Hello again! I would like to ask what you guys think of Jackal of I should improve him or change him or something. Also tell me if you think he and Sadie should end up together because you'll be seeing him a LOT more often. I'm sorry if some of you were upset with how he acted last chapter~ R&R~!

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It was black almost everywhere I looked. You'd think you would see some sort of color when your dreaming, but I couldn't see a thing. I didn't know if I was to deeply asleep and couldn't dream or something, but I didn't think that was the case. It wasn't the sort of black you'd see everywhere... It was more like the kind of a black you'd see on a wall. Where you know it's a wall, and you know it's there to block something. I laid my hand against the black surface. It didn't feel unusual, just smooth and well- blocking. I frowned. It felt so... Restraining. I wanted so badly to break it down, but I didn't feel able to.

Sadie!

I looked around unable to find who was calling my name.

SADIE!

It was getting WAY to loud now. They should seriously stop.

S-A-D-I-E! WAKE UP!

I jolted upright and ended up slamming my head into Jackals who stumbled backwards and fell on his butt.

I blinked my eyes in the harsh light of what looked like a hospital room and rubbed my head.

"OW!" Jackal said. "I knew you were hardheaded but wow!" he said smirking and looking up at me. His face turned serious and concerned soon after. "You okay?"

I had to force back a blush and instead nodded my head. Darn him for doing that to me. And darn me for falling for it! I had long since given up on boys like him hadn't I?!

He worriedly came back over to the bed I was lying in and after a while of me being silent started tapping my shoulder insistently. I looked at him like he was crazy but he just kept at it.

"What are you doing?"

"Tapping you."

"..."

"..."

"Again, what are you doing?"

He chuckled and finally stopped tapping me as he leaned back in the chair set next to my bed.

"You sure were out for quite a while sleeping beauty! Then again they said you were under a very powerful sleeping spell. Good thing for you too! The city has been almost decimated by a wizard battle! FairyTail came in and fought off an entire army while you were asleep!"

I blinked in utter shock. That masked person, had he purposely put me in the hospital for that very reason? Wait... Decimated?! My Aunt!

Seeing my look of panic Jackal set a hand on my shoulder.

"Woah there! Your Aunts fine! FairyTail had the city evacuated before the battle, no one was hurt I promise. The only bad thing is that FairyTail has warned us of more enemies, apparently they only fought the foot soldiers last night." I sighed in relief and began feeling sleepy again, noticing this Jackal chuckled and headed for the door.

"Get some rest kay? I'll take care of your shop for you. In exchange though I want you to tell people we went on a date! My records at stake!" he said winking and shutting the door.

I lay back down staring at the ceiling as I thought about what had happened. Looks like my peace filled days were gone at least for now... I jumped slightly as a nurse poked her head in.

"Oh! I'm sorry were you resting? Should I come back later?" she asked timidly.

I sat up and shook my head. So much for rest. The nurse smiled.

"You have a visitor!" she said cheerfully backing out to allow room for whomever it was to come in.

It turned out to be my parents who gushed over me repeatedly until I was able to convince them I was fine, and in my dads case, not pregnant and hiding it from them.

"Oh sweetie I was so worried! Next time that happens tell me!" It would be useless to point out I had been unconscious so I stayed quiet as she continued on. "Alas because the house was destroyed we shall have to move... And destroyed it was! It might as well have been the epicenter of the battle! So~ where do you want to move?"

It took me a while to be able to speak after that. The town was decimated, I might be falling back in love, my parents wanted to move... I was so beyond shocked and overwhelmed that I did what was natural. I squeaked out a short and clipped, "I'm not moving." And I fainted.

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I woke up in a black car that I recognized to be my parents. They were arguing quite fiercely and it had begun to echo back to my head, making it pound and throb.

"Guys, lower the volume..." I said sitting up and rubbing my head.

"Dear! Your up!" my mom said as she looked at me and smiled. "Now, tell your father he's being an idiot."

