The rain broke into my sleep. I could tell I wasn't sleeping laying down. The sky cracked and a white light flashed into the room I was in, a rumbles soon following. As my eyes slowly opened onto the dimmed room, a head burrowed into my upper arm and I remembered where I was.

Relena and I had been up late talking in her lounge. We were both tired and she fell asleep against me while I was in mid-sentence. I don't blame her; she does so much work for the world. I guess I fell asleep a little after too.

I looked over and saw her. She was deep in sleep. The room lit up once again. Her arms slipped around my arm soon after the rumbled flowed through the room. There was a small smile on my face while I closed my eyes and started to fall back asleep.

The thought crossed my mind, as it had before, as to whether or not to resign my position in the guard and perssue a relationship with Relena. I really cared for her, more than as a friend, and I could feel the same from her. The problem was that I was a soldier and she was royalty of the Sanc Kingdom. Resigning from the guard would make me a civilian.

I woke up again. The light was different. My eyes opened more quickly. A seemingly golden glow had flown over the room. Relena was coming to now too. She sat up straight , stretched, yawned, and then noticed the glow, "Hmm....?"

I was approaching the window and the glow continued to grow brighter. Relena stood also, "Slash.... what's going on...?"

"I don't know," was all that I could answer. Just after I spoke a ball of gold appeared near the window. It expanded into what appeared to be a human.

The thing spoke "Slash Andrews?"

I was startled that it knew my name, "Yeah... that's me... who are..." I was cut off.

"Good, exactly who I was looking for," he approached me as he spoke. When he was about a foot from me a golden tinted sphere formed around the two of us.

Relena didn't like what was going on. The entire room flashed gold and she stood in her 'transformed' form, "Who are you and what do you want...?"

His eyes looked at her, "Good, you're exactly what I need for this." A beam of energy shot out and Relena was frozen. No matter how hard she tried, she was unable to move.

I glared at him, "What are you doing...?"

His response was quick as he withdrew a box and opened it to reveal dust, "I have my purposes."

I then found myself unable to move. He looked over at Relena and a cut ran across her left shoulder. The blood from it vanished just after exiting the wound. After a few seconds the wound vanished. I saw the blood in the box. He closed the lid and I could feel something from the box. Suddenly what was containing us vanished.

Relena stood there, totally stunned. I took a bit of a fighting stance. This guy was really weird. Then, he spoke again, "My name is Magnaboss. Feel free to call me Magna." His hands ran over the box and he then opened it. "Slash, I've been watching you. This is yours."

I reached inside and withdrew an amulet. It levitated and then went around my neck. I was much caught off guard, but I could feel that the amulet was good. It seemed to be missing a quarter of it, though. There was still some dust in the box.

"Oh, I forgot." He took the amulet off my neck and tossed it back into the box. "This won't hurt." A cut formed in the palm of my hand. The blood appeared in the box and the cut quickly vanished. "There."

The box opened once more. This time the amulet flew out to me. It merged into my body and I could feel it within me. "What.... What is this?"

"An amulet. A gift. Use it well." He became a ball of gold and vanished.

I pinched myself and turned to see Relena doing the same. I could feel whatever it was inside me. The feeling was so interesting. "You ok, Relena?"

"Of course," she responded.

We sat back down. She had already returned to her normal self. Her head rested against my arm again and we both fell back asleep. We both thought it was a dream, until we woke up and I still felt the power.