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I woke up Saturday morning to Josh starting his Dodge. Him and Hidey were going on a date with the kids and asked me to watch the house. They wouldn't be back until seven-ish maybe eight.

I put a midnight blue camisole on with some capris and converse. The days were getting hotter. Ironically, I'm still pale. The only time I'm inside is when I'm at the hospital, school, or sleeping.

I left the house to go down to the store. This time, I took a different route than usual. One that cuts through the trees. It takes longer, but there is more shade. Halfway there, I saw a skate park on the other side of the street. A bunch of kids from my school were there. Jake was sitting on a bench to the side. He was talking to someone but from my angle, you couldn't see who it was. I leaned to the side and tried to get a better angle. I fell over, snapping a few twigs.

Most of them looked over at me and started giggling. Jake saw me and hit the person next to him a few times. I was a boy. I couldn't see his face because he had his hood on. Once he looked over in my direction, he stood up. He yanked his hood back as far as possible and ran towards me.

"CODY? What are you doing here?"

He grabbed my arm and lifted me off the ground. He hugged me, and then pushed me back to give me a look-over.

"Hello"

I blushed because I haven't heard his voice in a while. This seemed like a really awkward scenario once I noticed my surroundings. I was speechless, remembering about the last time we saw each other.

"So um, hey do you want to hang out with us?"

"No, sorry I can't. I was taking a short-cut to the store and I just happened to stop by here. Yea I got to go, so um, bye."

I turned around and started walking the other way, but Cody grabbed my arm and whispered in a saddening tone, "Don't avoid me because of what I said."

Suddenly, Jake broke the silence that was lingering after Cody's words.

"Hey, what's goin' on?"

Cody was embarrassed and let go of me. "Nothin'! Ah, me and her are just gonna go for a walk, I'll be back later though. Sooo… See ya!"

Cody and I took off. He looked at me laughed, then looked down at the ground. "Whoa, wait do that again"

He looked at me weirdly and asked what I was talking about.

"You barely ever smile, let alone laughed. You should more often though, it's really cute"

He started blushing and covered his mouth. I laughed. "Your laughs a lot cuter"

"Not even!" His face was a deep red. At that moment, I felt like we were a couple.

"Hey, let's hold hands"

His smiled widened when I asked him, and he didn't hesitate to grab a firm hold of my hand.

"Oh my god, you're really soft."

Cody started feeling my arm, then my cheeks, and his fingers stopped at my lips. "Cody, you're so cute, it's almost unbearable"

I giggled a little then leaned towards him more and kissed him on the cheek. Instead of his reaction being a smile, it was quite the opposite. His smile faded into a straight line.

"Stop submitting yourself, it's not fun if you do that"

He let go of my hand and walked a little farther ahead than me. We arrived at the store about five minutes later. He stayed outside while I bought Mizu some more food 'cause we were getting low on that. I also bought a Crush and a Pepsi. I gave the clerk the money and walked out the door.

"I don't know what you like so just pick one"

He stared at both of the sodas in my hand for a strange amount of time. "Pepsi"

I handed him the drink and we started walking back towards the park. As soon I was got deep into the trees where no one could see us, Cody grabbed my arm and twirled me around.

"Let's stop here for a bit"

"Um, okay…."

We sat down against a big tree, sitting close to each other. Very close.

"Don't think of me as being selfish, but I really want you to only show me your cute side"

"What's that supposed to mean?"

He moved in a quick motion to where he was in front of me. "For instance, the expression you make when I do this"

He leaned in closer and licked his way up the side of my neck. I calmly yelped.

Cody pulled down the straps to my shirt. "You can't let anyone other than me do this."

"Cody, stop! Look, I know I said I love you but I seriously don't want you doing these things"

"How long do you expect me to wait?"

"Cody, a man who is truly in love doesn't need intimacy, all he wants is to see the girl he treasures smile"

"A man like that only exists in your stupid Manga's. Trust me, every guy on earth wants sex after they've hit puberty, and not mushy-mushy crap."

"Don't involves guys you don't even know into your own problems"

I stood up, and grabbed my bag of food and my soda. "If making love is really the only thing you want, go find some other girl to 'fall in love' with"

With those cruel words, I left. My neck was burning hot and it gave me a weird sensation. When arriving to the house, I grabbed the keys out of my pocket and opened the garage door. Mizu was lying on my bed, looking at me lethargic-like. I put some fresh food in her bowl and slumped down in a beanbag.

I began wondering if that was the last time I was going to see Cody. After a while of just lying there, contemplating, I fell asleep.

In my dream, I was Rumie. It started out with me running through a dark forest. I didn't really know if anything was chasing me, but I kept running. I turned around for a short glance, and saw werewolves. There were nine of them. I was terrified and tried to run faster. My sides started hurting, and I was out of breath. The werewolves were getting closer.

