A Perfect Ending
Chapter 3: As The Day Draws Near


"Zelgadis?!" Her figure ran towards him. It was no use though, for an invisible barrier separated them from each other. With sickening thuds Amelia hit the wall repeatedly trying to get to Zelgadis...but she couldn't.

"Amelia? I'm sorry I can't stay with you. For once in my life I thought I was happy, it's gone now. Everything is gone...but before I leave please understand this Amelia. I loved you and I will always carry that same feeling within my heart. Farewell..." Amelia could feel as his life slipped away. With sobs racking her body she picked up a sharp rock and took her life...

"Amelia!! Wake up! It's just a bad dream Princess Amelia!" Amelia opened her eyes slowly. She had been screaming and crying in her sleep. Her maid came to wake her up. The room was dark and shadows lurked in every corner.

"A dream? Only a dream...?" Amelia wiped tears from her eyes. Her maid nodded.

"I'm sorry" The words echoed through her head. Zelgadis talking, her screams and crying...it was all so real. She hoped in her mind that Xelloss had already located Zel, and that...he'd come to her party and maybe stay with her. Then she could protect him...and save him from the fate that Rezo had told her.

"Miss Amelia you should really try to get a little more sleep before the morning, I know it might be hard but please just try. Your father really needs your help with things and you must remember that you have an upcoming birthday to plan. I do believe that it is in...5 days? You really need your full strength for that!" The maid, Jennifer smiled politely.

"Alright I will try..." Amelia replied back. Again she laid down, closed her eyes and drifted into a deep sleep free from her foreboding dreams and the images of Zelgadis.

Morning came quickly and the light that flooded into her room awoke her. Rubbing her eyes she climbed out of bed.

"I wish I had got some more sleep...Oh well I should be ready for a quite full day!" She jumped from her bed and went to take a quick shower and get dressed for breakfast. Humming the tune, Otome no Inori she danced down the stairs and into the large dining room.

"Daddy?" Amelia called into the empty room. She blinked and then went up to one of the cooks whom had just entered the room.

"Excuse me but where is my father?" Amelia asked. The cook looked thoughtful and then replied.

"I do believe that he's still in a conference. You can start eating if you wish and I'll tell him to meet you here when he's finished."

"Ok. Thank you very much" Amelia smiled. With that the cook left to deliver the message. Nobody else was in the room at the time and it was silent. But silence never does last for long...

"Well well it seems that Miss. Amelia is in a better mood from last night, am I right?" A very familiar and very annoying voice came from above her.

"Mr. Xelloss?" She asked looking up towards the ceiling. And of course it was Xelloss, happily floating above her. Easily she flew up to talk to him, although then again he could've come down, but that would have been much too easy!

"So Mr. Xelloss have you heard anymore news or found anyone else?" Her eyes looked pleadingly at him.

"Well...yes but don't quite believe it's the same person that you're thinking and if I'm correct, dreaming about." His reply was all but sincere.

"Oh I see...well what is your news? I don't really have all day to spend up here Xelloss." The tone in her voice quickly changed.

"Well I have actually a good amount of guest for you this time, you shall be visited by Filia and Valgarv, much to my dismay...as well as Martina and Zangulus. So now I do believe that I only must find Zelgadis. That may be difficult but I'll try my best to do so." Xelloss smiled and with that was gone.

"Wait I need to ask you something Xelloss!" Amelia called but got only silence as her reply. She needed to know if Xelloss could talk to Rezo for her too. She needed to know more, more then what he had told her before. At this rate she would have to go herself and seek him out. As she floated back down to her seat she heard the voice again.

"Amelia...I'm so sorry..." She held her head tight.

"Go away. Leave me alone!" Amelia cried out. Why were these voices always in her head tormenting her so? She sank to her knees.

"Miss. Amelia what is the problem?" Jennifer ran into the room after she heard Amelia's cries.

"I can't...I can't get rid of voices in my head. They keep coming to haunt me" Tears filled her eyes. Jennifer knelt next to Amelia and placed a hand on her forehead.

"Amelia dear you feel like you have a fever. I'll help you back to your room. I think that you're over working yourself and you're not getting enough sleep..." Jennifer pulled Amelia up and placed her steadily in her grip. Slowly they climbed the steps. Jennifer laid Amelia down into her bed then ran off to find the doctor. Amelia closed her eyes and placed a hand on her forehead. The nurse was right, she was burning up. But more then that, there was a growing pain inside of her. It hadn't been there before, or maybe she hadn't noticed it. What was it and did it have anything to do with her dreams?

"Why...why?" Amelia's voice grew weaker and weaker. She then passed out. Several minutes passed and Jennifer returned with the doctor and her father who had just finished his meeting.

"What is wrong with her?" Her father demanded. The doctor looked at her with a worried look. He placed a thermometer in her mouth and checked heart rate and other things.

"Well what is it?" Her father was impatient, nothing could happen his daughter, the only one that he had left...Slowly the doctor put away all of his materials and stood next to her bed. After the many minutes of quiet he spoke...

"She seems to be suffering from more then just exhaustion and tiredness. But I can't really tell. I do fear though that she has a dark dream spirit within her...if so she might not have too long to live and we might not have long enough to save her..."





-~- Author Notes: Well It really took me long enough to write this next chapter. Sorry for the cliffhanger at the end of the last one and then taking so long for this one. My apologies. I had other things to do and I somewhat lost interest in this story and began a few others to get my mind off some of my older ones. Well I hope you liked it nonetheless and yes it's yet another cliff hanger but I'll try to get the next chapter up A LOT sooner. Thank you everyone that have reviewed, I much appreciate it! -~-