Hi! Sorry for the wait, I was just really indecisive about this chapter too XD hope it's not too bad!

Nya was a very confused young woman. One moment, she was storming away from a fight with Jay and the next, she was being dragged through the gardens by a beaten up Zane who kept rambling on about some Master or another. She was extremely weirded out, especially when he denied being himself!

What had happened to him? Several patches of skin on his face body were gone, or scratched away. His falcon was missing feathers and had a twitchy, frazzled look about him instead of his usual elegance. Zane's suit was gone and in it's place, a torn and dirtied white t-shirt and pants. He looked like he had been through Hell.

She had tried in vain to get him to come to his senses, but he would not give up! He just kept dragging her to his 'Master', whoever that was. He was starting to scare her, with his iron grip and apparent amnesia. Especially when he spaced out looking at the statue of the dragons. All she wanted was to get him to Jay and get him fixed. Even if Jay was being a total jerk...

Then he walked through the hedge.

"Zane?"

In a flash, she was yanked through the green hedge, prompting a very undignified squeak to break through her tightly pressed lips. She was surprised to find that she hardly felt anything as she passed through. No branches smacked her face or stabbed into her skin. The only thing she felt was the light brushing of leaves against her cheeks. Then her flight was over and her feet tripped over themselves as she struggled to stand up. An iron grip on her hands helped her find her footing in the soft ground. This was starting to get out of hand! Dragging her through the gardens was one thing, but pulling her a hedge? Was he crazy?! Zane was just standing there, grinning like an idiot. The pure elation in his eyes frightened her a bit. When she opened her mouth, she managed to leave her concern out of her voice.

"Zane, tell me what's going on right now!" she tried to free her hands again, but he didn't let go. Instead he lifted her hands to his chest and smiled excitedly.

"I'm taking you home, Ayn."

What? Who was Ayn?

"Here, just-" he turned away from her, releasing one of her hands to take a few steps forward in the small grassy space. There were three stone walls and the hedge the way they came. Nya could only watch in confusion and growing concern as he delicately placed his hand on the wall opposite the hedge. The expression on his worn face was almost too excited. "Just open the door."

"What?"

"The door." he seemed to grow a little frustrated. "Just put your hand, on the door."

"Zane..." the samurai proceeded with caution, feeling fear creep up her spine. He was frightning her. What if he really was broken? He obviously didn't remember who she was...what if he hurt her?

"Listen, there isn't much time!" he hissed, once again grabbing her wrist. "Only you can open the door!"

"Zane-!"

He yanked her hand forward and pressed it against the stone. The wall was rough to the touch, the ridges and dips digging into her skin when Zane pressed down on her hand. She stared at him as he held his breath, eyes widening.

"Why isn't it...?" he loosened his grip on her hand and looked confusedly at the wall. Was something supposed to happen?

"Umm...Zane?"

"It was supposed to-"

The wall shifted under her touch. What in the name of-?

"Hah! It's opening!" Zane cheered, grinning morbidly again. Nya could only shiver as the stone became almost liquid, rising and falling against her skin. The smooth stone rippled outward, sending strange circles all along the wall. Zane jumped excitedly on his toes, whispering something about being "comepletely right from the start". The stone suddenly stilled, the ripples becoming fewer and farther in between, the wall was now comepletely flat and cold.

Nya was staring at herself. The entire wall was a giant mirror.

"Hah! Master will be so pleased!"

"What...?"

"Beautifully done, Ayn! We'll be back home in no time!" He laughed and grabbed her hand again, taking a step towards the wall turned mirror.

"Wait a minute!" she yanked him back, her patience finally reaching it's end. Things were getting too freaky, too fast! "You are telling me, right now, who is Ayn, and what just happened to the wall!"

Zane paused, his smile fading the slightest bit. She fisted her hands, hoping to the gods above she wasn't visibly showing just how frightened she really was.

"You are Ayn." he said slowly, as if speaking to a child. "You opened the door." he smiled again, exposing his metal jaw and circuitry in all its glory. "Now let's go home." He pulled her foward again and she tried to dig her heels in. She was not about to be abducted by a renegade Zane!

"No! I am not going with you!" she growled, beating on him with her free hand. He didn't even seem to register them as he just kept marching towards the mirror. How was she supposed to break out of this?! The only moves she knew wouldn't work against his metal skeleton. She would probably do more harm to herself than to Zane. But this would be over soon, he couldn't possibly walk through a mirror, right?

"Of course you are." he laughed, placing a hand on the mirror. He grinned into his reflection, eyes directed at her. His ever-estatic gaze was inhuman. The cold, grey iris' sent shivers down her spine.

"I-"

"It's not like you have a choice." he chuckled. His hand sunk into the mirror, the cold glass swallowing his skin like a jelly. The rest of his body followed, easily passing through the mirror. Nya struggled, wriggled, yanked, pulled, and clawed desperately, fear escaping her lips in the form of terrified grunts and short gasps. She had seen some strange things in her short lifetime, but not one - not a single one - terrified her more than dissapearing through some strange mirror. What if no one found her?

The glass of the mirror was up to his other shoulder.

What if she never came back?

His elbow.

What if she was going someplace horrible?

The glass hit her hand, and she shuddered at the ice cold feeling, the strangely jelly-like mirror swallowing her skin.

What if she could never see her family again?

Her shoulder.

What if she died?

The glass hit her face, and the dark gardens suddenly became black.

So how did you guys like this chapter? I promise, answers and awesome-ness are coming the next chapter! XD Please review!