Author's Note: (Insert standard disclaimer here) Anyways, this is Lina's dream/flashback here. It's quite short I know, but I didn't want to give all the secrets away at the beginning. ^_^

Lina was sitting in an inn fighting Gourry over food as usual when Xellos had appeared right beside her and whispered something in her ear before disappearing again. He had been so quick that Gourry didn't even know he'd been there at all.

"Gourry, I've got to go check something out real quick. I'll see ya later!" Lina said as she stalked off. Gourry just shrugged and continued eating, happy because he didn't have to fight for every bite now.

Lina cast Leviation as soon as she was out of the inn. She flew quickly to the hot springs where Xellos asked her to meet him. "I can't believe he actually called me Dragon Spooker!" Lina ground her teeth as she waited. She had been there for a little while when her stomach started gurgling. "I should have waited until after dinner!" She decided then that if Xellos wasn't even going to be there then she might as well leave and go eat and he could find her. She closed her eyes and began to cast Levitation again, but something had knocked her out before she'd completed it.