The Dreamlighter
Episode Five
*Yappappa Yappappa ii shan ten--*
"Naw I don't wanna watch Ranma, it's probly just a rerun"
"Fine"
*click*
*Zaukoku na tenshi on you ni shounen yo shinwa ne nare--*
"I don't wanna see that"
"What's wrong with Neon Genesis?"
"Come on......"
"Ok fine!"
*click*
*Nahitaku naru you na moonlight, denwa mo dekinai midnight---"
"I am definitely NOT going to watch that, Amelia!!"
"What?! I thought you liked Sailor Moon, Lina!"
"Yeah I did.....but the situation has changed a little....."
"What kind of situation?"
"................" Amelia looked at her older friend in confusion. She had
always thought that she was a little strange.....but lately it seemed as if Lina
was living in a different world. Ever since the day of her birthday party she
had been more jumpy and acted more like she had a weight on her shoulders.
Though she had only known her for at least a month, she still felt that she knew
something was wrong. Amelia tried to find out what was concerning her but she
would never tell her. If only she knew a way to help her close friend......
"Lina are you Ok?"
"Of course I'm Ok! Just because I don't want to see a stupid TV show why do you
automatically think something's wrong?!"
"Cause you're yelling at me"
"I'M NOT---! I mean I'm not yelling at you. It's just that I really don't want
to see Sailor Moon......."
"I don't see why. I think she is soooo cool!"
"You would....."
"Truly! I mean it! Cause I think it would be soo totally awsome to fight evil in
the name of Justice!! To right wrongs and triumph over evils!"
"No you don't"
"Wha...?"
"Yeah being a super hero sounds great and saving people is Ok too. But it's the
fight with the bad guy is what you don't want to deal with"
"Yes I would because I would have the light of justice and the power of love in
my heart. And with that justice will always triumph!"
"Yeah if you don't get killed first"
"Oh Lina......"
Lina looked at her young friend and felt a headache coming on. Amelia just
didn't understand! She was a freakin' Sailor Moon for god sakes! And she didn't
like one bit of it. Even though she had only had one battle she wished it was
her last........
(Flashback) * * *
"You mean I'm gonna have to fight black blobs with an attitude every day?!"
"No"
"Good"
"They're not all blobs. Only the weaker ones are......"
"Oh good god........."
(End of Flashback) * * *
"Oh good god...."
"What's the matter, Lina?"
"Nothin' Amelia. Just gettin' a headache"
She got up from the floor and plopped herself on the couch.
"A really BIG headache"
"Well maybe we should turn the TV off for a while" Amelia said as she grabbed
the remote control. "Less noise might make you feel better"
"That's sounds like a great idea" said a voice.
Lina gasped as she saw her sister in the kitchen doorway!
"L...LL...Luna!! When did you get back so early!!??
"Just now. And you shouldn't be watching so much TV. That anime is going to turn
your brain to mush" (And when haven't we heard someone tell us that?)
"Oh don't worry Ms Inverse, as you see we were about to turn it off" Amelia said
as she saw the look of fear in her friend's eyes. "And besides, we were about to
read one of the books I got from the library"
Luna look suspiciously at the book the younger girl had removed from her
bookbag.
"Well....Ok. I'm going to go and take a shower. You girls have fun...."
Making sure Luna was out of earshot Lina mumbled "Yeah right...by putting my
head in a blender...."
"I HEARD THAT!!" shouted a very irritated voice.
"How does she do that?!"
"I don't know" her friend said going into the kitchen "My sister can do the same
thing"
"Hey Amelia" Lina said following her "Thanks for coming to my rescue. I thought
she was going to beat me then and there!"
"No problem. It would have been unjust for me to just stand by and let my friend
get beat to a plup."
"Yeah. So what's your book about?"
"It's about dragons and monsters and heros and fighter of justice--!"
"Why am I not surprised?"
"--and handsome princes and damsels in disress! Oh! How I wish I could have my
prince...."
That last comment made Lina sit up at full attention!
"Hey Amelia....." she said with a bit of mischief in her voice "Who's your
prince...or to more exact...who do you have a crush on?"
"Wh...w..What do you mean??!" Amelia face turned red as a cherry!
"Well you gotta be likin' somebody.....who is it???"
