Robin stared openly at the beauty of the place he now stood in. A vast starry night sky stretched endlessly above him. His wonder was then only magnified when he looked down and discovered the beauty of the sky was reflected up from the ground endlessly in every direction. On closer inspection he found it was not glass that he stood on, but water. Even slight sounds echoed around the endless space that he found himself in. Ripples spread out from each step he took as he wandered forward. How am I standing on water, he wondered, a perfectly normal human shouldn't be standing on water. It was such an impossibly beautiful place, so unique. Robin was sure he had never seen it's likeness, yet this place felt familiar to him.

Safe, the word came unbidden into his mind, and he realized he associated this place with being safe; no harm could follow him here.

A soft voice brought him from his contemplation of impossible things. "It's not like you to be at a loss of words, Robin." The voice echoed around him like a sweet chorus in the silence.

Robin's gaze found a figure sitting in the gloom a little ways in front of him. He had no idea how he hadn't seen her until the moment she spoke. The girl stuck out like a sore thumb in this beautiful place. Her legs were curled in front of her and her hands clasped together resting on her legs. She was dressed in lose dark sweat pants, a gray T-shirt that was several sizes too big, and an ancient looking traveling cloak with the hood thrown up over her head; all of which looked grubby and dirty. The girl concealed her whole face under the hood of the cloak.

She cocked her head to the side, "Something wrong?" Her voice was soft and stirred something in his mind. Memories he couldn't accesses rubbed at the surface of his sub conscious. An emotion tugged painfully at his heart.

Guilt?

Glancing at the speaker revealed no clues about his reaction to her. He couldn't even see any of her facial features thanks to her hood. Robin stepped a little closer in a subtle attempt to make out her face under the hood to no avail, shadows of her hood were too deep.

"Who are you?"

The girl sighed and crossed her legs with what at first he thought was exaggerated slowness, but on closer inspection made him think she was very weak. The girl seemed too tired to even rise. Robin wondered why someone so young would be this weak. She leaned back against a rock he hadn't noticed until now; seemingly to consider his question for a moment.

"I am your friend," was her eventual soft reply.

Robin studied her intently trying to figure out where he might have seen or met her, but everything came up blank.

"Uh-huh, how do I know what you are saying is the truth? I can't even see your face." In his mind it was a very reasonable question so he was a little thrown when soft laughter echoed around him. She laughed so hard her body shook and the sound had his stomach doing odd flips.

"Always questions with you. Batman trained you well. But to answer your question, you know because you feel it. You would know if I lied to you."

Unease settled over Robin, because her words held a power of their own and they rang with nothing but truth. He took a fearful step back. How was this even possible, he wondered?

"Who are you," he asked again trying not to let the edge of fear show. The girl chuckled clearly amused at his expense and not fooled. She slowly raised her hands to show they were empty and that she was unarmed.

"There's no need to be afraid silly, I told you I am your friend, and I will remain so, I swear."

The stars suddenly burned brighter and almost blinded Robin. When everything settled back to normal and his eyes readjusted Robin looked around. A glowing over the girl's heart drew his gaze. At first he thought it was a snake coiled up, but on closer inspection revealed the serpent had wings of a dragon. Behind the dragon was a book and crossed swords behind the tome.

"You will not come to harm so long as I can help it."

Robin noted out of the corner of his eye that the back of his right hand glowed with the same crest. It flashed once, warmed his skin, before it sank into his flesh where it vanished entirely. The warmth then spread to the rest of him making him feel lighter and giving him a slight head rush. Robin rubbed his hand nervously checking for anything that would prove his skin had been glowing just moments before. The woman laughed again. The beautiful sound stirred something deep in his mind and made his heart ache.

"Alright if you're a friend then tell me, where are we?"

She looked around at the surrounding glittering world.

"That is a very good question, one I think you should answer, as this is your dream."

Robin blinked and was suddenly wide awake.