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Ch. 52 All Like a Bad Dream
As the mask came off Blake saw his purple eyes staring at her his dark hair slicked back. He dropped the mask to the ground and for a few seconds and then it started to shift and change. His face was distorting and then slowly reforging itself his eyes and hair changing colors. Wynne was the first to see it and she started to cry dropping to her knees. Ruby turned and and tried to ask her what was wrong when Blake started to back up bumping into Yang. The man dropped his head and his hair turned blonde and Yang started to move forward. Yang was within arms length when the mans head shot up and his blue piercing eyes looked right through her. She feel back to the ground and Ruby looked up and saw what the other girls were. When the change was done it was Dantes face looking at them not that mask. Ruby stood up and walked to the man who looked like Dante and slapped him as hard as she could. He merely took it and stood there letting her slap him over and over. Blake has turned and drop to her knees putting her hinds over her head like a child hiding in a corner. "How dare you!" Ruby said still slapping him. The next thing Ruby knew the man threw his arms around her pulling her into a hug.
"I am so sorry for everything I did to you all." Ruby started having tears come to her eyes and she hugged him tight. Once he let go of Ruby he made his way to Yang who he helped up. The second she was on her feet she slugged him hard right in the jaw.
"I guess I deserved that." Dante rubbed his jaw with the back of his hand and turned his head some. He looked past her to Weiss who was just standing there not knowing what to do. He walked past her to Wynne who was still on the ground crying. "Nala." He started to crouch down and she looked up at him.
"Dante is that?" He smiled.
"Yes its me." Nala threw her arms around his neck and he lifted her up and helped her to her feet. "I am sorry that you had to live knowing I was dead." He pulled her back to look in her eyes. "I can't imagine the pain." He said when his eyes caught Blake still on the ground and looked at Wynne. She turned her head and looked back at Blake who was on the ground crying.
"Go to her. I will be fine, she needs you more than I do." Wynne let him go and headed over with the rest of the group who were all now watching. Dante walked behind Blake and then around to her front kneeling down in front of her.
"Blake I.." Was all he got out.
"A year, you have been dead for a year." She said through sobs.
"Blake." He tried for a second time.
"Why Dante." She said looking up at him finally, her eyes were full of tears and she looked broken. "I mourned you, we buried you next to your parents."
"Yes I was there I watched." Dante said looking at her in her eyes.
"You should have told us." Dante turned his head away and then back to her.
"If I did my plan would not have even if it did you all would be in danger. When that mansion came down on me I thought for sure I was done for." He watched her eyes and how they reacted to his talking. "I promise I am going to tell you everything but you have to trust me that everything I did was for the right reason." Blake looked at his eyes and she knew he was telling the truth but she also saw something new something that was not there the last time she saw him. It was hidden behind his love for her and Wynne but she could see it, sadness one that ran deep within him. "Now come on lets all sit and I will tell you what happened from the beginning." He stood and extended his hand to her but she did not take it she looked away and got up herself. It hurt him that she did not trust him anymore but he watched as she moved back to the others. They got the fire going and when Dante sat down Blake sat farthest from him as she could. He looked at her and she would not meet his gaze like the others would. Once they were all settled he pulled out the journal that was given to him and showed it to all of them. "It all ends with this, but it all started like a bad dream."