"Well...." she said uncertain
"Well what?"
"Well I can't tell you"
"Ah c'mon! Can't ya tell your best friend????"
"You really think we're best friends?!" she said surpised
"Yeah why not? We hang out anyway. Might as well make it official"
"Wow Lina!"
"C'mon and tell!"
"Well....I still can't"
"Hey---!"
"But I can make it that you can find out on your own....."
"What do you mean?"
"Here" She pulled out a pink envelope and handed it to Lina "You can put this in
his locker. You might just recognize it because you know him"
"I know him??" Lina's mind started to go through of the boys she knew.
"And if you still haven't figured it out I'll tell you later"
"Hmmm...ok" Lina cuisousity or to be more exact her noseiniss couldn't keep her
from refusing!
"And besides I could always pick his lock and look through his belongings to
find out for my self......"
"LINA??!!!"
"Just kidding"
Darkness was everywhere in the Dreamscape as the dark castle lumed in the
distances. Inside the evil of evils waited for his servant to return. He
clutched the arm of his ebony throne impatiently as the minutes flew by.
Suddenly the darkness of the room parted to reveal a burgundy haired man in dark
robes. His servant had arrived......
"Dreamwisdom, come forth to me" he whispered
"Yes Lord"
The servant cautiously approched his master, knowing the punishment he would be
receiving for his failure would be great. He bowed is head, letting the shadows
cover his kind-looking blue eyes. They were unusual for a servant of evil. But
eyes have the power to show what a person has seen, what they have done, and
what they felt inside. Dreamwisdom was no exception....
"Why haven't the Hoshi-kin returned?"
"He has failed, Lord"
"Hmmm....failed...."
Suddenly Dreamwisdom felt icy fingers tightly grab his neck! He hadn't even seen
the dark figure move from in front of him, but now he was behind him giving him
his gratitude.
"It was Dreamcloud....wasn't?" his master whispered in his ear
When he didn't answer, the dark figure tightened his grip causing the blood to
flow more from the unfortunate servant's mouth.
"That brat of a nightmarite, that traitor?"
His voise was calm, but his words stung like frozen daggers.
"Yes..L..Lord..." he manged to choke out
"I thought so" he mused not loosening his hold. But instead caressed the
suffering dream guardain's cheek with his other hand. Dreamwisdom felt his
stomach turn at his master's touch.
"Rememeber...." he purred "...your duty is to find weak points in the
Dreamscape, send out a Hoshi-kin through the pathetic human, and bring me back
it's imagination....is that so hard?"
"The...h.. h...human c..chosen w..wasn't stro..strong enough...uh"
"Because she was an adult, you fool!! Adults do not have strong imaginations!!!"
With a sigh of discust his threw the dream guardain to the ground, finally
allowing him to breathe.
"If you would have turned him into stone like the other dream guardians who
tried to defy me, we wouldn't have this problem would we?"
"I tried Lord, but as you know Dreamheart interfered before I could finish the
process....."
"Ah yes Dreamheart, your dream-maker counterpart. But we both know that she
wasn't the cause, it was your own fault. You hesitated."
"No I didn't Lord. I --"
"Yes you did. Don't be foolish enough to lie to me. I see it in your eyes. Your
fondness for him, your affection. Things that a servant of the Lord of
Nothingness and Evil should not be feeling..."
"Lord I --"
".....letting him call you by that pathetic human name. Rezo ha! How
discustingly mortal!"
"But Lord --"
"Your human and almost dream-maker affection had caused us to have a very crafty
enemy."
".............."
"I want Dreamcloud, or as you so lovingly called him, Zelgadiss DEAD!!"
"Yes.....my Lord"
"Good now go. And this time be smart and chose a child. Your name is wisdom for
God's sakes! Start acting like it!"
"Yes Lord"
"And where is Dreamdarker? I want her here. Go and find her. NOW!
"Yes Lord. Anything you wish.....I will do..."
"......meet me at the Sairaag park at 5:30. Sincerely, Your Secert Admirer"
Lina read over the note once more and signed. She realized her friend really
must have a crush on that guy, but she just couldn't figure out who it was!
"Well I might as well give it to the guy now. Lets see...Locker 47 hmmm......"
