A/n: gasp FINALLY!! I HAVE UPDATED!!

Ray: cheer

Kai: 0.o yeah

DFG: Does anybody know why none of my page dividers or emotion stars didn't work in Looking into Shattered Dreams? It looks weird...I hope some of you were able to read it...it made me sad

Ray: it's okay...hopefully they work in this chapter

Kai: Hn

DFG: Okay let's begin

Disclaimer: ...make me say it and I SWEAR!!!

Ray: hey Darkfire chill out

Ray awoke in the dungeon with a searing pain in the back of his head. He sat up feeling dizzy and nauseous. He looked around 'Where am I?' he wondered

A hooded man walked past his cell "Well, our sweet prince has awoken" he said looking in. "It's about time. I didn't want to have to break out the smelling salts"

"Where am I?" Ray asked "And where is Kai, and Darkfire, and Azurefire"

The man laughed "The one you call Darkfire is in the torture chamber, she is putting up a good fight for now" he shot his head back and laughed "And master Kai is in another chamber in the upper levels of the castle" and paused for a few minutes "And the one Azurefire has not arrived yet...but we are expecting her" he left Ray without answering his first question

Ray slammed hit fists against the bars of the cell in frustration. He flopped down on the uncomfortable bed on the floor.

Darkfire growled as the men came closer with the shocking rods.

"Now, now." The said with a slight laugh in their voices "This won't hurt...that much" they shoved the rod into her stomach

Darkfire shot her head back and screamed. Her scream echoed through out the entire castle. They removed the rod and laughed as her head fell limp in pain. Shocks of electricity were running over her skin quickly. The cloth and skin healed but the pain still ran through her veins. She lifted her head, which was dripping with sweat. She looked at them with her metallic red eyes then shot her head to the side.

The men dropped the rod and grabbed their hands in pain. She flicked her head to the side again. The men's robes caught fire. She growled and the fire turned from orange to black. The men screamed louder "It HURTS doesn't it!?" she yelled

"That's enough Darkfire," said the pink-haired teen as she walked into the dark dungeon

Darkfire growled "Why Mariah?" she asked "So good to see you, I always figured you would end up evil. Besides I have nothing better to do, I mean I AM chained to the wall you know"

Mariah walked right up to Darkfire and got in her face "So Darkfire," she said, "What do you think now? Now that I'm the superior to you what are you going to do now?"

Darkfire smiled "Gee, I don't really know I can't hit you because I'm chained. You have a magic barrier around you so I can't hit you with my power."

Mariah smiled "Yes Darkfire that's right, so tell me how does it feel to be weaker and defenseless then me?" she asked then laughed

Darkfire growled then grinned.

Mariah fell to the ground in pain after Darkfire head butted her

Darkfire smiled "I was wondering when you were going to get close enough so I could do that"

Mariah looked up. She groaned as she stared at double Darkfire. She groaned one last time and fell over.

Darkfire grinned 'Now if I can only...' she thought as she looked at her chained hands. A loud rustle and a huge "SLAM" echoed through the halls

"Azurefire reporting for duty" Azurefire said bowing as she walked in through the heavy wood door.

Darkfire rolled her eyes "You know there's a trap right?" she asked

Azurefire looked up "Huh?" was all she asked before hooded men came up behind her and shoved a needle into her arm. Azurefire fell limp

The hooded men chained her up on the other side of the room.

Darkfire sighed as Azurefire came too

"Good morning sunshine" Darkfire said in a fake German accent

Azurefire looked around "Whoops"

Kai paced in his cell worried about Ray and the others...mostly Ray 'Where are you?' he asked to himself

The same hooded man who talked to Ray walked past his cell "Worried eh? I can tell by your expression." He said to Kai

The hooded man came over with a tray "Mistress Sashe said to feed you well" he placed the tray at the bottom of the cell and slid it through

Kai took his chance and grabbed the hooded man by the scruff of his neck.

The man kicked and flailed as Kai turned him around to face him.

"Where.Is.Ray" he said in a hard, growling tone

The man stumbled over his words "He...he's in the lower...ch...chambers" he squeaked before Kai dropped him,

"Let me out" he said withdrawing his dagger and placing it up against the man's throat

"I...I.... c...can't" he said "I...I d...don't have the keys"

Kai pulled back the hood and looked at him with a disgusted look. The man had no skin on his face, no nose and one blue eye that looked as though it would pp out at any minute "What happened to you?" he asked in somewhat sympathy

"This is what we all look like" he said pulling the hood back up in a slow, sad motion "It happens when you live this long in the Land of the Dead"

Kai gasped, "Land of the Dead? But they said Flamedancers, and Sunbringers destroyed that place a hundred years ago..."

