I'd just like to announce that Dame Crystal got her place in my story

I'd just like to announce that Dame Crystal got her place in my story! :D

Here is chapter 9. I have one request: Please don't tell me that you think this is "creepy" or "yucky" because, frankly, this is an odd story after all and it is rated M… o.O I have two more notes before getting started: One: thanks to my regular reviewers! You rock! Two: I accept anonymous reviews so even if you don't have a Fanfiction account you can still comment. As far as I see it I bust my butt to give regular updates, so please give me feedback! (Note: this does not apply to my regular reviewers, you guys know who you are… yes, Luna, you are one of them ;D). Sorry if I sounded angry there… I'm just kinda cranky. Had a bad day.

"I'll sleep on the floor."

"Dustfinger, that's really unnecessary."

"No, it's not. Do you know what your father would do to me if he heard we shared a bed?" Dustfinger looked flustered as he paced the room.

"Dustfinger… I don't think Mo will be finding out." A pang struck Meggie in her heart as a mental image of a hurt and confused Mo came into her mind.

"Don't think that way, Meggie." Dustfinger lay down on the rug, using the rucksack as a pillow.

"Goodnight Dustfinger."

"Goodnight Meggie."

Meggie ran blindly through the black forest, autumn cold biting her skin. She didn't know where she was going or what she was doing, but she seemed to have one destination in mind. She tore around tree trunks and bushes, dodging this way and that, until a hill came into view.

"STOP!" Meggie didn't know why she said it. She glanced upwards, only to see a boy being lifted into the dark sky by two crows. "For peace! Let me go!" Meggie's words made NO sense whatsoever, but they kept pouring from her lips, beyond her control. "Sake! Damn ravens! He'll fall to pieces!" She was shrieking now. Then the ravens at his shoulders let go, and he began falling. But as he fell, he aged. From child to preteen, to adolescent to young man, he hit the ground. "I'll help you!" she sobbed, running towards the sprawled out figure. As she neared, she saw it was Basta. She hovered over him, touching random parts of his body then whipping her hand away as if his clothes singed her fingers. When her fingers swept over his lips, his green eyes opened. "I thought you were dead!" her voice was angry now, clouded with pent up frustration and hate. "It's YOUR fault Farid doesn't love me! It's YOUR fault Dustfinger despises me! It's YOUR fault I'm tired! It's YOUR fault I'm naked!" The second the words spilled from her mouth, her clothes melted away from her body, leaving her naked right in front of Basta. The man seemed indifferent, as if he'd seen Meggie undressed a million times. He just blinked lazily. "SEE? You torture me! You won't even recognize me!" Just then a wolf howl broke the sound of Basta's steady breathing. The man screamed! Bellowed! His cracking voice seemed to split the sky and as it happened stars spangled across the deep ebony.

"RUN AWAY!" He sobbed, his voice warped into that of a teenager's. Blood spilled from his mouth. The wolf howled again and he began sobbing uncontrollably. But the ringing of a cell phone silenced the wolf…

"MEGGIE!" Dustfinger shook her shoulders.

"Huh?" The girl blinked into the pitch blackness of the room.

"Are you OK?" The man's voice was deep and concerned.

"Was I screaming?" Meggie felt embarrassed as fear started wearing off.

"No, but you were yelling. Meggie, I'm concerned."

"What did you hear?"

"Well, for starters, where did you get the idea that I hated you?" Silence lingered between them like a led balloon. "Meggie…I do not hate you."

"But you're always so quiet. You won't look at me. You're flustered all the time." Meggie tucked her knees up to her chest. The calluses on her feet scraped against the rough material of the sheets.

"I like you Meggie."

"Did you hear anything about…F-"

"Yes." Meggie sniffed back tears. "I think he's cheating on me." There was a long silence before Dustfinger replied.

"I know." Meggie felt flabbergasted!

"And you didn't even tell me?" She wailed, hot tears spilling from her eyes. Dustfinger began to speak, but Meggie silenced him. "No! It's not fair! Now one would have told me! How long did you know for? You acted like nothing happened! Do you support what Farid is doing? Or an I just some dumb c-"

"I went to your house to speak with your father!" Blurted Dustfinger. His voice sounded so injured… Meggie felt so stupid. She felt she had to fix the situation.

"Please sleep with me." She sniveled after a long pause.

"Meggie!"

"I meant beside me." She huffed.

"Oh." He tentatively crawled up beside her. Before she closed her eyes, Meggie took hold of Dustfinger's arm…