She walked down the long hallway in search the mystery boy's locker. Since the
last bell had just rang a few minutes ago, she figure she could catch him at his
locker...
"Hello Lina" said a familar voice behind her
"Oh hey Zel...."
"What's wrong with you?" he asked as he noticed her confused expression
"Nothin'. Just lookin' for some boy's locker. Gotta give him something from a
friend. Hey! Maybe you can help me!"
She handed him the envelope in which she got the note from.
"Does this friend know that you read the note?" he asked raising an eyebrow
"Well not exactly...."
"Hey...wait a minute...this... is my locker number..."
"Hold up!! What?!"
"So that note in your hand belongs to me."
"W..well..."
Lina didn't know what to do! Her best friend had a crush on Zelgadiss! She
couldn't believe it! He wasn't even human! Well tecnically she wasn't either,
but that wasn't the point. The last thing she wanted was Amelia to be caught up
in this mess!
"She doesn't know what she gettin' into...."
"What was that?"
"Nothin'"
"Well can I have my letter now?"
"Well..you see Zel--"
But before she could finish her sentence, Zelgadiss had already snatched the
letter from her hand!
"Hey!!"
"It's mine anyway"
As he read the letter, Lina almost thought she saw his usually nonemotional pale
face turn pink at the cheeks. But then the blush was gone as if it was never
there.
"This a love note...." he said a little uncertain
"Naw ya think?!"
"And this is from a friend of yours?"
"Yeah I guess...."
"Is it a girl?"
"Yeah she's a girl!! Who have you been hanging out with?!"
"Hey you never know"
Then taking one last look at the letter he stuffed it in his pocket and headed
out of the school building.
"Hey wait! Zel! You're gonna answer it?!"
"Well of course. I'll just simply tell her that I can't get into a relationship
right now. Humans are easy to deal with"
"Yeah right! Just go easy on her. I've known you to, to put it lightly, be
blunt. Just don't go hurtin' her feelings or anything."
"Nightmarites may be heartless, but we know how to deal with feelings"
"That doesn't make any sense!!"
"It's not supposed to. Now go away, after soccer practise I have some business
to take care of"
And after that he left out the door, leaving a very uncertain dream-maker.....
"Jerk!"
"It's Zelgadiss, Amelia!! ZEL! GA! DISS!!!"
" So what? What's wrong with liking him, Lina?"
"Well....well for one he's a sadist! Why would you want a guy so mad at the
world around ya anyway?!"
"Well that's one of the things that drew me to him. He's so sad....and from the
moment I saw his face, it made me want to make him feel better....take away his
sadness, make him happy....."
"Believe me, nothin' you can do can make him better....."
"What, do you like him.....?"
"W..wha...I...I"
"Well that would be too bad, because Gourry likes you"
A smile of mischief crossed her innocent child-like face. It almost looked out
of place on her "Never even had a late library book" face.....
"Or haven't you noticed that yet?"
"W..w.ww..what? He don't like me! He likes....Sylphiel.."
"Yeah well keep telling yourself that. Got to go"
"But Amelia--!"
"No Lina. I have made up mind and nothing is going to change it. Now I'm going
home to get ready. I'll see you later Ok? Ok?"
"Ok....but I still say you're making a BIG mistake....."
"Well I'll be the judge of that"
And with that she grabbed her bookbag and headed out the school building....
"Oh Amelia....." Lina whispered to herself "why won't you listen....."
"Oh boy...." Zelgadiss muttered himself as he walked down the street to the
Sairaag park. He cursed himself for being late. It was 6:45!! Soccer practice
had taken longer than he had expected. He had so many things on mind, the soccer
team, homework, the love letter, being human!! And let's not forget about being
Dreamcloud. He felt he had to go to this girl, tell her what the bottom line
was, and get outta there. Simple, right?
"Yeah right....."
Dreamcloud...............
"What the--"
Zel stopped dead in his tracks. That voice...it was so familiar.
Dreamcloud......
He looked around but he couldn't see anyone who could have been talking to him.
Just people walking down the sidewalk and crossing the street....
Lord wants you.......
"Dreamdarker......?"
Lord feels your power.....
"No...."
