Me: Warning this contains amounts of sadness.

Chapter 10: Dreams of the Past

Rei slumped against the wall exhausted. After finally getting rid of Charles the moon had risen quite far in the sky and she was feeling drained. She quietly made her way to her room and opened the door. She yawned and decided to leave it opened a crack. After she had gotten changed into her nightwear, she landed ungracefully on the bed. She let out a soft yawn. There was a swift knock on the door and then the door opened. Rei looked up.

"Hm? Hi…Sebastian…," she murmured sleepily.

Sebastian held a candle in his hand and walked over to her. She moved over allowing him to sit on the bed after he set down the candle. Sebastian smirked devilishly.

"My, my…Is it really lady-like to let a man come onto the bed with you?" He taunted looking rather amused.

Rei closed her eyes angrily as a vein throbbed on her forehead. She shook for a few minutes before flinging off the covers and proceeding to try and kick Sebastian out.

"Get out now. Sebastian! Leave!" She whined resorting to pushing him out seeing as he wouldn't budge.

Sebastian chuckled and got up causing all of Rei's weight to shift and her to tumble to the ground flailing her arms.

"Hey! No fair!" She complained glaring childishly at him.

Sebastian merely smiled at her with his ever so famous 'closed eyed smile' before patting her on the head and fixing her bed. Rei got up brushing herself off. She turned to snap at Sebastian, but stopped finding that he had just kissed her. Rei's eye twitched and she huffed getting back into the bed.

"Goodnight my lady," he cooed to her before blowing out the candle and leaving.

Rei nodded and drifted off into unsettling dreams.

Dream Start:

A baby's cry echoed in the chill night air. It was winter and in some woods sat a small makeshift house. Inside people where moving around happily for it was a joyous time. New life had just entered the world and everyone had to celebrate. The mother held the child lovingly. The soft cries filled the night sky. Unknown to the people of the house danger lurked nearby. It had been almost 3 years since Rei was born and she had grown faster than most children her age. People would speak of how grown up she was and praise her. They said she was blessed, but young Rei would hide away from them. She hated the attention they gave her. It was on a fateful day that her life changed forever.

"Look its Rei! A girl no older than 3 that can act 10 times her age!" A lady swooned over the girl.

Rei backed up and away from her frightened. More people began to crowd around making Rei very nervous. She turned on her heel and fled from the group of people. She didn't know where she was running as long as it was far away from them. She ran into the words feeling the branches scratch angrily at her legs.

'Why are you running?' The wind whispered in her ear. 'Are you afraid?'

It wouldn't be quite. Panic fell over Rei and she closed her eyes. She stepped wrong and her weight suddenly shifted violently. The next thing Rei knew was she falling. Rocks where flying past her head and Rei only had time to widen her eyes as pain wracked through her fragile human body. She lay there within a pool of her own blood. Everything was blurry.

"I…don't want to die…please God…I don't want to…die…," she prayed as her eyes slipped closed taking in her last breath.

Two powers clashed around her in the air as two figures walked over to her. One knelt down. Her purple eyes shining in sorrow at the girl before her.

"Poor girl…," She murmured to her companion.

Her companion agreed with a nod.

"The death gods will be here soon…we should go…Day…," The one with red eyes stated.

Day looked over at her companion sadly.

"We can't just leave her…I know…this world needs a Death. The Death Gods are out of control! If you use the Creator's power we can save her but she'll become Death itself…," She tried to reason. "Night please I cannot leave her here."

Night sighed and pulled a glowing ball of light from her pocket. She looked at Day seriously.

"You know what this means then? We will die and be reborn but through her power and her power alone. Are you willing to risk it for this human?" She questioned.

Day nodded and took the bundle of power holding it over Rei's pale body. It flashed and Day smiled as the power began to swirl and be absorbed into Rei. Both Day and Night disappeared into the brightening glow.

"Where…where am I?" Rei mumbled opening her eyes.

It felt like she was frozen. She tried to move her legs and found she couldn't. She was standing in a crystal looking out over the world. Around her, her parents cried over her dead body but no one saw her. Rei gasped and began pounding on the crystal walls.

"Dad! Mum! I'm right here! Can't you see me! Mum! Dad!" She cried trying to desperately get their attention.

It was like she was invisible. As much as she hated being the center of attention she couldn't stand not being seen or ignored. She began panting from tiring herself out and tears streamed down her face.

"Make it stop…Please just make it stop…," her consciousness and her dream self began to mix causing two tones to appear in her voice.

Tears rushed down her face and as she cried for her parents.

"MAKE IT STOP!" She screamed out falling to her knees.

The crystal broke away and Rei grabbed her head falling to her knees as the world went pitch black. The tears wouldn't stop. Images of her parents covered in blood, then smiling, and her taking their lives as the Death Gods told her to flashed in her head endlessly. Then she was free falling into the darkness beneath her. The one thing she feared most in the world was that day. As she fell her own cinematic record from her life as a human and Death flew by her. She watched half amazed and half scared watching the films play out like a movie.

"Why…why is this happening to me…mum…dad…don't die…NOOOO!" She screamed as loud as she could.

Then everything shattered and something was roughly shaking her to wake up.

Dream End:

Rei bolted into a sitting position breathing heavily. She was in a cold sweat and a hand on her shoulder. She slowly turned to the owner of said hand finding Sebastian there. He watched her looking rather worried. She didn't care if he was faking it for her sake she was just glad he was there. She suddenly hugged him sobbing hard. Sebastian seemed taken aback slightly by her outburst but sat down next to her and let her cry. He had been walking by when he heard her crying in her sleep. The sobbing quieted down and Sebastian saw she had fallen back asleep. He smiled sincerely at her before placing her on the bed and staying with her the whole night.

Next Day:

Rei opened her eyes seeing Sebastian pouring tea into a glass for her. She blinked and sat up slowly, her eyes aching. Sebastian noticed she was up and smiled at her.

"Good morning. How are you Rei…," he asked handing her the cup.

Rei gratefully took it and had a small sip of the tea without speaking a word.

"May I inquire what your dream from last night was about?" He pressed.

She paused and stared into the dark liquid as she rippled.

"A life long since lost," she stated not wanting to remember it.

He only nodded and eyed her. Her eyes were downcast and covered over by clouds making her red eyes a dark reddish-gray. He wondered what got her so depressed.

"Must have been someone dear…," he murmured to her and grabbed her cup.

"Y-yes…," her voice shook as tears threatened to spill. "They were…"

"Was it a family member?"

"No…"

She gripped her nightwear hard almost tearing the fabric. She was pondering if she should tell him. She sighed.

"It was…about my death…and about how I became who I am now…," she said in a low whisper.

Sebastian froze and his eyes locked onto her face. A few stray tears began to fall and he shushed her by placing a finger to her lips.

"That's quite interesting…my lady."