Chapter three: a Friend no more
"You may go now Nights."
Nights wobbled, he felt sick, "What happened master, I don't feel well."
"You shall be fine, my great creation, now go and rest."
"O.k." Nights said uncertainly, he felt like he had forgotten something, "master was there something I was supposed to do, I feel like I've forgotten something important."
"You have your first session with your pupil today."
Nights nodded slowly, "Right that must be it." Nights didn't feel like that was what he had forgotten.
Nights stumbled out of master Wizemin's chamber and walked unsteadily down the hall, one hand on the wall for support the other held his head.
"Let me go!"
Nights winced at the sudden noise, and looked for the source so he could shut it up.
A group of third levels were escorting a Nightopian family to the dungeon. The young pretty one with emerald eyes and brown hair was struggling and shouting.
"Would you pleas shut her up," Nights said clutching his head.
"Nights," The girl broke free of the Nightmaren that was holing her, and hugged Nights, "I haven't seen you in forever, I thought you were dead."
Nights pried the girl off of him and threw her onto the ground, "pleas bind her and gag her, I'm not in the mood for Nightopian insanity."
"Nights," the girl said in confusion, "it's me, it's Adia."
Nights turned and looked at her, "oh, so you're the girl Reala is obsessed with, well he wasn't over exaggerating when he said you were pretty."
"Nights," The girl started to cry, "What have they done to you?" She walked over and put her hands on his shoulders.
Nights had had it, he was tired, he had an awful head ache, and now he had a crazed Nightopian that clamed to know him trying to convince him he was all buddy buddy with the Nightopians, He slapped her, "Get her out of my sight!"
Adia fell to her knees, Nights was gone, and he had slapped her. She touched her burning cheek.
"Come on you," the Nightmaren that had been escorting her before tied her hands behind her back and gagged her.
What happened to you Nights?
Nights continued to inch his way to his room and ran into Reala.
"Hey Reala," Nights said irritably, "that Nightopian girl you like, Adia or whatever, is here, and she say she knows me, weird huh?"
Nights walked a few steps forward and stumbled, Reala caught him before he hit the polished stone floor.
"Do you want me to take you to your chamber?"
Nights stood up and supported himself against the wall, "no, its o.k., I can make it on my own."
Nights continued down the hall, Reala watched him go, what's happening to you Nights?
Nights stood on a circular pedestal around him were people he knew; master, Reala, Matsu and E.C., Reginald, Adia, and himself.
"Only one of these people are trying to hurt you Nights," his double said, "Do you now who it is?"
"Her," Nights pointed at Adia and she disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Nights' double shook his head, "what did she ever do to hurt you Nights?"
"If it wasn't Adia then it was you!" he pointed at his double.
His double looked at him sadly, "No you're not hurting yourself Nights."
"I didn't say I was hurting myself," Nights said angrily, "You're hurting me by not telling me what all of this means!"
Everything disappeared, "You know exactly what all this means," Nights' double said, "You're just not willing to show it to yourself."
The pedestal under Nights' feet disappeared and he fell.
Nights gasped and sat up in his bed.
"I was just about to wake you up," Reala was in the doorway, "Elizabeth-Cirri is waiting for you."