It couldn't be! How? How could she have found him? How could she have gotten
into his mind?! He tried to drown out her voice by covering his ears, but still
he kept hearing her voice as smooth as velvet and just as dark.........
Lord can taste you and he wants you, I want you......
"N....no!"
Her voice was so close that he had to close his eyes in hope that he wouldn't
see her familiar face!
Don't you want want to be with the one you love, and who loves you back? He's
with Lord....waiting for you.........
"Stop it!!"
Your father is waiting for you.......
"NO!!!!!"
Zelgadiss was so distracted that he didn't notice he had walked right into the
busy street and a car was racing straight twords him..........
Amelia sadly looked at her watch and sighed. It was 6:45.....
"Ah man...what was I thinking?! It was so stupid of me to think he would
actually take my letter seriously......"
She looked around the park one last time before concluding,
"He's not coming...."
And with another sad sigh, she picked up her purse and headed out of the park.
She could feel the tears building in her eyes. But she wouldn't let them fall!
She told herself that she was too strong to let some boy make her cry.....yeah
right....
"Maybe this is what Lina was trying to warn me about..."
Then just as she was going to cross the street, she saw him! But something
wasn't right...something didn't *feel* right! He was holding his head and didn't
seem to see where he was going. Then suddenly he stumbled into the middle of the
busy street!!
"Oh my God!!!!" she cried.
She had to do something!! A car was coming straight twords him!! Then she did
the only thing she could do, she ran to him. She ran as fast as her legs could
carry her!!
"Get outta the way!!!" she cried as she grabbed him and shoved him out of the
way of the speeding car just in the nick of time!!!
Suddenly the voice stopped and a new voice appeared. A voice that Zelgadiss had
never heard before.....
"Are you Ok?! Please!! Open your eyes!!"
Amelia looked down at the boy beside her. She had manged to push him out of
harm's way and safely on to the sidewalk. But his eyes weren't opened and she
started to fear the worst!
"Oh please be Ok....."
Zelgadiss open his eyes expecting to see Dreamdarker, but instead it was a
girl....a girl he had never seen before. She looked at him in relief when she
saw him staring at her in confusion.
"Are you Ok?" she repeated
"Yeah.....I think so. What happened? And....who are you?
"Well--"
But before she could answer, a policeman rushed twords them through the crowd of
people that had gathered around them.
"What in the name of God happened here?! Ms Sailoon are you alright?!"
"Oh yes Officer Gabrive.....I'm Ok.."
"What happened here?"
Zelgadiss, who had been still shocked about the whole event, finally shook
himself back to reality.
"Uh....I sorta....accidently....walked into trafic...." he said quietly
Officer Gabrive looked at him in concern before saying, "Son are you *on*
anything....?
"No I'm not! I...I just wasn't watching where I was going. And then...then she
.....saved me...." Zelgadiss looked at Amelia in confusion. He couldn't really
understand what was happening. But he did understand that a girl he didn't even
know...had saved his life...
"Is this true Ms Sailoon?" the older man asked
"Yeah....I guess it is."
"Well I guess since no one got hurt I'll take you two home, right after I clear
this crowd."
"Ok Officer Gabrive"
"Ok sir"
The older man smiled at them and gave a tired sigh before going over to the
crowd of spectators and commanding "Ok, Ok! Move it along! Nothing to see
here!!"
"I'm so glad you're alright...." Amelia whispered
"Thanks...."
"Oh! I guess I should tell you my name" she said with a blush
"That would be helpful" Zel smiled
"I'm Amelia, Amelia Sailoon"
"Sailoon...? That's the name of my school"
"Yeah well...my dad sorta owns it. And he's the principal...."
"Wow....um..well I'm--"
"I already know who you are...You're Zelgadiss Greyword"
"How did you know?"
"Well.... did you happen to get a pink envelope........?"
It seems like there's going to be a lot of twist and turns on the road for the
dream-guadians. Being teenagers, superheros, and trying to keep that secret,
they've got alot of problems ahead! Will Zel be able to shake off Dreamdarker,
or was it all just his imagination? And what is the connection between
Dreamwisdom and himself? Or will an unexpected distraction come into play? Seems
like this story has lot more to it than just Lina trying to defeat Dreamdarker.
So find out these answers, unexpected surprises and more in the next episode of
the Dreamlighter!!
