'Dreamin Past'

Dustin

Could I be more of a lousy friend or what?! Here we are, at Ninja ops, as Cam and Sensei began aiding Tori in another room. I stood there, nibbling on my fingers, waiting anxiously for the results of her condition. Man, she wasn't looking too good, I thought, remembering the look on her face that resulted in the incident. I glance over at the others who were looking quite worried and scared as much as I am. "Look, it's not your fault." I heard Shane telling me as he laid a hand on my shoulder. "It was no one's."

"No, dude." I started off, nodding my head from side to side. "If my attention wasn't so freakin' focused on those girls, Tori wouldn't be in the position she is now!"

"Hey. The important thing is that she is safe and alive." Hunter exclaims as I look down and nodded. He was right. I shouldn't be wasting my time blaming myself, although I still hold myself responsible. It's just that, I've known Tori for years since we first attented Ninja School Academy together as little kids, along with Shane and it would kill me if I ever lose her completely. She became my best friend...my sister...and another member of my family.

Long minutes passed by when suddenly Cam opened the door and closed it behind him. We all jumped up with question marks on our faces. He looked up and smiled. "It seems that Tori will be alright. She just needs to rest her shoulder." We all sighed in relief. "Thank God." Blake smiles in ease. "That's great!" Hunter cheers on happily. "Can we see her?" I asks with a huge grin.

"Once she wakes up." Cam explains. "But I'll call you guys when she does. You all need to get some rest. You guys look like a bunch of wrecks."

"Hey, I'm not going anywhere." Blake says. "I'll stay here till she wakes up."

"Yeah. I'm with ya." Me, Hunter, and Shane all nodded.

~*~*~*~*~ Tori

[Dreaming]

7 years ago

"What were you doing in there?" I asks as I saw a little blonde girl come out from Sensei's room after training. She turned around and gasps, slipping her hands behind her. "Nothing, Tori." She smiles innocently as I glared right at her suspiciously. "What are you hiding behind your back, sis?"

"It's none of your business so stay out of it!" She snaps back at me.

"Oh no." I laughed. "You see, I'm not gonna fall for your little tricks cuz this time you've been caught! So spill it, Trace!" I yelled back at her in rage as I grabbed her ninja suit and pulled her towards me.

"Leave me alone!" She whined, trying to loosen up my grip. "Help! I hate you! I hate you ! I wish you weren't my sister!"

"That's okay. It Doesn't matter. Like I even care. We're not exactly sisters in blood anways, although we do look alike in some ways. You just happen to be my only stepsister!" I sneered back at her. "You know the reason why my parents decided to adopt you is because they felt sorry for you! You're nothing but an evil bratty spoiled child who will do anything to make people's lives miserable, like with your stupid talks and threats about taking over earth with that father of yours you call family!"

"Shut up!" She snaps back. "At least I still have my real father, who loves me!'

"Your father is an evil man just like his own daughter! He left remember!"

"No!!" She screamed. "I've been sneaking out of the house just to see him behind your backs!"

I paused and looked at her wide-eyed. She continues with a smile,"Oh yeah! That's right, Tor! He's back! Back for me! And I've got what he wants that will help destroy all of you!"

"Oh so you have stolen something huh?! You know that's not right!" I told her. "Taking something that is not rightfully yours isn't smart, especially from a nice guy like Sensei.

"Oh and you think you know better?" She laughed at my face. "You're only 2 years older than me!"

"What does that got to do with what we're talking about!?"

"Just leave me alone!" She ran off.

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"Noo...noo..." I cried in my sleep as my dream continues.

"Mom! Dad! I'm home!" I entered the house as my mouth went drop open. My bags suddenly slipped through my hands as I gasps at the broken windows, and scattered furniture laying around. "Oh no..." I started to panick as I ran right upstairs yelling, "Mom! Dad! Where are you?! Oh my God, I thought...What am I gonna do?! Mom! Dad! Tracy?" I went into my little sister's room, and find it empty. "That little witch packed her bags!" I said to myself, once I find her closet and drawers emtpy.

"Hello there, Tori." A deep voice that came from behind startled me. I quickly turned around, and there stood both my parents, unconscience. I looked up at Tracey and glared at her evil smirk. She waved. "Hey sister! Meet my dad!"

I beamed at him in digust. "He looks like a disgrace to me!" I said coldly as I went to my parents, but then was zapped by an electric spark that separated me from them. "Ow! What did you do to my parents?!"

"It's good your here!" Tracy exclaims. "It would be best if you see for yourself."

Her weird looking father took out a lazor of some sort as he pointed it to both of my parents. "Say goodbye to mommy and daddy." He laughed evilly as I gasps and screamed. "NOOOOOO!!!!"

