Chapter 1-2: Black Feathers In My Dreams

The next morning was bright and cheerful, free of the stifling air Lucas had felt back when Fassad was around. But as bad as he wanted to go out and see the changes for himself, Claus and their father told him to stay in bed and rest up. The kinder twin knew they were just worried-and after using up so much energy to change everything that the Pigmasks had done, he supposed he couldn't blame them- but he wanted to see if the most important aspects of his wish had come true.

But Claus had promised to bring something back for him, and he supposed he should've been thankful for that-and he was, of course-and then he figured could probably show that best by listening to his older brother and trying to get some rest.

But after last night-the first night since Claus's disappearance that he'd gotten a good rest-Lucas wasn't tired. Not even a little bit.

He wanted to abide by his family's wishes-otherwise they'd worry more- but….

The sound of wings flapping outside the window caught his attention. The blonde turned. It was a carrier pigeon. But what was one of those doing there? It didn't have any sort of note with it.

How strange…

Lucas slowly got up and opened the window, and the carrier pigeon flew inside. On closer inspection, the boy could see that the bird was wearing a golden pendant-like the one Wess owned.

"(Lucas! Lucas! Hurry! Hurry! Trouble in Murasaki!)"

The high pitched voice rang in his head, and Lucas didn't really need to look to know that was the pigeon talking to him.

"Trouble in Murasaki Forest? But what can I do? I have to stay here."

Although, Claus was headed that way, right? There was a chance he was in danger.

"(Hurry! Hurry! Trouble in Murasaki!)"

Lucas sighed.

"Okay, okay. Let's go."

The boy quietly left the house. Hopefully this wouldn't take long.

The carrier pigeon flew behind him, a strange look on its face that almost resembled a smile.

From his place atop the house, a red-headed figure watched him, a satisfied smile on his face. There wasn't really any trouble in that forest. This was just a means of getting Lucas to his partner.

The boy with blood red hair extended his black wings and flew off.

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Lucas entered the Murasaki forest and was a little surprised to find that nothing seemed out of place. The birds were chirping and the few animals that resided there were moving about as they normally would.

He didn't feel anything wrong. Could he have somehow misunderstood the carrier pigeon? No, no. Surely not. Maybe the disturbance was deeper in the forest.

Lucas walked on, slowly so he could listen better for anything wrong.

He'd lost count of the pine trees he'd passed by the time he finally found something. Or more accurately, that something found him.

A pink laser beam came in from the side, just barely missing his nose. Then a voice.

"Rats! My aim was off again!"

Whoever was speaking sounded very much like Claus three years ago, before puberty got to him.

There was the sound of someone stomping their foot, and only then did Lucas see his assailant.

He had pink hair, similar in color to Kumatora but just a tiinnyy bit redder. His eyes were a piercing jade, brighter than Claus's forest green eyes, but not much. His skin was like porcelain-or perhaps a corpse would be a more accurate base of comparison- and he was dressed entirely in white. But most noticeably-more so than his striking resemblance to his brother- was the pair of white feathery wings on his back.

"Mou! Ruka! You're supposed to stay still!"

The childish voice snapped him back to attention. But also, there was the matter of his name…

"H-How do you know my name…?"

The boy giggled, the childish pitch hardly fitting his teenage appearance.

"Fufufufu~! Silly Ruka! Why wouldn't I know your name? We're brothers, after all! Remember? I'm Klause!"

Lucas blinked, confused for a moment, then tensed up, raising his guard.

"Don't be like that~! I'm just here to take you home! Where me and Clause will keep you safe!"

Klause smiled, the expression both terrifying and sweet, and rushed forward.

Lucas didn't even have a chance to react as he was knocked into a tree.

He sat up with a pained moan as Klause stalked towards him, a strange look in his eyes.

"C'mon Ruka…just be a good boy and go to sleep…"

PK Hypnosis...Of course.

*Use a German pronunciation-so it would be (Klah-oo-zah).

Lucas felt his eyelids grow heavy as sleep threatened to take hold of him. Klause became a pink and white blur as he came closer.

"That's it…just relax…"

He was getting sleepier. But no, he couldn't. If he fell asleep then..

"There we go…"

His eyes closed, and he was just conscious enough to feel himself get lifted off the ground.

"Good…now we can-"

"GET AWAY FROM HIM!"