Episode Five
*Yappappa Yappappa ii shan ten--*
"Naw I don't wanna watch Ranma, it's probly just a rerun"
"Fine"
*click*
*Zaukoku na tenshi on you ni shounen yo shinwa ne nare--*
"I don't wanna see that"
"What's wrong with Neon Genesis?"
"Come on......"
"Ok fine!"
*click*
*Nahitaku naru you na moonlight, denwa mo dekinai midnight---"
"I am definitely NOT going to watch that, Amelia!!"
"What?! I thought you liked Sailor Moon, Lina!"
"Yeah I did.....but the situation has changed a little....."
"What kind of situation?"
"................" Amelia looked at her older friend in confusion. She had
always thought that she was a little strange.....but lately it seemed as if Lina
was living in a different world. Ever since the day of her birthday party she
had been more jumpy and acted more like she had a weight on her shoulders.
Though she had only known her for at least a month, she still felt that she knew
something was wrong. Amelia tried to find out what was concerning her but she
would never tell her. If only she knew a way to help her close friend......
"Lina are you Ok?"
"Of course I'm Ok! Just because I don't want to see a stupid TV show why do you
automatically think something's wrong?!"
"Cause you're yelling at me"
"I'M NOT---! I mean I'm not yelling at you. It's just that I really don't want
to see Sailor Moon......."
"I don't see why. I think she is soooo cool!"
"You would....."
"Truly! I mean it! Cause I think it would be soo totally awsome to fight evil in
the name of Justice!! To right wrongs and triumph over evils!"
"No you don't"
"Wha...?"
"Yeah being a super hero sounds great and saving people is Ok too. But it's the
fight with the bad guy is what you don't want to deal with"
"Yes I would because I would have the light of justice and the power of love in
my heart. And with that justice will always triumph!"
"Yeah if you don't get killed first"
"Oh Lina......"
Lina looked at her young friend and felt a headache coming on. Amelia just
didn't understand! She was a freakin' Sailor Moon for god sakes! And she didn't
like one bit of it. Even though she had only had one battle she wished it was
her last........
(Flashback) * * *
"You mean I'm gonna have to fight black blobs with an attitude every day?!"
"No"
"Good"
"They're not all blobs. Only the weaker ones are......"
"Oh good god........."
(End of Flashback) * * *
"Oh good god...."
"What's the matter, Lina?"
"Nothin' Amelia. Just gettin' a headache"
She got up from the floor and plopped herself on the couch.
"A really BIG headache"
"Well maybe we should turn the TV off for a while" Amelia said as she grabbed
the remote control. "Less noise might make you feel better"
"That's sounds like a great idea" said a voice.
Lina gasped as she saw her sister in the kitchen doorway!
"L...LL...Luna!! When did you get back so early!!??
"Just now. And you shouldn't be watching so much TV. That anime is going to turn
your brain to mush" (And when haven't we heard someone tell us that?)
"Oh don't worry Ms Inverse, as you see we were about to turn it off" Amelia said
as she saw the look of fear in her friend's eyes. "And besides, we were about to
read one of the books I got from the library"
Luna look suspiciously at the book the younger girl had removed from her
bookbag.
"Well....Ok. I'm going to go and take a shower. You girls have fun...."
Making sure Luna was out of earshot Lina mumbled "Yeah right...by putting my
head in a blender...."
"I HEARD THAT!!" shouted a very irritated voice.
"How does she do that?!"
"I don't know" her friend said going into the kitchen "My sister can do the same
thing"
"Hey Amelia" Lina said following her "Thanks for coming to my rescue. I thought
she was going to beat me then and there!"
"No problem. It would have been unjust for me to just stand by and let my friend
get beat to a plup."
"Yeah. So what's your book about?"
"It's about dragons and monsters and heros and fighter of justice--!"
"Why am I not surprised?"
"--and handsome princes and damsels in disress! Oh! How I wish I could have my
prince...."
That last comment made Lina sit up at full attention!
"Hey Amelia....." she said with a bit of mischief in her voice "Who's your
prince...or to more exact...who do you have a crush on?"
"Wh...w..What do you mean??!" Amelia face turned red as a cherry!
"Well you gotta be likin' somebody.....who is it???"