I looked at my father confused and he let out an exasperated sigh as he watched the road.

"I know you'd rather not move so I said we should let you stay with your aunt but your MOM." He said stressing the word mom. "Is for some reason really against it."

"My sister is the craziest most unusual person their is! She'd ruin my perfect little baby!" If anyone had been around when she's said that I would have been so embarrassed I could die. As it was I blushed and dropped my head before sighing and sitting back up.

"I really agree with Dad on this Mom." I said and her draw dropped in a over dramatic way.

"Wah! My baby's growing up!" She said crying on my dad's shoulder. Both my father and I sweat dropped but we knew the argument was over and he turned down the road to the condo's the government was having the citizens stay in while they rebuilt. The car pulled up to one of the buildings and I stepped out of the car and rolled my eyes as my mother wiped her eyes in an almost comical way as she continued to cry.

"You'll call us everyday right?"

"Yes mom."I said exasperated. Immediately my Mom brightened up.

"Alright honey! Ta-ta! Say hi to your aunt for me~!" I smiled at my mom's eccentric ways, and looked at my dad.

"Take care hon."

"I will Dad." I said smiling even wider."Bye, love you guys!"

"Bye dear!" My mom called as she and my dad pulled away.

I turned around and walked into the condo building my aunt was staying at. I wondered what Karen was doing at that moment. Probably having lots of fun with her new guild friends and such- no! I'm not gonna let that get to me. I probably sounded really selfish and stupid thinking like that anyway. It had been so long since I had been thinking like this, it was beyond unusual. I thought I had put it all behind me, along with my crush on the stupid insensitive Jackal. I stopped in my tracks and slapped my forehead. Why was I thinking like this?!

I continued down the hallway until I reached the last plaque that held the numbers. I looked at it curiously and located the number on my aunts room. For some odd reason, it was shimmering and I squinted at it, it took me forever to make it out. It shimmered brighter and longer. Though it was probably just something my crazy old aunt had done I felt a feeling of dread and moved faster down the hallway.

Something, was definitely not right. I only hoped it was just that she had forgotten her medicine.

Her room was at the end of a long hallway and when I reached it, just like the sign, her door was shimmering. It was almost like a mirage, one that you weren't sure if it was there or not. I heard voices on the other side of the door and I hesitated before I knocked.

It was weird that my aunt would have visitors. I knocked on the door and immediately all the voices inside stopped. There was absolute silence and I felt my dread increase.

"Aunt Sophie?" I called. "It's me Sadie. Can I come in?"

I heard some faint murmuring before my aunt came and opened the door.

"H-hello dear, w-what brings you here?" She said her hair ruffled and looking like she had definitely just woken up.

I looked behind her to see there was no one else in the entire apartment and frowned.

"Er, yes..." I said a little bit suspicious. "My parents are moving and I'd rather not. Can I stay with you?" For a second my aunt visibly relaxed and she smiled wildly and hugged the life out of me.

"Of course you can dear!" She said releasing me and dragging me in. I smiled and once more noticed the absence of other people in her apartment.

"Were you talking to yourself Aunt Sophie?" I asked perplexed.

"T-talking- oh yes! Yes o-of course!" She said chuckling with a crazed look in her eyes. "I was just l-looking for my keys and I-I well you get the idea." I looked at her worried.

"...Alright." I said before turning around to head into the kitchen.

When I did I found myself face-to-face with the masked man from the post office. I yelped stumbling backwards and falling down. Immediately my aunt was at my side.

"You said you wouldn't reveal yourself till she was gone!" My aunt said horrified.

"She won't be leaving for a while now and we're on a deadline." A voice spoke behind me. With wide eyes I looked behind me to see an even taller masked man, this time with a blue mask. "Besides, if we can't get the information out of you by threatening you, we can always threaten her..." I felt the dread reach its maximum point. What the heck was even going on?!

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Well! Thats that! Sry for the really cliche beginning. Tell me what you like and if you have any ideas! R&R!