Sorry for the extremely long delay. I was very busy juggling school, my art, non collabs, and procrastination. But I'm back. Personally I'm disappointed at this chapter because it is so short due to writers block.

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Luna, Lunar, and Vix © Ventus-fangirl02

Moonlight and Rune © Me (Keito-the-Pure)

Moonlight's POV: Trust

I floated in a mess of black junk with nothing, but air around me. My thoughts were fuzzy and it was so cold. I didn't remember my name or what happened to me. All I knew was the darkness that was everywhere and the blacker fragments it held. I was scared... I began to tremble and curled into a fetal position. I was alone. Why wasn't there anyone else in that world? Why had I came here? Who was I? Did I even exist? I cried for what seemed like years before finally muttering, "Luna..."

Someone came to mind. They had face that resembled mine a lot. They had moons painted on their cheeks and a scar under one of their eyes. Unlike me who had silky black hair, theirs was pure silver. My eyes were turquoise and hers were violet. The way our faces were shaped was STILL identical aside from our colored features. Our clothing choice was pretty different. Out of habit from The Time Guardian uniforms being yellow I wore that color all the time. My hat had a bit of orange and I had a very little bit of purple. On the other hand, they wore more green and a little bit of blue. Who was this "Luna" I kept thinking about?

"Hi, I'm Moonlight."

"This is your sister."

"What! I can't have a sister! Mom, I don't recall you and Dad having other children after me!"

"That is a simple answer. You are twins."

"What! You've got to be joking! If she is my twin where has she been this whole time!"

"You were taken away from us when we were only three years-old."

"Mom and Dad sent me there because their was no other way."

"What do you mean? You were practically kidnapped."

"You never had a problem with me dating Lunar. Why can't Moonlight go out with Rune?"

"You are going out with WHO!"

"I thought you knew!"

"You girls are grounded!"

"Let's go, Luna!"

"Moonlight, where are we going!"

"I don't know, but it is somewhere we can be allowed to love whom we please."

"I have to stop this now! I'll lose my life, but there is no other way."

"Moonlight, you can't! I want to spend the time with you I couldn't for fifteen years! I want to see you! You're my only sister!"

"I want to get to know you too, Luna. I waited fifteen years just to see you. I want to know you better as my sister."

That is when everything came back like a flash of lightning. Shortly after coming home from a boarding school for Time Guardians after fifteen long years trouble happened. Vix The Nothing had begun to merge The Night Dimension and The Waking World. As if by his luck and our misfortune, The Time Guardians capable of reversing the process before bigger destruction could occur, namely time eternally frozen, were trapped in time holes (side-effects from the merging). I knew it was too late to look for ones still safe or try to free the other Time Guardians so I made a big decision. I would use my power to stop it on my own. If I had at least three others with me it wouldn't have taken the amount of energy for that sacrifice. All the energy I had was my life... I succeeded, but killed myself in the process! Rune, Lunar, my parents, and sister Luna tried to stop me, but it was far too late.

After the flashes of memory ended, I came to conclusion I was in The After Life. The last thing I'd seen before going there was Luna banging on the force-field, crying her eyes out, desperately trying to stop me. She was the most hurt out of everyone that cared for me. "I'm sorry, Luna..." I said crying again. "If I hadn't died everyone including you would be gone and not just me..." I felt so guilty. I'd caused eternal pain to my only sister, my twin, who I had wanted to see for fifteen years. "Why did it have to be this way...?"

...

"MOONLIGHT!" I was dizzy again, somewhere familiar, and a voice I longed to hear called my name. I felt very weak and slowly collapsed into warm arms. "Moonlight...I...I thought I'd never see you again..." They held me gently and it was the best feeling in the world. "But I got you back. MY sister. I'm glad I got my SISTER back." My vision returned and I was in The Night Dimension once more, Luna was crying so happily. She'd saved me... How was it possible? I looked at her confused.

"I'm back, but how is that possible..." Luna was too happily holding me to respond. I glanced around to see Mom, Dad, Lunar, and Rune with beyond relieved faces. I figured out how I'd been returned from death. "My stone... You were able to draw what remained of me out of it... My life and my Spirit. I didn't think it was possible." I tried to get out of Luna's arms, but wasn't strong enough. "I don't think I have enough energy to move around much though..." Luna smiled and helped support me. "As I regain my energy I'll be able to walk and then fly. Keep my stone away from me for about an hour or two. It will take five hours if I wear it because it will suck me dry. But it is in a way my Life Support so we had better be sure to remember to give it back." Luna handed the stone to Mom.

"Are you sure you're alright, Moonlight," Rune asked. Dad shot him a

"Take away my daughter and you're screwed" look. My boyfriend returned the glare as if to say,

"I'll take my chances." Great... Looks like this issue wouldn't be settled soon. I was only eighteen. You weren't considered an adult until you turn twenty one if you were a Nightmaren. Therefore, Dad still had a lot of authority over me and my choices. To think Vix's trouble started right after my fight with him over this.

Wait a sec! Vix! We'd all forgotten. "Listen our problem isn't over yet!" They all stared at me in confusion. "Just because I stopped the worlds from merging doesn't mean I destroyed Vix. He's still out there and he will probably do it again if we don't stop him. Stopping those portals from changing matter had nothing to do with their trigger."

"And here I thought I could trust you! You DIDN'T kill Vix!" Aria scoffed from Luna's amulet, which was quite close to my face. "So much for faith..." I gave her a stare that meant

"You trusted me...?" Catching onto what my looks said she blushed.

"Not anymore! I was so stupid for thinking I could actually believe in you and the rest of these guys." Everyone was quite surprised at this moment. Aria had believed in us? She had actually begun to trust us?

"Really, Aria?" Luna asked appearing as astonished as everyone else. Aria began to speak about something we never thought we'd hear out of her mouth. All she said was shocking. She had believed in us, but we'd lost her trust. Could we get her to rely on us again?