~*~*~*~*~ Shane

2 hours went by, and Tori was still asleep I assumed. Man she must've gotten completely wiped out from those waves, I thought as the image came to my head. Good thing she's okay. I hope that girl wakes up soon, so that I can talk to her and tell her how sorry I am for not noticing that something was up sooner. Good thing I felt it. I knew something wasn't right when I couldn't see her in the waters from where I was standing. And then when I saw her surfboard floating along, I knew that she was in trouble.

As we waited, for what seems to be forever, the 2 brothers were outside, getting some fresh air as me and Dustin stayed and played all sorts of card games. "So do you have a 7?" Dustin asks, as he held up one more card in his hand. "GoFish." I said, as Dustin sighs and picked up another card from the deck. "Darn!" He hissed. "So close." I laughed at him.

"I see you two are still playing GoFish eh?" Blake says as he and Hunter enters the room with their ninja suits on. I smiled and nodded. "So she awake yet?" Hunter asks with his arms crossed. "Nah." I sighed as I lay my last 2 pairs down. "I win."

"Ah man!" Dustin groans as he smacked the cards he had left on the table. "That was like the 3rd time!"

"Maybe GoFish isn't your game!" Blake jokes as Dustin pursed his lips. "Dude, I own this game when I was a kid!" He replied as we all laughed at him. "What? I did."

"Sure man. Sure." I chuckled as the goofball glares evilly at me.

"This is ridiculous." Cam turns away from the computer and faces the 4 of us. "It's been hours, and you guys need to rest. I don't think she'll be waking up any sooner." We all sighed.

"NOOOOOO!" A sudden shrill came from the other room as we all looked up. "NOOO! MOM! DAD! NOOOOOO!!!! GET AWAY!!!"

"Oh my God..." I gasps. "It's Tori!" We all rushed to the other room as I shoved my way in first. And there was Tori, placed on a platform, screaming and grabbing the sheets underneath her. "NOOOO! STOP!" She cried again as I shook her. "Tori! Your dreaming! Wake up!" I said as the others tried to calm her down. "STOP!" She screamed as I took her by the hand to control her movement.

"She's not waking up!" Blake shouts out as he placed his hand over her head. "Tori! Please!" He cried.

"She's freaking out, man!" Hunter began to panick. "What do we do?!"

"Here! Someone go outside and get me a bucket of water!" Cam ordered. "Now! Hurry!"

"Okay okay. I'll get it." I volunteered as I hurried out the door to get some water.

~*~*~*~*~ Hunter

"NOO!" Tori continued to scream as her eyes remain shut. I stood behind my brother like a nervous wreck, as he comforts her. "Please be okay." I whispered to myself. "Please me okay. Come on, Tori. Wake up."

"MOM!!! DAD!! PLEASE NOOO! DON'T HURT THEM!!" She cried even louder. "Tori! Come on!" Dustin yells out loud as he shooks her arm. "You're only dreaming!! Wake up, girl!!!"

"Alright!" Shane swungs the door open and enters the room, holding a bucket of water. "Everyone move!" He quickly ran towards the platform bed, as he spilled a few drops of water on the floor. He then, puts the bucket over Tori and dumps all that water on her. Shane then, tossed the bucket into the air as Tori gasps and finally woke up. "Ahhh!" She shouts out as the blonde ran her fingers through her wet hair. "Oh my God..." Tori began breathing heavily as she stood up. "What happened?"

"You were screaming and yelling in your sleep." Dustin exclaims. "And then we were trying to wake you up, but then you wouldn't." I include. She looked blank. "You must have some kind of nightmare huh?" Cam wonders as he damps the cast on her shoulder with a towel. Tori shook her head. "Yeah. I did." And then sighs. "Good thing it was only a dream."

"Well, I'm glad that you're alright." Blake says in relief as he placed his hand on top of hers. "Yeah...you got us worried for awhile there." I nodded. "Especially when you got wiped out at the beach!"

"Yeah man!" Dustin adds. "No surfing for you, young lady. Not until your shoulder gets better."

"What are you guys talking about?" Tori asks with a chuckle. "I didn't get wiped out back there! Some chick pushed me off my board while I was surfing!" She groaned angrily.

"What?" Shane questioned. "Who would want to do that?"

"I don't know okay?! But that bimbo looked so familiar. It was like I know her! And ugh..." She paused. "I just can't remember..."

"Maybe it was an accident." I shrugged.

"Oh no. This was certainly no accident." Tori exclaims. "It was sure planned out."

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NOTE: aiyte well tell me what you think. I am currently working on the 3rd chapter.soo yeah!