Author's note: chapter one, yay. Now you must understand this is my first time really doing a story online so please review and no flames. Oh and for those true fans I'm sure you'll notice some similarities to the game at some of the points.

Chapter 1: A Strange Dream

The sounds of the birds outside and the warmth of the sun beamed down from a nearby window, and landed down on Destney's face. She bolted up breathing hard and in a cold sweat only to see she was in bed and it was morning. She couldn't believe it... it was all just a dream.

She put her head in her hands and said to herself, "But it felt so real. And what did the voice mean when it said 'You are the one who will help open the door.' And then all of that darkness that swallowed me up; it almost felt like I couldn't breathe." She looked around the room again to make sure nothing had changed; everything is as it should be. But she couldn't help but feel like that dream was a sign or something like that...

Then she realized she had to collect fruit for her home that day. So she got up, got quickly dressed and went to go wake up Hera so she would watch everything while she was out and about.

As she walked to their room, she couldn't help but think about that dream and everything that happened. How could it have been a dream? Before she went into the angels' room she promised herself that she would think about this later and not tell the angels just yet. No need to worry them after all, she thought.

So, after that last thought she tip toed into the angel's room and brushed by all of the beds to get to Hera's. Then she gently nudged her awake. The little angel opened one of her eyes to see it was me, and then hovered out of her bed trying to wipe the sleepiness from her eyes.

Des whispered, "Hera, I want you and Over to watch over Reddy and Lilly while I'm gone. Okay?"

Hera just saluted and fell right back into her bed. Des wasn't surprised. The angels didn't speak much; they would usually use their hands or signals but they were also starting to speak English too. So Des just smiled and went to get her bag for the fruit, then left for the forest.

After walking for something like fifteen minutes, Des soon found the perfect tree with the right kind of fruit. She climbed up with a simple flip and sat upon a sturdy branch. And about a half a hour later she had a full bag of fresh, ripe fruit. She put one of her hands on the branch flipped around and then hung there for a second. She was about to drop down from the tree branch when she heard an echo of unnatural to these woods. The noise sounded like someone was striking across a tree with much anger. Without thinking, Des flipped up to land upright with her feet on the branch, and then when she finally got her balance back, she jumped from tree to tree following the sound. Finally the source of the noise came into her view from where she stood in the leaves and shadows.

It was a boy about Des's age, maybe a little older, and he was possibly a little taller than her too. He had deep blue determine eyes and long silvery hair. But he just kept slashing at the same tree with this strange blade. At this rate he could cut the tree in minutes, Des thought as she watched this strange new person in her forest. But I think that's what he was trying to do. He must be trying to get stronger... but why?

Then she heard something moving in the shadows, even over all of the slashing that blasted through the green waxy leaves. Some kind of creature was below her but before she could get a good look, the beast jumped from the dark depths of the forest.

This creature was something she had never seen before but has heard of. It was a tiger but not just any type of tiger but a light tiger. You see the difference is that they are always has white fur with silver strips embedded, are almost double the size of a normal tiger and are able to give off a special kind of glow.

Des did her best to re-call what she had read in the legend. Light tigers only come from their hiding places when they are in the presents of other creatures that may have massive sources darkness within them... So, Des wondered, is this boy part of some true darkness? But the creature couldn't have cared if he was an angel or demon, it was on the attack.

The tiger made a single bound to its prey but the boy was ready for it though. He leaped high into the air dodging the creature's strikes. He stood firm for as long as he could against the slashes from the creature but he was just too weak from all of the slashing to fight this battle. The creature was smart coming out when its prey was weak. After a couple more evades the boy started to waver.

Des hid there, helplessly, cursing at herself. I can't do anything to help him, she thought as she watched, I have no weapon and I'm not exactly a warrior either. Finally the boy was too weak to even stand and fell to his knees. Then the beast pounced, with the boy in its claws, digging into his body. Des saw blood begin to fall from the boy's shoulder as he screamed in pain.

"No." she whispered. Then it happened. A surge of power flow through Des's entire body, to her it felt like… she could do anything. So she tried a little something, hoping it would work. She focused this surge on the creature and just before it struck down its paw for the final blow, the creature rose in the air. Once Des had figured out it was her, with a few sways of her hand, she decided to let the beast have it. She began to slam it across every tree she could see.

While she did this, the boy just lied there, losing blood from where the creature's claws slashed his body, watching as the creature spun in the ever ending circles but finally, he passed out from exestuation.

With one finally blow from a tree she slammed the creature hard into the ground. The tiger waver as it stood up from its beating. It shot a look at Des as if know it knew she was there, with its black hard coal eyes. Des felt her body go cold at its gaze. It gave one final growl and limped back into the shadowy depths of the forest.

This is unbelievable. For me to have this sort of power and not even realize I had it was just incredible, she thought as she stood there dumbfounded. Speaking of not realizing, Des was so amazed with the discovery of these powers that she wasn't paying attention to her footing on the branch. So when she tried to make move down and out of the tree, she went falling to the ground instead.

She closed her eyes waiting for the pain, thinking, how I could help that hurt boy if I'm hurt as well? But neither the pain nor the ground ever came. She opened her eyes to see that she was hovering a foot above the ground. So far these new powers were coming in handy for Des, saving her like that. But for the moment she can't truly appreciate them; she had to help that boy.

Des got to her feet and ran to him. He was just laying there unconscious, bleeding to death. I have to get there fast, she screamed in her head, because for every minute I waste could mean death for him. She knelt down beside him and checked for a pulse. She smiled when she felt it... a heart beat; he was still alive. He was also breathing but very hard and shallow. I have to get him to the cabin, fast.

Des grabbed her bag and then she put it across her front. Next she put the boy's sword in his sash and put the boy on her back to carry him. Once she got him in a position that would make sure he wouldn't fall off her back and toward where she could carry him a little easier, she began to walk. "I just can't wait to see the look on the angels' faces when I get back looking like this," she muttered under her breath.

So what do you think? A couple changes here and there but is it okay, now? Please review and I'll have the next chapter up again soon.

And again, thankyous to all!!