Leaf and the rest of the Midnight Raiders ate breakfast in silence. Thoughts were swirling in all of their heads. Most of them were about the crimson eyed boy fighting for his life in another room. Ariel sat at the head of the table, in Eric's usual place for the King was busy attending the kingdom's people.

Leaf kept on glancing at his mother. The previous night had been.....eventful. When Leaf was sent to bed, his mind was strangely clear and a thought occurred to him. His emerald eyes settled onto his mother. Ariel looked up and met his eyes.

"What? What's wrong?" everyone turned to Leaf. Leaf rested his chin on top of his hands.

"You knew" Ariel was taken back. What was her son talking about?

"I'm confused."

"What are you talking about Leaf?" Melody asked quietly. She still had images of Devil in her head. When they showed up with him all cut up and...and...it was too much for her to think about.

"Mom, you knew about Sky being a dragon" Ariel turned her ocean blue eyes away from Leaf's intense green orbs.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Sky looked between her birth mother and her 'brother'. Rose remained silent. She still was talking to Leaf, despite all that has happened. Takeshi's eyes were cast downward but he was listening intently to the heartbeats of the others in the room. Ariel's was beating quite fast.

"You recrognized the crystal. I saw it in your eyes." Leaf sounded sure. Ariel began to rub her arm. What gave Leaf the right to question her? He was her son after all!

"I have never seen the thing in my life"

"You're lying" Takeshi spoke up. Ariel looked at him sharply, her heart hammering harder and harder. It actually hurt.

"N-no I'm not."

"Then how come you're not looking me in the eyes?"

"I don't have to answer to you!" Ariel snapped. Melody flinched, Sky and Rose winced and Takeshi's nose twitched. Leaf stayed still. He didn't even blink.

"You don't. But you will." Ariel finally looked her son in the eyes.

"And why is that?"

"Because, I will kill myself if you don't" Ariel's eyes widened.

"You're bluffing"

"You'll find out if you don't spill" Leaf kept a expressionless face. Ariel bit her lip.

"What evidence do you have to support your theory?"

"The fact that you stated, and I quote, 'You weren't supposed to find that' when seeing the crystal." Ariel gulped.

"You heard that?"

"Takeshi too. Don't bother lying, mother. He could tell. So what was that about" Arile glanced at her son, then Takeshi and then at Sky. She sighed in defeat.

"Yeah. I knew" Melody's eyes widened.

"What?!"

Arie slumped down into her seat. She blew into her bangs. Then she straightened up. "I knew after the wall was built. Before you were 'kidnapped'. IceStorm and another dragon, female, her name was DarkEmber. IceStorm and DarkEmber were both only fourteen at the time, and I didn't really know that they were dragons at first. They came to talk to me about CrystalEyes and Ari at the time." Sky remembered that Ari was her birth name.

"DarkEmber? Where have I heard that name before?" Melody wondered out loud.

"Anyways, they told me then. They gave me the crystal to give to Sky. But I couldn't." Ariel paused. "Sky was my baby. One of my little girls, even if she wasn't 'mine'. I loved her, how I could I not? So I decided to never tell her or Eric, or Melody, or you, or even Uriel. It would be my little secret so I hid the crystal in that room. Unfortunately things didn't go all that well" Ariel ended bitterly. Sky sighed.

"You're not going to tell dad are you?"

"I can't. He'll be devastated. He doesn't care that you didn't look anything like us, he loves you unconditionally. He'll even be angry at me for keeping such a thing from him. Sometimes Eric can be a little dense, which is why he never questioned about your looks."

"Now I know where Leaf gets it from" Rose crossed her arms as she mumbled. Leaf turned to her.

"What exactly is your problem? Is it me? Just spit it out already Rose! Every time that you're mad at me you don't speak to me, and damn it, it's annoying as hell, why can't you just tell me what you're feeling?!" Leaf yelled. Rose had tears in her eyes.

"You wanna know, what I'm feeling? Right now, I hate you!" Rose stood from her seat and quickly exited te room. Leaf looked after her and after she disappeared He gave a yell of frustration and let his head hit the breakfast table.

"Everytime I open my big mouth, something goes wrong with her!" Leaf pulled at his hair. Takeshi put a hand on his 'brother's' back.

"It's not your fault Leaf....It's your dad's" Leaf cracked a small smile.

"Mom, it's killing me! Who is DarkEmber?" Melody asked suddenly.

"You mean who was."

"Who was?" Sky cocked an eyebrow.

"DarkEmber was IceStorm's first mate."

"First mate?" Sky was full of curiosity.

"When they turned sixteen, they mated. I'm not sure on the whole process of mating between dragons, but I know it involves a heart song."

"A heart song?" Melody couldn't really grasp the image of a singing heart.

"Every dragon is born with a song in their heart. If two dragons find that their songs match then they mate. Sometimes, I heard, dragon parents can tell when two chicks have matching songs, and thus, the two are betrothed. Sometimes there are more than one song matching another. Then, I guess, at a mating ritual, two dragons will fight for their right to mate. DarkEmber and IceStorm were together up until two human years ago."

"What happened?" Sky asked.

"She was killed by werewolves, on the beach. I only know that because scuttle was out flying around." Ariel commented.

"Scuttle? Who's that?" Leaf asked.

"You haven't met him yet" Melody reassured.

Suddenly there was a knock at the entrance. Ariel looked towards the entrance. "Come in" The doctor showed up. Everyone straightened up. He walked closer to the table.

"What is it? How's Devil?" Sky immediately asked. The doctor smiled.

