"Star, what happened to you? You took off the dinner table, shouting 'THE PAIN! THE UNBEARABLE PAIN!!" he reenacted. I started giggling a bit, but stopped when he glared at me.

" Star! This is serious! Were you hurt, or not?" Dad asked me. I wanted to tell the truth… yet, I didn't want him to be concerned. So, I told him,

" No… I just said that to get out of another one of mom's stories."

Dad stared at me, then looked left and right. He put a hand on my shoulder.

"Well… nice save… but what's REALLY bothering you? I can tell when you lie, Star. Just tell me, okay?" Dad asked. I really didn't want to tell him, but I had to sooner or later. The thing was, I didn't. The phone rang before I could tell him anything. Mom called me downstairs.

"It's Jennifer, Star," Mom told me. She gave me the phone.

"Hello?! Star?! Thank god, you're there! We need you, now! Meet us over at the hospital," Jennifer informed. I heard a moan over in the background.

"Who's that? And why?" I asked. She hesitated, but managed to say,

"It's…Shadow…" she trailed off. I almost dropped the phone. Jennifer continued,

"It looks like he's trapped in a nightmare. He won't wake up, Star!"

I stood silent… not believing that one of my dreams were actually coming true. The first one warned me about Shadow never waking up. Was that it? Were the dreams just warnings about a disaster? Is it even a dream? More of a nightmare, really. Was this a power that I had? Mom snapped me out of my frozen trance.

" uh, Star? They hung up," she informed me. I was silent. Then, I hung up the phone and went towards the door. Dad tried to stop me.

"You'd better not be trying to go to the woods, young lady!" Dad yelled. I glared, then ran out the door. Dad tried to stop me, again.

"Starfire the cat! Get back here this instant! Star!!!" I heard his scream echo through the night as I ran. Just then, I stopped in my tracks. I heard a voice.

"Hello, Starfire…" a voice called. I turned around. It was a bat, Naomi the bat. One of my friends, though she doesn't act like it.

"Hello, Naomi. Look, I know you're a vampire bat, but I can't help you! Shadow's… well… just don't try tonight, okay?!" I panicked. She glared as I ran. She flew in front of me.

"You really shouldn't be here at night, Star… If you didn't want to be bitten tonight… why did you come?" she asked in a silent type of tone. I pushed her aside.

" I need to get Forest! Please, Naomi!" I exclaimed. She stood silent for a moment. "I guess… but when we meet again, I will bite you," She threatened calmly. I ran into the woods to find Forest. I saw him right next to the tree he was sleeping under earlier.

"Hey, Star. What's up?" He asked. I grabbed his arm and tried to teleport. In a few seconds, we ended up in front of the hospital. He was a bit confused about why he was here.

" Hey, Star? Umm… why are we here?" he asked me. I knew he hated Shadow, so I didn't tell him anything until we got to the huge crowd that surrounded Shadow.

"Oh, great. This frickin' faker again," Forest muttered. I glared at him, then joined the crowd. He sighed and came down with me. I tapped Jennifer's shoulder.

"Star! I'm glad you're here! What's wrong, do ya think?" she asked. I sighed. She always thinks that I'm a doctor or something. I was a little scared to talk about what's been happening during the past few days in front of everyone, so I got Jennifer and Forest, the only ones I could trust. I went outside to the hallway. I finally told them everything…

"So, you see these dreams that… you can't describe…" Jennifer started out.

"That seems to come true in the future…" Forest finished for her. I nodded. I felt the same pain again, and fell down. During the fall, Forest caught me in his arms. I started to black out again…

This time, I saw Sabrina and Forest. Sabrina was bleeding on the waist down. Forest had scratches and bite marks from his face and arms. One of Forest's eyes was a dark grey color. Scratch marks covered the outside of his eye. I… I just stood at the image. I had feared it… I felt cold… I started crying. Suddenly, I heard a voice.

"Star… this can be prevented… just allow me to talk…" The voice called. I turned around and saw a figure with a black coat, red eyes gleaming. He disappeared, and I woke up… in a hospital bed.