The man nodded "Yes...but they only THOUGHT they did...but all they did was cast us into shadow...we were finally brought back out when the queen of darkness came back for our king. It took years for her to finally come up with a new body that was worthy for such power. The queen said you might recognize her...she also said Darkfire would recognize her soul. But it all confuses me so I try to keep out...I'm just a servant"

Kai sighed and sat down on the hard, cold stone floor. "Why would Darkfire recognize her soul?" he asked

The man shook his head "It happened a long time ago...I will tell you if you promise not to kill me and get me out of this god-hated hell"

Kai lowered his eyes to the ground "If you hate this place then why do you torture us and say these things?"

He shrugged "Only fun thing to do I guess" the man paused "By the way my name is "Goshen...well it was before I was kidnapped and forced to serve in the dark army...then I was brutally killed and sent here by a certain Flamedancer." He trailed off and stared at Kai "I guess I will tell you why Darkfire knows our Queen"

Kai looked up "And can you tell me why I might recognize her?"

Goshen nodded "You see before guardians are born, their fates are decided by the gods. Normally when they are born they have a twin. If the parents are pure then both are pure, one is evil...one child is evil

Kai nodded and thought about Darkfire's younger sister's Honeyblossem and Peachblossem

Goshen continued, "Well before our Queen came to us...she was a former guardian...her sister was Darkfire. You see the gods can be forgiving or they can merciless. Before these two were born Firesky was a bad guardian...a very bad guardian. He used to use his power in such a way that every other guardian feared him. He would kill numeral of people if they did not do what he desired, burn them alive transport them to hell. Take their heads and stake them outside innocent people's homes to show as a sign of warning. But then Shatterwave came along, she was so innocent and pure, so beautiful and forgiving that he fell in love. But she did not want a man who killed for his own pleasure or as a sense of fun. So he begged the gods for forgiveness, he did so many tasks just to have Shatterwave. She forgave and they got married...the only problem was he was no longer pure, thus was born Darkfire...and Lightwave. They were the next Yin and Yang twins to be born of water and fire. The gods blessed them and gave them the names Medulla and Latuia the guardian language of Dark and Light. Everyone knew one was to be evil, even Firesky and Shatterwave knew but everyone thought it was to be Darkfire because she was the Yang and her name Latuia which means Dark in the guardian language. Not to mention fire usually finishes what the father continues."

Kai thought for a moment and allowed Goshen to continue

"So Darkfire was treated as an outcast to her own people. She had few friends one was Earthwing and the other was Azurefire. Soon it was time for them to show their powers before the gods and the elders to be granted the gift of being a guardian. Darkfire passed with flying colors because no one ever bothered her giving her hours upon hours to train and master all of her powers. But since Lightwave was the favorite she always had a group of friends around and she never wanted to practice. Lightwave was the prep and Darkfire was the punk. Another reason why everyone thought Darkfire was going to be soon evil...by her appearance. Whenever guardians are born at the same time as a cousin or other family relative they have a clash of the elementals. Well Darkfire and Lightwave had a cousin...but she wasn't a guardian, just an elemental. The fathers had a fight who would be stronger. They had Lightwave go against her cousin first...their cousin was Windbreaker. Everyone was confident that Lightwave would win...except for Darkfire. Lightwave lost the battle within a few mere minutes. Then it was Darkfire's turn. That one battle went on for 6 weeks destroying buildings and cities with just waves of power. Darkfire won by a landslide. The guardians were terrified of her yet amazed. Lightwave grew angry and jealous. She did something no one ever thought she would do... try to kill her mother."

"I thought Guardians were immortal," said Kai interrupting the story

Goshen shook his head "There is a potion...an extremely rare potion that can be used to take an immortal's life within minutes by dragging the soul out of them...it is a very painful process so I am told. Darkfire was in the other room healing from her battle and heard the racket. She got a hold of one of the vials and threw it on Lightwave before Lightwave could kill their mother...but Shatterwave loved all of her children with such passion that she could not see her daughter die. So she brought Lightwave's body to the god's and begged for her life back, that day the gods were forgiving and gave Lightwave her life back but took away her guardian powers...so all she was, was an immortal. They even took her name so she was left with Medulla. All of the guardians, and elders were extremely upset with their favorite so they cast her away. About 100 years later she wanted revenge and married the king of dark. She brought him out of the dark and in return he gave her powers and they banded together and created the dark army. We went and killed many people and captured many guardians. But then came the Flamedancers and the Sunbringers and the guardians began to fight back after Firesky killed our prince. After 50 years of war with guardians and Flamedancers and Sunbringers we were finally destroyed and cast back into the shadow."

