Disclaimer: Yeah, yeah you know the drill. I don't own these characters or anything. Don't sue cuz you won't get anything worth your time.

AN: Just so you peoples know, in this fic I am making Rini a lot more mature than she usually is. She's still really young but her mature side shows up a lot more. Don't worry about her acting all whiny and stuff all the time. Anyway, on with the show!

Oh yeah the italics are thoughts and thought related conversations from now on.

Ch.3 Awakening by: Little_Firefly

"Where am I?" She was floating in a sea of stars and darkness with nothing but her wings.

"You are now safe from danger," a familiar voice echoed in her mind.

"But where am I? And where is Rini??!!!"

"Do not fear, for she is safe in reality. I have brought you here because your body in reality was unstable and would most likely have killed you. I now pose this question to you; since you have awakened here it means that your body is stable enough to support you in reality. Do you wish to return or fade away until a new existence?"

At this proposal she stood up and flexed her tattered wings. "I wish to return for the sake of all those I left behind and those that I still have to save."

The golden crescent on her forehead began to glow and her entire body shimmered with golden light. It restored her wings to their full luster and repaired the tattered remains. A blinding white light erupted from a single star, but she did not blink even once. She merely ran towards the light and when she gained enough speed, jumped into the air to fly into the white portal.

Small Lady slept with her head against her mother's hand and dreamed of the return of Crystal Tokyo. The time was nearing when it would come to be and she would get to see her mother obtain the position of queen. Many times she had heard the story when she was a child but she could never imagine it quite perfectly. Now that she would be able to see it for herself she felt at ease. Even in the strange world she was currently trapped in Small Lady had managed to find solace. That was a rare thing for the girl since her mother had not awoken for an entire week since their arrival.

The sleeping woman awoke in a daze and tried to orient herself with the strange surroundings she was in. She moved her hand to try to get blood circulating in it and dislodged Small Lady from her resting place. The woman noticed this and tried to move to see what it was, but ended up falling to the floor in a swirl of dizziness. Small Lady awoke immediately and tried to push her mother into a sitting position, all the while yelling for Folken to come and see. She was overjoyed that her mother was awake and began to cry when she saw her mother's blue eyes fill with tears of their own.

Small Lady collapsed into her mother's arms and continually cried the word mommy between sobs. Folken awoke from the nap that he had been sharing with Small Lady as if he had been drugged. He was groggy and slow in making his way towards the two women. Folken had become somewhat of a surrogate parent to Small Lady since her arrival. He knew that her mother was in a coma and did not know when she would wake. Folken knew much more than the others but was at a loss as to the origin or true names of the two visitors. Small Lady would not reveal her true name or her mother's. The one time Van had asked, Small Lady had stared blankly at him and didn't respond for hours.

They had been worried but when she snapped out of it she seemed not to remember it. Nobody knew what to do with the two girls so they were kept in Millerna's care for the time being. On many occasions Small Lady had returned to the forest where Folken first took her. She talked to the man named Helios quite a bit and seemed very attached to him in the absence of her mother.

When Folken finally reached Small Lady and her mother there were tears covering the sheets. The blue-eyed and blond-haired woman seemed oblivious to Folken and merely comforted Small Lady as best as she could. Her current state wasn't very promising but there was something about her that told Folken not to worry.

"Rini, it's okay now. I'm alive and I won't leave you, okay?" She said this with a lot of strain in her voice. He could tell that she was still in lousy condition.

Folken couldn't understand for a moment and then realized that Small Lady had just been called Rini by her mother. He decided to step forward and help Small Lady get her mother back onto the bed. When he scooped the woman up into his arms she seemed to become dizzy again from the change in position. He quickly set her down on the bed and covered her up once again. Not once did he flinch at the fact that she was still naked and he averted his eyes in the kindest manner possible.

Yet one thing struck him as odd. When he had gone to sleep the woman's wings had been shredded yet now they were full and lustrous with glistening, white feathers. Once Folken layed her down her wings folded protectively around her waist and she seemed to drift off into a daze. Small Lady just looked at Folken and then back to her mother, wondering at the connection between the two.

More to come. Before I even posted this sucker I had two chapters written so it may take a while for updates. Ill try my best but once I finish my AP exam ill have plenty of time for writing. Then the fun will ensue.