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Chapter 10 This chapter is with Al.

They led him down a staircase that went all the way around the room to a stone fire pit in the exact center of the room. He still had no clue as to what was going to happen, even after their vague explanation. Before all this, he had thought magic was a myth. Now, he wasn't so sure, and it was all because of what he saw last night.

--Flashback--

They (Dark and Al) were walking to the house right after Al was kidnapped. Then, Dark stopped and took something out of his pocket. Much to Al's astonishment, the other boy got shorter, younger, and his hair changed colors and styles. The boy just started walking again like nothing had happened. He didn't seem to notice that Al had stopped.

"What are you?" Al inquired.

The boy turned around. He had red hair. Al couldn't tell what color his eyes were.

"Oh! I'm sorry! My name is Daisuke Niwa. That must've been a shock to you. You know, seeing me transform," the boy said.

"Are you a chimera?" Al asked.

"No, I'm just a normal person."

"But then, how can you...?"

"It's a family thing," Daisuke said before he explained about Dark and the Niwa family history.

When he was finished, Al thought he understood, but magic was still a foreign concept to him. He then followed Daisuke to the Niwa house.

--End Flashback--

There was no fire in the fire pit at that time, but there would be soon. Daisuke was to have the honor of lighting it. Al walked up to take his place where the Niwa's told him to stand. He had to stand looking over the fire pit at the double-feather crest on the wall, at least that's what it looked like. When he asked about it, they wouldn't tell him anything about it.

It was time to start. Daisuke walked up and lit the fire pit with a torch. The pit flared up to a roaring blaze very quickly. Then, Daisuke took something out of the pocket of the same outfit he had on the night before. (Al later found out that the item was a picture of Daisuke's biggest crush, a girl named Riku.) Then, Daisuke was no longer there. Dark stood in his place. He was the one going to cast the spell, for no one else had the strength to do it.

Dark, all of a sudden, grew great black wings. They seemed to come out of nowhere! He then brandished... a feather?! It was long, black, and seemed to shine in the firelight. Al noticed that it kinda looked like one of the feathers in the crest on the wall.

Then Dark started chanting. He chanted faster and faster. Al couldn't understand what he was saying. He made slashing and stabbing motions with the feather that seemed to match the chanting. After many minutes, it suddenly stopped. Al started glowing an electric blue color. Then, he felt something, the first feeling he had had in a long time. The glow got almost painfully bright.

Almost instantly, the glow was gone. With the glow, the huge, bulky armor that used to be Al was gone. In it's place stood a fourteen year-old teenager, who promptly collapsed. Mrs. Niwa ran up to him and threw a blanket over him and wrapped him up in it.

"Dark, help me carry him upstairs. We need to get some nutrients in him. He hasn't had anything to eat since he was put in that armor," she calmly shouted out orders.

Dark picked Al up and hurried up the stairs as fast as his legs could carry him. The boy wasn't responding to the jolts as Dark carried him to the guest room and put him on the bed. Emiko (Mrs. Niwa) came in carrying an IV, which promptly went into Al's arm, and several more blankets.

"Dark, it's getting around the time Edward should get here. Change into Daisuke and bring him to the basement. We can't let him see Al until we fix his arm and leg, and we need to do that immediately," Emiko ordered while she tended Al.

Dark changed back into Daisuke quickly.

"I'll go find him, Mom."

"Hurry, Daisuke. We need to finish this immediately."

With that, Daisuke ran out of the house, determined to find Ed.

AN: For the record, I wrote out what I could remember from the basement in Episode 1 of D.N.Angel, which again I don't own. Please review. If you don't like something, tell me nicely because flames will be used to heat my house and hatch my dragon egg.