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"No, don't touch me..." I was backing away from a dark silhouette in a cave, face hidden by a hooded robe, I had no idea how I reached there. The last thing I remembered was falling asleep. "Please don't come any closer"

"Why Piper, I just want tell you something" A familiar voice responded.

"Just stay away, I don't want to hurt you" I cried. 'Where is my crystal staff' I thought as the figure stopped approaching me.

"Hurt me, thank you for the warning but I don't think you'll be able to hurt me if you tried and don't worry about your staff, it'll be of great use" The voice said raising my staff so that I could see it.

Instinctively I stepped forward and reached for it but the person stepped back and brought it down with a lot of force breaking it in half. "No!" I exclaimed.

"Now what do you say, uh Piper?" He asked again. In a few quick strides he was in front of me, too close for comfort.

I turned to run but he had a firm grip on my upper arms. "Just tell me who you are" I asked as a searing pain went up my arms, I winced sharply.

"What Piper, did I hurt you?" He asked. "So you want to know who I am?"

"Y..yeah" I nodded as the pain took it's toll, it felt like my arms were burning.

"Fine but trust me you wouldn't be able to handle it" He chuckled. Slowly he removed one of his hands from me and withdrew the hood, his head was bent towards the floor but I already knew who it was.

"N..no...no it can't be" I stuttered feeling the beginning of tears as they formed. "Why?"

"I don't know, it just occurred to me, why not just get Piper and I did, simple"

"No" I started to pull myself away from him but he was too strong and seeing as the wall was behind me it was extremely difficult"

"Stop it Piper!"

Ignoring him I pulled and fought with all my might but just when I heaved my body to the right he let go, 'he let go' but my celebration was short lived when I didn't gather my footing properly and felt myself falling. I looked back at the figure that I'd never want to see again, then everything went dark as my head connected to the wall...

"Piper! Piper!" I heard someone yell while shaking me vigorously.

I sat up screaming, panting quickly.

"What happened?" Skyla asked thoroughly concerned.

"G...get a...a...away from me!" I exclaimed swiftly moving away from her.

"Piper, you're scaring me, come on sit and talk to me" She replied walking towards me.

"No, I said stay away!" I yelled again taking a seat away from her on my bed. 'It was just a dream' I soothed in my mind.

"Piper, I'm gonna go get Aerrow" She stated walking towards the door.

"D...don't you dare" I said dangerously as I breathed in trying to calm myself when the tears began to fall. "I'll b...be fine"

Skyla didn't wait for me to say anything else and was already out the door.

'What the heck was that about' I thought to myself, I got up and began my daily routine although still shaken up by the nightmare. After half an hour I had collected myself thanks to the warm shower I had, I walked to the door and opened it to go get some breakfast. Just when I opened it my heartbeat quickened, I didn't expect to see Aerrow standing there, hand poised to knock.

I stepped back shock and fear etched on my face, "W...what a...are you doing here?"

"I heard what happened, I came to see if you're okay?" Aerrow announced calmly.

"Yeah" I mumbled. "Well, I'm okay, I..if you'd excuse me I...I gotta go" With that I side-stepped him and rushed towards the kitchen. Arriving at the kitchen I made a toast and drank a glass of orange juice, while all of this was happening I was thinking what I'd do. I knew it was a dream but it seemed so real and Skyla, I knew she only made it yesterday but I was beginning to feel uncomfortable around her. She was after something but I couldn't put my finger on it.

I left the kitchen and went to the bridge where everyone was standing except for Aerrow. "Morning guys" I greeted. Everyone turned towards me and looked worriedly. "What?" I asked as if I didn't already know.

"Are you okay Piper?" Junko asked nervously.

"Yeah, I am, thanks for asking" I replied kindly to him, ignoring his buddy Finn on the other side of him.

"I'm sorry for whatever I've done Piper..." Skyla apologized sincerely.

"It's okay, it's not you, just me" I said, turning around to head back to my room but bumped into something.

"Piper can I talk to you?" My commander asked sternly.

Was it me or I was bumping into Aerrow whenever I didn't want to see him, I swallowed the lump in my throat and said "Yeah." I followed him to his room nervously. He opened the door for me in a kind gesture and I walked in while trailed me. Aerrow took a seat on his bed and looked at me intently as I stood rooted to the spot.

"Take a seat Piper" He sighed. I took a seat and looked down at my hands that were suddenly very interesting.

"What happened?" He asked gently looking at me.

"Where?" I asked trying to avoid the question.

"Piper, don't be stubborn, please just tell me" Aerrow replied. "Your dream, I want to know what's the matter with my team-mate"

"It's ridicolous" I retorted raising my eyes to meet his emerald gaze.

"If it's ridiculous you wouldn't be scared of me and so fidgety" He said annoyed. "Please Piper?"

I felt a pang of hurt to see him like this, torn because of me. "I had a nightmare" I paused looking down to my hands again "I was trapped in a room with this person, in the beginning I couldn't see him properly and h...he was h...hurting me"

"How" Aerrow asked seriously.

"I...I don't know, he w...was holding my upper arms and it felt as though my arms were on fire, and I c..couldn't move" Tears were falling down my cheeks now as I was finishing me recollection. I wiped them away quickly, I didn't want Aerrow to see me cry. "But I got away from him, b...but I fell back and hit my head, that's when I w...woke up"

Aerrow shuffled closer to me on the bed and gave me a slight hug but it was reassuring one. "Piper, don't get worked up about it, it was just a dream" He smiled. "It's okay because you didn't see the person's face"

"But I did!" I exclaimed pulling away from him as a sob broke through my throat.

"Who was it, Dark Ace?" He asked clearly confused.

"No, Aerrow, don't you understand?" I asked furiously. "It was You!" I say Aerrow's reaction as what I said hit him like a ton of bricks.

"What?" He asked shocked.

"It was you" I whispered as I broke down sobbing, until now I couldn't accept that it was my own friend, commander, secret obsession. It might have been a dream but the chances are it could happen.

"I'm sorry, Piper" Aerrow stated still thoroughly shocked, this time he pulled me in and gave me what seemed like a heart felt hug, he was pained about it. I leaned in closer to him, he was shaking, in what I wasn't sure, it could have been anger, shock, fright, who knew. "Piper I would never hurt you, you know that right?"

His voice sounded soothing as it vibrated through his chest to my ear "I..I know" I stuttered as the tears still came. For a while we stayed in that position but I could feel my heartbeat slowing and my eyelids become heavier, leaned against my protector's strong chest I fell into a dreamless sleep.

Aerrow's P.O.V

I felt Piper's breath become shallow and calm, it didn't take me that long to figure out she had fallen asleep, not moving her or shifting my position I let her sleep. My mind travelled back to her dream, it scared me that I hurt her, even though it was a dream, I never would hurt her on purpose. Sighing I looked down at her sleeping yet tear-stained face and sighed 'Piper you mean more to me than you'll ever know'

Normal P.O.V

Unknown to Aerrow and his sleeping team-mate someone was watching dangerously from the door that was slightly ajar with an evil smile on their face.

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There's chapter 3...

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