Chapter 10
I felt my eyelids get heavy as I turned off the television. It was about eleven at night and usually fell asleep at ten, but I just couldn't. All because of what Dark said to me.
"I love you," repeated over and over in my head in his sweet voice. I looked over at him. The light emanating off the moon shone through the glass back door and lit his face. He was gorgeous when he slept. This was the first time I've ever seen him asleep.
I sighed, sat up, face towards the back door, and put my hands together. "Please help me. I need to protect the ones I love in any situation. I especially want to protect Dark the most. I never ever want to see this ever happen again to him all because of me. So please give me the strength to protect him and everyone." I prayed in the dead of night.
I laid down and closed my eyes. "Please…" I whispered as I fell into a deep sleep.
A while later, I woke up and saw nothing around me. I looked around to see if I could make anything out, but nothing appeared.
"Is anyone there?" I yelled. My voice echoed back to me.
"Hello, Ally." A feminine voice answered. "I've been waiting for this day for a long while."
I began to look for the source of the voice. "Who are you?" I asked loudly.
Suddenly, a room with three chairs appeared with a light. A window decorated the wall. In one of the chairs sat a girl who looked just like Dark, but with a ponytail and her clothes looked like the feminine version of the ones Dark wore today with a hoodie. She looked like she could be Dark's twin sister.
"Hey," she spoke calmly. She patted the chair next to her with her wrist-bandaged hand. "Come and sit for a minute. I need to talk to you."
Nervously, I walked over and sat. "Who are you?"
"My name is Midnight." She announced with a wink and cocked her head. "I'm here to answer your prayer."
"How did you know about that?" I almost jumped out of my chair.
Midnight sighed. "I am within you, like Dark and Krad are to Daisuke and Satoshi." She explained.
"Wait a second," I leaned forward. "How do you know about them, and what do you mean, 'I am within you'?"
"I've been within you for a long time. I am Dark's twin sister. Krad has one also, but…" her voice trailed off and I could tell she was nervous.
"Dark's…twin…sister?" I asked yet another dumb question. "But how?"
What she said next almost made me faint.
"Daiki had a sister who had me within her, but she hated the Niwa bloodline. So she deserted the family and got married to your grandfather, changing her last name. she had your mother and never told her about me, so you never knew…until now." She explained.
"So…I'm a descendant of the Niwa clan? A distant cousin?" I felt lightheaded.
"Yep, and I'm here to answer your prayer," she winked again. "I'll lend you my powers to help him, but no one, not even Dark, needs to know. Keep me a secret and when the time is right, you'll transform into me and Dark will know. That night will be the theft on Saturday. The theft of the Amulet of the Heart."
"Okay…" I stood up and sighed. "Please help me. I'm desperate. Dark got hurt all because of me. I was reckless." I began to sob quietly and put my head down. "It's all my fault…"
"It's not, Ally," Midnight stood and put her arm around me. "He did what he did because he wants to protect you. He loves you."
Those words again. I looked up at her and smiled weakly. "I know." I wiped away the tears, looked at 'my other half' and straightened. "I'm in. I'll do anything to protect Dark."
Midnight held out her hand. "Shall we?"
"We shall." I took her hand in mine and a bright flash of light almost blinded me.
"Tamer Ally," she announced into the light. "You are now part of me and I am now part of you!"
Feathers took her place and flew towards me. They entered my chest and it began to feel hot.
Midnight was now a part of me.