I heard a yelp and a few swishing noises coming from the bushes. I looked back and saw a boy around my age, surrounded by dead monsters scattered on the ground. "Are you… Chiro?"

"Chiro? No, my name is Dustin. And you're….Max, right?"

"Wow, okay I'm sorry, I thought I was in a manga"

"Not at all, you see, we're dream twins"

"Yeaaa… You're gonna have to explain that to me"

"Okay, so… I don't know if you can remember but when you were little, you used to always go to sleep at seven thirty. And surprisingly, so did I. And every time we fell asleep at the same time, we would be in each other's dream, making the dream more vivid and believable. It's really something I can't explain. But we happened to both fall asleep not too long ago, therefore, I'm here, and you're there."

"So, how come you knew about it and I didn't"

"I dabbled into witchcraft after I turned ten…. I'm about to wake up soon, if you want to talk to me again, go to sleep at about ten thirty"

I woke up as if my dream was a nightmare. I got up and grabbed a hairband to push the bangs out of my head. I checked the time and it was only four twenty seven. I decided to go visit my mom.

I grabbed a bike that was sitting in the garage. Walking to the hospital usually takes half an hour. I got there within twenty minutes. I walked into the building and informed the lady at the table that I was there to visit my mom. She gave me the card to her room and I left. I got on the elevator and pushed the button for the third floor.

The doors opened and I started looking for mom's room number. After a minute I found it and opened the door with the card. Mom was laying there staring out the window.

"Hey mom"

She turned and looked at me. She smiled. "Hi honey…"

I grabbed a chair and sat close to her bed. "Mom, you wouldn't believe about the dream I had, there was this boy, named Dustin. And he said that we were "dream twins" so that every time we fall asleep at the same time, we see each other in our dreams"

"Well, is that not the weirdest thing"

"But do you think it's true?"

"Oh heavens no, it's impossible"

I just giggle along with her. Again, we talked about dramatic shows on T.V. After an hour or so I gave her a hug and kiss, then left.

I got home around six. I grabbed my Manga and started reading it. I was startled when I heard the truck pull up the driveway. Everyone stepped into the house laughing. Not one of them even bothered to check on me. Five minutes after everyone parted and went into their rooms, it went silent.

I looked over at my backpack. I was partly open and I noticed that I had homework due for school. I decided to let it be and finish it on Sunday. I continued reading my book and lost track of time. The last time I had looked out the window, it was bright and the sun was causing my eyes to squint. I shot a glimpse outside and saw complete darkness.

I looked at my clock and saw the numbers "10:24." I suddenly remembered what Dustin had told me. I dragged myself out of the sunken beanbag and rolled into bed. Mizu jumped on top of me and fell asleep.

I drifted asleep and everything was dark. I 'woke up' in a cloud. I felt as if I weighed that of a feather. I stood up straight, only to notice I wasn't on the cloud, I as simply hovering above it. I felt a small pain in my back, and when I reached my arms over to see what it might have been, I felt wings.

"Nice, isn't it?"

I shrieked and turned around to see Dustin, with bigger wings than me, smiling in a suspicious way.

"This can't be real"

"It's not"

He flew a little closer to me and sat down, pulling me don with him.

"You see, right now in reality, I can tell that you are going through some rough times, and the reason I can tell that, is because, look around. This dream is a true beauty, and dreams are our psychological manifestation of a memory, a wish, and a wonder. You wish that your life was like it was, yet more magical. Simply, you want perfection. Well my dear, you do know that perfection is what hurts the most. With perfection, you have no sorrow, and with no sorrow, you can never really tell when you're happy.
With perfection, everything you wanted would come to you, without hesitation, and believe me, anticipation is better than realization"

"Y'know Dustin, you seem smart."

"You only think that because you don't think too much. I think about every little thing until I understand it"

"Then don't even try thinking about me, understanding this thing will take you a long time, trust me, I'm me, and I don't understand me"

"That is because you're spending all of your time trying to be you when, you is just something you see when you look in the mirror, and it is nothing anyone else can take hold of. I know about Cody, he wants to capture you like a white crow and put you in solitary confinement. Don't trust him, nor the people around him. And that does mean that you should not trust your feelings when you are around him"

"Are you like a therapist?"

"I just know things. And these things that I know of, well, the stuff that I have just now shared with you, remember, because… I'm waking up soon, and you will be left in darkness. Mackenzie, find the light in the day, and be not sad when dark arrives, yet rebellious, for it will only last a short amount of time."

"Okay, I'll um… Try to figure out what that means"

"Everything makes sense when you don't need any more proof, ironic, I know, but unfair. Remember! Beautiful is an ugly word!"

With those words, once again, he left. In that last second, I felt my wings crumple up and disappear, along with the clouds, the sun, everything above and below me.

I then woke up, with tears flowing down both sides of my faces. I had no idea, what-so-ever, about what was going on…