"Well...." she said uncertain
"Well what?"
"Well I can't tell you"
"Ah c'mon! Can't ya tell your best friend????"
"You really think we're best friends?!" she said surpised
"Yeah why not? We hang out anyway. Might as well make it official"
"Wow Lina!"
"C'mon and tell!"
"Well....I still can't"
"Hey---!"
"But I can make it that you can find out on your own....."
"What do you mean?"
"Here" She pulled out a pink envelope and handed it to Lina "You can put this in
his locker. You might just recognize it because you know him"
"I know him??" Lina's mind started to go through of the boys she knew.
"And if you still haven't figured it out I'll tell you later"
"Hmmm...ok" Lina cuisousity or to be more exact her noseiniss couldn't keep her
from refusing!
"And besides I could always pick his lock and look through his belongings to
find out for my self......"
"LINA??!!!"
"Just kidding"
Darkness was everywhere in the Dreamscape as the dark castle lumed in the
distances. Inside the evil of evils waited for his servant to return. He
clutched the arm of his ebony throne impatiently as the minutes flew by.
Suddenly the darkness of the room parted to reveal a burgundy haired man in dark
robes. His servant had arrived......
"Dreamwisdom, come forth to me" he whispered
"Yes Lord"
The servant cautiously approched his master, knowing the punishment he would be
receiving for his failure would be great. He bowed is head, letting the shadows
cover his kind-looking blue eyes. They were unusual for a servant of evil. But
eyes have the power to show what a person has seen, what they have done, and
what they felt inside. Dreamwisdom was no exception....
"Why haven't the Hoshi-kin returned?"
"He has failed, Lord"
"Hmmm....failed...."
Suddenly Dreamwisdom felt icy fingers tightly grab his neck! He hadn't even seen
the dark figure move from in front of him, but now he was behind him giving him
his gratitude.
"It was Dreamcloud....wasn't?" his master whispered in his ear
When he didn't answer, the dark figure tightened his grip causing the blood to
flow more from the unfortunate servant's mouth.
"That brat of a nightmarite, that traitor?"
His voise was calm, but his words stung like frozen daggers.
"Yes..L..Lord..." he manged to choke out
"I thought so" he mused not loosening his hold. But instead caressed the
suffering dream guardain's cheek with his other hand. Dreamwisdom felt his
stomach turn at his master's touch.
"Rememeber...." he purred "...your duty is to find weak points in the
Dreamscape, send out a Hoshi-kin through the pathetic human, and bring me back
it's imagination....is that so hard?"
"The...h.. h...human c..chosen w..wasn't stro..strong enough...uh"
"Because she was an adult, you fool!! Adults do not have strong imaginations!!!"
With a sigh of discust his threw the dream guardain to the ground, finally
allowing him to breathe.
"If you would have turned him into stone like the other dream guardians who
tried to defy me, we wouldn't have this problem would we?"
"I tried Lord, but as you know Dreamheart interfered before I could finish the
process....."
"Ah yes Dreamheart, your dream-maker counterpart. But we both know that she
wasn't the cause, it was your own fault. You hesitated."
"No I didn't Lord. I --"
"Yes you did. Don't be foolish enough to lie to me. I see it in your eyes. Your
fondness for him, your affection. Things that a servant of the Lord of
Nothingness and Evil should not be feeling..."
"Lord I --"
".....letting him call you by that pathetic human name. Rezo ha! How
discustingly mortal!"
"But Lord --"
"Your human and almost dream-maker affection had caused us to have a very crafty
enemy."
".............."
"I want Dreamcloud, or as you so lovingly called him, Zelgadiss DEAD!!"
"Yes.....my Lord"
"Good now go. And this time be smart and chose a child. Your name is wisdom for
God's sakes! Start acting like it!"
"Yes Lord"
"And where is Dreamdarker? I want her here. Go and find her. NOW!
"Yes Lord. Anything you wish.....I will do..."
"......meet me at the Sairaag park at 5:30. Sincerely, Your Secert Admirer"
Lina read over the note once more and signed. She realized her friend really
must have a crush on that guy, but she just couldn't figure out who it was!
"Well I might as well give it to the guy now. Lets see...Locker 47 hmmm......"
