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Chapter 4

It was light already? I swear I just went to sleep. I yawned and stretched my body. I laid there for a while, thinking of where I was. Oh right, the Julius' guy house. Mom is going to freak when I get home, maybe I should say here so I don't get in trouble. "Nikole, my you look lovely this morning." A voice I've heard before in my dreams said. I looked up and saw him. He had silver hair and an eye-patch.

"Nightmare." I sighed in relief. "You haven't hung out with me lately." I said with a frown, remembering when I was little and saw him in my dreams, he kept me calm; I forgot a lot of bad things because of him.

"Yeah, I had a lot of work to do, plus trying to get Wonderland back in order." He mumbled, floating around. "So, do you know this is a dream, right?" He asked with a nice smile.

I looked around Julius' room. "Really?" I asked and he nodded. "Can you explain why I'm here then? Peter even said that you wanted me here." I said, moving the covers off of my tired body. "He just smiled. "Don't do the whole 'silent treatment' with me again." I growled. "You know my mean side." I said with a glare.

He chuckled with a cough, blood spilling out of his mouth. "Yes, I know." He said with another chuckle and cough.

I helped him on the bed as he slowly fell to the ground. "You should take your medicine once in a while." I grumbled, grabbing a towel to wipe the blood from his mouth.

"You sound like Grey now." He grunted, covering his mouth with the towel as more blood spilled out of his mouth.

"Whose Grey?" I asked, not hearing the name before. "You'll meet him soon enough." Nightmare reassured. He took a strand of my blond hair and held it in his hand, his expression showed admiration. "You always had those bright blue eyes, even as a child." He smiled with a sigh, the blood gone. "I'm sorry I had Peter bring you here, but I need you." He said, putting his hands on my shoulders. He started to cough again.

I smiled nervously. "Why would you need me?" I asked, worried about his cough mostly.

"You will save Wonderland from Alicia. You will return something she stole from us ages ago." He smiled, pulling me in for a hug. "And I know what you're thinking; you'll wake up and ask Julius what is going on. He will tell you everything." He reassured, stroking my hair.

He read my mind? "Why don't you just-?" I tried, but he cut me off.

"I can read minds, and Julius will tell you. I'm not supposed to be here right now. If I tell you, then things might be unbalanced." He said, giving me on last squeeze before letting me go. He gave me a smile. "You are going to save Wonderland, and we thank you." He smiled, and then things went black. I jumped out of the bed, confused. "Dream, right that was a dream." I sighed, calming my breathing. My heart was going crazy. Things are just too crazy.

Nightmares POV

Her blond hair was longer, and her eyes shone brighter than before. She has grown, and she looked beautiful. I haven't been able to meet her for a while now; dealing with Alicia hasn't given me lots of free time. I hugged her, wanted to tell her everything, but I wasn't supposed to be here yet, I wasn't supposed to see her yet. I should be working; surprising Grey hasn't woken me up yet. I just needed to see she was ok. I smiled. "WE thank you." I said, and left her dream, but her worried expression made me worry about her all day long. If Alicia killer her to, then we are doomed. I was in the middle of work when I hit my fists on the desk.

"Are you okay Nightmare?" Grey asked, a little worried.

I nodded, getting back to the grueling work, but I wasn't paying much attention. Nikole was the only thing on my mind.

Nikole POV

I walked downstairs slowly, seeing if Julius was working on those clocks of his. He was. "Want some coffee?" I asked quietly, still a little shaken from the dream. Julius let me relax a little since he seemed normal enough, but you never know, he could be a silent psycho. Julius nodded; I don't think he was really paying attention. "A question," I said, heading for the kitchen. "Why is it so light when I went to sleep, maybe a few hours ago and it was pitch dark?" I asked, brewing coffee in his coffee maker.

A few moments and a word under his breath and he finally answered. "Wonderland has different time zones then yours. It turns light to night whenever it wants." He said from the other room. I grunted, not really surprised, there has been a lot of weird things going around this place, I should probably just get used to it since I'll be staying here a while. "Do you mind if I walk around this place later? I want to check my surroundings, since somehow I have to get rid of this girl." I explained, pouring the coffee in the glass. "I should get the feel of where I am." I said, setting the cup on his desk.

He took a sip and then nodded. "78 points." He said, probably happy he wasn't drinking his own. I smiled. "I guess that would fine, just try and not to bump into too many people, or anyway at all. If anything goes wrong come back here or find Ace." He said, then mumbled something about Ace being the less option. I smiled.

"Do you mind explaining why I'm here? Nightmare kind of said something about you would explain." I mumbled quietly.

He fixed the clocks for another moment, and then rubbed his forehead. He mumbled something under his breath once again. "Okay, just let me finish this clock." He said, probably stalling. I smiled nervously. First time in a while, I am scared, and I am probably showing it.

Julius' POV

Her eyes, you can read them without any question. She was nervous, no, scared, scared of what I was about to say. Stall, I need to stall and think. "Okay, just let me finish this clock." I said, hoping these last few parts will work for enough time. I don't want to hurt her. I saw a little small smile, she's forcing. Damn it Peter and Nightmare. Why? She looked so scared. And I really don't want this one to die, not this one. The others, fine, bring more to kill, not her. She seemed more human than I have ever seen in this world. My gut told me to spit it out, one more piece. Smooth and easy, I'll say it smooth and easy. I sucked in a breath and slowly finished the clock. I grinned in my head. Here goes nothing.

Me: What will happen now?

Blood: You get scared and leave?

Peter: You marry me?

Ace: Go camping?

Me: Um, none of the above, but thanks for trying. You will see in the next chapter Please review lots and comment anything you want to know or have questions on! Thanks you for reading.