"The boy will be fine. The wounds have stopped bleeding and his breathing and heart rate are normal. He's just resting" Everyone in the room breathed out a sigh of relief. "However," the doctor added and everyone turned their gaze on him again. "no one is allowed to see him until we know for sure that he's okay, I also recommend that he stay in bed for the next two weeks or so." Leaf laughed.

"He is not going to be happy when he hears that" Sky, Melody , and even Takeshi laughed at this. In reality, they were all just really relieved that the crimson eyed boy would be fine. Ariel smiled a wide smile. When John heard of this the old Man was going to be so relieved and happy. The man didn't want to loose someone else in his life, neither did Melody.


"When daytime turns to night, when the moon shines bright"Devil weakly opened his eyes to the moonlight that shone through his winmdow."When you're tucked in tight, and everything is alright" The boy was tempted to fall asleep again. The song was so nice...

"Slip softly to that place, where secret thoughts run free" Devil sat up in his bed and swung his legs off if it."There come face to face With who you want to be,"

Devil made his way to the door of his room and left. The hall was strangely empty. He continued to follow the voice. No now it was voices. "So swim across the ocean blue, fly a rocket to the moon" He knew both voices. He continued to walk the halls until he came across an open door. There he found, his Symphony, Sky, and Rose in Symphony's room. He leaned against the door way silently and watched them. Melody sung the next part.

"You can change your life
Or you can change the world
"

Rose.

"Take the chance, don't be afraid
Life is yours to live
"

Sky

"Take a chance and then the best has yet to come"

All three.

"Make a wish, it's up to you
Find the strength inside
And watch your dreams come true
You don't need a shooting star
the magic's right there in your heart
Close your eyes
Believe and make a wish"

They stopped and giggled and Devil weakly clapped his hands together. The girls turned, startled.

"Is this what girls do in their spare time? Sing? How long was I out?" Sky jumped up and ran into Devil to give him a nice hug. A sharp stab of pain went through Devil and he leaned against Sky a little. "Sky, I'm still sore" Sky recognizing her mistake pulled away quickly.

"Sorry." Devil smiled at her.

"I can still hug, just not that hard. Gentle please" Sky smiled widely and hugged the boy again. He looked at the other two. "What no hug? I guess the only one who missed me was Sky, huh?"

"Oh Shut up you idiot" Rose smiled and joined in the hug. Devil looked at Melody.

"There's room for one more, you know" Melody smiled and shook her head. She walked over and joined the hug. When they pulled away Devil surveyed his surroundings. "So how long was I, resting?"

"From the time that the doctor said that you were okay, three days." Rose answered.

"Three days?!" He sat down on Melody's bed.

"Don't worry, nothing much has happened while you were gone." Rose stated.

"If you count, Sky being a dragon, my mom always knowing, and Rose fighting with Leaf, as nothing, then yeah, nothing happened." Melody stated while crossing her arms. Devil frowned.

"Scarlet was telling me about dragons and mermaids before....."Slowly Devil's eyes widened at Scarlet's name. "Scarlet! Is she okay? The last thing I remember is that we were being chased by a shark!" Sky put a small hand on the boy's arm.

"Relax Devil. Uriel came back two days ago and told us about Scarlet. She was in bad shape but now she's fine. She told my mom that she was only living in the underwater cave because one of the routes to Atlantis is infested by sharks. They were plan ning on going back today." Sky exlpained gently. Devil breathed out.

"Devil, you're supposed to be resting right now. The doctor said that you have to stay in bed for two whole weeks." Melody told him.

"Two weeks?! That doctor has no idea what he's talking about! I'm completely fine!" Devil pumped up a fist before doubling over in pain.

"Oh yeah you're completely fine, I believe you." Rose rolled her eyes. "Come on" Devil put an arm around her neck while grumbling. Melody supported his other side, since Sky was too short.


While they walked to his room, questions began to be asked.

"So uh, Rose. Are you still mad at Leaf?" Devil ask cautiously. She turned her head.

"He's a bitch."

"It's not his fault you know. He's just.....dense. You could at least tell him what your feelings are to him." Rose glared at Devil.

"And make a total fool out of myself? You have no idea how hard it is to tell someone your true feelings for them, especially if they're your friend. That could ruin the whole friendship and besides I know he doesn't like me that way."

"His feelings might have changed Rose. He wouldn't show them anyways, remember, he's the master of hiding emotions! Well not from me anyways." Rose giggled.

"He'll come around eventually Rose" Melody added. Sky merely nodded.

When the group reached Devil's room the two girls helped him onto his bed.

"Goodnight Devil" Sky said as she kissed his forehead. Devil smiled.

"'Night"

"See you tomorrow Devil" Rose stated as she kissed Devil on his forehead like Sky did. Melody rubbed her arm.

"What? No kiss from you? You're part of the Midnight Raiders too now, remember? We all say goodnight" Devil gave a weak smile, and Melody just shook her head. She swiftly walked over to him.

"Sweet Dreams" She planted a small kiss on his head. She and the other girls walked out of his room and before Melody could close the door Devil spoke.

"Sleep tight, all of you"

"Good night Devil" A chorus was heard and his door was shut.


My Special Words ( or not )

Ariel knew?! IceStorm had a mate? DarkEmber was killed by werewolves?

Is Drake okay?

Will Leaf and Rose make up?

And Where the hell is Lucas?

What does the future hold for our dear friends?

That's for me to know and for you to find out. :P

Oh and the song sung, was Make a wish by Cindy Mizelle & Asuka Hayashi