She walked down the long hallway in search the mystery boy's locker. Since the
last bell had just rang a few minutes ago, she figure she could catch him at his
locker...
"Hello Lina" said a familar voice behind her
"Oh hey Zel...."
"What's wrong with you?" he asked as he noticed her confused expression
"Nothin'. Just lookin' for some boy's locker. Gotta give him something from a
friend. Hey! Maybe you can help me!"
She handed him the envelope in which she got the note from.
"Does this friend know that you read the note?" he asked raising an eyebrow
"Well not exactly...."
"Hey...wait a minute...this... is my locker number..."
"Hold up!! What?!"
"So that note in your hand belongs to me."
"W..well..."
Lina didn't know what to do! Her best friend had a crush on Zelgadiss! She
couldn't believe it! He wasn't even human! Well tecnically she wasn't either,
but that wasn't the point. The last thing she wanted was Amelia to be caught up
in this mess!
"She doesn't know what she gettin' into...."
"What was that?"
"Nothin'"
"Well can I have my letter now?"
"Well..you see Zel--"
But before she could finish her sentence, Zelgadiss had already snatched the
letter from her hand!
"Hey!!"
"It's mine anyway"
As he read the letter, Lina almost thought she saw his usually nonemotional pale
face turn pink at the cheeks. But then the blush was gone as if it was never
there.
"This a love note...." he said a little uncertain
"Naw ya think?!"
"And this is from a friend of yours?"
"Yeah I guess...."
"Is it a girl?"
"Yeah she's a girl!! Who have you been hanging out with?!"
"Hey you never know"
Then taking one last look at the letter he stuffed it in his pocket and headed
out of the school building.
"Hey wait! Zel! You're gonna answer it?!"
"Well of course. I'll just simply tell her that I can't get into a relationship
right now. Humans are easy to deal with"
"Yeah right! Just go easy on her. I've known you to, to put it lightly, be
blunt. Just don't go hurtin' her feelings or anything."
"Nightmarites may be heartless, but we know how to deal with feelings"
"That doesn't make any sense!!"
"It's not supposed to. Now go away, after soccer practise I have some business
to take care of"
And after that he left out the door, leaving a very uncertain dream-maker.....
"Jerk!"
"It's Zelgadiss, Amelia!! ZEL! GA! DISS!!!"
" So what? What's wrong with liking him, Lina?"
"Well....well for one he's a sadist! Why would you want a guy so mad at the
world around ya anyway?!"
"Well that's one of the things that drew me to him. He's so sad....and from the
moment I saw his face, it made me want to make him feel better....take away his
sadness, make him happy....."
"Believe me, nothin' you can do can make him better....."
"What, do you like him.....?"
"W..wha...I...I"
"Well that would be too bad, because Gourry likes you"
A smile of mischief crossed her innocent child-like face. It almost looked out
of place on her "Never even had a late library book" face.....
"Or haven't you noticed that yet?"
"W..w.ww..what? He don't like me! He likes....Sylphiel.."
"Yeah well keep telling yourself that. Got to go"
"But Amelia--!"
"No Lina. I have made up mind and nothing is going to change it. Now I'm going
home to get ready. I'll see you later Ok? Ok?"
"Ok....but I still say you're making a BIG mistake....."
"Well I'll be the judge of that"
And with that she grabbed her bookbag and headed out the school building....
"Oh Amelia....." Lina whispered to herself "why won't you listen....."
"Oh boy...." Zelgadiss muttered himself as he walked down the street to the
Sairaag park. He cursed himself for being late. It was 6:45!! Soccer practice
had taken longer than he had expected. He had so many things on mind, the soccer
team, homework, the love letter, being human!! And let's not forget about being
Dreamcloud. He felt he had to go to this girl, tell her what the bottom line
was, and get outta there. Simple, right?
"Yeah right....."
Dreamcloud...............
"What the--"
Zel stopped dead in his tracks. That voice...it was so familiar.
Dreamcloud......
He looked around but he couldn't see anyone who could have been talking to him.
Just people walking down the sidewalk and crossing the street....
Lord wants you.......
"Dreamdarker......?"
Lord feels your power.....
"No...."
It couldn't be! How? How could she have found him? How could she have gotten
into his mind?! He tried to drown out her voice by covering his ears, but still
he kept hearing her voice as smooth as velvet and just as dark.........
