(Emerald's POV)

Confused, I ran up to the doors of the dining hall, and tightly enclosed my hands around the doorknobs. Very cautiously did I open them, gasping at the sight of my dear niece. She nearly collapsed into my arms, when I caught sight of what looked like a silver restraint around her wrists. I used my powers and the popped off with ease. Frost opened her eyes and stared up at me.

"Oh Aunt Emerald she whispered," as she flung her arms around my neck. I stroked in hair gently in concern as tears rushed down her pale white face.

"Oh Frost, darling what happened?" I asked concerned, placing my hands on her shoulders as I looked her over "Are you hurt? Dear tell me what's wrong!"

"C-Corra," She whispered in fright as I held her close to me.

"Okay," I said calmly "What about Corra? What has she done to you? Or anyone for that matter?" I stroked her hair as looked up at me in confusion.

"It's not exactly that, believe me she's terrifying but," She hesitated "She had this…gem…like Shadow's, but it was a horrible blood red color, and it was strung around her neck on a silver chain, it, it was just…"

"Peculiar," I finished for her frowning. I took her hand in mine and led her out of the dining hall and into the hallway. I told the Brawlers I'd be back shortly, and firmly holding Frost's hand in my own, walked her into a bedroom.

She sat down on the bed, glancing around at what used to be the room she stayed in when she visited and then softly spoke.

"I've never seen anything like it," She whispered in fright "It glowed, just like Shadow's, but not with…life. It was just horrible to look at."

I stared at Midnight, the beautiful steed Shadow had begged me and Zephyr for, rearing in the cold. He trotted around in the snow as some of our guards tried to calm him down. He still didn't know, I hoped he never would. I pulled myself away from the window and sat next to Frost.

"Why did you go over there dear?" I asked softly as she shrugged and turned away from me, her eyes sparkling with sadness.

"I'I just thought, that might have been someway I could've saved him…" Came her soft reply. I placed my hand over hers, her naturally cold hand tensing at my warm touch.

"We'll find a way," I whispered gently into her ear "And if I know that Princess," I sighed "She'll never give up on him"

(Fabia's POV)

I woke up hazily in the infirmary, once again. Pressing my hand to my temple, I tried to concentrate on the person standing in front of me, as everything leisurely came back into focus. I could barely manage to stare at the person's neon blue hair.

"Kronos," I muttered softly as his soft sea blue eyes came into view.

"You're alright," He sighed in relief, pressing two fingers against my neck.

"How long was I out?" I asked as he handed me a glass of water. I lifted the glass to my lips.

"A few days," came his concerned reply as I spewed the water form my mouth.

"What!?" I exclaimed as I heard footsteps echoing down the hallway as the drew nearer. Dan, Frost, and the rest of the brawlers burst into the room and saw me with the glass of water almost tumbling out of my hands. Kronos, thankfully, caught it and set it aside allowing the brawlers to swirl around me in one concerned and frightened jumble.

"Fabia!" Frost exclaimed in relief as she threw her arms around my neck, hugging me as I gently pushed her away.

"Guys, calm down please," I told them as they backed off a little bit "What's the excitement all about anyway?" Dan took the liberty of answering far before I was ready.

"Well, for one thing, the performance of your musical is tomorrow," Dan said simply as my breath caught in my throat. Seeing my panicked expression he paused, asking, "Are you okay?"

I shook my head as I threw the sheets off of my legs. I sat upright; ignoring Julie's and Runo's protesting against it and headed for the door. Dan placed his hand on my shoulder.

"F-Fabia?" He asked in surprise "What do you think you're doing?" I was trying hard not to break down into tears right there in front of them all, I had to save that for tomorrow and for someone else. I said simply as tears welled in my eyes, "Shun needs me" And then I left, and the brawlers didn't say anything afterwards.

As soon as I was out of sight, I flew down the hallways, not bothering to stop by the rehearsal room, since I had somehow taken one look at the script and memorized it for life. The entrances, the exits, everything. Alice would surely understand.

I dashed into Shun's bedroom, finding him still silent and still as ever. I fell to my knees next to him, lying my head gently against his chest. My lower lip trembled as I began to cry, tears flowing steadily from my eyes. Somehow, that rose in his hands had not shriveled up and died yet, which somehow comforted me. He had given me that very rose just a month ago.

My mind began to drift, to a long ago memory, and one so incredible I had not dared to forget it. I fell gently asleep there, hoping Shun wouldn't slip through my fingers as quickly as he was.

Flashback

A young Princess, with silky sea blue hair stood in front of a group of what she presumed were humans and a very triumphant looking gundalian. She knew what had happened, even as she asked the questioned she had come do far to utter to the one group of people that might've been able to help her.

As the brunette, who she assumed was their leader spoke coldly towards her, her eyes drifted to a young bow, sixteen at most who stared towards her in curiosity.

She stared into his gentle amber eyes and felt as it everything had melted. No human that she had yet to meet had this charm about them. She continued to stare, barely listening to words of the brunette. The raven haired boy tilted his head slightly as he watched her, unable to take his eyes off of her own.

The Princess watched in awe and shock as the boy's eyes seemed to change color. She would never forget it. The honey-brown color melted away to reveal two sparkling golden orbs piercing her very soul. She froze as the brunette finished talking. She only stiffly nodded as she pried her eyes away from the Raven-haired boy's. Only did he seem to notice, that he spun away from her with his hands covering his eyes, as if afraid the others would see them.

