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Running From Dreams



Dante sighed as he hung up his phone. He had just talked to Trish, asking her to come down here and what the hell a siren was.

********************Phone Conversation************************** "You never paid attention in school did you?" Trish asked. "Not to that kinda stuff Trish! Now will you just tell me what the hell a siren is?!" Dante yelled frustrated at her. "Fine, a siren is supposed to be a water creature. They're supposed to be extremely beautiful and have an enchanting voice. They were generally known to use their voices to bewitch men and lead them to their death.but I think that was just a legend." Trish explained. "What are you talking about?" Dante asked. Trish let out a loud sigh and said, "Because there were many stories about men marrying sirens." "That's nice Trish, but could you tell my something helpful? Like why marionettes would be chasing after one?" Dante said through gritted teeth. "Well, the only thing that I could think of is that someone is after her," Trish said. "Thanks Trish that's reall helpful!" Dante said sarcastically. "You're welcome! I'll be their tomorrow." ************************************************************************

Dante sighed again and closed his eyes. He was so tired, all he wanted was at least an hour of sleep and he would be happy. He let his mind drift to Larana and the visions that he had of her and himself. "Yeah right! In your dreams demon boy," he told himself as he fell asleep.

******************Upstairs*********************************************** Annie woke up rather violently. Larana had kicked her off the bed, and HARD! She got up off the floor and said "Larana I swear I'm gonna..LARANA!" Annie had planned to yell at Larana, but not for these reasons. Annie covered her mouth and screamed, "DANTE!"

********************Downstairs***************************************

Dante heard someone call his name but he still didn't wake up, "Dream," he said to himself and went back to sleep. 'DANTE! DANTE HELP ME PLEASE!' Dante's eyes shot open and he sat up. That wasn't a dream that was Larana. He quickly stood up and ran up stairs. *********************And we're back upstairs again**************************

Dante ran up the stairs and into his bedroom. Annie was backed against the wall, her hands over her mouth. "What's wrong?" he asked her urgently. Annie just pointed at the bed. Dante's eyes widened. Larana was lying on the bed twisting and turning violently while an evil black aura surrounded her. "Larana!" he yelled. "DANTE!" she screamed as though she was in pain. Dante ran over to her and jumped on the bed. He grabbed hold of her shoulders and shook her. "Larana! Larana wake up!" Larana's eyes shot open, but there was something wrong. Her eyes weren't green anymore they were black. "Annie, go downstairs," Dante commanded. "But, Larana!" Annie cried. "She'll be fine. Just go!" he yelled. Annie nodded and took off downstairs. Dante looked down at Larana. She looked back at Dante and in a voice that wasn't hers she said, "Bring her to me Dante! Give Larana to ME!" Larana's eyes closed and she started twisting and turning again. Dante couldn't hold her still! He sat up and put one leg on each side of her so that he was straddling her hips. "LARANA! LARANA WAKE UP!" Dante yelled shaking her hard. Suddenly as if on command, Larana sprang up yelling, "NO! DANTE!" Dante caught her in his arms. She was shaking violently as she started to sob into Dante's chest. "Shhh.It's ok Larana. I'm here, I'm here. It's ok," he said softly smoothing down her hair. Larana clung to him as she cried, but she didn't say a word.

After about thirty minuets, Larana had cried herself out and was now sleeping again with Dante beside her. Dante was awoken by Annie shaking his shoulder. She had come back upstairs to see how her sister was doing. Dante turned to look at her. "Is she alright?" Annie asked. "Yeah, she'll be fine," Dante answered. Annie nodded her head and said, "I wanna talk to you down stairs." Dante nodded his head and thought, 'Oh great. This is gonna be on of those, I think she's too young for you and stay away from her talks.' "I'll be down in a minuet," he said sleepily. Annie looked from him to Larana and said, "Alright."

When she had left, Dante sat up and rubbed his eyes. He sighed then got up off the bed and started walking towards the door when he felt a hand reach out and grab his wrist. He looked down and saw Larana staring at him with pleading eyes. 'Don't leave me,' she pleaded in his mind. Dante smiled and said "I'll be right back babe. I'm just goin downstairs for a minuet." Larana shook her head no and tightened her grip on him. He put his free hand on top of hers and leaned down to kiss her forehead. "I promise I'll be right back. Now sleep," he said as he passed his hand over her face. Larana's grip loosened and her eyes closed in sleep. Dante smiled grateful that Trish had taught him a few tricks when they had returned from Mallet Island. He tucked a strand of loose hair behind her ear and walked out of the room closing the quietly behind him.





Author's Note: I'm really bore today so.yeah. Anyways, whatcha think? I hope you like this story so far. And thanks to Tokyo's Angel who helped my sorry butt out!