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Chapter 2

Dan POV

After breakfast, the girls and Marucho went to water his roses, Ace and Baron went to contact Klaus to see if there are any recent activities about Vexos hiding around. I went looking for Shun to tell him about the companion Quatertet connection.

'Dan?' a voice behind me spoke out which almost scared the living daylight out of me.
I swirled around and found Drago floating and eying me with 'Your up to something, I wanna know what' look.

'What are you doing?' asked Drago.

'Uhhhh, I ...' Oh, man what the heck am I gonna do? I can't lie.

'...I was looking for Shun.' I finished with a low 'phew!'

'Oh, I saw him on the rooftop', said Drago.

'Oh, great, Thanks a lot I gotta go catch up with him', slowly backing away.

'I'll come with you...

'No, I have to catch him alone' I blurted out and I darted away to the rooftop, leaving Drago looking very puzzled.

Awww, shoot. I hate lying to Drago. He's my partner, my best friend, my companion... NO WAY! ICAN'T SAY THAT! What AM I gonna do?
Shun might know. He knows a lot about this stuff.

I almost made it, and then suddenly someone blocked my path by standing in front of me. I made a jerk stop and collapsed at the person's brown shoes with red socks.

'Dan, you moron 'laughed a familiar blue haired girl with minty green eyes.

'Runo... Hi'

Oh, carp. How did RUNO find me?

'I want to talk' she started.

'I can't now, Runo... and I started to back away...

'No, Dan it's important' she pleaded

I can't leave her, she's going never want to talk to me again.
Then again, she could wait... ufff, I hate my life.

'What is it, Runo?'

Runo POV

He seemed in bit of a hurry, but this wouldn't take long.

'I want to talk'

'Yeah, about?'

'Well, you seem distracted lately and... DAN ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING?'

He was fumbled with his collar and was looking as he expected someone to knock him down.

'Dan?' I asked and laid a hand on his.

Dan quickly withdrew his hand and said 'I'm sorry, Runo we'll talk later, okay, I'm really sorry' and he darted off.

'Dan, COME back...' and before I knew it I was all alone in the hallway.

Shun POV

'I love the calm scenery of this planet' remarked Ingram.

'Yeah, I know what you mean, mind that it isn't always like this' I closed my eyes to hear the whistling of the wind.

'Yes, I quite understand' replied Ingram.

That's what I like best about Ingram, he's doesn't want cause petty quarrels about worthless things.

'Shun?' Dan's voice echoed from the door of the rooftop. He came running towards me and Ingram, almost collapsing on every step he takes.

He hasn't been that clumsy ever since last week. When he thought he received the companion Quatertet.

'Hey, Dan. How are things?' I asked casually.

Dan panted as he was running a mile, and between breaths he said, Ingram *huff* will *puff* give *whoooo* us a minute?'

'Of course' said Ingram and he flew downstairs.

'Shun, I had a dream again' said Dan as he leafed his fingers in his hair to see if there's anything stuck to it.
My eyes widened with shock. Another dream? That's two in two weeks.

'Dan, seriously?'

He nodded. 'Argot said it was important, plus Kullervo is recruiting more mythical creatures this time not like last time'.

I grinned. 'We were only ten years old when we took an invincible mythical monster down'.

'There's more, Argot told me that while Kullervo was getting more to his side that has been a rip in reality'.

'A rip in reality? What the heck does that mean?' looking at Dan's not normal serious face, I realized that this isn't small.

'I am not sure; we have to ask Argot more. He said he'll talk to me soon again.'

That's good. Argot, Dan's dragon companion is so smart. He'll be able tell us more. A rip in reality sounds serious.

'Shun, do you hate keeping this from Ingram?' asked Dan softly, after a brief pause.

'Yeah, Dan, but we have no choice, you know' I told him. I know how he feels. But we can't risk it. Just can't.

'Shun, remember when we used visit our companions every day after school?' said Dan with a smile.

'Yeah, Storm bird and I will soar the skies in Dartmoor and say hi to everyone we see and...' I drifted off when I noticed Dan wasn't even listening.

'Dan?'

'I miss Argot. '

'Yeah'

His face suddenly changed into shades of red. I knew it. He's thinking about his ex-girlfriend Kristine.

'Dan, are you thinking about...' I asked

Dan was like 'Uff, yeah Kristine.. he looked at the sky again sadly.

I knew exactly how he felt. An ex-girlfriend will get you thinking about them for ages even after you break up.

Girls. They take you one long way and then dump you in the middle of nowhere. Wish they were extinct, we could live without them.