The Princess wanted to tell him to not turn away, yet she had other things to attend to. She faced the brunette with a hard look on her face and nodded stiffly.

"I understand brawlers," She said simply, yet on the inside was greatly disappointed "And to think that for a second, I actually thought that you might be able to help my planet, but I guess not" The Princess held back the tears threatening to pour from her eyes. She ran out of the room feeling greatly hurt with her partner bakugan bouncing lightly on her shoulder.

"Well," The brunette told his friends "That's all settled, right Shun?" The brunette spun around on his heels, searching for that best friend of his that had just been standing there moments ago. He scratched his head as he tried to think of where he had gone.

Up on the rooftops of Bakugan Interspaces glamorous buildings, the Raven-haired boy leapt skillfully across many of them. He followed the Princess with curiosity, using skills that he may have always possessed. Skills no human could posses.

He watched as turned a corner and stood between two buildings talking with her bakugan about what to do next. That was the very moment when the young boy leapt from the building and landed perfectly on his feet right in front her.

She looked at him slightly confused, yet somewhat relieved.

"I would like to hear your side of the story," He whispered softly as he held out his hand to her. She cautiously took it, and they vanished, together, holding on tightly to each other's hand.

End of Flashback

"I can't wait any longer," I whispered faintly as I stared at Shun's pale white face "Please, I need you"

As if in reply to my plea, the diamond strung around my neck sparkled and glowed with such a light that I had to shade my eyes with my hand. When the light died down, I looked right in front me, where a crisp, white, letter had been laid.

(Julie's POV)

~And there~ The witch said simply ~You're all finished~

I had just watched the letter that I was supposed to give to Fabia tomorrow, vanish right from my hands. I had done everything the witch had told me, and it didn't feel right. But it wasn't like I could just stop.

"But you said to give to her tomorrow!" I protested out loud "You also said tha-"

~You will not interrupt me, and yes, I know very well what I said, she'll not be able to open it until tomorrow, I promise~

I folded my arms as the witch's voice died out and finally left. I laid back down on my bed, fiddling with the gem that the Witch had given to me. I had always wondered what would happen if I took it off, and part of me really wanted to find out. But the other part of me said a big fat 'NO!'.

I let out a deep sigh before frowning in interest. It was pretty cool, except for the red part, I hate red. If it was pinker then I'd be all over it, but, we can't all get what we want I guess.

I sat up before I heard a rumble of footsteps running down the hallway. Out of curiosity I opened the door and peeked outside and into the hallway. I stared wide-eyed in shock as a group of people dressed in lavish masquerade costumes ran down into what I guess was the rehearsal room. I saw the Princess jogging behind to them so that she could keep up, while sticking a white letter in her jean pocket. I smiled.

(Alice's POV)

"Calm down everyone!" I shouted, snapping once as everyone in the rehearsal room looked over at me "The Princess knows this script like the back of her hand, so, I'll fill in for her, just taking her spot and going through her entrances and exits, and all will be fine, okay?" Everyone settled down and began to talk as I walked over into Kyle's dressing room.

His make-up artists had just begun to put his mask over the prosthetic when I walked inside.

"Sweet Alice," Kyle greeted me kindly as I blushed. I took the mask off of his face, much to the dismay of the make-up artists, and took a good look at his face. I was greatly surprised and slightly afraid at first, yet I quickly got used to it.

"You look great," I said softly running my hand down his face "Great texture too!" I slipped the mask back on over the make-up as he stood and walked out onto the stage with me, hand in hand. I couldn't help but grin.

"Alright everyone!" I announced "From the top of the show!" The orchestra hustled below us as they all scrambled to their seats and sat down with their instruments in hand. I walked off the stage with Kyle as he disappeared backstage into his lair and took his seat at the organ.

Everyone dashed across the stage to their places as Chrystalina took her place right in the middle, already in her spot on stage. She knelt down on her knees, while poufy gown floated around her and tucked her head to her knees.

The music began and she stayed absolutely still. Kyle rocked out on the organ, for he was the one who started the music in the first place, and just as the overture finished the real show began. We skipped the first part of the musical so we could just get to the main songs and scenes that we were needing to rehearse. It all worked really well for us. Fabia had told me that she needed to talk to the Queen for a while so I dismissed her from the rehearsals today, telling her that I wouldn't mind standing in for her. She then thanked me and left.

Two stage hands ran over to me and threw me into a dressing room, helping me into a costume similar to Fabia's as one of the make-up artists did my face and hair. Well, my hair was put in a bun so that they could fit the wig over it all. You see, my hair wasn't exactly chocolate brown like my eyes were.

I slipped on a pair of cream colored ballet shoes over my feet and walked to Fabia's place back stage waiting for our queue to go on stage. I sighed, knowing that this was going to be a long day, even if it was three o' clock in the afternoon.

Me: I know this one is SUPER short, but I was trying to finish this, cause I have a huge surprise for ya'll coming up in the next chapter! PROMISE!

Shun: (Rolls his eyes) Sure you do, you always keep your promises don't you?

Me: Just be quiet and let me finish! I want to give a special thanks to a guest reader and reviewer in this chapter! Thank you fr being so nice with asking me to updates oon! You're so sweet, some people just tell me through hateful messages like 'You better update ot I'm going to hurt you!' Not the best way to talk to an author.

Shun: (snickering)

Me: (annoyed) What are you laughing at?!

Shun: I sent that message!

Me: (glares) Well anyway, thanks to all who review you guys are so awesome, thanks a ton and I just might see again sometime today! ;D Have a great wonderful day everyone!