Kai stared open mouthed "But that still doesn't explain my mother..."

"Hush," said Goshen "I'm not done yet. Medulla's spirit was separated from her body for a chance to survive. She wandered freely for 150 years and finally found a worthy body...your mother, she too had a twin sister but died 12 years from a disease...their names were Medulla and Latuia. Medulla married your father having no sense that she had an evil spirit inside. After your father died she became weak and became a drunk easy for Medulla to awake but she was not ready. When you and Ray tried to join powers she interrupted the process and tried to have Ray killed. Strange thing was Darkfire was his guardian. She recognized Medulla's spirit and sent a message pretending she was the mortal Latuia trying to free Ray but she awoke her sister's spirit. When her spirit awoke she went insane saying things about her sister talking to her...but it was actually our queen forcing out the mortal Medulla and replacing it with herself. Finally she was able to kill the queen about a few weeks back and came for our king and us. So the body of our queen is your mother but the spirit is Medulla or Lightwave."

"So your saying the day Darkfire saved Ray from my mother Darkfire knew my mother had a twin who died so she pretended she was her as the voice in the message so she could save Ray. But the voice of Darkfire was recognized by Lightwave and awoke her. Lightwave began killing my mother on the inside by driving her insane. When my mother died she had complete control over the body and took it." Said Kai trying to make sense of it all "What about Darkfire's sisters? Won't they be..."

Goshen shook his head "No, when Firesky killed the dark prince he regained his right of purity so they will both be pure"

Kai got up "How do you know all of this?"

Goshen nodded "I used to work in the records room, before I was replaced" he turned around and looked down the hall. "I guess I will keep my promise by freeing you..."

Azurefire looked over Darkfire who had her head down "What's wrong?" she asked

Darkfire said nothing and shook her head. Then looked up and smiled "Ray's singing..."

Ray looked up at the stone roof and sighed he thought of Kai...he felt like he should die because he thought he dragged him into this mess he opened his mouth and allowed the words to flow from him I altered the words a little

Notice me, take my hand
Why are we strangers when
Our love is strong
Why carry on without me

Every time I try to fly, I fall
Without my wings, I feel so small
I guess I need you
And every time I see you in my dreams
I see your face, it's haunting me
I guess I need you

I make believe that you are here
It's the only way I see clear
What have I done?
You seem to move on easy

And every time I try to fly, I fall
Without my wings, I feel so small
I guess I need you
And every time I see you in my dreams
I see your face, you're haunting me
I guess I need you

I may have made it rain
Please forgive me
My weakness caused you pain
And this song's my sorry

At night I pray
That soon your face will fade away

And every time I try to fly, I fall
Without my wings, I feel so small
I guess I need you
And every time I see you in my dreams
I see your face, you're haunting me
I guess I need you

Kai looked up and had a wave of chills 'Ray' he thought

Goshen stared at him "Something wrong?" he asked "Come on let's go, we need to find Darkfire, I think they caught Azurefire because I heard bragging down in the kitchen. So I believe we should rescue her too"

Darkfire listened to Ray until his song died out. She smiled knowing that her best friend was still alive

Azurefire smiled then sighed "So..."

Darkfire looked over at her "Where is your sister...or brother anyway?" she asked

Azurefire shrugged "Last time I heard he was guarding a guy called Arthur. His name is Sunshadow but he goes by his god given name...Merlin"

Darkfire raised her eyebrows "Right...so how did you get the name Azurefire?"

"My eye color and my fireball color is azure blue...Hope you don't think I'm copying you with the color beginning the name and fire at the end"

Darkfire shook her head "No, it was just weird...I know Pinkfire's parents copied my name. I don't blame you because were not even in the same clan"

Azurefire smiled "As long as you're not mad"

Darkfire quirked an eyebrow 'How is that she is so happy in the worst moments?' she thought to herself

A loud click echoed throughout the entire dungeon

Azurefire and Darkfire's chains on their wrists, ankles, and necks all came undone. Darkfire dropped from the wall and rubbed her wrists from the shackles that rubbed her wrists raw. "What's going on?" asked Azurefire

Darkfire and Azurefire walked over to the center of the room "I don't kno..." Darkfire trailed off and looked down...a trapdoor underneath them opened and both of the guardians fell through.

