When Nightshade awakened, his thirst was worse than before. 'That blasted siren tricked me with her melodious voice !', he said, banging on the ground angrily with his fist, loud enough to make the entire dream realm quake. The shards of Lumina were cloaked from his vision and protected with ancient runes; ones he didn't even know the spells for. However, there was a book, one located deep beneath Angel Grove's library. Having enough power from his 'nap' he used his energy to locate it. It was a book full of dark magic, hexes and voodoo. He wasn't powerful enough to implement the Necromancy tome for his twisted purposes, yet. He still had to feast upon someone's dream energy. A hapless little girl daydreaming in the park was just the boost he needed to enter an even stronger dreamthread. 'Rangers, we'll meet again. If anyone can gain me access to the Shards of Lumina, it is you.', he thought, holding the book close to his side. He swore he could hear its thoughts and percieved maybe it was messing with him. A book couldn't be sentient, now, could it ? Thinking little of it after a moment, he sneaked away into the darkness of the alleyways.