Lord can taste you and he wants you, I want you......
"N....no!"
Her voice was so close that he had to close his eyes in hope that he wouldn't
see her familiar face!
Don't you want want to be with the one you love, and who loves you back? He's
with Lord....waiting for you.........
"Stop it!!"
Your father is waiting for you.......
"NO!!!!!"
Zelgadiss was so distracted that he didn't notice he had walked right into the
busy street and a car was racing straight twords him..........
Amelia sadly looked at her watch and sighed. It was 6:45.....
"Ah man...what was I thinking?! It was so stupid of me to think he would
actually take my letter seriously......"
She looked around the park one last time before concluding,
"He's not coming...."
And with another sad sigh, she picked up her purse and headed out of the park.
She could feel the tears building in her eyes. But she wouldn't let them fall!
She told herself that she was too strong to let some boy make her cry.....yeah
right....
"Maybe this is what Lina was trying to warn me about..."
Then just as she was going to cross the street, she saw him! But something
wasn't right...something didn't *feel* right! He was holding his head and didn't
seem to see where he was going. Then suddenly he stumbled into the middle of the
busy street!!
"Oh my God!!!!" she cried.
She had to do something!! A car was coming straight twords him!! Then she did
the only thing she could do, she ran to him. She ran as fast as her legs could
carry her!!
"Get outta the way!!!" she cried as she grabbed him and shoved him out of the
way of the speeding car just in the nick of time!!!
Suddenly the voice stopped and a new voice appeared. A voice that Zelgadiss had
never heard before.....
"Are you Ok?! Please!! Open your eyes!!"
Amelia looked down at the boy beside her. She had manged to push him out of
harm's way and safely on to the sidewalk. But his eyes weren't opened and she
started to fear the worst!
"Oh please be Ok....."
Zelgadiss open his eyes expecting to see Dreamdarker, but instead it was a
girl....a girl he had never seen before. She looked at him in relief when she
saw him staring at her in confusion.
"Are you Ok?" she repeated
"Yeah.....I think so. What happened? And....who are you?
"Well--"
But before she could answer, a policeman rushed twords them through the crowd of
people that had gathered around them.
"What in the name of God happened here?! Ms Sailoon are you alright?!"
"Oh yes Officer Gabrive.....I'm Ok.."
"What happened here?"
Zelgadiss, who had been still shocked about the whole event, finally shook
himself back to reality.
"Uh....I sorta....accidently....walked into trafic...." he said quietly
Officer Gabrive looked at him in concern before saying, "Son are you *on*
anything....?
"No I'm not! I...I just wasn't watching where I was going. And then...then she
.....saved me...." Zelgadiss looked at Amelia in confusion. He couldn't really
understand what was happening. But he did understand that a girl he didn't even
know...had saved his life...
"Is this true Ms Sailoon?" the older man asked
"Yeah....I guess it is."
"Well I guess since no one got hurt I'll take you two home, right after I clear
this crowd."
"Ok Officer Gabrive"
"Ok sir"
The older man smiled at them and gave a tired sigh before going over to the
crowd of spectators and commanding "Ok, Ok! Move it along! Nothing to see
here!!"
"I'm so glad you're alright...." Amelia whispered
"Thanks...."
"Oh! I guess I should tell you my name" she said with a blush
"That would be helpful" Zel smiled
"I'm Amelia, Amelia Sailoon"
"Sailoon...? That's the name of my school"
"Yeah well...my dad sorta owns it. And he's the principal...."
"Wow....um..well I'm--"
"I already know who you are...You're Zelgadiss Greyword"
"How did you know?"
"Well.... did you happen to get a pink envelope........?"
It seems like there's going to be a lot of twist and turns on the road for the
dream-guadians. Being teenagers, superheros, and trying to keep that secret,
they've got alot of problems ahead! Will Zel be able to shake off Dreamdarker,
or was it all just his imagination? And what is the connection between
Dreamwisdom and himself? Or will an unexpected distraction come into play? Seems
like this story has lot more to it than just Lina trying to defeat Dreamdarker.
So find out these answers, unexpected surprises and more in the next episode of
the Dreamlighter!!