Their screams echoed out of the tunnel and into the dungeon. The trapdoor slammed shut right as the heavy wooden door opened

Kai ran in and stopped when he saw that there was no one in the room

Darkfire and Azurefire were still screaming as the tunnel went on. "IT'S ENDLESS!" cried Azurefire

Darkfire looked down and saw a smaller tunnel. There was no way they could both fit through. If they kept falling separately one of them would slam into the side and hurt them severely. Darkfire latched onto Azurefire and hugged her close. They both went through the smaller tunnel with both of their heads brushing lightly against the side as they fell through.

Darkfire opened one eye and looked down. A bright light shone beneath them. They fell into the light and let go. Still falling Darkfire looked down once more. She saw hot magma. The hot magma didn't bother her...it was the spikes that were sticking out of the magma that bothered her. Darkfire whimpered as they neared the spikes. The only thing that went through their minds was how they failed each other, their jobs, and their best friends. The wind of falling whistled through their ears.

Closer and closer they neared the spikes. Darkfire closed her eyes out of fear of losing her only friends...and all she has worked for. 10 seconds until they hit the spikes. Darkfire and Azurefire's thought were on their charges...5 seconds. 'I'm sorry' they both thought. 2 seconds 1 second...

Darkfire opened one of her metallic red eyes and looked around confused. She noticed she was hovering over the spikes by an inch. She felt a slight tingle in her back. She looked over her shoulder and noticed a deep black flame lined with gold in the shape of angel wings. Azurefire's wings were a deep azure blue lined with silver. Darkfire looked up toward the sky 'is this your way of saying sorry for what you did to me a long time ago?' she thought to herself 'well...Thank you' Darkfire looked over at Azurefire who was trying to grab the tip of her wing, she looked like a puppy trying to catch it's tail.

Azurefire laughed when she saw Darkfire's face

Darkfire looked down at the magma "Come on...I have an idea" she said diving into the magma

Azurefire nodded and dove I after her 'Good thing my ally is fire or this would be really difficult' she thought

DFG: okay I had to cut this off because I think I'm revealing too much in this chapter...Oh and I don't own 'Everytime' by Brittany Spears...I didn't think about putting it in the disclaimer because I didn't think about it and I didn't know I would using it until I was taking a nap and my radio was playing and I heard the song...now I'm not really a fan of Brittany Spears...far from it actually but I was listening to it and I saw Ray sitting in a deep dark dungeon far beneath hell...singing the song for comfort and a sign of sorry...it looked emotional when I was thinking it...even though I was half asleep and thinking for a part for Ray.

Kai: When are you never NOT thinking of Ray

DFG: Uh...never?

Ray: blush uh...yeah...weren't you going to say something about...

DFG: OH! Yeah...I would like to take this time as a moment of silence for one of my new close friends Nettik girl's grandfather. He died at the age of 51 and it is really tearing her up inside. If you would like to say a prayer for her family I'm sure it would help. All I am told is that he was 51 and died of some failures of his body after he went through colon cancer and problems with his kidneys? Or was it lungs?...it was something I can't remember, but please take this time in silence for her grandfather...

Kai: My condolences

Ray: How sad...

DFG: sigh Yes...very sad...but you have to remember you can't keep dwelling on the past, or you'll end up a sad, depressed, person and you won't be that fun preppy person that always makes me smile when I'm down and no one is there to pick me up but you and Devillin. You guys made my days better when they were collapsed. Make me feel better when my ear bone got shattered. Make me laugh when no one could...I would also like to take the time to say thank you to you two... Thank you, and I love you guys (Dearly not Queerly )

Kai: I'm sure they knew that...

DFG: It's for the other people who don't know that...sweatdrop

Ray: o

DFG: yeah...good-bye for now...the next chapter will be up soon. Once again Thank you Devillin and Nettik girl . Until we meet again

She sighed and stared out the window thinking of her past. She thought of the boy who mad her life as happy and as enjoyable as ever...until she saw his recreated form she would never stop searching...neither would his love. She stared out the window one more time "Until we meet again" she whispered to herself.