her necklace.

A/N: sorry if I won't update that often, but there's this little thing called DBZ and a tinier thing called my DBZ fics that might distract me ^^;;; be patient, please